BLBLE BS 185 1841 P5 } 2 E ARTES LIBRARY 1817 VERITAS SCIENTIA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PLURIDIS TUEBOR SI QUERIS PENINSULAM-AMŒNAM – CIRCUMSPICE GIFT OF ALFRED C. FINNEY B.S. 1904 米 ​能 ​黑黑 ​FROM THE LIBRARY OF BYRON A. FINNEY, A.B., 1871 REFERENCE LIBRARIAN, 1891-1916 米 ​黑黑 ​米 ​米 ​黑 ​米 ​洲 ​ # 米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​尘 ​米米 ​米 ​黑 ​米 ​米 ​黑黑 ​黑黑 ​米 ​米 ​# 米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​黑黑​糖 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​尜 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​光 ​米 ​尜 ​米 ​墨筆 ​米米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​黑糖 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​尜 ​尜 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​黑糖 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​尘 ​来 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​尜 ​尜 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​半步 ​墨​墨 ​米 ​米 ​尜 ​池 ​米 ​黑糖 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​# 米 ​黑​筆 ​# 米 ​洲 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​尜 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​黑黑 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​黑黑 ​黑黑 ​212 亮 ​To Alfred A. Finney from his friend John. Whilst other treasures then dost seck, I me to thee would send, A Camp to quide thy wand ring feet, My Earley, College friend. More precious for it's trucks divins Thau mines of golden one_ Oh ! may ds heavenly peace be thin Fill Life's short day is o'er. is Fill in that other world afar Our Father's love bath given, Thon findest this has been the star To lead thee on to #coven- N.Y. 28 Mach 1849. Artand THE HAND WRITING ON THE WALL. Daniel V 1.81 (5126 Lawson H. Corbould HOLY BIBLE Lawson Elijah fed by ravens I Kings XVII 6. THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO. PHILADELPHIA. Bible English 1841. Authorized THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW; TRANSLATED OUT OF The Original Tongues; AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED Philadelphia: THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO. 253 MARKET STREET. 1841. Gift of a. c. Emniy added CA. A 14 41 The names and Order of all the Books of the Old and New Testaments, with the Number of their Chaplers. THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. GENESIS hath Chapters Exodus Leviticus Numbers • • Deuteronomy Joshua Judges • * 50, Ecclesiastes hath Chapters • 12 • 40 The Song of Solomon 27 Isaiah 66 • 36 Jeremlah 34 Lamentations 24 Ezekiel 81 Daniel 4 Hosea 31 Joel 21 Amos 22 Obadiah 25 Jonah 29 Micah 36 Nahum • 10 Habakkuk 13 Zephaniah 10 Haggai 42 Zechariah • • 62 • • 49 • 12 14 AZNWWWIATOWF56.83.5 4 9 14 Ruth 1. Samuel IL. Samuel I. Kings • 11. Kings. I. Chronicles II. Chronicles Ezca. Nehemiah Esther Job · Psalms Proverbs • · 150 Malachi ▸ • 31 THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT MATTHEW hath Chapters. 251. Timothy hath Chapte:s Luke John Mark • The Acts of the Apostles The Epistle to the Romans 1. Corinthians II. Corinthians · 1611. Timothy • 24 litus 21 Philemon • 28 Hebrews • 16 The Epistle of James 11. Peter 13/11. Peter Galatians 6:1. John Ephesians Philippians Colossians I. Thessalonians 11. Thessalonians 6II. John Joan 語 ​4 Jule 6 Revelation • * 3 } 13 6 5 3 5 1 1 26-4165 T THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CHAP. 1 CALLED GENESIS In the begin the earth. N the beginning God created the 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 31 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 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 frst day. 6 T 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 firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 T And God said, Let the waters undere 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 gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, jand for days, and years; 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth; and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firma ment of the heaven, to give light upon the earth; 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the 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 firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abun- dantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the wa ters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring 24 T And God said, Let the earth forth grass, the herb yielding seed, bring forth the living creature after and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon and beast of the earth after his kind: the earth; and it was so. and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, und herb yielding secd after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 ↑ And God said, Let there be 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creep- eth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 26 T And God said,Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them bave dominion ofer the fish 3 First sabbath. GENESIS. Garden of Eden. of the sea, and over the fowl of the into his nostrils the breath of life; and air, and over the cattle, and over all man became a living soul. the earth, and over every creeping! 8 T And the LORD God planted a gar- thing that creepeth on the earth. den eastward in Eden; and there he 27 So God created man in his own put the man whom he had formed. image: in the image of God created 9 And out of the ground made the he him; male and female created he LORD God to grow every tree that is them. pleasant to the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of know- ledge of good and evil. 10°¶ And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and mul- tiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 ¶ And God said, Behold, I have 11 The name of the first is Pison: given you every herb bearing seed, that is it which compasseth the whole which is upon the face of all the earth, land of Havilah, where there is gold. and every tree, in the which is the 12 And the gold of that land is good; fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you there is bdellium and the onyx-stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Ġihon: the same is it that compass- eth the whole land of Ethiopia. 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 80. 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morn- ing were the sixth day. THUS CHAP. II. HUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth to- ward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 15 T And the LonD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it. 16 And the Lond God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou catest thereof thou shalt surely die. 18 T And the Lord God said, J is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him a help meet for him, 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them unto Adam, to see what he 4 ¶ These are the generations of the would call them and whatsoever heavens and of the earth when they Adam called every living creature were created, in the day that the LORD that was the name thereof. God made the earth a the heavens, 20 And Adam gave names to all cat- 5 And every plant of e field before tle, and to the fowl of the air, and to it was in the earth, and every herb of every beast of the field: but for Adam the field before it grew: for the LORD there was not found a help meet for God had not caused it to rain upon the him. 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. 21 T And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. 22 And the rib, which the LORD Goi 7 And the LORD God formed mancf had taken from man, made he a wo the dust of the ground, and breathed man, and brought her into the man. 4 Man's Fall. CHAP. HI, IV. Promised Seed. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone) whom thou gavest to be with me, she of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: gave me of the tree, and I dia eat. she shall be called Woman, because 13 And the LORD God said unto the she was taken out of man. woman, What is this that thou hast 24 Therefore shall a man leave his done? And the woman said, The ser- father and his mother, and shall cleave[pent beguiled me, and I did eat. unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. CHAP. III. 14 T And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: NOW the serpent was more subtil 15 And 1 will put enmity between than any beast of the field which thee and the woman, and between thy the Loan God had made. And he seed and her sced: it shall bruise thy said unto the woman, Yea, bath Godhead, and thou shalt bruise his heel. said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of 16 ¶ Unto the woman be said, I will the garden? greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy 2 And the woman said unto the ser-conception: in sorrow shalt thou bring pent, We may eat of the fruit of the forth children; and thy desire shall trees of the garden: be to thy husband, and be shall rule over thee. 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree 4 And the serpent said unto the woof which I commanded thee, saying, man, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as gods; know- ing good and evil. Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field: 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the frict thereof, and did eat; and (for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt gave also unto her husband with her, [thou return. and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves to- gether, and made themselves aprons. 3 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 And the Lonn God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and 1 was afraid, because was naked; and I hid myself. I 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof 1 commanded thee that thou shouldest not cat? 12. And the man said, The womnan, for out of it wast thou taken: 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living, 21 ¶ Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 T And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he [put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever; 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till. the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAP. IV. ND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cam. 5 Death of Abel. GENESIS. and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel, and to his offering: Lamech's wives 16 And Cain went out from the prest ence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 T And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad and Irad begat Mehujael; and Mehu jael begat Methusael; and Methusael begat Lamech. 19 T And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, aud the name of the other Zillali. 5 But unto Cain, and to his offering, ne had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why 20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the art thou wroth? and why is thy coun-father of such as dwell in tents, and tenance fallen ? of such as have cattle. 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be bis desire, and thoushalt rule over him. S¶ And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal he was the father of all such as handle the harp and orgau. 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal cain, au instructor of every artilicer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamab. 23 Aud Lamech said unto his wives, Adab and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young mau to my 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know uot: Am I my brother's hurt: keeper? 24 If Cam shall be avenged seven- 10 And he said, What hast thou done? fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven- the voice of thy brother's blood crieth¦ fold. unto me from the ground: 25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again, 11 And now art thou cursed from the and she bare a son, and called his name earth, which hath opened her mouth Seth: For God, said she, hath appoint- to receive thy brother's blood from thyed me another seed instead of Abel, hand. whom Cain slew. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it| 26 And to Seth, to him also there was shall not beuceforth yield unto thee born a sou; and he called his name her strength: a fugitive and a vaga-Enos: then began men to call upon bond shalt thou be in the earth. the name of the Lonv, 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. CHAP. V. Sidan. In the day that God THIS is the book of the generations 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; created man, in the likeness of God and from thy face shall I be hid; and made he him; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in 2 Male and female created be them, the earth and it shall come to pass, and blessed thein, and called their that every one that findeth me shall name Adam, in the day when they slay me. were created. 15 And the LORD said unto him, 3 T And Adam Tived a hundred and Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, thirty years, and begat a son in his vengeance shall be taken on him seven-lown likeness, after his image; and fold. And the LORD set a mark upon called his name Seth. Cain, lest any finding lum should kill 4 And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred nim. 6 Generations of Adam. CHAP. VL Noah findeth Grace. years; and he begat sons and daugh-begat Lamech, seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and ters. 5 And all the days that Adam lived daughters. were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 6 T And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enos. 7 And Seth lived, after be begat Enos, eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9 ↑ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan. 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died. 28 T And Lamech lived a hundred eiglity and two years, and begat a son; 29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived, after he begat 10 And Enos lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred ninety and five Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years, and negat sons and daughters. years, and begat sons and daughters. 31 And all the days of Lamech were 11 And all the days of Enos were seven hundred seventy and seven nine hundred and five years and he years: and he died. died. 12 T And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. 13 And Cuman lived, after he begat 32 ¶ And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. CHAP. VL Mahalaleel, eight hundred and forty AND it came to pass, when men be years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 15 T And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared. gan to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daugh- ters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 15 And Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty 3 And the LORD said, My spirit sha!! years, and begat sons and daughters. not always strive with man, for that 17 And all the days of Malalaleel he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a were eight hundred ninety and five hundred and twenty years. years and he died. 18 T And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch. 19 And Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and be died. 21 T And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah. 22 And Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hun dred years, and begat sons and daugh- ters. 23 And all the days of Enoch, were three hundred sixty and five veato. 24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him. 25 T And Methuselah lived a hun- dred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. 26 And Methuselah lived, after he 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare chil dren to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of re nown. 5 T And God saw that the wicked- ness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil contínually. 6 And it repented the LORD that he had inade man on the carth, and it grieved bim at his heart. 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air: for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 11 The Ark. GENESIS. 9 These are the generations of Į Noah: Noah was a just man, and per- A fect in his generations, and Noab walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. The Deluge. CHAP. VII. come thou, and all thy house, into the ark: for thice have I seen righteous before me in this generation. ND the LORD said unto Noah, 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and cis fe- male; and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause 13 And God said unto Noah, The end it to rain upon the earth forty days and of all flesh is come before me; for the forty nights; and every living sub- earth is filled with violence through stance that I have made will I destroy them: and, behold, I will destroy thein from off the face of all the earth. with the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all 14 T Make thee an ark of gopher-that the LORD commanded him, wood: rooms shalt thou make in the 6 And Noah was six hundred years ark, and shalt pitch it within and old when the flood of waters was upon without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof: with low e, second, and third stories shall thou make it. the earth. 7 ¶ And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with bim, into the ark, because of the wa ters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a 10 T And it came to pass, after seven flood of waters upon the earth, to de-days, that the waters of the flood were stroy all flesh, wherein is the breath upon the earth. of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant: and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creep ing thing of the earth after his kind; two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alivė. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is caten, and thou shalt gather to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did lic. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the win dows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the carth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the self-same day entered Noah, aud Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noab, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark: 14 They and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing, that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in 8 The Delige. CHAP VIII. The waters assuage. male and female of all flesh, as Goajdow of the ark which he had made: had commanded him: aud the Lono 7 And he sent forth a raven, which shut him in. went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground: 17 T And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters in- creased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; for the waters verc on the face of the whole earth. Then 19 And the waters prevailed exceed-he put forth his hand, and took her mgly upon the earth; and all the high and pulled her in unto him into the hills that were under the whole heaven ark. were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the wa- ters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 10 And he stayed yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark: 11 And the dove came in to him in 21 ¶ And all flesh died that moved the evening, and, lo, in her mouth was upon the earth, both of fowl, and of an olive-leaf plucked off. So Noah cattle, and of beast, and of every knew that the waters were abated creeping thing that creepeth upon the from off the earth. carth, and every man : 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more. 13 ¶ And it came to pass, in the six 23 And every living substance was hundredth and first year, in the first destroyed which was upon the face month, the first day of the month, the of the ground, both man, and cattle, waters were dried up from off the and the creeping things, and the fowl earth: and Noab removed the cover- of the heaven; and they were destroy-ing of the ark, and looked, and, be- ed from the earth; and Noah only re-hold, the face of the ground was dry. mained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 T And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. ΑΝ CHAP. VIII. ND God remembered No ah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 14 And in the second month, of the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, say- ing, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sous' wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth 2 The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven, were stopped, and the rain from heaven was re-upon the earth; that they may breed strained; abundantly in the earth, and be fruit- 3 And the waters returned from off|ful, and multiply upon the earth, the earth continually and after the : 18 And Noah went forth, and his end of the hundred and fifty days the sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives waters were abated. with him: 4 And the ark rested in the seventh 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, month, on the seventeenth day of the and every fowl, and whatsoever creep- mouth, upon the mountains of Ararat. [eth upon the earth, after their kinds, 5 And the waters decreased continual-went forth out of the ark. ly until the tenth month: in the tenth 20 ¶ And Noah builded an altar unto month, on the first day of the month, the LORD, and took of every clean were the tops of the mountains sceu. beast, and of every clean fowl, and 6T And it came to pass, at the end of offered burnt-offerings on the altar. forty days, that Noah opened the win) 21 And the Lonn smelled a sweet 9 God olesseth Noah. GENESIS. Noah dieth. savour; and the LORD said in his heart, it shall be for a token of a covenant be- I will not again curse the ground any tween me and the earth. more for man's sake; for the imagina- 14 And it shall come to pass, when 1 tion of man's heart is evil from his bring a cloud over the earth, that the youth: neither will I again smite any bow shall be seen in the cloud: more every thing living, as I have 15 And I will remember my cove. done. nant which is between me and you, and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 22 While the earth remaineth, seed- time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. CHAP. IX ANDGod blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things: 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of inau; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud and I will look upon it, that 1 may re- member the everlasting covenant be tween God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 18 ¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noan: and of them was the whole earth over- spread. 20 T And Noah began to be a hus- bandman, and be planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a gar- 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multi-ment, and laid it upon both their ply; bring forth abundantly in the shoulders, and went backward, and earth, and multiply therein, 8 T And God spake unto Noab, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my cove- nant with you, and with your secd after you; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood: neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. |covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine. and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan ; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. CHAP. X. 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you; and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual genera- tions: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and Now these are the generations of OW the sons of Noah; Shem, Han 10 Generations CHAP. XI. of Neak. and Japhet; and unto them were Japheth the elder, even to lúm were sons born after the flood. children born. i¶ The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gen- tiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtab, and Raamah, and Sabtecha and the sons of Raa mah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calnch, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Re- hoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen betweez Nineveh and Calah the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and tubioi, 22 The children of Shem; Elain, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Arain. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz. and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salab; and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklalı, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sbeba, 29 And Ophir, and IIavilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the song of Noah, after their generations, in their nations and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. CHAP. XI. Anamin, and Lehabim, and Naph AND the whole earth was of one Naph-A language, and of one speech. 14 And Pathrusim, and Caslubim, 2 And it came to pass, as they jour (out of whom came Philistin,) and neyed from the east, that they found a Capbtorim. plain in the land of Shinar; and they 15 T And Canaan begat Sidon his dwelt there. first-boru, and Heth, 3 TAnd they said one to another, Go 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amo-to, let us make brick, and burn them rite, and the Girgasite, thoroughly. And they had brick for 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, stone, and slime had they for mortar. and the Sinite, 4 And they said, Go to, let us build 18 And the Arvadite, and the Ze- us a city, and a tower, whose top may marite, and the Hamathite: and after-[reach unto heaven; and let us make us wards were the families of the Ca-ja name, lest we be scattered avroad naanites spread abroad. upon the face of the whole earth. 19 And the border of the Canaanites! And the LORD came down to see was from Sidon, as thou comest to the city and the tower,which the chil- Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest unto dren of men builded. Sodom, and Gomorral, and Admah, and Zebolim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 ¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the Įpeople is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagu- ed to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there 11 GENESIS. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Babe! built. Abram called. confound their language,that they may 28 And Haran died before his father not understand one another's speech. Terah in the land of his nativity, in $ So the Loan scattered them abroad Ur of the Chalders. from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Nahor's wife Milcah, the daughter of Babel: because the LORD did there Haran, the father of Milcah, and the confound the language of all the earth: father of Iscah. and from thence did the Lond scatter| them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 30 But Sarai was barrer; she had no child. 31 ¶ And Terab took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees,10 10 T These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived, after he begat go into the land of Canaan ; and they Arphaxad, five hundred years, and became unto Haran, and dwelt there. gat sons and daughters. 32 And the days of Teral were two 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thir-hundred and five years: and Teral ty years, and begat Salah. died in Haran. CHAP. XII. : 13 And Arphaxad lived, after he be- gat Salah, four hundred and three NOW the LORD had said unto years, and begat sons and daughters. Abram, Get thee out of thy coun- 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and try, and from thy kindred, and from begat Eber thy father's house, unto a laud that I will show thee: 15 And Salah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and years, and begat Peleg. thirty 17 And Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu. 19 And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug. 21 And Reu lived, after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor. 23 And Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah. 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 4 ¶ So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot wert with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when be departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they bad gotten in Ha- ran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; und into the land of Canaan they came. 6 T And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaan- ite cas then in the land. 25 And Nahor lived, after he begat 7 And the Lonn appeared unto Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, Abram, and said, Unto thy seed wil and begat sons and daughters. I give this land: and there builded he 26 And Terah lived seventy years, an altar unto the LORD, who appear and begat Abram, Nabor, and Haran. ed unto him. 27 T Now these are the generations 8 And he removed from thence unto of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and and Ilaran; and Haran begat Lot. pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the 12 Famine in Canaan. CHAP. XIII. Abram and Lot. west, and Hai on the east; and there place where his tent had been at the he builded an altar unto the Lonn, beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; and called upon the name of the Loan. 4 Unto the place of the altar, which 9 And Abram journeyed, going on he had made there at the first: and still toward the south. there Abram called on the name of the 10 T And there was a famine in the Loud. land: and Abram went down into 6 And Lot also, which went with A- Egypt to sojourn there: for the famine bram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. teas grievous in the land. 6 And the land was not able to bear thein, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that be said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 7 T And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the when the Egyptians shall see thee, Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then that they shall say, This is his wife; in the land. and they will kill me, but they will 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let save thee alive. there be no strife, I pray thee, between 13 Say, 1 pray thee, thou art my me and thee, and between my herd- sister: that it may be well with me men and thy herdmen; for we be for thy sake; and my soul shall live brethren. because of thee. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? 14 And it came to pass, that, when Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me Abram was come into Egypt, the if thou will take the left hand, then I Egyptians beheld the woman, that she will go to the right; or if thou depart was very fair. to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pha- raoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and bis house with great plagues, be- cause of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sis- ter? so I might have taken her to me to wife; now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning bin: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. CHAP. XIII. 10 T And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, be- fore the Lono destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east. and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Ca- naan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wick- ed, and siuners before the LORD ex- ceedingly. 14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward, and eastward, and westward: Fard AND Abram went up out of Egypt, 15 For all the land which thou eeest to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. he, and his wife, and all that he nad, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cat- te, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth el, unto the 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 13 The battle GENESIS. 17 Arise, walk through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of t: for I will give it unto thee. 18 ¶ Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. CHAP. XIV. AND it came to pass, in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Cifedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations: 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Adinah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sca. of the kings. 13 And there came one that had es- caped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were con. federate with Abram. | 14 And when Abram 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 Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And be brought back all the goods. and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also,and the people. 4 Twelve years they served Chedor- 17 T And the king of Sodom went out laomer, and in the thirteenth year they to meet him, (after bis return from rebelled. the slaughter of Chedorlaomer,and of 5 And in the fourteenth year came the kings that were with him,) at the Chedorlaom, and the kings that were valley of Shaveh, which is the king's with him, and sinote the Rephaims in dale. 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. Ashteroth-Karnaim, and the Zuzims 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem in Ham, and the Emims in Shavel-brought forth bread and wine; and he Kiriathain, was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth': 7 And they returned and came to 20 And blessed be the most high God, Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and which hath delivered thine enemies smote all the country of the Amalek-into thy hand. And he gave him tithes ites, and also the Amorites that dwelt of all. in Hazezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar,) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim ; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. 21 T And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my haud unto the LORD, the most high God, the pos- sessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 10 And the vale of Siddim was full 24 Save only that which the young of slime-pits; and the kings of Sodom¦men have eaten, and the portion of the and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and men which went with me, Aner, Esli- they that remained fled to the moun-col, and Mamre; let them take their tain. portion. CHAP. XV. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their AFTER these things the word, of victuals, and went their way. the Loup came unto Abram in a .2 And they took Lot, Abram's broth-vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I er's son, (who dwelt in Sodom,) and am thy shield, and thy exceeding his goods, and departed. great reward 14 Abram's faith. CHAP. XVI. Hagar's flight. 2 And Abram said, Lord God, what hold, a smoking furnace, and a burn- wilt thou give me, seeing I go child-ing lamp that passed between those less, and the steward of my house is pieces. this Eleazer of Damascus ? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 T And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir: but he that shall come forth out of thine own Dowels shall be thine heir. 18 In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have 1 given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Penz zites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Ca- naanites,and the Girgashites, and the 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to Jebusites. number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. CHAP. XVI. 6 And he believed in the LORD:NOW Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a band- and he counted it to him for right-maid, an Egyptian, whose name was cousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am the Lono that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Be- hold, now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abran hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 9 And he said unto him, Take me a 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife took Ha heifer of three years old, and a she-gar her maid, the Egyptian, after goat of three years old, and a ram of Abram had dwelt ten years in the land three years old, and a turtle dove, and of Canaan, and gave her to her bus- u young pigeon. band Abram to be his wife. 10 And he took unto him all these, 1 And he went in unto Hagar, and and divided them in the midst, and she conceived; and when she saw that laid each piece one against another; she had conceived, ber mistress was but the birds divided he not. despised in her eyes. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram Jrove them away. 12 T And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram and, lo, a horror of great darkucss fell upon him. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, 13. Aud he said unto Abram, Know thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as of a surety that thy seed shall be alit pleaseth thee. And when Sarai stranger in a land that is not theirs, dealt hardly with her, she fled from and shall serve them: and they shall her face. afflict them four hundred years; 7 T And the angel of the Load found 14 And also that nation, whom they her by a fountain of water in the wii- shall serve, will I judge; and after-derness, by the fountain in the way to ward shall they come out with great Shur. substance. 15 Aud thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 16 But in the fourth generation they 9 And the angel of the LORD said shall come hither again: for the ini-unto her, Return to thy mistress, and quity of the Amorites is not yet full. snbmit thyself under her hands. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the 10 And the angel of the LORD said sun went down, and it was dark, be- unto her, I will multiply thy seed ex- 15 Circumcision GENESIS. is institracd. ceedingly, that it shall not be number-fore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in ed for multitude. their generations. II And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him: and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? 14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 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 circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man- child in your generation; he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised and my cove- 15 T And Hagar bare Abram a sonnant shall be in your flesh for an ever and Abram called his son's name, lasting covenant. which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. CHAP. XVII. 14 And the uncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not cir cumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 15 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, As ND when Abram was ninety years for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call A old and nine, the Lone appeared her fame Saw, but Sarala stall her to Abrain, and said unto him, I am|name be. the Almighty 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 Abram 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. 51 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham: for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee, 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Ca- naan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. 16 Aud I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless bør, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old ? and shall Sarab, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with bis seed after hum. 20 And as for Ishmael I have heard thee: Behold, 1 have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will mul- tiply him exceedingly: twelve princes shall he beget; and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 9 T And God said unto Abraham, 22 And he left off talking with him, Thou shalt keep my covenant there-¦and God went up from Abraham. 7 16 Abraham and CHAP. XVIII. the three angels. 23 ¶ And Abrahamn took Ishmael his; have a son. And Sarah heard it in the son,and all that were born in his house, tent-door, which was behind him. and all that were bought with his 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old money, every male among the men of and well stricken in age; and it ceas- Abraham's house, and circumcised the ed to be with Sarah after the manner fleah of their foreskin in the self-same of women. day, as God had said unto him. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within 24 And Abraham was ninety years herself, saying, After I am waxed old old and nine when he was circum-shall I have pleasure, my lord being cised in the flesh of bis foreskin. fold also? 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen | 13 And the LORD said unto Abra years old when he was circumcised in ham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, say the flesh of his foreskin. ing, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? 26 In the self-same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son; 27 And all the men of his bouse, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. CHAP. XVIII. 14 Is any thing too nard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will retur unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, 1 laughed not; for she was afraid. And AND the LORD appeared unto him he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. in the plains of Mainre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: And Abra ham went with them, to bring them from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? day; 2 And he lifted up his eyes, and look-on the way ed, aud, lo, three men stood by him : 17 TT And the LORD said, Shall I hide and, when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 19 For I know him, that he will 1 Let a little water, I pray you, be command his children, and bis house fetched, and wash your feet, and rest(hold after him; and they shall keep yourselves under the tree; the way of the Lono, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he batč spoken of him. 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts ; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and| gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 20 And the Lond said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, 1 will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. 23 T And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the right- eous with the wicked ? 8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 T And they said unto him, Where 24 Peradventure there be fifty right- is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Be-eous within the city: wilt thou also Gold, in the tent. destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein ? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with 10 And he said, I will certainly re- turn unto thee according to the time þf life; and lo. Sarah thy wife shall B 17 Lot entertaineth GENESIS. ttoo angels. the wicked; and that the righteous! 4 ¶ But, before they lay down, the should be as the wicked, that be far men of the city, even the men of from thee: Shall not the Jurige of all Sodom, compassed the house round, the earth do right? both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 26 And the LORD said, If1 find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then i will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken "pon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the filly righteous: wilt thou de stroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. 30 And he said unto him, Oh, let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. I 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 therefore came they under the shadow of my roof, 9 And they said, Stand buck. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now we will deal worse with thee than with them. And they press. ed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their band, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 31 And be said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lond: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, will not destroy it for twenty's sake. 11 And they smote the men that were 32 And he said, Oh, let not the Loup at the door of the bouge with blind- be angry, and I will speak yet but this [ness, both small and great; so that once: Peradventure ten shall be found they wearied themselves to find the there. And he said, I will not destroy door. it for ten's sake. 12 TT And the men said unto Lot, IIast 33 And the LORD went his way, as thou here any besides ? son-in-law, soon as he had left communing with and thy sons, and thy daughters, and Abraham: and Abrabam returned un-whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring to his place. them out of this place: A CHAP. XIX. 13 For we will destroy this place. A Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the before the face of the Lono; and the ND there came two angels to because the cry of them is waxen great gate of Sodom: and Lot, seeing them, Lond hath sent us to destroy it. rose up to meet them; and he bowed 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto himself with bis face toward the his sons-in-law, which married bis ground: daughters, and said, Up, get you out 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, of this place; for the LORD will de turn in, I pray you, into your servant's atroy this city: but he seemed as one house, and tarry all night, and wash that mocked unto his sons-in-law. your feet, and ye shall rise up early, 15 T And when the morning arose, and go on your ways. And they said, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Nay; but we will abide in the street Arise, take thy wife, and thy two all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and en- tered into his house; and he made them a feast,and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. daughters, which are bere; lest thon be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And, while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand [of bis two daughters; the Loup being 18 Destructum of Sodom. CHAP. XX. Moab and A:nion. merciful unto him: and they brought 31 And the first-born said unto the nim forth,and set him without the city. younger, Our father is old, and there 17 And it came to pass, when they is not a man m the earth to come in had brought them forth abroad, that unto us after the manner of all the he said, Escape for thy life; look not earth: behind thee, neither stay thou in all 32 Come, let us make our father the plain; escape to the mountain, drink wine, and we will lie with him, lest thou be consumed. that we may preserve seed of our 18 And Lotsaid unto them, Oh! not father. 80, my Lord, 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy eight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; aud I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-bore went in, and lay with her father; and be perceived not when she lay down nor when she arose. 34 Aud it came to pass on the mor row, that the first-born said unto the 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee younger, Behold, I lay yesternight unto, and it is a little one: Oh! let with my father: let us make him me escape thither, (is it not a little drink wine this night also ; and go one?) and my soul shall live. thou in, and lie with bim, that we 21 And he said unto him, See, I have may preserve seed of our father accepted thee concerning this thing 35 And they made their father drink. also, that I will not overthrow this city wine that night also: and the younger for the which thou hast spoken. arose, and lay with him; and he per 22 Haste thee, escape thither: for Iceived not when she lay down, nor cannot do any thing till thou be comelwhen she arose. thither: therefore the name of the city, 36 Thus were both the daughters of was called Zoar. Lot with child by their father. 23 The sun was risen upon the earth 37 And the first-born bare a son, ena when Lot entered into Zoar. called his name Moab; the same is 24 T Then the Lond rained upon the father of the Moabites unto this Sodom and upon Gomorralı brinistone day. and fire from the LORD out of heaven: 38 And the younger, she also bare a 25 And he overthrew those cities, and son, and called his name Ben-ammi: all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the same is the father of the children the cities, and that which grew upon of Ammon unto this day, the ground. 26 T But his wife looked back from CHAP. XX. behind him, and she became a pillar AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and of salt. 27 And Abraham gat up early in Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. the morning, to the place where he stood before the LORD: 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 30 ¶ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two caughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, ae, and his two daughters. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Be- hold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lono, 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 bim in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the 19 Abraham denieth Sarah. GENESIS. mtegrity of thy heart; for I also with-[ aeld thee from sinning against me: Isaac is vOTIL. CHAP. XXI. therefore suffered I thee not to touch AND the LORD visited Sarah as he her. said, and the LORD aid unto 7 Now therefore restore the man lis Sarah as he had spoken. wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their cars: and the men were sore afraid. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to hiin. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God 9 T Then Abimelech called Abra-had commanded him. ham, and said unto him, What hast 5 And Abraham was a hundred years thou done unto us? and what have I old, when his son Isaac was born unto offended thee, that thou hast brought him. on me and on my kingdom a great sin?! 6 T And Sarah said, God hath made thou hast donc deeds unto me that me to laugh, so that all that hear will ought not to be done. laugh with me. 10 And Abimelech said unto Abra- ham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? 11 And Abrahain 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; che is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was wean ed; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 T And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abra- 13 And it came to pass, when God ham, Cast out this bond-woman and e used me to wander from my father's her son: for the son of this bond house, that I said unto her, This is woman shall not be heir with my son, thy kindness which thou shalt show even with Isaac. unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his sou. brother. 14 7 And Abimelech took sheep, and 12 And God said unto Abraham, Le: oxen, and men ervants, and women-it not be grievous in thy sight, because servants, and gave them unto Abra- of the lad, and because of thy bond- ham, and restored him Sarah his wife. woman; in all that Sarah hath said 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my unto thee, hearken unto her voice: land is before thee: dwell where it for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. pleaseth thee. 13 And also of the son of the bond woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. 14 And Abraham rose up carly in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar,(put- ting it on her shoulder,) and the child, 17 ¶ So Abraham prayed unto God: and sent her away; and she departea, and God healed Abimelech, and his and wandered in the wilderness of wife, and his maid-servants; and they | Beer-sheba. bare children. 18 For the Lond had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abime lech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under on of the sbrubs. 16 And she went, and eat her down 20 Abimelech's conenant CHAP. XXII. with Abraham. over against him, a good way off, as it Beer-sheba; because there they sware were a bow-shot; for she said, Let both of them. me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and liſted up her voice, and wept. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land 17 And God heard the voice of the lad: and the angel of God called to for the Philistines. Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy 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 Le grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his inother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 33 ¶ And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the naine of the LORD, the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. CHAP. XXIL AND it came to pass, after these things, that God did tempt Abra- ham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Bebold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lov- est, and get thee into the land of Mo- riah; and offer him there for a burnt- offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of 22 ¶ And it came to pass at that time, 3 T And Abraham rose up early in that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief the morning, and saddled his ass, and captain of his host, spake unto Abra-took two of his young men with him, hain, saying, God is with thee in all and Isaac bis sos, and clave the wood that thou dorst. for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land] 5 Aud Abraham said unto his young wherein thou hast sojourned. men, Abide ye here with the ass, and 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 1 and the lad will go yonder and wor- 25 And Abraham reproved Abime-ship, and come again to you lech because of a well of water, which 6 And Abrabam took the wood of Abimelech's servants had violently the burnt-offering, and laid it upon taken away. Isaac his son: and he took the fire in 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not his hand, and a knife: and they went who hath done this thing; neither both of them together. didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham Iss father, and said, My father: and be 27 And Abraham took sheep and said, Here am I, my son. And he said, oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech:|Behold the fire and the wood; but and both of them made a covenant. where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? 28 And Abraham fet seven ewe-lambs 8 And Abraham said, My son, God of the flock by themselves. will provide himself a lamb for a 29 And Abimelech said unto Abra-burut-offering: so they went both of ham, What mean these seven ewe-them together. lambs, which thou hast set by them- 9 And they came to the place which selves? God had told him of: and Abraham 30 And he said, For these seven ewe built an altar there, and laid the wood lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that jin order; and bound Isaac his son, they may be a witness unto me, that I and laid him on the altar upon the have digged this well. wood. 31 Wherefore he called that place 10 And Abraham stretched forth his 21 Abraham offereth Isaac. GENESIS. Sarah's death. hand, and took the knife to slay his were the years of the life of Sarah Bon. 11 ¶ And the angel of the LORD call ed unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here am I. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba j the same is Hebron in the land of Ca naan: aud Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from be- fore his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 12 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner fearest God, seeing thou hast not with- with you give me a possession of a held thy son, thine only son, from me. burying-place with you, that I may 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, bury my dead out of my sight, 5 And the children of Heth answer- and looked, and, behold, behind him n ram caught in a thicket by his horns: Jed Abraham, saying unto him, and Abraham went and took the ram, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a and offered him up for a burnt-offering mighty prince among us ; in the choice in the stead of his son. of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none 14 And Abraham called the name of of us shall withhold from thee his that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury to this day, In the mount of the Loauthy dead. it shall be seen. 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed 16 ¶ And the angel of the LORD call-himself to the people of the land, even ed unto Abraham out of heaven the] to the children of Heth. second time, 8 And he communed with them, say- 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, ing, If it be your mind that I should saith the LORD; for because thou hast | bury my dead out of my sight, hear done this thing, and hast not withheld me, and entreat for me to Ephron the thy son, thine only son; son of Zohar, 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 possess the gate of his enemies: 18 And in thy seed shall all the na- tions of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he bath, which is in the end of his field: for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for a possession of a burying-place among you. 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. Aud Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, in the 19 So Abrahain returned unto his audience of the children of Heth, even young `men; and they rose up, and of all that went in at the gate of his went together to Beer-sheba: and city, saying, Abrabam dwelt at Beer-sheba. 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the Geld 20 fi And it came to pass, after these give I thee, and the cave that is there- things, that it was told Abraham, say-in, I give it thee; in the presence of ing, Behold, Milcah, she hath also the sons of my people give I it thee: born children unto thy brother Nabor; bury thy dead. 21 Huz his first-born, and Buz his; 12 And Abraham bowed down him- brother, and Kemuel the father of self before the people of the land. Aram, 13 And he spake unto Ephron, in the 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pil-audience of the people of the land, dash, and Jidlapli, and Bethuel. saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nalior, Abra- ham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name ruas Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachau. CHAP. XXIII. 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of ND Sarah was a hundred and silver; what is that betwixt me and Aseven and twenty y curs old: these the jury therefore be vist .821 22 Journey of CHAP. XXIV. Abraham's servant. 16 And Abranam hearkened unto be clear from this my oath: only bring Ephron; and Abraham weighed to not my son thither again. Ephron the silver, which he had 9 And the servant put his hand under named in the audience of the sons of the thigh of Abraham his master, and Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, aware to him concerning that matter. current money wịth the merchant. 10 T And the servant took ten camels, 17 And the field of Ephron, which of the camels of his master, and de- was in Machpelah, which was before parted; (for all the goods of his mas Mamre, the field, and the cave which ter were in his hand;) and he arose, was therein, and all the trees that and went to Mesopotamia, unto the were in the field, that were in all the city of Nahor. borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession, in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 TT And after this, Abraham buried 12 And he said, O Lond God of my Sarah his wife in the cave of the fieldmaster Abraliam, I pray thee, send of Machpelah, before Mamre the me good speed this day, and show same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. kindness unto my master Abraham. 20 And the field, and the care that is 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of therein, were made sure uato Abra-water; and the daughters of the mer ham, for a possession of a burying- place, by the sons of Heth. CHAP XXIV. ND Abraham was old, and well 11 And he made his canels 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 waler. 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 thec, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I A stricken in age, and the Loup will give thy camels drink also let had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh; the same be she that thou hast ap pointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master. 15 ¶ And it came to pass, before he 3 And 1 will make thee swear by the had done speaking, that, behold, Re- LORD, the God of heaven, and the God bekah came out, who was born to of the earth, that thou shalt not take a Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of wife unto my son of the daughters of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with ber the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:pitener upon her shoulder. 4 But thou shalt go unto my coun- 16 And the damsel was very fair to try, and to my kindred, and take a look upon, a virgin; neither had any wife unto my son Isaac. man known her; and she went down: to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest ? 6 And Abraham said unto him, Be- ware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thec, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 7 The LORD God of heaven which 19 And when she had done giving took me from my father's house, and him drink, she said, I will draw toater from the land of my kindred, and for thy camels also, until they have which spake unto me, and that sware done drinking. uto me, saying, Unto thy seed will 1 give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thonce. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt 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 23 Abraham's servant GENESIS. LORD had made his journey prosper-¡ ous, or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of teu shekels weight of gold, 23 And said, Whose daughter art 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 the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 25 She said, moreover, unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. entertained by Luhen. 36 Aud Sarah, my master's wife, bare a son to my master when she was old; and unto him hath he given all that he bath. 37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaan ites, in whose land I dwell: 38 But thou shall 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- venture the woman will not follow me. 40 And he said unto me, The Lono, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way and thou shalt take a wife for my sou of my kindred, and of my father's 26 And the man bowed down his house. bead, and worshipped the LORD. 27 And be said, Blessed be the Lono God of my master Abraham, who hath uot left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: 1 being in the| way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. 93 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. 291 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ear-ring, and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said, Come in, thou bless- ed 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 ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. 33 And there was set meat before him to eat but be said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And be said, Speak on. 34 T And he said, I am Abraham's servant. 35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and berds, and silver, and gold, and men- servants, and maid-servants, aud cam- els, and asses. 41 Then shalt thou be clear from this mine oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not the 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 Abraham, 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 water, and I say to her, Give me,i pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink ; 44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thự 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 my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water and I said unto her, Let ine drink, I pray thee. 16 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink; and I will give thy can- els drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? and she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nabor's son, whom Milcalı bare unto him: and i put the car-ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lon D, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to : 24 Isaac meeteth her. CHAP. XXV Abraham dieta. take my master's brother's daughter up bis eyes, and saw, and, behold, the unto his son. camels were coming. 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes; and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 49 And now, if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me and if not, teil me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 65 For she had said unto the servant, 50 T Then Laban and Bethuel an-[What man is this that walketh in the swered and said, The thing proceed-field to meet us? And the servant had eth from the LORD; we cannot speak said, It is my master: therefore she unto thee bad or good. took a veil, and covered herself. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, Lake her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD bath spoken. 66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebe- 52 And it came to pass, that, when kah, and she became bis wife; and be Abraham's servant heard their words, loved her: and Isaac was comforted he worshipped the LORD,bowing him-after his mother's death. self to the earth. jewels of silver, and jorough of gold, 53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Re- ockali: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. 54 And they did eat and drink, be and the inen that were with him, and arried all night: and they rose up in the morning; and he said, Send me away unto my master. T CHAP. XXV. THEN again Abraham took a wife, and her namne roas Keturah. 2 And she bare him Ziram, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and 1shibak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba and De- dan. And the sons of Dedan were As. shurim, and Letushim,aud Leuminim. 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephab, and Epber, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the chil- 55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the dainsel abide with us ajdren of Keturah. few days, at the least, ten; after that she shall go. 66 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath pros- pered my way; send me away, that I may go to my master. 5 T And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son (while he yet lived) eastward, unto the east country. 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. 7 ¶ And these are the days of the 68 And they called Rebekah,and said years of Abraham's life which be lived, unto her, Wilt thou go with this man?ļa hundred threescore and fifteen years. And she said, I will go. 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and bis men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael said unto her, Thou art our sister; be buried him in the cave of Machpelah, thou the mother of thousands of mil-in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar lions, and let thy seed possess the gate the Hittite, which is before Mamre; of those which hate them.. 10 The field which Aoraham pur 61 T And Rebekah arose, and her chased of the sons of Heth: there was damsels, and they rode upon the cam-Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. els, and followed the man; and the 11 T And it came to pass, after the servant took Rebekah, and went his death of Abraham, that God blessed way. bis sen Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by tho well Lahai-roi, 62 T And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi: for he dwelt in the south country. 63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the even tide; and he lifted 12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, base unto Abraham. 25 Jacob and Esau's birth. GENESIS. Esau seileth his birth-right. 13 And these are the names of the did eat of his venison; out Rebekah sons of Ishmael, by their names, ac-loved Jacob. cording to their generations: The first 29 T And Jacob sod pottage: and horn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Ke- Esau came from the field, and he was dar, and Abdeel, and Mibsam, faint. 14 And Mishina, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve prices according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people. 18 Aud they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham be- gal Isaac. 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,the daughter of Bethuel the Syriau of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, 1 pray thee, with that same red pot tage; for 1' am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. CHAP. XXVI. AND there was a fanine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Alimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2. And the Loan appeared unto him. and said, Go not down into Egypt: dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. 21 And Isaac entreated the Lono for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him,] 3 Sojourn in this land; and I will be and Rebekah his wife conceived. with thee, and will bless thee: for 22 And the children struggled to-junto thee, and unto thy seed, I will gether within her; and she said, If it give ail these countries; and I will per be so, why am I thus? And she went form the oath which I sware unto to inquire of the Lond. Abraham thy father: 23 And the Lono said unto her, Two 4 And I will make thy seed to multi- nationsare in thy womb,and two man-ply as the stars of heaven, and will ner of people shall be separated from|give unto thy seed all these countries: thy bowels: and the one people shall and in thy seed shall all the nations of be stronger than the other people; and the earth be blessed; the elder shall serve the younger. 24 ¶ And when her days to be de- livered were fulfilled, behold, there tecre twins in her womb. 25 And the first came out red, all over like a bairy garment; and they called his name Esau. 6 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my com- mandments, my statutes, and my laws. 6 ¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 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 26 And after that came his brother my wife; lest, said he, the men of the out, and his hand took hold on Esau's place should kill me for Rebekah; be heel; and his name was called Jacob:jcause she was fair to look upon. and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. 27 T And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a mau of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy 23 Isaac groeth rich. CHAP XXVII. Exnic's roives, wife; and how saidst thou, She is my 24 And the LORD appeared unto him sister? And Isaac said unto him, Be-the same night, and said, I am the God cause I said, Lest I die for her. of Abraham thy father; fear not, for 10 And Abimelech said, What is this I am with thee, and will bless thee, thou hast done unto us? one of the and multiply thy seed, for my servant people might lightly have lien with Abrahain's sake. thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's cervants digged a well. il And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this inas, or his wife, shall surely be put to 26 T Then Abimelech went to him death. from Gerar, and Ahuzzahı one of his 12 ¶ Then Isaac sowed in that land,¦friende, and Phichol the chief captain and received in the same year a hun-jof his army, dred fold; and the Lord blessed him: 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew, until he be came very great: 27 And Isaac 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 saw certainly 14 For he had possession of flocks, that the LORD was with thee: and we and possession of herds,andgreat storesaid, Let there be now an oath be of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his fa- ther's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father,the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mighti- er than we. 17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerah aud dwelt there. 187 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19. And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. 20 And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours; and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. 21 And they digged another well, and | twixt us,even betwixt us and thee,and let us make a covenant with thee; 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed 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 aware one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, thatIsaac's servants came and told him concerning the well which they bad digged, and said unto lum, We have found water. 33 And he called it Sheba; there fore the name of the city is Beer-she- ba unto this day. 34 ¶ And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daugh tcr of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. CHAP. XXVIL strove for that also: and he called the AND it came to pass, that when name of it Sitnab. Isaac was old, and his eyes were 22 And he removed from thence, and dim, so that he could not see, he called digged another well; and for that they | Esau his eldest son, and said unto bin, strove not; and he called the name of My son: and he said unto him,Behold, it Rehoboth; and he said, For nowhere am 1. the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 T. And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, 1 know not the day of my death. 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, 27 Jacob obtaineth GENESIS. and go out to the field, and take me some venison; And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that 1 may cat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. the blessing. 20 And Isaac 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 Isaac said unto Jacob, Como near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went; Esau or not. to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. G¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 And he discerned him aot, because his hands were hairy, as his brothet Esau's hands: so be blessed him. 24 And he said, it thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. 25 And he said, Bringat and I will eat of my son's venison,that my soul may bless thee. And be y Go now to the flock, and fetch me brought it near to him, and be did from thence two goodkids of the goats; eat; and he brought hun wine, and he and I will make them savoury meat|drank. for thy father, such as he loveth. 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LonD,before my death. 8 Now therefore, iny sou, obey my voice, according to that which I com- mand thee. near to me, 26 And his fatherIsaac said unto him 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy Come near now, and kiss me, my son father, that he may eat, and that he] 27 And he came near, and kissed may bless thee before his death. him; and he smelled the smell of his 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his raiment, and blessed him, and said, mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a See, the smell of my son is as the smell hairy man, and I am a smooth man: of a field which the Lond hath blessed: 12 My father peradventure will feel 28 Therefore God give thee of the me, and 1 shall seem to him as a de-dew of heaven, and the fatness of the ceiver; and 1shall bring a curse upon earth, and plenty of corn and wine ; me, and not a blessing. 29 Let people serve thee, and nations 13 And his mother said unto him, jbow down to thee: be lord over the Upon me be thy curse, my son: only brethren, and let thy mother's sous obey my voice, and go fetch me them.bow down to thee: cursed be every 14 And he went, and fetched, and jone that curseth thee, and blessed be he brought them to his mother; and his that blesseth thee. mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her youngest son: 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: 30 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac bad made an end of blessing Ja- cob,and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in froni his hunting. 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father 17 And she gave the savoury meat arise, and eat of his son's venison,that and the bread, which she had pre-thy soul may bless me. pared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, 18 ↑ And he came unto his father,| Who art thou? And he said, I am thy and said, My father. And he said, son, thy first-born, Esau. Here am1; who ɑrt thou, my son? 33 And Isaac trembled very exceed. 19 And Jacob said unto his father, Iingly, and said, Who? where is he am Esau thy first-born; I have done that hath taken venison, and brought according as thou badest me: arise, lit me, and I have eaten of all before pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, thou camest, and bave blessed him? that thy so al may bless me. ¡yea, and he shall be blessed. 28 Esau hateth Jacob. CHAP. XXVIII. Jacob's vision. 31 And when Esau heard the words weary of my life because of the daugh ters of Heth: if Jacob 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. XXVIIL of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father! 35 And he said, Thy brother came ND Isaac called Jacob,and blessed with subtlety, and bath taken away Ahim, and charged lum, and said thy blessing. 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people: 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy ford, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and what 4 And give thee the blessing of Abra- shal! I do now unto thee, my son? ham, to thee, and to thy seed with 38 And Esau said unto his father, thee; that thou mayest inherit the land Hast thoubut one blessing, my father? wherein thou art a stranger, which bless me, even me also, O my father! God gave unto Abraham. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. 39 And Isaac his father answered, and Faid unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth,and of the dew of heaven from above; 40 And by thy sword 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 ¶ And Esau hated Jacob, because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will 1 slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau ber elder Fou were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother, to Haran; 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; 45 Until thy brother's inger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send and fetch thec from thence. Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am 5 Aud Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah,Jacob,and Esau's mother. 6 ↑ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that, as he blessed him- he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Pa- dan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 10˚ And Jacob went out from Beer. sheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain. place, and tarried there all night, be- cause the sun was set: and he took of the etones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and, behold, & ladder set up on the earth,and the top ofit reached to heaven; and, behold, the angels of God ascending and de- scending on it. 13 And behold, the LORD stood above 29 .. ... Jacob's voro. GENESIS. He meeteth Rachel. it, and said, I am the Lord God of brethren, whence be ye? And they Abraham thy father, and the God of said, Of ´Haran are we. Isaac the land whereon thou liest, to 5 And he said unto them, Know ye thee will I give it, and to thy seed. Laban the son of Nahor? And they 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust said, We know him. of the earth; and thou shalt spread 6 And he said unto them, Is he well? abroad to the west, and to the east,and And they said, He is well; and, be- to the north, and to the south: and in hold, Rachel bis daughter cometh with thee, and in thy seed, shall all the the sheep. families of the earth be blessed. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and neither is it time that the cattle should will keep thee in all places whither be gathered together: water ye the thou goest, and will bring thee again sheep, and go and feed them, into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of, 16 ¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LonD is in this place, and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, 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. 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, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel,the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lift ed up his voice, and wept. 12 AudJacob toldRachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was 20 ¶ And Jacob vowed a row, say-Rebekah's son; and she ran and told ing, If God will be with me, and will her father. keep me in this way that I go, and 13 And it came to pass, when Laban will give me bread to cat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Loan be my God: 22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee. CHAP. XXIX. THEN Jacob, we toe land of the HEN Jacob went on his journey, 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 well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: 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 Jacob said unto them, My heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed hin, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh; and he abode with him the space of a month. 15 ¶ And Laban said unto Jacob, Be- cause thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender-eyed, but Rachei was beautiful and well-favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, 1 will serve thee seven years for Ra chel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, “It is better that 1 give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. 20. And Jacob served acven years for 30 Jacob's marriage. CHAP. XXX. Rachel; and they seemed unto him Rachel's barrenness. CHAP. XXX. ND when Rachel saw that she but a few days, for the love he had to bare Jacob no children, Rachel her. 21 ¶ And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 22. And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him: and he went in unto her. A envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; 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 shali bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. 24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah,Zilpah his maid for a handmaid. 4 And she gave him Bilhah ber hand- 25 And it came to pase, that, in the maid to wife; and Jacob went in unto norning, behold, it was Leah: andher. he said to Laban, What is this thou hast dove unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? 5 And Bilbab conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said, God hath judged |me, and bath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore cailed 26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country,to give the young-she his name Dan. er before the first-born. 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 7 And Bilbab, Rachel's maid, con ceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With great wrest- lings have 1 wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she bad left 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and daughter, Bilhah his handmaid to bejgave her Jacob to wife. her maid. 10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare 30 And he went in also unto Rachel,|Jacob a son. and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was bated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now there fore my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath beard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, be cause I have born bim three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. 35 And she conceived again, and bare ason; and she said, Now will I praise the Lond: therefore she called his game Judah; and left bearing. 11 And Leah said, A troop cometh; and she called his name Gad. 12 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Ja- cob a second son. 13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. 14 ¶ And Reuben went, in the days of wheat-harvest, and found man drakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachei said to Leab, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my hús- band? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Ră- chel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I bave hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And The lay with her that night. 31 Birth of Joseph. GENESIS. Jacob's policy. 17 F And God hearkened unto Leah, the spotted and speckled among the and she conceived, and bare Jacob the goats; and of such shall be my hire. Gith son. 13 ¶ And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 20 And Leah said, God hath endow ed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because 1] have born him six sons: and she call ed his name Zebulun. 21 And afterwards she bare a daugh- ter, and called her name Dinah. 22 T And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her,and opened her womb. 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 among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. it 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he- goats thatwere ring-streaked and spot- ted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of bis sons. 36 And he set three days' journey be- twixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob 23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my re-fed the rest of Laban's flocks. proach: 37 T And Jacob took him rods of 24 And she called his name Joseph; green poplar,and of the hazel and ches- and said, The LORD shall add to me nut-tree, and pilled white streaks in another son. them, and made the white appear 26 Give me my wives and my chil- dren, for whom I have served thec, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. 25 ¶ And it came to pass, when Ra-which was in the rods. chel had born Joseph, that Jacob said 38. And he set the rods which he had unto Laban, Send me away, that I may pilled before the flocks in the gutters go unto mine own place, and to my in the watering-troughs, when the country. 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. streaked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his Jown flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by ex perience, that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said unto him, Thou know est how I bave served thes, 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 blessed 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 Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 And the man increased exceed. ingly, and had much cattle, and maid servants, and men-servants, and cam els, and asses. CHAP. XXXI. this thing for me, I will again feed and AND he heard the words of Laban's keep thy flock: 32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the the brown cattle among the sheep, and| 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance sons, saying, Jacob hath takeu away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 32 Jac departeh CHAP. XXXI. of Laban, and, behold, it was not to ward him as before. 3 T And the Lord said unto Jacob, Retura unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. from Laban. the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel 20 And Jacob stole away unawares and Leah to the field unto his flock, to Laban the Syrian, in that he told 5 And said unto them, I see your fa-him not that he fled. ther's countenance, that it is not to- ward me as before: but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know, that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times: but God suffered 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; thea bare all the cattle ring-streaked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass, at the time that the catt'e conceived, that I lifted up mine eyer and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle toʻre ring-streaked, speckled and grizzles. 11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob. And I eaid, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes and eze, all the rains which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I as the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered, and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. 22 T And it was told Laban, on the third day, that Jacob was filed. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the Sy rian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 25 ¶ Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What bast thou done, that thou hast stoleu away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword ? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sous and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. 29 It is in the power of my band to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore long- est after thy father's house, yet where- 15 Are we not counted of him stran-fore hast thou stolen my gods? gers? for he hath sold us, and bath 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 Jacob 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, 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because 1 was afraid; for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren, discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee: for Ja- cob knew not that Rachel had stolen tiem. C 33 Jacob's covenant GENESIS. with Lan. 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, it be for a witness between me and and into Lean's tent, and into the two thee. maid-servants'tents; but he foundthem | 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, it up for a pillar. aud entered into Rachel's tent. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, Gather stones; and they took stones, and put them in the camel's furniture, and made a heap: and they did eat and sat upon them. And Laban search-]there upon the heap. ed all the tent, but found them not. 47 And Laban called it Jegar-saha- 35 And she said to her father, Let it dutha; but Jacob called it Galeed. not displease my lord that 1 cannotrise 48 And Laban said, This heap is a up before thee; for the custom of wo-witness between me and thee this day. men is upon me. And he searched, Therefore was the name of it called but found not the images. Galeed; 36 T And Jacob was wroth,and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass ? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast searched a 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 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of beasts, I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it: of my hand didst thou require it, whether 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 me eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughtere, and six years for thy cattle; and thou hast changed my wages ten times: 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou The 49 Aud Mizpah: for he said, Lond watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt aflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives be- sides my daughters, no man is with us ; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which 1 have cast betwixt me and thee; 52 This heap be witness, and this pil- lar be witness, that 1 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 Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob offered eacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning, Labau rose up, and kissed his sons and bis daughters, and blessed them; and La- ban departed, and returned unto his place. CHAP. XXXII. hadst sent me away now empty. God ▲ ND Jacob went on his way, hath seen mine affliction, and the la- bour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. and the angels of God met lum. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 43 ¶ And Laban answered and said 3 T And Jacob sent messengers bc- unto Jacob, These daughters are my fore him to Esau his brother, unto the daughters, and these children are my land of Seir, the country of Edom, children,and these cattle are my cattle, 4 And he commanded them, saying, and all that thou seest is mine; and Thus shall ye speak unto my lord what can I do this day unto these Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, my daughters, or unto their children I have sojourned with Laban, and which they have born ? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us mikke a covenant, I and thou; and let stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxeu, and asses, flocka, and men servants, and women ser 34 Jacob wrestleth CHAP. XXXIII vants and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob 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 Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 9 ¶ And Jacob said, O God of my fa- ther Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee; with an angel. 19 And so commanded be the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner sball ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us, For he said, I will appease him with the pres- ent that goeth before me, and after- ward I will see his face; peradventure 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 two wo men servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he bad. the breaking of the day. 10 I am not worthy of the least of all] 24 T And Jacob was left alone; and the mercies, and of all the truth, there wrestled a man with him until which thou hast ehowed unto thy ser- vant: for with my staff' I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me I pray thee, from the band of my brother, from the hand of Esau. 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 num- bered for multitude. 25 And when he saw that he prevail ed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jace's thigh was out of joint, as Le wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for 13 T And he lodged there that same as a prince hast thou power with God night; and took of that which came and with men, and hast prevailed. to his hand a present for Esau bis 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, brother; Tell me, I pray thee, thy name? And 14 Two hundred she-goats and twen-he said, Wherefore, is it that thou dost ty he-goats, two hundred ewes and ask after my name? And he blessed twenty rams, him there. 15 Thirty milch camels, with their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty ohe-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 before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31 And as he passed over Penuel, the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon bis thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, 17 And he commanded the foremost, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, saying, When Esau my brother meet-Junto this day; because he touched the eth thee, and asketh thee, saying, hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew Whose art thou? and whither goest that shrank. thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be CHAP. XXXIII. ND Jacob lifted his and servant Jacob's; it is a present sent A. looked, and, behold, Esau came, unto my lord Esau; and, behold also and with him four hundred men. And he is behind us. The divided the children unto Leah, and 35 Meeting of GENESIS. Jacob and Esau. unto Rachel, and unto the two hand-with thee some of the folk that ari maids. with me. And he said, What needethi it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his prother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women, and the children, and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17And Jacob journeyed toSuccoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. 18 ¶ And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan- aram, 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 Hamor, She- chem's father, for a hundred pieces of 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they money. bowed themselves. 20 And he erected there an altar, and 7 And Leah also with her children called it El-elohe-Israel. came near, and bowed themselves : CHAP. XXXIV. and after came Joseph near and Ra- AND Dinah the daughter of Leah, chel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which 1 met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, 1 have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thy- self. 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Ha- mor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob; and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 4 1 And Shecbem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5And Jacob heard that he had defiled 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing Dinah his daughter; (now his sons that is brought to thee; because God were with his cattle in the field,) and hath dealt graciously with me, and Jacob held his peace until they were because I have enough : and he urged come. him, and he took it. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem 12 And he said, Let us take ourjour- went out unto Jacob to commune with ney, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are 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. 11 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 endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 15 And Esau said, Let me now leave] him. 7 And the sons of Jacob 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 Israel, in lying with Jacob's daugli- ter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us; and 36 Murder of CHAP. XXXV. the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you pos- sessions therein. 11 And Shechem said unto her father, and 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 giſt, and I will give acording as ye ehall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. 13¶ And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hanor his father deceit- fully, and said, (because he had defiled Dinah their sister,) the Shechemitez. 25 ¶ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and She- chem bis son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of She- chem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defied their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which 14 And they said unto them, We can-was in the city, and that which was not do this thing, to give our sister to in the field, one that is uncircumcised; 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 circumcised; 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 circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captives, and spoiled even all that was in the house. 30 T And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay ine; and 1 shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot ? CHAP. XXXV. to do the thing, because he had delight AND God said unto Jacob, Arise go in Jacob's daughter, and he was more honourable than all the house of his father up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 20 T And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their] 2 Then Jacob said unto his house- city, saying, hold, and to all that were with him, 21 These men are peaceable with us, Put away the strange gods that are therefore let them dwell in the land, among you, and be clean, and change and trade therein; for the land, be-your garments: hold, it is large enough for them: let 3 And let us arise, and go up to us take their daughters to us for wives, Beta-el; and I will make there an and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be oue people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. jaltar 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 Jacob all the strange gods which were in their band, and all their car-rings which were in their cars: aud Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror 24 And unto Hamor, and unto She-of God was upon the cities that were chem his son, hearkened all that went round about them, and they did not out of the gate of his city; and every pursue after the sons of Jacob. male was circumcised, all that weat out of the gate of his city. 6 1 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, (that is, Beth- 37 Rachel dieth. GENESIS. cì,) he, and all the people that were with him. Esau's threc wives. and lay with Bilhah his father's con cubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23 Thesons of Leah; Reuben,Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 ¶ But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el, under an oak: and the name 25 And the sons of Bilhab, Rachel's of it was called Allon-bachuth. handmaid; Dan and Naphtali. 9 ¶ And God appeared unto Jacob 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's again, when he came out of Padan-handmaid; Gad and Asher. These aram, and blessed him. are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-arain. 27 ¶ And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, (which is Hebron,) where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 11 And God said unto him, I am God 28 ¶ And the days of Isaac were a Almighty be fruitful and multiply;hundred and fourscore years. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy naine; and he called his name Israel. 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 Abra- ham and Isaac, to thee will 1 give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his peo ple, being old and full of days; and his sous Esau and Jacob buried him. CHAP. XXXVI. 13 And God went up from bin in the NOW these are the generations of place where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink-offering thereon, and he poured cil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place, where God spake with him, Beth-cl. 16 T And they journeyed from Beth- el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travail- ed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife gaid unto her, Fear not; thou shalt bave this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died,) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. Esau, who is Edom. 2 Esau took his wives of the daugh ters of Canaan; Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite,and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeou the Hivite; 3 And Bashemath, Ishmael's daugh- ter, sister of Nebajoth. And Adah bare to Esau, Eliphaz: and Bashemath bare Reuel; 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam,and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 6 ¶ And Esau took his wives, and his sous, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Ca- gaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were more than 19 And Rachel died, and was buried that they might dwell together; and in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-the land wherein they were strangers lehem. could not bear them, because of their 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her cattle, grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's] grave unto this day. 21¶ And Israel journeyed,and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. 9 ¶ And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in mount Seir. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that Land, that Reuben went] 10 These are the names of Esau's 38 The Generations CHAP. XXXVI. sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau; Reuel the son of Ba- shemath the wife of Esau. II And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho,and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz, Amalek: these were the sons of Adab, Esau's wife. 13. And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammab, and Mizzah: These were the sons of Ba- shemath, Esau's wife. 14 And these were the sons of Aholi- hamah, the daughter of Anal, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife; and she bare to Esau, Jeush, and Jaalam,] and Korah. of Esau. 25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamalı the daugliter of Anali. 26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan and Akan. 28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 30 Duke. Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. 31 T And these are the kings that reigned in the laud of Edom, before 15 ¶ These were dukes of the sons of there reigned any king over the chil Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, the first-dren of Israel. 33 And Bela died; and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. born son of Esau; duke Teman, duke 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, in Edom: and the name of his city 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and was Dinhabahı. duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom: these were the sons of Adah. 17 And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son; duke Nabath,duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom: these are the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife. 34 And Jobab died; and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died; and Hadad the son of Redad, (who smote Midian in the field of Moab,)reigued in bis stead : 18 And these are the sons of Aholi-¦and the name of his city was Avith. baman, Esau's wife; duke Jeush,duke 36 And Hadad died ; and Samlah of Jaalam, duke Korah : these were the|Masrekah reigned in his stead. dukes that came of Aholibamah, the 37 And Samlah died; and Saul of daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. Rehoboth by the river reigned in bis 19. These are the sons of Esau,(who|stead. is Edom,) and these are their dukes. 20 ↑ These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anahi, 21 And Dishon,andEzer, and Dishan: hese are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 38 And Saul died; and Baal-lanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 39 AndBaal-hanan the son of Achbor died; and Hadar reigned in his stead and the name of his city 1008 Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Diatred, the daughter of Mezahab. 40 And these are the names of the 22 And the children of Lotan were dukes that came of Esau,according to Hori and Heman: and Lotan's sister their families, after their places, by was Timna their names; duke Timnab, duke 23 And the children of Shobal were] Alvah, duke Jetheth, these; Alvan, and Manalath, and Ebal, Sheplio, and Onam. 41 Duke Aholibamalı, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; ooth Ajah, and Anab: this was that Anah that found the mules 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these in the wilderness, as he fed the asses be the dukes of Edom, according to of Zibeon his father. their habitations in the land of their 39 Joseph is hated GENESIS. of his brethren. possession: he is Esau; the father of 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray the Edomites. CHAP. XXX VII. thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks, AND Jacob dwelt in the land where and bring me word again. So, he den in his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 2 These are the generations ofJacob. 15 And a certain man found him, Joseph, being seventeen years old, and, behold, he was wandering in the was feeding the flock with his breth-field: and the man asked him, saying, ren; and the lad was with the sons of What seckest thou? Billah, and with the sons of Zilpah,| 16 Aud he said, I seek my brethren: his father's wives: andJoseph brought tell me, I pray thee, where they feed unto his father their evil report. their flocks. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coal of many colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 6 T And Joseph 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: 17 And the man said, They are de- parted hence: for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 18 T And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit; and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him and we shall see what will become of his dreams. : 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my shear arose, and also stood upright; and be 21 And Reuben heard it, and he de- hold, your sheaves stood around about,|livered him out of their hands; and and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said unto 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. said, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben 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 Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours, that was on him; 9 T And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars, made obeisance to me. 10. And he told it to his father, and 24 And they took him, and cast him to his brethren; and his father re-into a pit: and the pit was empty, buked him, and said unto him, What there was no water in it. maelites came from Gilead, with their is this dream that thou hast dreamed? 25 And they sat down to eat bread: Shall 1,and thy mother,and thy breth- and they lifted up their eyes and look- ren, indeed come to bow down our-ed, and, behold, a company of Ish- selves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him; camels bearing spicery, and balm, but his father observed the saying. and myrrh, going to carry it down to 12 ¶ And his brethren went to feed Egypt. their father's flock in Shechem. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do What profit is it if we slay our broth- not thy brethren feed the flock in She-[er, and conceal his blood ? chem? come, and I will send thee 27 Come, and let us sell him to the unto them And he said to him, Here Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, and am 1. 40 He is sold into Egypt. CHAP. XXXVIII. Tamar deceiveth Judah. bur flesh; and his brethren were con-wicked in the sight of the Lond; and Lent. the LORD slew him. 28 Then there passed by Midianites, 8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in merchant-men; and they drew and unto thy brother's wife, and marry lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and her, and raise up seed to thy brother. sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for 9 And Onan knew that the seed twenty pieces of silver: and they should not be his; and it came to pass, brought Joseph into Egypt. when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his 29 ¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit and he rent his clothes. brother. 30 And he returned unto his breth- 10 And the thing which he did dis- ren, aud said, The child is not; and I,pleased the LORD; wherefore he slew him also. whither shall I go? 31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood: 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in-law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my sou 32 And they sent the coat of many be grown: (for he said, Lest perad colours, and they brought it to their venture he die also as his brethren father; and said, This have we found: did.) And Tamar went and dwelt in know now whether it be thy son's her father's bouse. coat or no. 12 T And, in process of time, the 33 And he knew it, and said, It is daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, died; my son's coat; an evil beast bath de-and Judah was comforted, and went voured him: Joseph is without doubt up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnath, rent in pieces. The and his friend Hirah the Adullam- ite. 31 And Jacob 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 comfort him; but he refused to be comforted: and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus bis father wept for him. 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. CHAP. XXXVIII. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's gar- ments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw that Shelab was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judab saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face. AND it came to pass at that time, 16 And be turned unto her by the that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 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 mayest come in unto me? 17 Aud he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge till thou send it? 4 And she conceived again, and bare 18 And he said, What pledge shall I a son; and she called his name Onan. give thee? And she said, Thy signet, 5 And she yet again conceived, and and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is bare a son; and called his name She-in thy hand: and be gave it her, and lah: and he was at Chezib, when she came in unto her: and she conceived bare him. 6 ¶ And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Tamar. by him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil from her, and put 7 And Er, Judah's first-born, wasjon the garments of her widowhood. 41 Joseph advanced GENESIS. in Potiphar's house 2 And the Lonn was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand; but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that 3 And his master saw that the LORD place, saying, Where is the harlot that was with him, and that the LORD) pas openly by the way-side? And made all that he did to prosper in his they said, There was no harlot in this hand. place. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. 4 And Joseph 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 band. 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to 5 And it came to pass, from the time her, lest we be shamed; behold, I sent that he made him overseer in his this kid, and thou hast not found her. house, and over all that he had, that 24 T And it came to pass, about three the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house months after, that it was told Judah, for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of saying, Tamar, thy daughter-in-law the Lond was upon all that he had in hath played the harlot: aŭd also, be- the house, and in the field. hold, she is with child by whoredom. 6 And be left all that he had in Jo- And Judah said, Bring her forth, and seph's hand: and he knew not aught let her be burnt. he had, save the bread which he did eat: and Joseph was a goodly person, 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By and well-favoured. the man whose these are, am I with| child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 7 T And it came to pass, after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 26 Aud Judah acknowledged them, 8 But he refused, and said unto his and said, She bath been more right-naster's wife, Behold, my master eous than I; because that 1 gave her wotteth not what is with me in the not to Shelah my son: and he knew house, and he hath committed all that her again no more. he hath to my hand; 27 ¶ And it came to pass, in the time 9 There is none greater in this house of her travail, that, behold, twins were than 1; neither bath he kept back any in her womb. thing from me but thee, because thou 28 And it came to pass, when she tra-art his wife: how then can I do this vailed, that the one put out his hand; great wickedness, and sin against and the midwife took and bound upon God? his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he beark- ened not unto her, to lie by her, or to 29 And it came to pass, as he drew pack lus hand, that, behold, his broth-be with her. er came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. 30 And afterward came out his broth- er, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zaralı. CHAP. XXXIX. 11 And it came to pass, about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do bis business ; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by by his gar- ment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, AND Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an 14 That she called unto the men of Egyptian, bought him of the hands of ber house, and spake unto them, say the Ishmaelites, which had brought ing, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew him down thither. unto us to mock us: he came in unto 42 1 Joseph interpreteth CHAP. XL. two dreams. me to lie with me, and I cried with afterpretation of his dream; the butler loud voice: and the baker of the king of Egypt which were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them, in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. 16 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. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers, that were with him in the ward of his 17 And she spake unto him accord-lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ing to these words, saying, The He-ye so sadly to-day? brew servant, which thou hast brought 8 And they said unto him, We have unto us, came in unto me to mock me: dreamed a dream, and there is no in- 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up terpreter of it. And Joseph said unto my voice and cried, that he left his them, Do not interpretations belong garment with me, and fled out. to God? tell me them, I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said unto him, In my dream, behold, a vine cas before meş 10 And in the vine were three branch- es; and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters there brought forth ripe grapes: 19 And it came to pass, when his master 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 Joseph'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 Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my band: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup iuto Pharaoh's hand. 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three 22 And the keeper of the prison com-branches are three days: mitted to Joseph's hand all the pris oners that were in the prisou; 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; because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the Lond made it to prosper. CHAP. XL. ND it came to pass, after these 13 Yet within three days shall Pha raoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thy place; and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh'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, 1 pray thee, unto me; and make men- tion of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: Aungs, that the butler of the king 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. 16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white bas- kets on my head: 17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bake-meats for 4 And the captain of the guard Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them charged Joseph with them, and he out of the basket upon my head. served them; and they continued a 18 And Joseph answered and said, season in ward, This is the interpretation thereof: 5 ¶ And they dreamed a dream both|The three baskets are three days: of them, each man his dream in one 19 Yet within three days shall Pha night, each man according to the in-Iraoh lift up thy head from off thee, 43 Pharaoh's two dreams GENESIS. and shall hang thee on a tree: and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 20 T And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birth day, that he made a feast unto all his ser- vants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief ba ker among his servants. 21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand; 22 But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler meinber Joseph, but forgat him. CHAP. XLI. AND interpreted by Joseph. 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams: to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 13 And it came to pass, as he inter- preted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. 14 T Then Pharaoh sent and called re-Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed hus raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. ND it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh] 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-favoured and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have beard say of thee, that thou canst un derstand a dream to interpret it. 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,Io my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: 18 And, behold, there came up out of And the ill-favoured and lean the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and fleshed kiue did eat up the seven well-favoured; aud they fed in a well-favoured and fat kine. So Pha|meadow. raoh awoke. 5 And he slept and dreamed the second 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 aker them. 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-favoured, and lean fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt 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 7 And the seven thin ears devoured up, it could not be known that they the seven rank and full ears. And bad eaten them; out they were still Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was ill-favoured, as at the beginning. So a dream. 8 And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he I awoke. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, be- hold, seven ears came up in one stalk, sent and called for all the magicians full and good: of Egypt, and all the wise men there- 23 And, behold, seven cars, wither of: and Pharaoh told them his dreams; ed, thin, and blasted with the east but there was none that could inter-wind, sprung up after them: pret them unto Pharaoh. 9 ¶ Then pake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his ser- 25 T And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, vants, and put ine in ward in the cap-The dream of Pharaoh is one: God tain of the guard's house, both me and bath showed Pharaoh what he is the chief baker: about to do. 44 Joseph advanced. CHAP. XLI. The famine beginneth. 26 The seven good kine are seven Sce, I have set thee over all the land years; and the seven good ears are of Egypt. seven years: the dream is one. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring 27 And the seven thin and ill-favour-from his hand, and put it upon Jo- ed kine, that came up after them, are seph's hand, and arrayed him in ves seven years; and the seven empty tures of fine linen, and put a gold cars, blasted with the east wind, shall chain about his neck. De seven years of famine. 28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name of Egypt; and the famine shall con- Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him sume the land; to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti- 31 And the plenty shall not be known pherah priest of On. And Joseph went in the land by reason of that famine out over all the land of Egypt, following; for it shall be very griev 46 T And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh 32 And for that the dream was dou-king of Egypt. And Joseph went out bled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because from the presence of Pharaoh, and the thing is established by God, and went throughout all the land of God will shortly bring it to pass. ous. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought fortli by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the_food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the Geld, whien was round about every city, laid he 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 35 And let them gather all the food up in the same. of those good years that coine, and 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh;|sand of the sea, very much, until he and let them keep food in the cities. left numbering; for it was without 36 And that food shall be for store to number. the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. 37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 50 ¶ And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came; which Asenath, the daughter of Poti pheral priest of On, bare unto him. 61 And Joseph called the name of the first-born Mañasseh: For God,said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and 38 ¶ And Pharaoh said unto his ser-all my father's house. vants, Can we find such a one as this 52 And the name of the second call- is, a man in whom the spirit of Goded he Ephraim For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my is ? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, affliction. Forasmuch as God hath showed thee 53 T And the seven years of plen- all thus, there is none so discreet and teousness, that was in the land of wise as thou art: Egypt, were ended. 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 64 And the seven years of dearth be- gan to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was 41 And Pharaoh said unte Joseph,]bread. 45 Jacob sendeth his GENESIS sons into Egypt. 55 And when all the land of Egypt 13 And they said, Thy servants are was famished, the people cried to twelve brethren, the sons of one man Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said in the land of Canaan: and, behold, unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Jo- the youngest is this day with our fa- seph; what he saith to you, do. ther, and one is not. 56 And the fanine was over all the 14 And Joseph said unto them, That face of the earth; and Joseph opened is it that 1 spake unto you, saying, ye all the store-houses, and sold unto thefare spies: Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 57 And all countries came into Egypt tɔ Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. NOW CHAP. XLII. 15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh 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 TOW when Jacob saw that there in prison, that your words may be was corn in Egypt, Jacob said proved, whether there be any truth in unto his sons, Why do ye look one up-you: or else, by the life of Pharaoh, on another ? surely ye are spies. 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we inay live, and not die. 3 T And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 17 And he put them all together into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God. 19 If ye be true men, let one of your 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, brethren be bound in the house of Jacob sent not with his brethren: for your prison: go ye, carry corn for the he said, Lest peradventure mischief famine of your houses: 20 But bring your youngest brother 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy junto me; so shall your words be veri corn among those that came: for the [fied, and ye shall not die. And they famine was in the land of Canaan. befall him. did so. 6 And Joseph was the governor over 21 T And they said one to another, the land, and be it was that sold to We are verily guilty concerning our all the people of the land and Jo-brother, in that we saw the anguish seph's brethren came, and bowed of his soul, when he besought us, and down themselves before him with we would not hear; therefore is this their faces to the earth. distress come upon us. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and 22 And Reuben answered them, say- he knew them, but made himself ing, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do strange unto them, and spake roughly not sin against the child; and ye unto them; and be said unto them, would not hear? therefore, behold, Whence come ye? And they said, also his blood is required. From the land of Canaan to buy food. 23 And they knew not that Joseph 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, understood them; for he spake unto but they knew not him. them by an interpreter. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreants which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spics; 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. 11 We are 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. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 25 T Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 27 And as one of them opened his Isack, to give his ass provender in the 46 CHAP. XLIII. Jacob sendeth Benjamin Into Egypt. inn, he espied his money; for, be-lcaten up the corn which they had hold, it was in lus sack's mouth. brought out of Egypt, their father 28 And he said unto his brethren, said unto them, Go again, buy us a My money is restored; and, lo, it is little food. 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 ¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, 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 young- est is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, ex- cept 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 him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, ex cept your brother be with you. 6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye bad yet a brother? 7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kin- dred, saying, Is your father yet alive? 33 And the man, the lord of the have ye another brother? and we told country, said unto us, Hereby shall him according to the tenor of these I know that ye are true men; leave words: could we certainly know that one of your brethren here with me, he would say, Bring your brother and take food for the famine of your down? nouseholds, 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 trafick in the land. 35 T 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. S And Judah said unto Israel his fa ther, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 1 will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: 10 Forexcept we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time 11 And their father Israel said unto 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, If it must be so now, do this: them, Me have ye bereaved of my take of the best fruits in the land in children: Joseph is not, and Simeon your vessels, and carry down the man is not, and ye will take Benjamin a present, a little balm, and a little away: all these things are against me. honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, almonds: saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring 12 And take double money in your him not to thee: deliver him into my hand; and the money that was 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 mischief befall bim by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my grey Fairs with sorrow to the grave. CHAP. XLII. A brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your band peradventure it was an oversight. 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 14 And God Almighty give you mer- cy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benja min. If I be bereaved of my children, ND the famine was sore in the I am bereaved. land. 15 T And the men took at present, 2. And it came to pass, when they had and they took doubledoney in their 47 Josepa entertaineth GENESIS. hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. his brethren. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brotherBenjamin,bis mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin of whom ye spake unto me? And he with them, he said to the ruler of his said, God be gracious unto thee, my house, Bring these men home, and slay son. and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon. 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 30 And Joseph 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. 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought intoJoseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall for the Egyptians, which did eat with upon us, and take us for bond-men, and our asses. 19 T And they came near to the steward of Joseph's bouse, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 32 And they set on for him by him self, and for them by themselves, and him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomina tion unto the Egyptians. 33 And they set before him, the first- born according to his birth-right, and 20 And said, O sir, we came indeed the youngest according to his youth: down at the first tinie to buy food: and the men marvelled one at another. 21 And it came to pass, when we 34 And he took and sent messes unto came to the inn, that we opened our them from before him: But Benja sacks, and, behold,every man's money min's mess was five times so much as was in the mouth of bis sack, our any of theirs. And they drank and money in full weight; and we have were merry with him. brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food; we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. 23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. 25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon; for they heard that they should eat bread there. 20 T And when Josephi came home, tney brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their wel- fare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? ishe yet alive? 28 And they answered, Thy servant our father in good health, he is yet alive: as they bowed down their heads, and mae obeisance. A CHAP. XLIV. ND be commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth, in 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn-money. And he did accord- ing to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were scnt away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far oll, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost over- take them, say unto them,Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? Ye have done evil in so [doing. 6 T And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, Where fore saith my lord these words? God 48 Judal's humble CHAP. XLV. forbid that thy servants should do ac-| cording to this thing: 8 Behold, the money which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bond-men. 10 And he said, Now also, let it be according unto your words; he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blaineless. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And be searched,and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; (for he was yet there;) and they fell before him on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine ? supplication 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24 And it came to pass, when we came up unto thy servant, my father. we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. 26 And we said,We cannot go down if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my father sair unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons : 28 And the one went out from me ; and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since : 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye sball bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30 Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; (seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life :) 16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? What shall we 31 It shall come to pass, when he speak ? or how shall we clear our-seeth that the lad is not with us, that selves? God hath found out the ini- he will die; and thy servants shall quity of thy servants: behold, we are bring down the grey hairs of thy ser- my lord's servants, both we and helvant our father with sorrow to the also with whom the cup is found. grave. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so; but the man in whose hand the спр is found, be shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let 18 T Then Judah came near unto thy servant abide instead of the lad a Em, and said, Oh, my lord,let thy ser-bond-man to my lord; and let the lad vant, I pray thee, speak a word in my go up with his brethren. lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh. સ 34 For how shall I go up to my fa ther, and the lad be not with me? best. peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. CHAP. XLV. HEN could not refrain 19 My lord asked his servants, say- ing, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and schild This Jople them that food of his old age, a little one; and his by him; and be cried, Cause every brother is dead, and he alone is left of mar to go out from me. And there his mother, and his father loveth him. stood no man with him, while Joseph 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, made himself known unto his breth- Bring him down unto me, that I may ren. set inine eyes upon him. 2 And he wept aloud; and the Egyp D 49 Joseph made known GENESIS. to his brethren. tians and the house of Pharaoh beard. Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, lade your beasts, and go, get you unto I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? the land of Canaan; And his brethren could not answer 18 And take your father, and your him; for they were troubled at his households, and come unto me; and I presence. will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you and they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold muto Egypt. 6 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the fam- ine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall nei- ther be earing nor harvest. ? And God sent me before you, to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great de- liverance. 8 So now, it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all bis house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hatli made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not: 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and tby herds, and all that thou hast 11 And there will I nourish thee, (for yetthere arefive years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also regard not your stuff: for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 21 T And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them waggons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each mar changes of raiment; but to Benjamin 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 Egypt,and ten she-asses laden with com and bread and meat for his father by the way. 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and be said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 ¶ And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and them: and when be saw the waggons, the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that which Joseph had sent to carry him, it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all 28 And Israel said, It is enough; Jo- my glory in Egypt, and of all that yelseph my son is yet alive: I will go and have seen: and ye shall haste, and see him before I die. bring down my father hither. CHAP. XLVI. 1-1 And he fell upon his brother Ben-all that he had, and came to Beer- ND Israel took his journey with jamin's neck, and wept; and Benja- inin wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover, he kissed all his breth ren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, 16 ¶ And the fame thereof was heard Jacob! And he said, Here am I. in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's 3 And he said, I am God, the God of brethren are come: and it pleased thy father: fear not to go down into Pharaoh well, and his servants. Egypt; for I will there make of theo 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, a great nation. 50 Jacob and his family CHAP. XLVI. go into Egypt. 4 I will go down with thee into [raim, whica Asenath, the daughter Egypt: and I will also surely bring of Poti-pherah priest of On, bare unto thee up again: and Joseph shall put him. his hand upon thine eyes. 5 T And Jacob rose up from Beer sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him." 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: 21 ¶ And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Eli, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppin, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 23 T And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jah- zeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shil- lem. 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, him, his daughters, and his sons' which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughters, and all his seed, brought he daughter; and she bare these unto with bim into Egypt. Jacob: all the souls were seven. 8 T And these are the names of the 26 All the souls that came with Jacob children of Israel, which came into into Egypt, which came out of his Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all Jacob's first born. the souls were threescore and six. 9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, 27 And the sons of Joseph, which and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. were born him in Egypt, cere two 10 ¶ And the sons of Simeon: Jem-souls: all the souls of the house of uel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, Jacob, which came into Egypt, were and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a threescore and ten. Canaanitish woman. il T And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 ¶ And the sons of Judah: Er, and Ouan, and Shelal, and Pharez, and Zarali: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pha- rez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 ¶ And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shinron. 14 ¶ And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thurty and three. 16 T And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17 ¶ And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishua, and Isui, and Beriab, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daugh- ter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 T The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. 28 T And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel bis father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Ca- naan, are come unto me: 32 And the men are shepherds, 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 Pharaoh 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 20 And unto Joseph, in the land of also our fathers: that ye may dwell in Egypt, were born Manassel and Eph-the land of Goshen; for every sheep 3 51 Joseph presenteth his GENESIS. brethren before Pharaoh. herd is an abomination unto the Egyp-1 13 ¶ And there was no bread in all tiane. Came the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt, and all the land of Canaan, fainted by reason of the famine. CHAP. XLVII. THEN Joseph came and told Pha- raoh, and said, My father, and my brethren, and their flocks, and 14 And Joseph gathered up all the their herds, and all that they have, are money that was found in the land of come out of the land of Canaan; and, Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for behold, they are in the land of Go-the corn which they bought: and Jo- ohen. seph brought the money into Pharaoh's 2 And he took some of his brethren, house. even five men, and presented thein unto Pharaoh. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and the land of Ca- 3 And Pharaob said unto his breth-naan, all the Egyptians came unto Jo- ren, What is your occupation? And seph, and said, Give us bread: for why they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants should we die in thy presence? for the are shepherds, both we, and also our money faileth. fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come: for thy servants have no pas- ture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now there fere, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. 16 And Joseph said,Give your cattle: and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses; and he fed them 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, with bread for all their cattle, for that saying, Thy father and thy brethren year. are come unto thee: 18 When that year was ended, they 6 The land of Egypt is before thee: came unto him the second year, and in the best of the land make thy father said unto him, We will not bide it and brethren to dwell; in the land of from my lord, how that our money is Goshen let them dwell: and if thou spent; my lord also hath our herds of knowest any men of activity among cattle: there is not aught left in the thein, then make them rulers over my sight of any lord, but our bodies and cattle. our lands. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoli said untoJacob, How old art thou? 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh,The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life cf my fathers, in the days of their pil- grimage. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaob, and went out from before Pharaoh. 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 Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. 21 And as for the people, he re moved them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt,even to the other end thereof 11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a 22 Only the land of the priests bought possession in the land of Egypt, in the he not; for the priests had a portion best of the land, in the land of Rame-assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat ses, as Pharaoh had commanded. their portion which Pharaoh gave 12 And Joseph nourished his father, them; wherefore they sold not ther aud his brethren, and all his father's lands. household, with bread, according to their families. 23 ¶ Then Joseph said unto the peo- ple. Behold, I have bought you th 52 CHAP. XLVIII. Jacob blesseth Joseph's sons. day, and your land, for Pharaoh: lo, [seed after thee, for an everlasting pos- here is seed for you, and ye shall sow session. the land. 5 And now, thy two sons, Ephraim 24 And it shall come to pass, in the and Manasseh, which were born unto increase, that ye shall give the fifth thee in the land of Egypt, before I part unto Pharaoh; and four parts came unto thee into Egypt, are mine: shall be your own, for sced of the as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be field, and for your food, and for them mine. of your households, and for food for 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 Pharaoh's servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. 27 ¶ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 23 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that 1s rael must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, 1 pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 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. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth- lehem. 8 T And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10 (Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.) And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bow ed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Eph- raim in his right hand toward Israel's 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And left hand, and Manasseb in bis left he aware unto him. And Israel bow-hand, toward Israel's right hand, and ed himself upon the bed's head. 30 But I will lie with my fathers; and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place: and he he said, I will do as thou hast said. CHAP. XLVIII. ND it came to pass, after these brought them near unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's A things, that one told Joseph, Be head, who was the younger, and bis hold, thy father is sick and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Be- hold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. : 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz, m the land of Canaan, and blessed une, left hand upon Manasseh's head, guid- ing his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abra- ham and Isaac 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 4 And said unto me, Bebold, I will name of my fathers Abraham and nake thee itful, and multiply thee, Isaac; and let them grow into a mul- and I will make of thee a multitude of titude in the midst of the earth. people; and will give this land to thy | 17 And when Joseph saw that his fa 53 Jacob's prophecy GENESIS. concerning his sons. ther laid his right hand upon the head brethren shall praise; thy band shall of Ephraim, it displeased him: and be in the neck of thine enemies: thy he held up his father's hand, to remove father's children shall bown down be- it from Ephraim's head unto Manas-fore thee. seh's head. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from the 18 And Joseph said unto his father, prey, my son, thou art gone up: he Not so, my father: for this is the first- stooped down, he couched as a lion. born; put by right hand upon his and as an old lion; who shall rouse head. him up ? 19 And his father refused, and said, 1 10 The sceptre shall not depart from know it, my son, I know it; he also Judah, nor a law-giver from between shall become a people, and he also bis feet, until Shiloh come; and unto shall be great; but truly his younger him shall the gathering of the people brother shall be greater than be, and be. his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 11 Binding his foal unto the vice, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 20 And he blessed them that day, say-he washed his garments in wine, and ing, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim, and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Be-ven of the sea; and he shall be for a hold, I die; But God shall be with haven of ships; and his border shall be you, and bring you again unto the unto Zidon. 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 Amorite with my sword and with my bow. CHAP. XLIX. 13 Zebulun shall dwell at the ha- 14 ¶ Issachar is a strong ass,couching down between two burdens: 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 16 T Dan shall judge his people, as ND Jacob called unto his sons, one of the tribes of Israel. A and said, Gather yourselves to gether, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse-heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD! 3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, 19 T Gad, a troop shall overcome my might, and the beginning of my him; but he shall overcome at the strength, the excellencyof dignity, and last. the excellency of power: 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it he went up to my couch. 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 20 ¶ Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 ¶ Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall. 23 The archers have sorely grieved 6 O my soul, come not thou into their him, and shot at him, and hated hùn: secret; unto their assembly, mine bo- 24 But his bow abode in strength, nour, be not thou united; for in their and the arms of his hands were mado anger theyslew a man, and in their self-strong by the hands of the mighty God 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 Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8 T Judah, thou art he whom thy of Jacob: (from thence is the Shep- berd, the Stone of Israel:) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Al- mighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings 54 Jacob dieth. CHAP. L. saying, His burial. of the deep that hieth under, blessings I pray you, in the ears of Phamol of the breasts, and of the womb: 26 The blessings of thy father have 5 My father made me swear, saying, prevailed above the blessings of my Lo, I die: in my grave which I have progenitors unto the utmost bound of digged for me in the land of Canaan, the everlasting hills; they shall be on there shalt thou bury me. Now there. the head of Joseph, and on the crown fore let me go up, I pray thee, and of the head of him that was separate bury my father, and I will come again. from his brethren. 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as Ire made thee swear. 27 T Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the 800i!. 7 And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the 28 ↑ All these are the twelve tribes servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his of Israel; and this is it that their fa-house, and all the elders of the land of ther spake unto them, and blessed Egypt. them; every one according to his 8 And all the house of Joseph, and blessing he blessed theni. 29 And be charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their berds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and borseiden; and it was a 30 ln the care that is in the field of very great company. Machpelah, which is before Mamre, 10 And they came to the threshing. in the land of Canaan, which Abra-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jor- nam bought with the field of Ephron dan; and there they mourned with a The Hittite for a possession of a bury-[great and very sore lamentation; and ing-place. he made a mourning for his father seven days. 31 (There they buried Abrabam and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there 1 buried Leah.) 32 The purchase of the field, and of the care that is therem, was from the children of Heth. 3 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. CHAP. L. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourn ing in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians; wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan, 12 And his sons did unto him accord- ing as he commanded them; 13 For has gens carried bim into the ¡land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelab, which Abraham bought with the Geld, for a AND Joseph fell upon his father's possession of a burying place, of Eph- face, and wept upon him, and rou the Hittite, before Mamre. kissed him. 14T And Joseph returned into Egypt, 2 Aud Joseph commanded his scr-he, and his brethren, and all that went vants the physicians to embalm his fa- up with him to bury his father, after be ther: and the physicians embalmed|liad buried his father. Israel. 15 And when Joseph's brethren 3 And forty days were fulfilled for|saw that their father was dead, they him; for so are fulfilled the days of said, Joseph will peradventure bate those which are embalmed; and the us, and will certainly requite us all Egyptians mourned for him threescore the evil which we did onto him. and ten days. 16 And they sent a messenger " 4 And when the days of his mourn-Joseph, saying, Thy ing were past, Joseph spake unto the mand before he died house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I 17 So shall ye se have found grace in your eyes, speak,|give, I pray thee Joseph's age EXODUS and death. thy brethren, and their sin; for they fand his father's house: and Joseph did unto thee evil: and now, we pray [lived a hundred and ten years. thee, forgive the trespass of the ser- 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's chil- vants of the God of thy father. And dren of the third generation: the chil Joseph wept when they spake untojdrea also of Machir, the son of Ma nasseb, were brought up upon Jo (seph's knees. bin. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not; for am I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; bid God meant it unto good, to bring it to pass,as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not; I will / nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. 24 And Joseph said unto his breth- ren, I die; and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abra- ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25 Aud Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from heuce. 26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old : and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, Egypt. ↑ The Second Book of Moses, called EXODUS. NOW CHAP. I. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. these are the names of the children of Israel, which came 13 And the Egyptians made the chil into Egypt: every man and his house-¡dren of Israel to serve with rigour. hold came with Jacob. 14 And they made their lives bitter 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, with hard bondage, in mortar, and 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, in brick, and in all manner of service 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher, in the held: all their service, wherein 5 And all the soula that came out of they made them serve, was with ri- the loins of Jacob were seventy souls:[gour. for Joseph was in Egypt already, 15 T And the king of Egypt spake 6. And Joseph died, and all his breth to the Hebrew midwives, (of which ren, and all that generation. the name of the one was Shiphrab, 7 And the children of Israel were jand the name of the other Puah ;) fruitful, and increased abundantly, 16 And he said, When ye do the office and multiplied, and waxed exceeding of a midwife to the Hebrew women, mighty; and the land was filled with and see them upon the stools, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him ; but if it be a them. 8 ¶ Now there arose up a new king daughter, than she shall live. over Egypt, which knew not Josepli. 17 But the midwives feared God, 9 And he said unto his people, Be-and did not as the king of Egypt com hold, the people of the children of Is-manded them, but saved the men-chil rael are more and mightier than we.[dren alive. 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with 18 And the king of Egypt called for them, lest they multiply, and it come the midwives, and said unto them, to pass, that, when there filleth out Why have ye dour this thing, and any war, they join also unto our ene-[have saved the men-children alive? mies, and fight against us, and so get 19 And the midwives said unto Pha- them up out of the land. roh, Because the Hebrew women are Therefore they did set over them not as the Egyptian women; for they to afflict them with their are lively, and are delivered ere the by built for Pharaoh|midwives come in unto them. om and Raamses. 20 Therefore God dealt well with y afflicted them, the midwives: and the people multi- ed and grew.plied, and waxed very mighty. 56 Moses is born. CHAP. II, III. He marrieth Zipporah. 13 And when he went out the second 21 And it came to pass, because the no man, he slew the Egyptian, and midwives feared God, that he made hid him in the sand. them houses. 22 And Pharaoh charged all his peo-day, behold, two men of the Hebrews ple, saying, Every son that is born, ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. CHAP. 11. AND there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daugh- ter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid lim three months. strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore emites: thou thy fellow? 14 And he said, Who made thee prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and 3 Aud when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bul-he sat down by a well. rushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side: and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? 19 And they said, An Egyptian de- livered us out of the hand of the shep- herds, and also drew water enough for us, and he watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daughters, 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child; and, behold, the babe wept. And she bad compassion on him, and said, This is one of the He-And where is he? why is it that ye brews' children. have left the man? call bim, that he may eat bread. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew woman, that she may nurse the child for thee? 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it. 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter 22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershon; for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. 23 ¶ And it came to pass in process of time that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their cry came up unto God, by reason of the bondage. 10 And the child grew, and she Drought him unto Pharaon's daughter and he became her son. And she call. 24 And God heard their groaning ed his naine Moses; and she said, Be-and God remembered his covenant cause I drew him out of the water. with Abraham, with Isaac, and with 11 T And it came to pass, in those Jacob. days, when Moses was grown, that he 25 And God looked upon the chil- went out unto his brethren, and look-dren of Israel, and God had respect ed on their burdens: and he spied an unto them. Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of Ing brethren. CHAP. III. Notis father in-law, the JOW Moses kept the flock of 12 And he looked this way, and that way, and when be saw that there was! priest of Midian: and be led the flock 57 Moses sent to EXODUS. deliver Israel. to the back side of the desert, and] 13 And Moses said unto God,Behold, came to the mountain of God, even to when 1 come unto the children of la Horeb. rael, and shall say unto them, The 2 And the angel of the LonD appear-[ God of your fathers hath sent me unto ed unto him in a flame of fire, out of you; and they shall say to me, What the midst of a bush; and he looked, is his name? what shall I say unto and behold, the bush burned with them? fire, and the bush was not consum- ed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM and be said, Thus ebalt thou say unto the children of Is- rael, 1 AM hath sent me unto you. 15 T And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto children of Israel, The Lono God of him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses! and he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh 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 Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jácob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 T And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows: your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Ja- cob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my me morial unto all generations 16 Go, and gather the elders of Is rael together, and say unto thein, The Lord God of your fathers,the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob,ap peared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt; 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land, 18 And they shall hearken to thy unto a good land and a large, unto a voice: and thou shalt come, thou and land flowing with milk and honey; the elders of Israel, unto the king of unto the place of the Canaanites, and Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and The LORD God of the Hebrews hath the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the met with us; and now let us go, we Jebusites. beseech thee, three days' journey into 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the wilderness, that we may sacrifice the children of Israel is come unto] to the LORD our God. me and I have also seen the oppres- 19¶ And 1 am sure that the king of sion wherewith the Egyptians op- Egypt will not let you go, no, not by pressed them. a mighty hand. 10 Come now therefore, and I will] 20 And I will stretch out my hand, send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou and smite Egypt with all my won- mayest bring forth my people, the ders which I will do in the midst children of Israel, out of Egypt. thereof; and after that he will let you 11 ¶ And Moses said unto God,Who|go. am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, 21 And I will give this people favour and that I should bring forth the chil-in the sight of the Egyptians: and it dren of Israel out of Egypt? shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty : 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that so journeth in her bouse, jewels of sil ver, and jewels of gold, and raiment; and ye shall put them upon your sous, 58 Moses rcturns CHAP. IV. into Egypt. and upon your daughters; and ye with thy mouth, and teach thee what shall spoil the Egyptians. thou shalt say, CHAP. IV. I 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, pray thee, by the hand of him whom A But, behold, they will not believe and the anger of the LORD was ND Moses and said, thou wilt send. } me, nor hearken unto my voice: for kindled against Moses, and he said, Is they will say, The LORD hath not ap-not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I peared unto thee. know that he can epeak weli. And 2 And the LORD said unto him, What also, behold, he cometh forth to meet is that in thy hand? And he said, Athee; and when he seeth thee, he will rod. be glad in his beart. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpeut; and Moses fled from before it. And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thy 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 Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto tbee. 15 And thou shalt speak unto bin, 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 thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 6 T And the Lond said furthermore 18 T And Moses went, and returned unto him, Put now thy hand into thy to Jethro his father-in-law, and said bosom. And he put his hand into his unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and bosom; and when he took it out, be- return unto my brethren which are hold, his hand was leprous as snow. in Egypt, and see whether they be 7 And he said, Put thy hand into thy yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, bosom again. And he put his hand Go in peace. into his bosom again, and plucked it out of bis bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought tby 8. And it shall come to pass, if they life. will not believe thee, neither hearken] 20 And Moses took his wife and his to the voice of the first sign, that they sons, and set them upon an ass,and he will believe the voice of the latter returned to the land of Egypt. And sign. Moses took the rod of God in his hand. 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 upou the dry land. 21 T And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders be- fore Pharaoh which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my first-born. 10 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, 1 am not eloquent, nei- ther heretofore, nor since thou hast 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son spoken unto thy servant; but 1 am go, that he may serve me; and if thou slow of speech, and of a slow tongue, refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay 11 And the Lond said unto him, Who thy son, even thy first-born. hath made man's mouth? or who] 24 T And it came to pass by the way, maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the in the inn, that the LORD met him, seeing, or the blind? have not I the and sought to kill him. Lond? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her 59 The Israelites' EXODUS. son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. 27 ¶ And the Load said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had com- manded him. 29 ¶ And Moses and Aaron went, and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Mo- ses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. task increased. lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof; for they be idle; there- fore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein, and let them not regard vain words. 10 T And the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaob, 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 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the task-masters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily 31 And the people believed: and tasks, as when there was straw. when they heard that the LORD bad 14 And the officers of the children of visited the children of Israel, and Israel, which Pharaoh's task-masters that be had looked upon their afflic|bad set over them, were beaten, and tion, then they bowed their heads and demanded, Wherefore have ye not ful- worshipped. filled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore? CHAP. V. AND afterward Moses and Aaron 15 1 Then the officers of the chil- went in, and told Pharaob, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. 3 And they said, The God of the He- brews hath met with us; let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens, 6 T And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task masters of the peo- ple, 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 them selves. S And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye eball dren of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: Therefore ye say, Let us go, and do sacrifice to the LORD. 18 Go therefore now and work: for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish aught from your bricks of your daily task. 20 T And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh : The 21 And they said unto them, LORD look upon you, and judge; be cause ye have made our savour to he abborred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 22 T And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lonp,wherefore hust .. 60 God reneineth his CHAP. VI. promise to Israel. thou so evil-entreated this people? | have not hearkened unto me; how why is it that thou hast sent me? then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am 25 For since I came to Pharaoh tofof uncircumcised lipa ? speak in thy name, he hath done evil 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses to this people: neither bast thou de-and unto Aaron, and gave them a livered thy people at all. CHAP. VI. THEN THEN the LORD said unto Moses, charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 14 T These be the heads of their fa do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand thers' houses: The sons of Reuben, shall he let them go, and with a the first-born of Israel; Hanoch, and strong hand shall he drive them out of Palla, Hezron, and Carmi: these be his land. the families of Reuben. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and enid unto him, I am the LORD: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, hy the name of God Almighty; but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 15 T And the sons of Simeon ; Jem. uel, and Jamin and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the fa- milies of Simeon. 16 T And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their gene- 4 And I have also established my rations; Gershon, and Kohath, and covenant with them, to give them the Merari. And the years of the life of land of Canaan, the land of their pil-Levi were a hundred thirty and seven grimage, wherein they were stran-years. gers. And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and 1 have remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lond, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will re- deem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments. 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyp. tians. S And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD. 9 And Moses spake so unto the chil- dren of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kobath were a hundred thirty and three years. 19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali, and Mushi: these are the families of Levi, according to their generations. 20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram toere a hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri 23 And Aaron took him, Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abibu, Eleazar and Itha- mar. 24 And the sons of Korab; Assir, and Elkanab, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korbites. 25 And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took 10 T And the LORD spake unto Mo-him one of the daughters of Putiel to ses, saying, wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites, according to their fami lies. 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And Moses spake before the LORD, 26 These are that Aaron and Moses, saying, Behold, the children of Israel to whom the Lonosaid, Bring out the 61 Acron's rod becomes a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the ma EXODUS. children of Israel from the land of Egypt, according to their armies. 27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. 28 T And it came to pass, on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, gicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 12 For they cast down every inan his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he bearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. 29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I apn the Lond; speak thou 14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, unto Pharaob king of Egypt all that IPharaoh's heart is hardened, he re say unto thee. fuseth to let the people go. 30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how anali Pharaoh hearken unto ine? CHAP. VII. AND the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet, 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out into 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 thy hand. 16 And thou shalt say unto him, The Lond God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I com- mand thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. 17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, shalt know that I am the LORD: be- and multiply my signs and my wonhold, I will smite with the rod that is ders in the land of Egypt. in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine ar- mies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt, by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from ainong them. 18 And the fish that is in the river, shall die, and the river shall stink and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. 19 T And the LORD spake unto Mo ses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the ponds, and upon all their pools of LORD commanded them, so did they. water, that they may become blood; 7 And Moses was fourscore years and that there may be blood through- old, and Aaron fourscore and three out all the lands of Egypt, both in ves- years old, when they spake unto Phasels of wood, and in vessels of stone. raoh. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as 8 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses the LORD commanded: and he lifted and unto Aaron, saying, up the rod, and smote the waters that 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto were in the river, in the sight of Pha- you, saying, Show a miracle for you:|raob, and in the sight of his servants; then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take and all the waters that were in the thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, river were turned to blood. and it shall become a serpent. 21 And the fish that was in the rives 10 T Aud Moses and Aaron went in died; and the river stank, and the unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Egyptians could not drink of the wa LORD had commanded: and Aaronjter of the river; and there was blood cast down his rod before Pharaob, and throughout all the land of Egypt. before his servants, and it became a 22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments; and Pha- Berpenc 62 The plague of CHAP. VINI. frogs and lice. raoh's heart was hardened, neither 11 And the frogs shall depart from did he hearken unto them; as the Load had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned, and went into his house, neither did he set bis heart to this also. 24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled after that the LORD had smitten the river. A CHAP. VII. ND the Lono spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and fron. thy people; they shall remain in the river only. 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LonD because of the frogs which he bad brought against l'haraoh. 13 And the Lono did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them together upon beaps; and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lono bad said. 16 T And the Lon & said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up, and come into thy house, and into thy bed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and 17And they did so: fordaron stretch- into the house of thy servants, and ed out his hand with his rod,and smote upon thy people, and into thine ovens, the dust of the earth, and it became and into thy kneading-troughs: lice in man and in beast; all the dust 4 And the frogs shall come up both of the land became lice throughout all on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. 5 TAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy band with thy rod over the stre: ms, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the and of Egypt. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. the land of Egypt. 18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man and upon beast 19 Then the magicians said unto Pla- raoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened and be hearkened not unto them: ; Is the Lond had said. 20 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the norỡng, and stand before PharaoĿ, (1, he cometh forth to the water,) al say unto him, Thus saith the Lonr, Let my people 8 T Then Pharaoh called for Moses go, that they may serve me: and Aaron, und said, Entreat the 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my peo- LORD, that he may take away the ple go, belicld, I will send swarns of froge from me, and from my people; flies upon thec,and upon thy servants, and I will let the people go, that they and upon thy people, and into thy may do sacrifice unto the LORD. houses; and the houses of the Egyp 9 And Moses said unto Pharaob, tians shall be full of swarms of fries, Glory over me: when shall 1 entreat and also the ground whereon they for thee, and for thy servants, and forjare. thy people, to destroy the frogs from 22 And I will sever in that day the thee and thy houses, that they may land & Goshen, in which my people remain in the river only ? dweli,that no swarms of flies shall be 10 And be said, To-morrow. And there; to the end thou mayest know he said Be it according to thy word: that 1 am the LonD in the midst of that thou mayest know that there is the earth. aone like unto the LORD our God. 23 And I will put a division between 63 Plague of flies, EXODUS. murrain and boils, my people and thy people: to-morrow the cattle of Israel and the cattle of skall this sign be. 24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Fharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 25 T And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacri- fice to your God in the land. Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel. 6 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. 6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, 26 And Moses said, It is not meet so there was not one of the cattle of the to do; for we shall sacrifice the abom-Israelites dead. And the heart of ination of the Egyptians to the LORD Pharaoh was hardened, and he did our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the not let the people go. abomination of the Egyptians before S And the LORD said unto Moses their eyes, and will they not stone us? and unto Aaron,Take to you bandfuls 27 We will go three days' journey of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses into the wilderness, and sacrifice to sprinkle it toward the heaven in the the LORD our God, as he shall com-sight of Pharaoh. mand us. 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. 10 And they took asbes of the fur- 29 And Moses said, Behold, 1 go out nace, and stood before Pharaoh; and from thee, and I will entreat the LORD Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; that the swarms of flies may depart and it became a boil breaking forth from Pharaoh, from his servants, and with blains upon man, and upon beast. from his people, to-morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. 30 And Moses went out from Phara- oh, and entreated the LORD. 31 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would lie let the people go. CHAP. IX. THEN the LORD said unto Moses, bim, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, 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 asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very griev ɔus murrain. 4 And the Lon D shall sever between II And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boil; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. 13 T And the Lond said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my band, 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 declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself 64 Faraoh sueth CHAP. X. 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 grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. to Moses. that thou mayest 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 Lono God. 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. 32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten; for they were not grown 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, up. and shall not be brought home, the 23 And Moses went out of the city bail shall come down upon them, and from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his they shall die. hands unto the LORD; and the thun- ders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee] into their houses: 21 And he that regarded not the word of the Lond left his servants and his cattle in the field. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, and the hail, and the thunders, were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his ser- vants. 22 T And the LORD said unto Moses, 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, hardened, neither would he let the that there may be hail in all the land [children of Israel go; as the Lond of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, had spoken by Moses. and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven; and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground: and the LonD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire min- gled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a na- tion. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the bail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. CHAP. X. AND the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have bar- dened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him : 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD. 3 And Moses and Aaron cane in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the He brews, How long wilt thou refuse to bumble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my peo- ple go, behold, to-morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: 27 ¶ And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the 5 And they shall cover the face of LORD is righteous, and I and my peo-the earth, that one cannot be able to ple are wicked. see the earth; and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: 28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. 29 And Moses said unto him,As soon 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and as I am gone out of the city, I will the houses of all thy servants, and the spread abroad my hands unto the houses of all the Egyptians; which LORD; and the thunder shall cease neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' neither shall there be any more hail;[fathers have seen, since the day that E 65 The plague of EXODUS. locusts and darkness. they were upon the earth unto this] LORD your God, that he may take day. And he turned himself, and away from me this death only. went out from Pharaoh. 7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed ? : & Aud Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? 9 Aud Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our eons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go: for we must hold a feast unto the Lond. 10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and little ones: your look to it; for evil is before you. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, 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 Egypt. 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. 21 And the Loйp said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light did in their dwellings. 11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye desire. And they were driven from Pharaoh's presence. out| 12 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 24 ¶ And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LonD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lon 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 T But the LORD hardened Pha raoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh 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 Moses said, Thou hast spoken well; and I will see thy face again no 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the lanu, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail hath left: and more. there remained not any green thing in CHAP. XI. ND the LORD said unto Moses, the trees, or in the herbs of the field, A Yet will I bring one plague more through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; af- and Aaron in haste; and he said, Iterwards he will let you go hence ; have sinned against the LORD your when he shall let you go, he shall sure- God, and against you. ly thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the pro- ple, and let every man borrow of his 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the 66 СКАР. 11. is instituted. The Passover neighbour, and every woman of her bour next unto his house take it, sc- neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels cording to the number of the souls: of gold. every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blem- ish, a male of the first year: ye shal take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. 4 T And Moses said, Thus saith the Loan, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: 6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the con- gregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 5. And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of 7 And they shall take of the blood, Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, and strike it on the two side-posts, and even unto the first-born of the maid-on the upper door-post of the houses, servant that is behind the mill; and wherein they shall eat it. all the first-born of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire: his head with his legs, and with the pur- tenance thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of t remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morn- 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and larael. 8 And all these thy servants shall ing ye shall burn with fire. come down unto me, and bow down 11 T And thus shall ye eat it; with themselves unto me, saying, Get thee your loins girded, your shoes on your out, and all the people that follow feet, and your staff in your hand; and thee; and after that I will go out. ye shall eat it in baste; it is the And he went out from Pharaoh in a Lond's passover. great anger. 9 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judg ment: 1 am the LORD. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite ND the LORD unto Moses the land of Egypt. CHAP. XIL And he konn spake u of Egypt it and this day shall be unto you for saying, a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lono throughout your generations: ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 31 Speak ye unto all the congrega- 15 T Seven days shall ye eat unleaven- tion of Israel, saying, In the tenth day ed bread; even the first day ye shall of this month they shall take to them put away leaven out of your houses; every man a lamb, according to the for whosoever cateth leavened bread, house of their fathers, a lamb for a house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let bim and his neigb- from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut oll from Israel. 16 And in the first day there shall be 67 The Egyptrans EXODUS. first-born slam. a holy convocation, and in the seventh Israel in Egypt, when he smote the day there shall be a boly convocation|Egyptians, and delivered our houses. to you; no manner of work shall be And the people bowed the bead, and done in them, save that which every worshipped. man must eat, that only may be done] 28 And the children of Israel went of you. away, and did as the Loud had com. 17 And ye shall observe the feast of manded Moses and Aaron, so did thev. unleavened bread; for in this self-same 29 ¶ And it came to pass, that, at mid- day have I brought your armies out of night, the LORD smote all the first- the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye born in the land of Egypt, from the observe this day in your generations first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his by an ordinance for ever. throne, unto the first-born of the cap- 18 In the first month, on the four-tive that was in the dungeon, and ali teenth day of the month at even, ye the first-born of cattle. shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the mouth ut even. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry 19 Seven days shall there be no lea- in Egypt; for there was not a house ven found in your houses: for whoso-where there was not one dead. ever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened: iu all your habitations shall ye eat un leavened bread. 31 And he called for Moses andAaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye bave said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone, and bless me also. 21 T Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, 33 And the Egyptians were urgent Draw out, and take you a lamb, ac-[upon the people, that they might send cording to your families, and kill the them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hys- sop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their knead- ing-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And the children of Israel did ac- cording to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jew- els of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. 36 And the Lono gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians. 37 T And the children of Israel jour- neyed from Rameses to Succoth,about six hundred thousand ou foot that were men besides 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 26 And it shall come to pass, when of the dough which they brought forth your children shall say unto you, out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; What mean ye by this service? because they were thrust out of Egypt, 27 That ye shall say, It is the sacri- and could not tarry, neither had they fice of the LORD's passover, who pass-prepared for themselves any victual ed over the houses of the children of ]¯ 40 ¶ Now the sojourning of the chil 68 The ordinance CHAP. XIII. of the Passover. dren of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt,; 4 This day came ye out, in the mouth was four hundred and thirty years. | Abib. 41 And it came to pass, at the end of 6 And it shall be, when the LORD the four hundred and thirty years, shall bring thee into the land of the even the self-same day it came to pass, Canaanites, and the Hittites, and that all the hosts of the LORD went Amorites, and the Hivites, and the out from the land of Egypt. Jebusites, which he sware unto thy 42 It is a night to be much observed fathers to give thee, a land flowing unto the LORD for bringing them out with milk and honey, that thou shall from the land of Egypt: this is that keep this service in this month. night of the LORD to be observed of all 6 Seven days shalt thou eat unleaven- the children of Israel in their genera-[ed bread, and in the seventh day shall tions. be a feast to the LORD. 43 T And the LORD said unto Mosea! 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten and Aaron, This is the ordinance of seven days: and there shall no leaven- the passover; There shall no strangered bread be seen with thee: neither eat thereof: shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner and 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 Israel shall keep it. 8 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 Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial be tween thine eyes, that the Loup's law may be in thy mouth; for with a strong band bath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this or dinance in his season from year to year. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be cir 11π And it shall be, when the LORD cumcised, and then let him come near shall bring thee into the land of the and keep it; and he shall be as one Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and that is born in the land: for no uncir-to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, cumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Israel: as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lond all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD'S. 13. And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou 51 And it came to pass the self-same will not redeem it, then thou shalt day, that the LORD did bring the chil-break his neck: and all the first-born dren of Israel out of the land of Egypt of man among thy children shalt thou by their armies. redeem. CHAP. XIII. 14 And it shall be, when thy son AND the LORD spake unto Moses, asketh thee in time to come, saying, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto 2 Sanctify unto me all the first-born, him, By strength of hand the LORD whatsoever openeth the womb among brought us out from Egypt, from the the children of Israel, both of man bouse of bondage: ad of beast: it is mine. 15 And it came to pass, when Pha 3 ¶ And Moses said unto the people, raoh would hardly let us go, that the Remember this day, in which ye came LORD slew all the first-born in the out from Egypt, out of the house of land of Egypt, both the first born of bondage; for by strength of band the man, and the first-born of beasts there- LonD brought you out from this place: fore 1 sacrifice to the LORD all that there shall no leavened bread be eaten. Jopeneth the matrix, being males; but 69 Pharaoh pursueth EXODUS. all the first born of my children I re- deem. the Israelites 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with bim: 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of thein. S And the Long hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pur- sued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with a high hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, (all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army,) and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 16 And it shall be for a token upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 7 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 Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest perad. venture the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea and the children of Is- rael went up harnessed out of the land 10 T And when Pharaoh drew nigh, of Egypt. the children of Israel lifted up their 19 And Moses took the bones of Jo-eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians seph with him: for he had straitlynarched after them; and they were sworn the children of Israel, saying, sore afraid: and the children of Is God will surely visit you; and ye shali rael cried out unto the Lond. carry up my bones away hence wi you. 20 ¶ And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the Lord weut 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, or the pillar of fire by aight, from before the people. CHAP. XIV. 11 And they said unto Moses, Be cause there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? for it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 ¶ And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the AND the LouD spake unto Moses, salvation of the LORD, which he will saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, whom ye have seen to day, ye shall that they turn and encamp before Pi-see them again no more for ever. bahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, 14 The LORD shall fight, for you, and over against Baal-zephon: before it ye shall hold your peace. shall ye encamp by the sea. 15 T And the LORD said unto Moses, 3 For Pharaoh will say of the chil-Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak dren of Israel, They are entangled in unto the children of Israel, that they the land, the wilderness bath shut go forward: them in. 16 But lift thou up thy rod,and stretch 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, out thy hand over the sea, and divide that he shall follow after them; and 1fit; and the children of Israel shall go will be honoured upon Pharaoh, an] on dry ground through the midst of upon all his host; that the Egyptians the sea. may know that I am the LORD. And 17 And I, behold, I will harden the they did so. hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall 5 And it was told the king of Egypt follow them; and I will get me hon- that the people fled: and the heart of our upon Pharaob, and upon all his Pharaoh and of his servants was turn-host, upon his chariots, and upon his ed against the people, and they said, horsemen. Why have we done this, that we have 18 And the Egyptians shall know that let Israel go from serving us? I am the Loup, when I have gotten 70 CHAP. XV. He is drowned in the Red Sea. ne honour upon Pharaoh, up on his day out of the hand of the Egyptiane; shariots, and upon his horsemen. and Israel saw the Egyptians dead 19 T And the angel of God, which upon the sea-shore. went before the camp of Israel, re- 31 And Israel saw that great work moved, and went behind them; and which the Lono did upon the Egyp the pillar of the cloud went from be-tians; and the people feared the LORD, fore their face, and stood behind them; and believed the Lord, and his ser- 20 And it came between the camp vant Moses. of the Egyptians and the camp of Is- ael; 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. TH CHAP. XV. HEN sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed glorious- 21 ¶ And Moses stretched out his ly: the horse and his rider hath he hand over the sea; and the LORD thrown into the sea. caused the sea to go back by a strong 2 The Lono is my strength and song, east wind all that night, and made the and he is become my salvation; he is sea dry land, and the waters were di-[my God, and I will prepare him a vided. habitation; my father's God, and 1 will exalt him. 22 And the children of Israel 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 Egyptians pursued,and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 3 The LORD is a man of war: the Lono is his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen cap. tains also are drowned in the Red Sea 6 The depths have covered them; they sank into the bottom as a stone. 6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become 24 And it came to pass, that in the glorious in power: thy right hand, morning-watch, the LORD looked unto O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the the host of the Egyptians through the enemy. pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 25. And took off their chariot-wheels, that they drave them heavily so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fight- eth for them against the Egyptians. 26 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea,thai the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 7 And in the greatness of thine ex cellency 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, 1 will overtake, I will divide the spoil; 27 And Moses stretched forth his my lust shall be satisfied upon them; hand over the sea, and the sca returned I will draw my sword, my hand shali to his strength when the morning ap-destroy them. peared; and the Egyptians fled against 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, it: and the LORD overthrew the Egyp-the sea covered them; they sank as tians in the midst of the sea. lead in the mighty waters. 28 And the waters returned, and coy- 11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, ered the chariots, and the horsemen, among the gods? who is like thee, and all the host of Pharaoh that came glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, into the sea after them: there remain-doing wonders? ed not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that 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. 71 Song of Israel EXODUS. The people murmur. 14 The people shall hear, and be thee, which I have brought upon the afraid; sorrow shall take hold on the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that inhabitants of Palestina. healeth thee. 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be 27 And they came to Elim, where amazed; the mighty men of Moab, were twelve wells of water, and three- trembling shall take hold upon them: score and ten palm-trees and they all the inhabitants of Canaan shall encamped there by the waters. melt away. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwellin; in the sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established. 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. CHAP. XVI. : 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon AND they took their journey from them by the greatness of thine arin Elim; and all the congregation they shall be as still as a stone; till of the children of Israel came unto the thy people pass over. O LORD, till wilderness of Sin, which is between the people pass over, which thou hast Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day purchased. of the second month after their depart- ing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Loud in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in and when we did eat bread to the full i with his chariots and with his horse-for ye have brought us forth into this men into the sea,and the LORD brought wilderness, to kill this whole assembly again the waters of the sea upon them; with hunger. but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. -20 T And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her band; and all the women went out af terher, with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and bis rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 T And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. 4 T Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that 1 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. 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye mur- mur against us? 24 And the people murmured against 8 And Moses said, This shall be,when Moses, saying, What shall we drink? the Load shall give you in the even 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and ing flesh to eat, and in the morning the Lono showed him a tree, which bread to the full; for that the LORD when he had cast into the waters, the beareth your murmurings which ye water were made sweet: there he murmur against him: and what are made for them a statute and an ordi- we? your murmurings are not against nauce, and there be proved them, us, but against the LORD. 26 And sid, If thou wilt diligently 9 T And Moses spake unto Aaron, nearken to the voice of the LORD thy Say unto all the congregation of the God, and wi't do that which is right in children of Israel, Come near before his sight, and wilt give ear to his com- the Lono: for he hath heard your mandments, and keep all his statutes, murmurings. I will put none of these discases upon 10 And it canie to pass, as Aarou 72 Manna rained CHAP. XVIL from Heaven. spake unto the whole congregation of | morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath the children of Israel, that they look unto the Lond: bake that which ye ed toward the wilderness, and, behold, will bake to-day, and seethe that ye the glory of the LORD appeared in the will seethe; and that which remain- eth over, lay up for you, to be kept until the morning. cloud. 11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, eaying, 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. 13. And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar-frost, oni the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. 24 And they laid it up till the morn- ing, as Moses bade; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said,Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the Lonv: 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 ¶ And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my com- mandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of 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. 16 This is the thing which the Load hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating; an omer for every man, according to the num 31 And the house of Israel called the ber of your persons; take ye every name thereof Manna: and it was like man for them which are in his tents. coriander-seed, white; and the taste of 17 And the children of Israel did so, it was like wafers made with honey. and gathered, some more, some less. 32 T And Moses said, This is the 18 And when they did mete it with thing which the Lord commandeth, an omer, he that gathered much had Fill an omer of it, to be kept for your nothing over, and he that gathered generations; that they may see the Little bud no lack: they gathered every bread wherewith I have fed you in man according to his eating. the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning, 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning; and it bred worms, and stauk: and Moses was wroth with them. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manus therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the Lord coinmanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testi 21 And they gathered it every morn-[mony, to be kept, ing, every mañ according to his eat- 35 And the children of Israel did ent ing and when the sun waxed hot, it manna forty years, until they came to melted. a land inhabited; they did eat mann 22 T And it came to pass, that on the until they came unto the borders of Bxth day they gathered twice as much the land of Canaan. bread, two omers for one man: and] 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of all the rulers of the congregation came an ephah. and told Moses. CHAP. XVII. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LonD hath said, To-A children of Israel journeyed from AND all the congregation of the 73 Amalek overcome. EXODUS Jethro's counsel. the wilderness of Sin, after their jour-land his people with the edge of the neys, according to the commandinent sword. of the LonD, and pitched in Rephidim: 14 T And the Lono said unto Moses, and there was no water for the people Write this for a memorial in a book, to drink. and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua; 2 Wherefore the people did chide for I will utterly put out the remem- with Moses, and said, Give us water brance of Amalek from under heaven. that we may drink. And Moses said¦ 15 And Moses built an altar, and call- unto them, Why chide ye with me?ed the name of it JEHOVAÍI-nissi: wherefore do ye tempt the Lond? 16 For he said, Because the LORD 3 And the people thirsted there for hath sworn, that the LORD will have water; and the people murmured war with Amalek from generation to against Moses, and said, Wherefore is generation. this thatthou hast brought us up out ol CHAP. XVIII. Egypt, to kill us, and our children, and Moses father in-law heard of 7HEN Jethro the priest of Midi- our cattle, with thirst? 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, all that God had done for Moses, and saying, What shall I do unto this peo-for Israel bis people,and that the Londo ple? they be almost ready to stone had brought Israel out of Egypt; 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, me. 6 And the Lord said unto Moses,Go|took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he on before the people, and take with had sent her back, thee of the elders of Israel; and thy 3 And her two sons; of which the rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, name of the one was Gershom; for he take in thy hand, aud go. said, I have been an alieu in a strange land: 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt amite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place Massal, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lono, say. ing, ls the Lord among us, or not? 4 And the name of the other waI Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. 5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law- came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: 6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father-in-law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 8 T Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 AndMoses said unto Joshua, Choose 7 T And Moses went out to meet his us out men, and go out, fight with Ama-father-in-law, and did obeisance, and lek; to-morrow I will stand on the top kissed him; and they asked each other of the hill, with the rod of God in my of their welfare; and they came into hard. the tent. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to] 8 And Moses told his father-in law hum, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, went up to the top of the hill 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevail- ed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. all that the LORD had done unto Pha raoh, and to the Egyptians, for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lond had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under hun, and he sat thereon; and Aarou 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the and Hur stayed up his bands, the one Lond, who hath delivered you out of on the one side, and the other on the the hand of the Egyptians, and out of other side; and his hands were steady the hand of Pharaoh, who hath deliv until the going down of the sun. ered the people from under the hand 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek] of the Egyptians. 74 Jethro's counsel CHAP. XIX. to Moses. 11 Now I know that the Lond is be able to endure, and all this people greater than all gods: for in the thing shall also go to their place in peace. wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. 12 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Mo- ses' father-in-law, before God. 13 ¶ And it came to pass on the mor- row, that Moses sat to judge the peo- ple: and the people stood by Moses from the morning until the evening. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and ru- lers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every sinall matter 14 And when Moses' father-in-law they judged themselves. saw all that he did to the people, he 27 And Moses let his father-in-law said, What is this thing that thou doest depart; and he went his way into his to the people? why sittest thou thyself own land. alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? CHAP. XIX. 15 And Moses said unto his father-in-TN the third month, when the chil- law, Because the people come unto me dren of Israel were gone forth out to inquire of God: of the land of Egypt, the same day 16 When they have a matter they came they into the wilderness of Sinai. come unto me, and I judge between 2 For they were departed from Re- one and another; and 1 do make them|phidim, and were come to the desert know the statutes of God,and his laws. of Sinai, and had pitched in the wil 17 And Moses' father-in-law said derness; and there lerael encamped unto him, The thing that thou doest is before the mount. not good. 3 ¶ And Moses went up unto God and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the 18 Tuɔu will 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 children of Israel; alone. 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I: Egyptians, and hong 1 bare you on will give thee counsel, and God shali, eagles' wings, and brought you unto be with thee: Be thou for the people myself. to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: 20 And thou shalt teach them ordi- nances 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 covetous- ness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 6 Now therefore if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people; for all the earth is mine : 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a boly nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. 7 T And Moses came, and called for the elders of the people, and laid be fore their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. 22 And let them judge the people at 3 And all the people answered to- all seasons: and it shall be, that every gether, and said, All that the Lonn great matter they shall bring unto hath spoken we will do. And Moses thee; but every small matter they returned the words of the people unto shall judge: so shall it be easier for the Lord. thyself, and they shall bear the birden | 9 Aud the LORD said unto Moses,Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud,that the people may hear when I speak with tace, and believe thee for ever. with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt 75 Covenant of Sinai. EXODUS. T'en commandmania And Moses told the words of the peo-come near to the Lond, sanctify nem- ple unto the Lond. selves, lest the LORD break for upon 10 T And the LORD said unto Moses, them. Go unto the people, and sauctify them] 23 Ana Moses said unto the Lorn, to-day and to-morrow, and let them The people cannot come up wamount wash their clothes, Sinai; for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanc- tify it. : 11 And be ready against the third day for the third day the Lono will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 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 touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shali be surely put to death: 13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shut through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpei soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 14 ¶ And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 24 And the Lond said unto him, Away, get thee down, and wou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee, but let not the priests and the people break through, to come up unto the Lono, lest lie break forth them. upon 25 So Moses went down unto the peo- ple, and spake unto them. CHAP. XX. AND God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 T Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any 15 And he said unto the people, Bething that is in heaven above, or that ready against the third day; come not is in the earth beneath, or that is in at your wives. the water under the earth: 16 And it came to pass on the third 6 Thou shalt not bow down thyself day, in the morning, that there were to them, nor serve them: for I the thunders, and lightnings, and a thick LonD thy God am a jealous God, vis- cloud upon the mount, and the voicefiting the iniquity of the fathers upon of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that the children unto the third and fourth all the people that was in the camp generation of them that hate me ; trembled. 6And showing mercy unto thousanda 17 And Moses brought forth the peo- of them that love me, and keep my ple out of the camp to meet with God; commandments. and they stood at the nether part of the] 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the Lond mount. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether will not hold him guiltless that taketh ou a smoke, because the Lond de-his name in vain. scended upon it in fire; and the smoke 8 Remember the sabbath-day, to keep thereof ascended as the smoke of alit holy. fumace, and the whole mount quaked 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do greatly. all thy work : 19 And when the voice of the trum pet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God an- swered him by a voice. 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work,thou, northy son,nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy 20 And the LORD came down upon maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: stranger that is within thy gates: and the Lond called Moses up to the 11. For in six days the LORD made top of the mount; and Moses went up. heaven and earth, the sea, and all that 21 Aud the LORD said unto Moses, Goin them is, and rested the seventh day: down, charge the people, lest they wherefore the LORD blessed the sab- break through unto the LORD to gaze, bath-day, and ballowed it. and many of them perish. 12 T Honour thy father and thy ino- 22 And let the priests also which ther; that thy days may be long upon 76 Idolatry forbidden. CHAP. XXL Sundry laws. the land which the LORD thy God then his wife shall go out with him giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery, 16 Thou shalt not steal 4 If his master bave given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself 5 And if the servant shall plainly 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neigh-say, I love my master, my wife, and bour's house, thou shalt not covet thy my children; I will not go out free: neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, 6 Then his master shall bring him nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor unto the judges; he shall also bring his ass, nor any thing that is thy neigh. him to the door, or unto the doorpost: bour's. and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall 18 T And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and serve him for ever. the noise of the trumpet, and the 7 T And if a man sell his daughter to mountain smoking; and when the peo-be a maid-servant, she shall not go out ple saw it, they removed, and stood as the men-servants do. 8 If she please not her master, who afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak hath betrothed her to himself, then thou with us, and we will hear: but shall be let her be redeemed: to sell let not God speak with us, lest we die. ber unto a strange nation he shall have 20 And Moses said unto the people, no power, seeing he hath dealt deceit. Fear not: for God is come to prove fully with her. you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off; and Moses drew near unto the thick dark- ness where God was. 22 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 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, ber raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall be not diminish. F1 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a nan lie not in wait, buf 24 Au altar of eart thou shalt God deliver him into his hand; then make unto me, and shalt sacrifice 1 will appoint thee a place whither he thereon thy burnt-ollerings, and thy shall flee. peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine 14 But if a man come presumptuous- oxen: in all places where I record my ly upon his neighbour, to slay him name I will come unto thee, and I will with guile; thou shalt take him from bless thee. my altar, that he may die. 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. NOW CHAP. XXI 15 T 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 ¶ And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. W these are the judgments 18 T And if men strive together, and which thou shalt set before them. one smite another with a stone, or 2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six with his fist, and he die not, but keep- years he shall serve; and in the sev-Jeth his bed: enth he shall go out free for nothing. 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad 3 If he came in by himself, he shall upon his staff, then shall be that smote go out by himself; if he were married,[him be quit : "only he shall pay for the 77 Divers lawUS EXODUS. and oramANCES. loss of his time, and shall cause him fit good, and give money unto the to be thoroughly healed. owner of them; and the dead beast 20 ¶ And if a man smite his servant, shall be his. or his maid, with a rod, and he die under bis hand; he shall be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. 22 If meu strive, and hurt a wo man with child, so that her fruit de: part from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 1 And if a man smite the eye of bis servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; be shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 35 T And if one man's ox hurt an other'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 halli used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept linn in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own. CHAP. XXII. Fa man shall steal an ox, or a sheep 1 and kill it, or sell it, he shall re store 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 1f 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. 27 And if he smite out his man-ser- 4 If the theft be certainly found in rant's tooth, or his maid-servant's his hand alive, whether it be ox, or tooth; he shall let him go free for his ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. tooth's sake. 5 T If a man shall cause a field or 28 If an ox gore a man or a wo-vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in man, that they die; then the ox shall his beast, and shall feed in another be surely stoned, and his flesh shall man's field; of the best of his own not be eaten; but the owner of the ox field, and of the best of his own vine- shall be quit. yard, shall he make restitution. 6 T If fire break out, and catch in thorns so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be con- sumed therewith; be that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with hus born in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he ath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also] 7 ¶ If a man shall deliver unto his shall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ran som of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 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 be have put his hand unto his neighbour's 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto goods. him. 9 For all manner of trespass, wheth- 32 If the ox shall push a man-ser-er it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for vant, or maid-servant; he shall give raiment, or for any manner of lost unto their master thirty shekels of thing, which another challengeth to silver, and the ox shall be stoned. be his, the cause of both parties shall 33 T And if a man shall open a pit, come before the judges; and whom or if a man shall dig a pit, and not the judges shall condemn, he shall pay cover it, and an ox or an ass fall double unto his neighbour. therein; 10 If a inan deliver unto his neigh- 34 The owner of the pit shall make bour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or 78 Moral and Ceremonial Laros. 29 ¶ 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. CHAP. XXIII. any beasts, to keep; and it die, or be] burt,or driven away, no man seeing it 11 Then shall an oath of the Lond 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 nim bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 T And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, be shall surely make it good. 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for his bire. 16 T And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money ac cording to the dowry of virgins. 18 T Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 ¶ Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 T He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall 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 istorn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. CHAP. XXIIL THOUshalt not raise a false report: THO put not thy hand with the wick- fed to be an unrighteous witness. 2 ¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely belp with him. 6 T Thou shalt not wrest the judg ment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay 21 ¶ Thou shalt neither vex a stran-thou not: for I will not justify the ger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 ¶ Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry: 24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 25 T If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be 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 covering only; it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear: for I am gracious. 28 T Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. wicked. 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 T Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, eeeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 10 T And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruit 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 vineyard, and with thy oliveyard 12 T Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed. 13 And in all things that I bave said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other 79 God's promise EXODUS. gods, neither let it be heard out of thy inouth. 14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. to the people. 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 enemies turn their 16 Thou shalt keep the feast of un-backs unto thee. leavened bread: (thou shalt eat un- 28 And I will send hornets before leavened bread seven days, as I com- manded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall ap- pear before me empty :) 16 And the feast of harvest, the first- fruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in thy field; and the feast of in- gathering, 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 LouD God. 18 ¶ Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. 19 The first of the 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 T Behold, I send an Angel 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 transgression: for my name is in him. thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 29 I will not drive them out from be fore thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. 31. And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Phil- istines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabit. ants 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 gode. 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. A CHAP. XXIV. ND he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and. Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD; but they shall not come 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his nigh; neither shall the people go up voice, and do all that I speak; then I with him. will be an enemy unto thine enemies, 3 T And Moses came, and told the and an adversary unto thine adversa-people all the words of the LORD, and ries. all the judgments: and all the people 23 For mine Angel shall go before answered with one voice, and said, thee, and bring thee in unto the Amor- All the words which the LORD hath ites, and the Hittites, and the Periz-said will we do. zites, and the Canaanites, and the 4 And Moses wrote all the words of Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nordo after their works; but thou shalt utterly over- throw them, and quite break down their images. 25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfill. the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the bill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the chil dren of Israel, which offered burnt- offerings, and sacrificed peace-offer- ings of oxen unto the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood be sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the cove- nant, and read in the audience of the people and they said, All that the 80 Moses on the Mount. LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. 9 Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abilu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: CHAP. XXV The Ark and Mercy-seat. 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 anoint- ing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx-stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. 10 And they saw the God of Israel: 9 According to all that I show thee, and there was under his feet as it were after the pattern of the tabernacle, a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and and the pattern of all the instruments as it were the body of heaven in his thereof, even so shall ye make it. clearness. 10 T And they shall make an ark of 11 And upon the nobles of the chil-sbittim-wood: two cubits and a half dren of Israel he laid not his hand: shall be the length thereof, and a cubit also they saw God, and did eat and and a half the breadth thereof, and a drink. cubit and a half the height thereof. 12 T And the Loan said unto Moses, 11 And thou shalt overlay it with Come up to me into the mount, and be pure gold, within and without shalt there and I will give thee tables of thou overlay it; and shalt make upon stone, and a law, and commandments it a crown of gold round about. which I have written; that thou mayest 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of teach them. gold for it, and put them in the four 13 And Moses rose up, and his minis-coruers thereof; and two rings shall tre Joshua; and Moses went up to be in the one side of it, and two rings the mount of God. in the other side of it. gold. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry 13 And thou shalt make staves of ye here for us, until we come again shittim-wood, and overlay them with unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 T And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud cor- ered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lonn was like devouring fire ou the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount] forty days and forty nights. A CHAP. XXV. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with nis heart ye shall take my offering, 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 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 ringa of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. 17 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. 13 And thou shalt make two cheru bims of gold: of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end; even of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubins ou the two endo thereof. 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; to- ward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 21. And thou shalt put the mercy-aeat F 81 Of the Table EXODUS. and Candlestick. above upon the ark; and in the ark [four bowls made like unto almonds, thou shalt put the testimony that I[with their kuops and their flowers. ahall give thee. 35 And there shall be a knop under 22 And there I will meet with thee, two branches of the same, and a knop and I will commune with thee from under two branches of the same, and above the mercy-seat, from between a knop under two branches of the the two cherubins which are upon the same,according to the six branchesthat ark of the testimony, of all things proceed out of the candlestick. which I will give thee in command- ment unto the children of Israel. 23 ¶ 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. 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. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with 38 And the tongs thereof, and the pure gold, and make thereto a crown snuff-dishes thereof, shall be of pure of gold round about. gold. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he border of a hand-breadth round about,|make it, with all these vessels. and thou shalt make a golden crown 40 And look that thou make them to the border thereof round about. after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the CHAP. XXVI. four corners that are on the four feet MOREOVER, thou shalt make the 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 etaves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and pur ple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits and every one of the curtains shal have one measure. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof,and covers 3 The five curtains shall be coupled thereof, and bowis thereof, to cover together one to another; and other withal: of pure gold shalt thou make five curtains shall be coupled one to thein. another. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue show-broad before me always. upon the edge of the one curtain, from 31 T And thou shalt make a candle-thie eelvedge in the coupling; and 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 candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: likewise shalt thou make in the utter most edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. 6 And thou shalt make taches of gold, and couple the curtains together 33 Three bowls made like unto al-[with the taches; and it shall be one monds, with a knop and a flower in tabernacle. one branch; and three bowls made] 7 And thou shalt make curtains of like almonds in the other branch, with goats' hair, to be a covering upon the a knop and a flower: so in the six tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou branches that come out of the candle-make. stick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one 8 The length of one curtain shall be 82 Directions for CHAP. XXVII. the Tabernacle. curtain four cubits: and the eleven beneath, and they shall be coupled to- curtains shall be all of one measure.gether above the head of it unto one 9 And thou shalt couple five curring: thus shall it be for thein bour; tains by themselves, and six curtains they shall be for the two corners. by themselves, and shall double the 25 And they shall be eight boards. sixth curtain in the fore-front of the and their sockets of silver, sixteen tabernacle. 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, 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coup- leth the second. 27 And five bars for the boards of the 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches other side of the tabernacle, and five of brass, and put the taches into the bars for the boards of the side of the loops, and couple the tent together, tabernacle, for the two sides west- that it may be one. ward. 12 And the remnant that remaineth| 28 And the middle bar in the midst of of the curtains of the tent, the half the boards shall reach from end to end. curtain that remaineth, shall hang 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards over the back-side of the tabernacle. with gold, and make their rings of 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a gold for places for the bars; and thou cubit on the other side, of that which shalt overlay the bars with gold. remaineth in the length of the curtains 30 And thou shalt rear up the taber- of the tent, it shall hang over the sides nacle according to the fashion thereof of the tabernacle on this side, and ou] which was showed thee in the mount. that side, to cover it. 31 T And thou shalt make a veil of 14¶ And thou shalt make a covering blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine for the tent of rams'skins dyed red,and twined linen, of cunning work: with a covering above of badgers' skins. 15 ¶ And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim-wood, stand-pillars of shittim-wood overlaid with ing 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 southward. 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, there shall be twenty boards. cherubims shall it be made. 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four gold: their hocks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the veil under the taches, that thou mayest bring in hither within the veil the ark of the testimony and the veil shall divide unto you between the boly place and the most holy. : 34 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony, in the most holy place. 35 And thou shalt set the table with- out the veil, and the candlestick over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make a banging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 21 And their forty sockets of silver:linen, wrought with needle-work. two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 37 And thou shalt make for the hang- ing five pillars of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold, and their books shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brags for them. CHAP. XXVII. ND thou shalt make an altar of 24 And they shall be coupled together Ashittin wood, five cubits long 83 The altar of EXODUS. Burnt-offering. and fire cubits broad: the altar shall blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine be four-square; and the height there- twined linen, wrought with needle. of shall be three cubits. work and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; his horne shall be of the same: and thou Bhalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to re- ceive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his flesh-hooks, and his fre-pans all the vessels thereof tbou 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 bruzeu rings in the four corners thereof. 6 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, stavesof shittim-wood,and over- lay them with brass. 7 And the stares shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen, of a bundred 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 hundred cubits long, and bis twenty pillars, and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hanginga of filly cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the eust eide eastward shall be fifty cubits. 14 The bangings of one side of the gale shall be fifteen cubits: their pil lars three, and their sockets Ubree. 15 And on the other side shall be hangings, filleen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three, 17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver: their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. 18 T The length of the court shall be a bundred cubits, and the breadth Any every where, and the height five cubite of fine twined linen, and then sockets of brass. 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle, in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. 20 T And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil-olive benten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 21. In the tabernacle of the congrega- tion without the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning be fore the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the be- half of the children of Israel. CHAP. XXVIII. AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with luni, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abilu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons, 2 And thou shalt make boly garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to conse crate bim, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make boly garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sona, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine lines. 6 ¶ And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, gf erarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 16 And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, 7 It shall bave the two shoulder. 84 Aaron set apart CHAP. XXVIII. for the Priesthood. pieces thereof joined at the two edges his name sbali they be, according ta thereof; and so it shall be joined to-the twelve tribes. gether. 22 T And thou shalt make upon the 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, breastplate chains at the ends of which is upon it, shall be of the same, wreathen work of pure gold. according to the work thereof; even of 23 And thou shalt make upon the gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt and fine twined linen. put the two rings on the two ends of 9 And thou shalt take two onyx-the breastplate. stones, and grave on them the names 24 And thou shalt put the two of the children of Israel: wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in 11 With the work of an engraver in the two ouches, and put them on the stone, like the engravings of a signet, shoulder-pieces of the ephod before shalt thou engrave the two stones with it. the names of the children of Israel: 26 T And thou shalt make two rings thou shalt make them to be set in of gold, and thou shalt put them upon ouches of gold. the two ends of the breastplate, in the 12 And thou shalt put the two stones border thereof, which is in the side of upon the shoulders of the ephod, for the ephod inward. stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD, upon his two shoulders, for a memorial. 13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the fore part thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 14 And two chains of pure gold at 28 And they shall bind the breastplate the ends; of wreathen work shalt by the rings thereof unto the rings of thou make thein, and fasten the the ephod with a lace of blue, that it wreatheu chains to the ouches. may be above the curious girdle of the 15 ¶ And thou shalt make the breast-fephod, and that the breastplate be not plate of judgment with cunning work; loosed from the ephod. after the work of the ephod thou shali 29 And Aaron shall bear the names make it; of gold, of blue, and of pur-of the children of Israel in the breast- ple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined plate of judgment upon his heart linen, thou shalt make it." when he goeth in unto the holy place, 16 Four-square it shall be, being for a memorial before the LORD con doubled; a span shall be the length tinually. thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. 30T And thou shalt put in the breast plate of judgment the Urim and the 17 And thou shalt set it in settings of Thummin; and they shall be upor stones, even four rows of stones: the Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before first row shall bea sardius,a topaz,and the LORD; and Aaron shall bear the a carbuncle: this shall be the first judgment of the children of Israe upon his heart before the Lord con row. 18 And the second row shall be an[tinually. emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 31 T And thou shalt make the robe of 19 And the third row a ligure, an]the ephod all of blue. agate, and an amethyst. 32 And there shall be a hole in the 20 And the fourth row a bery}, and top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be have a binding of woven work round set in gold in their enclosings. about the hole of it, as it were the hole 21 And the stones shall be with the of an babergeon, that it be not rent. names of the children of Israel,twelve,] 33 ¶ And bencath upon the hem of it according to their names, like the en-thou shalt make pomegranatesof blue, cravings of a signet; every one witliland of purple, and of scarlet, round 85 The consecration EXODUS. Į them. of the priests. about the hem thereof; and bells of unleavened tempered with oil, and gold between them round about: wafers unleavened anointed with oil : 3-4 A golden bell and a pomegranate,jof wheaten flour shalt thou nake a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 34 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36 T And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron's fore- head, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lond. 39 ¶ And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needle-work. 3. And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. 5 And thou shalt take the garmente, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anomt him. 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 9 And thon shalt gird them with gir- dles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: aud the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. 40 And Tor Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou be brought before the tabernacle of the make for them, for glory and for congregation; and Aaron and his sons beauty. shall put their hands upon the head of 41 And thou shalt put them upon the bullock. Aaron thy brother, and his sons with 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock be- him; and shalt anoint them, and con-fore the Lond, by the door of the tab- secrate them, and sanctify them, that ernacle of the congregation. 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 Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die it shall be a statute for ever unto him, and his sced after him. CHAP. XXIX. AND this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes 12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. 13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and :his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin- offering. 15 T Thou shalt also take one ram: and Aaron and his sons shall put their bands upon the head of the ram. 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. 17 And thou shalt cut the rain in 86 CHAP. XXIX. The consecration of the priests. pieces, and wash the inwards of him, sons' by a statute for ever from the and his legs, and put them unto his children of Israel: for it is a heave- pieces, and unto his head. offering: and it shall be a heave-offer- 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ing from the children of Israel of the ram upon the altar; it is a burnt-offer-sacrifice of their peace-offerings, even ing unto the LORD; it is a sweet their heave-offering unto the LORD. savour, an offering made by fire unto 29 T And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein,and to be consecrated in them. the LORD. 19 T And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron,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 sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the boly place. 31 T And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat 21 And thou shalt take of the blood the flesh of the ram,and the bread that that is upon the altar, and of the is in the basket, by the door of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon tabernacle of the congregation. Aaron, and upon his garments, and 33 And they shall eat those things upon his sons, and upon the garments] wherewith the atonement was made, of his sons with him and he shall be to consecrate and to sanctify them: hallowed, and his garments, and his but a stranger shall not eat thereof,be- sons, and his sons' garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of con- secration: 23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lonn. 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron,and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave-offer- ing before the LORD. cause they are holy. 34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread,remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I bave commanded thee; sever days shalt thou consecrate them. 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin-offering for atone- ment; and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanc- tify it. 25 And thou shalt receive them of 37 Seven days thou shalt make an their hands, and burn them upon the atonement for the altar, and sanctify altar for a burnt-offering, for a sweet it; and it shall be an altar mest holy: savour before the LonD: it is an offer- whatsoever toucheth the altar shall ing made by fire unto the LORD. 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before the Lond: and it shall be thy part. 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for be holy. 38 T Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two lambs of the first year day by day continually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even : 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering. his sons: 28 And it shall be Aaron's and bis 41 And the other lamb thou shalt 87 Altar of Incense. EXODUS. Ransom of souls. offer at even, and shalt do thereto ac- lamps at even, be shall burn incense cording to the meat-offering of the upon it, a perpetual incense before the morning, and according to the drink- LORD, throughout your generations. offering thereof,for a sweet savour,an 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense offering made by fire unto the LORD. thereon, nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat- 42. This shall be a continual burnt-offering; neither shall ye pour drink- offering throughout your generations, offering thereon. at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lond: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 10 And Aaron shall make an atone- mentupon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin-offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. 11 T And the LORD spake unto Mo- 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: 1ses, saying, will sanctify also both Aaron and his 12 When thou takest the sum of the sons, to minister to me in the priest's children of Israel after their number, office. then shall they give every mau a ran- 45 T And I will dwell among the chil-som for his soul unto the LORD, when dren of Israel, and will be their God. thou numberest them; that there be 46 And they shall know that I am no plague among them, when thou the LORD their God, that brought numberest them. them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LonD 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 there- of shall be of the same. 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are num· bered, balf a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty half shekel shall be the geralis :) offering of the Lond. 14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lond. 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 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns for your souls. thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a 16 And thou shalt take the atone- crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold. ment-money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lond,to make an atonement for your souls. 17 And the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to 6 And thou shalt put it before the wash withal: and thou shalt put it veil that is by the ark of the testimo-between the tabernacle of the congre- ny, before the mercy-seat that is over gation and the altar, and thou shalt the testimony, where I will meet with put water therein : thee. 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon their hands and their feet thereat. sweet incense every morning: when 20 When they go into the taberna- he dresscth the lamps, he shall burn cle of the congregation, they shall incense upon it. wash with water, that they die not; 8 And when Aaron lighteth the or when they come near to the altar to 28 The composition CHAP. XXXL minister, to burn offering made by fire to the Loud; 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 generations. 22 T Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee princi- pal spices, of pure myrrh, five hundred shekels,and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two Bundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, of the perfume. 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the con- gregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composi- tion thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. CHAP. XXXI. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, alter the shekel of the sanctuary, and 2 See, I bave called by name Beza- of oil olive a hin: leel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound 3 And I have filled him with the aller the art of the apothecary: it spirit of God, in wisdom, and in un- shall be a holy anointing oil. derstanding, and in knowledge, and 26 And thou shalt anoint the taber-in all manner of workmanship, nacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 23 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 toucheth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in priest's office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmau- ship. 6 And 1, behold, I have given with him Aboliab, the son of Abisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and m the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; 7 The tabernacle of the congrega- the tion, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his fur- [niture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, 32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is bly, and it shall be holy unto you. 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it,or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall e n be cut off from his people. 10 And the clothes of service, and the holy garments forAaron the pries', and the garments of his sons, to min- ister in the priest's office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according 34 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, to all that I have comunanded thee Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, shall they do. and onycha, and galbanum; these 12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Mo- sweet spices with pure frankincense: ses, saying, of each there shall be a like weight: 13 Speak thou also unto the children 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume,a of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths confection after the art of the apotheca- ye shall keep; for it is a sign between ry, tempered together, pure and holy: me and you throughout your genera- 89 Aaron maketh EXODUS. 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 cutoff from among his people. a golden calf. tions: that ye may know that I am people sat down to eat and to driuk, the LORD that doth sanctify you. and rose up to play. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath there- 7 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people. which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded 15 Six days may work be done; but them: they have made them a molten in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, calf, and have worshipped it, and have holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth sacrificed thereunto, and said, These any work in the sabbath-day, be shall be thy gods, O Israel, which have surely be put to death. brought thee up out of the land of Egypt 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LouD made beaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. 18 T And he gave unto Moses,when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two ta- bles of testimony, tables of stone written with the finger of God. CHAP. XXXII. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, 1 have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people: 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. 11 And Moses besought the LORD hig God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand? 12 Wherefore should the Egyptiana speak, and say, For mischief did he AND when the people saw that to bring them out to say the the in the ses delayed to come down out of mountains, and to consume them from the mount, the people gathered them-the face of the earth? Turn from thy selves together unto Aaron, and said fierce wrath, and repent of this evil unto him, Up, make us gods, which against thy people. shall go before us; for as for this Mo. ses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break of 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 them unto Aaron. 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to the LORD. 6 T And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace offerings: and the] 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I 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 Lonv repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 15 T And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two ta- bles of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18 And he said, It is not the voice of 90 Moses breaketh CHAP. XXXIII. the Tables. them that shout for mastery, neither is|venture I shall make an atonement for it the voice of them that cry for being your sin. overcome; but the noise of them that 31 And Moses returned unto the sing do I hear. LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and bave made them gods of gold! 19 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the call, and the dancing: and Mo- Bes' anger waxed bot, and he cast the tables out of his bands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it pon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shail go before thee: nevertheless in the day when 1 visit, I will visit their sin upon them. 35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made. CHAP. XXXII. 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought ns up out of the land of Egypt, we AND the LORD said unto hoses, Depart, and go up hence, thou 21 And I said unto them, Whosoever and the people which thou hast hath any gold, let them break it off. brought up out of the land of Egypt, So they gave it me: then I cast it into unto the land which I sware unto the fire, and there came out this calf. Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, say 25 ¶ And when Moses saw that the fing, Unto thy seed will I give it: people were naked; (for Aaron bad 2 And I will send an Angel before made them naked unto their shame thee; and I will drive out the On- among their enemies :) naanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: wot not what is become of him. 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiff necked people: lest I consume thee in the way. 27 And he said unto them,Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in 4 T And when the people heard these and out from gate to gate throughout evil tidings, they mourned: and no the camp, and slay every man his man did put on him his ornaments. prother, and every man bis compan- 5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, ion, and every man bis neighbour. Say unto the children of Israel, Ye 28 And the children of Levi did ac- cording to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 For Moses bad said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother: that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, by the mount Horeb. 7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and 30 T And it came to pass on the mor-pitched it without the camp,afar off row, that Moses said unto the people, from the camp, and called it the Tab- Ye have sinned a great sin: and now ernacle of the Congregation. And it I will go up unto the Lono; perad-came to pass that every one which 91 Moses desireth to see EXODUS. the glory of God. sought the LORD went out unto the I will be gracious, and will show tabernacle of the congregation, which mercy on whom I will show mercy. was without the camp. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see 8 And it came to pass, when Moses my face: for there shall no man see went out unto the tabernacle, that all me, and live. the people rose up, and stood every 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there man at his tent-door, and looked after is a place by me, and thou shalt stand Moses, until he was gone into the upon a rock: tabernacle. 22 And it shall come to pass, while 9 And it came to pass, as Moses en-my glory passeth by, that, I will put tered into the tabernacle, the cloudy thee in a cleft of the rock, and will pillar descended and stood at the door cover thee with my hand while I pass of the tabernacle, and the LORD by: talked with Moses. 23 And I will take away my hand, 10 And all the people saw the cloudy and thou shalt see my back parts; but pillar stand at the tabernacle-door: my face shall not be seen. and all the people rose up and wor- shipped, every man in his tent-door. CHAP. XXXIV. ND LORD said unto Moses, 11 and the Lord in be utto Moses A Hew thee the tables of stone like face to face as a man speaketh unto bis friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 12 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up thus people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. 1 13 Now, therefore, I pray thee, if nave found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight and consider that this nation is thy people. unto the first: and 1 will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount, 3 Aud no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before tha mount. 4 T And he bewed two tables of stons like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto Mount Sinai, as the Lono had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 11 And he said, My presence shall go 5 And the LORD desceuded in the with thee, and I will give thee rest. cloud, and stood with him there, and 15 And he said unto him, If thy pre-proclaimed the name of the Lond. sence go not with me, carry us not up 6 And the Lond passed by before bence. him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The 16 For wherein shall it be known LonD God, merciful and gracious, here that I and thy people have found long-suffering, and abundant in good- grace in thy sight? is it not in that ness and truth, thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. 17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. 18 And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, for giving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and wor- shipped. 19 And he said, I will make all my 9 And he said, If now I have found goodness pass before thee, and I will grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my proclaim the name of the Lonu before Lonn, I pray thee, go among us; for it thee; and will be gracious to whom is a still-necked people; and pardon 92 God's instructions CHAP. XXXIV. to Moses. our iniquity and our sin, and take us harvest, and the feast of in-gathering for thine inheritance. at the year's end. 10 T And he said, Behold, I make a 23 ↑ Thrice in the year shall all your covenant: before all thy people I will men-children appear before the Load do marvels, such as have not been] God, the God of Israel. done in all the earth, nor in any na- tion: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lond: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 11 Observe thou that which I com- mand thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants, of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a suare in the midst of thee: 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: 14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the muhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 24 For I will cast out the nations be- fore thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the pass- over be left unto the morning. 26 The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt net seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten com mandinents. 29 T And it came to pass when Mʊ- ses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' 16 And thou take of their daughters hand, when he came down from the unto thy sons, and their daughters go amount, that Moses wist not that the whoring after their gods,and make thy eous go a whoring after their gods. 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 18 T The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat onleavened bread, as 1 commanded] thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the mouth Abib thou camest out from Egypt. 19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou] redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem; and none shall ap- pear before me empty. skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the chil dren of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the con gregation returned unto him; and Mo- ses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the Loan had spoken with him in Sinai. mount 33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. 34 But when Moses went in befor? the LORD to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And 21 Six days thou shalt work, but on he came out, and spake unto the chil the seventh day thou shalt rest; in ear-dren of Israel that which he was com· ing time and in harvest thou shalt mauded. rest. 35 And the children of Israel saw 22 T And thou shalt observe the feast the face of Moses, that the skin et of weeks, of the first-fruits of wheat-Moses' face shone: and Moses put the 93 Contributions for EXODUS the Tabernacle. veil upon his face again, until he went 15 The pins of the tabernacle, and the in to speak with Him. pina of the court, and their cords, 19 The clothes of service, to do ser CHAP. XXXV. AND Moses gathered all the congre- vice in the holy place, the holy gar gation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you 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 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an offer- ing unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an of fering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, ments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sous, to minister in the priest's office. 20 T And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the con gregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and wo. men, 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,offer. ed 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. 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim-wood, 8 And oil for the light, and spices for 24 Every one that did offer an offer- auointing oil, and for the sweet in-ng of silver and brass, brought the LORD's offering: and every man with cense, 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be whom was found shittim-wood for any set for the ephod, and for the breast-work of the service, brought it. plate. 25 And all the women that were 10 And every wise-hearted among wise-hearted did spin with their hands, you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded ; 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, bis bars, his pillars, and his sockets, 12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy-seat, and the veil of the covering, 13 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the show-bread, 14 The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, 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 onyx- stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a 15 And the incense-altar, and his willing offering unto the LORD, every staves, and the anointing oil, and the man and woman, whose heart made sweet incense, and the hanging for the them willing to bring for all manner door at the entering in of the taber-of work, which the LORD had com- nacle, manded to be made by the hand of Moses. 16 The altar of burnt-offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, 30T And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 And he hath filled him with the 94 Construction of CHAP. XXXVI. the Tabernacle. spirit of God, in wisdom, in under-jamong them that wrought the work standing, and in knowledge, and in all of the tabernacle, made ten curtains manner of workmanship; of fine twined lmes, and blue, and in 32 And to devise curious works, to purple, and scarlet: with cherubims work in gold, and in silver, and of cunning work made be them. brass, 9 The length of one curtain wʊs twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits the curtains were all of oue size. 33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work, 31And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamacb, 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 devise cunning work. THE 10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another; and the other five curtains he coupled oue unto another, II And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 12 Fifty loops made he in one cur- tain, aud fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held CHAP. XXXVI. HEN wrought Bezaleel and Aho-one curtain to another. liab, and every wise-hearted man, m whom the LonD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary,according to all that the LORD had commanded. 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LonD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it. 3 And they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the ser vice of the sauctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free-offerings every morning. 41 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctua- ry, came every man from his work which they made; 14 ¶ And he made curtains of goats' | hair for the tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made them. 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. 16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by then- selves. 17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling,and lifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 6 And they spake unto Moses,saying, 19 And he made a covering for the The people bring much more thau tent of rams' skins dyed red,and a cov- enough for the service of the work, ering of badgers' skins above that. which the LORD commanded to make. 20 ¶ And he made boards for the tab- 6 And Moses gave commandment, ernacle of shittim-wood, standing up. and they caused it to be proclaimed 21 The length of a board was ten throughout the camp, saying, Let cubits, and the breadth of a board one neither man nor woman make any cubit and a half. more work for the offering of the 22 One board had two tenons equally sanctuary. So the people were re-distant one from another: thus did he strained from bringing. make for all the boards of the taber- 7 For the stuff they had was suffi-nacle. rient for all the work to make it, and 23 And he made boards for the taber- too much. nacle; twenty boards for the south side ST And every wise hearted man,) southward: 8 95 Of the Ark, EXODUS. Mercy-scat, &c. 2-4 And forty sockets of silver he half the breadth of it, and a cubit and made under the twenty boards; twoja half the height of it. sockets under one board for his two 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold tenons, and two sockets under another within and without, and made a crown board for his two tenons. of gold to it round about. 25 And for the other side of the tab- ernacle, which is toward the north corner, be made twenty boards, 26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 27 And for the sides of the taberna- cle westward he made six boards. 28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head there of, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to 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 shittim- wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6 ¶ And he made the mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a balf the breadth thereof. 7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made lie them, on the two ends of the mercy- seat: 30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of 8 One cherub on the end on this side, silver, under every board two sockets. and another cherub on the other end 31 Aud he made bars of shittim-on that side: out of the mercy-seat wood; live for the boards of the one made he the cherubims on the two side of the tabernacle, ends thereof. 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 westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to ehoot through the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 ¶ And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. 36 And be made thereunto four pil- lars of shittim-wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and be cast for them four sock- ets of silver. 37 ¶ And he made a hanging for the tabernacle-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. A CHAP. XXXVII. ND Bezalcel made the ark of shit- tim-wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a 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 mer cy-seat-ward were the faces of the cherubims. 10 T And he made the table of shit tim-wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth there- of, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and inade 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 shit tim-wood, and overlaid the with gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and bis spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. 17 ¶ And he made the candlestick of 96 The sum CHAP. XXXVIII, of the offerings. pure gold: of beaten work made he four-square; and three cubits the the candlestick; his shaft, and his height thereof. branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same: 18. And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick-out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof; 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six uranches going out of the candlestick. 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: 21 Aud a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop un- der two branches of the same, accord- ing to the six brancnes going out of it. 22 Their knops and their branches were of the saine: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuff 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 cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was four-square; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns there- of were of the same. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. 28 And he made the staves of shittim- wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29 ¶ And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. CHAP. XXXVIII. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns there- of were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the flesh-books, and the fire-pans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of net-work under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 6 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the states. 6 And be 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 withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. 8 T And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the look- ing-glasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 9 T And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined lines, a hundred cubits: 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side the hang- |ings were a hundred cubits, their pil- lars 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 hang- ings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pil lars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the other side of the court- gate, on this hand and that band, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pil- lars three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings of the court round ND he made the altar of burnt about weere of fine twined linen. A offering of shittim-wood: five 17 And the sockets for the pillars culnts was the length thereof, and five were of brass; the hooks of the pillars cubits the breadth thercol; it was and their nllets of silver; and the G 97 Offerings for EXODUS overlaying of tncir caapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. the Tabernacle. 29 And the brass of the offering wik seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. 18 And the hanging for the gate of the 30 And therewith he made the sock- court was needle work, of blue, and ets to the door of the tabernacle of the purple, and scarlet, and fine twmed congregation, and the brasen altar, and linen: and twenty cubits was the the brasen grate for it, and all the ves- length, and the height in the breadth sels of the altar, was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. 31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court- 19 And their pillars were four, and gate, and all the pins of the taberna. their sockets of brass four; their hooks jele, and all the pins of the court round of silver, and the overlaying of their about. chapiters and their fillets of silver. 20˚ And all the pins of the tabernacle, CHAP. XXXIX. and of the court round about, were of AND of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made clothes of ser brass. 21 T This is the sum of the taberna-vice, to do service in the holy place, cle, even of the tabernacle of testimo. and made the holy garments for Aa- ny, as it was counted, according to the ron; as the Lond commanded Moses. commandment of Moses, for the ser- 2 And he made the ephod of gold, vice of the Levites, by the hand of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fiue Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. twined linen. 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lond commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, 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 offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven aundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and three score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary: 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 ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, ac- cording to the work thereof, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD command- led Moses. 6 T And they wrought onyx-stones enclosed in ouches of gold, graven as signets are graren, with the names of the children of Israel. 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a nemorial to the children of Is rael; as the LORD commanded Moses 26 A bekalı for every man, that is, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to 8 T And he made the breastplate of be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thou- sand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty men. cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9. It was four-square: they made the 27 And of the hundred talents of sil- breastplate double: a span was the ver were cast the sockets of the sauc-length thereof, and a span the breadth tuary, and the sockets of the veil; a thereof, being doubled. hundred sockets of the hundred tal-] 10 And they set in it four rows of ents, a talent for a socket. stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. 23 And of the thousand seven hun- dred seventy and five shekels, he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid] 11 And the second row, an emerald, - their chapiters, and filleted them. a sapphire, and a diamond, 98 The Holy CHAP. XXXIX. Garments made. 12 And the third row, a ligure, anthem of the robe to minister in; as the agate, and an amethyst. LORD commanded Moses. 27 T And they made coats of fine linen, of woven work for Aaron, and 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx,and a jasper: they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings. for his sons, 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 28 And a mitre of fiue linen, and goodly bonnets of sine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined haen, 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needle work; as the Lond command. 15 And they made upon the breast-ed Moses. plate chains at the ends, of wreathien 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. 30 T And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engra vings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of 17 And they put the two wreathen blue, to fasten it on high upon the mi- chains of gold in the two rings on the tre; as the LORD commanded Moses. ends of the breastplate. 32 T Thus was all the work of the 18 And the two ends of the two tabernacle of the tent of the congrega wreathen chains they fastened in the tion finished; and the children of Is- two ouches,and put them on the shoul-rael did according to all that the LORD der-pieces of the ephod, before it. commanded Moses, so did they. 19 And they made two rings of gold, 33 T And they brought the tabernacle and put them on the two ends of the unto Moses, the tent, and all his furni- breastplate, upon the border of it,ture, his taches, his boards, his bars, which was on the side of the ephod inward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. and his pillars, and his sockets, 34 And the covering of rams' sking dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the veil of the covering. 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat, 36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the show-bread, 21 And they did bind the breastplate 37 Tire pure candlestick, with the by his rings unto the rings of the ephod [lamps thereof, even with the lamps to with a lace of blue, that it might be be set in order, and all the vessels above the curious girdle of the ephod, thereof, and the oil for light, and that the breastplate might not be 38 And the golden altar, and the loosed from the ephod; as the LonD anointing oil, and the sweet incense, commanded Moses. and the hanging for the tabernaclé door, 22 ¶ And be made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue, 23. And there was a bole in the midst of the robe,as the bole of a habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. 39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hang- ing for the court-gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the ser- vice of the tabernacle, for the tent of 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, the congregation, and put the bells between the pome- 41 The clothes of service to do ser- granates, upon the hem of the robe, vice in the holy place, and the holy round about between the pomegran- garments for Aaron the priest, and his son's garments, to minister in thre priest's office. ales; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the 42 According to all that the LORD 99 Aaron and his EXODUS. sons sanctified. commanded Moses, so the children of be an everlasting priesthood through Israel made all the work. 43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded,even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. CHAP. XL. out their generations. 16 Thus did Moses: according to an that the LORD commanded him, so did be. 17 T And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first AND the LORD spake unto Moses, day of the month, that the tabernacle saying, 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 testimony, and cover the ark with the veil. 4 And thou shalt bring m 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. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the banging of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congre- gation. 7And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. was reared up. 18 And Moses 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 LonD commanded Moses. 20 T And he took and put the testi- mony 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 veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Load commanded Moses. 22 ¶ And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil. 23 And he set the bread in order upon 8 And thou shalt set up the court it before the LonD; as the LORD had round about, and hang up the hanging commanded Moses. at the court-gate. 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt ballow it, nd all the vessels thereof: and it shall De 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. 24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 24 And be lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. 26 T And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil, 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver 27. And he burnt sweet incense there- and his foot, and sanctify it. on; as the LORD commanded Moses- 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and 28 T And he set up the hanging at his sous unto the door of the taberna-the door of the tabernacle. cle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unfo me in the priest's office. 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: 29 And he put the altar of burnt- offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meat-offering; as the LORD com- manded Moses. 30 TAnd be set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, 15 And thou shalt anoint them. as and put water there, to wash withal. hou didst anoint their father, that they 31 And Moses and Aaron, and his ray minister unto me in the priest's sons, washed their hands and their fice: for their anointing shall surely|feet thercat: 100 A cloud coverctà CHAP. I, II. th; Tabernacle. 32 When they went into the tent of glory of the LORD filed the taberna the congregation, and when they came cle. near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses. 33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court-gate. So Moses finished the work. 34 T Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, be cause the cloud abode thereon, and the 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the childron of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 98 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. ¶ The Third Book of Moses, called LEVITICUS. CHAP. I. the LORD called unto Moses, AND spake unto him out of the tab ernacle of the congregation, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering be a burnt-sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male with out blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation be fore the Lond. goats, for a burnt-sacrifice; he shal bring it a male without blemishi. 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar. 13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the faltar: it is a burut-sac fiſice, an offer fing made by fire, of u sweet savour + And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall junto the LORD. be accepted for him to make atone- 14 ¶ And if the burnt-sacrifice for his ment for him. offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle- doves, or of young pigeons. 5. And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprin- 15 And the priest shall bring it unto kle the blood round about upon the the altar, and wring off his head, and altar that is by the door of the taber-burn it on the altar; and the olood nacle of the congregation. thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar: 6 And he shall Hay the burnt-offering, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: 16 And he shall pick away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside tha altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes: 3 And the priests, Aaron's sons, s.all 17 Aud he shall cleave it with the lay the parts, the head, and the fa, in wings thereof, but shall not divide it order upon the wood that is or. the fasunder: and the priest shall burn it fire which is upon the altar : upon the altar, upon the wood that is 9 But his inwards and his legs shall upon the fire; it is a burnt-sacrifice, he wash in water; and the priest shall an offering made by fire, of a sweet burn all on the altar, to be a burnt-sa-savour unto the LORD. crifice, an offering made by fire, of a CHAP. II. sweet savour unto the LORD. AND when any will offer a ment- 10 T And if his offering be of the offering unto the LORD, his offer Яocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the ling shall be of fine flour; and ho aball 101 - Meal offerings. LEVITICUS. Peace-offerings. pour oil upon it, and put frankincense| first-fruits, green ears of corn dried by thereon: the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout bis handful of the flour thereof, and of The oil thereof, with all the frankin- cense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat- offering. 16 And the priest shall burn the me- morial of it, part of the beaten cora thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; it is an offering made by fire unto the CHAP. III. 3 And the remnant of the meat-offer ing shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is LORD. a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lond made by fire. 4 And if thou bring an oblation of AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace-offering, if he offerit of the a meat-ollering baken in the oven, it herd; whether it be a male or female, shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour| he shall offer it without blemish be- mingled with oil, or unleavened wa fire the LORD. fers anomted with oil. 2. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. : 5 And if thy oblation be a meat of fering 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- 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice offering baken in the frying pan, it of the peace-offering, an offering made shall be made of fine flour with oil. by fire unto the LORD; the fat that 8 And thou shalt bring the meat-offer-covereth the inwards, and all the fat ing that is made of these things unto that is upon the inwards, the Lord; and when it is presented 4 And the two kidneys, and the fa unto the priest, he shall bring it unto that is on them, which is by the flanks, the altar. and the caul above the liver, with the 9 And the priest shall take from the kidneys, it shall he take away. meat-offering a memorial thereof, and] 5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on shall burn it upon the altar: it is an the altar upon the burnt-sacrifice, offering made by fire, of a sweet savour which is upon the wood that is on the unto the Lord. fire; it is an offering made by fire, of 10 And that which is left of the meat-{a sweet savour unto the LORD. offering shall be Aaron's and his son's: 6 T And if his offering for a sacrifice it is a thing most holy of the offerings of peace-offering unto the Lord be of of the Loup made by fire. the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 11 No meat-offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lond, shall be inade with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before 12 As for the oblation of the first-the tabernacle of the congregation: and fruits, ye shall offer them unto the Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. 13 And every oblation of thy meat- offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat-offering: with all thine offer ings thou shalt offer salt. 14 And if thou offer a meat-offering of thy first-fruits unto the LORD, thou chall offer, for the meat-offering of thy thereof round about upon the altar. And he shall offer of the sacrifice 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 covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, 102 Sin-offerings. CHAP. IV Sin-offerings. with the kidneys, it shall he take away. [tion; and shall pour all the blood of 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the bullock at the bottom of the altar the altar: it is the food of the offering of the burnt-offering, which is at the made by fire unto the LORD. door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation. 12 T And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lond. 8 And he shall take off from it all the 13 And he shall lay his hand upon the fat of the bullock for the sin-offering; head of it, and kill it before the taber-the fat that covereth the inwards, and nacle of the congregation: and the all the fat that is upon the inwards, gons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat thereof upon the altar round about. that is upon them, which is by the 14 And he shall offer thereof his offlanks, and the caul above the liver, fering, even an offering made by fire with the kidneys, it shall he take away. unto the LORD; the fat that covereth 10 As it was taken off from the bul- the inwards, and all the fat that is lock of the sacrifice of peace-offering; upon the inwards, and the priest shall burn them upon 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat the altar of the burnt-offering. that is upon them, which is by the 11. And the skin of the bullock, and flanks, and the caul above the liver, all his flesh, with his head, and with with the kidneys, it shall he take away. his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 16 And the priest shall burn them 12 Even the whole bullock shall he upon the altar: it is the food of the carry forth without the camp unto a offering made by fire for a sweet sa-clean place, where the ashes are pour- your: all the fat is the LORD'S. ed out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. CHAP. IV. 13 ¶ And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the AND the LORD spake unto Moses, assembly, and they have done some- what against any of the command- 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, ments of the LORD concerning things saying, If a soul shall sin through ig-which should not be done, and are norance against any of the command-guilty; ments of the LORD concerning things|| 14 When the sin, which they have which ought not to be done, and shall sunned against it, is known, then the do against any of them : 3 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock with out blemish unto the LoRD for a sin- ollering. 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- congregation shall offer a young bul- lock 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 bullock shall be killed before the Lond. 16 And the priest that is anointed gregation before the LORD; and shall shall bring of the bullock's blood to lay his hand upon the bullock's head, the tabernacle of the congregation: and kill the bullock before the Lond. 17 And the priest shall dip his finger 5 And the priest that is anointed shall in some of the blood, and sprinkle it take of the bullock's blood, and bring seven times before the LORD, even be- it to the tabernacle of the congregation: fore the veil 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil of the sanctuary. 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lond, that is in the taber nacle 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 7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lond, which is in the 1 bernacle of the congrega Icongregation. 103 Sin offerings. LEVITICUS. Trespass offerings. 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 19 And he shali take all his fat from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and him, and burn it upon the altar. 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin-of- fering, 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 bul-without blemish. Jock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a Bin-offering for the congregation. 22 ¶ When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance 34 And the priest shall take of the against any of the commandments of blood of the sin offering with his fin- the LORD his God concerning things ger, and put it upon the horns of the which should not be done, and is altar of burnt-oflering, and shall pour guilty; out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: 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 be- fore 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-offering. 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. 35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrilice of the peace- offering; 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 atone- ment for his sin that he hath commit- ted, and it shall be forgiven him. CHAP. V. AD if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a wit- ness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings: and the priest shall 2Or ifa soul touch any unclean thing, make an atonement for him as con-whether it be a carcase of an unclean cerning his sin, and it shall be for-beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or given liim. the carcase of unclean creeping things, 27 ¶ And if any one of the common and if it be hidden from him; he people sin through ignorance, while also shall be unclean, and guilty he doeth somewhat against any of the 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of commandments of the LORD concern-man, whatsoever uncleanness it be ing things which ought not to be that a man shall be defiled withal, and done, and be guilty; it be bid from him: when he knoweth 28 Ór if his sin, which he hath sin-of it, then he shall be guilty. ned, 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 borns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereol at the bottom of the altar. 31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pro- nounce with an cath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: 6 And he shall bring his trespass- offering unto the LORD, for his sin which he bath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall 104 Trespass-offerings. CHAP. VI. Trespass-offerings make an atonement for him concern-1ment for him with the ram of the ing his sin. trespass-offering, and it shall be for- given him. 17 T And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbid- den to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet 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 pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering. is be guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: 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 the altar: it is a sin-offering. 18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy esti- mation, for a trespass-offering,unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ig- norance wherein be erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. 19 It is a trespass-offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD. CHAP. VI. 10 And he shall offer the second for a AND the LonD spake unto Muses, burnt-offering, according to the man- saying, ner: and the priest shall make an 2 If a soul sin, and commit a tres- atonement for him for his sin which pass against the LORD, and lie unto his ne hath sinned, and it shall be for-neighbour in that which was delivered given him, him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a 11 But if he be not able to bring thing taken away by violence, or hath two turtle-doves, or two young pi-deceived his neighbour; geons, then he that sinned shall bring 3 Or have found that which was lost, for his offering the tenth part of an and lieth concerning it, and swearetli ephah of line flour for a sin-offering:falsely; in any of all these that a man be shall put no oil upon it, neither doeth, sinning therein: shall be put any frankincense thereon: 4 Then it shall be, because he hath for it is a sin-ollering. 12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the pricat shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offer ings made by fire unto the LonD: it is a sin-offering. sinned, and is guilty, that be shall re- store that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath de- ceitfully gotten, or that which was de- livered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, 5 Or all that about which he hath 13 And the priest shall make an sworn falsely: he shall even restore it atonement for him, as touching his sin in the principal, and shall add the fifth that he hath sinned in one of these, part more thereto, and give it unto and it shall be forgiven him: and the him to whom it appertaineth, in the remnant shall be the priest's, as a day of his trespass-offering. 6 And he shall bring his trespass-of- 14 And the LORD spake unto Mo-fering unto the LORD, a ram without ses, saying, blemish out of the flock, with thy esti. 16 If a soul commit a trespass, and mation, for a trespass-offering unto the sin through ignorance, in the holy priest: meat-offering. things of the LORD; then he shall 7 And the priest shall make an atone bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ment for him before the LORD: and it ram without blemish out of the flocks, shall be forgiven him, for any thing of with thy estimation by shekels of sil-all that he hath done, in trespassing ver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, therein. for a trespass-offering: 8 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, 16 And he shall make amends for the saying, harm that he hath done in the holy 9 Command Aaron and his sons, say thing, and shall add the fifth part ing, This is the law of the burnt-offer- thereto, and give it unto the priests:ing: it is the burnt-offering, because and the priests shall make an atone-Jof the burning upon the altar all night 105 Trespass-offerings. LEVITICUS. Trespass-offerings. unto the morning, and the fire of the it in: and the baken pieces of the altar shall be burning in it. meat-offering shalt thou offer for a 10 And the priest shall put on his sweet savour unto the Lond. inen garment, and his linen breeches 22 And the priest of his sons, that is shall he put upon his flesh, and take anointed in his stead, shall offer it; it up the ashes which the fire hath con- is a statute for ever unto the LORD: it sumed with the burnt-offering on the shall be wholly burnt. altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 23 For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. 21 T And the LonD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 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. 25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, 12 And the fire upon the altar shall saying, This is the law of the sun-offer be burning in it; it shall not be puting: In the place where the burnt-of- out: and the priest shall burn wood on fering is killed shall the sin offering be it every morning, and lay the burnt-killed before the LORD: it is most holy. offering in order upon it; and he shall 26 The priest that offereth it for sin burn thereon the fat of the peace-offer shall eat it: in the holy place shall it ings. be eaten, in the court of the taberna- 13 The fire shall ever be burning cle of the congregation. upon the altar; it shall never go out. 27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh 14¶ And this is the law of the meat-thereof shall be holy: and when there offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon it before the Lond, before the altar. any garment, thou shalt wash that 15 And he shall take of it his hand-whereon it was sprinkled, in the holy ful, of the flour of the meat-offering, place. and of the oil thereof, and all the 28 But the earthen vessel wherein it frankincense which is upon the meat-is sodden shall be broken; and if it be offering, and shall burn it upon the sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both altar for a sweet savour, even the me- scoured, and rinsed in water. morial of it, unto the LORD. 29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof; it is most holy. 30 And no sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the taber- nacle of the congregation, to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. CHAP. VII. 16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleav- ened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation 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-offering, IKEWISE this is the law of the 18 All the males among the children 2 In the place where they kill the of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a burnt-offering shall they kill the tres statute for ever in your generations pass-offering: and the blood thereof concerning the offerings of the LORD shall he sprinkle round about upon made by fire: every one that toucheth the altar. them shall be holy. 19 T And the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, 20 This is the offering of Aaron, and 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat of his sons, which they shall offer unto that is on them, which is by the flanks, the LORD, in the day when he is and the caul that is above the liver, anointed; the tenth part of an ephah with the kidneys, it shall be take of fine flour for a meat-offering per-away: petual, half of it in the morning, and 5 And the priest shall burn them half thereof at night. upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespas offering. 21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring 196 The law of CHAP. VII. the trespass offerings. 6 Every male among the priests shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, eat thereof; it shall be eaten in the all that be clean shall eat thereof: holy place: it is most holy. 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. 20But the soul that eateth of the flesh 7 As the sin-offering is, so is the tres of the sacrifice of peace offerings that pass-offering: there is one law for pertain unto the LORD, having his un- them: the priest that maketh atone-cleanness upon him, even that soul ment therewith shall have it. shall be cut off from his people. 21 Moreover, the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of 9 And all the meat-offering that is the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-oller- baken in the oven, and all that is dressings which pertain unto the LORD, ed in the frying-pan, and in the pan, even that soul shall be cut off from his shall be the priest's that offereth it. Ipeople. 10 And every meat-offering mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. 11 And this is the law of the sacri- fice of peace-offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord. 22 T And the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, 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 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, of itself, and the fat of that which is then he shall offer with the sacrifice of torn with beasts, may be used in any thanksgiving unleavened cakes min other use; but ye shall in no wise eat gled with oil, and unleavened wafers of it. anointed with oil, and cakes mingled 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of with oil, of fine flour, fried. the beast, of which men offer an offer 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offering made by fire unto the LORD, eve for his offering leavened bread with the soul that eateth it shall be cut off the sacrifice of thanksgiving of bis from his people. peace-offerings. 26 Moreover, ye shall eat no manner 14 And of it he shall offer one out of fof blood, whether it be of fowl, or of the whole oblation for a heave-offer-benst, in any of your dwellings. ing unto the LORD, and it shall be the 27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth priest's that sprinkleth the blood of any manner of blood, even that soul the peace-offerings. shall be cut off from his people. 28 T And the LORD spake unto Mo see, saying, 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, offered; he shall not leave any of it saying, He that offereth the sacrifice until the morning. of his peace-offerings unto the Lono, 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering shall bring his oblation unto the Lond be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings. shall be eaten the same day that he] offereth his sacrifice; and on the mor row also the remainder of it shall be eaten. 17 But the remainder of the flesh of¦ the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. 30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire; the fat, with the breast, it shall be bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before the Long. 31. And the priest shall burn the fat jupon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for a heave-offer ing of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacri- ace of his peace-offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be ac cepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eat-33 He among the sons of Aaron, that eth of it shall bear his iniquity. offereth the blood of the peace-offer ings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 19 And the flesh that toucheth any un- clean thing shall not be eaten; it shall 107 Aar on and his LEVITICUS. cons consecratea. S4 For the wave-breast and the heave his forefront, did he put the golden shoulder have I taken of the children plate, the holy crown; as the LORD of Israel froin off the sacrifices of their commanded Moses. peace-offerings, and have given them into Aaron the priest and unto his song by a statute forever from among the children of Israel. 35 This is the portion of the anoint- ing of Aaron, aud of the anointing of his sous, 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; 10 And Moses 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 Aaron's head, and anointed him to sanctify him. 36 Which the Lono commanded to 13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, be given them of the children of Is-and put coats upon them, and girded rael, in the day that he anointed them, them with girdles, and put bonnets by a statute for ever throughout their upon them; as the Lono commanded generations. Moses. 37 This is the law of the burnt-offer- 14 And he brought the bullock for ing, of the meat-offering, and of the the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sin offering, and of the trespass-offer- sons laid their hands upon the head of ing, and of the consecrations, and of the bullock for the sin-offering. the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; 15 And he slew it; and Moses took 38 Which the LORD commanded Mo-the blood, and put it upon the horns of ses in mount Sinai, in the day that he the altar round about with his finger, commanded the children of Israel to and purified the altar, and poured the offer their oblations unto the LORD, in [blood at the bottom of the altar, and the wilderness of Sinai. sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. CHAP. VIII. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, 16 And be took all the fat that was saying, upon the inwards, and the caul abovc 2 Take Aaron, and his sons with him, the liver, and the two kidneys, and nad the garments, and the anointing their fat, and Moses burned it upon oil, and a bullock for the sin-offering, the altar. and two rams, and a basket of unleav-17 But the bullock, and his hide, his ened bread; flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire 3 And gather thou all the congrega- without the camp; as the LORD com- tion together unto the door of the tab-manded Moses. ernacle of the congregation. 4 And Moses did as the Lond com- manded him and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 6 And Moses said unto the congrega- tion, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done. 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 17 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. 18 T And he brought the ram for the burnt-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the rain. 19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram. upon the altar: it was a burnt-sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded 8 And he put the breastplate upon|Moses. him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thuinmim. And he put the mitre upon his head ; also upon the mitre, even upon 22 ¶ And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 108 The time and place CHAP IX. of their consecration. 23 And he slew it; and Moses took] your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. 34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ears, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Mo- ses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congre gation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded, CHAP. IX. 25 And he took the fat, and the rump, by the band of Moses. and all the fat that was upon the in- wards, and the caul above the liver, AND it came to pass on the eighth the right shoulder: • his sons, and the elders of Israel; 26 And out of the basket of unleav£ And he said unto Aaron, Take thee ened bread, that was before the LORD, a young calf for a sin-offering, and a he took one unleavened cake, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blem- cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, ish, and offer them before the Lord. and put them on the fat, and upon the 3 And unto the children of Israel thou right shoulder: 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, with- out blemish, for a burnt-offering; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace- 28 And Moses took them from off offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; their hands, and burnt them on the and a meat-offering mingled with oil: altar upon the burnt-offering: they for to-day the LORD will appear unto were consecrations for a sweet savour: you. 27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave-offering before the Lond. it is an offering made by fire unto the 5 T And they brought that which Lond. Moses commanded before the taber- 29 And Moses took the breast, and nacle of the congregation: and all the waved it for a wave-offering before congregation drew near and stood be- the LORD: for of the ram of conse-fore the LORD. cration it was Moses'part; as the LORD 6 And Moses said, This is the thing commanded Moses. which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lond shall appear unto you. 30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go and upon his garments, and upon his unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offer- sons, and upon his sons' garments with ing, and thy burnt-offering, and make him; and sanctified Aaron, and hisļan atonement for thyself, and for the garments, and his sous, and his sons' people: and offer the offering of the garments with him. people, and make an atonement for 31 T And Moses said unto Aaron and them; as the LORD commanded. to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of | 8 ¶ Aaron therefore went unto the the tabernacle of the congregation: altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offer- and there eat with the bread that is ing, which was for himself. in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. 9 And the sons of Aaror brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and putic 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 33 And ye shall not go out of the the caul above the liver, of the sin-of- door of the tabernacle of the congre-fering, he burnt upon the altar; as the gation in sevendays, until the days of LORD commanded Mosca. 109 Death of LEVITICUS. Nadab and Abihu. 11 And the flesh and the hide he incense thereon, and offered strange urnt with fire without the camp. fire before the Lond, which he com- 12 And he slew the burnt-offering; manded them not and Aaron's sons presented unto hun_2 And there went out fire from the the blood, which he sprinkled round LORD, and devoured them; and they bout upon the altar. died before the LORD. 13 And they presented the burnt 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron,This offering unto him, with the pieces is it that the LORD spake, saying, I thereof, and the head; and he burnt will be sanctified in them that come them upon the altar. nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. 14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt-offering on the altar. 4 And Moses called Misbael and El 15 T And he brought the people's zaphan, the sous of Uzziel, the uncle offering, and took the goat which was of Aaron, and said unto them, Come the sin-offering for the people, and slew near, carry your brethren from before it, and offered it for sin, as the first. the sanctuary out of the camp. 16 And he brought the burnt-offering, 5 So they went near, and carried and offered it according to the manner. them in their coats out of the camp, 17 And he brought the meat-offering, as Moses had said. and took a handful thereof, and burnt 6 ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, and upon the altar, beside the burnt-junto Eleazar, and unto Ithamar, his sacrifice of the morning. sons, Uncover not your heads, neither 18 He slew also the bullock and the rend your clothes, lest ye die, and lest ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings wrath come upon all the people: but which was for the people: and Aaron's let your brethren, the whole house of sons presented unto him the blood, Israel, bewail the burning which the which he sprinkled upon the altar Lono hath kindled. round about. 7 And ye shall not go out from the 19. And the fat of the bullock and of door of the tabernacle of the congre- the ram, the rump, and that which gation, lest ye die: for the anointing covereth the inwards, and the kid-loil of the Lord is upon you. And they neys, and the caul above the liver: did according to the word of Moses. 8¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 20 And they put the fat upon the breast, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: 9 Do not drink wine, nor strong 21 And the breast and the right drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, shoulder Aaron waved for a wave-when ye go into the tabernacle of the offering before the LORD; as Moses congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a commanded. statute for ever throughout your gen- 10 And that ye may put difference be- tween holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand to-erations; ward the people, and blessed them; and came down from offering of the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and peace-offerings. 23 ¶ And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. 21. 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. ND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Lenser, and put fire therein, and put 11 And that ye may teach the chil- dren of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 12 T And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar, and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat- offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and cat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy. 13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy the made by fire: for so I am commanded. 110 Clean and CHAP. XI. Unclean beasts. 14 And the wave-breast and heave- 7 And the swie, though he divide shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters cbeweth not the cud; he is unclean to with thee: for they be thy due, and you. thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace-offerings of the children of Israel. 16 The heave-shoulder and the wave- breast shall they bring, with the offer ings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering before the LoBD; and it shall be thine,and thy sons' with thee,by a statute for ever; as the Lono hath commanded. 16 ¶ And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was burnt; and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left aline, saying, 8 of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. 9 These sball ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you; 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not cat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases iu abomination. 12 Whatsoever bath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomi- 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of thy congre-nation unto you. gation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded. 13 T And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls: they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite after 15 Every raven after bis kind; 16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, 19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Be-his kind; hold, this day have they offered their ain offering and their burnt-offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me and if I had caten the sin-offering to-day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? 20 And when Moses beard that, he was content. CHAP. XI. AND the LonD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, enying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and ie cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 17 And the little owl, and the cor morant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, 19 And the stork, the heron after het 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 fly- ing 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; 4 Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat the locust after his kind, and the ball of them that chew the cud, or of them locust after his kind, and the beetle af bat divide the hoof: as the camel, beter bis kind, and the grasshopper after cause he cheweth the cud, but divideth his kind. not the boof; he is unclean unto you. 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 6 And the bare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; be is unclean into yon. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be au abomination unto you. 24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whosoever beareth aught of 111 Clean and LEVITICUS. unclean beasts. seed, and any part of their carcase fall the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven- footed, nor cheweth the cud, are un- clean unto you: every one that touch- eth 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 carcase shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash bis clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are un- clean unto you. 29 T These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things, that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, 30 And the ferret,and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the inole. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be un clean until the even: he also that bear eth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four,or whatsoever hath more feet among ali creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not cat; for they are an abomination. 43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the LORD your God: yo shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep; whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be un-ye shall be holy; for I am holy: nei- clean until the even. 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or Back, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. ther shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For 1 am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fow!, and of every living crea- 33 And every earthen vessel, where-ture that moveth in the waters, and of into any of them falleth, whatsoever every creature that creepeth upon the is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall earth: break it. 34 Of all meat which may 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. 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 Moses, 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, for pots, they shall be broken down: saying, If a woman have conceived for they are unclean, and shall be un-seed, and borne a man-child; then she clean unto you. 36 Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclear. 37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean, 58 But if any water be put upon the shall be unclean seven days; accord- ing to the days of the separation for ber infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary 112 Purification. CHAP XIIL Law of leprosy. until the days of her purifying be ful-plague spread not in the skin, 9 filled. priest shall pronounce him clean; it :3 5 But if she bare a maid-child, then but a scab: and he shall wash his she shall be unclean two weeks, as in clothes, and be clean. her separation: and she shall continue 7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the blood of her purifying three-in the skin, after that he hath been score and six days. seen of the priest for his cleansing,he 6 And when the days of her purify-shall be seen of the priest again: ing are fulfilled, for a son, or for a 8 And if the priest see that, bebold, daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the the scab spreadeth in the skin, then first year for a burnt-offering, and a the priest shall pronounce him un- young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a clean: it is a leprosy. sin-offering, unto the door of the tab- crnacle of the congregation, 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 bora a male or a female. 9 T When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; 10 And the priest shall sec him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin,:uid it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising, 8. And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-up: for he is unclean. offering: and the priest shall make an atournent for her, and she shall be clean. 11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce bim unclean, and shall not shut him CHAP. XIII. AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 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, where- soever the priest looketh ; 13 Then the priest shall consider: Jand, behold, if the leprosy have cov- ered all his flesh, be 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 un- clean: for the raw flesh is unclean; it 2 When a man shall hare 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 unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: 3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh; and when the hair in the plague is turned is a leprosy. white,and the plague in sight be deeper|| 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again,and than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague be changed into white, he shall come of leprosy and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 17 And the priest shall see him: and, 4 If the bright spot be white in the behold, if the plague be turned into skin of his flesh, and in sight be not white; then the priest shall pronounce deeper than the skin, and the hair him clean that hath the plague: he is thereof be not turned white; then the clean. priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: unto the priest; 18 T The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a bile, and is healed, 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the 19 And in the place of the bile there plague in his sight be at a stay, and be a white rising, or a bright spot, the plague spread not in the skin; white, and somewhat reddish, and it then the priest shall shut him up seven be showed to the priest ; days more. 20 And if, when the priest seeth 6 And the priest shall look on him behold, it be in sight lower than the again the seventh day: and, behold, skin, and the hair thereof be turned e the plague be somewhat dark, and helwhite; the priest shall pronouncedin H 113 Of discerning LEVITICUS the leprosy. unclean: It is a pkigue of leprosy shall look on the plague; and, behold, broken out of the bile. if the ecall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave ; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: 21 But if the priest look on it, and, dehold, there be no white bairs 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 pro- 34 And in the seventh day the priest nounce him unclean; it is a plague. shall look ou the scall: and, behold, if 23 But if the bright spot stay in his the scall be not spread in the skin,nor place, and spread not, it is a burning be in sight deeper than the skin; then bile; and the priest shall pronounce the priest shall pronounce him clean · him clean. and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 24 ¶ Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot,somewhat reddish, or white; 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 25 Then the priest shall look upon it: the skin, the priest shall not seek for and, behold, if the hair in the bright yellow hair; he is unclean. spot be turned white, and it be in sight 37 But if the scall be in his sight at a deeper than the skin, it is a leprosy stay, and that there is black bair grown broken out of the burning; wherefore up therein; the scall is healed, he is the priest shall pronounce him un-clean: and the priest shall pronounce clean: it is the plague of leprosy. him clean. 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 38 TT If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; 39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. 27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day; and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the 40 And the man whose hair is fallen priest shall pronounce him unclean: off his head,he is bald ; yet is be clean. it is the plague of leprosy. 41 And he that hath his bair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead-bald; yet is he clean. 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 pro- 42 And if there be in the bald head, nounce him clean: for it is an inflam-[or bald forehead, a white reddish sore, mation of the burning. it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald 29 T If a man or woman have ahead, or his bald forehead. plague upon the head or the beard; 30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin, and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. upon 43 Then the priest shall look it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy ap peareth in the skin of the flesh; 44 He is a leprous man, he is un clean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean: his plague is in hist head. 31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be 45 And the leper in whom the plague not sight deeper than the skin, and is, his clothes shall be rent, and lus that there is no black hair in it; then head bare, and he shall put a covering the priest shall shut up him that hath upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Un- the plague of the scall seven days. clean, unclean. 32. And in the seventh day the priest! 46. All the days wherein the plaguo 114 Of cleansing CHAP. XIV shall be in him, he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; with out the camp shall his habitation be. 47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a wool len garment, or a linen garment; 48 Whether it be in the warp,or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; 49 And if the plague be greenish or reddis in the garment, or in the skin, the leprosy. plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or wool, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean CHAP. XIV. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of 2 This shall be the law of the leper leprosy, and shall be showed unto the in the day of his cleansing: He shall priest: be brought unto the priest. 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days: 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp: and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean,and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 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 wool, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 6 And the priest shall command that 52 He shall therefore burn that gar- one of the birds he killed in an earthen ment, whether warp or woof, in wool-vessel over running water: len or in linen, or any thing of skin, 6 As for the living bird, he shall take wherein the plague is: for it is a fret-fit and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, ting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the and the hyssop,and shall dip them and fire. the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; 54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more. 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 55 And the priest shall look on the wash his clothes, and shave off all his plague, after that it is washed; and, hair, and wash himself in water, that behold, if the plague have not changed he may be clean: and after that he bis colour, and the plague be not shall come into the camp, and shall spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn tarry abroad out of his tent seven days it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether 9 But it shall be on the seventh day, it be bare within or without. 66 And if the priest look, and, be-bead, and his beard, and his eye-brows, hold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: that he shall shave all his hair off his even all his hair he shall snare off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shail wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 10 And on the eighth day he shall 57 And if it appear still in the gar-take two he-lambs without blemish, ment, either in the warp, or in the and one ewe-lamb of the first year woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a without blemish, and three tenth-deals Apreading plague: thou shalt burn of fine flour for a meat-offering, min- that wherein the plague is with fire. gled with oil, and one log of oil. 58 And the garment, either warp, or 11 And the priest that maketh him woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it clean shall present the man that is to be, which thou shalt wash, if thelbe made clean, and those things, be- 115 } The lar LEVITICUS. for the leper fore the LORD, at the door of the tab-| 23 And he shall bring them on the ernacle of the congregation: 12 And the priest shall take one he- lamb, and offer him for a trespass-of- fering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD: eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. 14 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave then fur a wave-offering before the LORD. 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin-offer- ing and the burnt-offering, in the holy trespass-offering, and the priest shall place for as the sin-offering is the priest's, so is the trespass-offering: it is most holy : 14 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: some of into the 15 And the priest shall take the log of oil, and pour it palm of his own left hand: 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lono: 17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass-offering: take some of the blood of the trespass- offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and 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 Load: 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, aud upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering: 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD. 18 And the remnant of the oil that is 30 And he shall offer the one of the in the priest's hand he shall pour upon |turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, the head of him that is to be cleansed: such as he can get ; and the priest shall make an atone-| ment for ban before the LORD. 19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering : 20 And the priest shall offer the burut-offering and the meat-offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 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 cleans ed before the LORD. 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. 33 T And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 21 And if he be poor,and cannot get 34 When ye be come into the land of so much; then he shall take one lamb Canaan, which I give to you for a pos- for a trespass-offering to be waved, to session, and I put the plague of leprosy make an atonement for him, and one in a house of the land of your posses- tenth-deal of fine flour mingled with sion; oil for a meat-offering, and a log of oil; 35 And he that owneth the house she! 22 And two turtle doves, or two come and tell the priest, say 'ng, I young pigeons, such as he is able to seemeth to me there is as it were a get; and the one shall be a sin-offer-plagne in the house: ing, and the other a burnt-offering. 36 Then the priest shall command thai 116 CHAP. XV. The laro for the leper. they empty the house, before the priest house two birds, and cedar-wood, aud go into it to see the plague, that all scarlet, and hyssop: that is in the house be not made un- 60 And he shall kill the one of this clean; and afterward the priest shall birds in an earthen vessel over ruu- go in to see the house: uing water: 37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house, with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; 38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and Bhut up the house seven days. 39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; 40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place with- out the city: 41 Aud he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape oll without the city into an unclean place: 51 And he shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, 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 ruuning water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, 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. 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, 66 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot : 57 To teach when it is unclean, aud when it is clean: this is the law of 42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those leprosy. stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. CHAP. XV. 43 And if the plague come again, and AND the Lono spake unto Moses break out in the house after that he hath taken away the stones, and after be hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered; 44 Then the priest shall come and look, and behold, if the plague 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 mto an unclean place.] 16 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up saall 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 upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered; then the priest shali pronounce the house clean, because the plague is bealed. and to Aaron, saymg, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 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 bis issue: whether his flesh run with huis 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 thug whereon he eitteth, shall be un- clean. 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe him- self in water, and be uncleau 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 Aud he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wach his clothes, and bathe himself in watc. land be unclean until the eren. S And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean: then he shall 19 And he shall take to cleanse the 'wash his clothes, and bathe himself in 117 Ceremonial LEVITICUS. purifications. water, and be unclean until the even.self in water, and be unclean until the 9. And what saddle soever he rideth even. that hath the issue shall be un- upon clean. 10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under bim shall be uncleau until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 11 And whomsoever be toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing; and 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 pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: 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 toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and ner 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 uncleanness of her separation. 27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in wa ter, and be unclean until the even. 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young 16 And if any man's seed of copula-pigeons, and bring them unto the tion go out from him, then he shall priest, to the door of the tabernacle of wash all his flesh in water, and be un- the congregation. 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin-olfering, and the other for a burut-offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lond for his issue. 30 And the priest shall offer the one clean until the even. 17 And every garment, and every for a sin-offering, and the other for a skin, whereon is the seed of copula-burnt-offering; and the priest shalì tion, shall be washed with water, and make an atonement for her before the be unclean until the even. 18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. LouD for the issue of her uncleanness. 31 Thus shall ye separate the chil- dren of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is 19 ¶ And if a woman have an issue, among them, and her issue in her flesh be blood,| 32 This is the law of bim that hath she shall be put apart seven days; and an issue, and of him whose seed goeth whosoever toucheth her shall be un-from him, and is defiled therewith; clean until the even. 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, and of of the man, aud of the woman, him that lieth with her that is unclean. CHAP. XVI. 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be un clean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, und bathe in AND the LORD spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of 1S The high priest's CHAP. XV. Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died: sin-offering. 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, finger upon the mercy-seat, eastward: Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that be and before the mercy-seat shall he come not at all times into the holy sprinkle of the blood with his finger place within the veil before the mercy-seven times. seat, which is upon the ark, that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. 15 T Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, Thus shall Aaron come into the and do with that blood as he did with holy place with a young bullock for the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-it upon the mercy-seat, and before the oilering. Inercy-seat: 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, 16 And he shall make an atonement and he shall have the linen breeches for the holy place, because of the un- upon his fleso, and shall be girded with cleanness of the children of Israel, and the linen girdle, and with the linen because of their transgressions in all mitre shall he be attired; these are their sins: and so shall he do for the holy garments: therefore shall he wash tabernacle of the congregation that his flesh in water, and so put them on. remaineth among them in the midst of 5 And he shall take of the congrega. their uncleanness. tion of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering. 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goals; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scape-goat. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin-offering. 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when lie goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and bave made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the 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 uncleanness of the children of Israel. 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell 20 T And when he hath made an end to be the scape-grat, shall be presented of reconciling the holy place, and the alive before the LORD, to make an tabernacle of the congregation, and atonement with him, and to let him the altar, he shall bring the live goat : go for a scape-goat into the wilderness. 21 And Aaron shall lay both his bands 11 T And Aaron shall bring the bul-upon the head of the live goat, and lock of the sin-offering, which is for confess over him all the iniquities of himself, and shall make an atonement, the children of Israel, and all their for himself, and for his house, and transgressions in all their sins, putting shall kill the bullock of the sin-offer- them upon the head of the goat, and ing which is for himself: shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 12 And be shall take a censer full of buruing coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil : 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not in- babited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 13 And he shall put the incense upon 23 And Aaron shall come into the the fire before the Lond, that the cloud tabernacle of the congregation, and of the incense may cover the mercy-shall put off the linen garments which seat that is upon the testimony, that he put on when he went into the Le die not- holy place, and shall leave them there: 119 Blond forbidden LEVITICUS. to be caten 24 And he shall wash his flesh with sons, and unto ai the children of Is. water in the holy place, and put on his rael, and say unto them, This is the garments, and come forth, and offer thing which the Lord hath command- his burnt-offering, and the burnt-offer-ed, saying, ing of the people, and make an atone-3 What inan soever there be of the ment for himself, and for the people. house of Israel that killeth an ox, or 25 And the fat of the sin-offering lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that shall he burn upon the altar. killeth it out of the camp, 26 And he that let go the goat for the 4 And bringeth it not unto the door scape-goat shall wash his clothes, and of the tabernacle of the congregation, bathe his flesh in water, and after-to offer an offering unto the LORD be- ward come into the camp. fore the tabernacle of the Lord, blood 27 And the bullock for the sin-offer- shall be imputed unto that man he ng, and the goat for the sin-offering, hath shed blood; and that man shall whose blood was brought in to make be cut off from among his people: atonement in the holy place, shallone| 5 To the end that the children of Is- carry forth without the camp; and[rael may bring their sacrifices which they shall burn in the fire their skins, they offer in the open field, even that and their flesh, and their dung. they may bring them unto the Loan, 28 And he that burneth them shall unto the door of the tabernacle of the wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in congregation, unto the priest, and offer water, and afterward he shall come them for peace-offerings unto the into the camp. LORD. 29 ¶ And this shall be a statute for 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the ever unto you: that in the seventh blood upon the altar of the Lord at month, on the tenth day of the month, the door of the tabernacle of the con- ye shall afflict your souls, and do no|gregation, and burn the fat for a sweet work at all, whether it be one of your savour unto the Lord. own country, or a stranger that so- journeth 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. 7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them through- out their generations. 8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt-offering or sacritice, 32 And the priest, whom he shali anoint, and whom he shall consecrate 9 And bringeth it not unto the door to minister in the priest's office in his of the tabernacle of the congregation, father's stead, shall make the atone-to offer it unto le Lond; even that ment, and shall put on the linen man shall be cut from among his clothes, even the holy garments : people. 33 And he shall make an atonement 10 And whatsoever man there be of for the holy sanctuary, and he shall the house of Israel, or of the strangers make an atonement for the tabernacle that sojourn among you, that eateth of the congregation, and for the altar; any manner of blood; I will even set and he shall make an atonement for my face against that soul that eateth the priests, and for all the people of blood, and will cut him off from the congregation. among his people. 3t Aud this shall be an everlasting 11 For the life of the flesh is in the statute unto you, to make an atone[blood; and I have given it to you upon ment for the children of Israel, for all the altar, to make an atonement for their sins, once a year. And he did as your souls: for it is the blood that the Lord commanded Moses. maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I said unto the children CHAP. XVII. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, of Israel, No soul of you shall eat saying, blood, neither shall any stranger that 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sojourneth among you eat blood 120 Incest defined CHAP. XVIII, and forbidden. 13 And whatsoever man there be of jer: for theirs is thine own nakedness. the children of Israel,or of the stran 11 The nakedness of thy father'a gers that sojourn among you, which wife's daughter,begotten of thy father, hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl) (she is thy sister,) thou shalt not un- that may be eaten: he shall even pour cover her nakedness. out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: there- fore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth shall be cut off. 12 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- ness of thy father's sister: she is thy father'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- itness of thy father's brother,thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. 15 ↑ And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country,or a stranger, be shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,and be unclean until even: then shall he be clean. 16 But if he wash them not,nor bathe his flesh,then he shall bear his iniquity. CHAP. XVIII. ND the Lonu spake unto Moses, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD Jour God. 15 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- ness 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 brother's nakedness. 17 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- 'ness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daugh ter, or her daughter's daughter, to un- cover bernakedness; for they are her near kinswoman: it is wickeducss 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex ner, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in ker life-time. 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye uot do; neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. Ye shall do my judgments, and uncleanness. keep mine ordinances, to walk there- in: I am the LORD your God. 19 T Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her naked ness as long as she is put apart for her 20 Moreover, thou shalt not lie car- nally with thy neighbour's wife, tc deßle thyself with her. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments; which if a man do, 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy he shall live in them: I am the LonD. seed pass through the fire to Molechy o ¶ None of you shall approach to neither shalt thou profane the name of any that is near of kin to him, to un-thy God: Iam the LORD. cover their nakedness:1 am the Lond. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the as with womankind: it is abomination. akedness of thy mother, shalt thou 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any not uncover: she is thy mother; thou beast, to defile thyself therewith; ner shalt not uncover her nakedness. ther shall any woman stand before a 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife beast to lie down thereto; it is confu shalt thou not uncover: it is thy fa-sion. ther's nakedness. 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their na kedness thou shalt not uncover. 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the na tions are defiled which I cast out be- fore you. 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, 10 The nakedness of thy son's daugh-[and the land itself vomiteth out her ter, or of thy daughter's daughter,even inhabitants. their nakedness thou shalt not micor-] 26Vc shall therefore keep my statutes 121 Ceremonial LEVITICUS. and moral laws. and my judgments, and shall not com- falsely, neither lie one to another init any of these abominations; nei- 12 T And ye shall not swear by iny ther any of your own nation, nor any name falsely, neither shalt thou pro stranger that sojourneth among you; fane the name of thy God: 1 am the 27 (For all these abominations have LORD. the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled ;) 28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off the LORD. from among their people. 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour,neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 ¶ Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block_before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: 1 am. 15 TYe shall do no unrighteousness in 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine or-judgment: thou shalt not respect the dinance, that yɛ commit not any one person of the poor,uor honour the per- of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. A CHAP. XIX. son of the mighty; but in righteous- ness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 16 T Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer among thy people; nei- ther shalt thou stand against the blood 1 ND the LORD spake unto Moses, of thy neighbour: I am the Loud. saying, 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother 2 Speak unto all the congregation of in thy heart: thou shalt in any wise the children of Israel, and say unto rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer them, Ye shall be holy: for I thej sin upon him. LORD your God am holy, 18 Thou shalt not avenge,nor bear 3 T Ye shall fear every man his any grudge against the children of thy mother and his father, and keep my people; but thou shalt love thy neigh- sabbaths: I am the Lond your God.bour as thyself: I am the Lond. 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: 1 am the Load your God. 19 ¶ Ye shall keep my statutes, Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy 5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of field with mingled seed: neither shall peace-offerings unto the LORD,ye shallja garment mingled of linen and wool- offer it at your own will, len come upon thee. 6 It shall be eaten the same day ye 20 ¶ And whosoever lieth carnally offer it, and on the morrow; and if [with a woman that is a bond-maid, aught remain until the third day, it betrothed to a husband, and not at all shall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. 8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 9 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy har vost. redeemed,nor freedom given her; she ehall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free, 21 And he shall bring his trespass-of fering unto the LORD,unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass-offering. 22And the priest shall make an atone- ment for him with the ram of the tres- pass-offering before the Lond, for his sin which he hath done; and the sin which be hath done shall be forgiven him. 23 ¶ And when ye shall come into the 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vine- land, and shall have planted all man- yard, neither shalt thou gather every ner of trees for food, then ye shall grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt count the fruit thereof as uncircum- leave them for the poor and stranger: cised: three years shall it be as uncir- I am the LORD your God. cumcised unto you; it shall not be 11 ¶ Ye shall not steal, neither deall eaten of. 122 Laws against CHAP. XX. iniquity. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit; 3 And I will set my face against that thereof shall be holy, to praise the man, and will cut him off from among LORD withal. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. 26 ¶ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood; neither shall ye use en- chantinent, nor observe tiines. 27 ¶ Ye shall not round the corners ol your beads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 23 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor priot any marks upon you: I am the LORD. 29 T Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. 30 ¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Load. 31 ¶ Regard not them that have ſa- miliar spirits, neither seek after wiz ards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. 32 ¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. his people; because he hath givea of his seed unto Molech,to defile my sanc- tuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do anyways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Mo- lech, and kill him not : 5 Then will I set my face against that man, and against his family, and wil! cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to cominit whoredom withi Molech, from among the people. 6 T And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore,and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes,and do them: I am the LORD which sauc tify you. 9 T For every one that curseth his fa- ther or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. 33 T And if a stranger sojourn with 10 T And the man that committeth thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. adultery with another man's wife,cven 34 But the stranger that dwelleth he that committeth adultery with bis with you shall be unto you as one boru neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the among you, and thou shalt love hum adulteress shall surely be put to death. as thyself; for ye were strangers in 11 And the man that lieth with his the land of Egypt; 1 am the LouD father's wife hath uncovered his fa- your God. ther's nakedness: both of them shali surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 35 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness m judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights,a just ephah, and a just bin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God,which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: 1 am the Louo. CHAP. XX. 12 And if a man he with his daugh ter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man also lie with mankind, as be lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their upon AND the LORD spake unto Moses, blood shall be them. saying, 14 And if a mau take a wife and her 2 Again, thou shalt say to the chil [mother, it is wickedness: they shall be dren of Israel, Whosoever he be of the burnt with fire, both he and they; that chuldren of Israel, or of the strangers there be no wickedness among you. that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any 15 And if a man lie with a beast, he of his seed unto Molech; he shall sure-shall surely be put to death; and ye ly be put to death; the people of the shall slay the beast. land shall stone him with stones. 16 And if a woman approach unto 122 Of incest, sodomy, &c. LEVITICUS. Priests qualifications- any beast, and lie down thereto, thou hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wiz. shalt kill the woman and the beast; ard, shall surely be put to death they they shall surely be put to death; their shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. blood shall be upon them. CHAP. XXI, • 17. And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked AND the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of thing; and they shall be cut ofl' in the Aaron, aud say unto them, There shall sight of their people: he hath uncov-none be defiled for the dead among ered his sister's nakedness; he shall his people: bear his iniquity. 2 But for his kin, that is near unto 18. And if a man shall lie with a wo-[him, that is, for his mothe“, and for man having her sickness, and shall un-his father, and for his son, and for his cover her nakedness; be hath discov-| daughter, and for his brother, ered her fountain, and she bath un- 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is covered the fountain of her blood; and nigh unto him, which hath had no both of them shall be cut off from husband: for her may he be detiled. among their people. 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncover- eth his near kin: they shall bear their] iniquity. 4 But he shall not defile himself, be- ing a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make 20 And if a man shall lie with his any cuttings in their flesh. uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his 6 They shall be boly unto their God, uncle's nakedness: they shall bear and not profane the name of their God: their sin; they shall die childless. for the offerings of the LORD made by 21. And if a man shall take his broth-fire, and the bread of their God, they er's wife, it is an unclean thing: he do offer: therefore they shall be holy. hath uncovered his brother's naked- ness; they shall be childless. 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they 22 T Ye shall therefore keep all my take a woman put away from her bus- statutes, and all my judgments, and do band: for he is holy unto his God. them: that the land, whither I bring 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; you to dwell therein, spue you not out, for he offereth the bread of thy God; 23 And ye shall not walk in the man he shall be holy unto thee: for I the ners of the nations which I cast out be-LoRD, which sanctify you, am holy. fore you for they committed all these 9 T And the daughter of any priest, things, and therefore I abhorred them. if she profane herself by playing the 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it,a land that flow eth with milk and honey: 1 am the LORD your God, which have separa- ted you from other people. whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. 10 And he that is the high-priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend 25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean,and his clothes ; between unclean fowls and clean; and 11 Neither shall he go in to any dead ye shall not make your souls abomina-body, nor defile himself for his father, ble by beast, or by fowl, or by any or for his mother; manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. 25 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Loao am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. 27 ¶ A man also, or woman, that 12 Neither shall he go out of the sane- tuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. If A widow, or a divorced womau, or profane, or a harlot, these shall he 124 The nature CHAP. XXII. nottake· but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. of sacrifices the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; 15 Neither shall be profane his seed 5 Or whosoever toucheth any creep- among his people: for I the LORD doing thing, whereby he may be made sanctify him. unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever unclean ness he hath ; 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aaron,saying, Whoso ever he be of thy seed in their genera- tions that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall 18 For whatsoever man he be that be clean, and shall afterward eat of the hath a blemish, he shall not approach :holy things, because it is his food. a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath 8 That which dieth of itself, or is a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, with beasts,be shall not eat to de- 19 Or a man that is broken footed,or|file himself therewith: I am the LORD. roken-handed, 9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Loan do sanctify thein. 20 Or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire; be hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 23 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. 23 Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, be- cause he hath a blemish; that he pro- fane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing; a sojourner of the priest, or a hired servant,shall not cat of the holy thing. 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shal, eat of his meat. 12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. 13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow,or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron,and as in her youth, she shall eat of her to his sons, and unto all the children | father's meat: but there shall no stran of Israel. CHAP. XXII. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ger eat thereof. 14 T And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel,| 15 And they shall not profane the and that they profane not my holy holy things of the children of Israel, name in those things which they hal-which they offer unto the LORD; low unto me: I am the LORD. 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your sced among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: 1 am the LORD. 16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they cat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. 17 T And the Lond spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 18 Speakunto Aaron,and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel,and 4 What man soever of the seed of say unto them, Whatsoever he be of Aaron is a leper, or sath a running the house of Israel,or of the stranger issue; he shall not eat of the holy in Israel, that will offer his oblatiou things, until he be clean. And whoso for all his vows, and for all bis free. toucheth any thing that is unclean by will-offerings, which they will offer 125 Divers offerings. LEVITICUS. Into the LORD for a burnt-offering;' 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a free-will-of fering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein, 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabled, ye shall not offer these unto the Lond, nor make an oftring by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a free-will-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24 Ye shall not offer unto the LonD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. 25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corrup-| tion is in them, and blemishes be in them they shall not be accepted for you. 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, Yearly feasts. CHAP. XXIII. AND the LORD spake unto Moscɔ, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concering the feasts of the Lono which ye shall pro- claim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. 3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein; it is the sabbath of the LouD in all your dwellings. 1 TThese are the feasts of the Lonn, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD; seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 7 In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein, 9 And the Load spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shail reap the harvest thereof, then a ye shall bring a sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest: 27 When a bullock, ora sheep, or goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lono. 29 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will. 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. 31 Therefore shall ye keep my com- mandments, and do them: I am the LORD. 11 And he shall wave the sheaf be. fore the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the marrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 Aod ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf, a lie-lamb without blemish, of the first year, for a burnt- offering unto the LORD. 13 And the meat-offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn,nor green ears, until 32 Neither shall ye profane my holy the self-same day that ye have brought name; but I will be billowed among an offering unto your God; it shall be the children of Israel: I am the LORD ja statute forever throughout your gen- which hallow you, 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt,to be your God: I am the Lonn. erations in all your dwellings. 15 T And yeshall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the 126 Yearly sacrifices CHAP Gay that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: XXIII. and solemn feasts. your souls, and offer an offering mado by fire unto the LORD. 28 And ye shall do no work in that 16 Even unto the morrow after the same day: for it is a day of atonement, seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty to make an atonement for you before days; and ye shall offer a new meat-the Lond your God 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall offering unto the LORD. lie 17 Ye shall bring out of your habita-not be afflicted in that same day, tions two wave-loaves of two tenth-shall be cut off from among his people. deals: they shall be of fine flour; they! 30 And whatsoever soul it be int shall be baken with leaven; they are doeth any work in that same day, the the first-fruits unto the LORD. same soul will I destroy from among 18 And ye shall offer with the bread his people. seven lambs without blemish of the 31 Ye shall do no manner of work: first year, and one young bullock, and it shall be a statute for ever throughout. two rams: they shall be for a burnt-your generations in all your dwellings. offering unto the LonD, with their 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of meat-offering, and their drink-offer-rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in ings, even an offering made by fire, of the ninth day of the mouth at even, Aweet savour unto the LORD. froin even unto even, shall ye cele- brate your sabbath. 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace-offerings. 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. 33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3-1 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this sev - enth month shall be the feast of taber nacles for seven days unto the LORD 35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye aball do no servle 21 And ye shall proclaim on the self-work therein. same day, that it may be a boly convo- 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offer cation unto you: ye shall do no servile ing made by fire unto the LORD: On work therein: it shall be a statute for the eighth day shall be a holy convoca- ever in all your dwellings throughout|tion unto you; and ye shall offer an your generations. offering made by fire unto the Lono: 22 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall your land, thou shalt not niake clean [do no servile work therein. riddance of the corners of thy field 37 These are the feasts of the LORD, when thou reapest, neither shalt thou which ye shall proclaim to be holy con gather any gleaning of thy harvest: vocations, to offer an offering made by Thou shalt leave them unto the poor, fire unto the LORD, a burnt-offering, and to the stranger: I am the LORD and a meat-offering, a sacrifice, and your God. drink-offerings, every thing upon his 23 T And the LORD spake unto Mo-day: ses, saying, 21 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work there- in: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 26 And the Lono spake unto Moses, saying, 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convo- cation unto you; and ye shall afflict 33 Beside the sabbaths of the Lond, and beside your gifts, and beside al your rows, and beside all your free- will-offerings, which ye give unto the Lond. 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gather. ed in the fruit of the land,ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: or the first day shall be a sabbath, and or the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, brauch- es of palm-trees, and the doughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; · 127 Blasphemy punished LEVITICUS. with death. and ye shall rejoice before the LORD blasphemed the name of the LORD, your God seven days. and cursed: and they brought him unto Moses; (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan ;) 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year: it shall be a statute for ever in your gen- erations; ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Loup might be show- 42 Ye shall dwell in booths sevened them. days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: 43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 4 And Moses declared unto the chil- dren of Israel the feast of the LORD. CHAP. XXIV. 13 T And the LORD spake unto Mo ses, saying, 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his bead, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, 16 And be that blasphemeth the name of the Lond, he shall surely be put to 2 Command the children of Israel death, and all the congregation shall that they bring unto thee pure oil olive certainly stone bim: as well the stran benten for the light, to cause the lamps ger, as he that is born in the land, to burn continually. when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death. 17 T And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. 18 T And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. 3 Without the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD con- tinually. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he nath done, so shall it be done to him; 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, 5 T And thou shalt take fine flour, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a and bake twelve cakes thereof; two|blemish in a man, so shall it be done tenth-deals shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. 7 And thou shalt put pure frank in- cense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an of fering made by fire unto the Lond. to him again. 21 And he that killeth a beast, lie shall restore it; and he that killet a man, he shall be put to death. 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in 23 T And Moses spake unto the chil- order before the LORD continually, be-[dren of Israel, that they should bring ing taken from the children of Israel forth him that had cursed out of the by an everlasting covenant. camp, and stone bim with stones: and 9 And it shall be Aaron's and his the children of Israel did as the LORD sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy commanded Moses. place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. 10 T And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyp- tian, went out among the children of Israel; and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove Together in the camp: A CHAP. XXV. ND the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye comé into the land which I give you, tnen shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lond. 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, II And the Israelitish woman's son and six years thou shalt prune thy vine 128 CHAP. XXV. The year of Jubiiec. yard, and gather in the fruit thereof; the years of the fruits doth he sell unto 4 But in the seventh year shall be a thee. sabbath of rest unto the land,a sabbatlı 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow another; but thou shalt fear thy God: thy field, ror prune thy vineyard. for I am the LORD your God. 6 That which groweth of its own ac- cord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee,and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that Bojourneth with thee, 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the in- crease thereof be meat 8 ¶ And thou shalt number seven sab baths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 18 ¶ Wherefore ye shall do my stat utes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your ill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shal say,What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 22 And ye shall sow the eighth year. and eat yet of old fruit until the nintli year; until the fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. 23 ¶ The land shall not be sold for 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet ever; for the land is mine; for ye are of the jubilee to sound, on the tenth strangers and sojourners with me. day of the seventh month; in the day 24 And in all the land of your pos- of atonement shall ye make the trum-session ye shall grant a redemption for pet sound throughout all your land. the land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12 For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the in- crease thereof out of the field. 13 In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14 ¶ And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buyest aught of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 25 ¶ If thy brother be waxen poor, and bath sold away some of his pos session, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none to re- deem it, and himself be able to re- deem it; 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it ; that he may return unto his possession. 28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that bath bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. 29 T And if a man sell a dwelling. house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold: within a full year may he re- deem it. 15 According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the 30 And if it be not redeemed within number of years of the fruits he shall the space of a full year, then the house sell unto thee: that is in the walled city shall be ea- 16 According to the multitude of tablished for ever to him that bought years thou shalt increase the price it, throughout his generations: it shall thereof, and according to the fewness not go out in the jubilee. of years thou shalt diminish the price 31 But the houses of the villages, if it; for according to the number of which have no walls round about 129 Redemption of land LEVITICUS. and servants. them, shall be counted as the fields of begat in your land; and they shall be the country: they may be redeemed; your possession. and they shall go out in the jubilee. 32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any tune. 46 And ye shall take them as an in- heritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bond-men for ever: but over your brethren the children of 1s- 33 And if a man purchase of the Le-rael, ye shall not rule one over another vites, then the house that was sold,and with rigour. the city of his possession, shall go out 47 T And if a sojourner or stranger in the year of jubilee; for the houses wax rich by thee, and thy brother that of the cities of the Levitesaretheir pos-dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell session among the children of Israel, himself unto the stranger or sojourner 34 But the field of the suburbs of by thee, or to the stock of the stran their cities may not be sold; for it is ger's family: their perpetual possession. 48 After that he is sold be may be 35 T And if thy brother be waxen redeemed again; one of his brethren poor, and fallen in decay with thee, may redeem him: Then thou shalt relieve him; yea,| 49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's though he be a stranger, or a sojourn-son, may redeem him, or any that is er; that he may live with thee. nigh of kin unto him of his family 36 Take thou no usury of him, or in-may redeem him; or if he be able, be crease but fear thy God; that thy may redeein himself. brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy mo- ney upon usury, nor lend him thy vic- tuals for increase. 38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 39 ¶ And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a boud-servant: 40 But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubi- lee: 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 12 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bond inen. 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with] rigour, but shalt fear thy God. 44 Both thy bond-men,and thy bond- maids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bond-men and bond-inaids. 45. Moreover, of the children of the strangers that do sojourn anong you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they 50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of a hired ser vant shall it be with him. 51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for 52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him; and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. 51 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of Isract are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. CHAP. XXVI. YE shall make you no lols not graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it; for I am the Lord your God. 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and 130 Blessings promised CHAP. XXVI. on obedience. reverence my sanctuary: I am the and ye shall be slain before your enc- Load. mies: they that bate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee wher nolic pursueth you. 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments,and do them; 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. 6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. 18 And if ye will not yet for all tn.a hearken unto me, then I will punisu you seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 21 T And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; 1 will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, 22 I will also send wild beasts among and they shall fall before you by the you, which shall rob you of your chil- sword. dren, and destroy your cattle, and 3 And five of you shall chase a hun-make you few in number; and your dred, and a hundred of you shall put high-ways shall be desolate. ten thousand to flight: and your ene- mies shall fall before you by the sword, 9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk cou- trary unto me; 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and 25 And I will bring a sword upon bring forth the old because of the new. you, that shall avenge the quarrel of 11 And 1 will set my tabernaclej my covenant: and when ye are gath- and my soul shall not ered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. among you abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bond-men; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, aud made you go upright. 26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these com-unto me; mandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abbor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my com- mandments, but that ye break my covenant: 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 sball ye eat. 16 I also will do this unto you: I will 30 And I will destroy your high even appoint over you terror, con-places, and cut down your images, and sumption, and the buruing ague, that cast your carcases upon thecarcases of shall consume the eyes, and cause sor-your idols,and mysoul shall abhor you. row of heart; and ye shall sow your] 31 And I will make your cities waste, seed in vain, for your enemies shall and bring your sanctuaries into deso eat it. lation, and I will not smell the savour 17 And I will set my face against you,!of your sweet odours. 131 Obedience required. LEVITICUS. Nature of vows. 32 And I will bring the land into deso-jeast them away, neither will I abhor lation: and your enemies which dwell them, to destroy them utterly, and to therein shall be astonished at it. break my covenant with them: for 1 33 And I will scatter you among the am the LORD their God. heathen, and will draw out a sword after you and your land shall be des- olate, and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it keth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 45 But I will for their sakes remem- ber the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord. 45 These are the statutes and judg- ments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. CHAP. XXVII. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 35 As long as it licth desolate it shall rest because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and the sound of a shaken leaf shall and say unto them, When a man shall chase them; and they shall fee, as make a singular vow, the person shall fleeing from a sword; and they shall be for the LORD, by thy estimation. fall when none pursueth. 5 And thy estimation shall be of the 37 And they shall fall one upon an-male from twenty years old even unto other, as it were before a sword, when sixty years old, even thy estimation none pursueth; and ye shall have no shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the power to stand before your enemies. shekel of the fanctuary. 38 And ye shall perish among the 4 And if it be a female, then thy esti heathen, and the land of your enemies mation shall be thirty sliekels. shall eat you up. 5. And if it be from live years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estima- tion shall be of the male twenty shek- els, and for the female ten shekels. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniqui- ties of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thyestimation 40 If they shall confess their iniqui- shall be of the male five shekels of ty, and the iniquity of their fathers, siiver, and for the female thy estima- with their trespass which they tres-tion shall be three shekels of silver. passed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy esti. mation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 41 And that I also have walked con- trary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies: 8 But if he be poorer than thy estima- if then their uncircumcised hearts betion, then he shall present himself be- humbled, and they then accept of the fore the priest, and the priest shall punishment of their iniquity; value him; according to his ability 42 Then will I remember my cove-that rowed shall the priest value him. nant with Jacob, and also my covenant 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men with Isaac, and also my covenant with bring an offering unto the LORD, all Abraham will I remember; and I will that any man giveth of such unto' remember the land. the LORD shall be holy. 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 despised my judgments, and be cause their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their eneniics, I will not 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 there- of shall be holy. 11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice un- to the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: 132 The estimation CHAP. 1. of vo109. 12 And the priest shall value it, junto the year of the jubilee: and he whether it be good or bad: as thou val- shall give thy estimation in that day ucst it,who art the priest, so shall it be. as a holy thing unto the LORD. 13 But if he will at all redeem it, 24 In the year of the jubilee the field Jhen shall he add a fifth part thereof shall return unto him of whom it was unto thy estimation. bought, even to him to whom the pos- 14 ¶ And when a man shall sanctify session of the land did belong. his house to be holy unto the LORD, 25 And all thy estimations shall be then the priest shall estimate it, according to the shekel of the sanctua whether it be good or bad: as the priest ry: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 26 T Only the firstling of the beasts, 16 And if he that sanctified it will which should be the LORD's firstling, redeem his house, then he shall add the no man shall sanctify it; whether it fifth part of the money of thy estima- be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's. tion unto it, and it shall be his. 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto then he shall redeem it according to the LORD some part of a field of his thy estimation, and shall add a fifth possession, then thy estimation shall part of it thereto; or if it be not re- be according to the seed thereof: a deemed, then it shall be sold according homer of barley-seed shall be valued to thy estimation. at fifty shekels of silver. 28 Notwithstanding,no devoted thing, 17 If he sanctify his field from the that a man shall devote unto the LORD year of jubilee, according to thy esti-of all that he hath, both of man and mation it shall stand. beast,and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every de- voted thing ismost holy unto the Lonn. 29 None devoted, which shall be de- voted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. 18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money 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 estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 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 there- to the fifth part thereof. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatso- ever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man,it shall not be redeemed anymore. 21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the Lond, as a field devoted; the posses- 33 He shall not search whether it be sion thereof shall be the priest's. good or bad, neither shall he change 22. And if a man sanctify unto theit; and if he change it all, then both LORD a field which he hath bought, it and the change thereof shall be holy; which is not of the fields of his posit shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the commandments, session; 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto which the Lond commanded Moses, him the worth of thy estimation, even for the children of Israel inmountSinai. ¶ The Fourth Book of Moses, called NUMBERS. CHAP. I. 2 Take ye the sum of all the congre- AND the LORD spake unto Moses in gation of the children of Israel, after the wilderness of Sinai, in the tab-their families, by the houses of their ernacle of the congregation,on the first fathers, with the number of their day of the second month,in the second names, every male by their polls; year after they were come out of the 3 From twenty years old and upward, land of Egypt, saying, all that are able to go forth to war in ... 133 NUMBERS. The men of war numbered. Israel: thou and Aaron shall number that were numbered of them, accord- them by their armies. ing to the number of the names, by 4 And with you there shall be a man their polls, every male from twenty of every tribe; every one head of the years old and upward, all that were house of his fathers. able to go forth to war; 6 T And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shiedeur. 6 Of Simeon; Suclumiel the son Zurishaddai. 7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son Amminadab. of of 8 Of Issachar; Nethancel the son of Zuar. 23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fity and nine thousand,and three hundred. 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 upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 25 Those that were numbered of 10 Of the children of Joseph of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were Ephraim; Elishama_the_son of Am-forty and five thousand six hundred mihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the and fifty. son of Pedalızur. 26 T of the children of Judah, by 11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of their generations, after their families, Gideoni. by the house of their fathers, accord- 12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Am-ing to the number of the names, from mishaddai. 13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. 14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel 17 ¶ And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand six hundred. 28 ¶ Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issacher, were fifty and four thousand and four 18 And they assembled all the con- gregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by hundred. the house of their fathers, according to 30 T Of the children of Zebulun, by the number of the names, from twenty their generations, after their families, years old and upward, by their polls. by the house of their fathers, accord- 19 As the LORD commanded Moses, ing to the number of the names, from so he numbered them in the wilder twenty years old and upward, all that ness of Sinai. were able to go forth to war; them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand, and four hundred. 20 And the children of Reuben, Is- 31 Those that were numbered of rael's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 32 T Of the children of Joseph,name- y, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 22 ¶ of the children of Simeon, by 33 Those that were numbered of their generations, after their families, them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, by the house of their fathers, thosel were forty thousand and five hundred. 134 Numbering of CHAP. II. the Israelites 34 Of the children of Manasseh, by [years old and upward, all that were their generations, after their families, able to go forth to war in Israel ; by the house of their fathers, accord- 46 Even all they that were number- ing to the number of the nanies, fromjed, were six hundred thousand, and twenty years old and upward, all that three thousand, and five hundred and were able to go forth to war; fifty. 35 Those that were numbered of 47 ¶ But the Levites, after the tribe them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, of their fathers, were not numbered were thirty and two thousand and two among them. hundred. 36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the house of their fathers, ac- cording to the number of the nanes, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 48 For the Lond had spoken unto Moses, saying, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel : 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the 38 ¶ of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by tabernacle. the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 40 T of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 51 And when the tabernacle settetl forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. 63 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congrega- tion of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hun- 54 And the children of Israel did ac- dred. cording to all that the LORD com- 42 Of the children of Naphtali,manded Moses, so did they. throughout their generation, after thers, according to the number of the us to a spat na their families, by the house of their fa- AND the LonD spake unto Moses names, from twenty years old and up- ward, all that were able to go forth to war; CHAP. II. 2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house : far off about the tabernacle of the congre gation shall they pitch. 43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four 3 ¶ And on the east side, toward the hundred. rising of the sun, shall they of the 44 T These are those that were num-standard of the camp of Judah pitch, bered, which Moses and Aaron num- throughout their armies and Nalishion, bered, and the princes of Israel, being the son of Amminadab, shall be cap twelve men: each one was for the tain of the children of Judalı. house of his fathers. 4 And his host, and those that were 45 So were all those that were num-numbered of them were threescore and bered, of the children of Israel, by the fourteen thousand and six hundred. house of their fathers, from twenty] 5 And those that do pitch next unto 135 Order of the tribes NUMBERS. in the tents. him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and] 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be Manasseli; and the captain of the chil- captain of the children of Issachar. dren of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel 6 And his host, and those that were the son of Pedahzur. numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun; and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulon. 8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereofpere fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin; and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and 9 All that were numbered in the five thousand and four hundred. camp of Judali were a hundred thou- 24 All that were numbered of the sand, and fourscore thousand, and six camp of Ephraim were a hundred thousand and four hundred, throughout thousand, and eight thousand and a their armies: these shall first set forth. hundred, throughout their armies: 10 T On the south side shall be the and they shall go forward in the third standard of the camp of Reuben, ac-frank. cording to their armies: and the cap 25 T The standard of the camp of fain of the children of Reuben shall be | Dan shall be on the north side, by their Elizur, the son of Shedeur. armies and the captain of the chil- dren of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammisbaddai. 11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. : 26 And his host, and those that were 12 And those which pitch by him numbered of them, were threescore shall be the tribe of Simeon; and the and two thousand and seven hundred. captain of the children of Simeon 27 And those that encamp by him shall be Shelumiel the son of Zu-shall be the tribe of Asher rishaddai. 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. 15 Aud his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were a hundred thou- sand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies and they shall set forth in the second rank. 17 T Then the tabernacle of the con- gregation shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in bis place, by their standards. and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naplı- tali shall be Abira the son of Enan. 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 hind- most with their standards. 32 These are those which were num- bered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps, through out their hosts, were six hundred thou sand, and three thousand and five hum- dred and fifty. 18 T On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim, ac- 33 But the Levites were not number- cording to their armies: and the cap-ed among the children of Israel; ag tain of the sons of Ephraim shall be the LORD commanded Moses. Elishama the son of Ammihud. 31 And the children of Israel did ac- cording to all that the LORD com 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of thein, were forty thou-manded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set for sand and five hundred. 136 CHAP. III. The Levites appointed priests. ward, every one after their familiesfees in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, according to the house of their fathers. 16 Number the children of Levi, after the house of their fathers, by CHAP. III. THESE also are the generations of Aaron and Moses,in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab, the first-born, and Abiho, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anoint- ed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them ac- cording to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Len by their names; Gershon, and Kohatb, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before Libni, and Shimei. the Load, when they offered strange 19 And the sons of Kohath by their fire before the LORD,in the wilderness families; Amram, and Izehar, He- of Sinai, and they had no children: bron, Uzziel. and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered 20 And the sons of Merari by their in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. families; Mahali, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites, ac- cording to the house of their fatliers. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimnites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and 22 Those that were numbered of the charge of the whole congregation, them, according to the number of all before the tabernacle of the congrega- the males, from a month old and up- tion, to do the service of the taberna-ward, even those that were numbered cle. of them were seven thousand and five 8 And they shall keep all the instru-hundred. ments of the tabernacle of the congre 23 The families of the Gershonites gation, and the charge of the children shall pitch behind the tabernacle west- of Israel, to do the service of the tab-ward. ernacle. 24 And the chief of the house of the 9 And thou shalt give the Levites father of the Gershonites shall be unto Aaron, and to his sons; they arc | Eliasaph the son of Lael. wholly given unto him out of the chil- dren of Israel. 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 11 And the LORD spake unto Mo ses, saying, 12 Aud I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel, instead of all the first-born that openeth the matrix among the chil- dren of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine ; 25 And the charge of the sons of Ger- shon in the taberuacle of the congre- gation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about,and the cords of it, for all the service thereof. 27 ¶ And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the 13 Because all the first-born are Hebronites, and the family of the Uz- mine; for on the day that I smote all zielites: these are the families of the the first-born in the land of Egypt, I Kohathites. hallowed unto me all the first-born in 28 In the number of all the males, Israel, both man and beast; mine they from a month old and upward, were shall be: I am the Lond. eight thousand and six hundred, keep- 14 T And the Lono spake unto Mo-ling the charge of the sanctuary 137 Separation of NUMBERS. the Levites. 29 The families of the sons of Kobath the first-born among the children of shall pitch on the side of the taberna-Israel; and the cattle of the Levites cle southward. instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the Lond commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. 43 And all the first-born males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and three- score and thirteen. 30 And the chief of the house of the fa- ther of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctu- ary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazer the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanc- tuary. 44 T And the Lond spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 45 Take the Levites instead of all 33 ¶ Of Merari was the family of the the first-born among the children of Mahlites, and the family of the Mush-Israel,and the cattle of the Levites in- ites: these are the families of Merari. stead of their cattle; and the Levites 34 And those that were numbered of shall be mine; I am the Lond. them, according to the number of all 46 And for those that are to be re- the males, from a month old and up-deemed of the two hundred and three ward, were six thousand and two hun-score and thirteen of the first-born of dred. the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail; these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 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 gerals :) 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his 36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sons. the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their p'ns, and their cords. 49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites : 50 of the first-born of the children of 38 T But those that encamp before Israel took he the money; a thousand the tabernacle toward the east, even three hundred and threescore and five before the tabernacle of the congre- shekels, after the shekel of the sanctu gation eastward, shall be Moses, and ary: Aaron and his sons,keeping the charge 51 And Moses gave the money of of the sanctuary for the charge of the them that were redeemed unto Aaron children of Israel; and the stranger and to his sons, according to the word that cometh nigh shall be put to death. of the LORD, as the Lond command- 39 All that were numbered of the ed Moses. Levites, which Moses and Aaron num- CHAP. IV. ND the LORD spake unto Moses bered at the commandment of the Aand unto Aaron, saying, LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and up-] 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kobath ward, were twenty and two thousand. from among the sons of Levi, after 40 T And the LORD said unto Moses, their families, by the house of their Number all the first-born of the males fathers, of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the 138 CHAP. IV. The office of the Levites. sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of These things are the burden of tha the congregation, abou the most holy sons of Koliath in the tabernacle of the things. congregation. 5 T And when the camp setteth for- 16 T And to the office of Eleazar the ward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the and they shall take down the cover-oil for the light, and the sweet incense, ing veil, and cover the ark of testi-and the daily meat-offering, and the mony with it: anointing oil, and the oversight of all 6 And shall put thereon the covering the tabernacle, and of all that therem of badgers' skins, and shall spread over is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels it a cloth wholly of blue, and aball 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 covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff-dishes, and all the oil-vessels thereof, wherewith they minister un- to it: 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. thereof. 17 T And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the fam- ilies of the Kohathites from among the Levites: 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they ap- proach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and ap- point them every one to his service and to his burden: 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. 21 TAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the house of their fathers by their families; 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the taberna- cle of the congregation. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: 2-1 This is the service of the families 12 And they shall take all the instru- of the Gershonites, to serve, and for ments of ministry, wherewith they burdens: minister in the sanctuary, and put 25 And they shall bear the curtains them in a cloth of blue, and cover of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle them with a covering of badgers' of the congregation, his covering, and 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: the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, 14 And they shall put upon it all the 26 And the bangings of the court,and vessels thereof, wherewith they minis- the bangings for the door of the gate of ter about it, even the censers, the flesh-the court, which is by the tabernacle hooks, and the shovels, and the basons, and by the altar round about, and their all the vessels of the altar; and they cords, and all the instruments of their shall spread upon it a covering of bad-service, and all that is made for them: gers' skins, and put to the staves of it so shall they serve. 15 And when Aaron and his sons 27 At the appointment of Aaron and have made an end of covering the his sons shall be all the service of the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their sanctuary, as the camp is to set for-burdens, and in all their service: and ward; after that, the sons of Kohath ye shall appoint unto them in charge shall come to bear it; but they shall all their burdens. not touch any holy thing,lest they die. 28 This is the service of the families 139 Numbering of NUMBERS. the Levites. of the sons of Gershon in the taberna-[them, throughout their families, by cle of the congregation: and their the house of their fathers, were two charge shall be under the hand of Itha-thousand and six hundred and thirty. mar the son of Aaron, the priest. 41 These are they that were num- 29 T As for the sons of Merari, thou|bered of the families of the sons of shalt number them after their families, Gershon, of all that might do service by the house of their fathers; in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LoRD. 30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one theertereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service 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 in- struments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instru- ments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Itha- mar the son of Aaron the priest. 34 T And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 42 ¶ And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 13 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congre- gation; 44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These be those that were number- ed of the families of the sons of Me rari, whom Moses and Aaron number ed according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 46 All those that were numbered, of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 47 Froin thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one 35 From thirty years old and upward that came to do the service of the min- even unto fifty years old, every one|istry, and the service of the burden in that entereth into the service, for the the tabernacle of the congregation ; work in the tabernacle of the congre. 48 Even those that were numbered gation; of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thou- sand seven hundred and fifty. 49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by 37 These were they that were num.the hand of Moses, every one accord- bered of the families of the Kohath- ing to his service, and according to his ites, all that might do service in the burden: thus were they numbered of tabernacle of the congregation, which him, as the LORD commanded Moses. Moses and Aaron did number accord- CHAP. V. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, ing to the commandment of the LORD saying, A by the hand of Moses: 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, 40 Even those that were numbered of land put them out without the camp: 39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congre- gation; 140 The trial CHAP. V. ns the Lono spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. of jealousy. 18 And the priest shall set the wo- man before the LORD,and uncover the 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, woman's head, and put the offering of saying, memorial in her hands, which is the 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, jealousy-offering: and the priest shall When a man or woman shall commit have in his band the bitter water that any sin that men commit, to do a tres-causeth the curse: pass against the LORD, and that per- 19 And the priest shall charge her son be guilty; by an oath, and say unto the woman, 7 Then they shall confess their sin II' no man hath lain with thee, and if which they have done: and he shall thou hast not gone aside to unclean- recompense his trespass with the prin-ness with another instead of thy hus- cipal thereof, and add unto it the fifth band, be thou free from this bitter part thereof, and give it unto him water that causeth the curse: against whom he hath trespassed. 20 But if thou hast gone aside to 8 But if the man have no kinsman to another instead of thy husband, and if recompense the trespass unto, let the thou be defiled, and some mau have trespass be recompensed unto the lain with thee besides thy husband: LORD, even to the priest; besides the 21 Then the priest shall charge the ram of the atonement, whereby an woman with an oath of cursing, and atonement shall be made for him. the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lono doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell: 9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to saying, rot: And the woman shall say, Amer, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, amen. and say unto them, If any man's wife] 23 And the priest shall write these go aside,and commit a trespass against curses in a book, and he shall blot him, them out with the bitter water: 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her hus-] band, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the man- ner; 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 14 And the spirit of jealousy come ousy-offering out of the woman's hand, upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and shall wave the offering before the and she be defiled: or if the spirit of Lono, and offer it upon the altar: jealousycome upon him,and he be jeal 26 And the priest shall take a hand- ous of his wife, and she be not defiled:ful of the offering, even the memorial 15 Then shall the man bring his wife thereof, and burn it upon the altar, unto the priest, and he shall bring her and afterward shall cause the woman offering for her, the tenth part of an to drink the water. ephah of barley-meal: he shall pour no 27 And when he hath made her to oil upon it, nor put frankincense there-drink the water, then it shall come to on; for it is an offering of jealousy, an pass, that, if she be defiled, and bave offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord: 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the taberna- cle the priest shall take, and put into the water: done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swe!, 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. 141 The law of NUMBERS. the Nazarite. 29 This is the law of jealousies, ment for him, for that he sinued by when a wife goeth aside to another in- the dead, and shall hallow his head stead of her husband, and is defiled; that same day. 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over bis 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. VI. A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: 12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass-offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because hie separation was defiled. 13 ¶ And this is the law of the Naz- arite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation; 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one be-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt- offering, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin-offer- ing, and one ram without blemish for 3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink peace-offerings, no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat inoist grapes, or dried. 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fiue flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anoin- ted with oil, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings. 16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-offering. 6 All the days of the row of his sep 17 And he shall offer the ram for a aration there shall no razor come upon sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the his bead until the days be fulfilled, Lono, with the basket of "unleavened in the which he separateth himself bread: the priest shall offer also his unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and weat-offering, and his drink-offering. shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lond 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 Lond. 9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he bath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleans- ing, on the seventh day sball he shave it. 18 And the Nazarite 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 sacrifice of the peace-offerings. 19 And the priest shall take the sod- den shoulder of the ram, and oue un- leavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened water, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven: 20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave-breast and beave-shoulder: and after that, the Notarite may drink 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pi-wine. geous, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering 11 Aud the priest shall offer the one unto the Lord for his separation, be- for a sun-offering, and the other for a sides that that bis hand shall get: ae- burnt-ollering, and make an atone-cording to the vow which he vowed, 142 The offerings CHAP. VII. so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 T And theLonD spake untoMoses, saying, of the Princes. icating of the altar, in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. 11 And the Lond said unto Moses, 23 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his They shall offer their offering, each sons, saying, On this wise ye shall prince on his day,for the dedicating of bless the children of Israch, saying the altar. unto them, 24 The LonD bless thee, and keep thee; 25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; 26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them. CHAP. VII. AND stand to pass up the taber ND it came to pass on the day that 12 T And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Ainminadab, of the tribe of Judah. 13 And 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 were full of fiue flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering: 14 One spoon of ten skekels of gold, full of incense: 15 One young bullock, one ramı, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt nacle, and had anointed it, and sancti- fied it, and all the instruments thereof, offering: both the altar and all the vessels there- 16 One kid of the goats for a sin of, and had anointed them, and sanc-offering: tified thein; 2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes,and were over them that were numbered, offered: 3 And they brought their offering be- fore the LORD, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon for two of the princes,and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tab- crnacle. 4 T And the LORD spake untoMoses, saying, 5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. 17 And for a sacrifice of peace-offer ings, two oxen,five rams,five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nahslion the son of Amminadab. 18 T On the second day Nethaneel, the sou of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer. 19 He offered for his offering 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: 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense: 21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-of- 6 And Moses took the waggons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Le-fering: vites. 22 Öne kid of the goats for a sin-of- 7 Two waggons and four oxen he fering: gave unto the sons of Gershon,accord- ing to their service: 8 And four waggons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, ac- cording unto their service, under the nand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. 23 And for a sacrifice of peace-offer- ings,two oxen,five rams,five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 21 ¶ On the third day Eliab, the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer. 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none; because the service of the| 25His offering was one silver charger, sanctuary belonging unto them was, the weight whereof was a hundred that they should bear upon their and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of shoulders. seventy shekels,after the shekel of the 10 T And the princes offered for ded-Isanctuary, both of them full of fine 143 The offerings NUMBERS. of the princes. flour mingled with oil, for a meat-son of Deuel, prince of the children offering: of Gad, offered. 26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt- offering: 43 His offering was one silver charg er, of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary, both of them full of fine flour 28 One kid of the goats for a sin-mingled with oil, for a meat-offering: offering: 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 29 And for a sacrifice of peace-offer-full of incense: ings, two oxen, five rams,five he-gonts, 45 One young bullock, one ram, one five lambs of the first year. This was lamb of the first year. for a burnt- the offering of Eliab the son of He-offering: Jon. 46 One kid of the goats for a sin- 30 ¶ On the fourth day Elizur, the offering: son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer. 47 And for a sacrifice of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rains, five he- 31 His offering was one silver charg. goats, five lambs of the first year. This er, of the weight of a hundred and was the offering of Eliasaph the son thirty shekels, one silver bowl of sev-jof Deuel. enty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat- offering: 48 ¶ On the seventh day Elishama, the son of Ammilud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered. 49 His offering was one silver charg fer, the weight whereof was a hun dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 33 One young bullock, one ram, one of seventy shekels, after the shekel of lamb of the first year, for a burut-the sanctuary, both of them full of fiue offering: four mingled with oil, for a meat-of 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 34 One kid of the goats for a sin-fering: offering: 50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 35 And for a sacrifice of peace-offer-full of incense: ings,two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, 51 One young bullock, one ram, one five lambs of the first year. This was lamb of the first year, for a burnt-of the offering of Elizur the son of She-fering: deur. 36 T On the fifth day Shelumiel, the son of Zurisbaddai, prince of the chil- dren of Simeon, did offer. 52 One kid of the goats for a sin- offering: 53 And for a sacrifice of peace-ofler- inga, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. Thus was the offering of Elishama the sọn of Ammibud. 37 His offering wasone 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-the children of Manasseh. 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: 6-1 T On the eighth day offered Gama- liel, the son of Pedalizur, prince of 55 His offering was one silver charg er, of the weight of a bundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of sev- enty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat- 40 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: offering: 56 One golden spoon of ten shekeis, full of incense: 57. One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt- offering: 41 And for a sacrifice of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 58 One kid of the goats for a sin 42 On the sixth day Eliasaph, the lottering: 144 The offering CHAP. VIL of the princes. 59 And for a sacrifice of peace-offer- 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-full of incense : goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedabzur. 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- 60 On the ninth day Abidan, the son of Gideoni, prince of the children offering: of Benjamin, offered. 77 And for a sacrifice of peace-offer- 61 His offering was one silver chargings, two oxen, five rame, five be- er, the weight whereof was a hun goats, five lambs of the first year: this dred and thirty shekels,one silver bowl was the offering of Pagiel the son of of seventy shekels, after the shekel of Ocran. the sanctuary, both of them full of fine] 78 ¶ On the twelfth day Ahira the flour mingled with oil, for a meat- son of Enan,prince of the children of offering: Naphtali offered: 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 79 His offering was one silver charg. full of incense : er, the weight whereof toas a bun 63 One young bullock, one ram, one dred and thirty shekels,one silver bowl lamb of the first year, for a burnt-of seventy shekels,after the shekels of offering: the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 65 And for a sacrifice of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he- goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. 66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan offered: 80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt- offering: 82 One kid of the goats for a sin- offering: 83 And for a sacrifice of peace-offer- 67 His offering was one silver chargings, two oxen, five rams, five he- er, the weight whereof was a hun-goats, five lambs of the first year: this dred and thirty shekels,one silver bowl was the offering of Ahira the son of of seventy shekels,after the shekel of Enan. the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat- offering: 84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve charg 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels,lers of silver, twelve silver bowls, full of incense: 69 One young bullock, one ram, one Jamb of the first year, for a burnt- offering: twelve spoons of gold: 85 Each charger of silver weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels 70 One kid of the goats for a sin-weighed two thousand and four hun- offering: dred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 71. And for asacrifice of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he- goats, live lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Aminishaddai. 72 T on the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher offered: 73 His offering was one silver charg- er, the weight whereof was a hun- dred and thirty shekels,one silver bowl ofs l'seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine| flour mingled with oil for a meat-of- fering: 86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctu ary: all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels, 87 All the oxen for the burnt-offer ing were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat-offering: and the kids of the goats for a sin-offering twelve. 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace-offerings were twenty and four bulleeks, the rame sixty, the he K 145 The consecration NUMBERS. of the Levites. goats sixty, the lambs of the first year; 13 And thou shalt set the Levites bc- sixty. This was the dedication of the fore Aaron, and before his sons,and of altar, after that it was anointed. fer them for an offering unto the Lond 89 And when Moses was gone into 14 Tous shalt thou separate the Le the tabernacle of the congregation to vites from among the children of Isra- speak with Him, then he heard the el: and the Levites shall be mine. voice of one speaking unto him from 15 And after that shall the Levites go off the mercy-seat that was upon the in to do the service of the tabernacle ark of testimony,from betwen the two of the congregation; and thou shalt cherubims and He spake unto him. cleanse them, and offer them for an CHAP. VIII. offering. : ND the LORD spake unto Moses, A saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. 16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel ; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the first-born of all the children of Israel,have I taken them unto me. 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the 17 For all the first-born of the chil- lamps thereof over against the candle-dren of Israel are mine, both man and stick,as the Lono commanded Moses. beast; on the day that I smote every 4 And this work of the candlestick |ürst-born in the land of Egypt I sanc- was of beaten gold, unto the shaft tified them for myself. thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was 18 And I have taken the Levites for beaten work: according unto the pat-all the first born of the children of tern which the LORD had showed Mo- | Israel. ses, so he made the candlestick. 5 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh,and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. 8 Then let them take a young bul- lock with his meat-offering, even fine dour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering. 9 And thou shalt bring the Levites be fore the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assem bly of the children of Israel together. 10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD; and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may exe- cute the service of the Lord. 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin- offering, and the other for a burnt-of fering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. રી 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. 20 And Moses, and Aaron,and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the Lond commanded Moses con- cerning the Levites, so did the chil dren of Israel unto them. 21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron,and before his sons: as the LORD had com- manded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. 23 ¶ And the LORD spake untoMoses, saying, 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the taberna cle of the congregation: 146 The observance CHAP IX. of the Passover 25 And from the age of fifty years according to all the oramances of the they shall cease waiting upon the ser-passover they shall keep it. vice thereof, and shall serve no more; 13 But the man that is clean, and is 26 But eball minister with their not in a journey, and forbeareth to brethren in the tabernacle of the con- keep the passover, even the same soul gregation, to keep the charge, and shall shall be cut off from among his peo- do no service. Thus shalt thou do ple: because he brought not the offer unto the Levites touching their charge.[ing of the LORD in his appointed sea sou, that man shall bear is sin. CHAP. IX. AND the Loun spake unto Moses 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn in the wilderness of Sinai, in the among you, and will keep the passover first month of the second year after unto the LORD; according to the ordi- they were come out of the land of [nance of the passover, and according Egypt, saying, to the manner thereof, so shall he do : 2 Let the children of Israel also keep ye shall have one ordinance, both for the passover at his appointed season. the stranger, and for him that was 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, born in the land. at even, ye shall keep it in his appoint ed season; according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 15 ¶ And on the day that the taberna- cle was reared up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was up- 4 And Moses spake unto the children on the tabernacle as it were the appear- of Israel, that they should keep the passover. 5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai; ac- cording to all that the LORD com- manded Moses, so did the children of Israel. ance of fire, until the morning. 16 So it was always the cloud cor- ered 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 Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. 6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the 18 At the commandment of the LORD passover on that day: and they came the children of Israel journeyed, and before Moses and before Aaron on at the commandment of the LORD that day. they pitched as long as the cloud 7 And those men said unto him, We abode upon the tabernacle they rested 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 Israel? S And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. 9¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, in their tents. 19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; ac- cording to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lond they journeyed. 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your 21 And so it was, when the cloud posterity shall be unclean by reason of abode from even unto the morning, a dead body, or be in a journey afar and that the cloud was taken up in off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the morning, then they journeyed: the LORD. whether it was by day or by night 11 The fourteenth day of the second that the cloud was taken up, they month at even they shall keep it, and journeyed. eat it with unleavened bread and bit-| 22 Or whether it were two days, or a ter herbs. month, or a year, that the cloud tar- 12 They shall leave none of it unto ried upon the tabernacle, remaining the morning, nor break any bone of it: thereon, the children of Israel abode 147 The Israelites NUMBERS. remove from Sinai. in their tents, and journeyed not: but their journey's out of the wilderness when it was taken up, they journeyed. of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the 23 At the commandment of the LORD wilderness of Paran. they rested in their tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they jour- neyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commanding of the LORD by the hand of Moser CHAP. X. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 14 In the first place went the stand. ard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies; and over his host was Nalishon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward,bearing the tabernacle. 18 ¶ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Devel 21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other dia set up the tabernacle against they came. *.8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, 22 And the standard of the camp of shall blow with the trumpets; and the children of Ephraim set forward hey shall be to you for an ordinance according to their armies: and over for ever throughout your generations. bis host was Elishama the son of Am- 9 And if ye go to war in your land mihud. against the enemy that oppresseth you, 23 And over the host of the tribe of then ye shall blow an alarm with the the children of Manasseh was Gama- trumpets; and ye shall be remember-liel the son of Pedahzur. ed before the LonD your God, and ye 24 And over the host of the tribe of shall be saved from your enemies. the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideon. 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the 25 ¶ And the standard of the camp of beginnings of your months, ye shall the children of Dan set forward, which blow with the trumpets over your was the rere-ward of all the camps burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices throughout their hosts: and over lis of your peace-offerings; that they may host was Aliezer the son of Ammi- be to you for a memorial before your shaddai. God: I am the LORD your God. 26 And over the host of the tribe of 11 T And it came to pass on the the children of Asher was Pagiel, the twentieth day of the second month, inson of Ocran. the second year, that the cloud was 27 And over the host of the tribe of taken up from off the tabernacle of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the testimony. the son of Enan. 12 And the children of Israel took| 28 Thus were the journeyings of the 148 The Israelites CHAP. XI. loathe manne. children of Israel according to their bers, and the melons, and the leeks, armies, when they set forward. and the onions, and the garlic: 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander- seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 29 ¶ And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Loud said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning 8 And the people went about, and Israel. 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. 30 And be 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 knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest 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. 10 T Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lond was kindled great- ly; Moses also was displeased. Il And Moses said unto the Lond, 33 ¶ And they departed from the Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy ser- nount of the Lond three days' jour-vant ? and wherefore have I not found ney and the ark of the covenant of favour in thy sight, that thou layest the LORD went before them in the the burden of all this people upon me ? three days' journey, to search out a 12 Have I conceived all this prople ? resting place for them. have I begotten them,that thou should- est say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 34 And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass,when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, 13 Whence should I have flesh to LORD, and let thine enemies be scat-give unto all this people? for they tered; and let them that hate thee flee weep unto me, saying Give us flesh, before thee. that we may eat. CHAP. XI. 36 And when it rested, he said, Re- 141 am not able to bear all this people turn, O LORD, unto the many thou-alone, because it is too heavy for me. sands of Israel. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I AND ND when the people complained, have found favour in thy sight; and it displeased the LORD: and the let me not see my wretchedness. LORD heard it; and his anger was 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, kindled; and the fire of the LORD Gather unto me seventy men of the burnt among them, and consumed elders of Israel, whom thou knowest them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lonn, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lond burnt ainong them. to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them un- to the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there; and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put [it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 4 ¶ And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: aud the children of Israel also wept again, 18And say thou unto the people,Sanc and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? tify yourselves against to-morrow, and 5 We remember the fish, which we ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in did eat in Egypt freely; the cucum-the ears of the LORD, saying, Wuo 149 NUMBERS. The seventy shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. Elders propher 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31 ¶ And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails 19 Ye shall not eat one day,nor two from the sea, and let them fali by the days, nor five days, neither ten days, camp, as it were a day's journey on nor twenty days; this side, and as it were a day's jour 20 But even a whole month, until itney on the other side,round about the come out at your nostrils, and it becamp, and as it were two cubits high loathsome unto you : because that ye upon the face of the earth. have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? 21 ¶ And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen ; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them,to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered to- gether for them, to suffice them? 23 And the LORD said unto Moses,Is the LORD's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 24 T And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the eiders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the Lono 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 Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: 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 Moses,and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Mo- ses, forbid them. 29 And Moses said unto bim,Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD's people were prophets,and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them! 32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten ho- mers; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. 33 And while the flesh was yet be- tween their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people:and the Lond smote the people with a very great plague. 34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth-bettaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. 35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth. CHAP. XII. AND Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had mar- ried: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Hath the LORD in- deed spoken only by Moses? hath be not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meck, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) 4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unito Mi- riam, Come out ye three unto the tab- ernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 5 And the Lond came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and cailed Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth. 6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LonD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so,who is faithful in all my house. 8 With him will I speak mouth to Imouth, even apparently, and not in 150 Miriam's leprosy. Spres sent to Canaan. 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun; Gaddiel CHẤP. XI dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall be behold: wherefore the son of Sodi. then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them, and he departed. 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, rehite as snow and Aaron locked upon Miriam, and, be- hold, she was leprous. 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh'; Gaddi the son of Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan; Ammiel the son of Gemalli. 13 of the tribe of Asher; Sethur the son of Michael. 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali; Nabbi the son of Vophisi. 15 Of the tribe of Gad; Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oslica, the son of Nun, Jehoshua. 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas! my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 17 T And Moses sent them to spy out 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, the land of Canaan, and said unto saying, Heal her now, O God, I be- them, Get you up this way southward, seech thee. and go up into the mountain; 14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her lace, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days; and the people journeyed not til: Miriam was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people remov- ed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran, A CHAP. XIII. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 18 And see the land what it is; and the people, that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not: and be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes. 21 T So they went up, and searched the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron, where Abi- man, Sheshai, and Talinai, the chil- dren of Anak, were. (Now Hebron 3 And Moses, by the commandment was built seven years before Zean in of the LORD, sent them from the wil-Egypt.) derness of Paran: all those men were 23 And they came unto the brook of heads of the children of Israel. Eslicol, and cut down from thence a 4 And these were their names: Of|brauch with one cluster of grapes, and the tribe of Reuben; Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 of the tribe of Simeon; Shaphat the son of Hori, 6 of the tribe of Judah; Caleb the son of Jephunneb. 7. Of the tribe of Issacher; Igal the son of Joseph. 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim; Oshea the son of Nun. 9 of the tribe of Benjamin; the son of Raphu. they bare it between two upon a staff'; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. 24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 26 ¶ And they went and came to Mo- Paltises, and to Aaron, and to all the con- gregation of the children of Israel,unto 161 Murmuring of NUMBERS. the Israclites. the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; 6 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their and brought back word unto them, and faces before all the assembly of the unto all the congregation, and showed congregation of the children of Is them the fruit of the land. rael. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sent est 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, more- over, we saw the children of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb stilled the people be- fore Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 6 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneb, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes; 7 And they spake unto all the com- pany of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the LORD delight ir. 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 de- fence is departed from them, and the Lond is with us; fear them not. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of 31 But the men that went up with the LORD appeared in the tabernacle him said, We be not able to go up of the congregation before all the chil against the people; for they are strong-dren of Israel. er than we. 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, 32 And they brought up an evil re- How long will this people provoke port of the land which they had search-me? and how long will it be ere they ed unto the children of Israel, saying, believe me, for all the signs which I The land, through which we have have showed among them? gone to search it, is a land that eateth 12 1 will smite them with the pesti- up the inhabitants thereof; and alllence, and disinherit them, and will the people that we saw in it are men make of thee a greater nation and of a great stature. mighter than they. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. CHAP. XIV. ND all the congregation lifted up A their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 13 T And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them ;) 14 And they will tell it to the in- habitants 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 2 And all the children of Israel mur-over them, and that thou goest before mured against Moses, and against them by day-time in a pillar of a cloud, Aaron; and the whole congregation and in a pillar of fire by night. said unto them, Would God that we 15 Now if thou shall kill all this had died in the land of Egypt! or, people as one man, then the nations would God we had died in this wil-which have heard the fame of thee derness! will speak, saying, 3 And wherefore hath the Lono 16 Because the LonD was not able to brought us unto this land, to fall by the bring this people into the land which sword, that our wives and our chil-jhe sware unto them, therefore he hath dren should be a prey? were it not bet-slain them in the wilderness. ter for us to return into Egypt? 17 And now, I beseech thee, let the 4 And they said one to another, Let power of my LORD be great, accord- us make a captain, aud let us returning as thou hast spoken, saying, into Egypt. Is The Load is long-suffering,and of D 152 Intercession CHAP. XV. of Moses. great mercy, forgiving iniquity and 32 But as for you, your carcases, transgression, and by no means clear-they shall fall in this wilderness. ing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, 1 beseech thee, the ini- quity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. 20 And the LORD said, I have par- doned according to thy word: 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land,even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. 35 1 the LORD have said,I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be con- sumed, and there they shall die. 36 And the men which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 23 Surely they shall not see the land 37 Even those men that did bring up which I swore unto their fathers, nei-the evil report upon the land, died by ther shall any of them that provoked the plague before the LORD. me see it: 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, rchich were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. 24 But my servant Caleb, because be had another spirit with him, and bath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and 39 And Moses told these sayings unto his seed shall possess it. all the children of Israel; and the 25 (Now the Amalekites and the Ca-people mourned greatly. naanites dwelt in the valley.) To-mor- 40 T And they rose up early in the row turn you, and get you into the wil-morning, aud gat them up into the top derness by the way of the Red Sea. of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Mo-here, and will go up unto the place ses and unto Aaron, saying, which the LORD hath promised: for 27 How long shall I bear with this we have eiuned. evil congregation, which murmur 41 Aud Moses said, Wherefore now against me? I have heard the murmur- do ye transgress the commandment of ings of the children of Israel, which the LORD? but it shall not prosper. they murmur against me. 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 23 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 43 For the Amalekites and the Ca- 29 Your carcases shall fall in this naanites are there before you, and ye wilderness; and all that were num-shall fall by the sword: because yo bered of you, according to your whole are turned away from the LORD,there- number, from twenty years old and up-fore the LORD will not be with you, ward, which have murmured against me, 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land,concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, 44 But they presumed to go up, unto the bill-top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites, which dwelt ini that hill, and smote them,and discom- fited them, even unto Hormab. CHAP. XV. and they shall know the land which ye AND the LORD spake unto Meses, have despisea. saying, 153 The law of NUMBERS. Sundry offerings. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, for you, and for the stranger that so- and say unto them, Wheu ye be come journeth with you. into the land of your habitations, 17 T And the LORD spake unto Mo- which I give unto you, sea, saying, 3 And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering or a sacritice in performing a vow, or in a free-will-offering, or in your solemn feast, to make asweet savour unto the Lono, of the herd, or of the flock : 4 Then shall be that offereth his of fering unto the LORD bring a meat-of- fering of a tenth-deal of flour, mingled with the fourth part of a bin of oil. 6 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 flour mingled with the third part of a hin| of oil. 18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye coine into the land whither I bring you, 19 Then it shall be, that, when y'e eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up a beave-offering unto the LORD. 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for a heave-offering: as ye do the heave-offering of the thresh- ing-floor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD a heave-offering in your generations. 22 T And if ye have erred,and not ob- served all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, 23 Even all that the Loud hath com- manded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LonD command- ed Moses, and henceforward among your generatious; 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 when thou preparest a bullock 24 Then it shall be if aught be com- for a burnt-offering, or fer a sacrifice mitted by ignorance without the know- in performing a vow, or peace-offer-ledge of the congregation, that all the ings unto the LORD: congregation shall offer one young bul- 9 Then shall be bring with a bullock lock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet a meat-ollering of three tenth-deals of savour unto the LORD, with his meat- flour mingled with half a bin of oil. offering, and his drink-offering, ac 10 And thou shalt bring for a drink-cording to the manner, and one kid of offering half a hin of wine, for an the goats for a sin-offering. offering made by fire, of a sweet sa- 25 And the priest shall make an atone- your unto the Lond ment for all the congregation of the 11 Thus shall it be done for one bul-children of Israel, and it shall be for lock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or given them; for it is ignorance; and a kid. they shall bring their offering, a sacri- fice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin-offering before the Lond, their ignorance: 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 offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lond. for 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, andthe stranger that sojourneth among them; aceing all the people were in ignorance. 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in 27 And if any soul sin through ig- your generations, and will offer an norance, then he shall bring a she-goat offering made by fire, of a sweet sa- of the first year for a sin-offering. your unto the Lond; as ye do, so he 28 And the priest shall make an atone- shall do. ment for the soul that sinneth ignorant- 15 One ordinance shall be both for|ly, when he sinneth by ignorance be- you of the congregation, and also for fore the LORD to make an atonement the stranger that sojourneth with you, for him; and it shall be forgiven an ordinance for ever in your genera-him. tions: as ye are, so shall the stranger 29 Ye shall have one law for him that be before the LORD. simeth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children 16 One law and one manner shall be 154 The rebellon CHAP, XVI. of Korah, &c. of Israel, and for the stranger that so-, two hundred and fifty princes of the Journeth among them. assembly, famous in the congregation, 30 1 But the soul that doeth aught|men of renown : presumptuously, whether he be born 3 And they gathered themselves to- in the land, or a stranger, the same re- gether against Moses, and against proacheth the LORD; and that soul Aaron, and said unto them, Te take shall be cut off from anong his people, too much upon you, seeing all the con- 31 Because he hath despised the word gregation are holy, every one of them, of the LORD, and hath broken his com-and the LORD is among them: where- mandment, that soul shall utterly before then lift ye up yourselves above cut oll: his iniquity shall be upon him. the congregation of the LORD? 32 T And while the children of Israel 4 And when Moses heard it: he fell were in the wilderness, they found a upon bis face: 1 man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath-day. 5 And be spake unto Korab, and unto all his company, saying, Even to-mor- 33 And they that found him gathering row the LORD will show who are his, sticks brought him unto Moses and and who is holy ; and will cause him Aaron, and unto all the congregation.[to come near unto him: even him 34 And they put him in ward, because whom he hath chosen will be cause to it was not declared what should be come near unto him. done to him. 6 This do: Take your censers,Koralı, 35 And the LORD said unto Moses, and all his company ; The man shall be surely put to death: 7 And put fire therein, and put in- all the congregation shall stone hireense in them before the LORD to-mor- with stones without the camp. row; and it shall be, that the mau whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lond commanded Moses. 8 And Moses said unto Koral, Hear, 37 T And the LORD spake unto Mo-I pray you, ye sons of Levi : ses, saying, 9. Seemeth it but a small thing unto 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, you, that the God of Israel hath sepa- nad bid them that they make them rated you from the congregation of Is- fringes in the borders of their garments rael, to bring you near to himself, to throughout their generations, and that do the service of the tabernacle of the they put upon the fringe of the bor-LORD, and to stand before the congre- ders a riband of blue : gation to minister unto them ? 10 And he hath brought thee pear to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee; and seek ye the priesthood also ? 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your 11 Forwhich cause, both thou and all own eyes, after which ye use to go althy company are gathered together whoring: against the LoRD; and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? 40 That ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. 12 T And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; which 41 I am the LORD your God, which|said, We will not come up : brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. NOW CHAP. XVI. OW Korah the son of Izehar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, aud Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men; સ 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that flow- eth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thy- self altogether 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 vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel,|not come up. 155 The rebellion NUMBERS then of Korah, &c. 15 And Moses was very wroth, and after the visitation of all men, raid unto the Lond, Respect not thou the LORD hath not sent me : their offering: I have not taken one 30 But if the LORD make a new ass from them, neither have I hurt thing, and the earth open her mouth, one of them. and swallow them up, with all that 16 T And Moses said unto Korah, Be appertain unto them, and they go thou and all thy company before the down quick into the pit; then ye shall LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-understand that these men have pro- voked the LORD. morrow: 31 T And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also,and Aaron,each of you his censer. 32 And the earth opened her mouth, 18 And they took every man his cen- and swallowed them up, and their ser, and put fire in them, and laid in-houses, and all the men that apper- cense thereon,and stood in the door of tained unto Korah, and all their the tabernacle of the congregation goods. with Moses and Aaron. 33 They, and all that appertained to 19 And Korah gathered all the con-them, went down alive into the pit, gregation against them unto the door and the earth closed upon them; and of the tabernacle of the congregation: they perished from among the con- and the glory of the LORD appeared gregation. unto all the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were round 20 T And the LORD spake unto Mo-about them fled at the cry of them; ses and unto Aaron, saying, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 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 con- gregation ? 23 11 And the LORD spake unto Mo- scs, saying, 35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hun- dred and fifty men that offered incense. 36 T And the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazer, the son of |Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hal- 24 Speak unto the congregation, say-lowed. ing, Get you up from about the taber- 38The censers of these sinners against nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. their own souls, let them make them 25 And Moses rose up, and went unto broad plates for a covering of the altar. Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of for they offered them before the Lord, Israel followed him. therefore they are hallowed; and they 26 And he spake unto the congrega-shall be a sign unto the children of Is- tion, saying, Depart, I pray you, from | rael. the tents of these wicked men, and 39 And Eleazer the priest took the touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be con-brasen censers, wherewith they that sumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the taberna cle of Korab, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side; and Dathan and Abiram came out,and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a cover- ing of the altar: 40 To be a memorial unto the chil dren of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come neat to offer incense before the LORD; that 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall he be not as Korah, and as his compa know that the Lord hath sent me tony: as the LORD said to him by the do all these works; for I have not hand of Moses. done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common gregation of the children of Israel death of all men, or if they be visited linurmured against Moses and against 41 T But on the morrow all the con- 156 Aaron's rod buadeth. CHAP. XVII, XVII. The priest's charge. Aaron, saying, Yehave killed the peo-man's rod, whom I shall choose, sbaħ ple of the LoRD. blossom: and I will make to cease 42 And it came to pass, when the from me the murmurings of the chil- congregation was gathered against dren of Israel, whereby they murmur Moses and against Aaron, that they against you. looked toward the tabernacle of the 6 T And Moses spake unto the chil- congregation: and, behold, the cloud dren of Israel, and every one of their covered it, and the glory of the LonD appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 T And the Lord spake unto Mo- ses, saying, princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fa- ther's house, even twelve roda: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the Lond in the tabernacle of witness. 45 Get you up from among this con- 8 And it came to pass, that on the gregation, that I may consume thein as morrow Moses went into the taberna- in a moment. And they fell upon their cle of witness; and, behold, the rod of faces. Aaron for the house of Levi was bud- 46 T And Moses said unto Aaron, ded and brought forth buds, and bloom- Take a censer, and put fire thereinfed blossoms, and yielded almonds. from off the altar, and put on incense, 9 And Moses brought out all the rods and go quickly unto the congregation, from before the LORD unto all the and make an atonement for them: for children of Israel; and they looked, there is wrath gone out from the LORD; and took every man his rod. the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses com- manded, 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 be stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. CHAP. XVII. 10 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the tes- timony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings froin me, that they die not. 11 And Moses did so: as the LORD cominanded him, so did he. 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lond shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? CHAP. XVIII. ND the LORD said unto Aaron, A Thou and thy sons and thy fa ther's house with thee shall bear the AND the LORD spake unto Moses, iniquity of the sanctuary, be thou and sons with thee shall bear 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, iniquity of your priesthood. and take of every one of them a rod 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe according to the house of their fathers, of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring of all their princes according to the thou with thee, that they may be join- house of their fathers, twelve rods:ed unto thee, and minister unto thee: write thou every man's name upon but thou and thy sons with thee shall bis rod. minister before the tabernacle of wit- ness. 3. And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the ves- sels 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 tabernac.c 5 And it shall come to pass, that the lof the congregation, for all the service 157 Portion of the NUMBERS. Priests and Levites. of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall the first-bora of man shalt thou surely not come nigh unto you. redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: 16 And those that are to be redeemed that there be no wrath any more upon from a month old shalt thou redeem, the children of Israel. according to thy estimation, for the 6 And I, behold, I have taken your money of five shekels, after the shekel brethren the Levites from among the of the sanctuary, which is twenty children of Israel: to you they are gerahs. given as a gift for the LORD, to do the 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the service of the tabernacle of the con-firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a gregation. goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are 18 And the Nesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine, 7 Therefore thou and thy sons with holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood thee shall keep your priest's office for upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat every thing of the altar, and within for an offering made by fire, for a the veil; and ye shall serve: I have sweet savour unto the Lond. given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 8 T And the Lono spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Is rael; unto thee have 1 given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sous, by an ordinance for ever. 19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters withi thee, by a statute for ever: it is a cove- nant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 9 This shall be thine of the most 20 And the Lono spake unto Aaron, holy things, reserved from the fire: Thou shalt bave no inheritance in every oblation of theirs, every meat- their land, neither shalt thou have any offering of theirs, and every sin-offer-part among them: I am thy part and ing of theirs, and every trespass-offer-thine inheritance among the children ing of theirs, which they shall render of Israel. unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sous. 10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. 21 And, behold, I have given the chil- dren of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tab- ernacle of the congregation. 11 And this is thine; the heave-offer-| 22 Neither must the children of Israel ing of their gift, with all the wave-of- henceforth come nigh the tabernacle ferings of the children of Israel: Iof the congregation, lest they bear sin, have given them unto thee, and to thy and die. sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 23 But the Levites shall do the ser- vice of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and they shall bear their iniquity: 12 All the best of the oil, and all the fit shall be a statute for ever through- best of the wine, and of the wheat, out your generations, that among the the first-fruits of them which they children of Israel they have no in- shall offer unto the LORD, them have I heritance. given thee. 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thing; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-of- fering unto the Loan, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 25 T And the LORD spake unto Mo- 15 Every thing that openeth the ma-ses, saying, trix in all flesh, which they bring unto 26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and the Lord, whether it be of men or say unto them, When ye take of the beast, shall be thine: nevertheless, children of Israel the tithes which I 160 The water of CHAP. XIX. separation. nave given you from them for your in-water, and afterward he shall come heritance, then ye shall offer up a into the camp, and the priest shall be heave-offering of it for the LoRD, even unclean until the even. a tenth part of the title. 8 And be that burneth her shall wash 27 And this your heave-offering shall his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh be reckoned unto you, as though it in water, and shall be unclean until were the com of the threshing-floor, the even. and as the fullness of the wine-press.| 9 And a man that is clean shall gath- 28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave-er up the ashes of the heifer, and lay offering unto the LORD of all your them up without the camp in a clean tithes, which ye receive of the chil-place, and it shall be kept for the con- dren of Israel; and ye shall give there-gregation of the children of Israel for of the LonD's heave-offering to Aaron a water of separation: it is a purifi- the priest. cation for sin. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of the Lonp, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be count- ed unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. 10 And be 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 Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 11 ¶ He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean sevendays. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, he shall be clean; but if be purify not ye and your households: for it is your himself the third day, then the seventh reward for your service in the taber-day he shall not be clean. nacle 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 Israel, lest ye die. CHAP. XIX. 13Whosoever 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 Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his unclean- AND the LORD spake unto Moses ness is yet upon him. and unto Aaron, saying, 14 This is the law, when a man dieth 2 This is the ordinance of the law in a tent: All that come into the tent, which the LORD bath commanded,say-and all that is in the tent, shall be un- ing: Speak unto the children of Israel, clean seven days. that they bring thee a red heifer with- out spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 15 And every open vessel, which bath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar is slain with a sword in the open fields, the priest, that he may bring her forth for a dead body, or a bone of a man, or without the camp, and one shall slay a grave, shall be unclean seven days. her before his face : 17 And for an unclean person they 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of shall take of the ashes of the burnt her blood with his finger, and sprinkle heifer of purification for sin, and run- of her blood directly before the taber-ning water shall be put thereto in a nacle of the congregation seven times: vessel : 5. And one shall burn the heifer in his 18 And a clean person shall take bys- sight her skin, and her flesh, and her sop, and dip it in the water, and sprin- blood, with her dung, shall he burn: kle it upon the tent, and upon all the And the priest shall take cedar-vessels, and upon the persons that wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and were there, and upon him that touch- cast it into the midst of the burning of led a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his 19 And the clean person shall sprin- clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in kle upon the unclean ou the third day 159 Moses smiteth NUMBERS the Rock. and on the seventh day: and on the bring forth to them water out of the seventh day he shall purify himself, rock: so thou shalt give the congrega and wash bis clothes, and bathe him- tion and their beasts drink. self'in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the con- gregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the wa- ter of separation shall be unclean until even. 9And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. 10 And Moses and Aaron 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 Moses liſted up his hand, and with his rod he emote the rock twice : and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 12 T And the LORD spake unto Mo ses and Aaron,Because ye believed me 22 And whatsoever the unclean pernot, to sanctify me in the eyes of the son toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This is the water of Meribah; be- HEN came the children of Israel, cause the children of Israel strove with LORD, he was sanctified in CHAP. XX. the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the con- gregation: and they gathered them- selves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died be- fore the Lord! them. 14¶And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: 16 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long tiine; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: 16 And when we cried unto the Lond, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and bath brought us forth out of 4 And why have ye brought up the Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, congregation of the LORD into this wil-a city in the uttermost of thy border. derness, that we and our catile should die there ? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pome- granates; neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation, and they fell upon their faces, and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. 7 ¶ And the Lond spake unto Moses, saying, 1 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high-way, we will not turn to the right band nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. 18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with a sword. 19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high- way and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron 20 And he said, Thou shalt not go thy brother, and speak ye unto the through. And Edom came out ngajusi rock before their eyes and it shall him with much people and with a give forth his water, and thou shalt strong band. 160 CHAP. XXL The brusen serpent appoiixed. 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel neither is there any water; and our Passage through his border: where- soul loatheth this light bread. fore Israel turned away from him. 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents 22 T And the children of Israel, even among the people, and they bit the peo- the whole congregation, journeyed pl; and much people of Israel died. from Kadesh, and came unto mount 7 T Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinued, for we have spoken against the LORD, and Hor. 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast against thee; pray unto the LORD, of the land of Edom, saying, that he take away the serpents from 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lono said unto Moses, people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the chil-Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it dren of Israel, because ye rebelled upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, against my word at the water of Me-that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. ribal. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up into mount Hor; 26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his brass, he lived. people, and shall die there. 10 And the children of Israel set 27 And Moses did as the LORD com-forward, and pitched in Oboth. manded: and they went up into mount 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, Hor in the sight of all the congregation. and pitched at Ijc-abarim, in the wil- 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his derness which is before Moab, toward garments, and put them upon Eleazar the sun-rising. his son; and Aaron died there in the 12T From thence they removed, and top of the mount: and Moses and Elea-pitched in the valley of Zared. zar came down from the mount. 13 From thence they removed, and 29 And when all the congregation|pitched on the other side of Ammon, saw that Aaron was dead, they mourn-[which is in the wilderness that cometh ed for Aaron thirty days, even all the fout of the coasts of the Amorites: for house of Israel. Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. A CHAP. XXI. ND when king Arad, the Canaan- ite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought againt Is. rael, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lond, and said, If thou wilt indeed| deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lond, What he did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goe!h down to the dwelling of Ar, and fieth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is, the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people 3 And the LORD hearkened to the together, and I will give them water, voice of Israel, and delivered up the 17 T Then Israel sang this song, Canaanites; and they utterly destroy-Spring up, O well: sing ye unto it: ed them and their cities: and he called The name of the place Horinah. T And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom; and the soul of the people was much discour- aged because of the way. 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they wou to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nabaliel to Bamoth: 5 And the people spake against God,| 20 And from Bamoth in the valley and against Moses, Wherefore have ye that is in the country of Moab, to the brought us up out of Egypt to die in top of Pisgah, which looketh toward the wilderness? for there is no bread, Jeshimon." L 161 Sthon and Og overcome NUMBERS. Balak and Balaam. 21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto (and his land; and thou shalt do to him Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, as thou didst uuto Sihon, king of the 22 Let me pass through thy land: we Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. will not turn into the fields, or into the 35 So they smote him, and his sons, vineyards; we will not drink of the and all his people, until there was waters of the well: but we will go none left him alive: and they pos along by the king's high-way, until we sessed bis land. be past thy borders. CHAP. XXII. 23 And Sibon would not suffer Israel AND the children of Israel set for to pass through his border: but Sihonward, and pitched in the plains of gathered all his people together, and Moab, on this side Jordan, by Jericho. went out against Israel into the wil- 2 T And Balak the son of Zippor saw derness: and he came to Junaz, and all thatIsrael had done to the Amorites. fought against Israel. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed lus land from Arnon untoJabbok,even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Si- 5 He sent messengers therefore unto hon the king of the Amorites, who had Balaam, the son of Beor, to Pethor, fought against the former king of Mo-which is by the river of the land of the ab, and taken all his land out of his children of his people, to call him, say hand, even unto Arnon. ing, Behold, there is a people come 27 Wherefore they that speak in out from Eygpt: behold, they cover proverbs say, Come into Heslibon, let the face of the earth, and they abide the city of Sibon be built and pre-over against me. pared: 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, 28 For there is a fire gone out of curse me this people; for they are Heshbon, a flame from the city of Si- too mighty for me; peradventure I hon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, shall prevail, that we may smite them, and the lords of the high places of and that 1 may drive them out of the Amon. land: for I wot that he whom thou 29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art un-blessest is blessed, and he whom thou done, O people of Chemosh! he hath cursest is cursed. given his sons that escaped, and his 7 And the elders of Moab and the daughters, into captivity unto Sihon, elders of Midian departed with the re- king of the Amorites. wards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. 30 We have shot at them: Heshhon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto No- phah, which reacheth unto Medeba. 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. 33 T And they turned, and went up oy the way of Bashan and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, be, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. 8. And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word jagain, as the LORD shall speak unto me. And the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of 34 And the LORD said unto Moscs, the earth: come now, curse me them ; Fear him not: for I have delivered peradventure I shall be able to over- aim into thy hand, and all his people, come them, and drive them out. 162 Bolaam's journey CHAP. XXII. to Balak. 12. And God said unto Balaam, Thou where was no way to turn either to shalt not go with them; thou shalt not the right hand or to the left. curse the people: for they are blessed. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of 13 And Balaam rose up in the morn-the LORD, she fell down und. Ba- ing,and said unto the princes of Balak, laam: and Balaam's anger was kin- Get you into your land; for the LonDdled, and he smote the ass with a staff. refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 28 And the LORD opened the mouth. of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times ? 29 And Balaam said unto the ass,Be- cause thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill thee. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. 14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. 15 ¶And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me : 17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes I pray thee, curse me this people. of Balaam, and be saw the angel of the Is And Balaam answered and said LORD standing in the way, and his unto the servants of Balak, If Balak sword drawn in his hand and he would give me his house full of silver bowed down his head, and fell flat on and gold, I cannot go beyond the word his face. of the LORD my God,to do less or more. 32 And the angel of the LORD said 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry unto him, Wherefore hast thou smit- ye also here this night, that I may ten thine ass these three times ? be- know what the Lonp will say unto me more. hold, 1 went out to withstand thee,be- cause thy way is perverse before me. 20 And God came unto Balaam at 33 And the ass saw me, and turned night, and said unto him, If the men from me these three times: unless she come to call thee, rise up, and go with had turned from me, surely now also I them; but yet the word which I shall had slain thee, and saved her alive. say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 34 And Balaam said unto the angel 21 And Balaam rose up in the morn-of the LORD, I have sinned; for I ing, and saddled his ass, and went with knew not that thou stoodest in the way the princes of Moab. against me: now therefore, if it dis- 22 ¶ And God's anger was kindled please thee, I will get me back again. because he went; and the angel of the 35 And the angel of the LORD said LORD stood in the way for an adver-unto Balaam, Go with the men: but sary against him. Now he was riding only the word that I shall speak unto upon his ass,and his two servants were thee, that thou shalt speak. 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 Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this sile, 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 Balaum's foot against the wall; and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, end stood in a narrow place So Ba- laam went with the princes of Balak. 36 T And when Balak heard that Ba- laam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast, 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour ? I 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 163 Balak's sacrifices. NUMBERS 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. Balaam's Parabit. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and pray thee, with me unto another place, hey came unto Kirjath-huzoth. from whence thou mayest see them. thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 T And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balæk, Stand here by thy hurnt-offering, while I 41 And it came to pass on the mor row, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the ut- most part of the people. CHAP. XXIII. AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build meet the LORD yonder. me here seven altars, and prepare 16 And the Lord met Balaam, and me here seven oxen and seven rams.put a word in his mouth, and said, Go 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spo-again unto Balak, and say thus. ken; and Balak and Balaam offered 17 And when he came to him, behold on every altar a bullock and a ram. he stood by his burnt-offering, and the 3 And Balaam said unto Balak,Stand princes of Moab with him. And Ba- by thy burnt-offering, and I will go:lak said unto him, What hath the peradventure the LORD will come to Lord spoken? meet me; and whatsoever he showeth 18 And he took up his parable, and me I will tell thee. And he went to a said, Rise up. Balak, and hear; heark- high place. en unto nie, thou sou of Zippor: 4 And God met Balaam: and he said 19 God is not a man, that he should unto him, I have prepared seven al-lie; neither the son of man, that he tars, and I have offered upon every should repent: hath he said, and shall altar a bullock and a ram. he not do it? or hath he spoken, and 5 And the LORD put a word in Ba-shall he not make it good? iaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifices,be,and all the princes of Moab. 20 Behold, I nave received command- ment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Ja- cob, neither hath he seen perverseness 7 ¶ And he took up his parable, and] in Israel: the LORD his God is with said, Balak the king of Moab hath him, and the shout of a king is among brought me from Aram, out of the them. mountains of the east, saying, Come, 22 God brought them out of Egypt; curse me Jacob; and come, defy Israel. he hath as it were the strength of a 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath|umcorn. not cursed ? or how shall I defy,whom] 23 Surely there is no enchantment the Lono hath not defed? against Jacob, neither is there any di 9 For from the top of the rocks Ivination against Israel: according to see him, and from the hills I behold this time it shall be said of Jacob and him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, of Israel, What hath God wrought! and shall not be reckoned among the 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. nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! 11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. 25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told I not thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do ? 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the 27 T And Balak said unto Balaam, LORD hath put in my mouth ? Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, Il unto another place; peradventure it 164 The prophecy CHAP. XXIV. of Balaar will please God that thou mayest curse place: I thought to promote thee unto me them from thence. 23 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and pre- pare me bere seven bullocks and seven great bonour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back froin honour. 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, 13. If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go be- yond the commandment of the Lord, 30 And Balak did as Balaam had to do either good or bad of raine own said, and offered a bullock and a rain mind; but what the LonD saith, that on every altar. will I speak? rams. CHAP. XXIV. ND when Balaam saw that it A pleased the to bless Israel, he weut not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people; come therefore, and I will ad- to thy people in the latter days. 15 T And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open bath 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents ac-[said: cording to their tribes; and the Spirit 16 He hath said, which heard the of God came upon him. words of God, and knew the knowl 3 And he took up his parable, and edge of the Most High, which saw the said,Balaam the son of Beor bath said, vision of the Almighty, falling into a and the man whose eyes are open hath|trance, but having his eyes open: said; 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are thy tents,O Jacob!] and thy tabernacles, O Israel! 17 I shall see him, but not now: 1 shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18 And Edoin shall be a possession, 6 As the vallies are they spread Seir also shall be a possession for his forth, as gardens by the river's side, as enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. the trees of lign-aloes which the LORD 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that hath planted, and as cedar-trees be-shall have dominion, and shall destroy side 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 Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. him that remaneth of the city. 20 T And when he looked on Ama- lek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek reas the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he per- ish forever. 8 God brought him forth out of Egypt;| 21 And he looked on the Kenites,and he hath as it were the strength of a took up his parable,and said, Strong is unicorn: he shall eat up the nations thy dwelling-place, and thou puttest his enemies, and shall break their thy nest in a rock. bones, and pierce them through with ais arrowe. 22 Nevertheless, the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is be that curseth thee. 10 ¶ And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together and Balak said unto Balaam, 1 called thee to curse mine] also shall perish forever. enemies, and, behold, thou hast alto- 25 And Balaam rose up, and went gether blessed them these three times. and returned to his place: and Balak 11 Therefore now flee thou to thylakaɔ went his way. 24 And ships shail come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he - - 165 Zimri and NUMBERS. Cozbi slain. CHAP. XXV. son of Salu, a prince of a chief house AND Israel abode in Shittim, and among the Simeonites, commit 15 And the name of the Midianitish whoredom with the daughters of woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a #foab. 2 And they called the people unto people,and of a chief house in Midian. the sacrifices of their gods: and the 16 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, people did eat, and bowed down to saying, their gods. 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them: 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal- 18 For they vex you with their wiles, peor: and the anger of the LORD was wherewith they have beguiled you in kindled against Israel. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, the matter of Peor, and in the matter Take all the heads of the people, and of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of bang them up before the LORD against Midian, their sister, which was slain the sun, that the fierce anger of the in the day of the plague for Peor's LORD may be turned away from Israel. sake. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of CHAP. XXVI. Israel, Slay ye every one his men that ANDit came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses 6 T And, behold, one of the children and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron of Israel came and brought unto his the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the congrega- brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all tion of the children of Israel, from the congregation of the children of Is-twenty years old and upward,through- rael, who were weeping before the out their father's house, all that are door of the tabernacle of the congre- able to go to war in Israel. gation. 7 And when Phinchas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, .saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commandedMoses and the chil 8 And he went after the man of 1s-dren of Israel, which went forth out rael into the tent, and thrust both of of the land of Egypt. them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 5 T Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hano chites; of Pallu, the family of the Pal- 9 And those that died in the plague luites. were twenty and four thousand. 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hez- 10 T And the LORD spake unto Mo-ronites; of Carmi, the family of the ses, saying, Carmites. 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the 7 These are the families of the Reu- son of Aaron the priest, hath turned benites: and they that were numbered my wrath away from the children of of them were forty and three thousand Israel, while he was zealous for my and seven hundred and thirty. sake among them, that 1 consumed not 8 And the sons of Pallu; Éliab. the children of Israel in my jealousy. 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, 12 Wherefore say,Behold, I give unto and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that him my covenant of peace: Dathan and Abiram, which were fa- mous in the congregation, who strove againstMoses and against Aaron in the company of Korab, when they strove against the LORD: 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God,and made an atonement for the children of Israel. 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Ziniri, the 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah,when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred 166 Israel numbered. CHAP. XXVI. Israel numbered. and fifty men: and they became althe Elonites: of Jableel, the family of the Jahleelites. sign. 11 Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites, according to those that were numbered of them, threesco thousand and five hundred. 12 The sons of Simeon, after their families of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the fami- 28 T The sons of Joseph, after teni ly of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the families,were Manasseh and Epbram family of the Jachinites: 29 Of the sons of Manasseh; of Ma 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zar-chir, the family of the Machirites: hites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Sim- eonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 15 The children of Gad, after their 31 And of Asriel, the family of the families of Zephon, the family of Asrielites: and of Shechem, the fam the Zephonites: of Haggi, the fami-ily of the Shechemites: ly of the Haggites: of Shuni, the 32 And of Shemida the family of the family of the Shunites: Shemidaites: and of Hepber,the fam 16 Of Ozni,the family of theOznites:ily of the Hepherites. of Eri, the family of the Erites: 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arod- ites: of Areli, the family of the Arel- ites. 33 T And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. and the names of the daughters of Ze lophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, 18 These are the families of the chil Hoglab, Milcah, and Tirzah. dren of Gad, according to those that 34 These are the families of Manas- were numbered of them, forty thou-seb, and those that were numbered of sand and five hundred. thein, fifty and two thousand and ser- en bundred. 19 TT The sons of Judah were Erand Ouan; and Er and Onan died in the Jand of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah, after their families, were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharcz, the fam ily of the Pharezites: of Zerah, the family of Zarbites: 35 These are the sons of Ephraim, after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthallites: of Becher. the family of the Bactrites; of Tahan, the family of the Talanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthe- lah: of Eran, the family of the Eran- 21 And the sons of Pharez were; of lites. Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: 37 These are the families of the sons of Hamul, the family of the Hamul- of Ephraim, according to those that ites. were numbered of them, thirty and 22 These are the families of Judah,| two thousand and five hundred. These according to those that were number- are the sons of Joseph after their fam- ed of them, threescore and sixteen ilies. thousand and five hundred. 23 Of the sons of Issachar, after their families of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Ja- shubites of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 38 T The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the fam ily of the Ahiramites. 39 Of Shepham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 25These are the families of Issachar, 40 And the sons of Bela were Arù according to those that were number-and Naaman: of Ard, the family of ed of them, threescore and four thou- the Ardites: and of Naaman, the sand and three hundred. family of the Naamites. 26 ¶ of the sons of Zebulun, after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of 41 These are the sons of Benjamin, after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty 167 Israel numbcred. NUMBERS. Law v* maeritance and five thousand and six nundred.] the Kohatnites: of Merari, the fan 42 fi These are the sons of Dan after|ily of the Merarites. their families: of Shulam, the family 58 These are the families of the Le of the Shubamites. These are the vites: the family of the Libnites, the families of Dan after their families. family of the Hebronites, the family 43 All the families of the Shubam- of the Mablites, the family of the ites,according to those that were num- Mushites,the family of the Korathites. bered of them, were threescore and|And Kohath begat Amram. four thousand and four hundred. 44 T Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna,the family of the Jimaites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Berlites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Mal chiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher, according to those that were numbered of them,who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 18 T Of the sons of Naphtali, after their families: of Jalizeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the fami- ly of the Gunites: 59 And the name of Amram's wifo was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi iù Egypt: and she bare unto Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. 62 And those that were numoered o." them were twenty and three thousand, all males, from a month old and up- ward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 63 ¶ These are they that were num- 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezer-bered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, ites of Shillem, the family of the who numbered the children of Israei Shillemites. in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they 61 But among these there was not a that were numbered of them were forty man of them whom Moses and Aaron and five thousand and four hundred. the priest numbered, when they num 51 These were the numbered of the bered the children of Israel in the wil- children of Israel, six hundred thou-derness of Sinai. sand and a thousand seven hundred 65 For the Lord had said of them, and thirty. They shall surely die in the wilder- 52 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, ness. And there was not left a man saying, of them,save Caleb the son of Jephun- 53 Unto these the land shall be di-neh, and Joshua the son of Nuni. vided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 66 According to the lot shall the pos- Bession thereof to be divided between many and few. CHAP. XXVIL THEN came the daughters of Ze- lopbehad, the son of Hepher,the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: aud these are the names of his daughters; Mah. lab, Noab, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 67 ¶ And these are they that were 3 Our father died in the wilderness numbered of the Levites after their and he was not in the company of families of Gershon, the family of the them that gathered themselves togeth Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of ler against the LORD in the company of 168 The death of CHAP. XXVIII. Moses furdold. Korah; but died in his own sin, and (Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a had no sons. man in whom is the spirit, and lay thy hand upon him; 4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. 5 And Moses brought their cause be fore the LORD. 6 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congre gation of the children of Israel may be obedient. 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak the priest, who shall ask counsel for right thou shalt surely give them a him, after the judgment of Urim before possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. the Lond: at his word shall they go out,and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the chil- 22 And Moses did as the LORD com dren of Israel, saying, If a man die,manded him: and he took Joshua, and and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9. And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. CHAP. XXVIII. saying, 11. And if his father have no brethren, AND the LORD spake unto Moses, then ye shall give his inheritance unto 2 Command the children of Israel, his kinsman that is next to him of his and say unto them, My offering, and family, and he shall possess it: and it my bread for my sacrifices made by shall be unto the children of Israel a|fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall statute of judgment; as the LORD com-ye observe to offer unto me in their manded Moses. due season. 12 ↑ And the Lond said unto Moses, 3 T And thou shalt say unto them, Get thee up into this mount. Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. 14 For ye rebelled against my com mandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin. 15 ¶And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits 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 congre- gation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 ¶ And the Lonn said unto Moses, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lono: 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 thon offer at even ; 5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. 6 It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 7 And the drink-offering thereof shail be the fourth part ofa hin for the one amb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Load for a drink-offering. 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrificë 169 Offerings at feasts NUMBERS. on several days. made by fire, of a sweet savour unto|burnt-offering in the morning, which the LORD. is for a continual burnt-offering. 9 T And on the sabbath-day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tentli-deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof. 10 This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, besides the continual burnt- offering, and his drink-offering. 11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the LORD: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot : 12 And three tenth-deals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth-deals of flour for a meat-oflering, 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 sacrifice made by fire unto the Lond. 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lond: it shall be offered besides the continual burnt- ollering, and his drink-ollering. 25 Aud on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. 26 ¶ Also in the day of the first-fruits, when ye bring a new meat-ollering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work : 27 But ye shall offer the burnt-offer- ing 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-deale unto one bullock, two tenth-deals unto one ram, 29 A several tenth-deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; 30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. 14 And their drink-offerings shall be balf a hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of a hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of a hin unto a lamb: this 31 Ye shall offer them besides the is the burnt-offering of every mouth continual burnt-offering, and his meat- throughout the months of the year. offering, (they shall be unto you with- 15 And one kid of the goats for a sin-out blemish,) and their drink-offer offering unto the LORD shall be offerings. ed, besides the continual burnt-offer- ing, and his drink-offering. CHAP. XXIX. 16 And in the fourteenth day of the Arst day of the month, ye shall T AND in the seventh month, on the first month isthe passover of the LORD. 17 And in the filleenth day of this have a holy convocation: ye shall do mouth is the feast seven days shall|no servile work; it is a day of blow. unleavened bread be eaten. ing the trumpets unto you. 18 In the first day shall be a holy 2 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering convocation; ye shall do no manner for a sweet savour unto the Lono; of servile work therein : one young bullock, one ram, and sey- en lambs of the first year, without 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire, for a burnt-offering unto the jble.nish: Lond; two young bullocks, and one 3 And their meat-offering shall be of ram, and seven lambs of the first flour mingled with oil, three tenth year; they shall be unto you without deals for a bullock, and two tenth- plemish : deals for a rain, 20 And their meat-offering 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 besides the 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 Besides the burnt-offering of the month, and his meat-offering, and the daily burnt-offering, and his meat-of- fering, and their drink-offering, ac- cording unto their manner for a sweet 170 CHAP. XXIX. Offerings at feasts on several dayз savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the LORD. the first year, without blemish: 7 And ye shall have on the tenth 21 And their meat-offering, and their day of this seventh month a holy drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for convocation; and ye shall afflict your the rams, and for the lambs, shall be souls: ye shall not do any work according to their number, after the therein: manner; 8 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering 22 And one goat for a sin-offering, unto the LORD for a sweet savour; besides the continual burnt-offering, one young bullock, one ram, and sev-and his meat-offering, and bis drink en lambs of the first year; they shall offering. be unto you without blemish: 23 T And on the fourth day ten bul 9 And their meat-offering shall be of locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs flour mingled with oil, three tenth-of the first year, without blemish: deals to a bullock, and two tenth-deals 21 Their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for to one ram, 10 A several tenth-deal for one lamb, the rams, and for the lambs, shall be throughout the seven lambs; according to their number, after the 11 One kid of the goats for a sin-offer-manner; ing, besides the sin-offering of atone- 25 And one kid of the goats for a sin- ment, and the continual burnt-offering, offering, besides the continual burnt- and the meat-offering of it, and their offering, his meat-offering, and his drink-offerings. drank offering. 12 ¶ And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days. 26 T And on the fifth day nine bul- locks, two rams, and fourteen lanıbs of the first year, without spot: 27 And their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for 13 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering, the rams, and for the lambs, shall be u sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet according to their number, after the savour unto the LORD; thirteen young manner; bullocks, two rams, and fourteen 28 And one goat for a sin-offering, lambs of the first year; they shall be besides the continual burnt-offering, without blemish: and his meat-offering, and his drink- 14 And their meal-offering shall be offering. of flour mingled with oil, three tenth- 29 ¶ And on the sixth day eight bul- deals unto every bullock of the thir-locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs teen bullocks, two tenth-deals to each of the first year, without blemish : ram of the two rams, 30 And their meat-offering, and their 15 And a several tenth-deal to each drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for lamb of the fourteen lambs; the rams, and for the lambs, shall be 16 And one kid of the goats for a sin-according to their number, after the offering, besides the continual burnt-manner; offering, his meat-offering, and his 31 And one goat for a sin-offering, be- drink-offering. sides the continual burnt-offering, his 17 ¶ And on the second day ye shall meat-offering, and his drink-offering. offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, 32 ¶ And on the seventh day seven fourteen lambs of the first year, with-bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year, without blem- out spot: 18 And their meat-offering, and their ish: drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for 33 And their meat-offering, and their the rams, and for the lambs, shall be drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for according to their number, after the the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner; 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin-manner; offering, besides the continual burnt- 34 And one goat for a sin-offering, be- offering, and the meat-offering thereof, sides the continual burnt-offering, his and their drink-offerings. meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 20 T And on the third day eleven 35 T On the eighth day ye shall have 171 Obligations of vows. NUMBERS. u solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work therein: Midianites spoiled. and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 36 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering, 8 But if her husband disallowed her a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet on the day that he heard it; then be savour unto the LORD; one bullock, shall make her vow which she vowed, one ram, seven lambs of the first year, and that which she uttered with her without blemish: lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of 37 Their meat-offering, and their none effect: and the LORD shall for- drink-olierings, for the bullock, forgive her. the ram, and for the lambs, shall be|| 9 But every vow of a widow, and of according to their number, after the ber that is divorced, wherewith they bave bound their souls, shall stand against her. manuer; 38 And one goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, aud his meat-ollering, and his drink offering. 10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; 39 These things ye shall do unto the 11 And her husband heard it, and LORD in your set feasts, besides your held his peace at her, and disallowed vows, and your free-will offerings, for her not: then all her vows shall stand, your burnt-offerings, and for your and every boud wherewith she bound meat-offerings, and for your drink-of-her soul shall stand. ferings, and for your peace-offerings. 12 But if her husband hath utterly 40 And Moses told the childreu" of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. CHAP. XXX. made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made AND Moses spake unto the heads of the void: and the LORD shall for- the tribes concerning the children give her. of Israel, saying, This is the thing 13 Every vow, and every binding which the Lord hath commanded. oath to afflict the soul, her husband 21f a man vow a vow unto the LORD, may establish it, or her husband may or swear an oath to bind his soul with make it void. a boud; he shall not break his word, 14 But if her husband altogether Lold he shall do according to all that probis peace at her from day to day ; then credeth out of his mouth. he establisheth all her vows, or all her 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto bonds, which are upoù her: he con- the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, firmeth them, because he held his being in her father's house in her peace at lier in the day that he heard 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 beareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand; and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. them. 15 But if he shall any wise make them void after that he hath beard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. 16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house. CHAP. XXXI. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. 6 And if she had at all a busband, when she vowed, or uttered aught out of her lips, wherewith she bound her 3 And Moses spake unto the people, soul; saying, Arm some of yourselves unto 7 And her husband heard it, and held the war, and let them go against the his peace at her in the day that he Midianites, and avenge the LORD of heard it, then her vows shall stand,|Midian. 172 The slaughter of CHAP. XXXI. 4 Of every tribe a thousand, through out all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. the Michanies. 19 And do ye abide without the camp. seven days; whosoever bath killed any person, and whosoever bath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel,a thousand ofevery tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a 20 And purify all your raiment, and thousand of every tribe, them and all that is made of skins, and all work Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, of goats' hair, and all things made of to the war, with the holy instruments, wood. and the trumpets to blow in his hand. 21 T And Eleazar the priest said unto 7 And they warred against the Midi-the men of war which went to the bat- anites, as the LORD commanded Mo-tle, This is the ordinance of the law ses; and they slew all the males. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, besides the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they brought the captives,and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. 13 ¶ And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the con- gregation went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands,aud captains over hun- dreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? which the LORD commanded Moses : 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: neverthe- less it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 25 T And the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man, and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation : 27 And divide the prey into two parts, between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and be tween all the congregation : 28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: 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 Eleazar the priest, for a heave- offering of the LD. 30 And of the children of Israel's 16 Behold, these caused the childrenjhalf, thou shalt take one portion of of Israel, through the counsel of Ba-fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of laam, to commit trespass against the the asses, and of the flocks, of all man- Lono in the matter of Peor, and there ner of beasts, and give them unto the was a plague among the congregation Levites, which keep the charge of the of the LORD. 17 Now therefore kill every male] among the little ones, and kill every woman that bath known man by lying with him. tabernacle of the LonD. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses : 32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war bad 18 But all the women-children, that caught, was six hundred thousand and have not known a man by lying with seventy thousand and five thousand in, keep alive for yourselves. sheep, 173 ividing of the Frey. NUMBERS. Reuben's inheritance. 33 And threescore and twelve thou-, tablets, to make an atonement for our sand beeves, souls before the LORD. 24 And threescore and one thousand 5sses. 35 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 por- tion of them that went out to war, was] in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them,even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD,of the captains of thousands, and of the cap- tains of hundreds, was sixteen thou- sand seven hundred and fifty shekels 53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thou- sands and of hundreds, and brought it 38 And the beeves were thirty and into the tabernacle of the congrega- six thousand; of which the LORD's tion, for a memorial for the children tribute was threescore and twelve. of Israel before the Lord. 39 And the asses were thirty thousand 37 And the LonD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. and five hundred; of which the LORD's CHAP. XXXII OW the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very tribute was threescore and one. 40 And the persons were sixteen thou- great multitude of cattle: and when sand; of which the Lond's tribute was they saw the land of Jaazer, and the thirty and two persons. land of Gilead, that, behold, the place 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was a place for cattle; was the Lord's heave-offering, unto 2 The children of Gad and the chil Eleazar the priest, as the LORD com-dren of Reuben came and spake unto manded Moses. Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, 3 Ataroth,and Dibon,and Jaazar,and 43 (Now, the half that pertained Nimrab, and Heslibon, and Elealeh, unto the congregation was three hun- and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, dred thousand and thirty thousand and] 4 Even the country which the Lord seven thousand and five hundred smote before the congregation of Is- sheep, rael, is a land for cattle, and thy ser vants have cattle: 44 And thirty and six thousand Deeves, 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 46 And sixteen thousand persons:) 47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lond; as the LORD commanded Moses. 48 ¶ And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses : 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a pos- session, and bring us not over Jordan. 6 ¶ And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here ? 7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lono hath given them? S Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the 49 And they said unto Moses,Thy ser-land. vants have taken the sum of the men 9 For when they went up unto the of war which are under our charge, valley of Eschol, and saw the land, and there lacketb not one man of us. they discouraged the heart of the chil 50 We have therefore brought an ob- dren of lerael, that they should not go lation for the LORD, what every man into the land which the LORD had hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, given them. and bracelets, rings, ear-ringa, and 10 And the Lonn's anger was kindled 174 Reubenites sub CHAP. XXXII. for their inheritance. the same time, and be sware, saying, do that which hath proceeded out of 11 Surely none of the men that came your mouth. up out of Egypt, from twenty years 25 And the children of Gad and the old and upward, shall see the land children of Reuben spake untoMoses, which I sware unto Abraham, unto saying, Thy servants will do as my Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they lord commandeth. have not wholly followed me: 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneb the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. 13 And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel,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 con- sumed. 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your father's stead,an increase of sin- ful men, to augment yet the fierce an- ger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness: and ye shall destroy all this people. 16 T And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the in- habitants of the land. 18We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have in- herited every man his inheritance. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle,shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lono to battle, as my lord saith. 28 So concerning them Moses com- manded Eleazar the priest,and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jor- dan,every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be sub- dued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a posses- sion: 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy ser- vants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan,that the possession of our inberitance on this side Jordan may be ours. 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the chil dren of Reuben, and unto half the tribe 19 For we will not inherit with them of Manassel the son of Joseph, the on yonder side Jordan,or forward; be-kingdom of Silion king of the Amor- cause our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. 20 ¶ And Moses said unto them,If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lond to war, 21 And will go all of you armed, over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, ites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities there- of in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. 34 T And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, aim, 36 And Beth-nimrah, aud Beth-baran, 22 And the land be subdued before fenced cities; and folds for sheep. the LORD: then afterward ye shall re-¦ 37 And the children of Reuben built turn and be guiltless before the LouD, Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjath- and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LonD. 23 But if ye will not do so,behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: aud be sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build you cities for your little 39 And the children of Machir the ones, and folds for your sheep; and (son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon,(their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the citie: which they builded. 175 Journeys of NUMBERS. took it, and dispossessed the Amorite] which was in it. 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Ma- chir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns there- of, and called them Havoth-jair. 42 And Nobah went and took Ke- nath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. CHAP. XXXIII. Tchidren of Israel, which went HESE are the journeys of the forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies, under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. 3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow af ter the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. 4 For the Egyptians buried all their first-born, which the LORD had smit- ten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. 6 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses,and pitched in Succoth, 6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-habiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol. the Israelites 13 And they departed from Dophikalų and encamped in Alush. 14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to driuk. 15 And they departed from Rephi dim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrath-hat- taavab. 17 And they departed from Kibroth- hattaavah,and encamped at Hazeroth. 18 And they departed fromHazeroth, and pitched in Rithimah. 19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Kinmon-parez. 20 And they departed from Rimmon- parez, and pitched in Libnah. 21 And they removed from Libnalı, and pitched at Rissal. 22 And they journeyed from Rissab, and pitched in Kehelathab. 23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. 24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. 25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makbeloth. 26 And they removed from Makhe loth, and encamped at Tabath. 27 And they departed from Tahath. and pitched at Tarah. 28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mitheah. 29 And they went from Mitheah, and pitched in Hashmonah. 30 Aud they departed from Hash monah, and encamped at Moseroth. 31 And they departed fromMoseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. 32 And they removed from Bene. jaakan, and encamped at Hor-bagid- gad. 8 And they departed from before Pi- bahiroth,and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilder- 33 And they went from Hor-hagid ness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. gad, and pitched in Jotbathah. 9 And they removed from Marab, 34 And they removed from Jotba and came unto Elim: and in Elim avere twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. 11 And they removed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. thah, and encamped at Ebronab. 35 And they departed fromEbronal, and encaniped at Ezion-gaber. 36 And they removed from Ezion gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh, 37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor in the edge of the land of Edom. 12 And they took their journey out 38 And Aaron the priest went up into of the wilderness of Sin, and encampmount Hor at the commandmentol the ed in Doplikah. ILORD, and died there, in the fortieth 176 Canaanites doomed. CHAP. XXXIV. Burders of the land year after the children of Israel were inhabitants of the land from before come out of the land of Egypt, in the you; then it shall come to pass, that first day of the fifth month. those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 39 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And King Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 And they departed from Mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonab. 42 And they departed from Zalmo- nal, and pitched in Punon. 43 And they departed from and pitched in Oboth. Punon, 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 Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel,' and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan, (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an in- 44 And they departed from Oboth, heritance, even the land of Canaan, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the bor-with the coast thereof :) der of Moab. 3 Then your south quarter shall be 45 And they departed from Lim, and from the wilderness of Zin, along by pitched in Dibon-gad. the coast of Edom, and your south 46 And they removed from Dibon-border shall be the outmost coast of gad, and encamped in Almon-dibla- the salt sea eastward, thaim. 4 And your border shall turn from 47 And they removed from Almon-the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, diblathaim, and pitched in the moun- and pass on to Zin: and the going tains of Abarim, before Nebo. forth thereof shall be from the south 48 And they departed from the moun- to Kadesh-baruea, and shall go on to tains of Abarim, and pitched in the Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon. plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jeri-| 5 And the border shall fetch a com- cho. pass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim, in the plains of Moab. 6 And as for the western border, ye 50 T And the LORD spake unto Mo-shall even have the great sea for a bor- ses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, der: this shall be your west border. near Jericho, saying, 7 And this shall be your north_bor- 61 Speak unto the children of Israel, der: from the great sea ye shall point and say unto them, When ye are passed out for you mount Hor. over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out 52 Then ye shall drive out all the in-[your border unto the entrance of Ha- habitants of the land from before you, math; and the goings forth of the and destroy all their pictures, and de-border shall be to Zedad. stroy all their molten images, and 9 And the border shall go on to Ziph quite pluck down all their high places. Iron, and the goings out of it shall be 53 And ye shall dispossess the in-at Hazar-enan: this shall be your habitants of the land, and dwell there- north border. in; for I have given you the land to possess it. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham 54 And ye shall divide the land by 11 And the coast shall go down from lot for an inheritance among your fam-Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of ilies; and to the more ye shall give Ain: and the border shall descend, the more inheritance, and to the fewer and shall reach unto the side of the ye shall give the less inheritance: sea of Chinereth, eastward. every man's inheritance shall be in 12 And the border shall go down to the place where his lot falleth; ac- Jordan, and the goings out of it shall cording to the tribes of your fathers be at the salt sea: this shall be your ye shall inherit. land, with the coast thereof round 65 But if ye will not drive out the [about. M 177 Borders of the land. NUMBERS. 13 And Moses commanded the chil- dren of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe. Cities of Refugc. CHAP. XXXV. the plains of Moab, by Jordan, ND the LORD spake unto Moses in near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, 14 For the tribe of the children of that they give unto the Levites, of the Reuben,according to the house of their inheritance of their possession, cities fathers, and the tribe of the children to dwell in; and ye shall give also of Gad, according to the house of their unto the Levites suburbs for the cities fathers, have received their inheri-round about them. tance, and half the tribe of Manasseb¦ 3 And the cities shall they have to bave received their inheritance: 15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan, near Jericho, eastward, toward the sun-rising. 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 Levites, shull 16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Mu-[reach from the wall of the city and out ses, saying, 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. ward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thou sand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side in-two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 18 And ye shall take one price of every tribe, to divide the land by heritance. 19 And the names of the men are these of the tribe of Judab, Caleb the son of Jephunneb. 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall, 20 And of the tribe of the children be six cities for refuge, which ye shall of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Am-appoint for the manslayer, that he may mikud. flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 21. Of the tribe of Benjamiu, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs. 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the chil- 23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son ofdren of Israel : from them that have Ephod. 24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the sou of Shiphtan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahilud the sou of Shelomi. 28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammibud. many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few : every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites, according to his inheri- tance which he inheriteth. 9T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11 Then ye shall appoint 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 avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand be- fore the congregation in judgment. 29 These are they whom the LonD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel, in the land | 13 And of these cities which ye shab give, six cities shall ye have for refuge. of Canaan. 178 Cities of Refuge. CHAP. XXXVI Gilead's inheritance. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty side Jordan, and three cities shall ye of blood. give in the land of Canaan, which 28 Because he should have remained shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them; that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. 16 And if he emite him with an in- strument of iron,so that he die, be is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall re turn into the land of his possession. 29 So these things shall be for a stat- ute of judgment unto you, throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person to 17 And if be smite him with throw-cause him to die. ing a stone, wherewith he may die, 31 Moreover ye shall take no satis- and he die, he is a murderer: the mur-faction for the life of a murderer, derer shall surely be put to death. which is guilty of death: but he shall 18 Or if he smite him with a hand-be surely put to death. weapon of wood, wherewith he may 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction die, and he die, he is a murderer:for him that is fled to the city of his the murderer shall surely be put to refuge, that he should come again to death. dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 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 burl at him by laying of wait, that he die; 21 Or in enmity smite him with bis 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. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansedof the blood that is shed there- in, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for 1 the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. CHAP. XXXVI. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly AND the chief fathers of the fami- without enmity,or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait; lies of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,of the families of the sons of Joseph,came near, and spake before Moses,and be- fore the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die,seeing him not, and cast it upon him that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm; 2And they said,The LORD command. 24 Then the congregation shall judge ed my lord to give the land for an in- between the slayer and the revenger of heritance by lot to the children of Is blood, according to these judgments: rael: and my lord was commanded by 25 And the congregation shall deliver the LORD to give the inheritance of the slayer out of the hand of the re-Zelophehad our brother unto his venger of blood, and the congregation daughters. shall restore him to the city of bis refuge, whither he was fled; and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was ar.ointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shal' at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the chil dren of Israel, then shall their inherit- ance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the in- heritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 27 And the revenger of blood find 4 And when the jubilee of the chil- him without the borders of the city of dren of Israel shall be, then shall their fus refuge, and the revenger of blood [inheritance be put unto the inherit 179 Daughters of DEUTERONOMY. Zelophehad married. ance of the tribe whereunto they are enjoy every man the inheritance of received: so shall their inheritance be his fathers. taken away from the inheritance of 9 Neither shall the inheritance re- the tribe of our fathers. move from one tribe to another tribe; 5 And Moses commanded the chil-but every one of the tribes of the chil- dren of Israel according to the word dren of Israel shall keep himself to of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the his own inheritance. sons of Joseph hath said well. 6 This is the thing which the LoRD doth command concerning the daugh- ters of Zelophelad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of their tribe of their fa- ther shall they marry. 10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Ze lophehad: 11 For Mahlab, Tirzabı,and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons: 12. And they were married into the fam ies of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the in- heritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter, that possesseth 13 These arethe commandments and an inheritance in any tribe of the chil-[the judgments, which the LORD com- dren of Israel, shall be wife unto one manded by the hand of Moses unto the of the family of the tribe of her fa-children of Israel in the plains of Mo- ther, that the children of Israel may ab, by Jordan near Jericho. The Fifth Book of Moses, called DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. I. HESE be the words which Moses THESE be the words you this one Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red Sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.) side, to the land of the Canaanites,and unto Lebanon,unto the great river,the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,to give un- to 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: 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the 10 The LORD your God hath multi- first day of the month, that Moses plied you, and, behold, ye are this day spake unto the children of Israel, ac-as the stars of heaven for multitude. cording unto all that the LORD had 11 (The LORD God of your fathers given him in commandment unto make you a thousand times so many them; more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 4 After he had slain Silon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Hesh- bon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab,beganMoses to declare this law, saying, 6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance,and your burden, and your strife ? 13 Take you wise men, and under- standing, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, wise men, and known, and made them ia the plain, in the hills, and in the heads over you, captains over thou ale, and in the south, and by the sea sands,and captains over hundreds, and 180 }: Moses rehearseth CHAP. I. 29 Then I said unto you,Dread not, neither be afraid of them God's Promise, captains over fifties,and captains over] saying, The people is greater and tall- tens, and officers among your tribes. er than we; the cities are great and 16 And I charged your judges at that walled up to heaven; and moreover time, saying, Hear the causes between we have seen the sons of the Anakims your brethren, and judge righteously there. between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in Judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 19 ¶ And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God com- manded us: and we came to Kadesh- barnea. 20 And I said unto you,Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. 30 The Lond your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, ac- cording to all that he did for you in Egypt before your cyes; 31 And 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 these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give uuto your fathers, 36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it, and to him will 1 give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath 22 ¶ And ye came nearunto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall seareb|wholly followed the Lond. 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 inen of you,one of a tribe. 24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the val- ley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun,which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your 25 And they took of the fruit of the children, which in that day had no land in their hands, and brought it knowledge between good and evil, down unto us, and brought us word they shall go in thither, and unto them again and said, It is a good land which will I give it, and they shall possess it. the LORD our God doth give us. 40 But as for you,turn you,and take 26 Notwithstanding ye would not go your journey into the wilderness by up, but rebelled against the command-the way of the Red Sea. ment of the Lond your God: 41 Then ye answered and said unto 27. And ye murmured in your tents, me,We have sinned against the LORD, and said, Because the LORD hated us we will go up and fight, according to be hath brought us forth out of the all that the Lond our God command- land of Egypt, to deliver us into the ed us. And when ye had girded on hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. every man his weapons of war, ye 28 Whither shall we go up? our were ready to go up into the hill. brethren have discouraged our heart, 42 And the LonD said unto me,Say 181 DEUTERONOMY. The story of the Edomites. unto them, Go not up, neither fight; session; because I have given Ar unto for I am not among you; lest ye be the children of Lot for a possession. smitten before your enemies. 10 (The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims ; 43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear,but rebelled against the com- mandment of the LORD,and went pre- sumptuously up into the hill. 11 Which also were accounted g. ants, as the Anakims; but the Moab- 44 And the Amorites, which dwelt ites call them Emims. in that mountain, came out against 12 The Horins also dwelt in Seir be- you,and chased you,aa beesdo,anddes-foretime; but the children of Esau troyed you in Seir,even unto Hormah. succeeded them, when they had de- 45 And ye returned and wept before stroyed them from before them, and the LORD; but the Lond would not dwelt in their stead; as Israel did hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto the land of his possession,which the Lord gave unto them.) unto you. 46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days which ye abode there. THE CHAP. II. 13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. 14 And the space in which we came from Kedesh-barnea, until we were ome over the brook Zered, was thir- ty and eight years; until all the gen- eration of the men of war were wast- ed out from among the host, as the me,say-LonD sware unto them. HEN we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. 2 And the LORD spake unto ing, 15 For indeed the hand of the Loun from among the host, until they were consumed. 3 Ye have compassed this mountain was against them, to destroy them long enough: turn you northward, 4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: 5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot-breadth; because 1 have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. 16 T So it came to pass, when al the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the LonD spake unto me, saying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: 19. And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, dis- tress them not,nor meddle with them: 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for mo- for 1 will not give thee of the land of ney, that ye may eat; and ye shall al-the children of Ammon any posses- so buy water of them for money, that sion; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. ye nay drink. 7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed| 20 (That also was accounted a land thee in all the works of thy band: be ejof giants: giants dwelt therein in old knoweth thy walking through this time; and the Ammonites call them great wilderness: these forty years Zamzumnins; the LouD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. 8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion- gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead : 22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir,when he destroy- ed the Horims from before them; and 9 And the LORD said unto me, Dis- they succeeded them, and dwelt in tress not the Moabites, neither con- their stead even unto this day: tend with them in battle: for I will 23 And the Avims which dwelt in not give thee of their land for a pos-Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caply 120 CHAP. II. Sihon and Og misdired torims, which came forth out of Ceph-for us: the LORD our God delivered tor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their all unto us : stead. 37 Only unto the land of the children 24 ¶ Rise ye up, take your journey, of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto and pass over the river Arnon: behold, any place of the river Jabbok, nor 1 have given into thy band Sihon the unto the cities in the mountains, nor Amorite, king of Hesbbon, and his unto whatsoever the LORD our God land: begin to possess it, and contend forbade us. with him in battle. 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26 ¶ And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sibon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. CHAP. III. ПHEN we turned and went up the TH way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, zuid all his people, and his land, into thy band; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Basban, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for mo- ney, that I may eat; and give me wa- ter for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; 29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which 5 All these cities icere fenced with dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until 1high walls, gates, and bars; besides shall pass over Jordan into the land unwalled towns a great many. which the LORD our God giveth us. 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as 30 But Silon king of Heshibon, would we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, not let us pass by him: for the LORD utterly destroying the men, women, thy God hardened his spirit, and made and children, of every city. his heart obstinate, that he might de- liver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. 31 And the LORD said unto me, Be- hold, I have begun to give Sibon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Ja- haz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and and all his people. his sons, 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain : 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gil- ead, there was not one city too strong 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to our selves. 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon ; it She- 9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites nir ;) calle 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11 For only Og king of Basban re- mained of the remnant of giants; be- hold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the chil- dren of Ammon? 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 possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by 183 Moses prayeth DEUTERONOMY. to see Cunaan. the river Arnon, and half mount Gil- see the good land thatis beyond Jordan, ead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 26 But the LORD was wroth with me 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all for your sakes, and would not hear Bashan,being the kingdom of Og, gave me and the LORD said unto me, Let I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all it suffice thee; speak no more unto me the region of Argob, with all Bashan, of this matter. which was called the land of giants. 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan- hayoth jair, unto this day. 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even tnto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Aminon; 17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast therenf, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward. 18 T And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lono your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. 27 Get thee up into the top of Pis- gah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes; for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, aud 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-peor. CHAP. IV. NOW therefore hearken, Olsrael, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess 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 ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lond your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed then from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. 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 until they also possess the land which the Lond your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. 21 ¶ And Í commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done sess it. unto tifese two kings: so shall the 6 Keep therefore and do them; for LORD do unto ali the kingdoms whith-this is your wisdom and your under- er 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, 21 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 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to pos- standing in the sight of the nations, which shall bear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 184 An exhortation CHAP. IV. to obedience, 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep juace, even out of Egypt, to be unto thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the him a people of inheritance, us ye arc things which thine eyes have seen, and this day. lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy eons, and thy sons' sons: 10 Specially the day that thou stood est before the LORD thy God in Horeb, 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. 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD you 11 And ye came near and stood under God, which he made with you, and the mountain ; and the mountain burn-make you a graven image, or the like- ed with fire unto the midst of heaven, ness of any thing, which the LORD with darkness, clouds, and thick dark- thy God hath forbidden thee. ness. 24 For the LORD thy God is a con- 12 And the LORD spake unto you out suming fire, even a jealous God. of the midst of the fire: ye heard the 25 When thou shalt beget children, voice of the words, but saw no simili-and children's children, and ye shall tude; only ye heard a voice. have remained long in the land, and 13 And he declared unto you his shalt corrupt yourselves, and make a covenant, which he commanded you graven image, or the likeness of any to perform, even ten commandments ;thing, and shall do evil in the sight of and he wrote them upon two tables of the LORD thy God to provoke him to stone. sess it. anger: 14 T And the LORD commanded me 26 I call heaven and earth to witness at that time to teach you statutes and against you this day, that ye shall soon judgments, that ye might do them in utterly perish from off the land where- the land whither ye go over to pos-Junto ye go over Jordan to posess it ; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the neathen whither the LORD shall lead you. 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the make you a graven image, the simili-work of men's hands,wood and stone, tude of any figure, the likeness of which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, male or female. uor smell. 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lono spake unto you in Horch out of the midst of the fire: 17 The likeness of any beast that is 29 But if from thence thou shall seek on the earth, the likeness of any wing-the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, ed fowl that flieth in the air; if thou seek him with all thy heart, 18 The likeness of any thing that and with all thy soul. creepeth on the ground, the likeness 30 When thou art in tribulation, and of any fish that is in the waters be-all these things are come upon thee, neath the earth: even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God,and shalt be obedi. ent unto his voice, 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 31 (For the LORD thy God is a mer ciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. 32 For ask now of the days that are 20 But the Lono hath taken you, and past, which were before thee, since brought you forth out of the iron fur-the day that God created man upon the 185 Cities of refuge. DEUTERONOMY. statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of ls- rael, after they came forth out of Egypt; Decalogue repeated. earth, and ask from the one side of ses set before the children of Israel: heaven unto the other, whether there 45 These are the testimonies, and the bath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley 34 Or hath God assayed to go and over against Beth-poer, in the land of take him a nation from the midst of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt another nation, by temptations, by at Heshbon, whom Moses and the signs, and by wonders, and by war, children of Israel smote, after they and by a mighty hand, and by a were come forth out of Egypt: stretched-out arın, and by great ter- 47 And they possessed his land, and rors, according to all that the LORD the land of Og king of Bashan, two vour God did for you in Egypt before kings of the Amorites, which were your eyes? on this side Jordan, toward the sun- rising; 35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest 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 be showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sihon, which is Hermon, 49 And all the plain on this side Jor- dan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. CHAP. V. 37 And because be loved thy fathers, AND Moses called all Israel, and therefore he chose their seed after said unto them, Hear, O Israel, them, and brought thee out in his sight the statutes and judgments which i with his mighty power out of Egypt: speak in your ears this day, that ye 38 To drive out natious from before may learn them, and keep, and do thee greater and mightier than thou them. art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Know therefore this day, and con. sider it in thy heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else, 2 The LORD our God made a cove. nant with us in Horeb. 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 Lono talked with you face to face in the mount, out of the midst of 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his the fire, statutes, and his commandments, 5 (I stood between the LORD and you which I command thee this day, that at that time, to show you the word of it may go well with thee, and with the LORD; for ye were afraid by rea- thy children after thee, and that thou son of the fire; and went not up into mayest prolong thy days upon the the mount,) saying, earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 T Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sun- rising: 6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 42 That the slayer might flee thither, 8 Thou shalt not make thee any gra- which should kill his neighbour un-ven image, or any likeness of any awares, and hated him not in times thing that is in heaven above, or that past; and that fleeing unto one of is in the earth beneath, or that is in these cities he might live: 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reuben ites: and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Goland in Bashan, of the Manassites. the waters beneath the earth: 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LonD thy God am a jealous God, visit- ing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth 44 T And this is the law which Mo-generation of them that liate me, 186 Decalogue repeated. CHAP VI. Moses receiveth the law. 10 And showing mercy unto thou-[ 24 And ye said, Behold, the Lono sands of them that love me, and keep our God hath showed us his glory and my commandinents. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lonn thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 12 Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath com- manded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: his greatness, and we bave heard bis voice out of the midst of the fre: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. 25 Now therefore why should we die for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 26 For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt Lot do any work, thou, nor thy son, 27 Go thou near, and bear all that the nor thy daughter, nor thy man-ser- LORD our God shall say; and speak vant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine thou unto us all that the LORD ourGod ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cat-shall speak unto thee, and we will tle, nor thy stranger that is within thy hear it, and do it. gates; that thy man-servant and thy 28 And the Lond heard the voice of maid-servant may rest as well as thou. your words, when ye spake unto me; 15 And remember that thou wast a and the LORD said unto me, 1 have servant in the land of Egypt, and that heard the voice of the words of this the Lond thy God brought thee out people, which they have spoken unto thence, through a mighty hand,and by thee: they have well said all that they a stretched-out arm: therefore the have spoken. LORD thy God commanded thee to 29 O that there were such a heart in keep the sabbath-day. them, that they would fear me, and 16 T Honour thy father and thy moth-keep all my commandments always, cr, as the LORD thy God hath com-that it might be well with them, ani manded thee; that thy days may be with their children for ever! 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 tery. 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false ness against thy neighbour. 30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the adul-commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the wit-land which I give them to possess it. 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neigh-the LORD your God hath commanded bour's wife, neither shalt thou covet you: ye shall not turn aside to the thy neighbour's house, his field, or his right hand or to the left. man-servant, or his maid-servant, bis OX, or his ass, or any thing that as thy neighbour's. CHAP. VI. 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath com- manded you, that ye may live, and 22 These words the LORD spake that it may be well with you, and that uuto all your assembly in the mount, ye may prolong your days in the lazd out of the midst of the fire, of the which ye shall possess. cloyd and of the thick darkness, with a great voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of ´OWthese are the commandments. stone, and delivered them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders NOW the the statutes, and the judgments. which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it; 2 That thou mightest fear the LonD thy God, to keep all his statutes, and his cominandments, which I com- 187 An exhortution DEUTERONOMY. to obedience. mand thee; thou, and thy son, and thy and his testimonies, and his statutes, eon's son, all the days of thy life; and which he hath commanded thee. that thy days may be prolonged. 18 And thou shalt do that which is 3 ¶ Hear therefore, O Israel, and ob right and good in the sight of the serve to do it; that it may be well Lond; that it may be well with thee, with thee, and that ye may increase and that thou mayest go in and possess mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathe good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, thers had promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one Load: 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I com- nand thee this day, shall be in thy heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligent ly unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy 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 sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not; 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. 20 T And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you ? 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bond-men in Egypt; and the Lond brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house- hold, before our eyes: 23 And he brought us out from thence, that be might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORU our God, for our good alwaye, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 35 Aud it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these command- 11 And houses full of all good things, ments before the LORD our God, as he which thou filledst not; and wells dig-hath commanded us. ged, which thou diggedst not; vine- yards and olive trees, which thou CHAP. VII. HEN the LORD thy God shall plantedst not; when thou shalt have W bring thee into the land whither eaten, and be full; 12 Then beware lest thou forget the thou goest to possess it, and hath cast LORD, which brought thee forth out of out many nations before thee,tne Hit the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt fear the Lonn thy God, and serve him, and shall 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 Lonn thy God is a jeal- ous God among you;) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. tites, and the Gergashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee, thou shalt sinite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter 16¶Ye shall not tempt the LORD your shalt thou take unto thy son. God, as ye tempted him in Massal. 4 For they will turn away thy son 17 Ye shall diligently keep the com- from following me, that they may mandments of the Lonn your God, jserve other gods; so will the anger of 188 Communion with the CHAP. VIII. the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them ye shall destroy their altars, and break down the.r 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, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were inore in number than any people; for ye were 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 LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. nations forbidden. 16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee: thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. 17 If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? 18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LonD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; 19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm, whereby the LonD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 20 Moreover the Lond thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselvesfrom thee, be destroyed. 9 Know therefore that the LoRD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at keepeth covenant and mercy with them: for the LORD thy God is among them that love him and keep his cou-you, a mighty God and terrible. mandments,toathousand 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. 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. 12 ¶ Wherefore it shall come to pass, ᎥᏝ ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the Fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people there shall not be male or fe- inale barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the Lond will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil disease of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that bate thee. 22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little; thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 23 But the LORD thy God shall de liver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. 24 And he shall deliver their kings into thy band, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomina- tion to the Lono thy God. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abom ination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt ut- terly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. CHAP. VIII. ALL the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. 189 Exhortation DEUTERONOMY. to obedience. 2 And thou shalt remember all the drought, where there was no water; way which the LORD thy God led thee who brought thee forth water out of these forty years in the wilderness, to the rock of flint; humble thee, and to prove thee, to 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness know what 10as in thy heart, whether with manna, which thy fathers knew thou wouldest keep his command-not, that he might humble thee, and ments, or no. that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy laiter end; 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with man- na, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD, doth man live. 4 Thy raiment waxed not od upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 5 Thou shalt also consider in thy heart, that as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the com- mmandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 17 And thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my band 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 esta- blish his covenant which he sware un- to thy fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day, that ye shall surely perish. 20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be 7 For the LORD thy God bringeth obedient unto the voice of the LORD thee iuto a good land; a land of brooks your God. of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and bills; CHAP. IX. SA land of wheat, and barley, and HEAR, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to vines, and fig-trees,aud pomegranates; possess nations greater and mightier a land of oil-olive, and honey; than thyself, cities great, and fenced [up to heaven. 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness,thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. 10 When thou hast eaten and art| full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! 3 Understand therefore 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 then quickly, as the LORD hath said nuto thee. 4 Speak not thou in thy heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast thei out from before thee, saying, For my 13 And when thy herds and thy righteousness the LORD hath brought flocks multiply, and thy silver and me in to possess this land; but for the thy gold is multiplied, and all that wickedness of these nations the LORD thou hast is multiplied; doth drive them out from before thee. 5 Not forthy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wick- edness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lond sware unto thy 14 Then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lond thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and 190 Israel & rebellions CHAP. IX. rehearsed fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Ithem out of my two hands, and brake 6 Understand therefore, that the them before your eyes. LORD thy God giveth thee not this 18 And I fell down before the LORD, good land to possess it for thy right-as at the first, forty days and forty eousness; for thou art a stiff-necked nights: 1 did neither eat bread, nor people. 7 T 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 Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you,to have destroyed you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; 1 neither did eat bread nor drink water: 10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was writ- ten according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly. 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 19 (For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.) But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. 20 And the Lonь was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him. and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 21 And 1 took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt. it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small,even until it was as small as dust; and cast the dust thereof into thebrook that descended out of the mount. 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavab,ye provoked the LORD to wrath. 23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor you. 12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, | hearkened to his voice. get thee down quickly from hence; for 24 Ye have been rebellious against by people which thou hast brought the LORD from the day that I knew forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I com manded them; they have made them a molten image. 13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people: 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater they they. 15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. 25 Thus I fell down before theLond forty days and forty nights, as I fel down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. 26 1 prayed therefore unto the Lon and said, O LORD God, destroy notthy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy great- nees, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty band. 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin; 28Lest the landwhence thou brought- est us out, say, Because the LORD was 16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had not able to bring them into the land sinned against the LORD your God,and which he promised them, and because bad made you a molten calf: ye had he hated them, he hath brought them turned aside quickly out of the way out to slay them in the wilderness. which the LORD bad commanded you. 29 Yet they are thy people and thine 17 And I took the two tables,and cast linberitance, which thou broughtest 191 Renewing the DEUTERONOMY. two Tables. out by thy mighty power, and by thy fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all stretched-out arm. Α CHAP. X. his ways, and to love lum, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, T that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee anmand thee this day for thy good? ark of wood. 13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I com- 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark of shittim- wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in iny band. 4 And be wrote on the tables, accord- ing to the first writing, the ten com- mandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the as- sembly; and the LORD gave them unto ine. 5 And I turned myself, and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the Lono com- manded me. 6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. 7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodal to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. 8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of 14 Behold, the leaven, and the hea ven of heavens, is the LORD's thy God the earth also, with all that therein is. 15 Only the LORD had delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more still necked. 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and LORD of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regard- eth not persons, nor taketh reward. 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 19 Love ye therefore the stranger; for ye were strangers in the laud of Egypt. 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. 21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things which thine eyes have seen. 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten per- sons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. CHAP. XI. THEREFORE thou shalt love the the covenant of the LORD, to stand be-on thy God, and keep his fore the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. charge, and his statutes, and his judg- 9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor ments, and his commandments, al- inheritance with his brethren; the ways. LORD is his inheritance, according as Lond the LORD thy God promised him. 2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched-out arm, 10 ¶ And I stayed in the mount, ac cording to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD heark- ened unto me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee. 3 And his miracles, and his acte, 11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, which he did in the midst of Egypt, take thy journey before the people, unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and that they may go in and possess the unto all his land; land, which Isware unto their fathers to give unto them. 12 ¶ And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to 4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots: how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they 192 An exhortation CHAP. XI. pursued after you, and how the LonD bath destroyed them unto this day; 5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; 6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that cas in their pos- session, in the midst of all Israel: 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Load which be did. 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments whichI command you this day,that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land whitler ye go to possess it; to obedience. the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as front. lets between your eyes. 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thy house, and upon thy gates: 21 That your days may be multipli- 9 And that ye may prolong yourdays ed, and the days of your children, in in the land which the Lond aware the land which the LoRD Sware unto unto your fathers to give unto them, and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and vateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11 But the land, whither ye go to possses it, is a land of hills and val- leys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. 22 T For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I com- mand you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; 23 Then will the Lond drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. 21 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: 12 A land which the LORD thy God from the wilderness and Lebanon, careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy from the river, the river Euphrates, God are alwaye upon it, from the be-even unto the uttermost sea eball your ginning of the year, even unto the end coast be. of the year. 13 T And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my com- mandments, which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, und to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul, 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain, and the latter rain, tha thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat, and oe full. 16 Take heed to yourselves,that vour heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and wor- ship them; 17 And then the LORD's wrath be killed against you, and be shut up 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you : for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. 26 T Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if ye obey the com mandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest lo possess it,that thou shalt put the bless N 193 Idols must DEUTERONOMY. ve destroyed. ing upon mount Gerizim,and the curse your God giveth you to inherit, aut upon mount Ebal. when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 30 Are they not on the other sideJor- dan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? go 31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye sliall possess it, and dwell therein. 32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day. THE CHAP. XII. 11 Then there shall be a place which the LonD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt-offerings, and your sacri- fices, your tithes, and the heave-offer- ing of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye yow unto the Lond: 12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye,and your sons,and your daughters, and your meu-ser vants, and your maid-servants,and the Levite that is within your gates: for- 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burut-offerings in every place that thou seest: HESE are the statutes and judg-|asmuch as he hath no part nor inher- ments, which ye shall observe to itance with you. do in the land which the LonD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it,all the days that ye live upon the earth. 12 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the bills, and under every green tree. 14 But in the place which the Lono shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I com- mand thee. 3 And ye shall overthrow their al- 15 Notwithstanding,thou mayest kill tars, and break their pillars, and burn and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatso- their groves with fire; and ye shalljever thy soul lusteth after, according hew down the graven images of their to the blessing of the Load thy God gods, and destroy the naines of them which he hath given thee; the un- cut of that place. clean and the clean may eat thereof, 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD as of the rocbuck, and as of the bart. your God. 16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye 5 But unto the place which the LORD shall pour it upon the earth as water. your God shall choose out of all your 17 T Thou mayest not eat within thy tribes to put his name there,even unto gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy nis habitation shall ye seek, and thith-wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of er thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will-offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. thy herds, or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy free-will offerings, or heave-offering of thy hand: 18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter,and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LowD thy God in all that thou puttest the hands unto. 19 Take heed to thyself that thou for- sake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. 20 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border,as he bath promis- 10 But when ye go over Jordan, and ed thee, and thou shalt say, I will ent dwell in the land which the Lonu!Aesh, because thy soul longeth to eat 194 Blood forbidden. CHAP. XIII. Hesh; thou mayest cat flesh, whatso- ever thy soul lusteth after. 21 If the place which the Lond thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock,] which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul usteth after. 22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. Idolaters to be ston^a. 32 What things soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. CHAP. XIII. dreamer of dreams, and giveth F there arise among you a prophet, thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof be spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer 23 Only be sure that thou eat not the of dreams: for the LORD your God blood: for the blood is the life; and|proveth you, to know whether ye love thou majest not eat the life with the the Lond your God with all your flesh heart and with all your soul. 24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your pour it upon the earth as water. God, and fear him, and keep bis con- 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may|mandments, and obey his voice, and ye go well with thee, and with thy chil-shall serve him, and cleave unto him. dren after thee, when thou shalt do 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer that which is right in the sight of the of dreams, shall be put to death: Lond. because he hath spoken to turn you 26 Only thy holy things which thou away from the LORD your God, which hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, brought you out of the land of Egypt, and go unto the place which the LORD and redeemed you out of the house of shall choose. bondage, to thrust thee out of the way 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt-of-which the Lord thy God commanded ferings, the flesh and the blood, upon thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the the altar of the LORD thy God; and evil away from the midst of thee. the blood of thy sacrifices shall be pour 6 ¶ If thy brother, the son of thy ed out upon the altar of the LORD thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee forever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God. 29 ¶ When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, aud dwell- est in their land; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not cousent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall 30 Take Geed to thyself that thou be thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou not shared by following them, after spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: that they be destroyed from before 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thy thee; and that thou inquire nqt after hand shall be first upon him to put their gods, saying, How did these na-him to death, and afterwards the band tions serve their gods? even so will 1 of all the people. do likewise. 10 Aud thou shalt stone him with 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the stones, that he die; because he hath LORD thy God: for every abomination sought to thrust thee away from the to the LORD, which he hateth, have LORD thy God, which brought thee they done unto their gods; for even out of the land of Egypt, from the their sons and their daughters they house of bondage. have burnt in the fire to their gods. 11 And all Israel shall hear and fear, 195 Of meats, DEUTERONOMY. clean and unclean. and shall do no more any such wick-claws, and cheweth the cud among, edness as this is among you. the beasts, that ye shall eat. 12 ¶ If thou shalt hear say in one of 7 Nevertheless these ye shall vot eat thy cities, which the Lord thy God of them that chew the cud, or of then, hath given thee to dwell there, saying, tha divide the cloven hoof; as the 13 Tertain men, the children of Be-[cainel, and the hare, and the coney; lial, are gone out from among you, and for they chew the cud, but divide not have withdrawn the inhabitants of the hoof; therefore they are unclean their city, saying, Let us go and serve unto you. other gods, which ye have not known; 8 And the swine, because it divideth 14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is search, and ask diligently; and, be-junclean unto you; ye shall not eat of hold, if it be truth, and the thing their flesh, nor touch their dead car- certain, that such abomination is case. wrought among you; 9 T These ye shall eat of all that are 15 Thou shall surely smite the in-in the waters: all that have fins and nabitants of that city with the edge scales shall ye eat: of the sword,destroying it utterly, and 10 And whatsoever hath not fins and all that is therein, and the cattle there-scales ye may not eat; it is unclean of, with the edge of the sword. unto you. 16. And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street there- of, 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 forever; it shall not be built again. 17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thy hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and mul- tiply 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 commandments which I com- and thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lond thy God. YE CHAP. XIV. E are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut your selves,nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 11 T Öƒ all clean birds ye shall eat 12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossi- frage, and the ospray, 13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, 14 And every raven after his kind, 15 Aud the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 17 And the pelican, and the gier- eagle, and the cormorant, 18 And the stork, and the heron aſter her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 19. And every creeping thing that fi eth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. 20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat. 21 T Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's 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 milk. that are upon the earth. 22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the in- 3 Thou shalt not eat any abomin-crease of thy seed, that the field bring- able thing. eth forth year by year. 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow-deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the caumois. 6 And every beast that parteth the Loof, and cleareth the cleft into two 23 And thou shalt eat before the Lonn thy God, in the place which he sball choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lonu thy God always. 196 The seventh year CHAP. XV. n year of release. 24 And if the way be too long for over many nations, but they shall not thee, so that thou art not able to carry reign over thee. it; or if the place be too far froin 7 ЯIf there be among you a poor man thee, which the Lono thy God shall of one of thy brethren within any of choose to set his name there,when the thy gates, in thy land which the LORD LORD thy God bath blessed thee: thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not 25 Then shalt thou turn it is to mo-harden thy heart, nor shut thy band ney, and bind up the money in thy from thy pour brother: hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: 5 But thou shalt open thy hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him 26 And thou shalt bestow that money sufficient for ins need, in that which for whatsoever thy soul lusteth_after,[he wanteth. for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or 9 Beware that there be not a thought for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy in thy wicked heart, saying, The seve goul desireth; and thou shalt eat there euth_year, the year of release, is at before the Lord thy God, and thou hand; and thine eye be evi! against shalt rejoice, thou, and thy household, thy poor brother, and thou givest hin 27 And the Levite that & within thy [nought; and he cry unto the LORD gates; thou shalt not forsake him ; for jagast thee, and it be sin unto thee. he hath no part nor inheritance with 10 Thou shalt surely give hum, and thee. 28 ¶ At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the title of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: 29 And the Levite,(because he hath! no part vor miheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come,and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest. Α΄ CHAP. XV. thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless the in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thy band unto. 11. For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12 ¶ And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let Thim go free from thee. Tthe end of everuseven years thou] 13 And when thou sendest him out shalt make a release. free from thee, thou shalt not let him 2. And this is the manner of the re-go away empty: lease: Every creditor that lendeth 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally aught unto his neighbour shall re-out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, lease it; he shall not exact it of his and out of thy wine-press: of that neighbour, or of his brother; because wherewith the LORD thy God hath it is called the Lono's release. 3. Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again; bụt that which is thine with thy brother, thy band shall release; blessed thee thou shalt give unto him 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,and the Lord thy God redeem 4 Save when there shall be no poorfed thee; therefore I command thee smong you; for the LORD shall great-this thing to-day. ly bless thee in the land which the 16 And it shall be, if he say uuto LORD thy God giveth thee for an in-thee, I will not go away from thee; heritance to possess it: (because he loveth thee and thy house. 5. Only if thou carefully hearken unto because be is well with thee ;) the voice of the Lord thy God to ob- 17. Then thou shalt take an awl, and serve to do all these commandments thrust it through his ear unto the door, which I command thee this day. and he shail be thy servant for ever For the LORD thy God blesseth And also unto thy maid servant thou thee as he promised thee; and thou shalt do likewise. eoalt lend unto many nations,but thou 18 It shall not seem haid unto thee, shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reigu (when thou sendest him away free from 197 The feast of DEUTERONOMY. Passover, &c. thee; for he hath been worth a double] 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in aired servant to thee, in serving thee the place which the Lord thy God six years; and the LORD thy God shall shall choose: and thou shalt turn in bless thee in all that thou doest. the morning, and go unto thy tents 19 ¶ All the firstling males that come 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt bread, and on the seventh day shall be sanctify unto the Lord thy God; thouļa solemn assembly to the Loan thy shalt do no work with the firstling of God: thou shalt do no work therein. thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of 9 T Seven weeks shalt thou number thy sheep. unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou begin- nest to put the sickle to the corn, 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God withra : 21. And if there be any blemish there-tribute of a free-will-offering of thy in, as if it be lame, or blind, or have hand, which thou shalt give into the any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice|LORDthy God,according as the Lond It unto the LORD thy God. thy God hath blessed thee: 20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year, in the place which the Lono shall choose, thou and thy household. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shoe!l eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. CHAP. XVI. 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son,aud thy daughter, and thy mau-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stran- ger,and the fatherless,and the widow, that are among you,in the place which the Lond thy God hath chosen to place his name here. BSERVE the mouth of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord 12 And thou shalt remember that thon thy God: for in the mouth of Abib the wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou Lord thy God brought thee forth out [shalt observe and do these statutes. of Egypt by night. 13 ¶ Thou shalt observe the feast of 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the tabernacles seven days, after that thou passover unto the Lord thy God, of jhast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: the flock and the herd, in the place 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, which the LORD shall choose to place thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, lus name there. and thy man-servant, aud thy maid- 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread [servant, and the Levite, the stranger, with it; seven days shalt thou eat un- and the fatherless, and the widow,that leavened bread therewith, even the fare within thy gates. bread of affliction; for thou camest 15 Seven days shalt thou keep a sol- forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: emu feast unto the Lond thy God in that thou mayest remember the day the place which theLordshall choose; when thou camest forth out of the|because the Lond thy God shall bless land of Egypt all the days of thy life. thee in all thine increase, and in all 4 And there shall be no leavened the works of thy hands, therefore thou bread seen with thee in all thy coasts shalt surely rejoice. seven days; neither shall there any] 16 ↑ Three times in a year shall all thing of the flesh, which thou saeri-¡thy males appear before the Lord thy ficedst the first day at even, remain all¦ God in the place which he shall choose; might until the morning. in the feast of unleavened bread, and 6 Thou mayest not sacrifice the pass-in the feast of weeks, and in the feast over within any of thy gates, which of tabernacles; and they shall not ap- the LORD thy God giveth thee: pear before the Lono empty. 6 But at the place which the LORD 17 Every man shall give as he is able, thy God shall choose to place his name according to the blessing of the Lond in, there thou shalt sacrifice the pass-thy God which be hath given thee, over at even, at the going down of the kun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. 18 T Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout 198 The choice and CHAP. XVII. duty of a king,, thy tribes: and they shall judge theters of controversy, within thy gates people with just judgment. then shalt thou arise, and get thee up, 19 Thou shalt not rest judgment: into the place which the LORD thy thou shalt not respect persons, neither God shall choose: take a gift; for a gift doth blind the 9 And thou shalt come unto the eyes of the wise, and pervert the priests the Levites, and unto the judge words of the righteous that shall be in those days, aud in- quire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment. 29 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the 10 And thou shalt do according to LORD thy God giveth thee. the sentence, which they of that place 21 T Thou shalt not plant thee alwhich the LORD shall choose shall grove of any trees near unto the altar show thee; and thou shalt observe to of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt do according to all that they inform make thee. thee; 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image, which the LORD thy God hateth. CHAP. XVII. 11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou HOU shalt not sacrifice unto the shalt not decline from the sentence LORD thy God any bullock or which they shall show thee, to the sheep wherein is blemish, or any evil-[right hand nor to the left. favouredness; for that is an abomina-] 12 And the man that will do pre tion unto the Lond thy God. sumptuously, and will not hearken THO 2 If there be found among you, unto the priest that standeth to minis- within any of thy gates which the ter there before the Loud thy God, or LORD thy God giveth thee, man or unto the judge, even that man shall woman, that hath wrought wicked-die: and thou shalt put away the evil ness in the sight of the LORD thy God, from Israel. in transgressing his covenant, 13 And all the people shall bear, and 3 And hath gone and served other fear, and do no more presumptuously. gods, and worshipped them, either the 14 T When thou art come unto the sun,or moon,or any of the host of heav-land which the Lono thy God giveth en, which I have not commanded; thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast dwell therein, and shalt say, I will heard of it, and inquired diligently, set a king over me, like as all the na- and, behold, it be true, and the thing tions that are about me; certain, that such abomination is 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him wrought in Israel; king over thee whom the LORD thy 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that God shall choose; one from among mian or that woman, which have com-thy brethren shalt thou set king over mitted that wicked thing, unto thy thee: thou mayest not set a stranger gates, even that man or that woman, over thee, which is not thy brother. and shalt s one them with stones, till 16 But he shall not multiply horses to they die. 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth retura no more that way, 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be himself, that bis heart turn not away; first upon him to put him to death, and neither shall be greatly multiply to afterward the hands of all the people :[himself silver and gold. so thou shalt put the evil away from 13 And it shall be, when he sitteth among you. upon the throne of his kingdom, that 8 If there arise a matter too hard he shall write him a copy of tois aw for thee in judgment, between blood in a book, out of that which is before and blood, between plea and plea, and the priests the Levites: between stroke aud stroke, being mat-1-19 `And it shall be with him, and he 199 : DEUTERONOMY. The priests' portion. The great Propnet. shall read therein all the days of his 12 For all that do these things are an ife; that he inay learn to fear the abomination unto the LonD and be- LORD his God, to keep all the words cause of these abominations the LORD of this law, and these statutes, to do thy God doth drive them out from be- thein; fore thee. 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand or to the left; to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. THE CHAP. XVIII. HE priests the Levites,and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by Sre, and his inheritance. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lond thy God. 14 For these nations which thou shalt possess bearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lond thy God hath not suf fered thee so to do. 15 T The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken : 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb, in the 2 Therefore shall they have no in-day of the assembly, saying, Let me heritance among their brethren: the Lond 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 sacrifice,whether it be 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 coru, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. ō For the Lord thy God hath chosen nim out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. 6 ¶ And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose ; not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words, which he shall speak in my naine, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet, which shal presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the naine of other gods, even that prophet shall dic. 7 Then he shall minister in the name 21 And if thou say in thy heart,How of the LORD his God, as all his breth-shall we know the word which the ren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. 8 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. 9 T When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or LORD hath not spoken ? but 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD bath not spoken, the prophet hath spoken it presump- tuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. CHAP. XIX. his daughter to pass through the fire, WHEN the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the or that useth divination, or an observer Load thy God giveth thee, and thou of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, succeedest them, and dwellest in their 11 Or a charner, or a consulter with cities, and in their houses; familiar spiria, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which 200 Cities of Refuge. CHAP. XX. False witness punished. the LORD thy God giveth thee to pos-which thou shalt inherit in the land sess it. that the Lono thy God giveth thee to 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way,and possess it. divide the coasts of thy land, which 15 ¶ One witness shall not rise up the LORD thy God giveth thee to in-against a man for any iniquity, or for herit, into three parts, that every any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at slayer may flee thither. the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. And this is the case of the slayer which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ig. norantly, whom he hated not in time East; 16 T If a false witness rise up against any man, to testify against him that which is wrong; days : 5 As when a man goeth into the wood 17 Then both the men, between with his neighbour to hew wood, and whom the controversy is, shall stand his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe before the LORD, before the priest and to cut down the tree, and the head slip-the judges, which shall be in those peth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall 18 And the judges shall make dili flee unto one of these cities, and live gent inquisition: and, behold, if the 6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue witness be a false wi ness, and bath the slayer, while his heart is bot, and testified falsely agains, his brother; overtake him, because the way is long, 19 Then ye shall do into him, as he and slay hin; whereas he was not had thought to have done unto his worthy of death, inasmuch as he ba-brother: so shalt thou put the evil ted him not in time past. 7 Wherefore I command thee, say- ing, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. away from among you. 20 And those which main shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evn among you. 8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth fathers, and give thee all the land for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. which he promised to give unto thy fathers; CHAP. XX. WHEN thou goest out to battle 9 If thou shalt keep all these com- against thine enemies, and seest mandinents to do them, which I com-horses, and chariots, and a people mand thee this day, to love the LORD more than thou, be not afraid of thein: thy God, and to walk ever in his way; for the Lord thy God is with thee, then shalt thou add three cities more which brought thee up out of the land for thee, besides these three: of Egypt. 10 That innocent blood be not shed| 2 And it shall be, when ye are come in thy land, which the LORD thy God uigh unto the battle, that the priest giveth thee for an inheritance, and so shall approach, and speak unto the blood be upon thee. people, 11 But if any man hate his neigh-3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O bour, and lie in wait for him, and rise Israel, ye approach this day unto bat- up against him, and smite him mor-tle against your enemies: let not your tally that, he die, and fleeth into one hearts faint, fear not, and do not trem of these cities; ble, neither be ye terrified because of them; 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 4 For the LonD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but 5 T And the officers shall speak un thou shalt put away the guilt of inuo-to the people, saying, What man is cent blood from Israel, that it inay go there that hath built a new house, and well with thee. bath not dedicated it ? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6 And what man is he that hath plant 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of oic time have set in thine inheritance, 201 Exhortation DEUTERONOMY. before vattie ed a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten 19 T When thou shalt besiege a city of it? let him also go and return unto a long time, in making war against it his house, lest ye die in the battle, to take it, thou shalt not destroy the and another man eat of it. 7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest be die in the battle, and another man take her. trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege. 20 Only the trees which thou know- S And the officers shall speak further est that they be not trees for meat,thou unto the people, and they shall say, shalt destroy and cut them down; and What man is there that is fearful and thou shalt build bulwarks against the faint hearted? let him go and return city that maketh war with thee, until unto house, lest his brethren's it be subdued. heart fans well as his heart. L. CHAP. XXI. F one be found slain in the land 9 And hall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make cap- tains of the armies to lead the people. 10 ¶ When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim him : peace unto it. thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain 2 Then thy elders and thy judges 11. And it shall be, if it make thee an-shall come forth, and they shall mea swer of peace, and open unto thee, sure unto the cities which are round then it shall be, that all the people about him that is slain : that is found therein shall be tributa- ries 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 unto thy hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword : 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the 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 the valley: 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in 5 And the priests the sons of Levi the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt|shall come near; for them the LORD thou take unto thyself: and thou shalt thy God bath chosen to minister unto 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 : him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; 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, shail wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley : 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it, 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy 8 Be merciful, O Lono, unto thy peo- them; namely, the Hittites, and the ple Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, Amorites, the Canaanites, and the and lay not innocent blood unto thy Perrizzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb-people of Israel's charge. And the usites, as the LORD thy God hath blood shall be forgiven them. commanded thee: 18 That they teach you not to do af- ter all their abominations, which they bave done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lonn your God. 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 Lono. 10 When thou goest forth to war 202 A stubborn son CHAP. XXII. to be stoned. against thine enemies, and the Loan sm worthy of death, and he be to be thy God hath delivered them into thy put to death, and thou hang him on a hands, and thou hast taken them cap-tree: tive, 23 His body shall not remain all night 11 And seest among the captives a upon the tree, but thou shalt in any beautiful woman, and hast a desire wise bury bim that day: (for he that unto ber, that thou wouldest have ber] is hanged is accursed of God;) that to thy wife; thy land be not defiled, which the 12 Then thou shalt bring her home load thy God giveth thee for an in- to thy house; and she shall shave her heritance. head, and pare her nails; 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, aud bewail her father and her mother a full mouth: and after that thou shalt go in unto her,and be her husband, and she sball be thy wife. CHAP. XXII. HOU shalt not see thy brother's TH ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then 14 And it shall be, if thou have no thou shalt bring it unto thine own delight in her, then thou shalt let her¦bouse, and it shall be with thee until go whither she will; but thou shalt thy brother seek after it, and thou not sell her at all for money, thou shalt | shalt restore it to him again. not make merchandise of her, because 3 In like manner shalt thou do with thou hast humbled her. his ass; and 60 shalt thou do with his 15 ¶ If a man have two wives, one raiment; and with all lost things of beloved, and another bated; and they thy brother's, which he hath lost, and bave born him children, both the be thou hast found, shalt thou do like-` loved and the hated; and if the first-wise; thou mayest not hide thyself. Boru son be hers that was hated: 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's 16 Then it shall be, when he maketh ass or his ox fall down by the way, and his sous to inherit that which he bath,Į hide thyself from them; thou shalt that he may not make the son of the surely help him to lift them up again. beloved first-born before the son of the 5 ¶ The woman shall not wear tha hated, which is indeed the first-born :¦ which pertaineth unto a man, neither 17 But he shall acknowledge the son shall a man put on a woman's gar- of the hated for the first-born, by giv-ment: for all that do so ùre abomin- ing him a double pórtim of all that he ation unto the LORD thy God. hath: for he is the beginning of his 6 T. If a bird's nest chance to be be- strength; the right of the first-born is fore thee in the way in any tree,or ou lis. the ground, tokether they be young ones, or eggs,and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs,thou shalt not take the dam with the young: 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; aud them: that it may be well with thee, 19 Then shall his father and bis that thou mayest prolong thy days mother lay hold on him, and bring| 8 ¶ When thou buildest a new house, him out uuto the elders of his city, then thou shalt make a battlement for and unto the gate of his place ; thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence. 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our 9¶ Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard voice; he is a glutton,and a drunkard, with divers seeds; lest the fruit of thy 21. And all the meu of his city shall seed which thou hast sown, and the stone him with stones, that he die: soffruit of thy vineyards, be defiled. shalt thou put evil away from among 10 T Thou shalt not plow with an you; and all Israel shall hear,and fear. Jox and an ass together. 22 ↑ And if a man have committed a] 11 ¶ Thou shalt not wear a garment. 203 Of adultery, &c. DEUTERONOMY. Divers Latii's. Of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen; the damsel, because she cried not, be- together. ing in the city; and the man,because 12 ¶ Thou shalt make three fringes he hath humbled tis neighbour's wife· upon the four quarters of thy vesture, so thou shalt put away evil from wherewith thou coverest thyself. among you, 13 ¶ any man take a wife, and go] in unto her, and hate her, 25 T But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force 14 And give occasion of speech her, and fie with her; then the mai against her,and bring up an evil name only that lay with her shali die: upon her, and say, I took this woman, 26 But auto the damsel thou shalt do and when I came to her, I found her nothing; there is in the damsel no sin not a maid: worthy of death: for as when a man 15 Then shall the father of the dam-riseth against his neighbor, and slay- sel, and her mother, take and bring eth him, even so is this matter: forth the tokens of the damsel's vir- 27 For he found her in the field,and ginity unto the elders of the city in the betrothed damnsel cried, and there. the gate: 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and be bateth her; was none to save her. 28 T a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and he with her, and they be found; 17 And, lo, he hath given occasion 29 Then the man that lay with her of speech against her, saying, I found shall give unto the damsel's father fif- not thy daughter a maid; and yet ty shekels of silver, and she shall be hese are the tokens of my daugther's his wife; because he bath humbled virginity. And they shall spread the her, he may not put her away all his cloth before the elders of the city, days. 18 And the elders of that city shall take that inan and chastise him; 19 Aud they shall amerce him in a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel; and she shall be bis wife: he may not put her away all his days. 30 ¶ A man shall not take bis 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 bastard shall not enter into the 20 But if this thing be true, and the congregation of the LORD; even to tokens of virginity be not found for his tenth generation shall he not enter the damsel: into the congregation of the LORD. 21 Then they shall bring out the 3 An Ammonite, or Moabite shall not da nsel to the door of her father's enter into the congregation of the house, and the men of her city shall Lond: even to their tenth generation atone her with stones that she die:shall they not enter into the congre- because she bath wrought folly in Is-gation of the Lord for ever; rael, to play the whore in her father's 4 Because they met you not with house: so shalt thou put evil away bread and with water in the way, from among you 22 ¶ If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; 80 shalt thou put away evil from Israel. when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 5 Nevertheless the Lond thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. 23 ¶ If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto a husband, and a man fod her in the city, and lie with her; 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor 24 Then ye shall bring them both out their prosperity all thy days for ever. unto the gate of that city,and ye shall 7 Thou shalt not abbor an Edom stone thein with stone that they die;[ite: for he is thy brot: er: thou shalt 201 Divers Laws CHAP. XXIV. not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation. 9¶ When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep tice from every wicked thing. of Divorce. unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee, 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 24 ¶ When thou comest into thy 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a 10 If there be among you any man, free-will offering, according as thou that is not clean by reason of unclean-hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, ness that chanceth him by night, then which thou hast promised with thy shall be go abroad out of the camp, he mouth. shall not come withm the camp: 11 But it shall be, when evening neighbour's vineyard, then thou may- cometh on, he shall wash himself with est eat grapes thy fill at thine own water; and when the sun is down, be pleasure; but thou shalt not put any sball come into the camp again. in thy vessel. 12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shalt be, when thou will ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which comethi from thee: 25 When thou comest into the stand- ing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn. CHAP. XXIV. Warna med ber, and it come to HEN a man hath taken a wife, [pass that she find no favour in his eyes, 14 For the LORD thy God walketh in because he hath found some unclean- the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, ness in her; then let him write her a and to give up thine enemies before bill of divorcement, aud give it in her thee; therefore shall thy camp bebaud, and send her out of his house. holy: that be see no unclean thing in 2 And when she is departed out of thee, and turn away from thee. bis house, she may go aud be another 15 T Thou shalt not deliver unto his man's wife. master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 3 And the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, 16 He shall dwell with thee, even and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth among you, in that place which he her out of his house; or if the latter shall choose, in one of thy gates,where husband die, which took her to be his it liketh him best; thou shalt not op-wife; press him. 17 ¶ There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Load thy God for any yow: for even both these are abomi- nation unto the LORD thy God. 4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the laud to sm, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 5 T When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, uei- 19 ¶ Thou shalt not lend upon usury ther shall he be charged with any busi- to thy brother; usury of money, usuryness: but he shall be free at bome one of victuals, usury of any thing that is year, and shall cheer up his wife lent upon usury: which he hath taken. 20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend 6 T No man shall take the nether or upon usury; but unto thy brother thou the upper millstone to pledge: for he shalt not lend upon usury; that the taketh a man's life to pledge. LORD thy God may bless thee in all 7 ¶ If a man be found stealing any of that thou settest thy hand to in the his brethren of the children of Israe!, land whither thou goest to possess it. and maketh merchandise of him, or 21 When thou shalt row a vow selleth him; then that thief shall die, 205 Of Plexiges. among you. DEUTERONOMY. Sundry Laws. and thou shalt put evil away from] 21When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it 8 J Take heed in the plague o lepro-asterward it shall be for the stranger, sy, that thou observe diligently, and for the fatherless, and for the widow. lo according to all that the priests the 22 And thou shalt remember that Levites shall teach you: as I com-thou wast a bond man in the land of manded them,so ye shall observe to do. Egypt: therefore I command thee to 9 Remember what the Lond thy God do this thing. did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. 10 When thou dost leud thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into is 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 goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. 14 ¶ Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant thatis poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy stran- gers that are in thy land within thy gates: 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lono, and it be sin unto thee. 16 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 T Thou shalt not pervert the judg iment of the stranger, nor of the father less, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge: 18 But thou shalt remember that theu wast a boul-man in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 When thou cuttest down thy bar- vest in thy field, and bast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that the Loud thy God may bless thee . all the work of thy hands. CHAP. XXV. TF 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 certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed : lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 4 T Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he trendeth out the corn. 5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry with out unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the first-born which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say,Myhusband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him; and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; 9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his broth- 20 When thou beatest thine olive-er's house. tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs ngain. It shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his [shoe loosed. 206 Of the offering CHAP. XXVI. of firal fruits. When men strive together one 5 And thou gbalt speak and say before with another, and the wife of the one the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to draweth near for to deliver her hus-perish was my father; and he went band out of the hand of him that smit down into Egypt, and sojourned there eth him, and putteth forth her hand, with a few, and became there a nation, · and taketh him by the secrets; great, mighty, and populous : 12 Then thou shalt cut off her band, taine eye shall not pity her. 13 ¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 6 And the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage : 7 And when we cried unto the LORD 14 Thou shalt not have in thy house God of our fathers, the LORD heard divers measures, a great and a small. Jour voice, and looked on our affliction, 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and and our labour, and our oppression: just weight, a perfect and just measure 8 And the LORD brought us forth out shalt thou have; that thy days may be of Egypt with a mighty hand, and lengthened in the land which the with an out-stretched arm, and with LORD thy God giveth thee. great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomina tion unto the LORD thy God. 9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. 17 T Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt ; 10 And now, behold, 1 have brought 18 How he met thee by the way, and the first fruits of the land which thou, emote the hind most of thee, even all]O LORD, bast given me. And thou that were feeble behind thee, when shalt set it before the LORD thy God, thou west faint and weary; and he and worship before the LORD thy God. Teared not God. 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every 19 Therefore it shall be, when the good thing which the Lord thy God LORD thy God hath given thee rest hath given unto thee, and unto thy from all thine enemies round about, house, thou, and the Levite, and the in the land which the Lord thy God stranger that is among you. giveth thee for an inheritance to pos- 12 ¶ When thou hast made an end of sess it, that thou shalt blot out the re-tithing all the tithes of thine increase membrance of Amalek from under the third year, which is the year of heaven; thou shalt not forget it. CHAP. XXVI. tithing, and hast given it unto the Le- vite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat withia AND it shall be, when thou are thy sates, and be filled; come in unto the land which the 13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God giveth thee for an in- LORD thy God, I have brought away beritance, and possessest it, and dwell-the hallowed things out of my house, est therein, and also have given them unto the Le- 14 I have not eaten thereof in my That thou shalt take of the first of vite, and unto the stranger, to the fa all the fruit of the earth, which thou|therless, and to the widow, according shalt bring of thy land that the LORD to all thy commandments which thou thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it hast commanded me; I have not trans- in a basket, and shall go unto the place gressed thy commandments, neither which the Lord thy God shall choose have I forgotten them : to place his name there. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest mourning, neither have I taken away that shall be in those days, and say aught thereof for any unclean use, nor yuto him, I profess this day unto the given aught thereof for the dead ; but LORD thy God, that I am come unto I have hearkened to the voice of the the country which the LORD sware LORD my God, and have done accord- unto our fathers for to give us. ing to all that thou hast commanded me: 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down be- fore the altar of the Lord thy God 15 Look down from thy holy habita. [tion, from heaven, and bless thy peu- 207 Curste pronounced DEUTERONOMY. on Mount Ebul. le Israel, and the land which thou] 9 T And Moses and the priests ti-e fast given us, as thou swarest unto our Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, fathers, a land that floweth with milk Take heed, and hearken, O Israel und honey. this day thou art become the people of 16 This day the Loan thy God bath the LORD thy God. commanded thee to do these statutes) and judgments; thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Thou hast avouched the Lond this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 11 ¶ And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, ami Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou 13 And these shall stand upon mount shouldest keep all his commandments; Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Ash- 19 And to make thee high above allfer, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. nations which he hath made, in praise, 14¶ And the Levites shall speak, and and in name, and in honour; and that say unto all the meu of Israel with a thou mayest be a holy people unto the loud voice, LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. A CHAP. XXVII. 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an ND Moses, with the elders of 1s- abomination unto the LORD, the work rael, commanded the people, say-of the hands of the craftsinan, and ing, Keep all the commandments putteth it in a secret place; and all the which I command you this day. people shall answer and say, Amen. 2 And it shall be, on the day when 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by ye shall pass over Jordan, unto the bis father or his mother. And all the land which the LORD thy God giveth people shall say, Amen. thee, that thou shalt set thee up great 17 Cursed be be that removeth his stones, and plaster them with plaster: neighbour's landmark. And all the 3 And thou shalt write upou them people shall say, Amen. all the words of this law, when thou 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind art passed over, that thou mayest go to wauder out of the way. And all m unto the land which the Lonp thy the people shall say, Amen. God giveth thee, a land that floweth 19 Cursed be he that perverteth the with milk and honey; as the Lono judgment of the stranger, fatherless, God of thy fathers bath promised thee. and widow. And all the people shall 4 Therefore it shall be, when ye be say, Amen. gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his these stones, which I command you father's wife; because be uncovereth this day, in mount Ebal, and thou his father's skirt. And all the people shalt plaster 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. that lieth with any And all the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed be he manner of beast. shall say, Amen. 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the sister, the daughter of his father, or LORD thy God of whole stones; and the daughter of his mother. And all thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon the people shall say, Amen. unto the LORD thy God: 23 Cursed be be that lieth with his 7 And thou shalt offer peace-offer-mother-in-law. ings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice shall say, Amen. clore the Lord thy God. And all the people 24 Cursed be he that smiteth hig And thou shalt write upon the neighbour secretly. And all the peo- stones all the words of the law veryple shall say, Amen. plainly 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward 208 Promises. to slay an innocent person. the people shall say, Amen. CHAP. XXVIII. Clones. And all 13 And the LORD shall make thee the bead, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou bearken unto the commandments of the Lond thy God, which I command thee this day, 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. CHAP. XXVIII, to observe and to do them: them. AND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the 14 And thou shalt not go aside from voice of the Lord thy God,to observe any of the words which I command and to do all his commandments thee this day, to the right hand or to which I command thee this day, that the left, to go after other gods to serve The LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lond thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field, 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground,and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kiue, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. C 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 15 T But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God,to observe to do all bis commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket, and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the in- crease of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 7 The LORD shall cause thine ene- 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou mies that rise up against thee to belcomest in, and cursed shalt thou be smitten before thy face: they shall come put against thee one way, and fee before thee seven ways. when thou goest out. 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all The LORD shall command the bless-that thou settest thy hand unto forto ing upon thee in thy storehouses, and do, until thou be destroyed, and until in all that thou sellest thy hand unto; thou perish quickly; because of the and he shall bless thee in the land wickedness of thy doings, whereby which the LORD thy God giveth thee. thou hast forsaken me. 9 The Loud shall establish thee a Loiy people unto himself, as he hath >word unto thee,if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lond 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. 21 The LORD shall make the pesti- lence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou geest to possess it. 22 The LORD shallsmite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle,] 23 And thy heaven that is over thy and in the fruit of thy ground, in the head shall be brass, and the earth that land which the Lond sware unto thy is under thee shall be irou. fathers to give thee. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of 12 The LORD shall open unto thee his [thy land powder and dust: from good treasure, the heaven to give the heaven shall it come down upon thee, rain unto thy land in his season, and until thou be destroyed. to bless all the work of thy hand: and Thou shalt lend unto many nations and thou shalt not borrow 25 The Lond shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them,aud 209 2. Plagues threatened DEUTERONOMY. flec seven ways before them; and shalt be removed into all the king doms of the earth. 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall Tray them away. 27 The LORD will smite thee with the bolch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness,and astonish- ment of heart: 29 And thou shalt grope 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 evermore, and no man shall save thee. : for disobedience. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in: for the locust shall con sume it. 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt bave olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and 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 cousume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shall come down very low. 41 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein thou shalt plant a vine 45 Moreover, all these curses shal yard, and shalt not gather the grapes come upon thee,and shall pursue thee, thereof. and overtake thee,till thou be destroy- 31 Thine ox shall be slain before ed; because thou hearkeuedst not thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat unto the voice of the Lond thy God, thereof: thine ass shall be violently to keep his commandments and his taken away from before thy face, and statutes which he commanded thec: shall not be rostored to thee: thy 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sheep shall be given unto thine eue-sign and for a wonder, and upon thy mies, and thou shalt have none to seed for ever. rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thy hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up: and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed always: 34 So that thou shall be mad, for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt sec. 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abun dance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thing enemies which the LonD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle fieth- a nation whose longue thou shalt not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance 36 The LORD shall bring thec,and thy which shall not regard the person o! king which thou shalt set over thee, un- the old,nor show favour to the young: to a nation which neither thou nor thy 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy fathers have known; and there shalt cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou serve other gods, wood and stone. thou be destroyed; which also shall 37 And thou shalt become an aston not leave thee either corn, wine, or ishment, a proverb, and a by-word, oil, or the increase of thy kine, o among all natious whither the Lonn Blocks of thy sheep, until he have de shall lead thee ! stroyed thee. 210 Plagues threatened CHAP. XXIX. For disobedience. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all 62 And ye shall be left few in num thy gates, until thy high and fenced ber, whereas ye were as the stars of walls come down, wherein thou heaven for multitude; because thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: wouldest not obey the voice of the and he shall besiege thee in all thy Lord thy God. gates throughout all thy land, which 63 And it shall come to pass, that as The Lord thy God hath given thee. the Loan rejoiced over you to do you 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of good, and to multiply you; so the thine own body, the flesh of thy sons Lend will rejoice over you to destroy and of thy daughters, which the LORD you, and to bring you to nought; and thy God hath given thee, in the siege, ye shall be plucked from off the land and in the straitness, wherewith whither thou goest to possess it. thine enemies shall distress thee: 64 And the Load shall scatter thee 54 So that the man that is tender among all people, from the one end among you, and very delicate,his eyes of the earth even unto the other; and shall be evil toward his brother, and there thou shalt serve other gods, toward the wife of his bosom, and which neither thou nor thy fainers toward the remnant of his children have known, even wood and stone, which he shall leave : 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no case,neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lond shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness wherewith thine ene-mind : inies shall distress thee in all thy 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt gates. before thee; and thou shalt fear day 56 The tender and delicate woman and night, and shalt have none assur- among you, which would not adven-Jauce of thy life; ture to set the sole of her foot upon 67 In the morning thou shalt say, the ground for delicateness and ten-Would God it were even! and at even derness, her eye shall be evil toward thou shalt say, Would God it were the husband of her bosom,and toward her son, and toward her daughter, morning! for the fear of thy beart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt 57. And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet,and see. toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book,that thou mayést fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 59 Then the Lono will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance,and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance, 68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof 1 spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for boud men and bond-women, and no man shall buy you, CHAP. XXIX. HESE are the words of the cove T nant, which the LORD command- ed Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb, 2 ¶ And Moses called unto all Is- GO Moreover he will bring upon thee|rael,aud said unto them, Ye have seen all the diseases of Egypt, which thou all that the LORD did before your eyes wast afraid of; and they shall cleave in the land of Egypt unto Puaraoh, unto thee. and unto all his servants, and unto all 61 Also every sickness, and every his land; plague, which is not written in the 3 The great temptations which thine book of this law, them will the LORD eyes have seen, the signs, and those bring upon thee, until thou be de-great miracles; stroyed. 4 Yet the Lord hata not given you 211 God's covenant DEUTERONOMY. with his people, beareth gall and wormwood; a heart to perceive, and eyes to sec, there should be among you a root that and cars to hear, unto this day. 5 And I have led you forty years in 19 And it come to pass, when be the wilderness your clothes are not heareth the words of this curse, that waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is he bless himself in his heart, saying, I not waxen old upon thy foot. shall have peace, though I walk in the 6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither imagination of my heart, to add have ye drunk wine or strong dring:dru kenness to thirst: that ye might know that I am the 20 The LORD will not spare him,but LORD your God. then the anger of the LORD and his 7. And when ye came unto this place, jealousy shallsmoke against that man, Sibon the king of Heshbon,and Ög thejand all the curses that are written in king of Bashan, came out against us this book shall lie upon him, and the unto battle, and we smote them; Lono shall blot out his name from un- 8 And we took their land, and gave der heaven. it for an inheritance unto the Reuben-| ites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh. 9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. 21. And the Lowo shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the cov enant that are written in this book of the law: 22 So that the generation to come of 10 T Ye stand this day all of you your children that shall rise up after before the LORD your God; your cap-you, and the stranger that shall come tains of your tribes, your elders, and from a far land, shall say, when they vour officers, with all the men of Is-see the plagues of that land, and the rael, sickness which the LORD hath laid up- on it; 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: 23 And that the whote and thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bearcth, nor 12 That thou shouldest enter into any grass groweth therein, like the covenant with the Lord thy God,and overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrao; into his oath, which the LORD thy God | Admah, and Zeboim, which the Load maketh with thee this day : overthrew in his anger, and in his 13 That he may establish thee to-day | wrath: for a people unto himself, and that be 24 Even all nations shali say, Where- may be unto thee a God, as he hath fore hath the LonD done thus unto this said unto thee, and as he hath sworn|land? what meaneth the heat of this unto thy fathers,to Abraham,to Isaac, great anger? and to Jacob. 14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath ; 15. But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: 16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; 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 Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom le had not given unto them : 27 And the anger of the LonD was kindled against this laud, to bring 17 And ye have seen their abomina-Jupon it all the curses that are written tions, and their idols,wood and stone, in this book: silver and gold, which were among 28 And the Load rooted them out 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 of their land in auger, and in wrath, and in great indignation,andeast them into another land, as it is this day. 29 The secret things belong unto the Lord ourGod; but those things which are revealed belong untɔ us and to our 212 Mercy promised CHAP XXX, XXXI. to the penitent. children for ever, that we may do all command thee thus day, it is not hid the words of this law, A CHAP. XXX. den from thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may bear it, aud do it? ND it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nahou shouldest say, Who shall go over tions, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 2 Aud shalt returu unto the LORD thy 14 But the word is very nigh unto God, and shalt obey his voice, accord-thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, ing to all that I command thee this that thou mayest do it. day, thou and thy children, with all 15 See, I have set before thee this thy heart, and with all thy soul; day life and good, and death and evil; 3 That then the Lono thy God will 16 In that I command thee this day tura thy captivity, and have compas-to love the LORD thy God, to walk in sion upon thee, and will return and his ways, and to keep his command gather thee from all the nations, ments, and his statutes, and his judg. whither the Lord thy God hath scatments, that thou mayest live and mul tered thee. tiply and the LORD thy God shall 4 If any of thine be driven out unto bless thee in the land whither thou the outmost parts of heaven, from goest to possess it. thence will the Lond thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: 17 But if thy heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, 5 And the LORD thy God will bring and serve them; thee into the land which thy fathers 18 I denounce unto you this day, that possessed, and thou shalt possess it; ye shall surely perish, and that ye and he will do thee good, and multiply shall not prolong your days upon the thee above thy fathers. land, whither thou passest over Jordan 5 And the LORD thy God will circum-[to go to possess it. cise thy heart, and the heart of thy 19 I call heaven and earth to record seed, to love the LORD thy God with this day against you, that I have set all thy heart, and with all thy soul that thou mayest live. 7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upou thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which perse- cuted thee. before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave $ And thou shalt return and obey the unto him; (for he is thy life, and the voice of the LORD, and do all his com-length of thy days;) that thou mayest mandments which I command thee dwell in the land which the Lorr this day. sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham. 9 And the LORD thy God will make to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give themn. thee plenteous in every work of thy CHAP. XXXI hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in AND Moses went and spake these unto all Israel. of thy land for good: for the LonD 2 And he said unto them, I am ɛ will again rejoice over thee for good, hundred and twenty years old this day, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: I can no more go out and come in : alsé 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the the LORD hath said unto me, Thou voice of the LORD thy God, to keep shalt not go over this Jordan. his commandments and his statutes 3 The LORD thy God, he will go over which are written in this book of the before thee, and he will destroy these law, and if thou turn unto the LonD nations from before thee, and thon thy God with all thy heart, and with shalt possess them: and Joshua, be all thy soul. shall go over before thee, as the LORI 11 For this commandment which I hath said. 21 Hosts giveth DEUTERONOMY. 4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. Joshua a charge tabernacle 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 Moses, 5 And the LORD shall give them up Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fa before your face, that ye may do unto thers; and this people will rise and up, them according unto all the command. jgo a whoring alter the gods of the ments which I have commanded you-strangers of the land, whither they go 6 Be strong, and of a good courage, to be among them, and will forsake fear not, norbe afraid of them: for the me, and break my covenant which 1 LORD thy God, he it is that doth go have made with them. with thee; he will not fail thee, nor 17 Then my anger shall be kindled forsake thee. against them in that day, and 1 will 7 ¶ And Moses called unto Joshua, forsake them, and I will hide my face and sand muto him in the sight of all from them, and they shall be devoured, Israel, Be strong, and of a good cour-and many evils and troubles shall be- age; for thou must go with this people fall them; so that they will say in that unto the land which the Lord hath day, Are not these evils come upon us, sworn unto their fathers to give them; because our God is not among us? and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 18 Aud I will surely hide my lace in S And the LORD, he it is that doth go that day, for all the evils which they before thee; he will be with thee, he shall have wrought, in that they are will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: tuned unto other gods. fear not, neither be dismayed. 19 T Now therefore write ye this 9¶ And Moses wrote this law, and song for you, and teach it the children delivered it unto the priests the sons of of Israel: put it in their mouths, that Levi, which bare the ark of the cov-this song may be a witness for me enant of the LORD, and unto all the against the children of Israel. elders of Israel. 20 For when I shall have brought 10 And Moses commanded them, them into the land which I sware unto saying, At the end of every seven years their fathers, that floweth with milk in the solemnity of the year of release, and honey, and they shall have eaten, in the feast of tabernacles, and filled themselves, and waxen fat; 11 When all Israel is come to appear then will they turn unto other gods, before the Lord thy God, in the place and serve them, and provoke me, and which he shall choose, thou shalt_read|break my covenant. this law before all Israel in their hear. 21 And it shall come to pass, when ing. many evils and troubles are befallen 12 Gather the people together, men, them, that this song shall testify and women, and children, and thy agamist them as a witness; for it shall stranger that is within thy gates, that not be forgotton out of the mouths of they may hear, and that they may their seed: for I know their magi- learn, and fear the LORD your God, nation which they go about, even now, and observe to do all the words of this before I have brought them into the Jand which I sware. .aw: 13 And that their children, which| 22 Moses therefore wrote this song have not known any thing, may hear, the same day, and taught it the chil and learn to fear the LORD your God, dren of Israel. as long as ye live in the land whither 23 ¶ And he gave Joshua the son of ye go over Jordan to possess it. Nun a charge, and said, Be strong, and 14 And the Lord said unto Moses, of a good courage: for thou shalt brig Behold, thy days approach that thou the children of Israel into the laud must die: call Joshua, and present which 1 sware unto them; and I will yourselves in the tabernacle of the be with thee. congregation, that I may give him a 24 ¶ And it came to pass, when Mo- charge. And Moses and Joshua went, ses had made an end of writing the and presented themselves in the tab-words of this law in a book, until they crnacle of the congregation. 15 And the LORD appeared in the were Enished, 25 That Moses commanded the Le. 214 CHAP. XXXII. The sig of Muses. vites, which bare the ark of the cove-¡bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel: nant of the LORD, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and 9 For the Lono's portion is his peo- put it in the side of the ark of the ple; Jacob is the lot of mis inheritance. covenant of the Lono your God,that|| 10 He found him in a desert land, and it may be there for a witness against in the waste howling wilderness; he thee. led him about, he instructed bim, he 27 For I know thy rebellion,and thy kept him as the apple of his eye. stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death ? 28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that 1 may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. 29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you: and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. G CHAP. XXXII. IVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, ✪ earth, the words of my mouth. 2. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lonn: 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. 11. As an eagle surretli up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth fabroad her wings, taketh them, bear eth them on her wings; 12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. 13 He made him ride ou the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck boney out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock : 14 Butter of kiue, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 15 T But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsock. God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 19 And when the LORD saw it, be abhorred them, because of the pro voking of his sons and of his daugh- ters. 5 They have corrupted themselves; 20 And he said, I will hide my face their spot is not the spot of his children: from them, 1 will see what their end they are a perverse and crooked gen|shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no eration. 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, Ofaith. foolish people and unwise? is not he 21 They have moved me to jealousy thy father that hath bought thee? hath with that which is not God; they have he not made thee,and established thee? provoked me to anger with their van 7 T Remember the days of old, con-ities: and I will move them to jealousy sider the years of many generations: with those which are not a people; I ask thy father, and he will show thee; will provoke them to anger with a thy elders, and they will tell thee. Toolish nation. S When the Most High divided to the 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, mations their inheritance, when he and shall burn unto the lowest hell, ccparated the sons of Adam, he set theland shall consume the earth with her 215 : DEUTERONOMY The song of Muses. mcrease, and set on tire the founda-drink-oflerings? let them rise up and tions of the mountains. help you, and be your protection. 23 I will heap mischief's upon them; 39 See now that I, even 1, am he, and I will spend mшe arrows upon them. there is no god with me: I kill, and 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, I make alive; I wound, and I heal: and devoured with burning heat, and neither is there any that can deliver with bitter destruction: 1 will also out of my hand. send the teeth of beasts upon them,| with the poison of serpents of the dust. 25 The sword witliout, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man, and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 11 whet my glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 26 I said, I would scatter them into 42 1 will make mine arrows drunk corners, I would make the remem-with blood,and my sword shall devour brance of them to cease from among flesh; and that with the blood of the slain, and of the captives, from the be- 27 Were it not that I feared the ginning of revenges upon the enemy. wrath of the enemy, lest their ad- 43 Kejoice, O ye nations, with his versaries should behave themselves people; for he will avenge the blood strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. men: 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any under- standing in them. of his servants, and will render ven- geance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his peo- ple. 44 T And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears cf the people, he and Hoshea the son of 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would con-Nun. sider their latter end ! 30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to fight, ex cept their Rock had sold them, and the Lond had shut thein up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: 33 Their wine is the poison of drag- ons, and the cruel venom of asps. 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treas ures ? 45 And Moses made an end of speak. fing all these words to all Israel; 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do,all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life; and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordau to possess it. 48 And the LORD spake untoMoses that self-same day, saying, 49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and against Jericho, and behold the land recompense: their foot shall slide in of Canaan, which I give unto the chil- due time: for the day of their calam-dren of Israel for a possession: ity is at hand, and the things that shall 50 And die in the mount whither come upon them make haste. thou goest up, and be gathered unto 36 For the LORD shall judge his peo-thy people; as Aaron thy brother died ple, and repent himself for his seria mount Hor, and was gathered unto vants, when he seeth that their power his people; is gone, and there is none shut up, or 51 Because ye trespassed against me left. among the children of Israel at the 37 And he shall say,Where are their waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the gods, their rock in whom they trusted,|wilderness of Zin;because ye sancti 38. Which did eat the fat of their sa-tied me not in the midst of the chil crifices, and drank the wine of their dren of Israel. 214 Moses blesseth CHAP XXXIII, 52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither un- to the land which I give the children of lsrael. CHAP. XXXIII. the tribes. the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious AND this is the blessing Where Wilens put for the the thin Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said, The Lono came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from monnt Pa- ran, and he came with ten thousands of saints from his right hand went a fery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand; and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall re- ceive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the pre- cious things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth, and fulness thereof; and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph,and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horus of unicorns: with them be shall push the people together to the euds of the earth and they are the ten thou- 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, jsands of Ephraim, and they are the when the heads of the people, and thousands of Manasseb. the tribes of Israel were gathered to- gether. 6T Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 18 T And of Zebulun he said,Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issa- char, in thy tents. 19 They shall call the people unto the 7 ¶ And this is the blessing of Ju-mountain; there they shall offer sa- dah and he said, Hear, LORD, the crifices of righteousness: for they shall voice of Judah, and bring him unto suck of the abundance of the seas, and bis people; let his hands be suflicient of treasures hid in the sand. for him, and be thou a help to him from his enemies. ST And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massab, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; 20 ¶ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad; he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21. And be provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he 9 Who said unto his father and to his came with the heads of the people, he mother, I have not seen him; neither executed the justice of the LORD, and did he acknowledge his brethren, nor his judgments, with Israel. knew his own children: for they have 22 ¶ And of Dan he said, Dan is a observed thy word, and kept thy cov-lion's whelp; he shall leap from Ba coant. shan. 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judg. 23 T And of Naphtali he said, O () ments, and Israel thy law: they shall Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and put incense before thee, and whole full with the blessing of the LORD; burnt-sacrifice upon thine altar. possess thou the west and the south. 11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and 24 T And of Asher he said, Let Asher accept the work of his hands; smite be blessed with children: let him he through the loins of them that rise acceptable to his brethren, and let him against him, and of them that hate dip his foot in oil. him, that they rise not again. 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; 12 ¶ And of Benjamin ne said, The land as thy days, so shall thy strength beloved of the LORD shall dwell in [be. safety by him; and the LORD shall 26 ¶ There is none like unto the God cover him all the day long, and he of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the shall dwell between his shoulders. heaven in thy help, and in his excel- 13 And of Joseph he said, Blesscd of (lency on the sky. 217 Moses vicwath the JOSHUA. lund, and dieth. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and caused the to see it with thine eyes, underneath are the everlasting arms; but thou shalt not go over thither. and he shall thrust out the enemy from 6 T So Moses, the servant of the before thee, and shall say, Destroy Lonv, died there, in the land of Moab, them. according to the word of the Lord. 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety 6 And he buried him in a valley is. alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be the land of Moab, over against Beth- upon a land of corn and wine; also peor; but no man knoweth of his his heavens shall drop down dew. sepulchre unto this day. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency !| and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. CHAP. XXXIV. AND Moses went up from the plains 7 ¶ And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. 8 ¶ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. 91 And Joshua the son of Nun was of Moab unto the mountain of full of the spirit of wisdom; for Mo- Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is ses had laid his hands upon him; and over against Jericho: and the Lond the children of Israel nearkened unto showed him all the land of Gilead, him, and did as the LORD commanded unto Da, Moses. 101 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face : 2. And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judab, unto the utmost sea, 3 And the south, and the plain of the 11 In all the signs and the wonders valley of Jericho, the city of palm-which the LORD sent him to do in the trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abra- ham, unto Isaac,and unto Jacob, say ing, I will give it unto thy seed: I have land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 12. And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses showed in the sight of all Israel. ¶ The Book of JOSHUA. CHAP. 1. be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor NOW after the death of Moses the forsake thee. servant of the LORD, it came to 6 Be strong, and of a good courage; pass that the LORD spake unto Joshua for unto this people shalt thou divide the son of Nun, Moses' minister, say-for an inheritance the land which I ing, 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have 1 given unto you, as 1 said unto Moses. sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong, and very cour ageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servaut commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whitherso ever thou goest. 8 This book of the law shall not de 4 From the wilderness and this Leb-part out of thy mouth; but thou shalt anon even unto the great river, the meditate therein day and night, that river Euphrates, all the land of the thou mayest observe to do according Hittites, and unto the great sea toward to all that is written therein; för the going down of the sun, shall be then thou shalt make thy way pros. perous, and then thou shalt have good success. your coast. 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; benot 218 Rahul's covenant CHLAP. II. with the spies. afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for¡ 3 And the king of Jericho sent unlo the Lord thy God is with thee whith- Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are en- tered into thy house: for they be come to search out all the country, ersoever thou goest. 10 T Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 Pass through the host, and com- mand the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within thee days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land,which the LoRD your| God giveth you to possess it. 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were; 5 And it came to pass abort the time of shutting of the gate, wuen it was 12 Aud to the Reubeuites, and to dark, that the men went out: whither The Gadites, and to half the tribe of the men went, I wot not: pursue alter Manasseb, spake Joshua, saying, them quickly; for ye shall overtake 13 Remember the word which Moses | them. the servant of the Lord commanded| 6. But she had brought them up to you, saying, The LORD your God the roof of the house, and hid them hath given you rest, and hath given with the stalks of flax, which she had you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan: but yë shall pass before your orethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them; 15 Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising, laid in order upou the roof. 7 And the men pursued afler them the way to Jordan unto the fords and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gute. 8 ¶ Aud before they were laiu down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9. And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the 16 ¶ And they answered Joshua, say- Amorites, that were on the other side ing, All that thou commandest us we Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye ut- will do, and whithersoever thou send-terly destroyed. est, we will go. 11. And as soon as we had heard these 17 According as we bearkened unto things,our hearts did melt,neither did Moses in all things, so will we heark-[there remain any more courage in any en unto thee: only the LORD thy God man, because of you: for the LORD be with ther, as he was with Moses. your God, he is God in heaven above, 18 Whosoever he be that doth rebelfand in earth beneath. against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. CHAP. II. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will ai- so show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: 13. And that ye will save alive my AND Joshua the son of Nun sent her, any mother, and my breth- out of Shittim two men to spyren, and my sisters, and all that they secretly, saying, Go view the huid, have, and deliver our lives from even Jericho. And they went, and death. came into a harlot's house, named 14 And the men answered her, Gur Rabab, and lodged there. life for yours, if ye utter not this our 2 And it was told the king of Jeri-business. And it shall be, when the cho, saying, Behold, there came men LORD hath given us the land, that we in hither to-night of the children of will deal kindly and truly with thee. Iarael, to search out the country. 15. Then she let them down by a cord 219 JOSHUA. Joshua cometh to Jordan. through the window: for her house saying, When ye see the ark of the was upon the town-wall, and she dwelt covenant of the Lead your God, and upon the wall. the priests the Levites bearing it, then 16 And she said unto them, Get you ye shall remove from your place, and to the mountain, lest the pursuers go after it way. meet you; and hide yourselves there 4 Yet there shall be a space between three days, until the pursuers be re-you and it, about two thousand cubits turned: and afterward inay ye go your by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which 17 And the men said unto her, Weye must go: for ye have not passed will be blameless of this thine oath this way heretofore. which thou hast made us swear. 5 And Joshua said unto the people, 18 Behold, when we come into the Sanctify yourselves: for to-inorrow land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet the LORD will do wonders among you. thread in the window which thou didst | 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, let us down by: and thou shalt bring saying, Take up the ark of the coven- thy father, and thy mother, and thy ant, and pass over before the people. brethren, and all thy father's house- And they took up the ark of the cov hold, home unto thee. enant, and went before the people. 7 ¶ And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon himn. 20. And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oathwhich thou hast made us to swear. 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, say- ing, When we are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall staad still in Jordan. 9 21. And she said, According unto your And Joshua said unto the chil- words, so be it. And she sent them dren of Israel, Come bither, and hear away, and they departed: and she the words of the LORD your God. bound the scarlet line in the window, 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall 22 And they went, and came uuto know that the living God is among the mountain, and abode there three you, and that he will without fail days, until the pursuers were return. drive out from before you the Canaan- ed: and the pursuers sought them iles, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, throughout all the way, but found and the Perizzites, and theGirgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. them not. 23 ¶ So the two men returned, and 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant descended from the mountain, and of the Loud of all the earth passeth passed over, and came to Joshua thejover before you into Jordan. son of Nun, and told him all things that befel them: 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our bands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint be- cause of us. CHAP. III. 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of ND Joshua rose early in the morn-Jordan shall be cut off from the wa from Shit-ters that come above, wit tim, and came to Jordan, he and all they shall stand upon a heap. the children of Israel, and lodged 14 ¶ And it came to pass, when the there before they passed over. people removed from their teats, fo 2 And it came to pass after three pass over Jordan, and the priests days, that the officers went through bearing the ark of the covenant before the host; the people; 3 And they commanded the people, 15 And as they that bare the ark were 220 CHAP. IV. Twelve stones for a memorial. zome unto Jordan, and the feet of the according to the number of the tribes priests that bare the ark were dipped of the children of Israel, and carried in the brim of the water, (for Jordan them over with them unto the place overfloweth all his banks all the time where they lodged, and laid them of harvest,) 16 That the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam,that is beside Zaretan; and those that came down toward the sea of the plain,even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. CHAP. IV. down there. 9 ¶ And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there unto this day. 10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 11 And it came to pass,when all the people were clean passed over,that the ark of the Lonn passed over, and the AND it came to pass, when all the priests, in the presence of the people. people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man; 3 Aud command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm,twelve stones; and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging, place where ye shall lodge this night. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel,out of every tribe a man: 5. And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lown your God into the midst of Jordan,and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the num her of the tribes of the children of Israel; 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fa ther in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh,passed over armned before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: 13 About forty thousand, prepared for war, passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14 On that day the LORD magnified ¶ Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him,as they fearedMoses, all the days of his life. 15 And the Lono spake untoJoshua, saying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. J8 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the cov enant of the Lono were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests'feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did be 7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off be-[fore. fore the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial, the east border of Jericho. unto the children of Israel for ever. 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jor- dan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, 19. ↑ And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in 20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children 221 Curcumcision renewed. JOSHUA. Mauna ceaseth. shall ask their fathers in time to come, cised: for they were uncircuncised, saying, What mean these stones? because theyhad not circumcisedtheni 22 Then ye shall let your children by the way. know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the Load your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LonD your God did to the Red Sea,which he dried up from before us until we were gone over; 24 That all he people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty; that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. CHAP. V. S And it came to pass,when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp till they were whole. 9 And the Lond said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the re- proach of Egypt from off you: where- fore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. 10 T And the children of Israel en- camped in Gilgal, and kept the pass- over on the fourteenth day of the month at even,in the plains of Jericho, AND it came to pass, when all the 11 And they did eat of the old corn kings of the Amorites, which of the land on the morrow after the were on the side of Jordan westward, passover, unleavened cakes, and and all the kings of the Canaanites, parched corn in the self-same day. which were by the sea, heard that the 12 T And the manna censed on the Long had dried up the waters of Jor-morrow after they had eaten of the old dan from before the children of Israel, corn of the land; neither had the until we were passed over, that their children of Israel manna any more; heart melted; neither was there spirit but they did eat of the fruit of the land in them any more,because of the chil-[of Canaan that year. dren of Israel. 13 ¶ And it came to pass,when Josh- 2 At that time the LORD said untojua was by Jericho, that he lifted up Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and his eyes and looked, and,behold, there circumcise again the children of Israel stood a man over against him, with the second time. his sword drawn in his hand; and 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, Joshua went unto him, and said uuto and circumcised the children of Israel|him, Art thou for us, or for our ad at the hill of the foreskins. versaries? 4 And this is the cause why Joshua 14 And be said, Nay; but es captain did circumcise: All the people that of the host of the LouD am I now came out of Egypt, that were males, come. And Joshua fell on his face to even all the men of war, died in the the earth, and did worship, and said wilderness by the way,after they came unto him, What saith my LORD uuto out of Egypt. his servant? 5 Now all the people that came out 15 And the captain of the LORD's were circumcised; but all the people host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoc that were born in the wilderness by from off thy foot; for the place where- the way as they came forth out of lon thou standest is holy. And Joshua Egypt, them they had not circuir.-] did so, cised. CHAP. VI. OW Jericho was straitly shut up none went out, and none came in. 2 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jeri- cho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. For the children of Israel walked Necause of the children of Israel: 6 forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were con- sumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Load: unto whom the LORD Sware that he would not show them the land which the LORD sware 3 And ye shall compass the city, all unto their fathers that he would give lye men of war, and go round about us, a land that floweth with milk and the city once. Thus shalt thou do six honey. days. 7 And their children, whom he raised 4 And seven priests shall bear before up in their stead,themJoshua circum-(the ark seven trumpets of rams'horns, 200 Jericho be, eiged CHAP. VI. and taken. and compass manner and the seventh day ye shall compass the dawning of the day, the city seven times, and the priests ed the city after the same shall blow with the trumpets. seven times: only on that day they 6 And it shall come to pass, that compassed the city seven times. 16 And it came to pass, at the dev- when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye bear the enth time, when the priests blew with sound of the trumpet, all the people the trumpets, Joshua said unto the shall shout with a great shout, and the people, Shout; for the Loud hath wall of the city shall fall down flat,[given you the city. und the people shall ascend up, every 17 T And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the man straight before him. 6 ¶ And Josliua the son of Nun called | LoRD: only Rahab the harlot shail the priests, and said unto thein, Take live, she and all that are with her in up the ark of the covenant, and let the house, because she hid the messen seven priests bear seven trumpets of gers that we sent. ram's horns before the ark of the LORD. 7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. 18 And ye, in any wise keep your"- selves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trou- ble it. 8T Aud it came to pass, when Josh- 19 But all the silver, and gold, and un had spoken unto the people, that vessels of brass and iron, are conge- the seven priests, bearing the seven crated unto the Lond: they shall come trumpets of rains' horns, passed on be-into the treasury of the LORD. fore the Lonɔ, and blew with the 20 ¶ So the people shouted when the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant priests blew with the trumpets: and of the LORD followed them. it came to pass, when the people heard 9 And the armed men went before the sound of the trumpet, and the pro- the priests that blew with the trum-ple shouted with a great shout, that pets, and the rcre-ward came after the the wall fell down flat, so that the peo- ark, the priests going on, and blowing|ple weat up into the city, every man with the trumpets. . straight before him, and they took the 10 And Joshua had commanded the city. people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor 21 And they utterly destroyed all that make any noise with your voice, nei-was in the city, both man and woman, ther shall any word proceed out of young and old, and ox, and sheep, and your mouth, until the day I bid you ass, with the edge of the sword. shout; then shall ye shout. 11. So the ark of the LORD compass ed the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 22 T But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the coun- try, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her, 23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rabab, and her father, and her mother, and 13 And seven priests, bearing seven her brethren, and all that she had; trumpets of rams' horus before the and they brought out all her kindred, ark of the LORD went on continually, and left them without the camp of ls- and blew with the trumpets: and the|rael. 12 T And Joshua rose early in the norning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. armed men went before them; but| 24. And they burnt the city with fire, the rere-ward came after the ark offand all that wastherein;only the silver, the LORD, the priests going on, and and the gold, aud the vessels of brass olowing with the trumpets. and of iron, they put into the treasury 14 And the second day they compass-of the house of the Lono. ed the city once, and returned into the 25 And Joshua saved Rabab the bar camp: so they did six days. lot alive, and her father's household, 15 And it came to pass, on the sev-and all that she had; and she dwelleti enth day, that they rose early, aboutlin Israel cren unito this day; because 223 Achan's sin. JOSHUA. God'instructs Joshua she hid the messengers which Joshua habitants of the land, shall hear of it, sent to apy out Jericho. |and shall environ us round, and cut of our name from the earth; aud what wilt thou do unto thy great name? 10 ¶And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 26 T And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man be fore the LORD that riseth up and buil- deth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first- born, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. 27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country. BUT CHAP. VIL 11 Israel bath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which commanded them; for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their UT the children of Israel commit-own stuff. ted a trespass in the accursed 12 Therefore the children of Israel thing: for Achan the son of Carmi, could not stand before their enemies, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah,of|but turned their backs before their the tribe of Judah, took of the accurs-enemies, because they were accursed; ed thing; and the anger of the LORD neither will I be with you any more, was kindled against the children of except ye destroy the accursed from Israel. among you. 2 T And Joshua sent men from Jeri- chọ to Ai, which is beside. Beth aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake vuto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say Sanctify yourselves against to-mor row; for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou caust not stand before thine enemies, until 3 And they returned to Joshua, and ye take away the accursed thing from said unto him, Let not all the people among you. go up; but let about two or three 14 to the morning, therefore, ye shall inousand men go up and smite Ai;be brought according to your tribes and make not all the people to labour)and it shall be, that the tribe which thither; for they are but few. the LORD taketh shall come according 4 So there went up thither of the to the families thereof; and the fam- people about three thousand men: andfily which the Lord shall take shai! they fled before the men of Ai. come by households; and the house 5 And the men of Ai smote of them hold which the LORD shall take shall about thirty and six men: for they come man by man. chased them from before the gate, 15 And it shall be, that he that is even unto Shebarin, and smote thein taken with the accursed thing shall be in the going down; wherefore the burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; hearts of the people inelted, and be-because he hath transgressed the cov enant of the Lonv, and because he came as water. 6 T And Joshua rent his clothes, and bath wrought folly in Israel. fell to the earth upon his face before 16 So Joshua rose up early in the the ark of the LORD until the even-morning, and brought Israel by their tide, he and the elders of Israel, and] tribes; and the tribe of Judah was put dust upon their heads. taken : 7 And Joshua said, Alas,O LoanGod, 17 Aud be brought the family of Ju wherefore hast thou at all brought dah; and he took the family of the this people over Jordan, to deliver us Zarhites: and he brought the family into the hand of the Aniorites, to de- of the Zarbites man by man; and stroy us? would to God we had been[Zabdi was taken : content, and dwelt on the other side | 18 And he brought his household man Jordan! by man; and Achan the son of Carmi, SO LORD, what shall I say, when the son of Zabdi, the son of Zeran, oï Israel turneth their backs before their the tribe of Judah, was taken. enemies! 19 ↑ And Joshua said unto Áchan 9 For the Canaanites, and all the in-My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the 224 Achan stoned. CHAP. VIII. Joshua's stratagem. LORD God of Israel, and make con- 3 ¶ So Joshua arose,and all the peo- fession unto him; and tell me now ple of war, to go up against Ai: what thou hast done; hide it not from and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. ine. 20 And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel,and thus and thus have I done: 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye ali ready: 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and રી 5 And 1, and all the people that are wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, with me, will approach unto the city; then I coveted them, and took them; and it shall come to pass, when they and, behold, they are hid in the earth come out against us,as at the first,that in the midst of my tent, and the silver we will fee before them, under it. 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lono. 6 (For they will come out after us,) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee be- fore us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. 7 Then ye shall rise up from the am- bush, and seize upon the city; for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. SAnd it shall be,when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do. See, I have 24 T And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerab, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and commanded you. bis daughters, and his oxen, and his 9 Joshua therefore sent them forth, asses, and his sheep, and his tent,and and they went to lie in ambush, and all that he had; and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. 26 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. 10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Is- rael, before the people to Ai. 11 And all the people, even the peo- ple of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city,and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley be- 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lond turned from the fierceness of his anger: wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor,|tween them and Ai. unto this day. CHAP. VIII. 12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush AND the LORD said unto Joshua, between Beth-el and Ai, on the west Fear not, neither be thou dismay-side of the city. ed; take all the people of war with 13 And when they had set the peo- thee,and arise,go up to Ai: see,I have ple, even all the host that was on the given into thy hand the king of Ai, north of the city, and their liers in and his people, and his city, and his wait on the west of the city, Joshua land. went that night into the midst of the 2. And thou shalt do to Ai and her|valley. king as thou didst unto Jericho and 14 And it came to pass, when the her king: only the spoil thereof, and king of Ai sawit, that they hasted and the cattle thereof, ye shall take for a rose up early; and the men of the city prey unto yourselves. Lay thee an went out against Israel to battle, he ambush for the city behind it. land all hus people, at a time appomed, P 225 Ai taken JOSHUA. and burnt. before the plain: but he wist not that 26 For Joshua drew not his hand there were liers in ambush against back, wherewith he stretched out the him behind the city. spear, until he had utterly destroyed 15 And Joshua and all Israel made all the inhabitants of Ai, as if they were beaten before them, 27 Only the cattle and the spoil of and fled by the way of the wilderness. that city Israel took for a prey unto 16 And all the people that were in themselves, according unto the word Ai were called together to pursue of the LORD which he commanded after them and they pursued after Joshua. Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open,and pursued after Israel. 23 And Joshua burntAi, and made it heap forever, even a desolation unto this day. a 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until even-tide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua command- 18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, ed that they should take his carcase Stretch out the spear that is in thy down from the tree, and cast it at the hand toward Ai; for I will give it entering of the gate of the city, and into thy hand. And Joshua stretched raise thereon a great heap of stones, out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. 19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place,and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city,and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. 20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven; and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua and all Israel] saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again,and slew the men of Ai. that remaineth unto this day. 30 T Then Joshua built an altar unto the LoavGod of Israel in mountEbal, 31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones,over which no man hath lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt-offer- ings unto the LonD, and sacrificed peace-offerings. 32 T And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. 33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges,stood on this side the ark and on that side, be- fore the priests the Levites, which 22 And the other issued out of the bare the ark of the covenant of the city against them; so they were in the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that midst of lsrael, some on this side,and was born among them; half of them some on that side: and they smote over against mount Gerizim,and half them, so that they let none of them of them over against mount Ebal; as remain or escape. Moses the servant of the LORD had 23 And the king of Ai they took alive, comnianded before, that they should and brought him to Joshua. bless the people of Israel. 24 And it came to pass, when Israel 34 And afterward he read all the had made an end of slaying all the in-words of the law, the blessings and habitants of Ai in the field, in the wil-cursings,according to all that is writ derness wherein they chased them,]ten in the book of the law. and when they were all fallen on the 35 There was not a word of all that edge of the sword, until they were Moses commanded,whichJoshua read consumed, that all the Israelites re-not before all the congregation of 18- turned unto Ai, and sinote it with the rael, with the women, and the little edge of the sword. ones, and the strangers that were con- 25 And so it was, that all that fell versaut among them. that day, both of men and women, CHAP. IX. were twelve thousand, even all the AND it came to pass, when all the inen of Ai, kings which were on this side 226 The craft of CHAP. IX. the Gibeonites. Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, be rent: and these our garments and and in all the coasts of the great sea our shoes are become old by reason of over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the very long journey. the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Per izzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof: 2 That they gathered themselves to- gether, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. 3 T And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambas sadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 14 And the men took of their victu- als, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lond. 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. 16 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. 17 And the children of Israel jour- neyed, and came unto their cities on 5 And old shoes and clouted upon the third day. Now their cities were their feet, and old garments upon Gibeon, and Chepirab, and Beroth, them and all the bread of their pro- and Kirjath-jearim. vision was dry and mouldy. 18 And the children of Israel smote 6 And they went to Joshua unto the them not, because the princes of the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, congregation had sworn unto them by and to the men of Israel, We be come the LORD God of Israel. And all the from a far country; now therefore congregation murmured against the nake ye a league with us. princes. 7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? 8 And they said unto Joshua,We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? a 9 And they said unto him, From very far country thy servants are come, because of the name of the Lond thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn uuto them by the LORD God of Israel; now therefore we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we gware unto them, 21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hew- crs of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. 22 And Joshua called for them, and 10 And all that he did to the two he spake unto them, saying, Where- kings of the Amorites, that were before bave ye beguiled us, saying, We yond Jordan, to Sihon king of Hesh- are very far from you; when ye dwell bou, and to Og king of Bashan, which among us? was at Ashtaroth. 11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants; therefore now make ye a league with us. 12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy: 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new ; and, behold, they] 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, bow that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are in thy 227 Five kings combin JOSHUA. Sun and moon stand still band: as it seemeth good and right, 10 And the LORD discomfited them unto thee to do unto us, do. 26 And so did he unto them, and de- livered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. NOT CHAP. X. "OW it came to pass, when Adoui- zedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon; and smote them to Âze- kah, and unto Makkedah. 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekalı, and they died: they were more which died with bail-stones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. 12 ¶ Then spake Joshua to the LORD, in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Is- rael, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibe. on; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the 13 And the sun stood still, and the royal cities, and because it was great-moon stayed, until the people had er than Ai, and all the men thereof avenged themselves upon their ene- were mighty. mies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedec king of Je rusalem sent unto Hoham king of He bron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japbia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the King of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eg on, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. 6 T And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp of Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to quickly, and save us, and help us for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thy hana; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 14 And there was no day like that be- fore it or after it, that the LORD heark- ened unto the voice of a man: for the Lond fought for Israel. 15 T And Joshua returned, and all Is- rael with him, unto the camp to Gil- gal. 16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedab. 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedali. 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them : 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemics, and smite the bindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your band. 20 Aud it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace; none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. 22 Then said Joshua, Open the 228 Five kings hanged. CHAP. XI. Divers kings conquered. mouth of the cave, and bring out those souls that were therein, according to five kings unto me out of the cave. all that be bad done to Libuah. 23And they did so, and brought forth 33 T Then Horam king of Gezer those five kings unto him out of the came up to help Lachish; and Joshua cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king smote him and his people, until he had of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the left him uone remaining. king of Lachish, and the king of Eg. lon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 34 T And from Lachishi, Joshua paes- ed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 36 T And Joshua went up from Eg- lon, and all Israel with him, unto He- bron; and they fought against it: 37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof,and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein: he 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, left none remaining, according to all and slew them, and banged them on that he had done to Eglon; but de five trees: and they were hanging up-stroyed it utterly, and all the souls that on the trees until the evening. were therein. 25 Aud Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 27 And it came to pass, at the time of | 38 ¶ And Josbua returned and all the going down of the sun, that Josh Israel with him, to Debir, and fought ua commanded, and they took them against it: down off the trees, and cast them into 39 And he took it, and the king there- the cave wherein they had been hid, of, and all the cities thereof, and they and laid great stones in the cave's smote them with the edge of the sword, mouth, which remain until this very and utterly destroyed all the souls that day. ocre therein; he left none remaining: 28 ¶ And that day Joshua took Mak-as he had done to Hebron, so he did to kedah, and smote it with the edge of Debir, and to the king thereof, as he the sword, and the king thereof be uthad done also to Libiah, and to her terly destroyed, them, and all the souls king. that were therein; he let none remain:] 40 ¶ So Joshua smote all the country and he did to the king of Makkedah of the hills, and of the south, and of as he did unto the king of Jericho. the vale, and of the springs, and all 29 ¶ Then Joshua passed from Mak-their kings: he left none remaining, kedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libuab: 30 And the Lond delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote t 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 Jericho. 31 T And Joshua passed from Libnal, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and cucamped against it, and fought against it: 32 And the Lono delivered Lachish but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. 41 And Joshua smote them from Ka- [desh-barnea, even unto Geza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gib- eon. 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time; because the LORD God of Israel fought for Is rael. 43 And Joshua returned, and all Is ael with him, unto the camp to Gilgal CHAP. XI. into the hand of Israel, which took th king of Hazor had beard those ND it came to pass, when Jabia on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the[things, that he sent to Jabob king of 229 Divers kings overcome JOSHUA. Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Cinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, at the waters of Merom. 13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israci took for a prey unto themselves; but 3 And to the Canaanite on the east every man they smote with the edge and on the west, and to the Amorite, of the sword, until they had destroy- and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, anded them, neither left they any lo the Jebusite in the mountains, and to breathe. the Hivite, under Her non, in the land 15 As the Lond commanded Moses of Mizpeh. his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua: he left nothing undone of all that the Lond commanded Moses. 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 hoises and chariots very many. 16 T So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and 5 And when all these kings were met all the land of Goshen, and the valley, together, they came and pitched to-and the plain, and the mountain of Is- gether at the waters of Merom, to rael, and the valley of the same; fight against Israel. 17 Even from the mount Halak, 6 T And the Lono said unto Joshua, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal- Be not afraid because of them; for to-gad, in the valley of Labanon, under morrow, about this time, will I deliver mount Hermon: and all their kings he them up all slain before Israel: thou took, and smote them, and slew them. shalt hough their horses, and burn 18 Joshua made war a long time with their chariots with fire. all those kings. 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fell upon them. 8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. 20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they night have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD com manded Moses. 9 And Joshua did unto them as the 21 T And at that time came Joshua, LORD bade bin: he houghed theirjand cut off the Anakims from the horses, and burnt their chariots with mountains; from Hebron, from Debir fire. 10 T And Joshua at that time turned back, and ook Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword: and he utterly destroyed from Anab, and from all the mona tains of Judah, and from all the moun tains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. 22 There was none of the Anakimg left in the land of the children of Is- rael; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. 23 ¶ So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lond said un- to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their divisions, by their tribes. And the land rested from war. CHAP. XII. them, as Moses, the servant of the land, which the children of la aci Lond, commanded OW these are the kings of the Is 230 Names of the CHAP. XIII. smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan, toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east. 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt m Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabok, which is the border of the children of Ammon: 3 And from the plain to the sea of Cinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth- pisgali; conquered kings. 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; 15 The king of Libnah,one; the king of Adu lam, one; 16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one; 17 The king of Tappuali, one; the king of Hepler, one; 18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; 19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; 20 The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; 21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 22 The King of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one ; And the coast of Og king of Bashan, 23 The king of Dor, in the coast of which was of the remnant of the gi-Dor, one; the king of the nations of ants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Gilgal, one; Edrei, 5 And reigned in mount Hermon,and in Salcab, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites, and the Maa- chathites, and balf Gilead, the border, of Sihon king of Heshbon. 6 Them did Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the children of Israel, smite: and Moses, the servant of the Lono,gave it fora possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 21 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. CHAP. XIII. Noans; and the LORD said unto NOW Joshua was old and stricken in years; him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. 2This is the land that yet remaineth; all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshari, 3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, 7 T And these are the kings of the even unto the borders of Ekron north- country which Joshua and the chil-ward, which is counted to the Canaan- dren of Israel smote onthis side Jordanite: five lords of the Philistines; the on the west, from Baal-gad in the val- Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the ley of Lebanon, even unto the mount Eshkalonites, the Gittites and the Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Ekronites; also the Avites. Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel 4 From the south, all the land ofthe for a possession,according to their di- Canaanites, and Merarah, that is beside visions: the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the bor 8 In the mountains, and in the val-ders of the Amorites; leys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebu- sites: 5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sun-rising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermion unto the entering into Hamath. 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one ; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 6 All the inhabitants of the hill-coun- try from Lebanon unto Misrephoth- maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the chil- dren of Israel; only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inherit- ance, as I have commanded thee. 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance, unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 8 With whom the Reubenites and ithe Gadites have received their inher- 231 nundaries of the JOSHUA. unsudued land, itance, which Moses gave them, be thereof. This was the inheritance of yond Jordan eastward,even as Moses the children of Reuben after their the servant of the LORD gave them; families, the cities and the villages 9 From Aroer that is upon the bank thereof. of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Hesh- bon, unto the border of the children of Ainmon; 11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcab; 24 TAnd Moses gave inheritanceunto the tribe of Gad,even unto the children of Gad, according to their families. 25 And their coast was Jazer,and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbalı; 26 And from Heshbon,unto Ramath mizpeb, aud Betonim; and from Ma hanaim unto the border of Debir; 27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Za- which reigned in Ashtaroth and in phon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon Edrei, who remained of the remnant king of Heslibon, Jordan and his bor- of the giants for these did Moses der, even unto the edge of the sea of smite, and cast them out. Cinneroth, on the other side Jordan * 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel eastward. expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachatbites; but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Is-cities, and their villages. raelites until this day. 28 This is the inheritance of the chil- dren of Gad after their families, their 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi be gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lono God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance,as he said unto them. 15 T And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. 16 And their coast was from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; 17 Hesbbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18 And Jabaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah,and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the val- ley, 20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pis- gab, and Beth-jeshimoth, 21 And all the cities of the plain,and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Hesbbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur and Reba, which were dukes of Sibo dwelling in the country. 22 T Lalaam also the son of Beor,the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword, among them that were slain by them. 29 T And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. 30 And their coast was from Maha- naim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashian, three- score cities; 31 And half Gilead, and Astaroth, and Edrei,cities of the kingdom of Or in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manas- seh,, even to the one half of the chil dren of Machir by their families. 32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. 33 But unto the tribe of Levi, Mosca gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance,as be said unto them. CHAP. XIV. A children of Israel inherited in AND these are the countries which the the land of Canaan,which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and tbe heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. 23 And the border of the children of 2 By lot was their inheritance,as the Reuben was Jordan, and the border|Lond commanded by the hand of Mo 232 Caleb's inheritance. CHAP. XV. Lot of Judah, ses, for the nine tribes, and for thejunto Caleb the son of Jephunneh, He- half-tribe. bron for an inheritance. 3 For Moses had given the inheri- 14 Hebron therefore became the in- tance of two tribes and a half-tribe on heritance of Caleb the son of Jephun- the other side Jordan: but unto the neh the Kenezite unto this day, Levites, he gave none inheritance cause that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. ainong them. 4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle, and for their substance. 5 As the LonD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. be- 15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba roas a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. CHAP. XV. THIS then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judalı by their families; even to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward : 6 ¶ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal; and Ca- leb the son of Jephunneh the Kene- zite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses 3 And it went out to the south side to the man of God, concerning ine and Maalehi-acrabbim, and passed along thee u Kadesh-barnea. to Zin, and ascended up on the south 7 Forty years old was I when Mo-side unito Kadesh barnea, and passed ses, the servant of the LORD, sent me along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the and fetched a compass to Karkaa: land; and I brought him word again A From thence it passed toward Az- as it was in my heart, mon, aud went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. 8 Nevertheless, my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly fol- lowed the LORD my God. 5 And the east border was the salt 9 And Moses sware on that day, say-sea, even urto the end of Jordan. And ing, Surely the land whereon thy feet their border in the north quarter was have trodden shall be thine inherit-from the bay of the sea at the utter ance, and thy children's for ever; be-most part of Jordan: cause thou hast wholly followed the 6 And the border went up to Beth- LORD my God. hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day four score and five years old. 7 And the border went up toward Debir, from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adum- 11 As yet I am as strong this day as min, which is on the south side of the I was in the day that Moses sent me river: and the border passed toward as my strength was then, even so is the waters of En shemesh, and the go- my strength now, for war, both to goings out thereof were at Én-rogel: out, and to come in. 8 And the border went up by the val- 12 Now therefore give me this moun-ley of the son of Hinnom unto the tain, whereof the Lond spake in that south side of the Jebusites, the same is aay; for thou heardest in that day Jerusalem: and the border went up how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lono said. 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward : 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of 233 Borders of the JUSHUA. the water of Nephitoab, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalab, which is Kirjath-jearim: lot of Judah. 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ith nan, 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Keri- oth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 27And Hazar-gaddab,and Heshmon and Beth-palet, 29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hor- mab, 31 And Ziklag, and Madmannab, and Sausaunab, 10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mountSeir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: and Bizjothjah, 11. And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border was drawn to Shieron, and passed along to mount Baalab, and went out unto Jabueel; and the go- ings out of the border were at the sea. 12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their fami- Zoreah, and Ashnab, lies. 13 ¶ And unto Caleb the son of Je-puah, and Enam, phunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine with their villages: 33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and 34 And Zanoabı,and En-gannim,Tap- 35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 36 And Sharaim, and Aditham, and Gederal, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 37 Zenan, and Hadasbah, and Mig. dalgad, 38 And Dilean, and Mizpel, and 14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahimnan, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 And he went up thence to the in-Jok theel, habitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. 15 T And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjatb-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsal my daughter to wife. 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah bis daughter to wiſe. 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 her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? : 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, 41 And Gederoth, Beth-gadon, and Naamah, and Makkedab; sixteen ci- ties with their villages: 42 Libnab, and Eiher, and Ashan, 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnab, and Nezib, 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Ma- resbah; nine cities with their villages: 45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages : villages:- 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, 19 Who answered, Give me a bles-all that lay near Ashdod with their sing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. 17 Ashdod with her towns and her And he gave her the upper springs, villages, Gaza with her towns and her and the nether springs. villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thercof: 48T And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socol, 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the coast of Edom, southward, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22 And Kinal, and Dimonah, and Adadali, 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannahı, which is Debir, 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim. 51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Gil- loh: eleven cities with their villages; 234 Inheritance CHAP. XVI, XVII. of Ephraim. 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, the goings out therec were at the sea. 53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, This is the inheritance of the tribe of and Aphekah, the children of Ephraim by their fam 64 And Hum tab, and Kirjath-arba, Jilies. which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 65 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttab, 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoal, 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnalı; ten cities with their villages: 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth,and Eltekon; six cities with their villages gjith-band, which is Kingeth: jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 61 In the wilderness, Beth arabah, Middin, and Secacah, 9 And the separate citics for the chil dren of Ephraim were among the in heritance of the children of Manassen, all the cities with their villages. 10 And they drave not out the Ca- naanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraim- ites unto this day, and serve under tribute. CHAP. XVII. of Manasseh; for he was the first- born of Joseph; to wit, for Machin the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead; because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Ba- shan. HERE was also a lot for the tribe 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, ´and En-gedi; six cities with their vil- 2 There was also a lot for the rest of lages. the children of Manasseh by their fam- 63T As for the Jebusites, the inhab-lies; for the children of Abiezer, and itants of Jerusalem, the children of for the children of Helek, and for the Judah could not drive them out: but children of Asriel, and for the children the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. CHAP. XVI. A ND the lot of the children of Jo- seph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el, 2 And goeth out froni Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the of Shechem, and for the children of Hepber, and for the children of She- midah; these were the male children of Manasseb, the son of Joseph, by their families. 31 But Zelophehad, the son of He- pher, the son of Gilead, the son of Ma- chir,the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters; and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noab, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4. And they came near before Eleazar the priest,and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren: 4So the children of Joseph,Manasseh therefore, according to the command- and Ephraim, took their inheritance.ment of the LORD, he gave them an 5 ¶ And the border of the children of inheritance among the brethren of Ephrain according to their families their father. sea was thus: even the border of their in- 5 And there fell ten portions to Ma- heritance on the cast side was Ataroth-nasseb, besides the land of Gilead and adar, unto Beth-horon the upper; Bashan, which were on the other side 6 And the border went out toward Jordan; the sea to Michmethah on the north 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh side; and the border went about east-had an inheritance among his sons: ward unto Taanath-sbilob, and pass- and the rest of Manasseb's sons had the ed by it on the cast to Janobah; bund of Gilead. 7 And it went down from Janobah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan ; SThe border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanali; and 7 ¶ And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the in habitants of En-tappuah. " 235 Lot of Manasseh. JOSHUA. Tabernacle of Shiloh 8 Now Manasseh had the land of down; and the outgoings of it shall be Tappual: but Tappuah, on the bor-thme: for thou shalt drive out the Ca der of Manassel, belonged to the chil-naanites, though they have iron char- dren of Ephraim; iots, and though they be strong. CHAP. XVIII. 9. And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: AND the whole congregation of the these cities of Ephraim are among the children of Israel assembled to- cities of Manasseh: the coast of Ma-gether at Shiloh, and set up the taber- nasseh also was on the north side of nacle of the congregation there: and the river, and the outgoings of it were the land was subdued before them. at the sea. 2 ¶ And there remained among the 10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and children of Israel seven tribes, which northward it was Manassel's, and the¦had not yet received their inheritance. sea is his border; and they met togeth- 3 And Joshua said unto the children er in Asher on the north, and in Issa- of Israel, How long are ye slack to go char on the east. to possess the land which the LORD 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar, God of your fathers hath given you î and in Asher, Beth-shean and her 4 Give out from among you three towns, and Ibleam and her towns, aud men for each tribe; and 1 will send the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, them, and they shall rise, and go and the inhabitants of En-dor and her through the land, and describe it, ac- towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach cording to the inheritance of them; and her towns, and the inhabitants of and they shall come again 10 me. Megiddo and her towns, even three¦ 5 And they shall divide it into seven countries. ¡parts; Judab shall abide in their coast 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could on the south, and the house of Josephi not drive out the inhabitants of those shall abide in their coast on the north. cities; but the Canaanites would dwell| 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land in that land. into seven parts, and bring the descrip- 13 Yet it came to pass, when the chil-tion bither to me, that I may cast lots dren of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. 14 T And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one por- tion to inherit, secing I am a great people, forasinuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? for you bere before the LORD our God. 7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance; and Gad, and Reu- ben, and half the tribe of Manassch, have received their inheritance beyoud Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. 8 T And the men arose, and went 16 And Joshua answered them, If away and Joshua charged them that thou be a great people, then get thee up went to describe the land, saying,Go, to the wood-country, and cut down for and walk through the land, and de- thyself there in the land one Periz-scribe it, and come again to me, that I zites and of the giants, if mount Eph-may here cast lots for you before the raim be too narrow for thee. LORD in Shiloh. 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. 9 And the men went, and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 101 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LoRD: and there 17 And Joshua spake unto the house Joshua divided the land unto the chil- of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Ma-dren of Israel, according to their di nasseh, saying, Thou art a great peo-visions. ple, and hast great power; thou shalt 11 ¶ And the lot of the tribe of the not have one lot only : children of Benjamin came up accord 18 But the mountain shall be thine;ing to their families; and the coast of for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it their lot came forth between the chit 236 CHAP. XIX. Lot of Benjamin. Lot of Simeon. dren of Judah and the children of Jo-| 22 And Betb-arabah, and Zemaraim, seph. and Beth-el, 12 And their border on the north side! 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Oph- was from Jordan: and the border went frah, up to the side of Jericho on the north 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and side, and went up through the moun-Ophai, and Gaba: twelve cities with tains westward; and the goings out their villages. thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 And Mizpel, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Ta- (which is Beth-el,) southward; and ralah, the border descended to Ataroth-adar, 23 Ánd Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, near the hill that lieth on the south (which is Jerusalem,) Gibeath, and side of the nether Beth-horon. Kirjath: fourteen cities with their vil- 14 And the border was drawn thence,lages. This is the inheritance of the and compassed the corner of the sea children of Benjamin, according to southward, from the hill that lieth be- their families. fore Beth-horon southward; and the CHAP XIX. goings out thereof were at Kirjathol, even for the tribe of the AND second lot came forth to baal, (which is Kirjath-jearim,) a city Simeon, of the children of Judah. This was children of Simeon, according to their the west quarter. families: and their inheritance was 15 And the south quarter was from within the inheritance of the children the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the of Judah. border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Neph- toah. 2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-Sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, 3 And Hazar-sbual, and Balah, and Azem, 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hor- mab, 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, 16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen: south, and descended to En-rogel. thirteen cities and their villages. 17 And was drawn from the north, 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ash and went forth to En shemesh, and an: four cities and their villages: went forth toward Geliloth, which is 8 And all the villages that were round over against the going up of Adum-Jabout these cities to Baalath-beer, Ra- mim, and descended to the stone of Bo-inath of the south. This is the inher- han, the son of Reuben, 18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah. itance of the tribe of the children of Singon, according to their families. 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the 19 And the border passed along to the children of Simeon: for the part of the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and children of Judah was too much for the outgoings of the border were at them: therefore the children of Sim- the north bay of the salt sea, at the eon had their inheritance within the south end of Jordan. This was the inheritance of them. south coast. 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inher- itance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, accor- ding to their families. 21 ¶ Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho,and Beth boglah, and the valley of Keziz, 10 T And the third lot came up for the children of Zebuluu, according to their families; and the border of their inberitance was unto Sarid. 11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasbeth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; 12 And turned from Sarid eastward (toward the sun-rising, unto the border 237 Lot of Issachar, JOSHUA. Naphtali, and Dan. of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out] 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Re to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, hob; twenty and two cities with their 13 And from thence passeth on along villages. on the east to Gittah-liepher, to Ittah kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-me- thoar, to Neah ; 14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon; and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el; 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idallah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with thei: villages. 32 T The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali, according to their families. 33And their coast was from Heleph from Allon to Zaanannim,and Adami 16 This is the inheritance of the chil- Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and dren of Zebulun, according to their the outgoings thereof were at Jor fumilies, these cities with their vildan: lages. 34 And then the coast turneth west 17 T And the fourth lot came out toward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth our Issachar, for the children of Issachar, from thence to Hukkok,and reachetl according to their families. to Zebulun on the south side, anc 18 And their border was toward Jez-reacheth to Asher on the west side, reel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, and to Judah upon Jordan toward th 19 And Hapharaim, and Shihon, and sun-rising. Analarath, 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddin Zer, and Hammath, Kakkath, an. Cinueroth, 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, an Hazor. 39 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En bazor, 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimab, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were 38 And Iron, and Migdal el, Horem at Jordan: sixteen cities with theirjand Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh villages. nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, according to their families, the cities and thei villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar, according to their families, the cities and their villages. 24 Ï And the fifth lot came out for 10 T And the seventh lot came out the tribe of the children of Asher ac-[for the tribe of the children of Dan, cording to their families. according to their families. 25 And their border was Helkath, 11. And the coast of their inheritance and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, was Zorah, and Eshtoal, and Irshe- 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and mesh, Mishael; and reacheth to Carmel 42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and westward, and to Shilor-libnath; Jethlab, 27 And turneth toward the sun-rising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebu- lun, and to the valley of Jiphthath-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand: 43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, 46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon,with 23 And Hebron, and Rehob,and Ham- mon, and Kanah, even unto great Zi-the border before Japho. dou: 47 And the coast of the children or 29 And then the coast turneth to Ra-Dan went out too little for them; there- mah, and to the strong city Tyre: and fore the children of Dan went up to the cast turneth to Hosah; and the fight against Leshem, and took it, and outgoings thereof are at the sea from smote it with the edge of the sword, the coast to Aclızib · land possessed it,and dwelt therein,and 238 Cities of Refuge CHAP. XX, XXI. appointed. called Leshem,Dan,after the name of chem in mount Ephraim,and Kirjath Dan their father. arba (which is Hebron) in the mora tain of Judah. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan, according to their families, these cities with their villages. 49 T When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts,the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities appointed for 50 According to the word of the all the children of Israel, and for the LORD, they gave him the city which stranger that sojourneth among them, he asked, even Timnath-serah in that whosoever killeth any person at mount Ephraim: and he built the city, unawares might flee thither, and not and dwelt therein. die by the hand of the avenger of 51 These are the inheritances, which blood, until he stood before the cou- Eleazar the priest,and Joshua the son gregation. of Nun,and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,di- vided for an inheritance by lot in Shi- loh before the Lono,at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. TH CHAP. XX. HE LORD also spake untoJoshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel,say- ing, Appoint out for you cities of ref- uge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses; TH CHAP. XXI. THEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Elea- zar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, aud unto the heads of the fa thers of the tribes of the children of Israel: 2 And they spake unto them at Shi- loh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded, by the hand of Moses, to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3 And the children of Israel gave unto 3 That the slayer that killeth any the Levites, out of their inheritance, person unawares, and unwittingly, at the commandment of the Lord, may flee thither: and they shall be these cities and their suburbs. your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And the lot came out for the fam- 4 And when he that doth flee untoilies of the Kohathites; and the chil- one of those cities shall stand at the dren of Aaron the priest, which were entering of the gate of the city, and of the Levites, had by lot, out of the shall declare his cause in the ears of tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the elders of that city, they shall take Simeon, aud out of the tribe of Benja- him into the city unto them, and give min, thirteen cities. him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And the rest of the children of Ko- hath had by lot, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseb, ten cities. 6 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because be smote his neighbour unwittingly, 6 And the children of Gershon had (and hated him not beforetime. by lot, out of the families of the tribe 6. And he shall dwel! in that city,un-of Issachar, and out of the tribe of til he stand before the congregation for Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph- judgment, and until the death of the tali, and out of the half-tribe of Ma high priest that shall be in those days: nassch in Bashan, thirteen cities, then shall the slayer return, and come 7 The children of Merari, by their unto his own city, and unto his own families, had out of the tribe of Reu- house, unto the city from whence he ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and fled. out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 7 T And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and She- 8 And the children of Israel gave by 230 Cities assigned JOSHUA. to the Levitca lot unto the Levites these cities with nasseb, Tanach with her suburbs, and their suburbs,as the LORD commanded | Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: two by the hand of Moses. name. cities. 9 T And they gave,out of the tribe of 26 All the cities were ten with their the children of Judah, and out of the suburbs, for the families of the chit- tribe of the children of Simeon, these dren of Kobath that remained. cities which are here mentioned by 27 T And unto the children of Ger. shon, of the families of the Levites,out of the other half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her sub- urbs; two cities. 10 Which the children of Aaron, be- ing of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, (which city is Hebron,) in the hill-country of Ju- dah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 13 T Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her sub- urbs, 14 And Jattır with her suburbs, and Eshlemon with her suburbs, 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareli with ber suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engan- nim with her suburbs; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Asher Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, tc be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammeth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thir 16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs,and Beth-she-teen cities with their suburbs. mesh with her suburbs ; nine cities out of those two tribes. 3; 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs: four cities. 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 20 T And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remain ed of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs. 34 T And unto the families of the children Merari, the rest of the Le- vites, out of the tribe of Zebulun,Jok- neam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 35 Dimuah with ber suburbs, Nalia lal with her suburbs; four cities. 36. And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jabazali with her suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. 38. And out of the tribe of Gad, Ra- moth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanain with her suburbs, 39 Hesbbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Le 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, El-vites, were by their lot twelve cities. tekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs: four cities. 41 All the cities of the Levites with- in the possession of the children of Is 24 Ajalon with her suburbs, Gath-rael were forty and eight cities with rimmon with her suburbs: four cities. their suburbs. 25 And out of the half-tribe of Ma 42 These cities were every one with 240 The two tribes and CHAP. XXII. a half sent home. their suburbs round about them: thus, raiment: divide the spoil of your ene- toere all these cities. mies with your brethren. BT And the LORD gave unto Israel 9 f And the children of Reuben, and all the land which he sware to give the children of Gad, and the half-tribe unto their fathers; and they possessed of Manasseb, returned, and departed 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 befo e them; the Lonn delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD bad spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. T CHAP. XXII. HEN Joshua called the Reuben- ites, and the Gadites, and the half- tribe of Manasseh, 2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LouD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day,but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. 4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as be promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession,which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. from the children of Israel out of Shi- loh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 10 T And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. 11 T And the children of Israel beard say, Behold, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half- tribe of Manassel, have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. 12 And when the children of Israci heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel, gathered them- selves together at Shilob, to go up to war against them. 13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manassel, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the 5 But take diligent heed to do the tribes of Israel; and each one was a commandment and the law which Mo-head of the house of their fathers ses the servant of the LORD charged among the thousands of Israel. you, to love the LORD your God,and to 15 And they came unto the children walk in all his ways, and to keep his of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, commandments, and to cleave unto and to the half-tribe of Manasseb, unto im, aud to serve him with all your the land of Gilead, and they spake 'gart and with all your soul. with them, saying, 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent Sem away; and they went unto their ❤nts. 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of ¶ Now to the one half of the tribe Israel, to turn away this day from fol- Manasseh, Moses had given posses-lowing the LORD, in that ye have on in Bashan: but unto the other half builded you an altar, that ye might re hereof gave Joshua among their breth-bel this day against the LORD P on on this side Jordan westward. 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little 'ad when Joshua seut them away also for us, from which we are not cleans- nto their tents, then be blessed them. Jed until this day, although there was a 3 And he spake unto them, saying, plague in the congregation of the teturn with much riches unto your LORD, cuts, and with very much cattle, with 18 But that ye must turn away this ilver, and with gold, and with brass, day from following the LORD? and it and with iron, and with very much will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against 241 An altar of JOSHUA. ecstimony built. the LORD, that to-morrow he will be of the altar of the LORD, which our wroth with the whole congregation of fathers made, not for burnt-offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness Israel. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of between us and you. your possession be unclean, then pass 29 God forbid that we should rebel ye over unto the land of the possession against the LORD, and turn this day of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tab-from following the LORD, to build au ernacle dwelleth, and take possession altar for burnt-offerings, for meat-of among us: but rebel not against the ferings, or for sacrifices, besides the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building altar of the Lono our God that is be- you an altar besides the altar of the fore his tabernacle. LORD our God. 30 ¶ And when Phinehas the priest, 20 Did uot Achan the son of Zeral and the princes of the congregation, commit a trespass in the accursed and heads of the thousands of Israel thing, and wrath fell on all the congre- which were with him, heard the words gation of Israel? and that man perish-that the children of Reuben, and the ed not alone in his iniquity. children of Gad, and the children of 21 ¶ Then the children of Reuben, and Manassel spake, it pleased them. the children of Gad, and the half-tribe| 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar of Manasseli, answered and said unto the priest said unto the children of Reu- the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22 The Lord God of gods, the Lond God of gods,he knoweth, and Israel he ehall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lo&D, or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meat-of fering, or if to offer peace-offerings thereon, let the Lon himself require it; ben, and to the children of Gad, aud to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lond: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. 32 TAnd Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 24 And if we bave not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak 33 And the thing pleased the children unto our children, saying, What have of Israel; and the children of Israel ye to do with the Lond God of Israel? blessed God, and did not intend to go 25 For the LORD hath made Jordan ajup against them in battle, to destroy border between us and you,ye children the land wherein the children of Reu- of Reuben and children of Gad; ye ben and Gad dwelt. have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lond. 34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between ng 26 Therefore we said, Let us now pre-that the LORD is God. pare to build us an altar, not for burnt- offering, nor for sacrifice : CHAP. XXIII. ND it came to pass a long time Aaner that the LORD had given rest 27 But that it may be a witness be- tween us and you, and our generations unto Israel from all their enemies. after us, that we might do the service round about, that Joshua waxed old of the Lond before him with our and stricken in age. burnt-offerings, and with our sacri- 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and fices, and with our peace-offerings; for their elders, and for their heads, that your children may not say to our and for their judges, and for their offi- children in time to come, Ye have no cers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: part in the Lord. 28. Therefore said we, that it shall be,| 3 And ye have seen all that the Loun when they should so say to us or to your God hath done unto all these na- our generations in time to come, that tions because of you; for the LoRD we may say again, Behold the pattern|your Godishe that hath fought for you. 242 Joshua exhorteth CHAP. XXIV the Israeliten God prom- 4 Behold, I have divided unto you by you, which the LORD your lot these nations that remain,to be an ised you; so shall the Lono bring upon inheritance for your tribes, from Jor you all evil things, until he hare de- dan, with all the nations that I have stroyed you from off this good land, cut off, even unto the great sea west-which the Lond your God hath given ward. you. 5 And the LORD your God, he shall 16 When ye have transgressed the expel them from before you, and drive covenant of the LORD your God, which them from out of your sight; and ye be commanded you,and have gone and shall possess their land, as the LORD served other gods, and bowed your- your God hath promised unto you. selves to them; then shall the anger of 6 Be ye therefore very courageous to the Lord be kindled against you, and keep and do all that is written in the ye shall perish quickly from off the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn good land which he hath given unto not aside therefrom to the right hand you. or to the left; 7 That ye come not among these na- tions, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow your selves unto them: 8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. CHAP. XXIV. AND Joshua gathered all the tribes Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2 T And Joshua said unto all the peo- ple, Thus saith the Lond God of Isra el, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abrabam; and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. 10 One man of you shall chase a thou- 3 And I took your father Abraham sand; for the LORD your God, he it is from the other side of the flood, and led that fighteth for you, as he hath prom-him throughout all the land of Canaan, ised you. and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 11 Take gooa heed therefore unto yourselves,that ye love the LonD your God. 12 T Eloe, if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 13 Know for a certainty, that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thoms in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your hearts,and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LonD yourGod spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing bath failed thereof. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon 4 And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5 I sent Moses also and Aaron,and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them; and after- ward I brought you out. 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fa- thers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red Sea. 7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilder ness a long season. 8 And I brougnt you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 243 Joshua reneweih the JOSHUA. covenunt, and dieth. 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king strange gods, then he will turn aud do of Moab, arose and warred against Is-you hurt, and consume you, after that rael, and sent and called Baalam the he hath done you good. son of Beor, to curse you: 21 And the people said unto Joshua, 10 But I would not hearken unto Ba- Nay; but we will serve the LORD. laam: therefore he blessed you still: 22 And Joshua said unto the people, so 1 delivered you out of his hand. Ye are witnesses against yourselves 11 And ye went over Jordan, and that ye bave chosen you the LORD, to came unto Jericho: and the men of serve him. And they said, We are Jericho fought against you, the Amor-witnesses. LORD God of Israel. ites, and the Perrizites, and the Ca- 23 Now therefore put away, said he, aaanites, and the Hittites, and the Gir-the strange gods which are among gashites,the Hivites, and the Jebusites, you, and incline your heart unto the and I delivered them into your hand. 12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 T And Joshua 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 sanctua ry of the Lonn. 14 T Now therefore fear the Lonp, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your 27 And Joshua said unto all the peo fathers served on the other side of the ple, Behold, this stone shall be a wit- flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the¦ness unto us; for it hath heard all the LORD. words of the Lond which be spake 15 And if it seem evil unto you to unto us; it shall be therefore a wit- serve the LORD, choose you this day ness unto you, lest ye deny your God. whom ye will serve; whether the gods 28 So Joshua let the people depart, which your fathers served that werejevery man unto his inheritance. on the other side of the flood, or the| gods of the Amorites, 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 Lond our God, be it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great sigus in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: 18 And the LORD drave out from be- fore us all the people, even the Amor- ites which dwelt in the land; therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. 29 ¶ And it came to pass, after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lond, died, being a hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the bor. der of bis inheritance in Timnath se- rah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the bill of Guash. 31 And lsrael served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that over-lived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lonp, that he had done for Israel. 32 ¶ And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground whichJacob bought of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of sil- ver; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lond; for he is a 23 ↑ And Eleazar the son of Aaron holy God; he is a jealous God; he died; and they buried him in a hill will not forgive your trasgressions that pertained to Phinehas his son, nor your sins. which was given him in mount Epli 20 If ye forsake the Lord, and serve[ruim, 244 ! 1 ¶ The Book of JUDGES. CHAP. I. Caleb's younger brother, took it; and OW after the death of Joshiva, it he gave him Achsah his daughter to Now after the death of Joshua, the ga Israel asked the Lond, saying, Who 14 And it came to pass, when she shall go up for us against the Canaan-came to him, that she moved him to ites first, to fight against them? ask of her father a field: and she light- 2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go ed from off her ass; and Caleb said up: behold, I have delivered the land unto her, What wilt thou? into his hand. 15 And she said unto him, Give me a 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his blessing: for thou hast given me a brother, Come up with me into my south land; give me also springs of lot, that we may fight against the Ca- water. And Caleb gave her the upper naanites: and I likewise will go with springs and the nether springs. thee into thy lot. So Simeon went 16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in law, went up out of with him. 4 And Judah went up; and the Lond the city of palm-trees with the chil delivered the Canaanites and the Periz-dren of Judah, into the wilderness of zites into their band: and they slew of Judah, which lieth in the south of them in Bezek ten thousand men. Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Be- zek: and they fought against him, and 17 And Judah went with Simeon his they slew the Canaanites and the Pebrother, and they slew the Canaanites rizzites. that inhabited Zephath, and utterly 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they destroyed it: (and the name of the pursued after him, and caught him, city was called Hormah.) and cut off his thumbs, and his great] toes. 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their 19 And the LORD was with Jadah; meat under my table: as I have done, and he drave out the inhabitants of so God hath requited me. And they the mountain; but could not drive out brought him to Jerusalem, and there the inhabitants of the valley, because he died. they had chariots of iron, ST Now the children of Judah had| 20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, fought against Jerusalem, and had taas Moses said: and he expelled thence ken it, and smitten it with the edge of the three sons of Anak. the sword, and set the city on fire. 21 ¶ And the children of Benjamiu 9 Aud afterward the children of Ju-did not drive out the Jebusites that in- dah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the mountain and in the south, and in the valley. 10 ¶ And Judah went against the Ca naanites that dwelt ia Hébron; (now the name of Hebron before was Kir- Jath-arba;) and they slew Sheshai, and Aliman, and Talmai. 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: (and the name of Debir before was Kirjuth-se- pher :) 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wne, 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz babited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 22 ¶ And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-cl; and the LORD was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to desery Beth-el: (now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the en trance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy, 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but 245 Israel released JUDGES. at Bochum. they let go the man and all his family. I sware unto your fathers;and I said, 26 And the man went into the land of I will never break my covenant with the Hittites, and built a city, and called you. the name thereof Luz: which is the Game thereof unto this day. 27 T Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Tanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: But the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaan ites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. 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 1 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 Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the naine of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed 29 T Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer there unto the LORD. among them. 6 T And when Joshua had let the 30 T Neither did Zebulun drive out people go, the children of Israel went the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the in-every man unto his inheritance to pos- habitants of Nahalal; but the Cauzan- sess the land. ites dwelt among them, and became 7 And the people served the Lono all tributaries. the days of Joshua, and all the days of 31 ¶ Neither did Asher drive out the the elders that outlived Joshua, who inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabit-had seen all the great works of the ants of Zidon, nor of Alilab, nor of Load that he did for Israel. Achzib, nor of Helbab, nor of Aplik,| 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the nor of Rehob: servant of the Lono, died, being a hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of bis inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out. 33 ¶ Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he 10 T And also all that generation dwelt among the Canaanites, the in- were gathered unto their fathers: and habitants of the land: nevertheless there arose another generation after the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and them, which knew not the LORD, NOF of Beth-anath became tributaries unto yet the works which he had done for them. 34 T And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: Israel. 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim. 12 And they forsook the Lone God of 35 But the Amorites would dwell in their fathers, which brought them out Inount Heres in Ajalon, and in Shaal- of the land of Egypt, and followed bim; yet the hand of the house of Jo-Jother gods, of the gods of the people seph prevailed, so that they became that were round about them, and bow- tributaries. ed themselves unto them, and provok- 36 And the coast of the Amorites led the LORD to anger. was from the going up to Akrabbim, 13 And they forsook the LORD, from the rock, and upward. served Baal and Ashtaroth. CHAP. II. A and 14 T And the anger of the LORD was ND an angel of the LORD came up hot against Israel, and he delivered from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, them into the hands of spoilers that I made you to go up out of Egypt, and spoiled them, and he sold them into have brot ghĩ you unto the kind which (the hands of their enemies round about, 246 The nations left CHAP III. 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. to prove Israel, 3 Namely, five lords of the Philis tines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal- hermon unto the entering in of Ha- math. 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the comniaadments of the LORD, which he commanded their 17 And yet they would not hearken | fathers by the hand of Moses. unto their judges, but they went a 5 And the children of Israel dwelt whoring after other gods, and bowed among the Canaanites, Hittites, and themselves unto them: they turned Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites quickly out of the way which their and Jebusites: fathers walked in, obeying the com- mandments of the LonD; but they did not so. 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 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 LonD 8 T Therefore the anger of the LORD because of their groanings, by reason was hot against Israel, and he sold of them that oppressed them, and rex- them into the hand of Cushan-risba thaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-ri- shathaim eight years. 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baal- |im and the groves. ed them. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than 9 And when the children of Israel their fathers, in following other gods cried unto the LORD, the Loan raised to serve them, and to bow down unto up a deliverer to the children of Israel, them; they ceased not from their own who delivered them, even Othniel the doings, nor from their stubborn way. son of Kenaz,Caleb's younger brother. 20 T And the anger of the LORD was 10 And the Spirit of the LORD came hot against Israel; and he said, Be- upon him, and he judged Israel, and cause that this people hathtransgressed went out to war: and the LORD de- my covenant which 1 commanded livered Cushan-rishathaim king of their fathers, and have not hearkened Mesopotamia into his band; and his unto my voice, hand prevailed against Chushan-risha- thaim. 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the na- 11 And the land had rest forty years: tions which Joshua left when he died :|and Othniel the son of Kenaz died. 22 That through them I may prove 12 T And the children of Israel did Israel, whether they will keep the evil again in the sight of the LonD: way of the LORD, to walk therein, as and the LORD strengthened Eglon the their fathers did keep it, or not. king of Moab against Israel, because 23 Therefore the LORD left those na- they had done evil in the sight of the tions, without driving them out hasti- LORD. ly; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. CHAP. III. OW these are the nations which them; (even as many of Israel as bad not known all the wars of Canaan ; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;) 13 And he gathered unto him the chil dren of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm-trees. Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the Lond raised them up a deliverer, Eld the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left-handed: and by him the children of Israel sent 247 Eglon slain by Ehud. JUDGES. Israel enslaved by Jabin. a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. 29 And they slew of Moab at that 16 But Ehud made him a dagger time about ten thousand men,all lusty, which had two edges, of a cubit length; and all men of valour; and there es and he did gird it under his raiment caped not a man. upon his right thigh. 17 And he brought the present unto Eglon, king of Moab and Eglon was a very fat man. : 18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. 30 So Moab was subdued that day un- der the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. 31 ¶ And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Phil- istines six hundred men with an ox- goad: and he also delivered Israel. CHAP. IV. A ND the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. 19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I bave a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 2 And the LORD sold them into the 20 And Ebud came unto him; and hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that he was sitting in a summer parlour, reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose which he had for himself alone. And host was Sisera, which dwelt in Haro- Ehud said, I have a message from God sheth of the Gentiles. unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. 21 And Ebud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into bis 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. 3 And the children of Israel cried un- to the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Is- rael. 4 T And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth- el in mount Ephraim; and the chil dren of Israel came up to her for judg. 23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. 24 When he was gone out, his serment. vants 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. 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naph- tali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, say ing, Go and draw toward mount Ta bor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali, and of the children of Zebulun; 25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen 7 And I will draw unto thee to the down dead on the earth. river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Ja- 26 And Ehud escaped while they tar-bin's army, with his chariots and his ried, and passed beyond the quarries, multitude; and I will deliver him in- and escaped unto Seirath. to thy hand. not go. 27 And it came to pass, when he was 8 And Barak said unto her, 10 thou come, that he blew a trumpet in the wilt go with me, then I will go; but if mountain of Ephraim, and the chil-thou wilt not go with me, then I will dren of Israel went down with him from the mount, and be before them. 9 And she said, I will surely go with 23 And he said unto them, Follow thee: notwithstanding the journey that after me; for the Lond bath delivered thou takest shall not be for thy honour; your enemies the Moabites into your for the Lond shall sell Sisera into the hand. And they went down after band of a woman. And Deborah him, and took the fords of Jordon arose,and went with Barak to Kedesh. toward Moab, and suffered not a man 10 T And Barak called Zebulum and to pass over. Naphtali to Kedosh; and he went up 248 1 Defial and CHAP. V. with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with hi n. death of Sisera. 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will 11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hɔbab the father-in-shew thee the man whom thou seekest. law of Moses, had severed himself And when he came into her tent, be- from the Kenites, and pitched his tent hold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by in his temples. Kedesh. 23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to Inount Tabor. 24 And the hand of the children of 13 And Sisera gathered together all Israel prospered,and prevailed against his chariots, even nine hundred char-Jabin the king of Canaan, until they ots of iron, and all the people that had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. were with hin, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. CHAP. V. HEN sangDeborab and Barakthe 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; Tabinoam on that day, say- aventi ing of Israel, when the people ingly offered themselves. O ye 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. for this is the day in which the Lono hath delivered Sisera into thy hand: ising, not the Lord gone out before thee? So 2 Praise ye the LORD for the Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. 15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and ail his host, with the edge of the sword before Ba rak; so that Sisera lighted down off his] chariot, and fled away on his feet. 4 LORD, when thou wentest out of 16 But Barak pursued after the char Seir, when thou marchedst out of the lots, and after the host, unto Harosh-Geld of Edom, the earth trembled, and eth of the Gentiles: and all the host of the heavens dropped, the clouds also Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword;| Zropped water, and there was not a man left. 5 The mountains melted from before 17 Howbeit Sisera fed away on his the LouD, even that Sinai from before feet to the tent of Jael the wife of He-the LORD God of Israel. her the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the high- ways were unoccupied, and the travel- lets walked through by-ways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that Deborah arose, that I arose a mother 18 ¶ And Jael went out to meet Si- sera, and said unto him, Turn in, my Jord, turn in to me; fear not, And when he had turned' in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a man-in Israel, tle. 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 bere? that thou shalt say, No. 21 Then Jael, Heber'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 fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among ſorty thousand in Israel? 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves wil liugly among the people. Bless ye the LoRD. 10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. 11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of draw- ing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, cven the righteous acts toward the inhabit ants of his villages in Israel: then 249 JUDGES. Deborah and Barak, The Song of shall the people of the Loan gc downf 26 The put her hand to the nail, and to the gates. her right hand to the workmen's ham-- 12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake,iner; and with the hammer she sinote awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, Sisera: she smote off his head, when and lead thy captivity captive, thou she had pierced and stricken through son of Abinoam. his temples. 13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people: out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. 15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar and also Barak he was scut on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there cere great thoughts of heart. 16 Why abodest thou among the sleep-folds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reu- ben there were great searchings of 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down; at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, 30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two, to Sisera a prey of di- vers colours, a prey of divers colours of needle work, of divers colours of needle-work on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? 31 So let all thine euemies perish, O heart. Lono: but let them that love him be 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and as the sun when he goeth forth in his why did Dan remain in ships? Asher might. And the land had rest forty continued on the sea-shore, and abode years. in his breaches. 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a peo- ple that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Tanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. 20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. CHAP. VI. AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lond; and the Lond delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the moun- tains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had 21 The river of Kishion swept them sown, that the Midianites came up, away, that ancient river, the river Ki-and the Amalekites, and the children shon. O my soul, thou hast trodden of the east, even they came up against down strength. them; 22 Then were the horse hoofs broken And they encamped against them, by the means of the prancings, the and destroyed the increaseof theearth, prancings of their mighty ones. till thou come unto Gaza; and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, 4 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhab-nor ox, nor ass. itauts thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lond, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. 24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be; bless- ed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave kim milk: she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 5 For they came up with their cat- tle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverish led because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Loun 7 And it came to pass, when the chil. 250 Israel oppressel CHAP. VI. by Midian. dren of Israel cried unto the LORD and brought it out unto him under the because of the Midianites, oak, and presented it. 8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto 20 And the angel of God said unto the children of Israel, which said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleaven- them, Thus saith the Lono God of Is-ed cakes, and lay them upon this rock, rael, I brought you up from Egypt, and pour out the broth. And he did and brought you forth out of the house so. of bondage: 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppress d you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land: 10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. 11 T And there came an angel of the LORD and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites. 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. 21 Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the stall that was in bis hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of bis sight. 22 And when Gideon perceived that be was an angel of the Lond, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. 23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah shalom: unto this day it is yet in Oph rah of the Abi-ezrites. 13 And Gideon said unto him, O my| 25 1 And it came to pass the same LORD, if the LORD be with us, why night, that the LORD said unto him, then is all this befallen us? and where Take thy father's young bullock, even be ali his miracles which our fathers the second bullock of seven years old, told us of, saying, Did not the Load and throw down the altar of Baal that bring us up from Egypt? but now the thy father hath, and cut down the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered grove that is by it; us into the hands of the Midianites. 14 And the Lord looked upon him and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee 15 And he said unto him, O my lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and i am the least of my father's house. 26 And build an altar unto the Lond thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gideou took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him; and so it was, because he 16 And the Lono said unto him, feared his father's household and the Surely 1 will be with thee, and thoumen of the city, that he could not do shalt smite the Midianites as one man. it by day, that he did it by night. 17 And he said unto him, If now 1 28 ¶ And when the men of the city have found grace in thy sight, then arose early in the morning, behold, shew me a sign that thou talkest with ine. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. 19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid,aud unleavenedcakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, anu he put the broth in a pot, the altar of Baal 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 inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he ray die; because he hath cast down the 251 JUDGES. Call of Gideon. Gideon's army. aitar of Baal, and because he hath cut|The people that are with thee are too down the grove that was by it. many for me to give the Midianites 31 And Joash said unto all that stood into their hands, lest Israel vaunt ngainst him, Will ye plead for Baal? themselves against me, saying, Mine will ye save him? he that will plead own hand hath saved me. for him, let him be put to death whilst 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in it is yet morning: if he be a god, let the ears of the people, saying, Whoso- him plead for himself, because one bath ever is fearful and afraid, let him re- cast down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. turn, and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand, and there remained ten thousand. 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall 33 ¶ Then all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jez-|be, that of whom I say unto thee, This reel. shall go with thee, the same shali go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him. 35 And he sent messengers through 5 So be brought down the people unto out all Manasseh; who also was gaththe water: and the LORD said unto ered after him: and he sent messeu- Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the gera unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, water with his tongue, as a dog lap and unto Naphtali; and they came up peth, bim shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. to meet them. 36 T And Gideon said unto God, If thou will save Israel by my 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 besides, then shall I know that thou wilt save 1srael by my hand, as thou hast said. 38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleere, a bowl-full of water. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. CHAP. VII. 6. And the number of them that lap- ped, prating 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 Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Mi- dianites into thy hand; and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel, every man unto his tent, and retained those three hun- dred men. And the bost of Midian was beneath him in the valley. 9 T And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thy hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down Tand all the people a with THEN Jerubbaal, (wbois Gideon,) to the host. and all the people that were with 11 And thou shalt hear what they say; him, rose up early and ritched beside and afterward shall thy hands be the well of Harod: so that the host of strengthened to go down unto the the Midianites were on the north side host. Then went he down with Phu- of them by the hill of Moreh, in the rah his servant unto the outside of the valley. armed men that were in the host. 12 And the Midianites, and the Amal- 2 And the LonD said unto Gideon, 252 Gideon's victory. CHAP. VIII. Ephraimites pacified. ekites, and all the children of the east, throughout all the host: and the host tay along in the valley like grasshop-fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and pers for multitude; and their camels to the border of Abel-meholab, unto were without number, as the sand by Tabbath. the sea-side for multitude. 23 And the men of Israel gathered 13 And when Gideon was come, be- themselves together out of Naphtali nold, there was a man that told a and out of Asher, and out of all Ma- dream unto his fellow, and said, Be-nasseh, and pursued after the Midian- nold, 1 dreamed a dream, and, lo, alites. cake of barley-bread tumbled into the 24 T And Gideon sent messengers host of Midian, and came unto a tent, throughout all mount Ephraim, say. and smote it that it fell, and overturned ing, Come down against the Midian- it, that the tent lay along. ites, and take before them the waters 14 And his fellow answered and said, unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then This is nothing else save the sword of all the men of Ephraim gathered Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Is-themselves together, and took the wa rael: for into his hand bath God de-ters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. livered Midian, and all the host. 15 T And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he wor shipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD bath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. 16 Aud be divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be, that as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, 1 and all that are with me, theu blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Loup, and of Gideon, 19 ¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watchi; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left bands, and the trumpets in their right hands, to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in hus place round about the camp; and all the bost ran, and cried, and fled. 25 Aud they took two princes of the Midianites, Öreb and Zeeb: and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the wine-press of Zeeb, und pursued Midian, and brought the beads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. CHAP. VIII. it, Why hast thou served us ND the men of Ephraim said unto thus, that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with the Midiar- ites? And they did chide with him sharply. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Eph- raim better than the vintage of Abi- ezer ? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in compari- sou of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. 4¶ And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 5 And he said unto the men of Suc coth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmuuna, kings of Midian. 6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmuma now in thy band, that we should give bread unto thine army? 22 And the three hundred blew the 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when trumpets, and the LORD set every the Lord hath delivered Zebah al man's sword against his fellow, even Zalmunna into my hand, then I wa 253 Lebak and JUDGES. tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with briers. Zalmunna tüken. youth drew not his sword; for he fear- ed, because he was yet a youth. 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us : for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebali and Zalmunna. and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks. 8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto thein likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth bad answered him. 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. 22 T Then the men of Israel said 10 T Now Zebab and Zalmunna were junto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both in Karkor, and their hosts with them, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son about fifteen thousand men, all that also; for thou hast delivered us from were left of all the hosts of the chil- the band of Midian. dren of the cast: for there fell a hun-| dred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. 11 ¶ And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall ny son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you, 24 And Gideon said unto them, would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear- 12 Ánd when Zebah and Zalmunna rings of his prey: (for they had golden fled, he pursued after them, and took ear-ringe, because they were Ishmael the two kings of Midian, Zebah and ites.) Zalmunna, and discomfited all the 25 And they answered, We will wil host. lingly give them. And they spread a 13 ¶ And Gideon the son of Joash re-garinent, and did cast therein every turned from battle before the sun was man the ear-rings of his prey. !ep, 14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen mev. 26 And the weight of the golden ear- rings that he requested, was a thon- sand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that 15 And he came unto the men of Suc-icere about their camels' necks. coth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zal- munna, with whom ye did upbraid me, eaying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmumna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that ure weary ? 27And Gideon made an ephod there- of, and put it in his city, even in Oph- rah; and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. 28 T Thus was Midian subdued before 16 And he took the elders of the city, the children of Israel, so that they lift- and thorns of the wilderness, and fed up their heads no more: and the briers, and with them he taught the country was in quietness forty years in men of Succoth. the days of Gideon. 17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the vity. 29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gideon had threescore and 18 ¶ Then said he unto Zebab and ten sons of his body begotten; for he Zalmunna, What manner of men were had many wives. they whom ye slew at Tabor? And] 31 And his concubine that was in they answered, As thou art, so were Shechem, she also bare him a son, they; each one resembled the children whose name he called Abimelech. of a king. 32 T And Gideon the son of Joash 19 And he said, They were my breth-died in a good old age, and was buried. ren, even the sons of my mother: as in the sepulchre of Joash his father, the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. alive, I would not slay you. 20 And he said unto Jether his first- born, Up, and slay them: but the 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whor 254 Abimelech CHAP. IX. mude king. ing after Baalim, and made Baal-berith go to be promoted over the trees? their god. 10 And the trees said to the fig-tree, 34 And the children of Israel remem-Come thou, and reign over us. bered not the Lond their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of Should I forsake my sweetness, and all their enemies on every side: my good fruit, and go to be promote i over the trees? 35 Neither shewed they kinduess to the house of Jerrubbaal, namely,Gid- eon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel. CHAP. IX. 11 But the fig-tree said unto them, 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 cheer- AND Abimelech the son of Jerubeth God and man, and go to be pro- baal went to Shechem, unto his moted over the trees? mother's brethren, and communed 14 Then said all the trees unto the with them, and with all the family of bramble, Come thou, and reign over the house of his mother's father, say-us. ing, 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and de- 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, whichare threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that your the cedars of Lebanon. one reign over you? remember also 16 Now therefore, if ye have done that I am your bone and your flesh. truly and sincerely, in that ye have 3 And his mother's brethren spake of made Abimelech king, and if ye have him in the ears of all the men of She-dealt well with Jerubbaal and his chem all these words; and their hearts house, and have done unto him accor- inclined to follow Abimelech; for they ding to the deserving of his hands; said, He is our brother. 17 (For my father fought for you and 4 And they gave him threescore and adventured his life far, and delivered ten pieces of silver out of the house of you out of the hand of Midian ; Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech 18 And ye are risen up against my hired vam and light persons, which father's house this day, and have slain followed him. his sons, threescore and ten persons, 5 And he went unto his father's house] upon one stone, and have made Abim- at Ophrah, and slew his brethren, the elech, the son of his maid-servant, sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore king over the men of Shechem, be and ten persons, upon one stone: not-cause he is your brother;) withstanding yet Jotham the youngest 19 If ye then have dealt truly ang son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his himself. house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: 6 And all the men of Shechem gath- ered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech 20 But if not, let fire come out from king, by the plain of the pillar that | Abimelech, and devour the men of was in Shechem. 7 ¶ And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let ûre come out from the men of She chem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. 21 And Jotham ran away, and fied, and went to Beor, and dwelt there, fr fear of Abimelech his brother. 22 ¶ When Abimelech bad reigned three years over Israel, 23 Then God sent an evil spirit be tween Abimelech and the men of 9 But the olive-tree said unto them, Shechem; and the men of Shechem Should I leave my fatness, wherewith dealt treacherously with Abimelech by me they honour God and man, and [~24 That the cruelty done to the three- 255 Gaal's conspiracy. JUDGES. Gaal overcome. score and ten sons of Jerubbaal might, 36 And when Gaal saw the people, come, and their blood be laid upon he said to Zebul, Behold, there come Abimelech their brother, which slew people down from the top of the moun- them; and upon the men of Shechem, tains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou which aided him in the killing of his seest the shadow of the mountains as brethren. if they were men. 25 And the men of Shechem set liers 37 And Gaal spake again and said, in wait for him in the top of the moun-See there come people down by the tains, and they robbed all that came middle of the land, and another com- along that way by them; and it was pany come along by the plain of Meo- told Abimelechi. neuim. : I 26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came 38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where with his brethren, and went over to is now thy mouth, wherewith thou Shechem and the men of Shechem saidat, Who is Abimelech, that we put their confidence in him. should serve bim? is not this the peo- 27 And they went out into the fields, ple that thou hast despised? go out, and gathered their vineyards,and trode pray now, and fight with them. the grapes, and made merry,and went! 39 And Gaal went out before the men into the house of their god, and did of Shechem, and fought with Abime- eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech, lech. and 28 And Gual the son of Ebed said, 40 And Abimelech chased him, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shehe fled before him; and many were chem, that we should serve him? is overthrown and wounded, even unto not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Ze- the entering of the gate. but his officer? serve the men of Ha- 41And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: mor the father of Shechem: for why and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his should we serve him ? brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. 29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. 30 T And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. 31 And he sent messengers unto Abunelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed, and his breth ren, be come to Shechem; and,behold, they fortify the city against thee. 32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field; 33 And it shall be, that in the morn-, ing,as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. 34 T And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against She- chem in four companies. 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. 42. And it came to pass on the mor row, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. 43 And he took the people, and divi- ded them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. 44 And Abimelech,and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other compa- nies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. 45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. 46 T And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into a hold of the nouse of the god Berith. 47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech Itook an axe in his hand, and cut down 256 Tola and Jair CHAP. X. judge Isract. a bough from the trees, and took it, junto this day, which are in the land and laid it on his shonlder, and said of Gilead. unto the people that were with him, 6 And Jair died,and was buried in What ye have seen me do,make laste, Camon. and do as I have done. 6 T And the children of Israel did 49 And all the people likewise cut evil again in the sight of the LORD, down every man his bough, and fol- and served Baalim,and Ashtaroth, and lowed Abimelech, and put them to the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zi the hold, and set the hold on fire upon don, and the gods of Moab, and the them; so that all the men of the tow gods of the children of Aminon, and er of Shechem died also,about a thou-the gods of the Philistines, and forsook sand men and women. the LORD, and served not him. 50 T Then weut Abimelech to The bez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. 61 But there was a strong tower with in the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to break his scull. 51 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. - 7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ainmon. 8 And that year they vexed and op- pressed the children of Israel eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan, in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed overJordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. 10 T Aud children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sin ned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also serv ed Baalim. 11 And the Lond said unto the chil- 55 And when the men of Israel saw dren of Israel, Did not I deliver you that Abimelech was dead,they depart-from the Egyptians, and from the Am- ed every man unto his place. orites, from the children of Ammon, 56 T Thus God rendered the wicked-and from the Philistines? ness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their beads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. 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Х. 12 The Zidonians also,aud the Amal- ekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I deliv ered you out of their hand. 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. 14 Go and cry unto the gods which AND after Abimelech there arose to ye have chosen; let them deliver you defend Israel, Tola, the son of Pual, the son of Dodo, a man of Issa- char; and be dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. in the time of your tribulation. 15 T And the children of Israel 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 3 ¶ And after him arose Jair, a Gil-gods from among them, and served eadite, and judged Israel twenty and The LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. two years. 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on 17 Then the children of Ammou thirty ass-colts, and they had thirty were gathered together, and oncamp- cities, which are called Havoth jaired in Gilead: and the children of Is- R 257 Jephthah's message JUDGES. to the Ammonites rael assembled themselves together, junto the king of the children of Am- and encamped in Mizpel. 18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another,What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. CHAP. XI. mon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? 13 And the king of the children of Ammon answeredunto the messengers of Jephthah,Becauselsrael took away my land, wheu they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, Now Jephthah the Gileadite wasa and unto Jordan: now therefore re- mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. store those lands again peaceably. 14 T And Jeputhal sent messengera again unto the king of the children of Ammon, 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons: and his wife's sons grew up, and they 15 And said unto him, Thus saith thrust out Jephthah, and said unto Jephthah, Israel took not away the him, Thou shalt not inherit in our fa-land of Moab, nor the land of the chil- thers bouse; for thou art the son of adren of Ammon: strange woman. 3 Then Jephthah fled from his breth- ren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vaiu meu to Jephthah, and went out with him. 4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. 16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wil- derness unto the Red Sea,and came to Kadesh ; 17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, f pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken 5 And it was so; that when the chil. thereto. And in like manner they sent dren of Ammon made war against 1s- unto the king of Moab; but he would mel the elders of Gilead went to fetch│not consent; and Israel abode in Ka Jephthah out of the land of Tob: desh. 6 And they said unto Jephthah,Come 18 Then they went along through the and be our captain, that we may fight wilderness, and compassed the land of with the children of Ammon. Edom, and the land of Moab, and 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders came by the east side of the land of of Gilead,Did not ye hate me, and ex-Moab,and pitched on the other side of del me out of my father's house? and Arnon, but came not within the bor why are ye come uato me now when der of Moab: for Arnon was the bor ye are in distress? der of Moab. 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 9And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ainmoo, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? 19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sibon, king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, though thy land unto my place. 20ButSilion trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sibon gathered all his people together,and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 21 And the LORD God of Israel de- lived Silion and all his people into 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto the hand of Israel, and they smote Jephthah, The LORD be witness be-them: so Israel possessed all the land tween us, if we do not so according to of the Amorites, the inhabitants of thy words. that country. 11 Then Jephthah went with the el- ders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over thein: and Jephthal uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. 22 And they possessed all the coaste of the Amorites, from Arnon even un- to Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. 23 So now the LORD God of Israel 12 ¶ And Jephthah sent messengers hath dispossessed the Amorites from 258 Jephthah makes CHAP. XIL a rashi voto. before his people Israel, and shouldest her, that he rent his clothes, and said, thou possess it ? 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 can- not go back. 24 W ilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to pos- sess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. 36 And she said unto him, My father, 25 And now, art thou any thing bet-if thou hast opened thy mouth unto ter than Balak the son of Zippor, king the LORD, do to me according to that of Moab? did he ever strive against Is which hath proceeded out of thy rael, or did he ever fight against them, mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon taken vengeance for thee of thine coe- and her towns, and in Aroer and her mies, even of the children of Ammou. towns, and in all the cites that be 37 And she said unto her father, Let along by the coasts of Arnon, three this thing be done for me; let me hundred years? why therefore did ye alone two months, that I may go up not recover them within the time? and down upon the mountains, and 27 Wherefore I have not sinned a-bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. gainst thee,but thou doest me wrong to 38 And he said, Go. And he sent war against me: the LORD the Judge her away for two months; and she be judge this day between the children went with her companions, and bewail- of Israel and the children of Ammon.Jed her virginity upon the mountains. 28 Howbeit the king of the children 39 And it came to pass at the end of of Ammon hearkened not unto the two months, that she returned unto words of Jephthah which he sent him. her father, who did with her according 29 T Then the Spirit of the Lono to his vow which he had vowed: and came upon Jephthah, and he passed she knew no man. And it was a cus- over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed tom in Israel, over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Miz- pel of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt with out fail deliver the children of mon into my hands, Am- 40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jeph- ihab the Gileadite four days in a year. CHAP. XII. AND the men of Ephraim gathered northward, and said unto Jephthau, 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever Wherefore passedst thou over to fight cometh forth of the doors of my house against the children of Aminon, and to meet me, when I return in peace didst not call us to go with thee? we from the children of Ammon, shall will burn thy house upon thee with surely be the LORD's, and I will offer tire. it up for a burnt-offering. 32 T So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands 2 And Jephthab said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 33 And he smote them from Aroer, 3 And when I saw that ye delivered even till thou come to Minneth, even me not, I put my life in my hands, and twenty cities, and unto the plain of the passed over against the children of vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Ammon, and the LORD delivered them Thus the children of Ammon were into my hand; wherefore then are ye subdued before the children of Is-come up unto me this day, to fight a- rael. gainst nie? 34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh 4 Then Jephthah gathered together unto his house, and, bebold, his daugh-all the men of Gilead, and fought with ter came out to meet him with tim-Ephraim; and the men of Gilead brels and with dances; and she was smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye fis only child: besides her he had nei Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim a- ther son nor daughter. mong the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw 259 Ephramites slain. JUDGES. Manoan sees an angel. 5 And the Gileadites took the passa-jand drink not wine uor strong drink, ges of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and eat not any unclean thing: and it was so, that when those Eph- 6 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and rainuites which were escaped, said, bear a son; and no razor shall come on Let me go over; that the men of Gil-his head: for the child shall be a Naz- ead said unto him, drt thou an Eph-arite unto God from the womb; and raim te? If he said, Nay; he shall begin to deliver Israel out of 6 Tuen said they unto him, Say now the hand of the Philistines. Shibboleth; and he said, Sibboleth: 6 ¶ Then the woman came and told for he could not frame to pronounce it her husband, saying, A man of God right. Then they took him, and slew came unto me, and his countenance him at the passage of Jordan: and was like the countenance of an angel there fell at that time of the Ephraim-[of God, very terrible: but I asked him ites forty and two thousand. not whence he was, neither told he me his name: 7 ¶ And Jephthah judged Israel six years: then died Jephthah the Gilead- ite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. 8 ¶ And after him Ibzan of Beth-le- bem judged Israel. 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 Nazarite to God from 9 And he had thirty sons and thirty the womb to the day of his death. daughters, whom he sent abroad, and 8 T Then Manoal entreated the took in thirty daughters from abroad LORD, and said, O my LORD, let the for his sons: and he judged Israel sev-man of God which thou didst send, en years. come again unto us, and teach us what 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried we shall do unto the child that shall at Beth-lehem. be born. 11 T And after him Elon, a Zebulo-| 9 And God hearkened to the voice of nite judged Israel: and he judged 13-Manoah; and the angel of God came rael ten years. again unto the woman as she sat in 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and the field: but Manoah her husband was buried in Ajalon, in the country of Zebulun. 13 ↑ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass-colts and he judged 1srael] eight years. 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. CHAP. XIII. was not with her. and 10 And the woman made haste, ran, and shewed her husbaud, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. 11 And Manoab arose,and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, Lam. 12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child ? and how shall we do AND the children of Israel did evil unto him? the woman let her beware. 14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink,nor eat any unclean thing all that I commanded again in the sight of the LORD; 13 And the angel of the LORD said and the LORD delivered them into the unto Manoab, Öf all that I said unto hand of the Philistines forty years. 2 T And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Dauites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the angel of the LORD appear-her let her observe. ed unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a sou. Now therefore oeware, I pray thee, 15 ¶ And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. 16 And the angel of the LORD said 260 Samson born. CHAP. XIV. Samson's riddle. unto Manor h, Though thou detain me.| father, Gether for me; for she pleaseth I will not eat of thy bread: and if me well. thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou But his father and his mother knew must offer it unto the LORD. For Ma- not that it was of the LORD, that be noah knew not that he was an angel sought an occasion against the Philis- of the LORD. tines; for at that time the Philistines bad dominion over Israel. and 6 T Then went Samson down, his father and his mother,to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. 17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy eayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 18 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after any name, seeing it is secret ? 6 And the Spirit of the Loan came 19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat-mightily upon him, and he rent him offering, and offered it upon a rock as he would have rent a kid, and he unto the LORD: and the angel did had nothing in his hand: but he told wondrously, and Manoah and bis wife not his father or his mother what be looked on. 20 For it came to pass,when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD as cended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. 21 But the angel of the Load did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Thea Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have geen God. 23 But his wife said unto bim, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time bave told us such things as these. 24 ¶ And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. CHAP. XIV. had done. 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well. 8 T Andafier a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. 9 And he took thereof in bis hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. 10T So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men todo 11 And it came to pass when they saw him, that they brought thirty compau- ions to be with him. 12 T And Samson said unto them, 1 will now put forth a riddle unto you. if ye can certainly declare it me with- in the seven days of the feast, and finn it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, nath, and saw a woman in Tim-thirty change of garments. And they nath of the daughters of the Philistines. said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, 2 And be came up and told his father that we may bear it. and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timinath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strongcame 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 Sanison's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may de clare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thec and thy father's house with fire: 261 Samson is JUDGES. denied his wife. have ye called us to take that we have?¡corn, with the vineyards and olives. is it not so ? 6 ¶ Then the Philistines said, Who 16 And Samson's wife wept before hath done this? And they answered, bim, and said, Thou dost but hate me, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth because he had taken his wife, and a riddle unto the children of my peo-given her to his companion. And the ple, and hast not told it me. And he Philistines came up, and burnt her said unto her, Behold, I have not told and her father with fire. it my father nor my mother, and shall 7 T And Samson said unto them, I tell it thee? Though ye have done this, yet will i 17 And she wept before him the sev-be avenged of you, and after that I en days, while their feast lasted: and will cease. it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 9 T Then the Philistines went up and pitched in Judah, und spread them- selves in Lehi. 10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. 19 And the Spirit of the LonD came upon him, and he went down to Ash- 11 Then three thousand men of Judah kelon, and slew thirty men of them, went to the top of the rock Etam, and and took their spoil, and gave change said to Samson, Knowest thou not that of garments unto them which expound the Philistines are rulers over us? what ed the riddle. And his anger was kin-is this that thou hast done unto us? dled, and he went up to his father's house. 20 But Samson's wife was given to bis companion,whom he had used as his friend. B CHAP. XV. And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. 12 And they said unto bán, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Phil- istines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall UT it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat-har-Jupon me yourselves. vest, that Samson visited his wife with 13 And they spake unto him, saying, a kid; and be said, I will go in to my No; but we will bind thee fast, and wife into the chamber. But her father deliver thee into their band: but sure- would not suffer him to go in. ly we will not kill thee. And they 2 And her father said, I verily thought bound him with two new cords, and that thou hadst utterly hated her;jbrought him up from the rock. therefore I gave her to thy companion: 14 T And when he came unto Lehi, is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. 3 ¶ And Samson said concerning hein, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. the Philistines shouted against him and the Spirit of the LORD came might- ily upon him; and the cords that were upon his aring became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off 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 Samson said, With the jaw. bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a 4 And Samson went and caught three nundred 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 thousand men. rora of the Philistines, and burnt up 17 And it came to pass, when he had both the shocks, and also the standing[made an end of speaking, that he cast 262 Delilah's falschood CHAP. XVI. to Samson. way the jaw-bone out of his hand, abiding with her in the chamber.} end called that place Ramath-lehi. And she said unto him, The Philistines 18 T And he was sore athirst, and be upon thee, Samson. And he brake called on the LORD, and said, Thou the withs as a thread of tow is broken hast given this great deliverance into when it toucheth the fire: so his the hand of thy servant; and now]strength was not known, shall I die for thirst, and fall into the 10 And Delilab said unto Samson, Be hand of the uncircumcised? hold, thou hast mocked me, and told 19 But God clave a hollow place that me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, was in the jaw, and there c_me water wherewith thou mightest be bound. thereout; and when he had drunk,] 11 And he said unto her, If they Sind his spirit came again, and be revived me fast with new ropes that never wherefore he called the name thereof were occupied, then shall I be weak, En-bakkore, which is in Lehi unto and be as another man. this day. 20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. CHAP. XVI. TH HEN went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her. 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. (And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber.) And he brake them from of his arma like a thread. 2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, 13 And Delilah said unto Sampson, Samson is come hither. And they Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and compassed him in, and laid wait for told me lies: tell me wherewith thou him all night in the gate of the city,mightest be bound. And he said unto and were quiet all the night, saying, her, If thou weavest the seven locks of In the morning, when it is day, we my head with the web. shall kill him. 3. And Saison lay till midnight, and rose 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 shoul- ders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that is before Hebron. 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah, 14. And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistince be upon thee, Samson. And be awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 T And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me ? thou hast mock- ed me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength vieth. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death, 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may 17 That he told her all his heart, and bind him to afflict him; and we will said unto her, There hath not come a give thee every one of us eleven hun-razor upon my head; for I have been dred pieces of silver. a Nazarite unto God from my moth- 6 And Delilah said to Samson, Teller's womb; if I be shaven, then my me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength will go from me, and I shall strength lieth, and wherewith thou become weak, and be like any other mightest be bound to afflict thee. man. 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be wenk, and be as another man, 18And when Delilan saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and call- ed for the lords of the Philistines, say - ing, Come up this once; for he hath 8 Then the lords of the Philistines shewed me all his heart. Then the brought up to her seven green withs lords of the Philistines came up unto which had not been dried, and she her,and brought money in their hand bound him with them. 19 And she made him sleep upon her 9 (Now there were men lying in wait,[knees: and she called for å mån, and 263 Slaughter of him. JUDGES. the Philistines. she caused him to shave off the seven seif with all his might; and the house locks of his head; and she began to fell upon the lords, and upon all the afflict him, and his strength went from people that were therein: so the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father, caine down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah, and Esh- taol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, Iwill go out, as at other times before, and shake my self. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. 21 T But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with CHAP. XVII. ND there was a man of mount fetters of brass; and he did grind in A Ephraim, whose name was Mi the prison-house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began cah. to grow again after he was shaven. 2 And he said unto his mother, The 23 T Then the lords of the Philistines eleven hundred shekels of silver that gathered them together, for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy in to our band. were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lond, my sou. 24 And when the people saw him, 3 And when be bad restored the they praised their god; for they said, eleven hundred shekels of silver to his Our god hath delivered into our hands mother, his mother said, I had wholly our enemy, and the destroyer of our dedicated the silver unto the LORD country, which slew many of us, from my hand, for my son, to make a 25 And it came to pass, when their graven image and a molten image, hearts were merry, that they said, Call now therefore I will restore it unto or Samson, that he may make us thee. sport. And they called for Samson out 4 Yet he restored the money unto his of the prison-house; and he made mother; and his mother took two them sport: and they set him between hundred shekels of silver, and gave the pillars. 26 T And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standetb, that I may lean upon them. them to the founder, who made there- of a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. 3 ¶ And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and tera phim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Phil- 6 In those days there was no king in istines were there: and there were up-Israel, but every man did that which on the roof about three thousand men was right in his own eyes. and women, that bebeld while Sam- 7 And there was a young man out of son made sport. Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Ju- 28 And Sainson called unto the LORD, dab, who was a Levite; and he so- and said, O LORD God, remember me, journed there. I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray 8 And the man departed out of the thee, only this once, O God, that I city from Beth-lehem-judah,to sojourn may be at once avenged of the Philis-where he could find a place tines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right haud, and of the other with his left. 30 And Samson said,Let me die with and he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. the Pailistines, and be beved in 10 and Micah said unto him, Dwell 264 The Danites CHAP. XVIII. seek an inheritance. with me, and be unto me a father and go up against them: for we have seen a priest, and I will give thee ten shek. the land, and, behold, it is very good; els of silver by the year, and a suit of and are ye still? Be not slothful to go, apparel, and thy victuals. So the Le-and to enter to possess the land. vite went in. 11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 12And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micali. 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 T And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorahı 13 Then said Micah, Now know 1aud out of Eshtaol, six hundred men that the LORD will do me good, seeing appointed with weapons of war. I have a Levite to my priest. CHAP. XVIII. 12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim in Judah; wherefore N those days there was no king in Is they called that place Mahaneh-dan Tibose there was a the torbe of unto this day, beach, it is bebid the Danites sought them an inheritance | Kirjath-jearim. to dwell in; for unto that day all their 13And they passed thence unto mount inheritance had not fallen unto them Ephraim, and came unto the house of among the tribes of Israel. Micah. 2 And the children of Dan sent of 14 T Then answered the five men their family five men from their coasts, that went to spy out the country of inen of valour, from Zorah, and from Laish, and said unto their brethren, Eshitaol, to spy out the land, and to Do ye know that there is in these search it; and they said unto them, houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a Go, search the land; who, when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turn ed 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 Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. 5. And they said unto him, Ask coun- sel, 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 Laish, and saw the people that 1ere therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no nagistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any manu. graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned ththerward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 16. And the six hundred men appoint- ed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering in of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate, with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18And these went into Micah'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 thy hand upon thy mouth and go with us, and be to u and a priest: is it better a priest unto the house 8 And they came unto their brethren that thou be a priest to Zorah and Eshtaol; and their breth-family in Israel ? ren said unto them, What say ye? 20 And the pries, 9. And they said, Arise, that we may [and he tock the ep 20 The Levite JUDGES. and his concubine phim, and the graven image, and went rael, that there was a certain Levite in the midst of the people. sojourning on the side of mount Eph- raim, who took to him a concubins out of Beth-lehem-judab. 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the carriage, before them. 2 And his concubine played the 22 T And when they were a good whore against him, and went away way from the house of Micah, the from him unto her father's house, to men that were in the houses near to Beth-lehem judah, and was there four Micah's house were gathered together, whole months. and overlook the children of Dan. 3 And her husband arose, and went 23 And they cried unto the children after her, to speak friendly unto her, of Dan and they turned their faces, and to bring her again, having his ser- and said unto Micah, What aileth vant with him, and a couple of asses: thee, that thou comest with such a and she brought him into her father's company? house; and when the father of the 24 And he said, Ye have taken away damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet my gods which I made, and the priest, him. and ye are gone away; and what have 4 And his father-in-law, the damsel's 1 more ? and what is this that ye say father, retained him; and he abode unto me, What aileth thee ? with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 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. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart; and the damsel's father said unto his son in-law, Comfort thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. ; 26 And the children of Dan went their way and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turn ed, and went back unto his house. 6 And they sat down, and did eat and 27 ¶ And they took the things which drink both of them together: for the Micab bad made,-and the priest which damsel's father had said unto the man, he had, and came unto Laish, unto a Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all people that were at quiet, and secure: night, and let thy heart be merry and they smote them with the edge of 7 And when the man rose up to de- the sword,and burnt the city with fire. [part, his father-in-law urged him 28 And there was no deliverer, be-[therefore he lodged there again. cause it was far from Zidon, and they 8 And he arose early in the morning had no business with any man; and it on the fifth day, to depart; and the was in the valley that lieth by Beth-re-damsel's father said. Comfort thy hob and they built a city, and dwelt heart, I pray thee. And they tarried therein. until afternoon, and they did eat both 29. And they called the name of the of them. city Dan, after the name of Dan their] 9. And when the man rose up to de- father, who was born unto Israel :part, he, and his concubine, and his howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the firet. servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the 30 ¶ And the children of Dan set up day draweth toward evening, I pray the graven image and Jonathan the you tarry all knight : bebold, the day son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, groweth to an end, lodge here, that thy he and his sons were priests to the heart may be merry; and to-morrow tribe of Dan until the day of the cap-get you early on your way, that thou xity of the land. mayest go home. they set them up Micah's 10 But the man would not tarry that which he made, all the night, but he rose up and departed, use of God was in Sbi-and came over against Jebus, (which XIX. pass in those days, vas no king in 1s] is Jerusalem,) and there were with him two asses saddled; his concubine also was with him. 11 And when they were by Jebus, the 266 He is entertained CHAP. XX. at Gibeah. day was far spent, and the servant door, and spake to the master of the said unto his master, Come, I pray house, the old man,saying, Bring forth thee, and let us turn in unto this city the man that came into thy house, that of the Jebusites. 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 chil- dren of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. we may know him. 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this folly. 13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of 24 Behold, here is my daughter, a these places to lodge all night, in Gib-maiden, and his concubine; them I eah, or in Ramah. will bring out now, and humble ye 14 And they passed on,and went their them, and do with them what seemeth way; and the sun went down upon good unto you: but unto this man do them when they were by Gibeab, not so vile a thing. which belongeth to Benjamin. 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 ber all the night until the morning; and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city; for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. 16 T And, behold, there came an old dawning of the day, and fell down at man from his work out of the field at the door of the man's house where her even, which was also of mount Eph-lord was, till it was light. rain; and he sojourned in Gibeah: 27 And her lord arose up in the morn but the men of the place were Benja ing,and opened the doors of the house, mites. and went out to go his way; and, be- 17 And when he had lifted up his hold, the woman his concubine was eyes, he saw a way-faring man in the fallen down at the door of the house, street of the city: and the old man and her hands were upon the thresh- said, Whither goest thou? and whence old. comest thou? 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let 18 And he said unto him, We are us be going. But none answered. Then passing from Beth-lehem-judah to-the man took her up upon au ass, and ward the side of mount Ephraim; from the man rose up, and gat him unto bie thence am I; and I went to Beth-le-place. hem-judah, but I am now going to the 29 T And when he was come into his house of the LORD; and there is no house, he took a knife, and laid hoid man that received me to house. on bis concubine, and divided her, to- 19 Yet there is both straw and prov-|gether with her bones, into twelve ender for our asses; and there is bread pieces, and sent her into all the coasts and wine also for me, and for thy of Israel. bandmaid, 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 usses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 22 ¶ Now, as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the 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 Israelcame up outof the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take ad- vice, and speak your minds. CHAP. XX. HEN all the children of Israel THE went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan, even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even 267 The complaint JUDGES. of the Levite. of all the tribes of Israel, presented 15 And the children of Benjamin themselves in the assembly of the peo-were numbered at that time, out of the ple of God, four hundred thousand cities, twenty and six thousand men footmen that drew sword. that drew sword, besides the inhabit- 3 (Now the children of Benjamin ants of Gibeah, which were numbered heard that the children of Israel were seven hundred chosen men. gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the 16 Among all this people there were children of Israel, Tell us, how was seven bundred chosen men left-band- this wickedness? ed; every one could sling stones at a 4 And the Levite, the husband of the hair-breadth, and not miss. woman that was slain, answered and 17 And the men of Israel, besides said,1 came into Gibeah that belongeth | Benjamin, were numbered four hun- to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to dred thousand men that drew sword: lodge. all these cere men of war. 5 And the men of Gibeak rose against 18 And the children of Israel arose, me, and beset the house round about and went up to the house of God, and upon me by night, and thought to asked counsel of God, and said, Which have slain me: and my concubine of us shall go up first to the battle have they forced, that she is dead. against the children of Benjamin? 6 And I took my concubine, and cut And the LORD said,Judah shall go up her in pieces, and sent her throughout first. all the country of the inheritance of 19 And the children of Israel rose up Israel: for they have committed lewd-in the morning, and encamped against ness and folly in Israel. Gibeah. 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel: give here your advice and counsel. 8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. 20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah,and destroy- 9 But now this shall be the thinged down to the ground of the Israel- which we will do to Gibeah; we will|ites that day twenty and two thousand go up by lot against it; men. 10 And we will take ten men of a 22 And the people the men of Israel hundred throughout all the tribes of Is-encouraged themselves, and set their rael, and a hundred of a thousand,and battle again in array in the place a thousand outof ten thousand,to fetch where they put themselves in array victual for the people, that they may the first day. do, when they come to Gibeah of Ben- 23 (And the children of Israel went jamin, according to all the folly that up and wept before the Lond until they have wrought in Israel. even, and asked counsel of the LORD, 11 So all the men of Israel were gatheaying, Shall I go up again to battle ered against the city, knit together as against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lond said, Go up against him.) one man. 12 ¶ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribes of Benjamin,say- ing, What wickedness is this that is done among you? 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. 13 Now therefore deliver us the men, 25 And Benjamin went forth against the children of Belial, which are in them out of Gibeah the second day, Gibeah, that we may put them to and destroyed down to the ground of death, and put away evil from Israel. the children of Israel again eighteen But the children of Benjamin would thousand men; all these drew tho not hearken to the voice of their breth-sword. ren the children of Israel: 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to bat- tle against the children of Israel. 26 ¶ Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lond, and fasted that day until even,and offered burnt- 268 CHAP. XXI. War between Israel and Benjamin. offerings, and peace offerings before 38 Now there was an appointed sign [between the men of Israel and the the Lord. 27 And the children of Israel inquired liers in wait, that they should make a of the LORD, (for the ark of the cove-great flame of smoke to rise up out nant of God was there in those days. of the city. 28 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, 39 And when the men of Israel re- the son of Aaron, stood before it in tired in the battle, Benjamin began to those days,) saying, Shall I yet again smite and kill of the men of Israel go out to battle against the children of about thirty persons; for they said, Benjamin my brother,or shall I cease? Surely they are smitten down before And the LORD said, Go up; for to- us, as in the first battle. morrow I will deliver them into thy hand. 29 ¶ And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. 40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin 41 And when the men of Israel turn- on the third day, and put themselves ed again, the men of Benjamin were in array against Gibeah, as at other amazed for they saw that evil was times. come upon them. 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways, 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle over- took them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. over 43 Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease against Gibeah toward the sun-rising. 4 And there fell of Benjamin eigli teen thousand men; all these were men of valour. 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rim- mon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. 34 And there came against Gibeah 16 So that all which fell that day of ten thousand chosen men out of all Is-Benjamin were twenty and five thou- rael, and the battle was sore: but they sand men that drew the sword; all knew not that evil was near them. these were men of valour. of Gibeah. 35 And the LORD smote Benjamin 47 But six hundred men turned and before Israel; and the children of Is-fed to the wilderness unto the rock rael destroyed of the Benjamites that Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rim- day twenty and five thousand and mon four months. a hundred men: all these drew the sword. 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. 43 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand; also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. CHAP. XXI. OW the men of Israel had sworn 37 And the liers in wait hasted, and Notiz eh, saying, There shall : rushed upon Gibeah and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote ull the city with the edge of the sword. in not any of us give his daughter upto Benjamin to wife. 269 The virgins at JUDGES. Shiloh surprised. 2 And the people came to the house which they had saved alive of the of God, and abode there till even be-women of Jabesh-gilead and yet so fore God, and lifted up their voices, they sufficed them not. and wept sore; 15 And the people repented them for 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, Benjamin, because that the Loup had why is this come to pass in Israel, that made a breach in the tribes of 1s- there should be to-day one tribe lack-rael. ing in Israel? 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offer- ings and peace-offerings. 16 ¶ Then the elders of the congrega- tion said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the wo- men are destroyed out of Benjamin ? 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not des- troyed out of Israel, 5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the con- gregation unto the LORD? For they 18 Howbeit we may not give them had made a great oath concerning him wives of our daughters: for the chil- that came not up to the Lord to Miz-dren of Israel have sworn, saying, peh, saying, He shall surely be put to Cursed be he that giveth a wife to death. Benjamin. 6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day, 7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? 19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lond in Shiloh yearly, in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the high- way that goeth up from Beth el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebo- nab. 20 Therefore they commanded the 8 T And they said, What one is there children of Benjamin, saying, Go and of the tribes of Israel that came not up lie in wait in the vineyards: to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, 21 And see, and, behold, if the daugh- there came none to the camp from Ja-ters of Shiloh come out to dance in besh-gilead to the assembly. dances, then come ye out of the vine- 9 For the people were numbered, yards, and catch you every man his and, behold, there were none of the in-wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and habitants of Jabesh-gilead there. go to the land of Benjamin. 10 And the congregation sent thither 22 And it shall be, when their fathers twelve thousand men of the valiantest or their brethren come unto us to com- and commanded them, saying, Gound plain, that we will say unto them, Be smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead favourable unto them for our sakes; with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. 11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain 23 And the children of Benjamin did by man. so, aud took them wives, according to 12 And they found among the in-their number, of them that danced, habitants of Jabesh-gilead four hun-whom they caught: and they went dred young virgins, that had known and returned unto their inheritance, no man by lying with any male; and and repaired the cities, and dwelt in they brought them unto the camp to them. Shiloh, which is in the land of Câna- an. 24 And the children of Israel depart- ed thence at that time, every inan to 13 And the whole congregation sent his tribe, and to his family, and they some to speak to the children of Ben-went out from thence every man to jamin, that were in the rock Rimmon, his inheritance. and to call peaceably unto them. 14 Aud Benjamin came again at that time ; and they gave them wives 25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 270 CHAP. I. ¶ Book of RUTH. I should have a husband also to-night, and should also bear sons; Now it came to pass, in the days 13 Would ye tarry for them till they was a famine in the land: and a cer-from having husbands? nay,my daugh- tain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah: and they came in to the country of Moab,and continued ters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, that the band of the LORD is gone out against me. 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her. 15 And she said,Behold, thy sister-in- law is gone back unto her people,aud unto her gods: return thou after thy there. 3 Aud Elimelech, Naomi's husband, sister-in-law. died: and she was left, and her two Bong. And they took them wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth and they dwelled there about ten years. 5 And Mallon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was eft of her two sons and her husband. 6 Then she arose with her daugh- ters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had beard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her: and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them: and they lifted up their voice and wept. 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters; why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your hus- bunds? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I ain too old to have a hus- band If I should say, I have hope, if 16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest,lwill lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that she was sted- fastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. 19 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth- lehem, that all the city was moved about them; and they said, Is this Naomi? 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Al- mighty bath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me,and the Almighty bath afflicted me? 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Mosoitess, her daughter-in-law, with her,which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-le- hem in the beginning of barley harvest. CHAP. II. Dad's,a mighty manof wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. ND Naomi had a kinsman of her 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, 271 Reath gleaneth in RUTH the fields of Boaz and glean ears of corn after him in maid, though I be not like unto one of whose sight I shall find grace. And thy handmaidens. she said unto her, Go,my daughter. 14 And Boaz said unto her, At meal 3 And she went and came, and glean-time come thou hither, and eat of the ed in the field after the reapers: and bread, and dip thy morsel in the vin- her hap was to light on a part of the legar. And she sat beside the reapers: field belonging unto Boaz, who was and he reached her parched corn, and of the kindred of. Elimelech. she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young 4 T And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they au-men, saying, Let her glean even swered, The LORD bless thce. jamong the sheaves, and reproach her 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant not: 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 Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 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 even, and beat out that she had glean- Jed: and it was about an ephah of bar 7 And she said, I pray you, let meley. glean and gather after the reapers 18 T And she took it up, and went among the sheaves: so she came, and into the city; and her mother-in-law hath continued even from the morning saw what she had gleaned; and she until now, that she tarried a little in brought forth, and gave to her that she the house. 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not,my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: 9 Let thine eyes be on the Geld 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 athirst,go unto the ves sels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. had reserved after she was sufficed. 19. And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where bast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz. He 20 And Naomi said unto her daugh ter-m-law, Blessed be he of the Lond, who hath not left off his kindness to 10 Then she fell on her face, and the living and to the dead. And Na- bowed herself to the ground, and said jomi said v o her, The man is near of unto him, Why have I found grace in kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. thine eyes, that thou shouldest take 21 Aud Ruth the Moabitess said, knowledge of me, seeing I am a stran- said unto me also, Thou shalt keep ger? fast by my young men, until they have 11 And Boaz answered and said unto ended all my harvest. ber, It hath fully been shewed me, all 22 And Naomi said unto Ruth, her that thou hast done unto thy mother-daughter-in-law, It is good, my daugh in-law since the death of thy husband: ter, that thou go out with his maidens, and how thou hast left thy father and that they meet thee not in any other thy mother, and the land of thy nativ-field. ity, and art come unto a people which 23 So she kept fast by the maidens of thou knewest not beretofore. Boaz to glean unto the end of barley- harvest and of wheat-harvest; and dwelt with her mother-in-law. CHAP. III. 12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. HEN Naomi her mother-in-law 13 Then she said, Let me find favorid onto her, My daughter, shal 13 Then me hast comforted me, and for that thou I not seek rest for thee, that it may be Last spoken friendly unto thy hand-well with thee? 272 Ruth's visit to Boaz. CHAP. IV. His bounty to Ruth. 2. And now is not Boaz of our kind-j Let it not be known that a woman red, with whose maidens thou wast? came into the floor. Behold he winnoweth barley to-night| in the threshing floor. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man until he shall have done eating and drinking. 15 Also he said, Bring the veil that tkou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she beld it, he measured six mea- sures of barley, and laid it on her; and she went into the city. 16 And when she came to her mother- in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that 4 And it shall be, when he lieth the inan had done to her. down, that thou shalt mark the place 17 And she said, These six measures where he shall lie, and thou shalt go of barley gave he me; for he said to in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee me, Go not empty unto thy mother in- down; and he will tell thee what thou|law. shalt do. 5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. 6 T And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. 18 Then said she, Sit still, my daugh- ter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not be in rest until he have finished the thing this day. CHAP. IV. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, be Weint Bonz to the went to lie down at the end of a hear THEN went Boaz up to the gate, of corn: and she came softly, and un-hold, the kinsman of whom Boaz covered his feet, and laid her down. spake, came by; unto whom he said, 8 T And it came to pass at midnight, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down that the man was afraid, and turned here. And he turned aside, and sat himself; and, behold, a woman lay at down. bis feet. 9 And he said, Who are thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thy hand- maid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. 10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter; for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, wheth- er poor or rich. 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. 2 Aud he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Na- omi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elime- lech's. 4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it ; but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it besides thee; and I am afler thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 12 And now, it is true that I am thy 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou near kinsman: bowbeit there is a kins-buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, man nearer than I. thou must buy it also of Ruth the Mo- 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in fabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise the morning, that if he will perform up the name of the dead upon his in unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; heritance. 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 Lono liveth: lie down until the morning. 6 ¶ And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself'; for I cannot redeem it. 7 Now this was the manner in for 14 ¶ And she lay at his feet until the mer time in Israel, concerning redeem- morning: and she rose up before one fing, and concerning changing, for to could know another. And he said, confirm all things; à man plucked off' 273 Boaz marrieth Ruth. 1. SAMUEL. Pedigree of David. his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour:[his wife: and when he went in unto and this was a testimony in Israel. her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee: so he drew off 14 And the woman said unto Naomi, his shoe. Blessed be the LORD, which hath not 9 ¶ And Boaz said unto the elders, left thee this day without a kinsman, and unto all the people, Ye are wit-that his name may be famous in Is- nesses this day, that I have bought all|rael. that was Elimelech's, and all that was 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the band of │of_thy life, and a nourisher of thine Naomi. old age for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate 17 And the women her neighbours of his place: ye are witnesses this day. gave it a name, saying, There is a son 11 And all the people that were in the born to Naomi; and they called his gate, and the elders, said, We are wit-name Obed; he is the father of Jesse, nesses. The LORD make the woman the father of David. that is come into thy house like Rachel 18 T Now these are the generations and like Leah, which two did build the of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, house of Israel; and do thou worthily 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ran: in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-le-begat Amminadab, hem: 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Jo- dah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman. 13 ¶ So Boaz took Ruth, and she was 20 And Amminadab begat Nabshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. T The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called, The First Book of the KINGS. CHAP. I. [portion; for he loved Hannah: but the NOW there was a certain man of LORD had shut up her womb. Ramathaim-zophim, of mount 6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. 7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jerobam, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no chil dren. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sous? 3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship, and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh: and 9 T So Hannah rose up after they had the two sons of Eli, Hophai and Phin-eaten in Shiloh, and after they had chas, the priests of the LORD were drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon there. a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord. 4 ¶ And when the time was that El- kanab offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daugh- pera, portions: 6 But unto Hannab he gave a worthyl 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wep: Bore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and sai?, > 274 Samuel born. CHAP IL. Hannah's sorg LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look the women abode, and gave her son on the affliction of thy handmaid, and suck until she weaned him. remember me, and not forget thy 24 And when she had weaned him, handmaid, but will give unto thy she took him up with her, with three handmaid a man-child, then I will bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and give him unto the Long all the days a bottle of wine, and brought him unto of his life, and there shall no razor the house of the Lond in Shiloh: and come upon his head. the child was young. 12 And it came to pass, as she contin- ued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips mored, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, ✪ my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him : CHAP. II. 28 Therefore also have I lent him to 15 And Hannah answered and said, the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall No, my lord, I am a woman of a sor-be lent to the LORD. And be worship- rowful spirit: I have drunk neither ped the LORD there. wine nor strong drink, but have pour- ed out my soul before the LORD. A ND Hannah prayed, and said, My 16 Count not thy handmaid for a heart rejoiceth in the LORD, MY daughter of Belial: for out of the abun-horn is exalted in the LORD; my mouth dance of my complaint and grief have is enlarged over mine enemies; be- I spoken hitherto. cause 1 rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the LORD; for there is none besides thee: neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proud- ly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of know- ledge, and by bim actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are 19 T And they rose up in the morn-broken, and they that stumbled are ing early, and worshipped before the girded with strength. 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 18 And she said, Let thy handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman weut her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. LORD, and returned, and came to their 5 They that were full have hired out house to Ramah: and Elkanah kuew themselves, for bread; and they that Hannah his wife; and the LORD re-cere hungry ceased: so that the barren membered her. hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. 6 The LORD killetb,and maketh alive: be bringeth down to the grave, and 20 Wherefore it came to paes, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Be-bringeth up. cause I have asked him of the Lono. 7 The LORD maketh poor, and ma- 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his keth rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear be- fore the LORD, and there abide for ever. up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to made them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. 23 And Elkanah her husband said 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; and the wicked shall be silent in dark tarry until thou have weaned him; ness; for by strength shall no mag only the LORD establish his word. So'prevail. 275 Sin of Eli's sons. 1. SAMUEL. 24 Nay, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LonD'S people to transgress. Eli threatened. 10 The adversaries of the LORD shall 23 And he said unto them, Why do De broken to pieces; out of heaven ye such things? for I hear of your evil eball he thunder upon them: the LORD dealings by all this people. shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of bis anointed. 11 And Elkanah went to Ramal to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. 12 T Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. 13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man of fered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand; 14 And be struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-book brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest: for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him but if a man sin against the Lonn, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them. 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lond, and also with men. 27 ¶ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did 1 give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children. of Israel? 16 And if any man said unto him,Let them not fail to burn the fat presently 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice, and then take as much as thy soul de- and at mine offering, which I have sireth; then he would answer him, commanded in my habitation; and Nay; but thou shalt give it me now:honourest thy sons above me, to make and if not, I will take it by force. 17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. 18 ¶ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child girded with a linen ephod. yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Wherefore the Lono God of Israel saith, 1 said indeed, that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be light- 19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from ly esteemed. year to year, when she came up with 31 Bebold, the days come, that I will her husband to offer the yearly sacri-cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy fice. father's house, that there shall not be 20 T And Eli blessed Elkanah andļan old man in thy house bis wife, and said, The Lono give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. 21 And the Lono visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, tohom 1 shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes,and to grieve 22 ¶ Now Eli was very old, and heard thy heart; and all the increase of thy all that his sons did unto all Ísrael; and house stall die in the flower of their how they lay with the women that as-age. sembled at the door of the tabernacle 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, of the congregation. that shall come upon thy twɔ sons, ou 276 The Lord CHAP. III, IV. Hophni and Phinehas: in oneday they shall die both of them. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. CHAP. III. calleth Samuel which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day will I perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his bouse; when 1 begin, .1 will also make an end. 13 For I have told bim that I will judge his house for ever for the ini- quity which he knoweth; because hie sons made themselves vile, and he re- strained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 15 ¶ And Samuel lay until the mom- ing, and opened the doors of the house AND the child Samuel ministered of the LORD. And Samuel feared to unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious In those days; there was no open vision. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was lain down in this place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was lain down to sleep ; 4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the LonD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuelarose and went to Eli, and said, Here am 1; for thou didst call me. And he answered, 1 called not, my son; lie down again. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. shew Eli the vision. 16 Then Eli called Samuel,and said, [Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I, 17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD bath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and bid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD; let him do what seemeth him good. 19 T And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was es- tablished to be a prophet of the LORD, 21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh; for the LORD revealed him- self to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. CHAP. 1V. ND the word of Samuel came to 8 And the LORD called Samuel again Al Israel. Now Israel went out the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for against the Philistines to battle, and thou didst call me. And Eli perceived pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the that the LORD had called the cbild. Philistines pitched in Aphek. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, 2 And the Philistines put themselves Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call in array against Israel: and when they thee, that thou shalt say,Speak,LORD; joined battle,Israel was smitten before for thy servant heareth. So Samuel the Philistines: and they slew of the went and lay down in his place. army in the field about four thousand men. 10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, 3 T And when the people were come Samuel. Then Samuel answered, into the camp, the elders of Israel Speak; for thy servant heareth. said, Wherefore hath the LORD smit 11 And the LORD said to Samuel, ten us to-day before the Philistines? Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at Let us fetch the ark of the covenant 277 The Israelites overcome. I. SAMUEL. Death of Eh, of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am that, when it cometh among us,it may he that came out of the army, and 1 save us out of the hand of our enemies. fled to-day out of the army. And he 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that said, What is there done, my son? they might bring from thence the ark 17 And the messenger answered and of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, said, Israel is fled before the Philis which dwelleth between the cherutines, and there bath aiso been a great bims: and the two sons of Eli, Hoph-slaughter among the people, and thy ni and Phinekas, were there with the two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lond came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang agam. 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. are dead, and the ark of God is taken. 18 And it came to pass, when he made inention 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 Israel forty years. 19 T And his daughter-in-law, Phi neas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the 7 And the Philistines were afraid: for tidings that the ark of God was taken, they said, God is come into the camp. and that her father-in-law and her And they said, Woe unto us! for there husband were dead, she bowed her- hath not been such a thing heretofore. self and travailed; for her pains came 8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us] upon her, out of the hand of these mighty Gods?] 20 And about the time of her death these are the Gods that smote the the woman that stood by her said un- Egyptians with all the plagues in the to her, Fear not; for thou hast born a wilderness. son. But she auswered not,neither did she regard it. 9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. 10 T And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten,and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. 21 Aud she named the child Icha-bod, saying, The glory is departed from Is- rael: because the ark of God was ta- ken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 22 And she said,The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is ta ken. CHAP. V. and the two sons of Eli, Hophi and A Gou, and brought it from Eben- Phinehas, were slain. ezer into Ashdod. 12 T And there ran a man of Benja-2 When the Philistines took the ark min out of the army, and came to of God, they brought it unto the house Shiloh the same day with his clothes of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. rent, and with earth upon his head. 3 T And when they of Ashdod arose 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat early on the morrow, behold, Dagon upon a seat by the wayside watching: was fallen upon his face to the earth for his heart trembled for the ark of before the ark of the Lond. And they God. And when the man came into took Dagon, and set him in his place the city, and told it, all the city cried again. out. 14 And when Eli heard the noise of he crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that be could not see. 4. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground be fore the ark of the Lond; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the thresh old; only the stump of Dagon was [left to him 278 CHAP. VI. The mi qmONG the Plalistines. Therefore neither the priests of Da- why his hands is uot removed from you gon, nor any that come into Dagon's 4 Then said they, What shall be tha house, tread on the threshold of Dagon trespass-offering which we shall re- in Ashdod unto this day. turi to him? They answered, live 6 But the hand of the Lond was bea-golden emerods, and five golden mice, vy upon them of Ashdod, and he de-according to the number of the lords stroyed them, and smote them with of the Philistines: for one plague was emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts on you all, and on your lords. 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw your emerods, and images of your that is was so, they said, The ark of mice that mar the land; and ye shali the God of Israel shall not abide with give glory unto the God of Israel: us: for his hand is sore upon us, and paradventure he will lighten his hand upon Dagon our god. from off you, and from off your gods, 8 They sent therefore and gathered and from off your land. all the lords of the Philistines unto 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your them, and said, What shall we do with hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharach the ark of the God of Israel? And hardened their hearts? when he had they answered, Let the ark of the God wrought wonderfully among them, of Israel be carried about unto Gath, did they not let the people go, and they And they carried the ark of the God departed? of Israel about thither. 9 And it was so, that, after they bad carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and be smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. 10 T Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass as the ark of God caine to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Is-] rael to us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our peo- ple: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milcb-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 of the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by ibe side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, 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 happened to us. 109 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 Lonn upon the cart, and the coffer with the cryjuice of gold and the images of their 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods; and the of the city went up to heaven. CHAP. VI. AND the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. emerods. to 12 And the kine took the straight way chemes the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth shemesh. 13 And they of reaping their 3 And they said, If ye send away the ley; and the ark of the God of Israel, send it not saw the a empty: but in any wise return him a 14 And trespass-offer.ng: then ye shall be of Josi healed, and it shall be known to you[there, " The people smitten. 1. SAMUEL. The Ist relites repent and they clave the wood of the cart, then put away the strange gods and and offered the kine a burnt-offering| Ashtaroth from among you, and pre- unto the Lord. pare your hearts unto the Lord, and 15 And the Levites took down the ark [serve him only; and he will deliver of the LORD, and the coffer that was you out of the hands of the Philistines. with it, wherein the jewels of gold 4 Then the children of Israel did put were, and put them on the great stone away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serv and the men of Beth-sheniesh offered ed the Lord only. burnt-offerings, and sacrificed sacri- 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel ces, the same day unto the Lond. to Mizpel, and I will pray for you. unto the Lord. 16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 6 And they gathered together to Miz- pel, and drew water, and poured it '7 And these are the golden emerods, out before the LonD, and fasted on that which the Philistines returned for a day, and said there, We have sinned trespass-offering unto the LORD; for against the Lono. And Samuel judg Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashke-Jed the children of Israel in Mizpeb. lon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 7 T And when the Philistines heard 18 And the golden mice, according to that the children of Israel were gath the number of all the cities of the ered together to Mizpeh, the lords of Philistines belonging to the five lords, the Philistines went up against Israel. both of fenced cities, and of country And when the children of Israel heard villages, even unto the great stone of it, they were afraid of the Philistines. Abel, whereon they set down the ark 8 And the children of Israel said to of the LORD; which stone remaineth]Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the unto this day in the field of Joshua the Lond our God for us, that he will save Beth-shemite. us out of the hand of the Philistines. 19 ¶ And he smote the men of Beth-9 T Aud Samuel took a sucking lamb, shemesh, because they had looked into and offered it for a burnt-offering the ark of the Loap, even be smote of wholly unto the LoRD: and Samuel the people fifly thousand and three-cried unto the Lond for Israel; ant score and ten men. And the people the Loid heard him. iamented, because the Lond had smit- 10 And as Samuel was offering up the ten many of the people with a great burnt-offering, the Philistines drew slaughter. near to battle against Israel: but the 20 And the men of Beth shemesh Load thundered with a great thnader. said, Who is able to stand before this on that day upon the Philistines, and holy Lond God? and to whom shall discomfited them; and they were he go up from us? smitten before Israel. 21 T And they sent messengers to the II And the men of Israel went out of inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, Mizpel, and pursued the Philistines, The Philistines have brought again and smote them, until they came under the ark of the LORD; come ye down, Beth-car. and fetch it up to you. A CHAP. VII. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and call- ND the men of Kirjath jearimed the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, came, and fetched up the ark of Hitherto hath the Lono helped us the Loan, and brought it into the bonse 13 ¶ So the Philistines were subdued, of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified and they came no more into the coast Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the of Israel: and the band of the LonD Lord. was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark Kiri that the time 14 And the cities which the Philis- "y years: and]tines had taken from Israel were re- nted after stored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did all the Israel deliver out of the hands of the return Philistines. And there was peace be. Dearts,tween Israel and the Amorites. 280 The Israelites CHAP. VIII, 1x. desire a king. 15 T And Samuel judged Israel allties; and will set them to ear his the days of his life. ground, and to reap his harvest, and 16 And be went from year to year in to make his instruments of war, and circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mis-instruments of his chariots. peh, and judged Israel in all those places. 17 And his return was to Ramalı; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. CHAP. VIII 13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 And he will take your fields and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your AND it came to pass, when Samuel seed, and of your vineyards, and give was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. to his officers, and to his servants. 16 And he will take your men-ser- 2 Now the name of his first-born was vants, and your maid-servants, and Joel, and the name of his second Abi- your goodliest young men, and your ali: they were judges in Beer-slieba. asses, and put them to his work. 3 And his sons walked not in his 17 He will take the tenth of your ways, but turned aside after lucre, and sheep: and ye shall be his servants. took bribes, and perverted judginent 18 And ye shall cry out in that day 4 Then all the elders of Israël gath-because of your king which ye shall ered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways; now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 T But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. 19 T Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel: and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lond. 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have 22 And the Loud said to Samuel, Fejected me, that I should not reign Hearken unto their voice, and make over them. them a king. And Samuel said unto 8 According to all the works which the men of Israel, Go ye every man they have done, since the day that 1 unto his city. brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken ine, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. NOW CHAP. IX. there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benja- mite, a mighty man of power. 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howheit, yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner 2. And be had a son, whose name was of the king that shall reign over them. Saul, a choice young man, and a good- 10 T And Samuel told all the words ly; and there was not among the chil- of the LORD unto the people that ask-dren of Israel a goodlier person thau ed of him a king. he: from his shoulders and upward he II And he said, This will be the man-was higher than any of the people. ner of the king that shall reigu over 3 And the asses of Kish, Saul'sfather, you: He will take your sons, and ap-were lost: and Rish said to Saul his point them for himself, for his charson, Take now one of the servants iots, and to be his horsemen ; and some with thee, and arise, go seek the asses shall run before his chariots. 4 And he passed through mount 12 And he will appoint hin captains Ephraim, and passed through the land over thousands, and captains over fif lof Shalisha, but they found them not, 281 Saul seeks his 1. SAMUEL. then they passed through the land of Shalim; and there they were not; and he passed through the land of the Ben jainites, but they found them not. 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 6 Aud he said unto him, Bebold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now, let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way that we should go. 7 Then said Saul to bis servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God; what have we? 8 And the servant answered Saul] again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of eilver; that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. Father's asses. 16 To-morrow about this time, I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. 17 And when Samuel 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 Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. 19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the bigh 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 thy 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 Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's 9 (Before-time in Israel, when a inauhouse? went to inquire of God, thus he spake, 21 And Saul auswered and said, Am Come, and let us go to the seer: for he not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of that is now called a Prophet, was be-the tribes of Israel? and my family the fore-time called a seer.) 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; coine, 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 sacrifice of the peo- | ple to-day in the high place. 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, be- fore he go up to the high place to ent: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacri- fice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. 14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. 15 T Now the Loan had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? 22 And Samuel took Saul and his ser- vant, and brought them into the par lour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took up the shoul- der, and that which was upon it, aud set it before Saul. And Samuel 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 Samuel that day. 25¶ And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. 26 And they arose early: and it camo to pass, about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they 282 Saul anointed. CHAP. X. Saul prophesieth. went out both of them, he and Samu-|God gave him another heart; and all el, abroad. those signs came to pass that day. 10 And when they came thither to the bill, behold, a company of proph ets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied 27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servants pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee among them. the word of God. CHAP. X. HEN Samuel took a vial of oil, 11 And it came to paɛs, when all that knew him before-time saw, that, be- hold, he prophesied among the proph THEN Samuel took his head, and ets, then the people mid the por qu kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be cap- tain over his inheritance? other, What is this that is come unte the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? 12 And one of the same place answer. ed and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? 2 When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachael's sepulchre, in the border Benjamin at Zelzab; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou want- est to seek are found: and, lo, thy fa- ther hath left the care of the asses and place. sorroweth for you, saying, What sball I do for my son? 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high 14 T And Saul's uncle said unto him ļaud to his servant, Whither went ye? 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from And be said, To seek the asses; and thence, and thou shalt come to the when he saw that they were no where, plain of Tabor, and there shall meet we came to Samuel. thee three men going up toGod to Beth- 15 And Saul's uncle said,Tell me, 1 el, one carrying three kids, and anoth-pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. er carrying three loaves of bread, and 16 And Saul said unto his uncle,He another carrying a bottle of wine: told us plainly that the asses were 4 And they will salute thee, and give found. But of the matter of the king thee two loaves of bread; which thou¦dom, whereof Samuel spake, he told shalt receive of their hands. him not. 5 After that thou shalt come to the 17 ¶ And Samuel called the people hill of God, where is the garrison of together unto the Lond to Mizpeb; the Philistines; and it shall come to 18 And said unto the children of Is pass, when thou art come thither to rael, Thus saith the LORD God of Is the city, that thou shalt meet a con-racl, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, pany of prophets coming down from and delivered you out of the hand of the high place, with a psaltery, and a the Egyptians, and out of the hand of tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before all kingdoms, and of them that op them; and they shall prophesy: pressed you: 6 And the Spirit of the LORD will 19 And ye bave this day rejected come upon thee, and thou shalt proph-[your God, who himself saved you out esy with them, and shalt be turned of all your adversities and your tribu- into another man. lations: and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. the 7. And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do us occa- sion shall serve thee; for God is with thee. 8 And thou shalt go down before me 20 And when Samuel had caused all to Gilgal; and, behold, 1 will come the tribes of Israel to come near, down unto thee, to offer burut-offer-tribe of Benjamin was taken. ings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of 21 When he had caused the tribe of peace-offerings; seven days shalt thou | Benjamin to come near by their fan- tarry, till I come to thee, and show ilies, the family of Matri was taken, thee what thou shalt do. and Saul the son of Kish was taken: 9 ¶ And it was so, that,when he had and when they sought him, he could turned his back to go from Samuel,[not be found. 283 Election of a king. I. SAMUEI Ammonites smilten. 22 Therefore they inquired of the throughout all the coasts of Israel by LORD further, if the man should yet the hands of messengers, saying, Who- come thither. And the LORD answer-soever cometh not forth after Saul and ed, Behold, he kath hid himself among after Samuel, so shall it be done unto the stuff. his oxen. And the fear of the LoRD 23 And they ran and fetched him fel on the people, and they came out thence; and when he stood among with one consent. the people, he was higher than any of the people, from his shoulders and up- ward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath cho- sen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people, shouted, and said, God save the king. 25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it m a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the peo- ple away, every man to his house. 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 26 T And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had 11 And it was so on the morrow,that touched. Saul put the people in three compa- 27 But the children of Belial said,nies; and they came into the midst of How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents: but he held his peace. CHAP. XI. : the host in the morning-watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, 80 HEN Nabashthe Ammonite came that two of themwere not left together up, and encamped against Jabesh- 12 T And the people said unto Sam gilead and all the men of Jabesh said uel, Who is be that said, Shall Saul unto Nahashi, Make a covenant with|reign over us? bring the men, that we us, and we will serve thee. T : 2 And Nabash the Ammonite an- swered them. On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. 3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto | him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. 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 Israel. 14 ¶ Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and re- new the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lono in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings 4 T Then came the messengers to before the Lond; and there Saul and Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. the ears of the people: and all the prople lifted up their voices, and wept. 5 And, behold, Saul came after the AND Samuel said unto all Israel, herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and Ius anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them CHAP. X11. Behold, 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 walk eth before you: and I am old and gray- headed; and, bebold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 Behold, here I am: witness against one before the LORD, and before his 284 Sumuel's discourse CHAP. XIII. to Israel anointed; whose ox have I taken ? or against the commandmentoftheLonD whose ass have I taken? or whom then shall both ye, and also the king have I defrauded? whom have I op- that reigneth over you, continue fol pressed? or of whose hand have 1 re lowing the LORD your God: ceived any bribe to blind mine eyes 15 But if ye will not obey the voice therewith? and I will restore it you. of the Lone, but rebel against the 4 And they said, Thou hast not de commandment of the LORD,then sball frauded us, nor oppressed us, neither the hand of the LORD be against you, hast thou taken aught of any man's as it was against your fathers. hand. 16 T Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD wili do before your eyes. 6 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anoint- ed is witness this day, that ye have 17 Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? 1 not found aught in my hand. And will call unto the LORD, and he shall they answered, He is witness. send thunder and rain, that ye may 6 T And Samuel said unto the peo- perceive and see that your wickedness ple, It is the Lond that advanced Mo-is great, which ye have done in the ses and Aaron, and that brought your sight of the LORD,in asking you a king fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; 7 Now therefore stand stili, that I and the LORD sent thunder and rain may reason with you before the LORD, that day and all the people greatly of al the righteous acts of the Loan, feared the LORD and Samuel. which he did to you and to your fa- thers. 8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the Lond sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out! of Egypt, und made them dwell in this place. : 19 And all the people said unto Sam- uel, 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. 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot proſt nor deliver; for they arc vain. 20 T And Samuel said unto the peo ple, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from 9 And when they forgat the LORD following the LORD, but serve the their God, he sold them into the band LORD with all your heart; of Sisera, captain of the bost of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; 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 Baalim and Ashtaroth; but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the band of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: be- cause it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. 23 Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I sould 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 12 And when ye saw that Nahash,|done for you, the king of the children of Ammon, 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, came against you, ye said unto me, ye shall be consumed, both ye and Nay; but a king shall reign over us: your king. when the LORD your God was your king. 13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. 1416 ye CHAP. XIII. AUL reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Is rael, 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were will fear the LORD, and serve with Saul in Michmash and in mount him, and obey his voice, and not rebell Beth-el, and a thousand were with 285 1. SAMUEL. The Philistines war against Israel. Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the rest of the people he sent every the commandment of the LORD thy man to his tent. God, which he commanded thee: for 3 And Jonathan smote the garrison now would the Lord have established of the Philistines that was in Gibeah; thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. and the Philistines heard of it. And 14 But now thy kingdom shall not Saul blew the trumpet throughout all continue the LORD hath sought him the land, saying, Let the Hebrews a man after his own heart, and the bear. LORD hath commanded him to be cap- tain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord com manded thee. 1 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philis tines, and that Israel also was bad in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin: and Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. 5 TAnd the Philistines gathered them selves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots,and six thou- 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, sand horsemen, and people as the sand and the people that were present with which is on the sea-shore in multitude: them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: and they came up, and pitched in but the Philistines encamped in Mich- Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. mash. 6 When the men of Israel saw that! 17 T And the spoilers came out of they were in a strait, (for the people the camp of the Philistines in three were distresed,) then the people did companies: one company turned unto hide themselves in caves,and in thick-the way that leadeth to Orphrab, unto ets, and in rocks, and in high places, the land of Shual: and in pits. 18 And another company turned the way to Beth-boron : and another com- pany turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim, 7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed toward the wilderness. ium trembling. 19 Now there was no smith found 8 T And be tarried seven days, ac-throughout all the land of Israel ; (for cording to the set time that Samuel the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews had appointed: but Samuel caine make them swords or spears :) not to Gilgal; and the people were 20 But all the Israelites went down scattered from him. to the Philistines, to sharpen every 9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt-man his share, and bis coulter, and offering to me, and peace-offerings. his axe, and his mattock. And he offered the burut-offering. 10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. 21 Yet they had a file for the mat- tocks,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 sword 11 And Samue. said, What hast nor spear found in the band of any of thou done? And Saul said, Because I the people that were with Saul and saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appouted, and that the Philistines gathered themselves to- gether at Michmash; 12 Therefore said I, The Philistines Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 23 And the garrison of the Philistines. went out to the passage of Michimash. CHAP. XIV. will come down now upon me to Gil-onathan the son of Saul said W came to pass upon a day, gal, and I have not made supplication unto the LonD: I forced myself there unto the young man that bare his ar- fore, and offered a burnt-offering. mour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the 13 And Samuel said to Sanl, Thou 286 Jonathan smiteth CHAP. XIV. - the Philistines. other side. But he told not his father. farmour-bearer after him: and they fell 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost before Jonathan; and bis armou part of Gibeah, under a pomegranite-bearer slew after him. tree which is in Migron; and the peo- 14 And that first slaughter, which ple that were with him were about six Jonathan and his armour-bearer made, hundred men : was about twenty men, within as it were a half-acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. 3 And Ahiah, the son of Abitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phine- has, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. 4 T And between the passage, by kwhich Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side,and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The fore-front of the one weas situ ate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lond will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. 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 quak- ed: so it was a very great trembling. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Giv eah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. 17 ¶ Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armour-bearer were not there. 18 And Saul said unto Ahiab, Bring hither the ark of God : (for the ark of God was at that time with the chil- dren of Israel.) 19 T And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on, and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thy band. 20 And Saul and all the people that 7 And his armour-bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart : turn thee; behold, I am with thee accord-were with him assembled themselves, ing to thy heart. and they came to the battle; and,be 8Then said Jonathan, Behold, we hold, every man's sword was against will pass over unto these men, and we his fellow, and there was a very great will discover ourselves unto them. discomfiture. 9 If they say thus unto us,Tarryuntil we come to you, then we will stand still in our place, aud will not go up unto them. 21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time which went up with them into the camp from the country round about 10 But if they say thus, Come up even they also turned to be with the unto us; then we will go up: for the Israelites that were with Saul and Jon LORD hath delivered them into our│athan. Jand; and this shall be a sign unto us. 22 Likewise all the men of Israe 11 And both of them discovered them- which had hid themselves in mount selves unto the garrison of the Philis- Ephraim, when they heard that the fines: and the Philistines said,Behold,|Philistines fled, even they also follow- the Hebrews come forth out of the led hard after them in the battle. holes where they had hid themselves. 23 So the LORD saved Israel that day; 12 And the men of the garrison an- and the battle passed over unto Beth- swered Jonathan and his armour-bear-aven. er, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armour-bearer, Come up after me; for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon Dis hands and upon his feet, and his 24 T And the men of Israel 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 avenged on miue enë mies. So none of the people tasteg any food. 287 : Saul's rash oath. I. SAMUEL. Jonathan condemned. 25 And all they of the land came to a us not leave a man of them. And they wood; and there was honey upon the said, Do whatsoever seemeth good un- ground. to 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 Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the haud of Israel? But he answered him not that day. 26 And when the people were come into the wood,behold, the honey drop- ped; butuo man put his hand to his mouth for the people feared the oatlı. 27 But Jonathan heard not when bis father charged the people with the 38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hith oath; wherefore he put forth the end er all the chief of the people; and of the rod that was in his hand, and know and see wherein this sin hath dipped it in a honey-comb, and put been this day: his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. 39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel,though it be in Jonathan 28 Then answered one of the people, my son, he shall surely die. But there and said, Thy father straitly charged was not a man among all the people the people with an oath, saying, Cura-that answered him. ed be the man that eateth any food this 40 Then said he unto all Israel,Be ye day. And the people were faint. on one side, and I and Jonathan my 29 Then said Jonathan, My father son will be on the other side. And the hath troubled the land: see, I pray people said unto Saul, Do what seeni- you, how mine eyes have been eulight-feth good unto thee. ined, because 1 tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 41 Therefore Saul said unto the Lond God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. 42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jona- than was taken. 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell 31 And they smote the Philistines me what thou hast done. And Jona- that day from Michmash to Ajalon: than told him, and said, I did but taste and the people were very faint. a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand, and, lo, I must die. 32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. 33 T Then they told Saul, saying, Be- hold, the people sin against the Lonn, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. 44 And Saul answered,God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the 34 And Saul said,Disperse yourselves ground; for he bath wrought with God among the people, and say unto them, this day. So the people rescued Jon Bring me hither every man his ox,and athau, that he died not. every man his sheep, and slay them 46 Then Saul went up from follow- bere,and eat; and sin not against the ing the Philistines: and the Philis LORD in eating with the blood. And All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. 35 And Saul built an altar unto the Lord; the same was the first altar that ue built unto the LORD. 36 T Aud Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning-light, and let tines went to their own place. 47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his ene mies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom,and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines, and whithersoever he turned himself, be vexed them. 48. And be gathered a host, and amote 288 Saul sent to destroy them. CHAP. XV. the Amalekites, the Amalekites, and delivered Israel of the oxer, and of the fatlings, and out of the hands of them that spoiled the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but 49 T Now the sons of Saul were Jon-every thing that was vile and refuse, atban,and Ishui, and Melchishua: and that they destroyed utterly. the names of his two daughters were 10 T Then came the word of the these; the name of the first-born Me- LORD unto Samuel, saying, ab, and the name of the younger Mi- -bal: 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Abimnaaz; and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle: 51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner, the father of Abner, was the son of Abiel. 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not per- formed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lond all night. 12 And when Sanuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmei, and, behold, he set him up a place, and 52 And there was sore war against is gone about, and passed on,and gone the Philistines all the days of Saul: and[down to Gilgal. when Saul saw any strong man,or any valiant man, he took him unto hun. CHAP. XV. SAMUEL also said unto Saul, The Lond sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I re member that which Amalek did to Is rael, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek,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 to- gether, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amal- ek, and laid wait in the valley. 6 T And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites,lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites de parted from among the Amalekites, 7 ¶ And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroy- ed all the people with the edge of the sword. 13 And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the com mandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, What meancil 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 the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul,Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lonr hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Is rael, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? 18 And the LORD sent thee on a jour- ney, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, 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 Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LonD sent ine,and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, But Saul and the people spared sheep and oxen, the chief of the things Agag, and the best of the sheep, and which should have been utterly de T 289 Saul sporeth Agug. 1. SAMUEL. LonD] Samuel sent to Jesse stroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lonotheless Samuel mourned for Saul; and the LORD repented that he had made thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Hath the LonD Saul king over Israel. as great delightin burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of CHAP. XVI. the Lono? Behold, to obey is better AND the LORD said unto Samue than sacrifices,and to hearken than the How long wilt thou mourn for fat of rams. Saul, seeing I have rejected him from 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witch-reigning over Israel? fill thy horn craft, and stubboruness is as iniquity with oil, and go, I will send thee to and idolatry. Because thou hast re- Jesse the Beth-lehemite, for I have jected the word of the LORD, he hath provided me a king among his sons. also rejected thee from being king. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? 24 T And Saul said unto Samuel, 1|if Saul hear it, he will kill me. have sinned: for 1 have transgressed the LORD said,Take a heifer with thee, the commandment of the LORD, and and say, I am come to sacrifice to the thy words: because 1 feared the peo- Lond. ple, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast re jected the word of the Loud, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a mau, that he should repent. 30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Is- rael, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lond thy God. 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lond. 32 T Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said, As thy sword halb inade women childless, so shall tny mother be childless among wo men. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 34 ¶ Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gib eah of Saul. And 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do. and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which the Loud spake, and came to Beth-lebem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? 5 And he said, Peaceably : I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrilice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacri- fice. 6¶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his staure; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chos- en this. 9 Then Jesse made Shammal to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Sam- uel said unto Jesse,The Lond hath not chosen these. 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remiameth yet the youngest, 35 And Samuel came no more to see and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. Saul until the day of his death: never laud Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and 290 David anainted. CHAP. XVII. Goliath's challenge fetch him ; for we will not sit down were gathered together at Shochol, till he come hither. which belongeth to Judab,and pitched 12 And he sent, and brought him in. between Shochol and Azekalı, in Now he was ruddy, and withal of a Ephes-dammim. beautiful countenance, and goodly to And the LORD said, Arise, auoint him: for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day for ward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Raman. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the bat- tle in array against the Philistines. 3And the Philistines stood on a moun- tain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. 4 ¶ And there went out a champion But the Spirit of the Lond de-out of the camp of the Philistines, parted from Saul, and an evil spirit named Goliath, of Gath, whose height from the LORD troubled him. was six cubits and a spau. 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God Troubleth thee. 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon bis head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the 15 Let our lord now command thy coat wasfive thousand shekels of brass. servants, which are before thee, to seek 6 And he had greaves of brass upon out a man, who is a cuming player on his legs, aud a target of brass between a harp and it shall come to pass, his shoulders. : when the evil spirit from God is upon 7 And the staff of his spear was like thee, that he shall play with his hand, a weaver's beam; and his spear's head and thou shalt be well. weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. 17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 8 And he stood and cried unto the 18Then answered one of the servants, armies of Israel, and said unto thein, and said, Behold, I have seen a sou of Why are ye come out to set your bat- Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cun-tle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ning in playing, and a mighty valiant maŭ, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. 19 1 Wherefore Saul sent messengers anto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. 20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 21 And David came to Saul,and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer. 22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, 1 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 David took a harp, and played with his hand, so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. Now CHAP. XVII. OW the Philistines gathered to gether the r armies to battle, and ye servants to Saul? choose 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 ser- vants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our ser- vants, and serve us. 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the Jarmies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. [ 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 12 T Now David was the son of that Ephrathite, of Beth-lehem-judab, whose name was Jesse ; 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 Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first born, and next unto him, Abinadab, aud the third, Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and returned from 201 David accepteth 1. SAMUEL. the challenge. Saul to feed his father s sheep at Beth-and Eliab's anger was kindled against ehem. David, and he said, Why camest thou 16 And the Philistine drew near down hither? and with whom hast morning and evening, and presented thou left those few sheep in the wil- himself forty days. 17And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of his parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elab, fighting with the Philistines. 20 ¶ And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him: and he came to the trench as the host was going forth to fight, and shouted for the battle. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. 22 And David left lus 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, be- hold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spakeaccording to the same words: and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. derness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause ? 30 T And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same mammer: and the people answered him again after the former manner. 31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him. 32 ↑ And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of bim; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when be arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servaut slew both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Phil- istine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come ap? 37 David said moreover, The LORD surely to defy Israel is he come up that delivered me out of the paw of the and it shall be, that the man who kill-lion, and out of the paw of the bear, be eth him, the king will enrich brim with will deliver me out of the hand of this great riches, and will give him his Philistine. And Saul said unto David, daughter, and make his father's house Go, and the Lond be with thee. free in Israel. 38 T And Saul armed David with his 26 And Davic spake to the men that armour, and he put a helmet of brass stood by him saying, What shall be upon his head; also he armed him done to the man that killeth this Phil-with a coat of mail. istine, and taketh away the reproach 39 And David girded his sword upon from Israel? for who is this uncircum- his armour, and assayed to go; for he cised Philistine, that he should defy had not proved it. And David said the armies of the living God? unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for 1 have not proved them. And David put them oll him, 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, 28 ↑ And Eliab his eldest brother and chose him five smooth stones out heard when he spake unto the men:lof the brook, and put them in a shep- J 292 He slayeth Goliath. CHAP. XVIII. Philistine overcome, herd's bag which he had, even in a 52 ¶ And the men of Israel and of scrip; and his sling was in his hand :Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued and he drew near to the Philistine. the Philistines, until thou come to the 41 And the Philistine came on, and valley, and to the gates of Ekren; and drew near unto David: and the man the wounded of the Philistines fell that bare the shield went before him. down by the way to Shaaraim, even 42 And when the Philistine looked|unto Gath, and unto Ekron. about, and saw David, he disaained 53 And the children of Israel return- him for he was but a youth, anded from chasing after the Philistines, ruddy, and of a fair countenance. and they spoiled their tents. : 43 And the Philistine said unto Da- 64 And David took the head of the vid, Am I a dog, that thou comest to Philistine,and brought it to Jerusalem: me with staves? And the Philistine but he put his armour in his tent. cursed David by his gods. 55 ¶ Aud when Saul saw David go 44 And the Philistine said to David, forth against the Philistine, he said Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto Abner, the captain of the host, unto the fowls of the air, and to the Abner, whose son is this youth? And beasts of the field. Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, 45 Then said David to the Philistine,|I cannot tell. Thou comest to me with a sword, and] 56 And the king said, Inquire thou with a spear, and with a shield; but I whose son the stripling is. come to thee in the name of the LonD] 57 And as David returned from the of hosts, the God of the armies of Is-slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took rael, whom thou hast defied. him, and brought him before Saul, 46 This day will the LORD deliver with the head of the Philistine in his thee into my hand; and I will smite band. thee, and take thy head from thee; 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son and I will give the carcases of the host art thou, thou young man? And Da- of the Philistines this day unto the vid answered, I am the son of thy ser- fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts vant Jesse the Beth-lehemite, of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword 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 Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. CHAP. XVIII AND it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jong- than loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone and slang i, and smote the Philistine in his fore- 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of head, that the stone sunk into his fore-the robe that was upon him, and gave bead; and he fell upon his face to the it to David, and his garments, even te earth. his sword, and to his bow, and to hi' 50 So David prevailed over the Phil-girdle. istine with a sling and with a stone, 5 And David went out whithersoever and smote the Philistine, and slew Saul sent him, and behaved himself him; but there was no sword in the wisely; and Saul set him over the mer hand of David. of war; and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath 6T And it came to pass as they came, thereof, and slew him, and cut off his when David was returned from thể head therewith. And when the Phil-slaughter of the Philistine, that the istines saw their champion was dead, wonien came out of all the cities o they fled. [Israel, singing and dancing, to meet 293 Saul secketh 1. SAMUEL. to kill David. king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and, 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, with instruments of music. that she may be a snare to him, and 7 And the women answered one an-that the hand of the Philistines may other as they played, and said, Saul be against him. Wherefore Saul said hath slain his thousands, and David to David, Thou shalt this day be my his ten thousands. son-in-law in the one of the twain. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the 22 T And Saul commanded his ser saying displeased him; and he said, vants, saying, Cominune with David They have ascribed unto David ten secretly, and say, Behold, the king thousands, and to me they have ascrib-hath delight in thee, and all his ser- ed but thousands: and what can be vants love thee: now therefore be the have more but the kingdom? king's son-in-law, 9 And Saul eyed David from that day 23 And Saul's servants spake those and forward. words in the ears of David. And Da 10 ¶ And it came to pass on the mor-vid said, Seemeth it to you a lig row, that the evil spirit from God thing to be a king's son-in-law, seem came upon Saul, and be prophesied in that I am a poor man, and lightly es- the midst of the house; and David teemed? played with his hand,as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's 12 ¶ And Saul was afraid of David, Jenemies. But Saul thought to make. because the Lord was with him, and David fall by the hand of the Philis- was departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from| him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people 14 And David behaved himself wise ly in 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 Israel and Judah loved Da- vid, because he went out and came in before them. 17 ¶ And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will give thee to wife; only be thou valiaut for me, and fight the LORD's battles for Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. : ties. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law; and the days were not expired. 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philis tines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Mi- chal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, after 18 And David said unto Saul, Who they went forth, that David behaved am 1? and what is my life, or my fa-himself more wisely than all the ser- ther's family in Israel, that I should vants of Saul; so that his name was be son-in-law to the king? much set by. 19 But it came to pass, at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was, given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wile. 20 T And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him CHAP. XIX. A ND Saul spake to Jonathan his AND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 2 But Jonathan, Saul's son,delighted much in David and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee. Now therefore, I pray 1 201 CHAP. XX. Saul's jealousy of David thee, take heed to thyself until the again to see David, saying, Bring hin morning, and abide in a secret place, up to me in the bed, that I may slay and hide thyself; 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou hiin. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image art, and I will commune with my fa- in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair ther of thee; and what I зee, that will for his bolster. I tell thee. 17 And Saul said unto Michai, Why + ¶ And Jonathan spake good of Da-hast thou deceived mne so, and sent vid unto Saul his father, and said unto away mine enemy, that he is escaped? bim, Let not the king sin against his And Michal answered Saul, He said servant, against David; because he unto me, Let me go; why should I bath not sinned against thee, and be kill thee? cause his works havebeen to thee-ward very good: 18T So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told 5 For he did put his life in his hand, him all that Saul had done to him, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD And he and Samuel went and dwelt in wrought a great salvation for all 1s-Naioth. rael: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against minocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 6. And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things: and Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. 8 T And there was war again: and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Be hold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the com- pany of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also pro - phesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they pro- phesied likewise. And Saul sent mes- sengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. 22 Then went he also to Ramab, ana came to a great well that is in Sechu: 9 And the evil spirit from the LORD and he asked and said, Where are was upon Saul, as he sat in his house Samuel and David? And one said, Be- with his javelin in his hand: and Da-hold, they be at Naioth in Ramali. vid played with his hand, 23 And he went thither to Naioth in 10 And Saul sought to smite David Ramah: and the Spirit of God was even to the wall with the javelin: but upon him also, and he went on, and he slipped away out of Saul's presence prophesied, until he came to Naioth! and he smote the javelin into the wall:in Ramah. and David fled, and escaped that night. 24 And he stripped off his clothes 11 ¶ Saul also sent messengers unto also, and prophesied before Samuel in David's house, to watch him, and to like manner, and lay down naked all slay him in the morning: and Michal, that day, and all that night. Where- David's wife, told him, saying, If thou fore they say, Is Saul also among the eave not thy life to-night, to-morrow prophets? thou shalt be glain. CHAP. XX. 12 T So Michal let David down AND David fled from Naioth in Ra through a window; and he went, and mab, and came and said before ged, and escaped. Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my inte? 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goat's hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 2. And he said unto him, God forbid ; 14 And when Saul sent messengers thou shalt not die: behold, my father to take David, she said, He is sick. will do nothing, either great or sina!!, 15 And Saul sent the messengers|but that he will show it me; and wây 295 Jonathan s covena it I. SAMUEL. should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. with David 14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the Loud, that I die not: 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth 15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy that I have found grace in thine eyes; kindness from my house for ever; no, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know not when the Lord hath cut off the this, lest he be grieved: but truly, as enemies of David every one from the the Lono liveth, and as thy soul liv-face of the earth. eth, there is but a step between me and 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with death. the house of David, saying, Let the 4 Then said Jonathan unto David, LonD even require it at the hand of Whatsoever thy soul desireth, 1 will]David's enemies. even do it for thee. 5 And David said unto Jonathan, 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 myself in the field unto the third day at even. 6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me, that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. 7 If he say thus, It is well; thy ser- vant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him : for he loved him as he loved his own soul. 18 T Then Jonathan said to David, To-morrow is the new-moon; and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. 19. And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly 21 And, behold, I will send a lad, say with thy servant; for thou hast brought|ing, Go, find out the arrows. Iflex- thyservant into a covenant of the LonD pressly say unto the lad, Behold, the with thee: notwithstanding, if there arrows are on this side of thee, take be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for them; then come thou: for there is why shouldest thou bring me to thy peace to thee, and no hurt, as the father? Lond liveth. 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from 22 But if I say thus unto the young thec: for if knew certainly that evil man, Behold, the arrows are beyond were determined by my father to come thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? sent thee away. 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11 T And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 ¶ And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to-morrow any time, or the third day, and, be- hold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and show it thee; 23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lond be between thee and me forever. 24 T So David 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 Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Some 13 The Lono do so and much more to thing, hath befallen him, he' is not Jonathan: but if it please my father clean; surely he is not clean. to do thee evil, then I will show it thee, 27 And it came to pass on the mor. and send thee away, that thou mayest row, which was the second day of the go in peace; and the Lonn be with month, that David's place was empty: thee, as he hath been with my father. [and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, 296 Saul's anger kindled CHAP. XXI. against Jonathan. Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse 41 T And as soon as the lad was gone, to meat,neither yesterday,nor to day? David arose out of a place toward the 28 And Jonathan answered Saul, Da-south,and fell on his face to the ground, vid earnestly asked leave of me to go and bowed himself three times; and to Beth-lebem: 29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee: for our family hath a sacrifice 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. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto bim, Thou son of the perverse rebell- ious woman, do not 1 know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thy own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness ? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain ? what hath he done? 33 AndSaul cast a javelin at him to smite him whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. : 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. 35 ¶ And it came to pass in the morn- ing, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. 42 And Jonathan said to David, Goin peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and de parted: and Jonathan went into the city. CHAP. XXI. HEN cameDavid to Nob to Ahim THEN cum Pavid to Noto Alich was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why artthou alone, and no man with thee? 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded 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 commanded thee: and I have ap pointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore what is under thy hand ? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present. 4 And the priest answered David,and said, There is no common bread under my hand,but there is ballowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 5 And David 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 36 And he said unto his Ind, Run, find of the young men are holy, and the out now the arrows which I shoot.jbread is in a manner common, yea, And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. 37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jouathan had shot,Jonathan cried after the lad, land said, Is not the arrow beyond thee? 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed,haste, stay not. And Jon- athan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. 39 But the lad knew not any thing; only Jonathan and David knew the Duter. 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 before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day it was taken away. 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 8 ¶ And David said unto Alimelech, 40 And Jonathan gave his artillery And is there not here under thy hand vato his lad, and said unto him, Go, spear or sword? for I have neither carry them to the city, brought my sword nor my weaponɛ 297 I. SAMUEL David in the care of Addullam. with me, because the king s business 6 T And the prophet Gad said unto equired haste. David, Abide not in the hold; depart 9 And the priest said, The sword of aid get the into the land of Judah. Goliath the Philistine, whom thou Then David departed, and came into slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, the forest of Hareth. t is here wrapped in a cloth behind 6T When Saul heard that David was the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take discovered,and the men that were with it: for there is no other save that here. [him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under And David said, There is none like a tree in Ramah, having his spear in that; give it me. his hand, and all his servants were standing about him ;) 10 T And David arose and fed that day for fear of Saul,and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul nath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands ? 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thou sands, and captains 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 Jesse, and there i none of you that is sorry for me, o stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait as at this day? 13 And he changed his behaviour be-showeth unto me that my son hath fore 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 Achish unto his ser- vants, 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 madinan in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house ? DAV CHAP. XXII. 91 Then answered Doeg the Edom- ite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 And he inquired of the Lond for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philis- tine. 11 Then the king sent to call Ahime- lech the priest, the son of Abitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob; and they came all of them to the king, 12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. AVID therefore departed thence and escaped to the cave Addullam: aud when his brethren and all his fa- ther's house heard it, they went down thitherto him. 2And every one that was in distress, 13 And Saul said unto him, Why and every one that was in debt, and have ye conspired against me,thou and every one that was discontented, gath-the son of Jesse,in that thou hast given ered themselves unto him; and he be aim bread, and a sword, and hast in- came a captain over them and there 'quired of God for him, that he should were with him about four hundred rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day P men. 3 ¶ And David went thence to Miz-| 14 Then Ahimelech answered the pel of Moab; and he said unto the king, and said, And who is so faithful king of Moab, Let my father and my among all thy servants as David, which mother, I pray thee, come forth, and is the king's son in-law, and goeth at be with you, till I know what God thy bidding, and is honourable in thy will do for me. house ? 4 And he brought them before the 15 Did I then begin to inquire of God King of Moab : and they dwelt with for him? be it far from me: let not the im all the while that David was inking impute any thing unto his ser the hold. [vant, nor to all the house of my father 233 Noh destroyed. CHAP. XXIII David rescueth Keilah. for thy servant knew nothing of all lah; for I will deliver the Philistines this, less or more. into thy haud. 16 And the king said, Thou shalt 5 So David and his men went to Kei- surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all lah, and fought with the Philistines, thy father's house. and brought away their cattle, and And the king said unto the foot-smote them with a great slaughter. men that stood about him, Turn, and So David saved the inhabitants of slay the priests of the Lond; because Keilah, their hard also is with David, and be- cause they knew 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. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 6 And it came to pass, when Abia- thar the son of Ahimelech fled to Da- vid to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. 7 T And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Sarıl said, God hath delivered him into my band ; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul called all the people to- gether to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men, 19 And Nob, the city of the priests,! 9 ¶ And David knew that Saul se- smote he with the edge of the sword, cretly practised mischief against him; both men and women, children and and he said to Abiathar the priest, sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and Bring hither the ephod. 11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come sheep, with the edge of the sword, 10 Then said David, O Lonn God of 20 ¶ And one of the sons of Ahime-Israel,thy servant hath certainly heard ech, the son of Ahitab, named Abia- that Saul seeketh to come to Keilab, thar, escaped, and fled after David, to destroy the city for my sake. 21 And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests. 22 And David said unto Abiathar, 1] down, as thy servant hath heard? Q knew it that day, when Dorg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: 1 have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. CHAP. XXIII. Lonn God of Israel. I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. 12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilal deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. be 15¶ Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and de- parted out of Keilah, and went whith- ersoever they could go. And it was Thold, the Philstars, slitingimet HEN they told David, saying, Be-told Saul that David was escaped from hold, the Philistines fight against Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. Keilah, and they rob the threshing. 14 And David abode in the wilder foors. ness in strong holds, and remained in 2 Therefore David mquired of the a mountain in the wilderness of Zipn., Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite And Saul sought him every day, but these Pailistines ? And the Lord said | God delivered him not into his hand. unto David, Go, and smite the Philis- tines, and save Keilah, 3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Phil- istines ? 15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David teas ia the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 16 And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17. And he said unto him, Fear not : 4 Then David inquired of the LORD for the hand of Saul my father shal' yet again. And the LORD answered not find thee; and then shalt be king him and said, Arise, go down to Kei-Jover Israel, and I shall be next unti 290 David at Ea-gedi. I. SAMUEL. thee; and that also Saul my father) knoweth. He spareth Saul. CHAP. XXIV. 18 And they two made a covenant AND it came to pass, when Saul was nefore the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his House. 19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not Da- vid hide himse fwith us in strong holds in the wood, in the bill of Hachilahi, | which is on the south of Jeshimon ? 20 Now therefore, O king,come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's band. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilely. : 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hid eth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. returned from following the Phi istines, that it was told him, saying, Bebold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seck David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3 And he came to the sheep-cotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. 4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold 1 will deliver thine enemy into thy band, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe pr.vily, 5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut ofl' Saul's skirt. 6 And he said unto his men, The Lono forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lond's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lond. 7 So David 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 David also arose afterward, and 25 Saul also and his men went to went out of the cave and cried after seek him. And they told David: Saul, saying, My lord the king. And wherefore he came down into a rock, when Saul looked behind him, David and abode in the wilderness of Maon, stooped with his face to the earth, and And when Saul heard that, he pur-bowed himself. sued after David in the wilderness of Maon. 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. 27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come for the Philistines have invaded the Jand, ; 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David,and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammah-lekoth. And David went up from thence, and dwel: in strong holds at En-gedi. 9 ¶ And David said to Saul, Where fore bearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt ? 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord hath delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the Lono's anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgres- sion in my hand, and I have not sinned Jagainst thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. 12 The Lono judge between me and 300 Samuel dieth. CHAP. XXV. Nabal's hurlishness. thee, and the Loan avenge me of thee:gail; and she was a woman of good but my hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb cf the an- cients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pur- sue? after a dead dog, after a flea? 15 The Lond therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand. understanding, and of a beautiful cour. tenance: but the man was churlıb and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. 4 T And David heard in the wilder- ness that Nabal did shear his sheep. 5 And David sent out ten young men. and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Na bal, and greet him him in my name: 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to 16 And it came to pass, when Da-thee, and peace be thy house, and vid had made an end of speaking these peace be unto all that thou hast words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is 7 And now I have heard that thon this thy voice, my son Dayid? And hast shearers: now thy shepherds Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. which were with us, we hurt them 17 And he said to David, Thou art not, neither was there aught missing more righteous than 1: for thou hast unto them, all the while they were in rewarded me good, whercas I have Carmel. rewarded thee evil. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will 18 And thou hast showed this day show thee. Wherefore let the young how that thou hast dealt well with men find favour in thine eyes: for we me: forasmuch as when the LORD had come in a good day: give, I pray thee, delivered me into thy hand, thou kill-whatsoever cometh to thy hand unto edst me not. 19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lono reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. thy servants, and to thy son David. 9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of Da vid, and ccased. 10 T And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and 20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be estab-who is the son of Jesse? there be inany lished in thy hand. servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master. 21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt mot cut off 11 Shall I then take my bread, and may seed after me, and that thou wilt my water, and my flesh that I have not destroy my name out of my fa-killed for my shearers, and give it unto ther's house. men whom I know not whence they be? 22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold. CHAP. XXV. 12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came año told him all those sayings. 13 And David said unto his men, Gird AND Samuel died; and all the Is-ve on every man his sword. And they raelites were gathered together, girded on every man his sword; and and lamented him, and buried him in David also girded on his sword: and his house at Ramah. And David arose, there went up after David about four and went down to the wilderness of|hundred men'; and two hundred abode Paran. by the stuff. 2 And there was a man in Maon, 14 T But one of the young men told whose possessions were in Carmel Abagail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, and the man was very great, and he David sent messengers out of the wil had three thousand sheep, and a thou-derness to salute our master; and he and goats: and he was shearing his railed on them. sheep in Carmel. 15 But the men were very good unto 3 Now the name of the man was us,and we were not hurt, neither miss. Nabal; and the name of his wife Abi-led we any thing, as long as we were 301 Aligaul's wisdom. 1. SAMUEL. conversant with them, when we were in the fields: 16 They were a wall unto us,both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is deter- mined against our master, and against a.f his household; for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. She pacifies Davíð 27 And now this blessing, which thy 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 trespass of thy handmaid: for the Lond will cer- tainly make my lord a sure house; be- cause mylord fighteth the battles of the Lond, and evil bath not been found in thee all thy days. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, 18 T Then Abigail made haste, and and to seek thy soul: but the soul of took two hundred loaves,and two bot-my lord shall be bound in the bundle tles of wine,and five sheep ready dress-of life with the LonD thy God; and ed, and live measures of parched corn, the souls of thine enemies, them shall and a hundred clusters of raisins, and he sling out, as out of the middle of a two hundred cakes of figs, and laid sling. them on assés. 19. And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 20. And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met thein. 21 (Now David had said, Surely in vam 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 "nemies of David, if 1 leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.) 23 And when Abigail saw David,she hasted, and lighted off the ass,and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 24 And fell at his feet,and said Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, re- gard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I, thy handmaid, saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, Now let thine enemies, and they that sech evil to my lord, be as Nabal 30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lond shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; 31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless,or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the Lono shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid. 32 T And David said to Abigail,Bles- sed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which has kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself wit. mine own band. 34 For in very deed, as the Lond God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left un- to Nabal, by the morning light, any that pisseth against the wall. 35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thy house: see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. 36 T And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold,be held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morn- ing light. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Naba!, and his wife had told him these things, 302 David Andeth CHAP XXVI. Said asleep. that his heart died within him, and] 6 Then answered David,and said ty he became as a stone. Abimelech the Hittite, and to Abisliau, 38 And it came to pass about ten day's the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, after, that the LORD smote Nabal, saying, Who will go down with me to that he died. Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, 39 ¶ And when David heard that Na-I will go down with thee. bal was dead, he said, Blessed be the 7 So David and Abishai came to the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of people by night; and,behold, Saul lay iny reproach from the hand of Nabal, sleeping within the trench, and his and hath kept his servant from evil: spear stuck in the ground at bisbolster; for the Lond hath returned the wick but Abner and the people lay round edness of Nabal upon his own bead.jabout him. And David sent and communed with 8 Then said Abishai to David, God Abigail, to take her to him to wife. hath delivered thine enemy into thy 40 And when the servants of David|hand this day: now therefore let me were come to Abigail to Carmel, they smite him, I pray thee, with the spear spake unto her,saying, Lavid seut us even to the earth at once, and I will unto thee, to take thee to am to wife, not smile him the second time. 1 41 And she arose, and bowed herself 9 And David said to Abishai,Destroy ou her face to the earth, and said,Be-him not: for who can stretch forth his bold, let thy handinaid be a servant to hand against the Lord's anointed,and wash the feet of the servants of my be guiltless? lord. 42 And Abigail hasted, and arose,and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David,and be- came his wife. 43 David also took Ahinoam of Jez reel; and they were also both of them his wives. 44 But Saul had given Michal bis daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallium. CHAP. XXVI. AND the Ziphites caine unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth_not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziplı, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with hun, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way: but David abode in the wilderness; and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched; and David beheld the place where Saul ky, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. 10 David 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 my hand against the Lord's anointed; but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. 12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and ao mau saw it, nor knew it, either awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lond was fallen upon them. 13 T Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off, a great space being be tween them: 14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, An- awerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? 15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to de- stroy 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 303 David spareth Saul. I. SAMUEL. is, and the cruse of water that was at nis bolster. 17 And Saul knew David's voice,and said, Is this thy voice, my son David ? And David 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 my hand? He fleeth to Gath, 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the sou of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath; and he sought no; more again for him. 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lono bave stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offer-| 5 ¶ And David said unto Achish,If I ing: but if they be the children of men, have now found grace in thine eyes, cursed be they before the LORD; for let them give me a place in some town they have driven me out this day from in the country, that I may dwell there: abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, for why should thy servant dwell in saying, Go, serve other gods. the royal city with thee? 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day; wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judali unto this day. the country of the Philistines was o full year and four months. 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lond; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth 7 And the time that David dwelt in bunt a patridge in the mountains. 21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no ore do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. 8 T And David and his men went up. and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabit- ants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 9 And David 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, aud returned, and came to 23 The LonD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my Achish. hand to-day, but I would not stretch 10 And Achish said, Whither have ye forth my 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 Loan, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David; thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. CHAP. XXVII. AND David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the band of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into made a road to-day ? And David said, Against the south of Judah,and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. 11 And David saved neither man nc E woman alive to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us,say ing, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. 12 And Achish believed David, say ing, He hath made his people Isra utterly to abhor him; therefore be shall be my servant for ever. CHAP. XXVIII. ND it came to pass the tnt of tou pontetiny e, card Saul A that the Philistines gathered the shall despair of me, to seek me any armies together for warfare, to fight. more in any coast of Israel: so shall escape out of his hand I with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that ! 304 Saul consuteth CHAP. XXVII. the witch of Endor. thou shalt go out with me to battle, the woman said unto Saul, I saw goda thou and thy men. 2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servants can lo. And Achish said to David, There- fore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever. ascending 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 was Samuel, and he stooped with his 3 T Now Samuel was dead, and all face to the ground, and bowed himself. Israel had lamented him, and buried 15 ¶ And Samuel said to Saul, Why him in Ramah, even in his own city, hast thou disquieted me, to bring me And Saul had put away those that had up? And Sau answered, I an sore familiar spirits, and the wizards, out distressed; for the Philistines make of the land. war against me, and God is departed 4¶ And the Philistines gathered from me, and answerest me no more, themselves together, and came and neither by prophets, nor by dreams; pitched in Shunem; and Saul gath-therefore I have called thee, that thou ered all Israel together, and they mayest make known unto me what I pitched in Gilboa. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. 6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 7 Then said Saul unto lus servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar| spirit, that I may go to her, and in- quire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that both a familiar spirit at En-dor. shall do. 16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is he come thine enemy ? 17 And the Lord hath done to him as he spake by me: for the Lono bath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: 18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Loud, nor executedst bis fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Load done this thing unto thee this day. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put în other raiment, and he went, and 19 Moreover, the Lond will also de two men with him, and them came to liver Israel with thee into the hand of the woman by night; and he said, the Philistines; and to-morrow shall pray thee, divine unto me by the fa-thou and thy sous be with me: the miliar spirit, and bring me him up LORD also shall deliver the hosts of Is whom I shall name unto thee. rael into the hand of the Philistines. 9 And the woman said unto him, Be| 20 Then Saul fell straightway all hold, thou knowest what Saul bath along on the earth, and was sore done, how he hath cut off those that afraid, because of the words of Sam- have familiar spirits, and the wizards, uel: and there was no strength in out of the land; wherefore then layest|him; for he had eaten no bread all the thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die ? 10 And Saul sware to her by the Lono, saying, As the Loud liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thice for this thing. day, nor all the night. 21 T And the woman came unto Saul and saw that he was sore troubled,, and said unto him, Behold, thy hand- maid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and 11 Then said the woman, Whom have hearkened unto thy words which shall I bring up unto thee? And he thou spakest unto me : said, Bring me up Samuel. 22 Now therefore, I pray thee heark 12 And when the woman saw Sam-en thou also unto the voice of thy del, she cried with a loud voice: and handmaid, and let me set a morsel of the woman spake to Saul, saying, bread before thee; and eat, that thou Why hast thou deceived me? for thou mayest have strength when thou goest. art Saul. on thy way. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid; for what shwest thou? And[eat. 23 But he refused, and said, I will not But his servants, together with U 305 Achish dismisseth David. I. SAMUEL. the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice; so he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she basted, and killed it, and took flour and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: 25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. CHAP. XXIX. Ziklag spoiled. been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of iny lord the king? 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in ny sight, as an angel of God; not withstanding, the princes of the Pri istines 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 ser vants that are come with thee; and a . TOW the Philistines gathered to-soon as ye be up early in the morning, gether all their armies to Aphek: and have light, depart. Now the Philistines gathered to-Iso and the Israelites pitched by a fountain 11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return in which is in Jezreel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines to the land of the Philistines: and the passed on by hundreds and by thou-Philistines went up to Jezreel. sands; but David and his men passed on in the rere-ward with Achish. CHAP. XXX. 3. Then said the princes of the Phil- AND it came to pass, when David istines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day? and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites bad invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, 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 David and his men came to And the princes of the Philistines the city, and, behold, it was burnt were wroth with him; and the prin with fire; and their wives, and their ces of the Philistines said unto him, sous, and their daughters, were taken Make this fellow return, that he may captives. go again to his place which thou hast Then David and the people that appointed him, and let him not go were with him lifted up their voice down with us to battle, lest in the bat-and wept, until they had no more tle he be an adversary to us; for where-power to weep. with should he reconcile himself unto 6 And David's two wives were taken his master? should it not be with the captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, heads of these men ? and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Car- melite. 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands ? 6 And David was greatly distressed: for the people spake of stoning him because the soul of all the people was ¶ Then Achish called David, and grieved, every man for his sons and for said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liv-his daughters: but David encouraged eth, thou hast been upright, and thy bimself in the Load his God. going out and thy coming in with me In the host is good in my sight; for 1 have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, 1 pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abia thar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop shall I overtake them? And he an swered him, Pursue; for thou shalt 8 And David said unto Achish, But surely overtake them, and without fail what have I done? and what hast thou] recover all. found in thy servant, so long as I have] 9 11 Só David went, be and the six i 306 CHAP. XXXI. David recovers the spoil. hundred men that were with him, and[dred men, which were so faint that came to the brook Besor, where those they could not follow David, whom that were left behind stayed. they had made also to abide at the 10 But David pursued, he and four{brook Besor; and they went forth to hundred men: for two hundred abode meet David, and to meet the people behind, which were so faint that they that were with him; and when David could not go over the brook Besor. came near to the people, he saluted 11 And they found an Egyptian in them. the field, and brought him to David, 22 Then answered all the wicked and gave him bread, and he did eat;]men, aud men of Belial, of those that and they made him drink water; Įwent with David, and said, Because 12 And they gave him a piece of a they went not with us, we will not cake of figs,and two clusters of raisins: give them aught of the spoil that we and when he had eaten, his spirit have recovered, save to every man his came again to him; for he had eaten wife and his children, that they may no bread, nor drunk any water, three flead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To so, my brethren, with that which the whom belongest thou? and whence art Lono hath given us, who hath preserv- thou? And he said, I am a young man fed us, and delivered the company that of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; came against us, into our hand. and my master left me, because three! days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burn- ed Ziklag with fire. 24 For who will bearken 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 stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day for ward, that he made it a statute and an 15 And David said to him, Canst thou ordinance for Israel unto this day. bring me down to this company? And] 26 ¶ And when David came to Zik he said, Swear unto me by God, that flag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders thou wilt neither kill me nor deliver of Judah, even to his friends, saying, me into the hands of my master, and I|Behold a present for you of the spoil will bring thee down to this company. of the enemies of the Lono; 16 ¶ And when he had brought him! 27 To them which were in Beth-el, dowa, behold, they were spread abroad and to them which were in south Ra upon all the earth, eating and drink-moth, and to them which were in ing, and dancing, because of all the Jattir, the land of Judah. great spoil that they had taken out of 28 And to them which were in Aroer, The land of the Philistines, and out of fand to them which were in Siphimoth, and to them which were in Eshitemoa, 29 And to them which were in Ra- chal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jeralimeelites,and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, 30. And to them which were in Hor- mab, and to them which were in Chor ashan, and to them which were in Athach, 17 And David 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 David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away; and David rescued his two wires. 19 And there was nothing lacking to then neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them, David recovered all. 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before 31 And to them which were in He bron, and to all the places where Da vid himself and his men were wont to haunt. TOW CHAP. XXXI. those other cattle, and said, This Now the Philistines fought against NOW is Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell 21 And David came to the two hum-¡ down slain in mount Gilboa. David's spoil. 307 Saul and kis II. SAMUEL. sons slain. 2 And the Philistines followed hard, dead, they forsook the cities, and fleds upon Saul and upon his sons; and the and the Philistines came and dwelt in Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abina-] them. oab, and Melchi-shua, Saul's sous. 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, 3 And the battle went sore against when the Philistines came to strip the Saul, and the archers hit him; and be slain, that they found Saul and his was sore wounded of the archers. three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 4 Then said Saul unto his armour-9 And they cut off his head,and strip bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust ped off his armour, and sent into the me through therewith, lest these uncir-land of the Philistines round about, to cumcised come and thrust me through, publish it in the house of their idols and abuse me. But his armour-bearerfand among the people. would not; for he was sore afraid: 10 And they put his armour in the therefore Saul took a sword, and fell house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened upon it. his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 T And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul, 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, and 12 All the valiant men arose, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, went all night, and took the body of that same day together. Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from 7 And when the men of Israel that the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Ja were on the other side of the valley, besh, and burut them there. and they that were on the other side] 13 And they took their bones, and Jordan, saw that the men of Israel buried them under a tree at Jabesh, fied, and that Saul and his sons were land fasted seven days. T The Second Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called, The Second Book of the KINGS. CHAP. 1. OW it came to pass ad credit. Wit came to pass after the death Nor ed from the slaughter of the Amalek- ites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; 2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his bead: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said un- to him, Out of the camp of Israel am 1 escaped. on his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after bim. 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me; and i answered, Here am 1. 8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalckite. 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 t took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And be answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the 11 T Then David took hold on his people also are fallen and dead; and clothes, and rent them; and likewise SaulandJonathan bis son aredead also. fall the men that were with him. 5 And David said unto the young 12 And they mourned, and wept, and nan that told him, How knowest thou | fasted until even,for Saul, and for Jón that Saul & Jonathan his son be dead ?|athan his son, and for the people of G And the young man that told him the Lord, and for the house of Israei; said, As I happened by chance upon because they were fallen by the sword; mount Gilboa behold, Saul leaned up-] 13 ¶ And David said unto the young 308 Danid lamenteth Saul. CHAP II. David made king. way that told him, Whence art thou?ting, Shall I go up into any of the cit- And he answered, I am the son of a iesof Judah? And the LORD said unto stranger, an Amalekite. him, Go up. And David said, Whith- er shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. 14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forththy hand to destroy the Lond's anointed ? 15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon bim. And he smote him that he died. 16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth bath testified against thee, saying, have slain the LORD's anointed. 17 ¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jona- than his son: 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish & not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcis ed triumph. 2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also,Ahinoam, the Jezreel- itess, and Abigail, Nabal's wife, the Carmelite. 3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: "and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Ja- besh gilead were they that buried Saul. 5 ¶ And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Loud, that ye have showed this kindness un- to your Loud,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 tris thing. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there 7 Therefore now let your hand be be no dew, neither let there be rain strengthened, and be ye valiant for upon you, nor fields of offerings; for your master Saul is dead, and also the there the shield of the mighty is vilely house of Judah have anointed ae cast away, the shield of Saul, as though|king over them. he had not been auointed with oil. 8 T But Abner the son of Ner, cap- 22 From the blood of the slain, from tain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jon-the son of Saul, and brought him over atban turned not back, and the sword to Mahanaim ; of Saul returned not empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovelyand 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 Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. 9. And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jez reel, and over Ephraim, and over Ben jamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11 Aud the time that David was king in Hebrou over the house of Judali was seven years and six months. 12 ¶ And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Ò Jonathan, thou wast slain in thy high places. 26 I am distressed for thee, my broth-Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gi er Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou|beon. been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women, 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! CHAP. II. AND it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LonD, say- 13. And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: 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 Abner said to Joab, Let the 309 Asahel slain. II. SAMUEL. young men now arise, and play before US. And Joab said, Let them arise. 15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 And they caught every one his fel- low by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-bazzurım, which is in Gibeon. David's & Sons. ness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people re turn from following their brethren? 27 And Joab 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 Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more,neither fought they any more. 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and 17 And there was a very sore battle passed over Jordan and went through that day; and Abner was beaten, and all Bithron, and they came to Mala the men of Israel, before the servants nain. of David. 18 T And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asabel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. 30 And Joab returned from follow- ing Abuer: and when be had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; 31 But the servants of David had and in going he turned not to the right smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's hand nor to the left from following Ab-men, so that three hundred and three score men died. ner. 20 Then Abner looked behind him,] 32 ↑ And they took up Asahel, and and said, Art thou Asahel? And he buried him in the sepulchre of his fa answered, I am, ther, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day, CHAP. III. 21. And Abner said to him, Turn tlice aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young meo, and take thee his arınour. But OW Asahel would not turn aside from foNo lowing him. 22 And Abner said agam to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up iny face to Joab thy brother! there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 ¶ And unto David were sons born m Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess: 3 And his second, Chileab, of Abi- guil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maa- cah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib,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 Asabel fell down and died stood still, 24 Joab also and Abishai pursued 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah, after Abner; and the sun went down|David's wife. These were born to when they were come to the hill of David in Hebron. Ammah, that lieth before Giah, by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. 25 ¶ And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Ab- uer, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill. 6 ¶ And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul, 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my knowest thou not that it will be bitter-father's concubine? 310 Abner revolteth. CHAP. III. Joab killeth lam, 8 Thien was Abuer very wrotn for the fand twenty men with him; and David words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am 1 made Abner, and the men that were a dog's head, which against Judah do with him, a feast. show kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the band of David, that thou chargest me to-day with a fault con-thou mayest reign over all that thy cerning this woman? 9. So do God to Abner,and more also, Except as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; 21 And Abner said unto David,I will arise and go, and will gather all Israti unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that heart desireth. And David sent Ab- ner away; and he went in peace. 22 ¶ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing 10 To translate the kingdon from the a troop, and brought in a great spoil bouse of Saul, and to set up the throne with them: but Abner was not with of David over Israel and over Judah | David in Hebron; for he had sent him from Dan even to Beer-sheba. away, and he was gone in peace. 11 Aud be could not answer Abner a 23 When Joab and all the host that word again, because he feared him. 12 ¶ And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall ve with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. 13 T And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I re- quire of thee, that is, Thou shalt not sve my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. 14 And David sent messengers to Ish- bosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 15 And Ish-bosheth sent,and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel che son of Laish, 16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go,return. And he returned. 17 ¶ And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in time past to be king over you: 18 Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the band of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. 19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel,and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. 20 So Abner came toDavid toHebron, was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold. Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of and Ner, that he came to deceive thee, to know thy going out, and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. 26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah; but David knew it not. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab 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 Asahel his brother. 28 T And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner; 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asabel at Gibeon in the battle. 31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Reud your clothes, and gird you with sack 311 Abner's burial. 11. SAMUEL Ih-boshath slain. cloth, and mourn before Abner. And rothite, Rechab,and Baanah,went,and king David himself followed the bier. came about the heat of the day to the 32 And they buried Abner in Hebrou: house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a and the king lifted up his voice, and bed at noon. wept at the grave of Abucr; and all 6 And they came thither into the the people wept. inidst of the house, as though they 33 And the king lamented over Ab-would have fetched wheat; and they ner, and said, Died Abner as a fool smote him under the fifth rib: and dieth? Rechab and Baanah his brother es- caped. 31 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters; as a man fall- eth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. 35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David 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 of it, and it pleased them; as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. 37 For all the people, and all Israel, understood that day, that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 38 And the king said unto his ser- vants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 39 Aud I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil ac- cording to his wickedness. CHAP. IV. 7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bed-chamber, and they smote him, aud slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. 8 And they brought the head of Ish- bosheth unto David to Hebron, aud said to the king, Behold the bead of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine ene- my, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9 T And David answered Recbab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rim- mon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lond liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversty, 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 Ziklag, 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 ND when Saul's son heard that his own house upon his bed? shall I therefore require bus blood of hands were feeble, and all the Israel-your hand, and take you away from ites were troubled. the earth? 2 T Aud Saul's son had two men that 12. And David commanded his young were captains of bands; the name of men, and they slew them, and cut off the one was Bannab, and the name of their mands and their feet, and hanged the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon them up over the pool in Hebron. But a Beerothite,of the children of Benja-they took the head of Ish bosheth, and min: (for Beeroth also was reckoned buried it in the sepulchre of Abuer in to Benjamin; Hebron. 3 And the Becrothites fled to Gittaim, CHAP. V. HIEN came all the tribes of Israe! and were sojourners there until this to David unto Hebron, and spake day.) 4 And Jonathan,Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his 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 Mephibosheth. 5. And the sous of Rimmon the Bee- saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast be that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 3 So all the elders of Isracl came to 312 Dad's age and reign. CHAP. VI. Philistines smitten. the king to Hebron; and king David seek David; and David heard of it, made a league with them in Hebron and went down to the hold. before the Lord: and they anointed 18 The Philistines also came and David king over Israel. spread themselves in the valley of Re- phaim. + 1 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for ly years. 5 In Hebron be reigned over Judah seven years and six mouths; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and thres years over all Israel and Judah. 19 And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up ; for I will doubtless deliver the Philis- tines into thy hand. G¶ And the king and his men went 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the and David smote them there, and said, inhabitants of the land; which spake The LORD bath broken forth upon unto David, saying, Except thou take mine enemies before me,as the breach away the blind and the lame, thou of waters. Therefore he called the shalt not come in hither: thinking, name of that place Baal-perazim. David cannot come ju hither. 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them 22 And the Philistines came up get again, and spread theinselves in the 7 Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion; the same is the city of David. 8 And David said on that day, Whoso-valley of Rephaim. ver getteth up to the gutter, and smit- eth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Where fore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house, 23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mul- [berry-trees. 24 And let it be, when thou hearest 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and call the sound of a going in the tops of t.e edit, The city of David: and David mulberry-trees, that theu thou shalt built round about from Millo and in-bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD ward. go out before thee, to smite the bost of the Philistines. 10 And David went on, and grew great; and the Lord God of hosts was with him. 1 T And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house. 12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 13 ¶ And David took him more con- cubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. CHAP. VI. GAIN David gathered together all AGAIN David trav thousand. 2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of The Lone of hosts that dwelleth between the cheru- |bims. 3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, that was in Gib- eah; and Uzza and Ahio, the sous of 15 Ibhar also, and Elishun, and Ne-[Abinadab, drave the new cart. pheg, and Japhia, 4 And they brought it out of the house 16 And Elishama, and Eliada and of Abinadab, which was at Gibeah, Eliphalet, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark, 17 T But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over 5 And David, and all the house of Is Israel, all the Philistines came up to|rael, played before the Loud on all 313 Uzun smilten. II. SAMUEL. Michal's barrenness. manner of instruments made of fir-peace-offerings, he blessed the people wood, even on harps,and on psalteries, in the name of the Lond of hosts. and on timbrels, and on cornets, and 19 Aud he dealt among all the peo- on cymbals. ple, even among the whole multitude 6 ¶ And when they came to Nachon's of Israel, as well to the women as threshing-floor, Uzzah put forth his inen, to every one a cake of bread, and hand to the ark of God, and took hold a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of of it; for the oxen shook it. wine. So all the people departed eve- ry one to his house. 7 And the anger of the LonD was kindled against Üzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. 20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal, the daugh- ter of Saul, came out to meet David, S And David was displeased, because and said, How glorious, was the king of the LORD had made a breach upon|Israel to-day, who uncovered himself Uzzah; and be called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the Load that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! 21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lond, over Israel; there- 10 So David would not remove the ark of the Loud unto him into the city of David ; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Git-fore will I pray before the LORD. tite 23 Therefore Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child unto the day of her death. 22 And I will yet be more vile than 11 And the ark of the LORD continu- thus, and will be base in mine own ed in the house of Obed-edom the Git sight; and of the maid-servants which tite three months; and the LonDbles-thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be sed Obed-edom, and all his household. had in honor. 12 TAnd it was told King David, say- ing, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. sat in his house, and the Lono 13 And it was so, that when they that had given him rest round about from bare the ark of the LORD had gone six (all his enemies; CHAP. VII. AND it came to pass, when the king paces, be sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 2 That the king said unto Nathan the 14 And David danced before the LORD prophet, See now, I dwell in a house with all his might; and David was of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth girded with a linen ephod. within curtains. 15 So David and all the house of Is- rael brought up the ark of the Lono with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for the Lono is with thee. 4 ¶ And it came to pass that night, 16 And as the ark of the Lono came that the word of the LORD came unto into the city of David, Michal, Saul's Nathan, saying, daughter, looked through a window, 5 Go and tell iny servant David,Thus and saw king David leaping and danc-saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me a ing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. 17 And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his prace, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings be- fore the Lond. house for me to dwell in ? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that 1 brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel 18 And as soon as David had made spake I a word with any of the tribes an end of offering burnt offerings and of Israel, whom I commanded to feed 314 God's promise. CHAP. VIII. my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me a house of cedar? David's prayer. unto thee? for thou, LORD God, know est thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and accord- ing to thine own heart, bast thou done all these great things, to make thy ser- rant know them. 22 Wherefore thou art great, OLorr God: for there is none like thee, nei- [ther is there any God besides thee, ac cording to all that we have heard with our ears. 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheep-cote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over mypeople, over Israel: 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and bave 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| 23 And what one nation in the earth earth. is like thy people, even like Israel, 10 Moreover, 1 will appoint a place whom God went to redeem for a peo- for my people Israel, and will plant ple to himself, and to make bim a them, that they may dwell in a place name, and to do for you great things of their own, and move no more; nei-and terrible, for thy land, before thy ther shall the children of wickedness people, which thou redeemedst to thee afflict them any more, as beforetime; from Egypt, from thenations and their 11. And as since the time that 1 com-gods? manded judges to be over my people 24 For thou hast coufirmed to thyself Israel, and have caused thee to rest thy people Israel to be a people unto from all thine enemies. Also the LORD thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art telleth thee, that he will måke thee a become their God. bouse. 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 establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my came; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom 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 thy house and tby kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. 17. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak uno David. 18 ¶ Then went king David in, and sat before the Loro, and he said, Who am 1, 0 Lord God? and what is my 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, es- tablish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established be- fore thee, 27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, Godof Israel, bast revealed to thy servant saying, 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 bast promised this goodness unto thy servant; 29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it; and. with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. CHAP. VIII. ND after this it came to that house, that thou hast brought me bith A Davil smote the Philistines, mad erto? } |subdued them; and David took Me 19. And this was yet a small thing in theg-ammah out of the hand of the thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast Philistines. spoken also of thy servant's house for 2 And he smote Moab, and measured a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God? 20 Aud what can David say more them with a fine, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with 315 David's conquests. II. SAMUEL. His officers. one full line to keep alive: and so the 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was Moabites became David's servants, over the host; and Jehosopbat the and brought gifts. son of Alilud was recorder; 3 ¶ David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thou sand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot men; and David Roughed all the char- 17 And Zadok the son of Abituò, anʼl Abimelech the son of Abiathar, ivere the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe: 18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada has over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. CHAP. IX. tot horses, but reserved of them for a AND David said, Is there yet any hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David slew of the Syriaus two and twenty thousand men. 5. Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus ; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whith ersoever he went. that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 2. And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziva. Anu when they had called him unro David, the king said unto him, drethou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he, 3 And the king said, Is there not yet jany of the house of Saul, that I may 7 And David took the shields of gold show the kindness of God unto him? that were on the servants of Hadad-, And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan ezer, and brought them to Jerusalem, bath yet a son, which is lame on his 8 And from Betab, and from Bero- feet. thai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 9 ¶ When Toi, king of Hamath,heard that Dvid had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. 5 Then king David sent, and fetch- 10 Then Toisent Joram his son unto ed him out of the house of Machic, the king David, to salute him, and to bless son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. him, because he had fought against 6 Now when Mephibosbeth, the son Hadadezer, and smitten him: (for Ha- of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was com dadezer had wars with Toi.) And Jo- unto David, he fell on his face, and did ram brought with him vessels of silver, reverence. And David said, Mephibo- and vessels of gold, and vesselsof brass: sheth. And he answesed, Behold thy 11 Which also king David did dedi- | servant. cate unto the LORD, with the silver 7 T And David said unto him, Fear and gold that he had dedicated of all not: for I will surely show thee kind- nations which he subdued: ness for Jonathan thy father's sake, 12 Of Syria, and cf Moab, and of the and will restore thee all the land of children of Ammon, and of the Philis-Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat tines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil bread at my table continually. of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of 8 And he bowed himself, and said, Zobah. What is thy servant, that thou should- 13 And David gat him a name when est look upon such a dead dog as I am? he returned from smiting of the Syri- 9 T Then the king called to Ziba, ns in the valley of Salt, being eighteen Saul's servant, and said unto him, thousand men. have given unto thy master's son all 14 T And he put garrisons in Edom, [that pertained to Saul, and to all his throughout all Edom put he garrisons, house. and all they of Edom became David's 10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and servants. And the LORD preserved [thy servants, shall till the land for him. David whithersoever he went. and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that 15 And David reigned over all Israel; thy master's son may have food to eat. and David executed judgment and but Mephibosheth thy master's so1 justice unto all his people. shall eat bread always at my table 316 servants. CHAP. X. Hanun's Villany. Syrians smitten. Now Ziba hrad fifteen sons and twenty entering in of the gate: and the Syri ans of 2, and of Rehob, and Ish 11 Then said Ziba unto the king, Ac-tob, anaacah, were by themselves cording to all that my lord the king in the field. hath commanded his servant, so shall 9 When Joab saw that the front of thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel,and put them in array against the Syriaus: said the king, be shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all 10 And the rest of the people he de- that dwelt in the house of Ziba were|livered into the hand of Abishai bis servants unto Mephibosheth. brother, that he might put thêm in 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusa-array against the children of Am- lem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both 11 And he said, If the Syrians he too his feet. strong for ine, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be CHAP. X. mon. AND it came to pass after this, that too strong for thee, then I will come the king of the children of Am-and help thee. mon died, and Hanun his son reigned 12 Be of good courage,and let us play in his stead. the men for our people, and for the 2 Then said David, I will show kind-cities of our God; and the Lono do ness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, that which seemeth him good. as his father showed kindness unto me. 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the peo- And David sent to comfort him by the ple that were with him, unto the bat- hand of his servants for his father. tle against the Syrians: and they ſled And David's servants came into the|before him. land of the children of Ammon. 14 And when the children of Ammon 3 And the princes of the children of saw that the Syrians were fled, then Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, fled they also before Abishai, and en- Thinkest thou that David doth honour|tered into the city. So Joab returned thy father, that he hath sent comfort-from the children of Ammon, and ers unto thee? hath not David rather came to Jerusalem. sent his servants unto thee, to search 15 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that the city, and to spy it out, and to over-they were smitten before Israel, they throw it? gathered themselves together. 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought servants, and shaved off the one half out the Syrians that were beyond the of their beards, and cut off their gar-river: and they came to Helam; and nents in the middle, even to their Shobach the captain of the host of buttocks, and sent them away. Hadarezer went before them. 5 When they told it unto David, he 17 And when it was told David, he sent to meet them, because the men gathered all Israel together, and pass- were greatly ashamed; and the king ed over Jordan, and came to Helam, said, Tarry atJericho until your beards And the Syrians set themselves in be grown, and then return. array against David, and fought with 6 T And when the children of Am-[him. mon saw that they stank before David, 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; the children of Ammon sent and hired and David slew the men of seven hun- the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the dred chariots of the Syrians, and forty Syrians of' Zoba,twenty thousand foot-thousand horsemen, and smote Sho men, and of king Maacah a thousand bach the captain of their host, who men, and of Ishi-tob twelve thousand died there. men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and but the battle in array at the 19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them So the Syrians feared to help the chit dren of Ammon any more, 317 David's admtery, CHAP. XI II. SAMUEL. Uriah is slain, here to-day also, and to-morrow I wil AND it came to pass, after the year let thee depart. So Uriah abode in was expired, at the time when Jerusalem that day, and the morrow kings go forth to battle, that David 13 And when David had called him, sent Joab, and his servants with him, he did eat and drink before him; and and all Israel; and they destroyed the he made him drunk: and at even he children of Ammon,and besieged Rab-went out to lie on his bed with the bah. But David tarried stiil at Jeru-servants of his lord, but went not salem. down to his house. 2 T And it came to pass in an even- mg-tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the kings's house and from the roof he| saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Elaim, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 14 ¶ And it came to pass in the morn- ing, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter,saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 16 Aud it came to pass, when Joah observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 4 And David sent messengers, and 17 And the men of the city went out, took her; and she came in unto him, and fought with Joab; and there fell and he lay with her; for she was pu-some of the people of the servants of rified from her uncleanness; and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived,and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. 6 ¶ And David sent to Joab,saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. David ; andUriah the Hittite died also. 18 ¶ Then Joab seut and told David all the things concerning the war; 19 And charged the messenger, say- ing, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if so be that the king's wrath 7 And when Uriah was come unto arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore him, David demanded of him how approached ye so nigh unto the city Joab did, and how the people did, and when ye did fight? knew ye not that how the war prospered. they would shoot from the wall? 21 Who smote Abimelech the son of 8. And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Jerub-besheth? did not a woman cast a Urial departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of kis lord, and went not down to his house. piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22 T So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab 10 And when they had told David, jhad sent him for. saying, Urial went not down unto his 23 And the messenger said unto Da house, David said unto Uriah, Camest vid, Surely the men prevailed against thou not from thy journey? why then us, and came out unto us into the field, didst thou notgo down untothy house? and we were upon them even unto the 1 And Uriah said unto David, The entering of the gate. ark, and Israel, and Judah, abile in] 24 And the shooters shot from off the tenis; and my lord Joab, and the ser- wall upon thy servants; and some of vants of my lord, are encamped in the the king's servants be dead, and thy open fields; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie] with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 25 Then David said unto the messen- ger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong 318 Nathan's parable. CHAP. XII. against the city, and overthrow it; and encourage thou him. He reproveth David. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 26 ¶ And when the wife of Urial heard that Uriab her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when the mourning was past, 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I David sent and fetched her to his will raise up evil against thee out of house, and she became his wife, and thy own house, and I will take thy bare him a son. But the thing that wires before thine eyes, and give them David had done displeased the LORD. unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie CHAP. XII. with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. AND the LORD sent Nathan unto David: and he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; and one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding ma- ny flocks and herds: 3 But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe-lamb, which he nad bought, and nourished up; and it grew up together with him, and with his children: it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 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 way-faring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 13 And David said unto Nathan,Ihave sinned against the Lond. And Nathan said unto David, The Loan also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lond to blaspheme. the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 15 ¶ And Nathan departed unto his house; and the LORD struck the child that Urial's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 5 And David's anger was greatly kin- aled against the mau; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: 6 And he shall restore the lamb four-hold, while the child was yet alive, foll, because he did this thing, and be- cause he had no pity, 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the ser- jvants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Be 7 T And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anomted thee king over Israel, and I delivered the out of the hand of Saul; S And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; 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 Urian the Hittite with the sword, and bast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Aamun. 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 David saw that his ser- vants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead; therefore Daviú said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lonn, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and, when he required, they set bread be fore him, and he did eat. 21 Then said bis servants unto him, What thing is this that thou bast doneć thou didst fast and weep for the child hwhile it was alive; but when the 319 Solomon boril 11. SAMUEL. Amron de fileth Tame! child was dead, thou didst rise and eat 4 And he said unto him, Why art bread. thou, being the king's son, lean from 22 And he said, While the child was day to day? wilt thou not tell me? yet alive,I fasted and wept: for I said, And Amuon said unto him, I love Ta Who can tell whether God will be gra-mah, my brother Absalom's sister. cious to me, that the child may live? 5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay 23 But now he is dead, wherefore thee down on thy bed, and make thy- should I fast? can I bring him back¦self'sick; and when thy father cometh again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 24 ¶ And David comforted Bath-she Dạ his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bare a sou, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lond loved him. 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. 26 ¶ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to Da vid, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp a- gainst the city,and take it ; les. I take the city,and it be called after my name. 29 and David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbali, and fought against it, and took it. to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sisterTamar come and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and cat it at her hand. 6 ¶ So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick; and when the king was come to see him,Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes [in my sight,that I may eat at her hand 7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Am non's house, and dress hin meat. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Am- non's house; and he was lying down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and dif bake the cakes. 9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Ainnon said, Have out a j men from me. And they went out every man from him. 10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, 30 And be took their king's crown Bring the meat into the chamber, that, from off his head, (the weight where I may eat of thy hand. And Tama of was a talent of gold with the pre-took the cakes which she had mace, cious stones, )and it was set on David's and brought them into the chamber to head; and he brought forth the spoil Amnon her brother. of the city in great abundance. 31 And he brought forth the people that were 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 chil- dren of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem, CHAP. XIII. 11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with n e, my sister. 12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me: för no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. 13 And I, whither shall I cause iny shame to go? and as for thee, thou AND it came to pass after this, that shall be as one of the fools in 13rt.el. Absalom the son of David, had a Now therefore, I pray thee, speak un fair sister, whose name was Tamar; to the king; for he will not withhold and Amnon the son of David loved her.Įme from thee. 2. And Amnon was so vexed, that he 14 Howbeit he would not hearken fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she unto her voice; but, being stronger was a virgin: and Amuon thought it than she, forced her, and lay with ber hard for him to do any thing to ber. 15 ¶ Then Amnon hated her exceed 3 But Amnon had a friend, whose ingly; so that the hatred wherewith name was Jonadab the son of Shime-[he hated her was greater than the „h, David's brother; and Jonadab was ¡ love wherewith he had loved her: end a very subtle man. Amuon said unto her, Arise, begone. 320 fle hateth her. : Absulom slayeth him. not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. CHAP. XIV. 16 And she said unto him, There is no cause this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. 17 Then be called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then bis servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had com- manded. Then all the king's sons arose,and every man gat him up upon hus mule, and fled. 30 T And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain a'l the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. 31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their 19¶ And Tamar put ashes on her clothes rent. head, and rent her garment of divers 32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimea, colours that was on her, and laid her David's brother, auswered and said, hand on her head, and went on crying. Let not my lord suppose that they 20 And Absalom her brother said un-[bave slain all the young men the to her, Hath Ammon thy brother been king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: with thee? but hold now thy peace, for by the appointment of Absalom my sister he is thy brother; regard this hath been determined from the not this thing. So Tamar remained [day that he forced his sister Tamar. desolate in lier brother Absalom's 33 Now therefore let not my lord the house. : 21 ¶ But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. 22 And Absalom spake unto his broth er Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom bated Amnon,because he had forced his sister Tamar. 23 ¶ And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep- shearers in Baal-hazor, which is be- side Ephraim: aud Absalom invited all the king's sons. king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amuon only is dead. 34 But Absalom 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 Aud Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servaut said, so it is. 36 And it came to pass, as soon as he 24 And Absalom came to the king, bad mau an end of speaking, that, and said, Behold now, thy servaat behold, the king's sons came, and lifted hath sheep-shearers; let the king, Iup their voice and wept: and the king beseech thee, and his servants, go with also, and all his servants, wept very thy servant. 25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. Aud he pressed him howbeit he would not go, but blessed him, 26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee ? sore. 37 T But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Gesher: and David mourned for his son every day. 38 So Absalom fled, and went to Ge- shur, and was there three years. 39 And the soul of king David long ed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, 27 But Absalom preased him, that he seeing he was dead. let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. CHAP. XIV 28 ¶ Now Absalom had commanded NOW Joab the son of Zeruia per- ceived that the king's heart was his servants, saying, Mark ye now toward Absalom. when Amnon's heart is merry with 2 And Joab sent to Tekoal, and fetch- wine, and when I say unto you, Smite ed thence a wise woman, and said unto Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have her,I pray thee, feign thyself to be a X 221 Joub's actin 11. SAMUEL. Absalom's favour, mourner, and put on now mourning water spilt on the ground, which cau apparel, and anoint not thyself with not be gathered up again: neither oil, but as a woman that had a long doth God respect any person; yet doth Linie mourued for the dead; he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. 3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. 4 T And when the woman of Tekoab spake to the king, she fell on her face o the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king! 15 Now therefore 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 handmaid. 5 And the king said unto her, What| aileth thee? And she answered, I am 16 For the king will hear, to deliver indeed a widow woman, and my bus-bis handmaid out of the hand of the band is dead. men that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. 6 And thy handmaid bad 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 bim. 17 Then thy handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, to discern good and bad; therefore the Loup thy God will be with thee. 7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his broth- er, that we may kill him, for the life 18 Then the king answered and said of his brother whom he slew; and we unto the woman, Hide not from me, I will destroy the heir also: and so they pray thee, the thing that I shall ask shall quench my coal which is left, and thee. And the woman said, Let my shall not leave to my husband neither[lord the king now speak. name or remainder upon the earth. 19 And the king said, Is not the hand 8 And the king said unto the woman, of Joab with thee in all this? And the Go to thy house,and I will give charge concerning thec. 9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be orane, 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 touch thee any more. woman answered and said,.Is thy soul liveth, 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 Joab, he bade me, and he put all those words in the mouth of thy handmaid: 20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know 11 Then said she, I pray thee,let thefall things that are in the earth. king remember the Loud thy God, 21 ¶ And the king said unto Joab, that thou wouldest not suffer the re-Behold now, I bave done this thing: vengers of blood to destroy any more, go therefore, bring the young man Ab- lest they destroy my son. And he said, salom again. As the Lono liveth, there shall not 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his one hair of thy son fall to the earth. face, and bowed himself, and thanked 12 Then the woman said, Let thy the king; and Joab said, To-day thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak one servant knoweth that I have found word unto my lord the king. And he grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in said, Say on. that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant, 13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which 19 faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. 1-1 For we must needs die, and are as 23 So Joab arose,and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 24 And the king said,Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house,and saw not the king's face. 322 Absalom's beauty. CHAP. XV. 25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. Absalom's Policy. thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh, that I were made judge in the land, that ev- 26 And when he polled his head, (for ery man which hath any suit or cause it was at every year's end that he poll-might come unto me, and I would do ed it; because the hair was heavy on him justice! him, therefore he polled it:) he weigh ed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight. 27 And unto Absalom there were born three sous, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. 28 ¶ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. 29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. 30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there: go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. 31 Then Joab arose, and came to Ab- solom unto his house, and said unto bim, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? 6 And it was so, that when any mau came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: s Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 7 T And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, 1 pray thee, let me go and pay my row, which I have vowed unto the Loud, in Hebron. 8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD. 9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to He- bron. 10 T But Absalom sent spies through- out all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trum- pet, then ye shall say, Absalom reign- 32 And Absalom answered Joah, Be hold, I sent unto thee, saying, Comefeth in Hebron, hither, that I may send thee to the 11 And with Absalom went two hun king, to say, Wherefore am I come dred men out of Jerusalem, that were from Geshur? it had been good for me called; and they went in their sim- to have been there still: now therefore plicity, and they knew not any thing. let me see the king's face; and if there 12 And Absalom sent for Abithophel be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from 33 So Joab came to the king, and told his city, even from Giloh, while he of him: and when he had called for Abfered sacrifices. And the conspiracy salom, he came to the king, and bowed was strong; for the people increased himself on his face to the ground before continually with Absalom. the king; and the king kissed Absalom. CHAP. XV. A ND it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate; and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. 3 And Absalom said unto him, See, 13 T And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. 14 And David said unto all his ser- vants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make specu to depari, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword, 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 al 323 David fleeth 11. SAMUEL. from Jerusalem. And the wilderness, until there come word nig household after him. king left ten woman, which were from you to certify me. 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 be- side him and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. 19 ¶ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thyplace, and abide with| the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. 29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar car ried the ark of God again to Jerusa- lem: and they tarried there. 30 T And David went up by the as- cent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot; and all the peo- ple that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weep- ing as they went up. 31 T And one told David, saying, Abithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the council of 20 Whereas thou camest but yester-Ahitbophel into foolishness. day, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whith er I may; return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. 32 T. And it came to pass, that when David was coming to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head : 33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be 21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, wheth- [a burden unto me: er in death or life, even there also will thy servant be. 34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy ser 22 And David said to Ittai, Go and vant, O king; as I have been thy fa- pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passther's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the council of Abitbo- phel. ed over, and all his men, aud 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 Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. 35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiatbar the priests? there fore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abra- thar the priests. 24 ¶ And lo, Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the 36 Behold, they have there with them ark of the covenant of God: and they their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok 's son, set down the ark of God; and Abia-and Jonathan, Abiathar's son ; and by thar went up, until all the people had them ye shall send unto me every thing done passing out of the city. that ye can hear. 37 So Husbai, David's friend, came into the city, and Absalom came into 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes Jerusalem. of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habita- tion: 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. CHAP. XVI. AND when David was a little past. the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and up on them two hundred loaves of bread, 27 The king said also unto Zadok the and a hundred bunches of raisins, and priest, Art not thou a secr? returnja hundred of summer-fruits, and a into the city in peace, and your two bottle of wine. sens with you, Alimaaz thy son, and Jmathan the son of Abiathar. 23 See, I will tarry in the plain of the 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household 324 Shimei curseth David. CHAP. XVII. Alathophel's cormsel. to ride on '; and the bread and summer fhill's side over against him, and curs- Trait for the young men to eat; andfed as he went, and threw stones at the wine, that such as be faint in the|Him, and cast dust. wilderness may drink. 3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son ? And Ziba said unto the king, Beltold, he abideth at Jerusa Jem; for he said, To-day saall the house of Israel restore me the king dom of my father. uil 14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, refreshed themselves there. 15 ¶ And Absalom, and all the peo ple the men of Israel, came to Jerusa lem, and Ahithophel with him. 16. And it came to pass, when Hushai 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, the Archite, David's friend, was come thine are all that pertained unto Me-unto Absalom, that Husbai said unto philosheth. Aud Ziba said, I humbly Absalom, God save the king, God save beseech thee that I may find grace in the king. thy sight, my lord, O king. 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is 6 ¶ And when king David came to this thy kindness to thy friend ? why Bahurim, behold, thence came out awentest thou not with thy friend ? man of the family of the house of Saul, IS And Hushai said unto Absalom, whose name was Shimei, the son of Nay; but whom the LORD, and this Gera: he came forth, and cursed still people, and all the men of Israel, as he caine. cboose, bis will I be, and with hini 6. And he cast stones at David, and at will I abide. all the servants of king David; and 19 And again, whom should I serve? all the people and all the mighty meu|should I not serve in the presence of 10ere on his right hand and on bis left. his son? As I have served in thy fa- 7 And thus said Shimei when he curs-ther's presence, so will I be in thy ed, Come out, come out, thou bloody presence, man, and thou man of Belial : 20 ¶ Then said Absalom to Alitho- 8 The Lord hath returned upon thee phel, Give counsel among you what all the blood of the house of Saul, in we shall do. whose stead thou hast reigned; aud| 21 And Ahrthophel said unto Absa- the Lono hath delivered the kingdom|lom, Go in unto thy father's concu- into the band of Absalom thy son; and,bines, which he hath left to keep the bebold, thou art taken in thy mis-house; and all Israel shall hear that chief, because thou art a bloody man. thou art abborred of thy father: then 9 Then said Abishai the son of shall the hands of all that are wit Zeriah unto the king, Why should thee be strong. 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 Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so ? 11. And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which 22 So they spread Absalom a tent up. on the top of the house; aud Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel, 23 And the counsel of Alithophel, which be counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Abithophel, both with David and with Absalom, CHAP. XVII. came forth of my bowels, seeketh my Mo Absalom, Let me now choose TOREOVER Ahithophel said un- life: how much more now may this Benjamite to it? let him alone, and out twelve thousand men, and I will let him curse. for the Lono hath bid- farise and pursue after David this night: 2 And I will come upon him while den him. 12 It may be that the Lono will look he is weary and weak-handed, and on mine affliction, and that the Loup will make hum afraid ; and all the peo- will requite me good for his cursing|ple that are with him shall flee ; `and this day. I will smite the king only: 3 And as David and his men went by 3 And I will bring back all the people the way, Shimei went along on thelunto thee; the man whom thou seek 325 Hushai defeateth 11. SAMUEL. est is as if all returned: so all the peo- ple shall be in peace. 4 And the saying pleased. Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. Ahithophel's counsel. and to Abiathar the priests, "Thus thus did Ahithophel counsel Absaldın and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. 6 Then said Absalom, Call now Hu- 16 Now therefore send quickly, and shai the Archite also, and let us heartell David, saying, Lodge not this night likewise what he saith, in the plains of the wilderness, but 6 And when Hushai was come to Ab- speedily pass over; lest the king be salom, Absalom spake unto him, say-swallowed up, and all the people that ing, Ahithophel hath spoken after this are with him. manner shall we do after his saying? 17 Now Jonathan and Alimaaz stay- if not, speak thou. fed by Eu-rogel; (for they might not be 7 And Husbai said unto Absalom, seen to come into the city;) and a The counsel that Ahithophel hath giv-wench went and told them and they en is not good at this time. went and told king David. 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy 18 Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and father and his men, that they be migh-told Absalom; but they went both of ty men, and they be chafed in their them away quickly, and came to a minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps man's house in Bahurim, which had a in the field and thy father is a man well in his court; whither they went of war, and will not lodge with the down. people. 19 And the woman took and spread a 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, covering over the well's mouth, and or in some other place: and it will spread ground corn thereon: and the come to pass, when some of them be thing was not known. overthrown at the first, that whosoev- er heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people (that fol- low Absalom. 20And when Absalom's servants.came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz andJonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusa- lem. 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall ut terly melt: for all Israel knoweth that Uy father is a mighty man, and they which be with blin are valiant men. 21 And it came to pass, after they 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel were departed, that they came up out be generally gathered unto thee, from of the well, and went and told king Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand David,and said unto David, Arise,and that is by the sea for multitude, and pass quickly over the water: for thus that thou go to battle in thine own hath Ahithophel counselled against person. 12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon bim as the dew falleth on the gromid: and of him, and of all 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 Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. you. 22 Then David arose, and all the peo- ple that were with him, and they pas- sed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. 23 ¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, be sad- dled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and banged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the 24 Then David came to Mahanaim : Arcbite is better than the counsel of and Absalom passed over Jordan, he Ahithophel: for the LORD had ap-and all the men of Israel with him. pointed to defeat the good counsel of 25 ¶ And Absalom made Amasa cap- Ahitophel, to the intent that the tain of the host instead of Joab: which Lono might bring evil upon Absalom. Amasa was a man's son whose name 15 T Then súd Hushai unto Zadokiwas Ithra, an Israelite, that went in 326 Israelites smitten. CHAP. XVIII. Absalom slain. to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, over the face of all the country: and sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother. the wood devoured more people that 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in day thru the sword devoured. 9 ¶ And Absalom met the servants of the land of Gilead. 27 ¶ And it came to pass, when Da-David. And Absalom rode upon a vid was come to Mahanaim, that Sbo-[mule, and the mule went under the bi the son of Nabash, of Rabbeh of the thick boughs of a great oak, and bia children of Amnion, and Machir_thebead caught hold of the oak, and he son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Bar-was taken up between the heaven and zillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, the earth; and the mule that was un- der him went away. 28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and bar- ley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pudse, 29. And honey, and butter, and sheep,| and cheese of kine, for David, aud for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hun gry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. CHAP. XVIII, 10 And a certain man sawit, and told Joab, and said, Behold,1 saw Absalom hanged in an oak. 11 And Joab 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 girdle. 12 And the man said unto Joab, ND David numbered the people Though I should receive a thousand that were with him, and set cap-shakels of silver in my band, yet would tams of thousands and captains of hun-I not put forth my hand against the dreds over them. king's son: for in our hearing the king 2 And David seut forth a third part of charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, the people under the hand of Joab,and saying, Beware that nowe touch the a third part under the hand of Abishai¦ young man Absalom. the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and| 13 Otherwise 1 should have wrought a third part under the hand of Ittai|falsehood against mine own life: for the Gittite. And the king said unto there is no matter hid from the king, the people, I will surely go forth with and thou thyself wouldest have set you myself also. thyself against me. go 3 But the people answered, Thou shalt nol 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 thou art worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that thou sucenur us out of the city. 4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best 1 will do. And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. ་ 14 They said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. 16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing af ter Israel: for Joab held back the people. 5 And the king commanded Joab,and Abishai, and Iitai, saying, Deul gently 17 And they took Absalom, and cast for my sake with the young man, even him into a great pit in the wood, and with Absalom. And all the people laid a very great heap of stones upon heard when the king gave all the cap-him: and all Israel fled every one to tains charge concerning Absalom, 6 So the people went out into the Geld against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim ; his fent. 18 T Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for 7 Where the people of Israel were he said, I have no son to keep m slain before the servants of David in remembrance: and and there was there a great slaughter|pillar after his own that day of twenty thousand men. called unto this & 8. For the battle was there scattered] 19 ¶ Then sở II. SAMUEL. David monrneth the death of Absalom. Zadok, Let me now run,and bear the for the LORD hath avenged thee this king tidings, how that the LORD hath day of all them that rose up against avenged him of his enemies. thee. 20 And Joab said unto him, Thou 32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou the young man Absalom safe ? And shalt bear tidings another day; but Cushi answered, The eneinies of my this day thou shalt bear no tidings, be-lord the king, and all that rise agaiust cause the king's son is dead. thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. 21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. 33 T And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and, as he went, thus 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of he said, ✪ my son Absalom! my son, Zadok yet again to Joab, But howso-my sou Absalom! would God I had ever, let me, I pray thee, also run af-died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my ter Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore son ! wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? CHAP. XIX. 23 But howsoever,said he,let me run. AND it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for And he said unto him, Rum. Then Ahi-Absalom. maaz ran by the way of the plam, and] overran Cushi. 24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate under the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and] behold a man running alone. 2 And the victory that day was turn- ed 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 fice in battle. 4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my sou Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son ! 5 And Joab 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, 25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. 26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman call ed unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. 27 And the watchman said, Methink-and the lives of thy sous and of thy eth the running of the foremost is like the running of Abimaaz the son of Za- dok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. 28 And Abimaaz called, and said un- to the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LonD 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 Absalom safe? And Alimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a gr. at tumult, but I knew not what it anas. daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy coucubines ; 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 Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well. 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for Iswear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night; and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the d the king said unto him, Turn gate. And they told unto all the peo- here. And he turned ple, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came shi came; and before the king; for Israel had fled y lord the king:[every man to his tent. الند 328 David brought back, CHAP. XIX. Shimer pardonca. 9 And all the people were at strife¡come the first this day of all the house throughout all the tribes of Israel, say-of Joseph to go down to meet any lord ing, The king saved us out of the hand the king. of our enemies, and be delivered us 21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah out of the hand of the Philistines; and answered and said, Shall not Shimei now he is fled out of the land for Ab- be put to death for this, because he salom. cursed the LORD's anointed? 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed 22 And David said, What have I to over us, is dead in battle: now there do with you, ye sons of Zerujah, that fore why speak ye not a word of bring-ye should this day be adversaries unto ing the king back? me? shall there any man be put to 11 ¶ And king David sent to Zadok death this day in Israel? for do not 1 and to Abiathar the priests, saying, know that I am this day king over Is- Speak unto the elders of Judah, say-rael ? ing, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house. 23 Therefore the king said unto Shi- mei, Thou shalt not die: and the king sware unto him. 24 1 And Mephibosheth the son of 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my Saul caine down to meet the king, and bones and my flesh; wherefore then had neither dressed his feet, nor trim- are ye the last to bring back the king? med his beard, nor washed his clothes, 13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not from the day the king departed until of iny bone, and of my flesh? God do the day he came again in peace. so to me, and more also, if thou be not 25. And it came to pass, when he was captain of the host before me continu-come to Jerusalem to meet the king, ally in the room of Joab. that the king said unto him, Where- 14 And he bowed the heart of all the fore weutest not thou with me, Me- men of Judah, even as the heart of one!phibosheth? vants. man; so that they sent this word unto 26 And be answered, My lord, O the king, Return thou, and all thy ser-king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle ine an 15 So the king returned, and came to ass, that I may ride thereon, and go Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to to the king; because thy servant is go to meet the king, to conduct theking|lame. over Jordan. 27. And he hath slandered thy servant 16 ↑ And Shimei the son of Gera, ajunto my lord the king; but my lord Benjamite, which was of Baburim, the king is as an angel of God: do hasted, and came down with the men therefore what is good in thine eyes. of Judah to meet king David. 28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thon set thy servant anong them that did eat at thine own table: what right therefore have 1 yet to cry 17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the ser- vant of the house of Saul, and bis 6f teen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan be-[any more unto the king? fore the king. 29 And the king said unto him, Why 18. And there went over a ferry-boat speakest thou any more ofthy matters? to carry over the king's household, and I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the to do what he thought good. And land. Shimei the son of Gera fell down be- 30 And Mephibosheth said unto the fore the king, as he was come over king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch Jordan; as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, nei- dier do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. 20. For thy servant doth know that I ve sinned; therefore, behold, I am 31 T And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan, 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old; and he had provided the king of sustenance, 329 Darziar aismissed. 11. SAMUEL. CHAP. XX. Sheba's revolt. while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back a very great man. 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, our king? And the words of the men Come thou over with me, and I will of Judah were fiercer than the words feed thee with me in Jerusalem. of the men of Israel. 24 And Barzillar said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem ? 35 1am this day fourscore years old; and can I discern 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? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? We AND there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Ju- dah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn women his concubines, whom he had back again, that I may die in mine own left to keep the house, and put them city, and be buried by the grave of my in ward, and fed them, but went not father and of my mother: but behold in unto them: so they were shut up thy servant Chimham; let him go over unto the day of their death, living iù with my lord the king; and do to bim widowhood. what shall seem good unto thee. 4 T Then said the king to Amaṇa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present, 5 So Amasa went to assemble the 33 And the king auswered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee; and whatsoever thou shalt remen of Judah: but he tarried longer quire of me, that will I do for thee. than the set time which he had ap pointed him. 39 And all the people went over Jor- dan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place. 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri´do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, after him, lest he get bim fenced cities, and Chimham went on with him and jand escape us. all the people of Judah conducted the 7 And there went out after him Joab's king, and also half the people of Is-men, and the Cheretrites, and the Pe- rael. 41 T And, behold, all the men of Is- rael came to the king, and said unto the ting, Why have our brethren, the mei. Judah, stolen thee away, and have org the king and his house. hold, and a.. David's men with him, over Jordan ? lethites, and all the mighty meu; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri, S When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasă went be fore them; and Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened 42 And all the men of Judah answer-upon his loins in the sheath thereof; ed the men of Israel, Because the king and as he went forth it fell out. is near of kin to us: wherefore then 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou be ye angry for this matter? have we in health, my brother? And Joab tooà eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. he given us any gift? 43 And the men of Israel answered 10 But Amasa took no heed to the the men of Judah, and said, We have sword that was in Joab's hand: so le ten parts in the king, and we have also smote him therewith in the fifth rib, more right in David than ye: why and shed out his bowels to the ground, 330 Amasa stain. CHAP. XXI. Sheba beheaded. and struck him not again: and he 22 Then the woman went unto all died. So Joab and Abishai his brother the people in her wisdom. And they pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri, cut off the head of Sheba, the son of 11. And one of Joab's men stood by | Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, he blew a trumpet, and they retired and be that is for David, let him go from the city, every man to his tent. after Joab. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king, 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when 23 ¶ Now Joab was over all the host the man saw that all the people stood of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Je- still, he removed Amasă out of the|hoiada was over the Cherethites and highway into the field,and cast a cloth over the Pelethites: upon him, when he saw that every 24 And Adoram was over the trib one that came by him stood still. ute: and Jehosaphat the son of Abi lud was recorder: 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 14 T And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel,and to Beth- maachab, and all the Berites; and; they were gathered together, and went a'so after hin. 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray vou, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 25 And Sheba was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 26 And Ira also the Jarite was a chief ruler about David. CHAP. XXI. HEN there was a famine in the Tdays of David three years, year after year: and David inquired of the Lord. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, be- cause he slew the Gibeonites. 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them: (now the Gibeon- ites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay 17 And when he was coine near unto them in his zeal to the children of La her, the woman said, Art thou Joab?rael and Judah :) And he answered, I am he. Then she 3 Wherefore David said unto the said unto him, Hear the words of thy | Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? handmaid. And he answered, I do and wherewith shall I make the atone- hear. ment, that ye may bless the inherit auce of the LORD? 18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, say 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, mg, They shall surely ask counsel at We will have no silver nor gold of Abel: and so they ended the matter. Saul, nor of his house; neither for 19. I am one of them that are peace-us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. able and faithful in Israel: thou seek-And he said, What ye shall say, that est to destroy a city and a mother in will I do for you. Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the 5 And they answered the king, The inheritance of the Loud? man that consumed us, and that de- 20 And Joab answered and said, Farvised against us that we should be De it, far be it from me, that I should destroyed from remaining in any of swellow up or destroy. the coasts of Israel, 21 The matter is not so: but a man 6 Let seven men of his sons be deliv- of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son offered unto us, and we will hang them Bichri by name, hath lifed up his up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, hand against the king, even against whom the Lonu did choose. And the David: deliver him only, and I will king said, I will give them. depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall 7 But the king spared Mephiboshetb, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the Lond's oath that was 331 Saul's sons siain. II. SAMUEL. Danid's thanksgiving. between them, between David and David sware unto him, saying, Thou Jonathan the son of Saul. shalt go no more out with us to battle, 8 But the king took the two sons of that thou quench not the light of Israel. Rizpah the daughter of Aiab, whom 18 And it came to pass after this, that she bare unto Saul, Armoui and Me-there was again a battle with the phibosheth; and the five sons of Mi-|Philistines al Gob: then Sibbechai the chal, the daughter of Saul, whom she Hushathite slew Saph, which was of brought up from Adriel the son of Bar-the sons ofthe giant. zillai the Meholathite: 19 And there was again a battle in 9 And he delivered them into the Gob with the Philistines, where Elba- nands of the Gibeonites, and they hang-nan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth- ed them in the hill before the LORD: lebemite, slew the brother of Goliath and they fell all seven together, and the Gittite, the staff of whose spear were put to death in the days of har-was like a weaver's beam. vest, in the first days, in the begin- 20 And there was yet a battle in ning of barley-harvest. Gath, where was a man of great stat- 10 T And Rizpali the daughter of Ai-ure,that had on every hand six fingers, ah took sackcloth, and spread it for and on every foot six toes, four and her upon the rock, from the beginning twenty in number; and he also was of harvest until water dropped upon boru to the giant. them out of heaven, and suffered nei-] 21 And when he defiled Israel, Jon- ther the birds of the air to rest on athan the son of Shimeah the brother them by day, nor the beasts of the field of David slew him. by night. 22 These four were born to the giant 11 And it was told David what Riz-in Gath, and fell by the hand of David pal the daughter of Aiab, the concu-and by the hand of his servants. bine of Saul, bad done, 12 ↑ And David went and took the CHAP. XXII. ND David spake unto the LORD boues of Saul and the bones of Jona-Ahe words of this song, in the day than his son from the men of Jabesh- gilead, which had stolen them from chat the LORD had delivered him out The street of Beth-shan,where the Phil- of the hand of all his enemies, and istines had hanged them, when the out of the band of Saul: Philistines bad slain Saul in Gilboa: 2 And he said,The Lorn is my rock, 13 And he brought up from thence and my fortress, and my deliverer; the bones of Saul and the bones of Jon- 3 The God of my rock; in him will atban his son; and they gathered the I trust; he is my shield, and the horn bones of them that were banged. of my salvation, my high tower, and 14 And the bones of Saul and Jona- my refuge, my saviour; thou savest than his son buried they in the country me from violence. of Benjamin in Zelab, in the sepulchre 4 I will call on the Lond who is wor- of Kish his father: and they performed thy to be praised: so shall I be saved all that the king commanded. And from mine enemies. after that God was entreated for the and. 15 ¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. 16 And Ishbi-benob, 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 sword, thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philis tine, and killed him. Then the men of 5 When the waves of death compass- ed me,the floods of ungodly men inade me afraid; 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; 7 In my distress I called upon the Lond, 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 trembled; 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 de- voured: coals were kindled by it. 332 David's psalm CHAP. XXII. of thanksgiving. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and and the LORD will lighten my dark came down ; and darkness was under his feet. 11. 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, and thick clouds of the skies. 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. ness. 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, bis way is perfect; Uie word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in bim. 32 For who is God, save the Lonu? 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' 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out arrows, and scat-feet and setteth me upon my ligh tered them; lightning, and discomfit-[places. ed them. arms. 35 He teacheth my hands to war; so 16 And the channels of the sea ap-that a bow of steel is broken by mine peared, the foundations of the world were discovered, 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 enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity but the LORD was my stay 20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps un- der me; so that my feet did not slip. 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. 40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up 21 The LORD rewarded me, accord-Jagainst me hast thou subdued under ing to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands bath he re- compensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly depart ed from my God. 23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. 25 Therefore the Loan hath recom- pensed me according to my righteous ness; according to my cleanness in his eye-sight. 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 was one to save; cvcn unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. 45 Strangers shall submit theraselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they 26 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. 27 With the pure thou wilt show thy-shall be obedient unto me. self pure; and with the froward thou 46 Strangers shall fade away, wilt show thyself unsavoury. they shall be afraid out of their close places. 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save; but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29. For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and 47 The Lonp liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 45 It is God that avengeth me, and 333 David's last words. 11. SAMUEL David's mighty men. that bringeth down the people under until his nand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the me, 49 And that bringeth me forth from Lond wrought a great victory that mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me day; and the people returned after up on high above them that rose up him only to spoil. against me: thou hast delivered me 11 And after him was Shammah the from the violent man. 50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. 51 He is the tower of salvation for his king and showeth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. W CHAP. XXIII. these be the last of vid. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lono spake by ;ne, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fed from the Philistines. 12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. 13. And three of the thirty chiefs went use vest time unto the cave of Adullum and the troop of the Philistines pitch- ed in the valley of Rephaim. ; 14 And David was then in a bold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. 15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! 4. And he shall be as the light of the 16 And the three mighty men brake morning when the sun riseth, even a through the host of the Philistines, morning without clouds; as the ten-aud drew water out of the well of der grass springing out of the earth Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and by clear shining after rain. took it and brought it to David; ney- ertheless he would not drink thereof but poured it out unto the Lord. 17 And 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 jeopardy of their lives? therefore he wouhl not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. 5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 6 ¶ But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the stall of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. 18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiali, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. 8 These be the names of the mighty 19 Was be not most honourable of men whom David had: The Tach-three? therefore he was their captain. monite that sat in the seat, chief among howbeit he attained not unto the first the captains; the same was Adino the three. Eznite: he lifted up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 9. And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the inen of Israel were gone away. 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzcel, who had done many acts, he slew two lion-like men of Moab : he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: 21 And he slew an Egyptian,a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in bis hand; but he went down to him 10 He arose, and smote thePhilistines [with a staff; and plucked the spear out 334 David's mighty men. CHAP. XXIV. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty mea. People numbered. of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him dred-fold, and that the eyes of my lord with his own spear. the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? 4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. 24 Asahel the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; Elhaman the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of ikkesh the Tekoite, 27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebun- uai the Hushathite, 5 TAnd they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodsbi: and they came to Dan-jaan and about to Zidon, 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hi- 28 Zalmon the Ahobite, Maharai the vites,and of the Canaanites: and they Netophathite, went out to the south of Judab, even 29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Neto-to Beer-sheba. phathite, Ittai the son of Ribai, out of S So when they had gone through all Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,the land, they came to Jerusalem at the 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai] end of nine months and twenty days. of the brooks of Gaash, 9 Then Joab gave up the sum of the 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azma-number of the people unto the king; veth the Barhumite, and there were in Israel eight hundred 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite; of the thousand valiant men that drew the sons of Jashen, and Jonathan, 33 Shammal, the Hararite, Abiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 31 Eliphelet the son of Ahashibai, the son of the Manchatbite, Eliam,the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb, an Ithrite, 39 Urial the Hittite: thirty and ser- en in all. CHAP. XXIV. ND again the anger of the LORD sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. 10 T And David's heart smo‘e him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done and now,I beseech thee,OLORD,tak” 9way the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Loar came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 12 Go and say unto David,Thus saith the Lono, I offer thee three things ; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven and he years of famine come unto thee in thy moved David against them to say,Go, land? or will thou flee three months number Israel and Judah. before thine enemies, while they pur 2 For the king said to Joab the cap-sue thee? or that there be three days' tain of the host, which was with him, pestilence in thy land? now advise, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, and see what answer I shall returu tó from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and him that sent me. number ye the people, that 1 may 13 And David said unto Gad, I am ia know the number of the people. a great strait: let us fall now into the 3. And Joab said unto the king, Now hand of the Lond, for his mercies are the Lond thy God add unto the peo-great: and let me not fall into the ple, how many soever they oe, a bun-hand of man. 335 The Pestilence. I. KINGS. David's altar. 16 T So the LORD sent a pestilence bowed himself before the king on his upon Israel from the morning even to face upon the ground. the time appointed; and there died of 21 And Araunab said, Wherefore is the people from Dan even to Beer-my lord the king come to his servant? sheba seventy thousand mén. 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LonD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thy hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing place of Araunah the Jebusite. 17. And David spake unto the Lond when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, 1 have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. And David 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 Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt-sacrifice, and threshing-instruments andother instru- ments of the oxen for wood, 23 All these things did Araunahı,as a king, give unto the king. And Arau- nah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee 18 T And Gad came that day to Da-at a price: neither will I offer burnt- vid, and said unto him,Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 And David, according to the say ing of Gad, went up as the LoRD COM- manded. 20 Aud Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on to ward him and Araunah went out,and offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver, 25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD,and offered burnt-offer- ings and peace-offerings So the Lonn was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. T The First Book of the KINGS, commonly called, The Third Book of the KINGS. CHAP. I. 6 And his father had not displeased thou done so und be also as a very W king David was old and him at any time in saying, Why bast Now Davis, wather cover ed him with clothes,but he gat no heat, goodly man; and his mother bare him 2 Wherefore his servants said unto after Absalom. him, Let there be sought for my lord 7 And he conferred with Joab the son the king a young virgin, and let her of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the stand before the king, and let her priest: and they following Adonijah cherish him, and let her lie in thy helped him. bosom, that my lord the king may get 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benafsh the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. beat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coast of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, 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 Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and norsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called ali bis brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Ben aiah, and the mighty men, and Solo mon his brother, he called not. 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto 336 Adonijah's treason CHAP. I. discoverea. Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, reign after me, and he shall sit upon saying, Hast thou not beard that Ado- my throne? nijah the son of Haggith doth reign, 25 For he is gone down this day, and and David our lord knoweth it not? hath slain oxen and fat cattle and 12 Now therefore come, let me, 1 sheep in abundance, and hath called pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou all the king's sons, and the captains of mayest save thine own life, and the the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, life of thy sou Solomon. behold, they eat and drink before him, 13 Go and get thee in unto king Da-and say, God save king Adonijah. vid, and say unto him, Didst not thou, 26 But me, even me thy servant,and my lord, O king, swear unto thy hand-Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son maid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomou, son shall reign after me, and he shall hath be not called. sit upon my throue? why then doth Adonijah 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-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abisling the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldst thou? 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed it un- to thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 ¶ Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 29 And the king sware and said, ♫s the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30 Even as 1 sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly 17 And she said unto him, My lord, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, thou swarest by the Lord thy God and he shall sit upon my throne in my unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly stead; even so will I certainly do this Solomon thy son shall reign after me,|day. and he shall sit upon my throne. 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with le 18 And new, behold, Adonijah reign-face to the earth, and did reverence to eth; and now, my lord the king, thou the king, and said, Let my lord king knowest it not: David live forever. 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and nath called all the sous of the king, and Abjathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king af ter him. 32 ¶ And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benniah the son of Jelio- iada. And they came before the king, 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my sen to ride upon mine own mule, and bring bim down to Gihon: 34 And let Zadok the priest and Na than the prophet anoint him there 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, king over Israel: and blow ye with when my lord the king shall sleep the trumpet, and say, God save king with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 22 ¶ And lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after bim, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead and I have appointed him to be 23 And they told the king, saying, ruler over Israel and over Judalı, Behold Nathan the prophet. And 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada when he was come in before the king, answered the king, and said, Ameu: he bowed himself before the king the LonD God of my lord the king say with his face to the ground. so too. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, 0| 37 As the Lord hath been with my king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall]lord the king, even so be he with Sol Y 337 Solomon anointed king. 1. KINGS. David's charge. omon, and make his throne greater] 50 T And Adonijah feared because of than the throne of my lord king David. Solomon, and arose, and went, and 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan caught hold on the horns of the altar. the prophet, and Benaiah the son of 51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Jehoiada,and the Cherethites, and the Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solo- Pelethites, went down, and caused mon: for, lo, he hath caught bold on Solomon to ride upon king David's the horns of the altar, saying, Letking mule, and brought him to Gibon. Solomon swear unto me to-day, that 39 And Zadok the priest took a born he will not slay his servant with the of oil out of the tabernacle, and a-sword. nointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. 40 And all the people came up after him; and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy,so that the earth rent with the sound of them. 52 And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness shall be found in him, be shall die. 53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. 41 T And Adonijah and all the guests And he came and bowed himself to that were with him heard it as they Ling Solomon: and Solomon said unto had made an end of eating. And when hin, Go to thy house. Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? CHAP. II. 42 And while be yet spake, behold, NOW the days of David drew nigh Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijab, Verily our lord king Da- vid hath made Solomon king. 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Je- hoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule. 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed bim king in Gihon; and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. that he should die; and he charg- ed Solomon his son, saying, 2 I go the way of all the earth: be tnou strong therefore, and show thy- self a man; 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest 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 way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart, and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said be) a man on the throne of Israel. 5 Moreover, thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, 17 And moreover,the king's servants and what he did to the two captains came to bless our lord king David, of the host of Israel, unto Abner the saying, God make the name of Solo- son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son mon better than thy name, and make of Jether, whom he slew,and shed the his throne greater than thy throne:blood of war in peace, and put the and the king bowed himself upon the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. Fred. 48 And also thus said the king,Bless ed be the Loan God of Israel, which 6 Do therefore according to thy wis- hath given one to sit on my throne dom, and let not his boar head go this day, mine eyes even seeing it. down to the grave in peace. 49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up,and went every man his way, 7 But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let tirea [be of those that eat at thy table; for so 338 David dieth. CHAP. II. Adonijah sɩoin. they came to me when I fled because, 21 And she said, Let Abishag the of Absalon thy brother. Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee brother to wife. Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of 22 And king Solomon answered and Baburim, which cursed me with a said unto his mother, And why dost grievous curse in the day when I went thou ask Abishag the Shunamnite for to Mahanaim but he came down to Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him also; for he is mine elder brother; by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. 9 Now therefore hold bin not guilt-| less; for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him: but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. 10 ¶ So David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. 11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned be in Hebron, and thir- ty and three years reigned he in Je rusalem. even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 24 Now therefore, as the LonD liv. eth, which bath established me, and set me on the throne of David my fa ther, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; 12 T Then sat Solomon upon the and be fell upon him that he died. throne of David his father; and his 26 ¶ And unto Abiathar the priest kingdom was established greatly. said the king, Get thee to Anatboth 13 ¶ And Adonŋah the son of Hag-junto thine own field; for thou art gith came to Bath-sheba the mother of worthy of death; but 1 will not at this Solomon. And she said, Comest thou time put thee to death, because thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. barest the ark of the Lond God be- 14 He said, moreover, I have some-fore David my father, and because what to say unto thee. And she said, thou hast been afflicted in all wherein Say on. my father was afflicted. 15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my broth- er's; for it was his from the Lond. 16 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 Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunamite to wife. 13 And Bath-sheba said, Well, I will speak for thee unto the king. 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. 28 T Then tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah,though he turned not after Absalom; and Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fed unto the tabernacle of the Lond; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benazah the son of Jeboiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 19 T Bath-sheba therefore went unto King Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to 30 Aud Benaiah came to the taberna- meet her, and bowed himself unto her, cle of the Lond, and said unto him, and sat down ou bis throne,and caused Thus saith the king, Come forth. And a seat to be set for the king's mother; he said, Nay; but I will die here. And and she sat on his right hand. Benaiah brought the king word again, 20 Then she said, I desire one small saying, Thus said Joab, and thus be petition of thee; I pray thee, say me answered me. not nay, And the king said unto her, | 31 And the king said unto him, Do as Ask on, my mother; for I will not say he hath said, and fall upon him, and thee nay. [bury him; that thou mayest take away 339 Joab slain. 1. KINGS. Solomon's choice. the innocent blood which Joab shed, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst from me, and from the house of my unto me, The word that I have heard father. is good. 32 And the LonD shall return bis 3 Why then hast thou not kept the blood upon his own head, who fell oath of the Loud, and the command- upon two men more righteous and bet-ment that I have charged thee with? ter than be, and slew them with the 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, sword, my father David not knowing Thou knowest all the wickedness thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, which thy heart is privy to, that thou captain of the host of Israel, and Ama-didst to David my father; therefore sa the son of Jether, captain of the the Lond shall return thy wickedness host of Judah. upon thine own head: 33 Their blood shall therefore return 45 And king Solomon shall be bless upon the head of Joab, and upon theed, and the throne of David shall be head of his seed for ever: but upon established before the Lond for ever. David, and upon his seed, and upon 46 So the king commanded Benaiah his house, and upon his throne, shall the son of Jebõiada; which went out, there be peace for ever from the LORD. and fell upon him, that he died. And 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the kingdom was established in the went up and fell upon him, and slew hand of Solomon. him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. CHAP. III. ND Solomou made affinity with And the king put Benaiah the A Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took house, and the house of the Lord, aud the wall of Jerusalem round about, 2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. son of Jehoiada in his room over the Pharaoh's daughter, and brought het host; and Zadok the priest did the into the city of David, until he had king put in the room of Abiathar. made an end of building his ow 36 T And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dweil there, and go not forth thence any whither. 37 For it shall be, that ou the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy plood shall be upon thine own head. 28 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalein many days. 39 And it came to pass, at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachal king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold,thy servants be in Gath. 40 Aud Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shinei bad gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 3 And Solomon loved the Lono,walk- ing in the statutes of David his father; only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sa- crifice there: for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. 5 ¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said,Thou hast show- ed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteous ness, 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 Lond my God, thou 42 And the king sent and called for hast made thy servant king instead of Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not David my father; and I am bru a little make thee to swear by the LORD, and child: I know not how to go out or protested unto thee, saying,Know for come in. a certain, on the day thou goest out, 8 And thy servant is in the midst of and walkest abroad any whither that thy people which thou hast chosen, a 340 Solomon's judgment CHAP. IV. between the harlots, great people, that cannot be numbered to give my child suck, behold, it was nor counted for multitude. dead; but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son which I did bear. 9 Give therefore thy servant an un- derstanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and] bad: for who is able to judge this thy 60 great a people ? 10 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. 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. 11 Aud God said unto him, Because 23 Then said the king, The one saith, thou hast asked this thing, and hast not This is my son that liveth, and thy son asked for thyself long life; neither hast is the dead: and the other saith, Nay ; asked riches for thyself, nor hast ask-but thy son is the dead, and my son is ed the life of thine enemies; but hast the living. asked for thyself understanding to dis- cern judgments; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my command ments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the liv ing child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, (for her bowels yearned upon her son,)and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: but the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judg 15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, ment which the king had judged, and it was a dream. And he came to Je-they feared the king: for they saw rusalem, and stood before the ark of that the wisdom of God was in him, the covenant of the LORD, and offered to do judgment. up burnt-offerings, and offered peace- oiterings, and made a feast to all his servants. 16 T Then came there two woman, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 10 CHAP. IV. king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest: 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child[of Abilud, the recorder. with her in the house. 3 Elihoreph and Abiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada 18 And it came to pass, the third day was over the host; and Zadok and after that I was delivered, that this Abiathar were the priests; woman was delivered also: and we 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan were together; there was 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 arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while hy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid ber dead child in my bosom. was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, und the king's fiend; 6 And Abishar was over the house. hold; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. 7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided vict uals for the king and his household. each man his month in a year made 31 And when I rose in the morning provision. 341 . Solomon's riches I. KINGS. 8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim. 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbin, and Beth shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan. 10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochol, and all the land of Hepher. and wisdom. kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about him. 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer sheba, all the days of Solomon. 26 T And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 27 And those officers providea vict- uals for king Solomon, and for all that came unto King Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked noti ing. 11 The sou of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Tapliath the daughter of Solomon to wife. 12 Baana the son of Abilud; to him pertained Tamach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanab, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to 23 Barley also and straw for the Abel-Meholah, even unto the place horses and dromedaries brought they that is beyond Jokneam. unto the place where the officers were, 13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-every man according to his charge. gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead: to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and and brazen bars. 29 ¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. 14 Ahinadad the son of Iddo had Mahanaim. 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 15 Ahimaaz wes in Naphtali; he also 31 For he was wiser than all men ; took Basmath, the daughter of Solo-than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, mon, to wife. and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Maho]: and his fame was in all na- tions round about. 16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth. 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar. IS Shimei the son of Elah, in Benja- min. 19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only offeer which was in the land. 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thou- sand and five. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 20 ¶ Judah and Israel were many, as 34 And there came of all people to the sand which is by the sea in multi-hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all tude, eating and drinking, and making kings of the earth, which had heard merry. of his wisdom. 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms, from the river unto the land CHAP. V. of the Philistines, and unto the border AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Soloinon; for he of Egypt: they brought presents, and had heard that they had anointed him served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 ¶ And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of mea!, king in the room of his father; for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram,saying, 3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house unto the name of the LORD his God, for the 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roe-bucks, and fal-wars which were about him on every low-deer, and fatted fowl. Iside, until the LORD put them under 24 For he had dominion over all the the soles of his feet. region on this side the river, from 4 But now the Lord my God hath Tiphsalı even to Azzah, over all the given me rest on every side, so that 342 Solomon's workmen CHAP. VI and labourers. there is neither adversary nor evil ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the occurrent. 5 And, behold, I purpose to build a mountains. house unto the name of the LORD my 16 Besides the chief of Solomon's of- God, as the LORD spake unto David ficers which were over the work, three my father, saying, Thy son, whoin I thousand and three hundred, whica will set upon my throne in thy room, ruled over the people that wrought in he shall build a house unto my name. the work. 6 Now therefore command thou that 17 And the king commanded, and they hew me cedar-trees out of Leba- theybrought great stones,costlystones, non; and my servants shall be with and hewed stones, to lay the founda- thy servants: and unto thee will I give tion of the house. hire for thy servants according to all 18 And Solomon's builders and Hi- that thou shalt appoint: for thou ram's builders did hew them, and the knowest that there is not among us any stone-squarers: so they prepared tim- that can skill to hew timber like unto|ber and stones to build the house. the Sidonians. CHAP. VI. 7 ¶ And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he AND it came to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year after the LORD this day, which hath given the children of Israel were come out unto David a wise son over this great of the land of Egypt, in the fourth people. year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, say-the mouth Zif, which is the second ung, I have considered the things month, that he began to build the which thou sentest to me for: and 1 house of the Loud. will do all thy desire concerning tim- ber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. 2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadil thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubite. 9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the 3 And the porch before the temple of place that thou shalt appoint me, and the house, twenty cubits was the will cause them to be discharged there, length thereof,according to thebreadth and thou shalt receive them ;" and thou of the bouse; and ten cubits was the shalt accomplish my desire in giving breadth thereof before the house. food for my nousehold. 4 And for the house he made win- 10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-dows of narrow lights. trees, and fir-trees, according to all 6T And against the wall of the house his desire. 11 And-Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hi- ram year by year. 12 And the LORD gave Solomon wis. dom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solo- mon; and they two made a league to- gether. he built chambers round about,øgainst the wall of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle and be made chambers round about, 6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, aud the third was seven cubits broad; for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 7 And the house, when it was in 13 T And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was building, was built of stone made thirty thousand men. ready before it was brought thither. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon ten so that there was neither hammer, nor thousand a month by courses; a month axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the they were in Lebanon,andtwo months house while it was in building. at home: and Adoniram was over the 8 The door for the middle chamber levy. was in the right side of the house; 15 And Solomon had threescore and and they went up with winding stairs 343 The building 1. KINGS. into the middle 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. of the temple 23 ¶ And within the oracle he 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 10 And then he built chambers against wing of the cherub: from the utter- all the house, five cubits high, and most part of the one wing unto the they rested on the house with timoer uttermost part of the other were ten of cedar. 11 T And the word of the Load came to Solomon, saying, cubits. 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in 26 The height of the one cherub was my statutes, and execute my judg-ten cubits, and so was it of the othe meuts, and keep all my command-cherub, inents to walk in them; then will 1 27 And he set the cherubims within perform my word with thee, which the inner house: and they stretched spake unto David thy father: forth the wings of the cherubims, so 13 And I will dwell among the chilthat the wing of the one touched tho dren of Israel, and will not forsake iny people Israel. 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling and he covered them on the inside 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 wals with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long, 18 And the cedar of the house within was covered 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 twen- ty cubits 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 Solomon 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. one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 25 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubins, and palm-trces, and op- en flowers, within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he over- laid with gold, within and without. 31 T And for the entering of the ora cle he made doors of olive-tree: the lintel and side-posts were a fifth part of the wall. 32 The two doors also were of olive- tree; and he carved upon them cary. ings of cherubins, and palm-trees, and open-flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cheru bims, 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 werc folding, 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 T And he built the inner court with three rows of bewed stone, ano a row of cedar beams. 37 T lo the fourth year was the foun- dation of the house of the Lond laid, in the mouth Zif: 38 And in the eleventh year, in the 344 Ornaments of CHAP. VII. the temple month Bul, (which is the eighth 13 T Aud king Solomon sent and anth,) WAS the house finished fetched Hiram out of Tyre. throughout all the parts thereof, according to all the fashion of it. was he seven years in building it. CHAP. VII. BUT and So 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a mai of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and under 16 And he made two chupiters / UT Solomon was building his own standing, and cunning to work all house thirteen years, and he fin-works in brass. And he came to king ished all his house. Solomon, and wrought all his work. 2 T He built also the house of the 15 For he cast two pillars of brass,of forest of Lebanon; the length thereof eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line was a hundred cubits, and the breadth of twelve cubits did compass either of thereof fifty cubits, and the height them about. thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams molten brass, to set upon the tops of upon the pillars. the pillars: the height of the one chap- 3 And it was covered with cedarfiter was live cubits, and the height of above upon the beams that lay on the other chapiter was live cubits: forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row. 17 And nets of checker-work, and 4 And there were windows in three wreaths of chain-work, for the chap- rows, and light was against light infiters which teere upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter,and seven for the other chapiter. 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 pillars and the thick beam were before them. 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one net- work, to cover the chapiters that wore upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work in the porch, four cubits. 7 Then he made a porch for the 20 And the chapiters upon the two throne where he might judge, even the pillars had pomegi anates also above, porch of judgment; and it was cover-over against the belly which was by ed with cedar from one side of the the net-work; and the pomegranates door to the other. were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chupiter. S ¶ And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, 21 And he set up the pillars in the which was of the like work. Solomon porch of the temple: and he set up made also a house forPharaoh's daugh- the right pillar, and called the name ter, whom he had taken to wife like thereof Jachin: and he set up the left unto this porch. pillar, and called the name thereof 9. All these were of costly stones,ac-Boaz. cording to the measures of hewed 22 And upon the top of the pillars stones, sawed with saws, within and was lily-work: so was the work of without, even from the foundation the pillars finished. unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones,after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Loan, and for the porch of the house. 23 ¶ And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other; it was round all about, and his height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 25. It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, ana three 345 Ornaments of 1. KINGS the temple. looking toward the south, and three bases: all of them had one casting, looking toward the east: and the sea one measure, and one size. was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26. And it was a hand-breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lillies it contained two thousand baths. 38 T Then made lie ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south. 40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for 27 ¶ And he made ten bases of brass; four cubitsins 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 was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: 29 And on the borders that were be- the house of the LORD: tween the ledges were lions, oxen,aud 41 The two pillara, and the two cherubims: and upon the ledges there | bowls of the chapiters that were on pas a base above: and beneath the the top of the two pillars; and the lions and oxen were certain additiona| two net-works, to cover the two bowls made of thin work. of the chapitera which were upon the top of the pillars: 30 And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereofhad undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was 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, four square, not round. 32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axle-trees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 33 And the work of the wheels was¦ like the work of a chariot-wheel; their axle-trees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two net-works, even two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover the two bowls of the chapiteis that were upon the pillars; 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavera on the bases; 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen un- der the sea; 45 And the pots, and the shovels,and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solonion for the house of the Lond, were of bright brass. 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast then, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zarthan. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were ex- ceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. 34. And there were four undersetters 48 And Solomon made all the vessels to the four corners of one base: and that pertained unto the house of the the undersetters were of the very base LORD: the altar of gold, and the table itself. of gold, whereupon the shew-bread was, 35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of a half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flow- ers, and the lamps, and the tongs of 36 For on the plates of the ledges gold, thereof, and on the borders thereof,he 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, graved cherubims, lions, and palm-and the basons, and the spoons, and the trees, according to the proportion of censers, of pure gold; and the hinges every one, and additions round about. of gold,both for the doors of the inner 37 After this manner he made the ten house, the most holy place, and for 346 Dedication of CHAP. VIII. the doors of the house, to wit, of the] temple. 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lond. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated: even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among The treasures of the house of the Lond. CHAP. VIII. T THEN Solomon assembled the el ders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David,which is Zion. 2 Aud all the men of Israel assem- bled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim,which is the seventh month. 3. And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. the temple. 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud. for the glory of the Lono had filled the house of the LORD. 12 TThen spake Solomon, The Lond 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 blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) 15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father,and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name night be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. 17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 4. And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did 18 And the Lord said unto David my the priests and the Levites bring up. father, Whereas it was in thy heart to 5 And king Solomon, and all the con-build a house unto my name, thou gregation of Israel, that were assem-didst well that it was in thy heart. bled unto him, were with him before 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, the house; but thy son that shall come that could not be told nor numbered forth out of thy loins, he shall build for multitude. the house unto my name. 6 Aud the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Loup unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubins. 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. 20. And the Loud bath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel,as the Lond promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel 21 And I have set there & place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which be made with our fa- 8 And they drew out the staves, that|thers, when he brought them out of the ends of the staves were seen but in the land of Egypt. the holy place before the oracle, and 22 ¶ And Solomon stood before the they were not seen without; and there altar of the Lond in the presence of all they are unto this day. the congregation of Israel, and spread 9 There was nothing in the ark save forth his hands toward heaven: the two tables of stone, which Moses 23 And he said, LORD God of Israei, put there at Horeb, when the LORD there is no God like thee, in heaven inade a covenant with the children of above, or on earth beneath, who keep- Israel, when they came out of the landfest covenant and mercy with thy ser of Egypt vants that walk before thee with all their heart: 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD. 24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst [him: thou spakest also with thy 347 1. KINGS. Solomon's prayer. Solomon's prayer mouth, and has fulfilled it with thy there is no rain, because they have hand, as it is this day. sinned against thee; if they pray to 25 Therefore now, LORD God of Is-ward this place,and confess thy name, rael, keep with thy servant David myjand turn from their sin, when thou father that thou promisedst him, say-Jaillictest them; 1 ing There shak not fail thee a man in 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and my sight to sit on the throne of Israel;|forgive the sin of thy servants, and of so that thy children take heed to their thy people Israel, that thou teach them way,that they waik before me as thou the good way wherein they should hast walked before me. walk, and give rain upon thy land 26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy which thou hast given to thy people word, I pray thee, be verified, which for an inheritance. thou spakest unto thy servant David| 37 ¶ If there be in the land famine- my father. if there be pestilence, blasting, mil- 27 But will God indeed dwell on the dew, locusts, or if there be caterpillar; earth? behold, the heaven, and heav-if their enemy besiege them in the en of heavens, cannot contain thee; land of their cities, whatsoever plague, how much less this house that I have whatsoever sickness there be ; builded? 38 What prayer and supplication so 28 Yet have thou respect unto the ever be made by any man, or by all prayer of thy servant, andto his sup-thy people Israel, which shall know plication, O Lond my God, to hearken every man the plague of his own unto the cry and to the prayer which heart, and spread forth his hands thy servant prayeth before thee to-day: toward this house: 29 That thine eyes may be open to- 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy ward this house night and day, even dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, toward the place of which thou hast and give to every man according to said, My name shall be there: that his ways, whose heart thou knowest; thou mayest bearken unto the prayer|(for thou, even thou only, knowest the which thy servant shall make toward hearts of all the children of men ;) this place. 40 That they may fear thee all the 30 And hearken thou to the supplica-days that they live in the land which tion of thy servant,and of thy people thou gavest unto our fathers. Israel, when they shall pray toward 41 Moreover, concerning a stranger, this place; and bear thou in heaven that is not of thy people Israel, but thy dwelling place: and when thou cometh out of a far country for thy hearest, forgive. name's sake; 31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house: 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteous- ness. 42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched-out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house: 43 Hear thou in beaven thy dwelling- place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is 33 When thy people Israel be smit-called by thy name. ten down before the enemy, because] 44 T If thy people go out to battle they have sinned against thee, and against their enemy, whithersoever sball turn again to thee, and confess thou shalt send them, and shall pray thy name, and pray, and make suppli-unto the LonD toward the city which cation unto thee in this house: thou hast chosen, and toward the Then bear thou in heaven, and house that I have built for thy name: forgive the sin of thy people Israel, 45 Then hear thou in heaven their and bring them again unto the land prayer and their supplication, and which thou gavest unto their fathers. maintain their cause. 35 π When heaven is shut up, and] 46 If they sin against thee, (for there 348 fle blesseth CHAP. IX the congregation. is no man that sinneth not,) and thou hath uot failed one word of all bis be angry with them, and deliver them good promise, which he promised by to the enemy, so that they carry them the hand of Moses his servant away captives unto the land of the 57 The LORD our God be with us, as enemy, far or near; he was with our fathers; let him not 47 Yet if they shall bethink them-leave us, nor forsake us : selves in the land whither they were 68 That he may incline our hearts carried captives, and repent,and make unto him, to walk in all his ways, and supplication unto thee in the laud of to keep his commandments, and his them that carried them captives, say- statutes, and bis judgments, which he ing, We have sinned, and have done commanded our fathers. perversely, we have committed wick- edness; 59 And let these my words, where- with I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the Lono our God day and night, that be maintam the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the 48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward the land which thou gav-matter shall require ; est unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which 1 have built for thy name : 60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. 49 Then hear thou their prayer and 61 Let your heart therefore be per- their supplication in heaven thy dwell-fect with the LORD our God, to walk ing-place, and maintain their cause, in his statutes, and to keep his con- 50 And forgive thy people that have mandments, as at this day. sinned against thee, and all their trans gressions wherein they have trans gressed 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 mheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. 62 ¶ And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which be offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousau.l oxen, and a hundred and twenty thou sand sheep: so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was be- fore the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt-offerings, and meat- offerings, and the fat of the peace-of- ferings; because the brazen altar that was before the LORD teas too little to receive the burnt-offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace- offerings. 65 ¶ And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great 54 T And it was so, that when Solo-congregation, from the entering in of mon had made an end of praying all Hamath unto the river of Egypt, be this prayer and supplication unto the Lond, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be the Lond, that hath| given rest unto his people Israel, ac- cording to all that he promised: there fore the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 66 On the eighth day be sent the peo- ple away; and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart, for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his ser vant, and for Israel his people. CHAP. IX. AND it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the 349 God's covenant I. KINGS. with Solomon. house of the Lono, and the king's 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre nouse, and all Solomon's desire which to see the cities which Solomon had ne was pleased to do, given him; and they pleased him not. 2 That the LORD appeared to Solo- 13 And he said, What cities are these mon the second time, as he had ap-which thou hast given me, my broth peared unto him at Gibeon. er? And he called them the land of 3 And the LORD said unto him, I have| Cabul unto this day. heard thy prayer and thy supplication| that thou hast made before me: 1 have hallowed this house which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. 14 And Hiram sent to the king six score talents of gold. 15 T And this isthe reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of 4 And if thou wilt walk before me, Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Meggido, as David thy father walked, in integ-land Gezer. rity of heart, and in uprightness, to do 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had according to all that I have command-gone up and taken Gezer, and burnt it ed thee, and will keep my statutes and my judginents; 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upou the throne of Israel. 6 But if ye shall at all turn from fol- lowing me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I bave set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them; with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, 18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 19 And all the cities of store that Solo mon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Je rusalem, and in Lebanon, and in al the land of his dominion. 7 Then will I cut off Israel 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 Israel shall be a proverb and a by-were not of the children of Israel, word among all people: 20 ¶ And all the people_that_were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Periz. zites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which 8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lond their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them; therefore hath the Lond brought upon them all this evil 10 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the bouse of the Lono, and the king's house. 21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond-service unto this day 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no oond-men: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horse men 23 These were the chief of the offi cers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bari rule over the people that wrought it. the work. 24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her houst 11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre which Solomon had built for her had furnished Solomon with cedar-then did he build Millo. trees, and fir-trees, and with gold, ac- 25 ↑ And three times in a year dic cording to all his desire,) that then Solomon offer burnt-onerings an king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cit-peace-offerings upon the altar which res in the land of Galilee. The built unto the Lonn, and he burnt 350 The Queen of Sheba CHAP. X. visiteth Solomon. in cense upon the altar that was before very great store, and precious stones the LORD: so he finished the house, there came no more such abundance 25 ¶ And king Solomon made a navy of spices as these which the queen of of ships in Eziou geber, which is be-Sheba gave to king Solomon. side Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy bis servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solo- mon. 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. СНАР. Х. ND when the queen of Sheba 11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plentyof 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 Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatso A heard of the lame uso em quee of Sache, besides that which cerning the name of the LORD, she Solomon gave her of his royal bounty: came to prove him with bard ques-so she turned, and went to her own tions. conutry, she and her servants. 2. And she came to Jerusalem with a 14 T Now the weight of gold that very great train, with camels that bare came to Solomon in one year was six spices, and very much gold, and pre-hundred threescore and six talents of cious stones: and when she was come gold, to Solomon, she communed with him 15 Besides that he had of the mer- of all that was in her heart. chantmen, and of the traffic of the 3 And Solomon told her all her ques-spice-merchants, and of all the kings tions: there was not any thing hid of Arabia, and of the governors of from the king, which he told her not. the country. 4 T And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 16 T And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. & And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the atten- 17 And he made three hundred shields dance of his ministers, and their ap-of beaten gold; three pounds of gold parel, and bis cup-bearers, and his as-went to one shield: and the king put cent by wich he went up unto the them in the house of the forest of house of the LORD; there was no more | Lebanon. spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that 1 heard in mine own land of thy acts, and of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the ball was not told me thy wisdom and prosperity ex- eeedeth the fame which 1 heard. • IS ¶ Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. 19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on 8 Happy are thy men, happy are the one side and on the other upon the these thy servants, which stand contin-six steps: there was not the like made ually before thee, and that hear thy in any kingdom, wisdom. 21 T And all king Solomon's drinking 9 Blessed be the Lord thy God which vessels were of gold,and all the vessels delighted in thee, to set thee on the of the house of the forest of Lebanon throne of Israel: because the LORD were of pure gold; none were of sil loved Israel for ever, therefore made ver: it was nothing accounted of in be thee king, to do judgment and jus- the days of Solomon, tice. 22 For the king had at sea a navy of 10. And she gave the king a hundred Tarshish with the navy of Hiram. and twentytalents of gold, ſind of spices|once in three years came the navy 0. 351 Degeneracy I. KINGS. of Solomon. Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, Milcom the abomination of the Am ivory, and apes, and peacocks. monites. 23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 24 T And all the earth sought to Sol- mon, to near his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the Loup, as did David his father. 7 Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusa- lem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammou. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense, and sacrificed unto their gods. 25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver,and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 26 T And Solomon gathered together 9 T And the Loup was angry with chariots and borsemen: and he had a Solomon,because his heart was turned thousand and four hundred chariots, from the LORD God of Israel, which and twelve thousand borsemen, whom had appeared unto him twice, he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stodes, and cedars made be to be as the sycamore-trees that are in the vale, for abundance. 287 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yaru at a price. 29 And à chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels o|| silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria,did they bring them out by their means. BUT CHAP. XI. 10 And had commanded him concern ing this thing, that he should not go af ter other gods; but he kept not that which the Lond commanded. 11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon,Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my cove- nant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thiy servant. 12 Notwithstanding in thy days Iwill not do it for David thy father's eake; but 1 will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom: but will give one tribe to thy son forDavid my servant's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, which I have chosen. UT king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the 14 T And the LORD stirred up ac Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zi-adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the doniaus, and Hittites; Edomite; he was of the king's seed 2. Of the nations concerning which in Edom, the LORD said unto the children of 1s- 15 For it came to pass, when David rael, Ye shall not go in to them, ueither was in Edom, and Joab the captain of shall they come in unto you: for sure-the host was gone up to bury the slain, ly they will turn away your heart af after he had smitten every male iu ter their gods: Solomou clave unto Edom ; these in love. 16 (For six months did Joab remain 3 And he had seven hundred wives, there with all Israel, until he had cut princesses, and three hundred concu-[off every male in Edom :) bines: and his wives turned away his heart. 17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away yet a little child. his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. 18 And they arose out of Midian and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran,and they came to Egypt,unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth which gave him a house, and appoint the goddess of the Zidonians, and after fed him victuals, and gave him land 352 Ahijah's prophecy. CHAP. XI. Solomon dieth. will rend the kir gdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: 19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 32 (But he shall have one tribe for 20 And the sister of Talipenes bare my servant David's sake, and for Je- him Genubath, his son, whom Talrusalem's sake, the city which I have penes weaned in Pharaon's house: chosen out of all the tribes of Israel :) and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house- 33 Because that they have forsaken hold among the sons of Pharaoh. 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing howbeit, let me go in any wise. 23 ¶ And God stirred him up another] adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which led from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus,and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did': and he ab- horred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 26 ¶ And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow-woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Che- mosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand : but 1 will make him prince all the days of his life for David 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 his son's hand, and will give it unto thec, even ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe,that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem 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 thysoul desires, and shalt be king over Israel 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt heark- en unto all that I command thec, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and ny commandments, as David my 27 And this was the cause that he servant did; that I will be with thee, lifted up his hand against the king: & build thee a sure house, as I built for Solomon built Millo, and repaired the David,and will give Israel unto thee. breaches of the city of David his father. 39 And I will for this affict the seed 28 And the man Jeroboam was a of David, but not for ever mighty man of valour: and Solomon 40 Solomon sought therefore to klil seeing the young man that he was Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and industrious, he made him ruler over fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of all the charge of the house of Joseph. Egypt, and was in Egypt until the 29 And it came to pass at that time death of Solomon. when Jeroboam went out of Jerusa- 41 And the rest of the acts of Solo- lem, that the prophet Alijah the Shi-mon,and all that he did, and his wis- lonite found him in the way; and he dom, are they not written in the book had clad himself with a new garment; of the acts of Solomon ? and they two were alone in the field : 42 And the time that Solomon reign- 30 And Ahijah caught the new gared in Jerusalem over all Israel was ment that was on bim, and rent itin forty years. twelve peices : 43 And Solomon slept with his fa- 31. And he said to Jeroboam, Take thers, and was buried in the city of thee ten pieces: for thus saith the David his father: and Rehoboam hia Lond, the God of Israel, Behold, Ison reigned in his stead Z 353 Rehoboam made king. A CHAP. XII. 1. KINGS. ND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to She- chem to make him king. Ten tribes rcvolt. the king had appomted, saying, Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him ; 14 And spake to them after the coun sel of the young men, saying, My fa ther made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chas tised you with whips, but I will chas 2 And it came to pass, when Jerobo- am the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 3 That they sent and called him.tise you with scorpions. And Jeroboam and all the congrega. 15 Wherefore the king bearkened not tion of Israel came, and spake unto unto the people; for the cause was Rehoboam, saying, from the Loup, that he might perform 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: bis saying, which the LORD spake by now therefore make thou the grievous Ahijab the Shilonite unto Jeroboain service of thy father, and his heavy the son of Nebat. yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 6 ¶ And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people ? 16 ¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the peo 5 And he said unto them, Depart yet ple answered the king, saying, What for three days,then come again to me.[portion have we in David? neither And the people departed. have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israe! departed unto their tents. 17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Reboboam sent Ado ram, who was over the tribute; and all Israelstoned him with stones,that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his char- iot, to flee to Jerusalem. 7 And they spake unto him, saying, if thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which| stood before him: 19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. 20 And it came to pass, when all Is- rael heard that Jeroboam was come 9 And he said unto them, What coun-again, that they sent and called him sel give ye that we may answer this unto the congregation, and made him people, who have spoken to me, say-king over all Israel; there was none ing, Make the yoke which thy father that followed the house of David, but did put upon us lighter? the tribe of Judah only. 10 And the young men that were 21. And when Rehoboam was come grown up with him spake unto him, to Jerusalem, he assembled all the saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this house of Judah, with the tribe of Ben people that spake unto thee, saying,| jamin, a hundred and fourscore thou Thy father made our yoke heavy, but sand chosen men, which were war- make thou it lighter unto us; thus riors, to fight against the house of Is- shalt thou say unto them, My little rael, to bring the kingdom again to finger shall be thicker than my fath-Relioboam the son of Solomou er's loins. 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastis- ed you with whips, but I will chas- tise you with scorpions. 12 ¶ So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as 22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Rehoboam,the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor light against your brethrev 351 Jeroboam's idolatry. CHAP. XIII. His hand withereth. the children of Israel: return every house of David, Josiah by name : and man to his house; for this thing is upon thee shall he offer the priests of from me. They hearkened therefore the high places that burn incense upor to the word of the LORD, and returned thee, and men's bones shall be burnt to depart, according to the word of the upon thee. LORD. 3 And he gave a sign the same day, 25 ¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem saying, This is the sign which the in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein :LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar and went out from thence, and built shall be rent, and the ashes that arı Penuel. upon it shall be poured out. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, 4 And it came to pass, when king Now shall the kingdom return to the Jeroboam beard the saying of the man house of David: [of God, which bad cried against the 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his in the house of the Lono at Jerusalein, hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold then shall the heart of this people tum on him. And his hand, which he put again unto their lord, even unto Reho- forth against him, dried up, so that he boam king of Judah, and they shall could not pull it in again to him. kill me, and go again to Rehoboam 5 The altar was also rent, and the king of Judah. ashes poured out from the altar, ac cording to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. 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 Jerusalem: behold thy goda, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 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 worship before the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroborm ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah; and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his Town heart: and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar and burnt incense. 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 icas before. 7 TAnd 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 thy house, I will not go in with thee, nei- ther will 1 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 T Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons caine and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had epoken unto the AND, behold, there came a man of king,them they told also to their father. CHAP. XIII. God out of Judah by the word of | 12 And their father said unto them the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam What way went he? For his sons had stood by the altar to burn incense. seen what way the man of God went, 2 And he cried against the altar in which came from Judah. the word of the LORD, and said, O 13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle altar, altar! thus saith the Lono, Be-me the ass. So they saddled him the hold, a child shall be born unto the lass, and he rode thereon, 355 The deceived KINGS. Prophet slain. 14 And went after the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of nud found him sitting under an oak the LORD; therefore the Lono hath de- and he said unto him, drt thou the livered him unto the lion, which hath man of God that camest from Judah?[toru him, and slain him, according to And he said, I am. the word of the LORD, which he spake 15 Then he said unto him, Come unto him. home with me, and eat bread. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, 16. And he said, I may not return Saddle me the ass. And they saddled with thee, nor go in with thee; aei-him. ther will I eat bread nor drink water 28 And he went, and found his car- with thee in this place : 17 For it was said to me by the word of the Lond, Thou shalt eat no bread uor drink water there, nor turn again 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, say- ung, Bring him back with thee into thy Douse, 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 drauk water. 20 ¶ And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lono came unto the prophet that brought him back: case cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torr the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the car- case of the man of God, and laid it up- on the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city to mourn, and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: 21 And he cried unto the man of God 32 For the saying which he cried by that came from Judab, saying, Thus the word of the LORD against the altar saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou in Beth-el, and against all the houses hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, of the high places which are in the and hast not kept the commandment cities of Samaria, shall surely come to which the LORD thy God commanded|pass. thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepul- chre of thy father. 23 ¶ And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for hun the ass,' to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. and 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him ; his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood oy the carcase. 33 T After this thing Jeroboam 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 be- came one of the priests of the high places. 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. A CHAP. XIV. T that time Abijah the son of Je- roboam fell sick. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thy self, that thou be not known to be the 25 And, behold, men passed by, and wife of Jeroboam, and get thee to saw the carcase cast in the way, and Sbilob: behold, there is Abijah the the lion standing by the carcase: and prophet, which told me that Ï should they came and told it in the city where be king over this people. the old prophet dwelt. 3 And take with thee ten loaves, and 26 T And when the prophet that cracknels, and a cruse of honey,and go brought him back from the way heard to him: he shall tell thee what shall thereof, he said, it is the man of God,|become of the child. 356 Jeroboam threatened. CHAP. XIV. 4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Anijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by rea- son of his age. 6 And the LORD said unto Abijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometli 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 Ahijab beard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. 7 Go tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from anong the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, 8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as my ser- vant David, 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 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will] take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. 11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the held shall the fowls of the air eat for the LORD hath spoken it. His chilœ dieth. cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. 15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the riv- er, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 17 ¶ And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 18 And they buried him; and all Is- rael mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Alijah the prophet. 19 T And the rest of the acts of Jero boam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years. and be slept with his fathers; and Na- dab his son reigned in his stead. 21 T And Rehoboam the son of Solc- mon reigned in Judah. Rehoboamı was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seven- teen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; and his mother's name was Naamalı, an Ammonitess. 22 And Judab did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fa- thers had done. 23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to 24 And there were also Sodomites in thine own house; and when thy feet the land: and they did according to enter into the city, the child shall die. Jall the abominations of the nations 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, which the LonD cast out before the and bury bim; for he only of Jerobo- children of Israel. am shall come to the grave, because in 25 T And it came to pasa in the fifth him there is found some good thing to-year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak ward the Lord God of Israel in the king of Egypt came up against Jurusa house of Jeroboam. leni: 14 Moreover, the LORD shall raise 26 And he took away the treasures him up a king over Israel, who shall of the house of the Loud, and the 357 Abijam's wicked reign. I. KINGS. Asa's good reign. treasures of the king's house; ne even] 9 And in the twentieth year of Je- took away all: and he took away all roboam king of Israel reigned Asa over the shields of gold which Soloman had Judah. made. 10 And forty and one years reigned 27 And king Rehoboam made in their he in Jerusalem; and his mother's stead brazen shields, and committed name was Maachah, the daughter of them unto the hands of the chief of | Abishalom. the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. 28 And it was so, when the king went nto the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took away the Sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 29 Now the rest of the acts of Reho- 13 And also Maachab his mother boam, and all that he did, are they not even ber he removed from being queen, written in the book of the Chronicles because she had made an idol in a of the kings of Judah? grove: and Asa destroyed her idol, 30 And there was war between Reho-and burnt it by the brook Kidron. boam and Jeroboam all their days. 14 But the high places were not re- 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fa- moved: nevertheless Asa's heart was thers, and was buried with his fathers perfect with the Load all his days. in the city of David: and his mother's 15 And he brought in the things which name was Naamah, an Ammonitess: his father had dedicated, and the things and Abijam his son reigned in his which himself had dedicated, into the stead. house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. CHAP. XV. NOW in the eighteenth year of king 16 And there was war between Asa Jeroboam the son of Nebat reign-and Baasha king of Israel all their ed Abijain over Judah. days. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusa- lem; and his mother's name was Maa- chah, the daughter of Abishalom. 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 Lon D his God, as the heart of David lus father. 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake, did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: 17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judalı, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the trea- sures of the king's house,and delivered them into the hand of his servants;. and king Asasent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of He zion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Da- 5 Because David did that which was|mascus, saying, right in the eyes of the LouD, and 19 There is a league between me and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6 And there was war between Rebo- boam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. thee, and betweeû my father and thy father; behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the host 7¶ Now the rest of the acts of Abi-which he had against the cities of Is jam, and all that he did, are they not rael, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and written in the book of the Chronicles Abel-beth-maachab, and all Cinne of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they baried him in the city of Da- vid; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. roth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22 Then king Asa made a proclama [tion throughout all Judah; (none was 358 Nadab sluin. CHAP. XVI exempted;) and they took away the stoues of Ramah, and the timber there- of, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Gaba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. Jehu's prophecy. CHAP. XVI. HEN the word of the Lond came Jehu the son of Havani against Baasha, saying, 2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of 23 ¶ The rest of all the acts of Asa, the dus, and made thee prince over and all his might, and all that he did, my people Israel, and thou hast walk and the cities which he built, are they ed in the way of Jeroboam, and hast not written in the book of the Chron-made my people Israel to sin, to pro icles of the kings of Judah? Neverthe-voke me to anger with their sins: less in the tune of his old age he was 3 Behold, I will take away the pos diseased in his feet. terity of Baasha, and the posterity of 2-1 And Asa slept with his fathers, his house; and will make thy house and was buried with his fathers in the like the house of Jeroboam the son of city of David his father; and Jehosh-Nebat. aphat his son reigned in his stead. 4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the ci 25 ¶ And Nabab the son of Jeroboam ty shall the dogs eat; and him that di- began to reign over Israel in the sec-eth of his in the field shall the fowla ond year of Asa king of Judah, and of the air eat. reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israeli 6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 7 And also by the band of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha,and agamst his house, even for all the evil that he 28 Even in the third year of Asa king did in the sight of the Loan,in provo- of Judah did Baasha slay him, and king him to anger with the work of reigned in his stead. his hands, in being like the house of 27 ¶ And Baasha the son of Ahijab, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; (for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon ;) 29 And it came to pass, when he Jeroboam; and because he killed him. reigned, that he smote all the house 8 In the twenty and sixth year of of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam | Asa king of Judah began Elah the son any that breathed, until he had des of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tir troyed him, according unto the saying zah, two years. of the LORD, which he spake by his 9 And his servant Zimri, captain of servant Ahijah the Shilonite: half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah. 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which be sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation where with he provoked the Lond God of Israel to anger. 31 T Now the rest of the acts of Na- dab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 32 And there was war between Asa & Baasha king of Israe, all their days. 33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijab | to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. 34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jero boam, and in his sin wherewith he inade Isracl to sin. 10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Ju- dah, and reigned in his stead. 11 T And it came to pass when be began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that piss eth against a wall, neither of his kins folks, nor of his friends. 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 13 For all the sins of Baasha,and the sins of Elah his son by which they sin- 359 Omri's wicked reign. 1. KINGS. Jericho rebuilt. ned, and by which they made Israel to sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. to provoke the Lead God of Israel to anger with their vanities. sin, in provoking the LORD God of Is- rael to anger with their vanities. 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not writ-which he did, and his might that he ten in the book of the Chronicles of the showed, are they not written in the kings of Israel? book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 15 ¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign 28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and seven days in Tirzah: and the people was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his were encamped against Gibbethon, son reigned in his stead. which belonged to the Philistines. 29 ¶ And in the thirty and eighth year 26 And the people that were encamp-of Asa king of Judali began Ahab the ed heard say, Zimri hath conspired, son of Omri to reign over Israel: and and hath also slain the king: where-Ahab the son of Omri reigned over 1s fore all Israel made Omri, the captain|rael in Samaria twenty and two years. of the host, king over Israel that day 30 And Abab the son of Omri did in the camp. evil in the sight of the Lond above all 17 Aud Omri went up from Gibbe-that were before him. thon, and all Israel with him, and they 31 And it came to pass, as if it had besieged Tirzah. been a light thing for him to walk in 18 And it came to pass when Zimri|the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, saw that the city was taken, that he that he took to wife Jezebel the daugh- went into the palace of the king's ter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, bouse,and burnt the king's house over and went and served Baal, and wol- him with fire, and died, shipped him. 19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 32 And he reared up an altar for Ba al in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lono God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him 34 In his days did Hiel the Beth-el- ite build Jericho: he laid the founda- 21 T Then were the people of Israc]] tion thereof in Abiram his first-born, divided into two parts: half of the peo- and set up the gates thereof in his ple followed Tibai the son of Ginath, youngest son Segub, according to the to make him king; and half followed word of the LORD, which he spake by Oiri. Joshua the son of Nun. CHAP. XVII. 22 But the people that followed Om- ri prevailed against the people that followed Tioni the son Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. AND Elijah the fishbile, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead,said unto Ahab,ds the LORD God of Israel 23In the thirty and first year of Asa liveth, before whom I stand, there king of Judah began Omri torcign ov-shall not be dew nor rain these years, er Israel, twelve years: six years but according to my word. reigned lie in Tirzalı. 24 And he bought the bill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. 25 T But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LonD and did worse than all that were before him. 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 Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brooks; and I have com- manded the ravens to feed thee there. 5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went 26 For he walked in all the way of land dwelt by the brook Cherith that Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his is before Jordan. 360 Elijah fed by ravens. CHAP. XVIII. 6 And the ravens brought him bread thy son. The widow's son ruisea. And he took him out of her and flesh in the morning, and bread bosom, and carried him up into a loft, and flesh in the evening; and he drank where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 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 lane. 20 And he cried unto the LORD,and said, O Lono my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with 8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came whoin I sojourn, by slaying her son ? unto him, saying, 21 And he stretched himself upon the 9 Arise,get thee to Zarephath, which child three times, and cried unto the belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I behold, 1 have commanded a widow pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. woman there to sustain thee. 10 So be arose and went to Zare- phath: and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, 1 pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house,and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, 24 And the woman said to Elijali, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy Now by this I know that thou art a band. man of God, and that the word of the 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God | Lond in thy mouth is truth. liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful CHAP. XVIII. of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a ND it came to pass after many cruse; and, behold, I am gathering days, that the word of the LORD two sticks, that I may go in and dress came to Elijah in the third year, say- it for me and my son, that we may eating, Go show thyself unto Ahab; and it, and die. I will send rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. 14 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; 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 Is- rael, The barrel of meal shall not waste neither shall the cruse 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 Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, accord- ing to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. 17 T 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. 13 And she said unto Elijah, What have 1 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 ? 2. And he said unto her, Give me A 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governer of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadi- ah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land,untʊ all fountains of wa- ter,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: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7 T And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Ari thou that my lord Elijah ? 8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell my lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 9 And he said, What have I siuned, 361 Elijah reproveth Ahab. 1. KINGS. The false prophets. that thou wouldest deliver thy servant 23 Let them therefore give us two into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? bullocks; and let them choose one bul- 10 As the LORD thy God liveth,there lock for themselves, and cut it in pie- is no nation nor kingdom, whither my ces, and lay it on wood, and put no lord hath not sent to seek thee: and fire under: and 1 will dress the other when they said, He is not there, be bullock, and lay it on wood, and put took an oath of the kingdom aud na-uo fire under: tion, that they found thee not. 24. And call ye on the name of your 11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy gods, and I will call on the name of lord, Behold, Elijah is here. the LORD; and the God that answereth 12 And it shall come to pass, as soon by fire, let him be God. And all the as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit people answered and said, It is well of the LORD shall carry thec whith-spoken. er 1 know not; and so when I come and tell Abab, 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 Jezebel 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, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. 25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, 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 Baul from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal,hear us! But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leap ed upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry 15 Aud Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-aloud; for he is a god; either he is day. 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 ¶ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18 And he answered,1 have not trou- oled Israel; but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the counnandments of the LonD,and thou hast followed Baalim. 19 Now therefore send,and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. 20. So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleep eth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves 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 un til the time of the offering of the even- ing sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. 30 T And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him: and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones,ac- cording to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob,unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name; 21 T And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD 32 And with the stones he built an be God, follow him: but if Baal, then altar in the name of the LORD: and follow him. And the people answer-he made a trench about the altar, as ed him not a word, great as would contain two measures of seed. 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty meu. 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 362 He obtaineth rain CHAP. XIX. Elijah comforted. with water, and pour it on the burnt-; 46 And the land of the LORD was on sacrifice, and on the wood. Elijah; and he girded up his loins, : 34 And he said, Do it the second and ran before Aliab to the entrance of time and they did it the second time. | Jezreel. And he said, Do it the third time: and they did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round about r; so with water. CHAP. XIX. ND Ahab told Jezebel all that Eli Ain had done, all that Filte had slain all the prophets with the sword. 36 And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, 2Then Jezebel sent a messenger unta that Elijah the prophet came near, and Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to said, Lond God of Abraham, Isaac, me, and more also, if 1 make not thy and of Israel, let it be known this day life as the life of one of them by to- that thou art God in Israel, and that 1|morrow about this time. am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lono, bear me; that this people may know the 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-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was 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, be is the God. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belong eth to Judab, and left his servant there. 4 ¶ But he himself went a day's jour- ney into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and be requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, O Loup, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 5 Aud as he lay and slept under a juniper-tree, behold, then an ange touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 40 And Elijah said unto them, Take] 6 And he looked, and, behold, there the prophets of Baal; let not one of was a cake baked on the coals, and a them escape. And they took them ;cruse of water at his head ; and lie did and Elijah brought them down to the eat and drink, and laid him down brook Kishon, and slew them there. again. sound of abundance of rain. 41 ¶ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get| 7 And the angel of the Lono came thee up, eat and drink; for there is alagain the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat ; because 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to the journey is too great for thec. drink. And Elijah went up to the top 8 And he arose, and did eat and of Carmel; and be cast himself down drink, and went in the strength of that upon the earth, and put his face be-meat forty days and forty nights, unto tween his knees, Horeb the mount of God. 43 And said to his servant, Go up 9 T And he came thither unto a cave, now, look toward the sea. And he and lodged there: and, behold, the went up, and looked, and said, There word of the Lord came to him, and is nothing. And he said, Go again sev-he said unto him, What doest thou en times. here, Elijah? 14 And it came to pass, at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there aris- eth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Preparethy 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 Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Loud God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine a- tars, and slain thy prophets with tho 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 moua- 363 Elisha called 1. KINGS. tains, and brake in pieces the rocks be- fore the Lono; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an carthquake: but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was so, when Elijah 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, Elijah ? Samaria vesieged. CHAP. XX. ND Ben-hadad the king of Syria A gathered all his host together, and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. 2 And he sent messengers to Abab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest are mine. 4 And the king of Israel answered 14 And he said, I have been very and said, My lord, O king, according jealous for the LORD God of bosts: be- to thy saying, I am thine, and all that cause the children of Israel have for-1 have. saken thy covenant, thrown down 5 And the messengers came again, thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and 1, even I only, am left: and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the Lond said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus ; and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria ; 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat, of Abel mebolah,shalt thou anoint to be proph- et in thy room. and said Thus speaketh Ben-badad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy sil- ver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thme eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. 7 Then the king of Israel called all 17 And it shall come to pass, that the elders of the land, and said, Mark, him that escapeth the sword of Hazael I pray you, and see how this man shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me from the sword of Jehu sball Elisha for my wives, and for my children, slay. and for my silver, and for my gold, and I denied him not. 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every inouth which hath not kissed him. 19 TSo he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee? 8 And all the elders and all the peo- ple said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. 9 Wherefore he said unto the mes sengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first, I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. 10 And Ben-badad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boust himself as lie that putteth it off. 21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruinents of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then be 12 And it came to pass, when Ben- arose, and went after Elijahı, and min-hadad heard this message, 38 he VOS drinking, he and the kings in the pa istered unto him. 364 Defeat of Benhadaa. CHAP. XX. The Syrians overthrown. vilions, that he said unto his servants, | away, every man out of his place, and Set yourselves in array : and they set put captains in their rooms : themselves in array against the city. 25 And number thee an army, like 13 T And, behold, there came a the army that thou hast lost, horse for prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, say-horse, and chariot for chariot; and we ing, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou will fight against them in the plain, seen all this great multitude? behold, and surely we shall be stronger than I will deliver it into thy hand this day; they. And be hearkened unto their and thou shalt know that I am the voice and did so. LORD. 26 And it came to pass, at the return 14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered said, Thus saith the Lond, Even by the the Syrians, and went up to Aphick, to young men of the princes of the prov-fight against Israel. inces. Then he said, Who shall order 27 And the children of Israel were the battle? And he answered, Thou. numbered, and were all present, and 15 Then he numbered the young went against them: and the children men of the princes of the provinces, of Israel pitched before them like two and they were two hundred and thirty little flocks of kids; but the Syrians two; and after them he numbered all|filled the country, the people, even all the children of 28 ¶ And there came a man of God, Israel, being seven thousand. 16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-badad 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-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. : 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; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursu ed them; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen. 21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots,and slew the Syrians with a great slaugh ter. 32 T And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore 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 and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD,Because the Syrians have said, The Loud is God of the hills, but be is not God of the val leys, therefore will 1 deliver all this great inultitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 29 Aud 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 Israel slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day. 30 But the rest fled to Apbek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-badad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. 31 ¶ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merci- ful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sack- cloth on our loins, and ropes upon qui heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will save thy life. 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. 33 Now the men did diligently ob serve whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it : and they said, Tby brother Ben-badad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and be caused him to come up into the chariot 365 Ahab's folly reproved. 1. KINGS. Conduct of Jezebel. 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, | 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, say The cities which my father took from fing, Give me thy vineyard, that I may thy father I will restore; and thou have it for a garden of herbs, because shalt make streets for thee in Damas-it is near unto my house: and I will cus, as my father made in Samaria give thee for it a better vineyard than Then said Ahab, I will send thee away it; or, if it seem good to thee, I wil with this covenant. So he made a cov-give thee the worth of it in money enant with him, and seut him away. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The 35 ¶ And a certain man of the sons of LORD forbid it me, that I should give the prophets said unto his neighbour the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. in the word of the Lord, Smitë me, I 4 And Ahab came into his house pray thee. And the inau refused to heavy and displeased, because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite bad smite him. 36 Then said he unto him, Because spoken to him; for he had said, I will thou hast not obeyed the voice of the not give thee the inheritance of my LORD, behold, as soon as thou art de-fathers: and he laid him down upon parted from me, a lion shall slay thee. his bed, and turned away his face, and And as soon as he was departed from would eat no bread. him, a lion found him, and slew him. 5 T But Jezebel his wife came to 37 Then he found another man, and him, and said unto him, Why is thy said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the spirit so sad,that thou eatest no bread? man smote him, so that in smiting he 6 And he said unto her, Because I wounded him. spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and 38 So the prophet departed, and wait-said unto him, Give me thy vineyard od for the king by the way, and dis guised himself with ashes upon his face. for money; or else, if it please thee, 1 will give thee another vineyard for it. and he answered, 1 will not give thee my vineyard. 39 And as the king passed by, he cri- ed unto the king: and he said, Thy 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, servant went out into the midst of the Dost thou now govern the kingdom of battle; and, behold, a man turned Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let aside, and brought a man unto me, and thy heart be merry: I will give thee said, Keep this man: if by any means the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite he be missing, then shall thy life be 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's 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 Israel said unto him, So shall thỷ| judgment be; thyself hast decided it. 41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned 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 utter destruction, therefore thy life 'shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. 43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. CHAP. XXI. ND it came to pass, after these name, and scaled them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders. and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters,saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people : 10. And set two men, sons of Belial 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 inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel 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 Naboth on high among the people. 13 Aud there came in two men, chil A Jezreelite dren of had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, the men of Belial witnessed against hard by the palace of Ahab king of him, even against Naboth, in the pres Samaria. lence of the people, saying, Naboth did 366 Naboth stoned. CHAP. XXII. blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones that he died. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. Ahab humbleth himself. as did the Amorites, whom the LORD east out before the children of Israel. 27 ¶ And it came to pass,when Abab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackclot», and went softly. 15 ¶ And it came to pass, when Jeze- bel heard that Naboth was stoned,and 28 Aud the word of the LORD came was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Arise, take possession of the vineyard 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he himself before me? because he hunt- refused to give thee for money; for bleth himself before me, I will not Naboth is not alive, but dead. bring the evil in his days; but in his 16. And it came to pass, when Ahab son's days will I bring the evi upou heard that Naboth was dead,that Ahab his house. rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take posses- sion of it. 17 T And the word of the Lono came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, A CHAP. XXII. without war between Syria and Israel. 18 Arise, go down to nieet Äbab king 2 And it came to pass in the third of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, year, that Jehosaphat the king of Ju- he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whith-dah came down to the king of Israel. er he is gone down to possess it. 3 And the king of Israel said unto his 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gil- saying, Thus saith the LORD,Hast, thou ead is ours,and we be still, and take it killed,and also taken possession ? And not out of the band of the king of Syria? thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 20 And Abab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he au- swered, 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 away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth gilead? Aud Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people,my horses as thy horses. 5 AndJehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to-day. 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said,Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 22 And will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not of Abijab, for the provocation where-here a prophet of the LORD besides, with thou hast provoked me to anger, that we might inquire of him? and made Israel to sin. 8 And the king of Israel said untoJe- 23 And of Jezebel also spake die hoshaphat, There is yet one man,Mica- Loan, saying, The dogs shall eat Jez-iah the son of Imlah, by whom we may ebel by the wall of Jezreel. inquire of the LORD; but I hate hini, for he doth not prophesy good con- cerning me,but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 24 Him that dieth of Ahab 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 Ahab, 9 Then the king of Israel called an which did sell himself to work wick-officer, and said, Hasten hither Mica edness in the sight of the LORD,whom iah the son of Imlah. Jezebel his wife stirred up. 10 And the king of Israel,and Jehosh 26 And he did very abominably in aphat the king of Judah, sat each on following idols, according to all things[his throne, having put on their robes, 367 ahab seduced. I. KINGS. Micaiah's prophecy. in a void place in the entrance of the he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prevail also; go forth, aud do so. prophesied before them. 23 Now therefore, behold, the Lond 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaa-hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of nah made him horns of iron; and he all these thy prophets, and the LORD said, Thus saith the LORD,With these hath spoken evil concerning thee. shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou 24 But Zenekiah the son of Che- have consumed them. naanah went near, and smote Micaiali on the check, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak uito thee? 12 Aud all the prophets prophesied 80, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper for the LORD shall de- liver it into the king's band. 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou 13 And the messenger that was gone shalt see in that day, when thou shalt to call Micaiah spake unto him, say-go into an inner chamber to hide thy- ing, Behold now, the words of the self. prophets declare good unto the king 26 And the king of Israel said, Take with one mouth: let thy word, I pray Micaiah, and carry him back upto thee, be like the word of one of them, Amon the governor of the city, and to and speak that which is good. Joash the king's son ; 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD iveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. 15 So he came to the king. And the king sald unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the band of the king. 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 Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD bath not spoken by me. And he said, Heark- en, O people, every one of you, 29 So the king of Israel, and Je- hoshaphat the king of Judali, went op to Ramoth-gilead. 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that 30 And the king of Israel said unto thou tell me nothing but that which is Jehoshaphat, I will disguise mysell, true in the name of the Lonu? and enter into the battle; but put thou 17 And he said, I saw all Israel scat-on thy robes. And the king of Israr! tered upon the bills, as sheep that have disguised himself, and went into the not a shepherd: and the Lond said, battle. These have no master; let them re- 31 But the king of Syria command- turn every man to his house in peace. ed his thirty and two captains that had 18 And the king of Israel said unto rule over his chariots, saying, Fight Jehoshaphat, Did 1 not tell thee that neither with small or great, save on he would prophesy no good concern-ly with the king of Israel. ing me, but evil? 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by bim on his right hand and on his left. 20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead: And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD,and said, I will persuade him. 32. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehosha- phat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out. 33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 34 ¶ And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Is. rael between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of 22 And the LORD said unto him, his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry Wherewith? And he said, I will gone out of the host; for I am wounded. forth, and I will be a lying spirit in 35 And the battle increased that day; the mouth of all his prophets. And and the king was stayed up in his 368 CHAP. I. Ahab's death. Ariot against the Syrians,and died at ven: 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. 37T So the king died,and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. 33 And one washed the chariots in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs lick ed up his blood, (and they washed his armour,) according unto the word of the Loup which he spake. Ahaziah's wicked reign. 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshi- |apbat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not writ- ten in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 46 And the remnant of the Sodomites, which remained in the days of his fa ther Asa, he took out of the land. 47 There was then no king in Edom a deputy was king. 43 Jehoshaphat made ships of Thai shish to go to Ophir for gold : but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. 39¶ Now the rest of the acts of 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab Ahab, and all that he did, and the unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go ivory house which he made, and all with thy servants in the ships: but the cities that he built, are they not Jehoshaphat would not. written in the book of the Chronicles 50 T And Jehoshaphat slept with bis of the kings of Israel? fathers, and was buried with his fa- 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers;thers in the city of David his father; and Ahazıah his son reigned in his and Jeboram his son reigued in his stead. 41 ¶ And Jehosaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehosaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem and his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilli. 43 And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it,doing that which was right in the eyes of the LonD: nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt in cense yet in the high places. stead. 51 ¶ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,and reigned two years over Israel. 52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: : 63 For he served Baal, and worship. [ped him, and provoked to anger the Lonn God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. T The Second Book of the KINGS, commonly called, The Fourth Book of the KINGS. CHAP. I. THEN HEN Moab rebelledagainst Israel after the death of Ahab. 2T And Alaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ek- ron whether I shall recover of this discase. 3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Sa- maria, and say unto them, Is it not be cause there is not a God in Ismel,that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron ? 4 Now therefore thus saith the LonD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. 61 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back ? 6 And they said unto bim, 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 2 A 369 Elijah prophesieth the I. KINGS. death of Ahaziah. saith the LORD,Is it not because there quire of his word ? therefore the is not a God in Israel, that thou send-shalt not come down off that bed est to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of which thou art gone up, but shalt sure- Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come ly die. down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And be 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 bim, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. 17 So he died, according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jeboram reigned in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah ; because he had no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Aba ziah which he did, are they not writ ten in the book of the Chronicles of CHAP. II. 9 Then the king sent unto him a cap-the kings of Israel? 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. AND it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 10 And Elijah answered and said to 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry the captain of fifty, If I be a man of here, 1 pray thee; for the Lord hath God, then let fire come down from sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said heaven, and consume thee and thy unto him, As the LORD liveth, and us fifty. And there came down fire from thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. heaven, and consumed him and his So they went down to Beth-el. fifty. 3 And the sons of the prophets that 11 Again also he sent unto him an-were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, other captain of fifty with his fifty, and said unto him, Knowest thou that And he answered and said unto him, the LORD will take away thy master man of God, thus hath the king said,] from thy head to-day? And he said, Come down quickly. Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 12 And Elijah answered and said unto 4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, them, If I be a man of God, let fire tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord come down from heaven, and consume hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God] As the Lond liveth, and as thy soul came down from heaven, and con-liveth, I will not leave thee. So they sumed bim and his fifty. came to Jericho. 13¶ 13 ¶ And he sent again a captain of 5 And the sons of the prophets that the third fifty with his fifty. And the were at Jericho came to Elisha, and third captain of fifty went up, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the came and fell on his knees before Eli- Lond will take away thy master from jab, and besought him, and said unto thy head to-day ? And he answered, Lim, O man of God, 1 pray thee, let Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. my life, and the life of these fifty thy 6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I servants, be precious in thy sight. pray thee, here; for the LORD hath 14 Behold, there came fire down from sent me to Jordau. And he said, 's heaven, and burnt up the two captains the LouD liveth, and as thy soul liv. of the former fifties with their fifties:[eth, I will not leave thee. And they therefore let my life now be precious two went on. in thy sight. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view alar oll: and they two stood by Jordan. 8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground, 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, 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 enquire of Baal zebub the god of Ekron, is it not be- 9 ¶ And it came to pass, when they cause there is no God in Israel to in-[were gone over, that Elijah said unto 370 c. And cace, let a double spirit be upon me. Children mocketh Elisha 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lond, I have healed these waters; there sball not be from thence any more death or bar- ren land. 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. ud 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. li And it came to pass, as they still| 23 ¶ And he went up from thence went on, and talked, that, behold, unto Beth-el; and as he was going up there appeared a chariot of fire, and by the way, there came forth little horses of fire, and parted them both children out of the city, and mocked asunder; and Elijah went up by a him, and said unto him, Go up, thou whirlwind into heaven. bald-head; go up, thọu bald head, 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lowo. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and 12 ¶ And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took bold of his own clothes, and rent them inftare forty and two children of them. two pieces. 25 And be went from thence to 13 He took up also the mantle of Eli-mount Carmel, and from thence be jah that fell from him, and went back, returned to Samaria. and stood by the bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of Elijab CHAP. III. NOW Jehoram the son of Abab be- gan to reign over Israel in Sama- ria in the eighteenth year of Jehosh- aphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. that fell from him, and smote the wa- ters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? And when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of 15 And when the sons of the prophets the LORD; but not like his father, and which were to view at Jericho sawhke his mother: for he put away the him, they said, The spirit of Elijah image of Baal that his father had made. doth rest on Elisha. And they came 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the to meet him, and bowed themselves to sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the ground before him. which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom, 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 peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, 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 therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. 4 ¶ And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and rendered unto the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand raws, with the wool. 6 But it came to pass, when Anah was dead, that the king of Moab re belled against the king of Israel. 6 T And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and number- ed all Israel. 18 And when they came again to him, 7 And he went and sent to Jehosha (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto phat the king of Judah, saying, The them, Did I not say unto you, Gouot? king of Moab hath rebelled against. 19 ¶ And the men of the city said unto me: wilt thou go with me against Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situa-|Moab to battle ? "And he said, I will tion of this city is pleasant, as my lord go up; I am as thou art, my people, seeth; but the water is naught, and the as thy people, and my horses as thy ground barren. horses. 20 And he said, Bring cruse, and put salt therein. brought it to him. me a new And they 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. 371 Defeat of 9 So the king of Israel went, and the King of Judali, and the king of Edom:[that m and they fetched a compass of seven against them, days' journey: and there was no water were able to put on apare for the host, and for the cattle that fol-ward, and stood in the border lowed them. 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas, that the Lord hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab ! 22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water 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 therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants 24 And when they came to the camp answered and said, Here is Elisha the jol Israel, the Israelites rose up and son of Shaphat, which poured water smote the Moabites, so that they fled on the hands of Elijah. before them; but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Loup is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. 25 And they beat down the cities, and fon every good piece of land east every 13 And Elisha said unto the king of man his stone, and filled it; and they Israel, What have I to do with thee? stopped all the wells of water, and get thee to the prophets of thy father, felled all the good trees: only in Kir- and to the prophets of thy mother. baraseth left they the stones thereof; Aud the king of Israel said unto him, [bowbeit the slingers went about il, Nay: for the LORD hath called these and smote it. three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Aloab. 14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. 26 TAnd when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, be took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edoni: but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and 15 But now bring me a minstrel. And offered him for a burat-offering upoa it came to pass, when the minstrel the wall. And there was great indig played, that the hand of the LORD action against Israel: and they de came upon him. parted from him, and returned to their 16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Jown land. Make this valley full of ditches ; CHAP. IV. "OW there cried a certain woman 17 For thus saith the Lono, Ye shall We wives of the sens of the 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord; be will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. NOW not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; of the yet that valley shall be filled with was prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy ser- ter, that ye may drink, both ye, and vant my husband is dead; and thou your cattle, and your beasts. kuowest that thy servant did fear the Lond; and the creditor is come to take junto him my two sons to be hond-nien. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hust thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 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. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee res- 20 And it came to pass in the sels abroad of all thy neighbours, even morning, when the meat-o'lering was empty vessels; borrow not a few. offered, that, behold, there came wa- 4 And when thou art come in, thou ter by the way of Edom, and the coun-shalt shut the door upon thee and upon try was filled with water. [thy sons, and shalt pour out into all 372 Widow's oil increased. CHAP. IV. those vessels, and thou shalt set aside] that which is full. 5 So he went froin 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 caine and told the man of God; and he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. 8 ¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; 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 husband, Behold 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 turu in thither. Shunammite's son raised 18 T Aud when the child was growIL 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 lus, 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 himn on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. 22 And she called unto her husband, 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, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new- moon nor sabbath. And she said, Ic shall be well. 24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except 1 bid thee. 25 50 she went, and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. Andit came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 11 And it fell on a day, that he came 26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, thither, and he turned into the cham-and say unto her, Is it well with thee? ber, and lay there. is it well with thy husband? is it well 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, with the child? And she answered, Call this Shunammite. And when he] It is well. had called her, she stood before him. 27 And when she came to the man of 13 And he said unto him, Say now God to the hill, she caught him by the unto her, Behold, thou hast been care-feet: but Gelazi came near to thrust ful for us with all this care: what is to her away. And the man of God said, be done for thee ? wouldest thou be Let her alone; for her soul is vexed spoken for to the king, or to the cap-within her and the Lono hath hid it tain of the bost? And she answered, from me, and hath not told me. I dwell among mine own people. 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son 14 And he said, What then is to be of my lord ? did I not say, Do not de- done for her? And Gehazi answered,|ceive me? Verily she hath no child, and her hus- 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, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy haudmaid. 17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. 29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up tby loins, and take my staff in thy 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, As the Lond liveth, and as thy sou liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. 31 And Gelazi passed on before them. and laid the staff upon the face of the 373 Further Miracles II. KINGS. by Elisha chill; but there was neither voice He said again, Give the people, that nor hearing: wherefore he went again they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, to meet him, and told him, saying, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof The child is not awaked. 44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Load. 32 And when Elisha was come into the house, Behold, the child was dead, und laid upon his bed. CHAP. V. Naaman, captain of the host He went in therefore, and shut the NOW Making of Syria, was a great door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands 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 Gebazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her; and when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria : he was also a mighty man in valour; but he was a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away cap- tive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samarial for he would recover him of his leprosy. 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, and took up her son, and went out. go, and I will send a letter unto the 38 T And Elisha came again to Gil-king of Israel. And he departed, and gal and there was a dearth in the took with him ten talents of silver, Tand; and the sons of the prophets and six thousand pieces of gold, and were sitting before him; and he said ten changes of raiment. 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 herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his tap-full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my ser- vant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this mani doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy ? wherefore consider, 1 pray you, and see how he seeketli a quarrel against me. 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. 8 T And it was so, when Elisha the 41 But he said, Then bring meal nan of God had heard that the king of and he cast it into the pot: and he said, | Israel had rent bis clothes, that he sent Pour out for the people, that they may to the king, saying, Wherefore hast eat: and there was no harm in the pot. thou rent thy clothes? let him come 42 T And there came a man from now to me, and he shall know that Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of there is a prophet in Israel. God bread of the first-fruits, twenty 9 So Naaman came with nis horses loaves of barley, and full ears of corn and with his chariot, and stood at the in the husk thereof: and he said, Give|door of the house of Elisha. unto the people, that they may eat. 10 And Elisha seut a messenger unto 43 And his servitor said, What! him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan should I set this before a hundred men? [seven times, and thy flesh shall come 374 Further miracles CHAP. V1. by Elisha. again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. after bin, he lighted down from the Il But Naaman was wrth, and went chariot to meet him, and said, Is all away, and said, Behold, I thought, He well? will surely come out to ine, and stand, and call on the name of the Lono his God,and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar,rivers of Damascus,better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned, and went away in a rage. 22 And he said, All is well. My mos- ter hath sent me, saying, Behold,even now there be come to ine from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver and two changes of garments. 23 AndNaaman said,Be content,take, two talents. And he urged him, and 13 And his servants came near, and bound two talents of silver in two spake unto him, and said, My father, bags, with two changes of garments, f the prophet had bid thee do some and laid them upon two of his ser- great thing, wouldest thou not have vants; and they bare them before him. done it? how much rather then,when| 24 Aud when he came to the tower, he saith to thee,Wash, and be clean? he took them from their band, and be- 14 Then he went down, and dipped]stowed them in the house; and he let himself seven times in Jordan,accord-the men go, and they departed. ing to the saying of the man of God: 25 But he went in, and stood before and his flesh came again like unto the his master: and Elisha said unto him, flesh of a little child,and he was clean. Whence comest thou, Gehazi? 15 ¶ And he returned to the man of he said, Thy servant went no whither. God, he and all his company,and came 26 And he said unto him, Went not and stood before him: and he said, my heart with thee, when the man Behold, now I know that there is no turned again from his chariot to meet God in all the earth,but in Israel; now thee? Is it a time to receive money, therefore I nray thee, take a blessing and to receive garments, and olive- 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 refused. 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy ser- vant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer nei- ther burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods but unto the Lond. And yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid- servants.? 27 The leprosy therefore of Naamau shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow CHAP. VI. AND the sons of the prophets said the unto Elisha, Behold now, place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 18 In this thing the Lonn pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship] 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jor- there, and he leaneth on my hand, and dau, and take thence every man a 1 bow myself in the house of Rimmon; beam, and let us make us a place there, when I bow down myself in the house where we may dwell And he answer of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy ser-ed, Go ye. vant in this thing. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray 19 And he said unto him,Go in peace. thee, and go with thy servants. And So he departed from him a little way. he answered, I will go. 20 T ButGehazi,the servant of Elisha 4 So be went with them. And when the man of God, said, Behold, my they came to Jordan, they cut down master hath spared Naaman this Syr-wood. ian, in not receiving at his hands that 5 But as one was felling a beam, the which he brought; but as the LORD axe-head fell into the water: and he liveth, I will run after him, and take cried, and said, Alas, master! for it somewhat of him. was borrowed 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman; 6 And the man of God said, Where and when Naaman saw him running fell it? And he showed him the place 375 Syrians ensnared. 11. KINGS. Famine in Samaria And he cut down a stick, and cast it follow me, and I will bring you to the m thither; and the iron did swim. man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. 7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. ST Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with bis servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. · 10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. 20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lond opened their eyes and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 22 And be answered, Thou shalt not smite them : wouldest 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. 11 T Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me 23 And he prepared great provision which of us is for the king of Israel ? for them: and when they had eaten 12 And one of his servants said, None, and drunk, he sent them away, and my lord, O king: but Elisha, the they went to their master. So the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the bands of Syria came no more into the king of Israel the words that thou spa- kest 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 Dothan. 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. 15 ¶ And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host compassed the city both with horses and chariots: and his servant 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. 17And Elisha 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 mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. land of Israel. 24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieg- ed Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for four- score pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 T And as the king of Israel was passing 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 help 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 son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. : 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him and I said unto her on the next 18 ¶ And when they came down to day, Give thy son, that we may eat hum, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, him, and she bath hid her son. and said, Smite this people, 1 pray 30 ¶ And it came to pass, when the thee, with blindness. And lie smote king beard the words of the woman, them with blindness, according to the that he rent his clothes; and he passed word of Elisha. by upon the wall, and the people 19 And Elisha said unto them, This looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth is not the way,neither is this the city ;|within upon his flesh 376 Elisha prophesieth CHAI. VII. 31 Then he said,God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. plenty in Samaria. 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 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and uttermost part of the camp, they went the elders sat with him and the king into one tent, and did eat and drink, sent a man from before him: but ere and carried thence silver, and gold, the messenger came to him, he said to and raiment, and went and hid it, and the elders, See ye how this son of a came again, and entered into another murderer hath sent to take away my tent,and carried thence also, and went head? look, when the messenger com-jand bid it. eth,shut the door,and hold him fast at 9 Then they said one to another, We the door is not the sound of his mas-do not well: this day is a day of good ter'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. THEN HEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lons,To-morrow about this time shalla measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mis chief will come upon us: now there fore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, 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 2 Then a lord on whose hand the they told it to the king's house within. king eanec answered the man of God, 12 ¶ And the king arose in the night, and said, Behold, if the Load would and said unto his servants, I will now make windows in heaven, might this show you what the Syrians have done thing be? And he said, Behold, thou to us. They know that we be hungry: sbalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt therefore are they gone out of the 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 Il we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore, come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall vut die. 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 Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed :)and let us send and see. 14 They took therefore two chariot- 5 And they rose up in the twilight, horses; and the king sent after the host to go unto the camp of the Syrians of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. and when they were come to the ut- 15 And they went after them unto termost part of the camp of Syria, be-]Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full hold, there was no man there. of garments and vessels, which the 6 For the Lond had made the host of Syrians had cast away in their haste the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, And the messengers returned,and told and a noise of horses,even the noise of the king. a great host: and they said one to an- other, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel,and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Wherefore they arose and fled inj Lonn. 377 Unbeliever slein. II. KINGS. Jehoram's wicked reign. 17 T And the king appointed the lord, 7 T And Elisha came to Damascus; on whose hand he leaned, to have the and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was charge of the gate: and the people sick; and it was told him saying, The trodė upon him in the gate, and heman of God is come hither. 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, Two incasures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shek- el, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: 8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thy hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I re- cover of this disease? 9 So Hazael went to meet him; and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus,forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said,Thy son Ben-badad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lond should make windows in hea-Shall I recover of this disease? ven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. TH CHAP. VIII. 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go,say unto him, Thou mayest certainly re- cover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die. 11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until be was ashamed: and the man of God wept. HEN spake Elisha unto the wo- 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth man, whose son he had restored my lord? And he answered, Because to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and I know the evil that thou wilt do unto thy household, and sojourn where so-the children of Israel: their strong ever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD holds wilt thou set on fire, and their hath called for a famine; and it shall young men wilt thou slay with the also come upon the land seven years. sword, and wilt dash their children, 2 And the woman arose,and did after and rip up their women with child. the saying of the man of God: and 13 And Hazael said,But what! is thy she went with her household, and so- servant a dog, that be should do this journed in the land of the Philistines great thing? And Elisha answered, seven years. The Lord hath showed me that thou shall be king over Syria. 3 And it came to pass at the seren years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 And the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. 5 And it came to pass,as he was tell- ing 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 Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha re- stored to life. 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he an- swered,He told methat thou shouldest surely recover. 15 And it came to pass on the mor- row, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reign- ed in his stead. 16 ¶ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Abab king of Israel, Jebosh aphat being then king of Jadah, Jeho ram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and be reign- 6 And when the king asked the wo-fed eight years in Jerusalem. man, she told him. So the king ap- 18 And he walked in the way of the pointed unto her a certain officer, say. kings of Israel, as did the house of ing, Restore all that was hers, and all Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was the fruits of the field since the day his wife: and he did evil in the sight that she left the land, even until now. [of the LORD. 378 Jehu anointed CHAP. IX. king over Israel. 19 Yet the LORD would not destroy, and make him arise up from among Judah for David his servants's sake, as his brethren, and carry him to an inner he promised him to give him always chamber ; a light, and to his children. 20 T In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots. and the peo- ple fled into their tents. 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lond, I have anointed thee king over Israel: then open the door, and flce, and tarry not. 4 So the young man,even the young nan the prophet, went to Ramoth- gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting: and 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the] he said, I have an errand to thee, O cap- hand of Judah unto this day. Then tain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all Libnah revolted at the same time. us? And he said, To thee, O captain. 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, 6 And he arose, and went into the and all that he did, are they not writ-house; and he poured the oil on his ten in the book of the Chronicles of the head, and said unto him, Thus saith kings of Judah? the LORD God of Israel, I have anoint ed thee king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel. 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. | 7 And thou shalt sunite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge 25 ¶ In the twelfth year of Joram the the blood of my servants the prophets, son of Ahab king of Israel, did Aha-and the blood of all the servants of the ziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. begin to reign. 8 For the whole house of Abab sball 26 Two and twenty years old was perish; and I will cut off from Ahab Ahazialı when he began to reign; and him that pisseth against the wall, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. him that is shut up and left in Israel: And his mother's name was Athaliah,| 9 And I will make the house of Alab the daughter of Omri king of Israel. like the house of Jeroboam the son of 27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he tens the son-in-law of the house of Ahab. 28 ¶ And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth.gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram. Nebat, and like the house of Baasua the son of Ahijah: 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. 11 ¶ And Jehu came forth to the ser- vants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came tlus mad fellow to thee? And he said unto then, Ye know the man, and bis com- munication. 29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of 12 And they said, It is false; tell us Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jeho- | now. And he said, Thus and thus ram king of Judah went down to see spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, be-LoRD, 1 have anointed thee king over cause he was sick. CHAP. IX. Israel. 13 Then they hasted, and took every AND Elisha the prophet called one man his garment, and put it under him of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead: on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshapat, the son of Ninshi, conspired against 2 And when thou comest thither, Joram;(now Joram had kept Ramoth look out there Jehu the son of Jehosh-gilead, he and all Israel, because of aphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in, Hazael king of Syria: 379 Jehoram slain. 11. KINGS. Death of Jezebel. 15 But king Joram was returned to, Jezreelite: for remember how that, be healed in Jezreel of the wounds when I and thou rode together after which the Syrians had given him, Ahab his father, the Lono laid this when he fought with Hazael king of burden upon him; Syria;) and Jehu said, If it be your 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the minds, then let none go forth nor es-blood of Naboth, and the blood of his cape out of the city to go to tell it in sons, saith the LORD; and I will re Jezreel. 16 So Jebu rode in a chariot,and went to Jezreel; (for Joram lay there.) And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a borseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace ? quite thee in this plat, saith the Lond. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. 27 ¶ But when Abaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house; and Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam: and he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 23 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. 18 So there went oue on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace ? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace ? turn thee behind me. And the watch-|| 29 And in the eleventh year of Joram unan told, saying, The messenger came the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to to them, but he cometh not again. reign over Judah. 19 Then be sent out a second on horse- back, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu 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 Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. 30 T And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. 31. And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master ? 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is ou my side? who? And there looked out to him 21 And Joram said, Make ready, two or three eunuchs, And his chariot was made ready. And| 33 And he said, Throw her down. Joram king of Israel, and Ahaziah So they threw her down; and some of king of Judah, went out, each in his her blood was sprinkled on the wall, chariot, and they went out against and on the horses: and he trode her Jehu, and met him in the portion of under foot. Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy moth er Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 23 And Jorain turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Abaziah ! 24 T And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram be- tween his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his cap tain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the 34 And when he was come in, be 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 skull, and the feet, and the palins of her hands. 36 Wherefore they came again, and told him and he said, This is the word of the Lono, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, la the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel; 37 And the carcase of Jezepel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel 380 Sons of Ahab CHAP. X. СНАР. Х. slain in Samarra. his great men, and his kinsfolk, and AND Ahab bad seventy sons in Sa- his priests, until he left his none re- maria. And Jebu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria,unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders,and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you,and there are with you char- iots and horses, a fenced city also,and arinour; maining. 12 ¶ And he arose and departed,and came to Samaria: and as he was al the shearing-house in the way, 13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziab king of Judah, and said, Whe are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Abaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the 3 Look even out the best and meet-king, and the children of the queen. est of your master's sons, and set him 14 And he said, Take them alive on his father's throne, and fight for And they took them alive, and slew your master's house. them at the pit of the shearing-house. even two and forty men; neither left be any of thein. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not pefore him; how then shall we stand? 15 And when he was departed 5 And he that cas over the house, thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the and be that was over the city, the el-son of Rechab coming to meet him ders also, and the briugers-up of the and he saluted him, and said to him, children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are Is thy heart right, as my heart is with! thy servants, and will do all that thou thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, shalt bid us; we will not make any It is. If it be, give me thy hand. And king: do thou that which is good in he gave him bis band; and he took chine eyes. him up to him into the chariot. 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- reel 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.) 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, be slew all that remained unto Ahab' in Samaria, till he had destroyed him,ac- cording to the saying of the Lons, which he spake to Elijah. 18 And Jehu gathered all the peo- 7 And it came to pass, when the let-ple together and said unto them, Abab ter came to them, that they took the served Baal a little; but Jehu shall king's sons and slew seventy persons, jserve him much. and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. 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 morn- ing. 19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, let none be want ing; for I have a great sacrifice to de to Baal: whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 9 And it came to pass in the morning, 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn that he went out, and stood, and said assembly for Baal. And they proclaim- to all the people, Ye be righteous: be-fed it. hold, I conspired against my master, 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel; and slew him; but who slew all these? and all the worshippers of Baal came, 10 Know now, that there shall fall so that there was not a man left that unto the earth nothing of the word of|came not. And they came into the the LORD, which the Lond spake con-house of Baal; and the house of Baut cerning the house of Ahab: for the was full from one end to another. LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijab. 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Alab in Jezreel, and all 22 And ne said unto him that was over the vestry,Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. 381 Jchi's inconsistency. 11. KINGS. Jehoash's life saved. 23. And Jehu went, and Jehonadabfand all that he did, and all his might, the son of Rechab, into the house of are they not written in the book of the Baal,and said unto the worshippers of Chronicles of the kings of Israel? Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD,but the worshippers of Baal only. 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Jeboabaz his son reigned in his stead. 36 And the time that Jehu reigned 24 And when they went in to offer over Israel in Samaria was twenty and sacrifices and burnt-offerings, Jehu ap-eight years. pointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he CHAP. XI. that letteth him go, his life shat e AND when Athaliah, the mother of for the life of him. Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the sced-royal. 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt- 2 But Jebosheba the daughter of king offering, that Jehu said to the guard, Joram, sister of Ahaziab, took Joasi and to the captains, Go iu and slay the son of Ahaziah, and stole him them; let none come forth. And they from among the king's sons which smote them with the edge of the sword; were slain; and they hid him, even and the guard and the captains cast him and his nurse, in the bed cham- them out, and went to the city of the ber, from Athaliab, so that he was not house of Baal. slain. 26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal,and made it a draught-house unto this day. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the Lono six years; and Athaliah did reign ever the land. 4 ¶ And the seventh year Jehoiada seat aud fetched the rulers over hon- dreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of house of the Lono, and made a cove Israel. nant with them, and took an oath of 29 ¶ Howbeit from the sins of Jero-them in the house of the Lord, and boam the son of Nebat, who made Is-showed them the king's son. rael to sin, Jehu departed not from 5 And he commanded them, saying, after them, to wit, the golden calves This is the thing that ye shall do; a that were in Beth-el, and that were in third part of you that enter in on the Dan. sabbath shall even be keepers of the 30 Aad the Lord said unto Jehu,Be- watch of the king's house ; cause thou hast done well in executing 6 And a third part shall be at the gate that which is right in mine eyes, and of Sur; and a third part at the gate be- hast done unto the house of Abáb ac-hind the guard: so shall ye keep the cording to all that was in my heart, watch of the house, that it be not brok- thy children of the fourth generation en down. shall sit on the throne of Israel. 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart; for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam,which made Israel to sin. 32 T In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel. 33 From Jordan castward, all the fand of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. 7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the Lono about the king. 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his wea- pons in his hand: and he that cometn within the ranges let him be slain; and be ye with the king as he goeth out, and as he cometh in. 9 And the captains over the hundreda did according to all things that Jehoia- da the priest commanded; and they took every man his men that were to 31 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehu,[come in on the sabbath, with ther 382 Athaliah slain. CHAP. XII. that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields,that were 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. Jehoash's reign. 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 Athaliah with the sword, beside the king's house. 21 Seven years old was Jeloash when he began to reign. N the 12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands,and said, God save the king. 13 ¶ And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard, and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Lond. CHAP. XII. the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign,and forty years reign- ed he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zinah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest in- structed him. 3 But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things 14 And when she looked, behold, the that is brought into the house of the king stood by a pillar, as the manner LORD, even the money of every one was, and the princes and the trumpet-that passeth the account, the money ers by the king; and all the people that every man is set at, and all the of the land rejoiced, and blew with money that cometh into any man's trumpets. And Athaliah rent her heart to bring into the house of the clothes, and cried, Treason, treason! Lond, 15 But Jehoiada the priest command- 5 Let the priests take it to them, ed the captains of the hundreds, the every man of his acquaintance; and officers of the host,and said unto them, let them repair the breaches of the Have her forth without the ranges; house, wheresoever any breach shall and him that followeth her kill with be found. the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. 16 And they laid hands on ber: and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house; and there was she slain. 6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jeloash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 7 Then king Jeboash called for Je- hoiada the priest, and the other priest, and said unto them,Why repair ye not 17 T And Jehoiada made a covenant the breaches of the house? now there- hetween the Lonn and the king and fore recieve no more money of your the people, that they should be the facquaintance, but deliver it for the Lond's people; between the king also breaches of the house. and the people. 8 And the priests consentedto receive 18 And all the people of the land uo more money of the people, neither went into the house of Baal, and brake to repair the breaches of the house. it down; his altars and his images 9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, brake they in pieces thoroughly, and and bored a hole in the lid of it, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before set it beside the altar, on the right side the altars and the priest appointed as one cometh into the house of the officers over the house of the Lond. Lonv: and the priests that kept the 19 And he took the rulers over hun-door put therein all the money that dreds,and the captains, and the guard, was brought into the house of the and all the people of the land; and Lord, they brought down the king from the house of the Loup, and came by the of the gate of the guard to the way 10 And it was so,when they saw that there was much money in the chest that the king's scribe and the high 383 Joash slain Sehoahaz' wicked regn CHAP. XIII. N the three and twentieth year of Joach the son of thuziah king of Judah, Jehoabazthe son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 11. KINGS. priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the 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 bad 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, 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LonD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin : he departed not therefrom. 12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed 3 And the anger of the LORD was stone to repair the breaches of the kindled against Israel, and he deliver- bouse of the Lond, and for all that was fed them into the hand of Hazael king laid out for the house to repair it 13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lono bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-ha- dad the son of Hazael, all their days. 4 And Jehoalaz besought the LORD, and the Lond hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, be- cause the king of Syria oppressed them. 5 And the LORD gave Israel a sa- 14 But they gave that to the work-viour, so that they went out from un- men, and repaired therewith the house der the hand of the Syrians: and the of the LORD. children of Israel dwelt in their tents, 15 Moreover they reckoned not with as beforetime. the men into whose hand they deliver- 6 Nevertheless they departed not fron ed the money to be bestowed on work-the sins of the house of Jeroboam,whe men: for they dealt faithfully. made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.) 16 The trespass-moucy and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'. 17 ¶ Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehosha- phat, and Jehoram, and Ahazial, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treas- ures of the house of the Lono, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem. 19¶ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not writ- ten in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David : and Amaziab his son reigned in his stead. 7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jeboahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots,and tenthousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. ST Now the rest of the acts of Jehoa- haz, and all that he did, and his might. are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fa thers; and they buried him in Sama ria: and Joash his son reigued in his stead. 10 ¶ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jeboash the son of Jeboahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria,ond reigned sixteen years. 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Long; be departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin but he walked therem. 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziau king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kinge [of Israel ? 384 Elisna dieth CHAP. XIV. 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Amaziah's good reign. took again out of the band of Ben- hadad the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoabaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recov- ered the cities of Israel. CHAP. XIV. the seaz king of Israel, reigned N the second year of Joash son of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Ju- 14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father! the char- iot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take|dah. bow and arrows. And he took unto 2 He was twenty and five years old him bow and arrows. when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasJehoaddan of Jerusalem. 16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy hand upon the bow. And be put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. 3 And be did that which was right 17 And he said, Open the window in the sight of the LORD, yet not like eastward. And he opened it. Then David his father: he did according to Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And all things as Joash his father did. he said, The arrow of the LORD's de liverance, and the arrow of deliver- ance from Syria; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away as yet the people did sa crifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 T And it came to pass, as soon as 18 And he said, Take the arrows. the kingdom was confirmed in his And he took them. And he said unto hand, that he slew his servants which the king of Israel, Smite upon the had slam the king his father. ground. And he smote thrice, and 6 But the children of the murderers stayed. he slew not: according unto that which 19 And the man of God was wroth is written in the book of the law of with him, and said, Thou shouldest Moses, wherein the LORD command- have smitten five or six times; thened, saying, The fathers shall not be put hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst to death for the children, nor the chil- consumed it whereas now thou shalt dren be put to death for the fathers, smite Syria but thrice. but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 20 ¶ And Elisha died, and they bu ried him. And the bands of the Moab ites invited the land at the coming in of the year. 7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Jok- theel unto this day. 8 T Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoasb,the son of Jehoabaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, bebold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he reviv- 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent ed, and stood up on his feet. to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, 22 ¶ But Hazael king of Syria op-The thistle that was in Lebanon sent pressed Israel all the day's ofJehoahaz. to the cedar that was in Lebanon, say- 23 And the LORD was gracious unto ing, Give thy daughter to my son to them, and had compassion on them, wife: and there passed by a wild beast and had respect unto them, because of that was in Lebanon, and trode down his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, the thistle. and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glo- ry of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt,that thou shouldest fall, even thou and Ju- 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad bis sou reigned in his stead. 25 And Jeboash the son of Jehoabaz,|dak with thee ? 2.B 385 Amaziah slain. 11 KINGS. Azariah's good reign. 11 But Amaziah wɔuld not hear.Jnot from all the sins of Jeroboam the Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went son of Nebat, who made Israel to siu. up; and he and Amaziali king of Ju- 25 He restored the coast of Israel dab looked one another in the face at from the entering of Hamath unto the Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Ju- sea of the plain, according to the word of the LonD God of Israel, which he 12 And Judah was put to the worse spake by the hand of bis servantJonah. before Israel: and they fled every man the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. dah. to their tents. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took | 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Israel, that it was very bitter: for Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-there was not any shut up,nor any left, shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and nor any helper for Israel. brake down the wall of Jerusalem 27 And the LORD said not that he from the gate of Ephraim unto the would blot out the name of Israel from corner gate, four hundred cubits. under heaven: but he saved them by 14 And he took all the gold and sil- the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joasli. ver, and all the vessels that were found 23 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Je- in the house of the Lond, and in the roboam, and all that he did, and his treasures of the king's house, and hos-night, how he warred, and how he tages, and returned to Samaria. recovered Damascus, and Hamath, 15 T Now the rest of the acts of Je-which belonged to Judah, for Israel, hoash which he did, and his might, and are they not written in the book of the how he fought with Amaziah king of Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? Judah,are they not written in the book 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fe- of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? thers, even with the kings of Israel; 15 And Jehoash slept with his fa- and Zachariah his son reigned in his hers, and was buried in Samaria with stead. the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam bis son reigned in his stead. 17 ¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the acts of Ama- ziah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ju- dah ? 19 Now they made a conspiracy a gainst him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him on borses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 T And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made bim king instead of his fa- ther Amaziah; 22 He buit Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23 T In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jero- boam the son of Joash king of Israel hegan to reign in Samaria, and reign ed forty and one years, 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed IN CHAP. XV. N the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 2 Sixteen years old was be when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother'sname was Jecholiah of Jeru- salem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. 5 ¶ And the LORD Smote the king, 80 that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land. 6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not writ ten in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 8 1 In the thirty and eighth year of 386 Zachariah slain. CHAP. XV. Pekahiah slain. Azariah king of Judah, did Zacarah silver, to give to the king of Assyria. the sou. of Jeroboam reign over Israel] So the king of Assyria turned back, in Samaria six months. and stayed not there in the land. 21 T And the rest of the acts of Men- ahem, and all that he did, are they not had done: he departed not from the written in the book of the Chronicles sins of Jeroboani the son of Nebat, of the kings of Israel? 9. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lono, as his fathers who made 1srael to sin, 22 And Menahem slept with his fa 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh|thers; and Pekahiah his son reigned conspired against him, and smote him in his stead. before the people, and slew him, and eigned in his stead. : 23 ¶ In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of 11 And the rest of the acts of Zaca-Menahem began to reign over Israel zah, behold, they are written in the in Samaria, and reigned two years. Jook of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Is- rael unto the fourth generation. And 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboain the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliab, a captain of his, conspired against hiin, and smote him in Samaria, in the pa- 20 it came to pass. 13 T Shallum the son of Jabesh be-[lace of the king's house with Argob gan to reign in the nine and thirtieth and Arieb, and with him fifty men of year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he the Gileadites: and he killed him, and seigned a full month in Samaria. reigned in his room. 14 For Menahem the son of Gadi] 26 And the rest of the acts of Peka went up from Tirzab, and came tohiah, and all that he did, behold, they Samaria, and smote Shallum the son are written in the book of the Chroni of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, cles of the kings of Israel. and reigned in his stead, 27 T In the two and fiftieth year of 15 And the rest of the acts of Shal-Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son Jum, and his conspiracy which he of Remaliah began to reign over Israel nade, behold, they are written in the in Samaria, und reigned twenty years. book of the Chronicles of the kings of 28 And he did that which was evil .srael. in the sight of the LORD: he departed 16 ¶ Then Menahem smote Tipshah, not from the sins of Jeroboam the son and all that were therein, and the of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. coasts thereof from Tirzah: because 29 In the days of Pekah king of Is- they opened not to him, therefore he rael camne Tiglath-pileser king of As- Abel-beth- smote it; and all the women therein syria, and took Ijon, ar · that were with child he ripped up. maachab, and Janoab and Kedesh, 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, Azariah king of Judah, began Mena-all the land of Naphtali, and carried nem the son of Gadi to reign over Is-them captive to Assyria. rael, and reigned ten years in Sama- 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made ria. a conspiracy against Pekah the son of 18 And he did that which was evil Remaliah, and smote him, and slew n the sight of the LonD: he departed him, and reigned in his stead, in the inot all his days from the sins of Jero-twentieth year of Jotham the son of boam the son of Nebat, who made Is- Uzziah. rael to sin. 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, 19 And Pul the king of Assyria and all that he did, behold, they are came against the land: and Menahem written in the book of the Chronicles gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, of the kings of Israel. that his band might be with him to 32 In the second year of Pekah the confirm the kingdom in his hand. son of Remaliah king of Israel, began Jotham the son of Uzziab king of Ju dah to reign. 20 And Menaliem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty meu of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of 33 Five and twenty years old was he 387 Ahuz' imcked reign. II. KINGS. He spoilcth the temple. when he began to reign, and he reigned that was found in the house of the sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his LORD, and in the treasures of the mother's name was Jerusha,the daugh- king's house, and sent it for a present ter of Zadok. to the king of Assyria. 34 And he did that which was right|| 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened in the sight of the LORD: he did ac- unto him: for the king of Assyria went cording to all that his father Uzziah up against Damascus, and took it, and had done. carried the people fit captive to Kir, and slew Rizin. 35 T Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. 36 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jo- tham, and at that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37 In those days the Lond began to send against Judah, Rezia the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XVI. IN of the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigued sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that -which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David bis father. N the seventeenth year of Pekah the 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, 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 Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the bills, and under every green tree. : 10 T And king Ahaz went to Damas. cus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of As- syria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus and king Abaz sent to Uri- jah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Abaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. and his meat-ollering, and poured ins drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings upon the altar. 14 And he brought also the brazen altar which was before the Lono, from the fore-front of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lonn, and put it on the north side of the altar. 13 And he burnt his burnt-offering 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and and the evening meat-offering, and the king's burnt-sacrifice, and his meat- offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meat- 5 T Then Rezin king of Syria, and offering, and their drink-offering; and Pekali son of Remaliah king of Israel, sprinkle upon it all the blood of the came up to Jerusalem to war: and burnt-offering, and all the blood of the theybeseiged Alaz, but could not over-sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be come him. for me to enquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, an- cording to all that king Áhaz com- manded. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto 17 T And king Ahaz cut off the bor- this day. ders of the bases, and removed the 7 So Abaz sent messengers to Tiglath-laver from off them; and took down pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am the sea from off the brazen oxen that thy servant and thy son: come up, and were under it, and put it upon a pave- save me out of the hand of the king ofment of stones. Syria, and out of the hand of the King 18 And the covert for the sabbath of Israel, which rise up against me. that they had built in the house, and S And Alaz took the silver and gold the king's entry without, turned he 398 Įlos eu's wicked reign. CHAP. XVII. from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. 19 Now the rest of the acts of Abaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 And Abaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XVII. N the twelfth year of Abaz king of Judah, began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel uine years. 2. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of lsrael that were before him, 3 1 Against him came up Shalma- neser king of Assyria: and Hoshea became his servant, and gave bim pre- sents. Samaria captivated. 11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lond carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 12 For they served idols, whereof the Lono had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. 13 Yet the Lond testified against Is. rael and against Judah by all theproph- ets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, and my statutes, ac- cording to all the law which I com- mauded your fathers, and which 1 sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 15 And they rejected hus statutes, and his covenant that he made with their 4 And the king of Assyria found con-fathers, and his testinronies which he spiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent testified against them: and they fol messengers to So king of Egypt, and[lowed vanity, and becaine vain, and brought no present to the king of As- went after the heathen that were round syria, as he had done year by year; about them, concerning whom the therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. T Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and beseiged it three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. Long had charged them, that they should not do like them. 16 And they left all the command- ments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and wor and shipped all the host of heaven, served Baal. 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchant- ments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lono 18 Therefore the LonD was very an- their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from un-gry with Israel, and removed them der the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, out of his sight: there was none left and had feared other gods, but the tribe of Judab only. 19 Also Judah kept not the command- ments of the Lond their God, but [walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lond cast outfrom before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 20 And the Lord rejected all the seed 9 And the children of Israel did se- [of Israel, and afflicted them, and de- cretly those things that were not right|livered them into the band of spoilers, against the LORD their God, and they until he had east them out of his sight. built them high places in all their eit- ies, from the tower of the watchinen to the fenced city. 10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under Evergreen tree: 21 For he rent Israel from the nouse of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Louv, and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Israel walked 389 Samaritan's idolatry. II KINGS. Bezekiuk's good relgì. in all the sins of Jeroboam which he, their own gods, after the manner of did; they departed not from them; the nations whom they carried away from thence. 23 Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israe]] carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 24 T And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hainath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cites there- of. 25 And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lono; therefore the Loup Bent lions among them, which slew some of them. 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the man- ner of the God of the land; therefore be hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. 27 Then the king of Assyria com manded, 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 Samaria, came and dwelt m Beth-el,and taught there how they should fear the Lond. 29 Howbeit every nation made guds of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 3-4 Unto this day they do after the former manners; they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their sta tutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and comunaudment which the LORD commanded the children of Ja cob, whom he named Israel: 35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power, and a stretched-out arm, hìm shall ye fear, and him shall ye wor- ship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, and the ordinan- ces, and the law, and the command ment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38 And the covenant-that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. 39 But the LouD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the band of all your enemics. 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. XVIII. Now it came to pass, in the third year of Hoshea son of Elalı king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Abaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty and five years old was he 30 And the men of Babylon made when he began to reign, and he reign- Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuthed twenty and nine years in Jerusa made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, lem; his mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah. 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech|that David his father did and Anammelech, the gods of Sephar vaim. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all 22 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacri- ficed for them in the houses of the high places. 33 They feared the LORD, and served 4T He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. 6 He trusted in the Lord God of Is- 330 The Israclites CHAP. XVIII. carried captive. rael; 30 that after him was none like from Lachish to kiug Hezekiah with him among all the kings of Judah,nor a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. any that were before him. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. 6 For he clave to the Lord, and de- parted not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. 7 And the Lond was with him; and 18 And when they had called to the he prospered whithersoever he went king, there came out to them Eliakim forth: and he rebelled against the the son of Hilkiah, which was over king of Assyria, and served bim not. the household, and Shebna the scribe, 8 He smote the Philistines, even unto and Joah the son of Asaph the record- Gaza, and the borders thereof, from er. the tower of the watchman to the fenced city. 9 ¶ And it came to pass, in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elab king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 19 And Rab-shekel said unto them: Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 20 Thou sayest, (but they are but yain words,) I have counsel and strengili for the war. Now on whom dost thou 10. And at the end of three years they trust, that thou rebellest against me? took it; even in the sixth year of Hez 21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon ekiah, (that is the ninth year of Ho-the staff of this bruised reed, even up shea king of Israel,) Samaria was on Egypt, on which if a man lean, it taken. will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part io set riders upon them. 11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria,aud put them in Halab and in Habor by the river of 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes; in the Loud our God: is not that be 12 Because they obeyed not the voice whose high places and whose altare of the Lord their God, but trangress | Hezekiah had taken away; and bath ed his covenant, and all that Moses said to Judab and Jerusalem, Ye sball the servant of the LORD commanded, worship before this altar in Jerusalem? and would not hear them, nor do them. 13 ¶ Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria, come up against all the ſenced cities of Judah, and took them. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent 24 How then wilt thou turn away the to the king of Assyria to Lachish,say-face of one captain of the least of my ing, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will bear. And the king of Assyria ap pointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold. 15 Aad Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. master's servants,and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen ? 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to ine, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hil- │kiah, and Shebna, and Joab,unto Rab- hakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy ser- vants in the Syrian language; (for we 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off understand it ;) and talk not with us the gold from the noors of the tem-in the Jews' language in the ears of le of the LORD, and from the pillars the people that are on the wall. which Hezekiah king of Judah had 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, overlaid, and gave it to the king of Hath my master sent me to thyruaster, Assyria. and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their 17 T And the king of Assyria sent Tarian and Rabsaris and Rab shekeh 301 Rab-sheken's blasphemy. 11. KINGS. Hezekiah sends to Isaiah. own dung, and drink their own piss, 2 And he sent Eliakim, which was with you? 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: 29 Thus saith the king, Let not Heze- kiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The Loup will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: 32 Until 1 come and take you away to a land like your own laud; a land of corn and wiue, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil-olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuaded you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. 33 Hath any of the gods of the na- tions delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 31 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad ? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivali? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand ? 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was,saying,An- swer him not. over the household, and Shebna tõe scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth,and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be the Lond thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master bath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lond thy God hath beard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 T And Isaiah said unto them,Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, aud shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 8 T So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And when he heard say of Tirla- kah king of Ethiopia, Behold, be i come out to fight against thee; he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, say- ing, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying,Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying,Jerusalem shall not be deliver ed into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, 37 Then came Eliakim the son of by destroying them utterly; and shalt Hilkiah, which was over the house-thou be delivered? hold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah! 12 Have the gods of the nations de the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hez-livered them which my fathers have ekiah, with their clothes rent, and told destroyed; as Gozan, and Harem,and him the words of Rab-sbakeh. A CHAP. XIX. ND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lond. Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath,and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim,ofHena,and Ivah? 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the let- ter of the band of the messenger, and 392 Hezekiah's prayer. CHAP. XIX. Sennacherib slader read it: And Hezekiaa went up into be to lay waste fenced cities into ruin the house of the LORD, and spread it fous heaps. before the LORD. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were asthe grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house-tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. 27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 15 And Hezekialı prayed before the LORD,and said,O Load God of Israel, which dwellest between the cheru bims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made beaven and earth. 16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear; open, Lono, thine eyes, and see; and hear the words of Senna- 28 Because thy rage against me, and cherib, which hath sent him to re-thy tumult is come up into mine ears, proach the living God. therefore I will put my book in thy 17 Of a truth, LonD, the kings of nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's bands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O Lono our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand,that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LonD God, even thou only. will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye,and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 20 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth thou hast prayed to me against Sen-a remnant, and they that escape out of nacherib king of Assyria I have heard. mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of 21 This is the word that the LORD hosts shall do this. hath spoker concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, bath de- spised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD, 34 For I will defend this city,to save it, for mine own sake, and for my ser- 23 By thy messengers thou hast re-vant David's sake. proached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots 1 am come up to the height of the moun- tains,to the sides of Lebanon,and will cut down the tall cedar-trees thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into the lodgings of his bor- ders,and into the forest of his Carmel. 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet bave I dried up all the rivers of be- sieged places. 36 T And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lond went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morn- ing,behold, they were all dead corpses. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sha- 25 Hast thou not heard long ago how rezer his sons smote him with the I have done it, and of ancient times sword; and they escaped into the land that I have formed it? now have I of Armenia; and Esarhaddon bis sou brought it to pass, that thou shouldest reigned m his stead. 393 * Mezeliah's prayer. INtlos CHAP. XX. II. KINGS. TNthose days wasHezek ah sick unto death: and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Loan, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then he turned his face to the wall,] and prayed unto the Loan, saying, 3 I beseech thee,O Lond,remember now how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. Manassel's reign fof his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the pre- cious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. 14 T Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon, 15. And he said, What have they seen 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah in thy house? And Hezekiah answer- was gone out into the middle court,[ed, All the things that are in my house that the word of the LORD came to have they seen: there is nothing among him, saying, my treasures that I bave not showed them. 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lono, the God of David thy father, 1 have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lond. 17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store untó this day,shall be carried into Babylon: 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. years; and I will deliver thee and this 18 And of thy sous that shall issue city out of the band of the king of As-from thee, which thou shalt beget. syria and I will defend this city for shall they take away; and they shall mine own sake, and for my servant be eunuchs in the palace of the king of David's sake. 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of Sga. And they took and laid it on the bile, and he recovered. 8 ¶ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lono will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Load the third day ? 9And Isaiah said,This sign shalt thou have of the Loan, that the Loup will do the thing that he hath spoken; shall the shadow go forward ten degrees,or go back ten degrees? Babylon. 19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? 20 T And the rest of the acts of Hez- ekiah, and all his might, and how ke made a pool,and a conduit,and brought water into the city, are they not writ- ten in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fa- thers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to CHAP. XXI. down go ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow he began to reign, and ANASSEH was twelve years old return backward ten degrees. was 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto reigned fifty and five years in Jerusa- the LouD: and he brought the shadow [lem. And his mother's name ten degrees backward,by which it had Hephzi-bah. gone down in the dial of Abaz. 2. And he did that which was evil in 12 ↑ At that time Berodach-baladan, the sight of the Loan, after the abom. the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,inations of the heathen, whom the sent letters and a present unto Heze LORD cast out before the children of kiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah Israel. bad been sick. 3 For he built up again the high pla 13 Aud Hezekiah bearkened unto ces which Hezekiah his father had de- them, and showed them all the houselstroyed, and he reared up altars for, 391 Manasse'd's wickedness. CHAP. XXI. Amon's wicked reign. Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab fathers came forth out of Egypt, even king of Israel; and worshipped all unto this day. the host of heaven, and served them. 4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, Jerusalem will I put my name. 16 Moreover, Manassch shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Je- Inrusalem from one end to another; be- sides his sin wherewith he made Judan to siu, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And be made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchautments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizzards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger, 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lonn said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 17 T Now the rest of the acts of Ma- nasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he smned, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 18 And Manasseh slept with his fa- thers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 19 ¶ Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Meshullemeth, 8 Neither will I make the feet of Is-the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. rael move any more out of the laud 20. And be did that which was evil which I gave their fathers; only if they in the sight of the Lonu, as his father will observe to do according to all that Manasseh did. I have commanded them, and accord- 21 And he walked in all the way that ing to all the law that my servant Mo-[his father walked in, and served the ses commanded them. idols that his father served, and wor 9 But they bearkened not; and Ma-shipped them: nasseh seduced them to do more evil 22 And he forsook the Lond God of than did the nations whom the Lond his fathers, and walked not m the way destroyed before the children of Israel, of the Lond. 10 ¶ And the LORD spake by his ser vants the prophets, saying, 23 ¶ And the servants of Amon con- spired against him, and slew the king 11 Because Manasseh king of Judabțin his own house. nath done these abominations, and 24 And the people of the land slew hath done wickedly above all that the all them that had conspired against Amorites did, which were before him, king Amon; and the people of the and hath made Judah also to sin with land made Josiah his son king in bis his idols; stead. 12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such| evil upon Jerusalem and Judali, that whosoever beareth of it, both his cars shall tingle. 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe 25 T Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not writ- ten in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 26. And he was buried in his sepul- chre in the garden of Uzza; and Josi- ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXII. Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, JOS Art OSIAH was eight years old wher wiping it, and turning it upside down. he began to reign, and he reigned 14 And I will forsake the remnant of | thirty and one years in Jerusalem: mine inh 'ritance, and deliver them and his mother's name was Jedidah, into the land of their enemies, and the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. they shall become a prey and a spoil 2 And he did that which was right in to all their enemies; the sight of the Lond, and walked in 15 Because they have done that which all the way of David his father, and was evil in my sight, and have pro-turned not aside to the right hand or A voked me to anger, since the day their the left. 395 :. Josiah s goud reign. II. KINGS. He reneweth the covenant. And it came to pass, in the eigh-jkam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and eenth year of king Josiah, thas the Asahiah, went unto Huldah the proph ing sent Shephat the son of Azalialı, etess, the wife of Shallam the son of the son of Meshullain, the scribe, to Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of The house of the Loao, saying, the wardrobe; (now ehe dwelt in Je- 4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, rusalem in the college;) and they com- that he may sun the silver which is muned with her. I rought into the house of the LORD, hich the keepers of the door have thered of the people: And let thein deliver it into the Land of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lond: and let them give it to the do- ers of the work, which is in the house of the Lond, to repair the breaches of the house, Unto carpenters, and builders, and m sons, and to buy timber and hewn st ne to repair the house. 7 Howbeit there was no reckoning mide with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. 8 T And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, 16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, 1 will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. 18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard: 19 Because thy heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lono, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lond. 9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. 20 Behold, therefore, I will gather 10 And Shaphan the scribe showed thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest be gathered into thy grave in peace; hath delivered me a book. And Sha-and thine eyes shall not see all the evil phan read it before the king. which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again CHAP. XXIII. 11 And it came to pass, when the King had beard the words of the book of the law, that he rent bis clothes. 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and film the dd i klah AND the king sent, and they gath phan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah | Judah and of Jerusalem. and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaliah a servant of the king's, saying, 2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of 13 Go ye, inquire of the Lond for me, Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jeru and for the people, and for all Judah, salem with him, and the priests, and concerning the words of this book that the prophets, and all the people, both is found: for great is the wrath of the small and great: and he read in their LORD that is kindled against us, be-ears all the words of the book of the cause our fathers have not hearkened covenant which was found in the house unto the words of this book, to do ac-[of the LORD. cording unto all that which is written 3T And the king stood by a pillar, concerning u8. and made a covenaut before the LORD, 14 So Ilkiah the priest, and Ahi-to walk after the LORD, and to keep 396 He destroys idolatry CHAP. XXII. and reforms Judak. his commandments and his testimonies [melech the chamberlain, which 2003 and his statutes with all their heart and in the suburbs, and burned the chari- all their soul, to perform the words of ots of the sun with fire. this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the Covenant. 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lond all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-ei. 5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. 12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Auaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LonD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 13 And the high places that were be- fore Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Aahtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the cbil- dren of Ammon, did the king defile. 14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 15 ¶ Moreover the altar that was at 6 And he brought out the grove from Beth-el, and the high place which Je- the house of the LORD, without Jeru- roboam the son of Nebat, who made salem, unto the brook Kidron, and Israel to sin, bad made, both that altar burned it at the brook Kidron, and and the high place he brake down, and stamped it small to powder, and cast burned the high place, and stamped the powder thereof upon the graves of it small to powder and burned the the children of the people. 7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lond, where the women wove hangings for the grove. grove. 16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres,and burned 8 And he brought all the priests out them upon the altar, and polluted it, of the cities of Judah, and defiled the according to the word of the Lond high places where the priests had which the man of God proclaimed, burned incense, from Geba to Beer-who proclaimed these words sheba, and brake down the high places 17 Then he said, What title is that of the gates that were in the entering that I see? And the men of the city in of the gates of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el. 18 And he said, Let him alone ; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. 10 And he defiled Topheth, which is 19 And all the houses also of the high in the valley of the children of Hin-places that were in the cities of Sama- nom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. ria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke ine LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them ac- cording to all the acts that he had dona in Beth-el. 11. And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the un, at the entering in of the house of 20 And he slew all the priests of the the Lono, by the chamber of Nathan-[high places that were there upon the 397 God's final wrath II. KINGS. against Jubah altars, and burued men's bones upon 31 Jehoahaz was twenty and thre them, and returned to Jerusalein. years old when he began to reign; and 21 ¶ And the king commanded all he reigned three months in Jerusalem. the people, saying, Keep the passover And his mother's name was Hamutal, unto the LORD your God, as it is writ-the daughter of Jeremiah of Libman. ten in the book of this covenant. 32 And he did that which was evil mn 22 Surely there was not holden such the sight of the Lord, according to ali a passover, from the days of the judges that his fathers had done. that julged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judab; 33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem ; and put the land to a tribute of a hun- dred talents of silver, and a talent of 23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lono in Jerusalem. gold. 21 ¶ Moreover, the workers with fa-| 31 And Pharaoh-nechoh made Elia- miliar spirits, and the wizards, and the kim the son of Josiah king in the room images, and the idols, and all the abom-[of Josiah his father, and turned his inations that were spied in the land of naine to Jehoakim,and took Jehoahaz Judah and in Jerusalem,did Josiah put away; and he came to Egypt,and died away, that he night perform the words there. of the law, which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lond. 35 1 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh ; but he taxed the land to give the money, according 25 And like unto him there was no to the commandment of Pharaoh : he king before him, that turned to the exacted the silver and the gold of the Lond with all his heart, and with all people of the land, of every one accor- his soul, and with all his might, acing to his taxation, to give it unto Pha- cording to all the law of Moses; neiraob-nechoh. ther after him arose there any like 36 T Jehoiakim was twenty and five him. 26 T Notwithstanding, the Lono turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judab, because of all the provocations that Manasseh bad provoked him withal. 27 And the Lono said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast of this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I have said, My name shall be there. years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudab, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. CHAP. XXIV. Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim Nhis days Nebuchadnezzar king of became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the LORD sent against him 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, bands of the Chaidees, and bands of and all that he did, are they not writ-the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, ten in the book of the Chronicles of and bauds of the children of Ammon, the kings of Judab ? and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lond, which he spake by his servants the prophets. 29 Tinys days Pharaoh-nechoch king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead_from_Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. 3 Surely at the commandment of the Lond came this upon Judah, to re- move them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed, (for he filled Jerusalem with immocen: blood,) which the LORD would not pardon. 5 T Now the rest of the acts of Jehor 395 Jerusalem taken CHAP. XXV by Nebuchadnezzår. akum, and all that he did, are they not his stead, and changed his name to written in the book of the Chronicles Zedekiah. of the kings of Judah? 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem • and his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libuah. 19 And be did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to 7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Eu-all that Jehoiakim bad done. phrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt. ST Jehojachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and his mother's name was Nebustha, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lond, according to all that his father had done. 20For through the anger of the Lon V it came to pass in Jerusalem and Ju dab, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. CHAP. XXV. it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth mouth, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 10 ¶ At that time the servants of Neb-came, he, and all his host, against Je- uchadnezzar king of Babylon came up rusalem, and pitched against it; and against Jerusalem, and the city was they built forts agamst it round about. besieged. 2 And the city was besieged unto the 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Bab-eleventh year of king Zedekiah. ylon came against the city, and his ser- vants did besiege it. 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the ci- 12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judab ty, and there was no bread for the went out to the king of Babylou, be,|people of the land. and his mother, and his servants, and 4 And the city was brokea up, and ris princes, and his officers; and the all the men of war fled by night by king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now 13 And he carried out thence all the the Chaldees were against the city treasures of the house of the Lono, round about:) and the king went the and the treasures of the king's house, way toward the plain. and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold | 5 And the army of the Chaldees pur- which Solomon king of Ismael had sued after the king, and overtook him made in the temple of the Long, as in the plains of Jericho: and all bis the LORD had said. army were scattered from him. 14 And he carried away all Jerusa-| 6So they took the king, and brought tem, and all the princes, and all the him up to the king of Babylon to Rib- mighty men of valour, even ten thou-lah; and they gave judgment upon sand captives, and all the craftsmen bim. and smiths: none remained, save the 7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah poorest sort of the people of the land. [before his eyes, and put out the eyes 15 And he carried away Jehoiachin of Zedekiah, and bound him with fet Babylon, and the king's mother, ters of brass, and carried him to Bab- and the king's wives, and his officers, ylon. and the mighty of the land ; those car-| 8 And in the fifth month, on the edhe into captivity from Jerusalemn seventh day of the month, which is to Babylon. the nineteenth year of king Nebuchad- 16 And all the men of might, even nezzar king of Babylon, came Nebu- seven thousand, and craftsmen and zar-adan, captain of the guard, a ser smiths a thousand, all that were strong vant of the king of Babylon, unto Je adapt for war, even them the king rusalem: of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 9 Aud he burnt the house of the 17¶ And the king of Babylon inade Lond, and the king's house, and all Mattaniah his father's brother king in the houses of Jerusalem, and every 399 The high priest II. KINGS. great man's house burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jeru- salem round about. and nobles slain. 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. So Judah was car- ried away out of their land. 22 T And as for the people that re- 11 Now the rest of the people that mained in the land of Judah, whom were left in the city, and the fugitives Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had that fell away to the king of Babylon, left, even over them he made Gedaliah with the remnant of the multitude, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, did Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the ruler. guard, carry away. 12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land, to be vine dressers and husbandmen. 23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Geda liah governor, there came to Gedaliah 13 And the pillars of brass that to Mizpel, even Ishmael the son of were in the house of the LORD, and Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Ca the bases,and the brazen sea that was reab, and Seraiah the son of Tanhu- in the house of the LORD,did the Chal-meth the Nethophathite, and Jaazaniab dees break in pieces, and carried the the son of a Maachathite, they and brass of them to Babylon. their men. 14 And the pots, and the shovels, and 24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and the snuffers, and the spoons,and all the to their men, and said unto them, Fear vessels of brass, wherewith they min-not to be the servants of the Chaldees istered, took they away. dwell in the laud, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well withi you. 16 And the fire-pans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the cap- tain of the guard took away. 16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LonD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight 17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass; and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreath- en work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work. 18 ¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door : 19 And out of the city he took an offi- cer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city: 20 And Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, took these, and brought them to the king of Baylon to Riblab. 25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Netha- niah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. 26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldees. 27 T And it came to pass,in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twen tieth day of the month, that Evil- merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jelioiachin king of Judali out of prison; 28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; 29 And changed his prison-garments. and he did eat bread continually before bim all the days of his life. 30 And his allowance was a continua! allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. 400 The First Book of the CHRONICLES. CHAP. I. A DANT, Sheth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 T The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog,and Madai,andJavan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 6. And the sons of Gomer; Ashche- naz, and Riphath, and Togarmab. 7 And the sons of Javan; Elishab, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 8 ¶ The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilahi, and Sabta, and Raamah,and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac,and Ishmael. 29 These are their generations: The first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 30 Mishma, and Dumalı, Massa, Ha dad, and Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32 ¶ Now the sons of Keturahı, Abra- ham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sous of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. 33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, All these are the sous and Eldaah. of Keturah. 10 And Cush begat Nimrod; he be- 34 T And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau, and Israel. gan to be mighty upon the earth. 11 And Mizraim begat Ludin, and 35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz,Reucl, Anamim, and Lebabin, and Naphtu-and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. him, 12 And Pathrusim, and Caslubin, fot whom came the Philistines,) and Caplitorim, 13 And Canaan begat Zidon his first- born, and Heth, 14 The Jebusite also, and the Amor- ite, and the Girgashite, 15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite,| and the Siuite, 36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. 37 The sons of Reuel; Naliath,Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzalı. 38 T And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. 39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori,and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's 16 And the Arvadite,and the Zemar-sister. ite, and the Hamathite. 40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and 17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Manabath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Aualı. and Meshech. 41 The sons of Anah; Dishion. And 18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and the sons of Dishon; Amram,and Esh- Shelah begat Eber. |ban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 19 Aud unto Eber were born two 42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and sous; the name of the one was Peleg,|Zavan,and Jakan. The sons of Dish. (because in his days the earth was di-Jan; Uz, and Aran. vided,) and his brother's naine was 43 T Now these are the kings that Joktan. reigued in the land of Edom before 20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and any king reigned over the children of Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerab. Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the 21 Hadoram also, and Uzzal, and name of his city was Dinhabah Diklah, 44 And when Bela was dead,Jobab, 22 Aud Ebal, and Abimael, and She-the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned ba, in lus stead. 23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jo oab. All these were the sons ofJoktan. 24 T Shem, Arphaxed, Shelab, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nalior, Terah, 27 Abrain, the same is Abraham, 45 And when Jobab was dead, Hu- sham, of the land of the Temanites, reigned in lis stead. 46 And wheu Hushan was dead, Ha- dad the son of Bedad (which smote Midian in the field of Moab) reigned 2C 401 ↓ Genealogies. 1. CHRONICLES. Genealogres in his stead: and the name of his city 13 And Jesse oegat his first-born Eli 2005 Avith. ab, and Abinadab the second, an 47 And when Hadad was dead,Sam-Shimma the third, lah of Masrekal reigned in his stead. 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the 48 And when Samlah was dead,Shaul[fifth, of Rehoboth, by the river, reigned in his stead. 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal nanan the son of Achbor reigned in nis stead. 15 Ozem the sixth, David the ser- enth: 16 Whose sisters were Zeruriah,and Abigail. And the suns of Zeruriah ; Abishai, and Joab, and Asabel, three. 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the 18h meelite. 50 And when Baal-Iranan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the 18 T And Caleb the son of Hezron daughter of Matred, the daughter of [begat children of Azubab his wife, and Mezahab. of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, 51 Hadad died also. And the dukes and Shobab, and Ardon. of Edom were; duke Timnal, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, 52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elab, duke Pinon, 63 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzahı, 54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. CHAP. II. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Ca leb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 20 And Hur begat Uri,and Uribegat Bezalecl. 21 T And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she HESE are the sons of Israel; bare him TReuben, Simeon, Levi,and Judah, 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had Issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naph- tali, Gad, and Asher. three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, 3 T The sous of Judah: Er, and with the towns of Jair, from them, Onan, and Shelah; which three were with Kenath and the towns thereof, born unto him of the daughter of Shua even threescore cities: all these be the Canaanitess. And Er, the first-longed to the sons of Machir, the fa born of Judah, was evil in the sight of ther of Gilead. the Lord; and he slew him. 24 And after that Hezron was dead in 4 And Tumar his daughter-in-law | Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah,Hezron's bare him Pbarez, and Zerah. All the wife, bare him Ashur, the father of sene of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 6. And the sons of Zerab ; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troublerof Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. 8 Aud the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 9 The sons also of Hezron,that were hom unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10 And Ram begat Amminadab,and Amininadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 1 And Nalishon begat Salma, and] Salma begat Boaz, 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, Tekoa. 25 T And the sons of Jeralimeel, the first-born of Hezron, where Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijahı. 26 Jeraloneel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sous of Ram, the first born of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And the sons of Onam were Shamı nai, and Jada. And the sons of Sham- mai; Nadab, and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abi shur was Abihail; and she bare him Alban, and Molid. 30 And the song of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 402 Genealogics. CHAP. III. Genealogics. And the sons of Appaim: Isbi.fjearim, had sons; Haroel, and hall of And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the Manahethites. the children of Sheshan; Ablai. 53 And the families of Kirjath-jea- 32 And the sons of Jada, the brother rim; the Ithrites, and the Pulites, and of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 33 And the sous of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Je rahméel. 34 T Now Sheshan had ro sons, but daughters: and Sheshan bad a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Farha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Na- than begat Zabad, 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites and the Eshtaulites. 54 The sons of Salma; Beth-lehein, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Mana hethites, the Zorites. 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. CHAP. III, 38 And Obell begat Jehu, and Jebu NOW these were the sons of David 39 And Azarah begat Helez,and He- lez begat Eleasab, 40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, in which were born unto him Hebrou: the first-born Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; 2 The third, Absalom the son of 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiab,and] Maachub, the daughter of Talmai king Jekamiah begat Elishama. of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, the 42 T Now the sons of Caleb,the broth-son of Haggith; er of Jerahmeel, eere Mesha his first- 3 The fifth, Shephatiah, of Abital; born, which was the father of Ziph; the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah his wife. and the sons of Mareshab, the father 4 These six were burn unto him in of Hebron. Hebron; and there be reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusa lem he reigned thirty and three years. 5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath shua the daughter of Ammiel: 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korab, and Tappua, and Rekem, and Shema. 41 And Shema begat Raham, the fa- ther of Jorkoam; and Rekem begat Shainmai. 45 And the son of Shammai, was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46 And Ephat, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez and Haran begat Gazez. 47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Epbab, and Shaaph. 43 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Mechbenal, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb wasAchsah. 50 T These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur,the first-born of Ephra- tah; Shobal the father of Kirjath- jearim, 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareth the father of Beth-gadar. 02 And Shobal, the father of Kirjath 6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eli phelet, 7 And Nogali, and Nepheg, and Ja- phia, 8 And Elishama, aud Eliada, and Eliphalet, nine. 9 These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines,and Tamar their sister. 10 T And Solomon's son was Reho boam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Je. hoshaphat his son, 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12 Amaziah bis son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15 And the sons of Josiah icere, the first born Johanan, the second Jehoia 403 Genealogies. I. CHRONICLES. Genealogies sin, the third Zedekiah, the fourth than his brethren: and his mother Shallum. called his name Jabez,saying,Because 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeco-1 bare him with sorrow. nial bis son, Zedekiab his son. 17 T And the sons of Jeconiah; sir, Salathiel his son, 10 And Jabez called on the God of As-Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed,and enlarge my coast, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were God granted him that which he re- Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons quested. 18 Malchiran also,and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jechamiah, Hoshamia, and Nedabiah. of Zerubbabel; Meshullum, and Ha- 11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah naniah, and Shelomith, their sister: begat Mehir, which was the father of 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Be Eshton. rechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, live. and Paseah, and Tebiumah the father 21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pela-of Ir-nahash. These are the men of tial, and Jesaialı: the sons of Rephai-| Recah. ab, the suns of Arnan, the song of Oba diah, the sons of Shechanialı. 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sous of Othniel; 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; She-Hathath. maiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; 14 And Menothai begat Ophran: Hattush, and Igeal, and Buriah, and and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of Neariah, and Shaphat, six. the valley of Charashim; for they CHAP. IV. 23 And the sons of Neariah; Elio-were craftsmen. enai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of three. Jephunuch; Iru, Elah, and Naam; 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, and the sous of Elab, even Kenaz. Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Peliab, 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Akkub, and Johanan,and Delaiah, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. and Anani, seven. 17 And the sons of Ezra were,Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: THE sons of Judah; Pharez,Hez-and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, ron, and Carmi, asd Hur, and and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18. And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the fa- ther of Socho,andJekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. Shooal. 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahmmai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. Id- 3. And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and bash: and the name of their sister Hazelelponi: as 19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham,the father of Kei- lah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, Maachathite. and Ezer the father of Husbah.These 20 And the sons of Shimon were are the sons of Hur, the first-born of | Ammon, and Rinnab, Ben-banan,and Ephratali, the father of Beth-lehem. Tilou. And the sons of Ishi were, 5 ¶ And Ashur the father of Tekoa|Zobeth, and Ben-zoheth. had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 21 T The song of Shelah the son of 6 And Naaral bare him Ahuzam, Judah were, Er the father of Lecali, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haa-and Laadah the father of Mareshah, hashtari. These were the sous Naa-and the families of the house of them rah. that wrought fine linen, of the house. of Ashbea, 7 And the sons of Helah were,Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8 And Coz begat Auub,and Zobebah, and the families of Aharbel the son of Harum. ✪ ¶ And Jabez was more honourable 22 And Jokim, and the men of Cho- zeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi- Ichem. And these are ancient things, 23 These were the potters,and those 404 Genealogies. CHAP. V. Genealogizs. that dwelt among plants and hedges:ations that were found there, and de there they dwelt with the king for his stroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because work. 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 24 T The sons of Simeon were, Ne-there was pasture there for their flocks. muel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerali, and 42 And some of them, even of the Shaul: sons of Simeon, five bundred men, went to mount Seir, having for ther captains Pelatial, and Nearial, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Isli, 43 And they sinote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. CHAP. V. 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. 27 And Shimei had sixteen song and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children e NOW the sons of Reuben the first Judah. 25 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29 Aud at Billah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30 And at Bethue!, and at Hormah, und at Ziklag, born of Israel, (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defil ed his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright 2 For Judah prevailed above nis brethren, and of him came the chief 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Haruler; but the birthright was Jo- zar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at seph's:) Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. 32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rinimon,and "Tochen,and Ashan, five cities; 33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35 And Joel, and Jebu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 And Elicenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshobaiah, and Asajab, and Adiel, and Jesuniel, and Benaiah, 37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the first- born of Israel, were Hanoch, and Pal- lu, Hezron, and Carmi. ܕܐSol Baal The sous of Joel; Shemaiah bis son, Gog his son, Shemei his son, 5 Micah his Reaia his 8011, his son, 6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pil· nezer king of Assyria carried away captive: he wus prince of the Reu- benites. 7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their genere tions was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dweit in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal- meon: 9 Aud eastward he inhabited unto 38 These mentioned by their names the entering in of the wilderness from were princes in their families; and the river Euphrates: because their the house of their fathers increased cattle were multiplied in the land of greatly. 39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their ilocks. Gilead. 10. And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the cast land of Gilead. 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and 11 T And the children of Gad dwelt quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham over against them in the land of Ba had dwelt there of old. sban unto Salcah: 41 And these written by name came 12 Joel the chief, and Shaphan the m the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bo and smote their tents, and the habit-Įshan. 405 Genealogies. 1. CHRONICLES. Genealogies 13 And their brethren of the house] whoring after the gods of the people of their fathers were, Michael, and of the land, whom God destroyed he- Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and fore them. Jachan, aud Žia, and Heber, seven. 26 And the God of Israel stirred up 14 These are the children of Abihail the spirit of Pul king of Assyra, and the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the the spirit of Tilgath-pilnezer king of on of Gilead, the son of Michael, the Assyria, and he carried them away, son of Jeshishai, the son of Jaldo,the (even theReubenites, and the Gadites, son of Buz; and the half tribe of Manasseb,) and 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of brought them unto Halah, and Habor, Guni, chief of the house of their fa-and Hara, and to the river Gozan, thers. unto this day. CHAP. VI. 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Ba- shan, and in her towns, and in all the Suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.bath, and Merari. 17 All these were reckoned by gen- ealogies in the days ol' Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. THE sons of Levi; Gershon, Ko- 2. And the sons of Kohath; Amrat, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 And the children of Amram; Aa- 18 The sons of Reuben, and the ron, and Moses, aud Miriam. The Gadites, and half the tribe of Manas-sons also of Aarón; Nadab, and Abi- seh, of valiant men, men able to bear hu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. buckler and sword, and to shoot with 4T Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phine- bow, and skilful in war, were four and bas begat Abishua, forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 19 And they made war with the Hag arites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were deliver ed into their hand, and all that were 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, hecause the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the raptivity. 5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Ze- rahiah begat Meraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Ama- rial begat Ahitub, 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Za dok begat Ahimaaz, 9 And Abimanz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (be it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Je- rusalem,) 11 And Azariah begat Amariab, and Amariab begat Ahitub, 13 And Alitub begat Zadok, and Za- dok begat Shallum, 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14 And Azanah begat Seraiah, and 23 1 And the children of the half Seraiah begat Jebozadak, tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: 15 And Jehozadak went into captiv- they increased from Bashan unto Baal-[ity, when the LORD carried away Ju- sermon and Senir, and unto mount dah and Jerusalem by the hand of {fermon. Nebuchadnezzer. 16 T The sous of Levi; Gershom, Kobath, and Merari. 17 And these be the names of the song of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 18 And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 24 And these were the heads of the ouse of their fathers, even Epher, And lshi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jah- diel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and beads of the liouse of their futhers. 25 T And they transgressed against 19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and the God of their fathers, and went al Mushi. And these are the families of 406 Genealogies. CHAP. VI. the Levites, according to their fathers. 20 ¶ Of Gershom; Libni his son, Ja- bash his son, Zimmah his son, Genealogies. 40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseial, the son of Malchiab, 41 The son of Ethni, the son of Ze- ralı, the son of Adaiali, 21 Joal his son, Iddo his son, Zeral his son, Jeaterai his son. 22 ¶ The sons of Kohath ; Ammin-mal, the son of Shimei, adab his son, Korah his son, Assir his 42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zim- son, 23 Elkanah bis son, and Ebiasaph his sou, and Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his SOD, wah bis son, and Shaul his son. 43 The son of Jahath, the son of Ger shom, the son of Levi, 44 And their brethren, the sons of Merari, stood on the left band: Ethan Uz-the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the sou of Malluch, 25 And the sons of Elkanah; Ama-| sai, and Ahimoth. 26 As for Elkanah: the sons of El- kanah; Zophai bis son, and Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziab, the son of Hilkiab, 46 The son of Amzi, the son of Buni, the son of Shamer, 47 The son of MahD, the son of Mu- shi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites 28 And the sons of Samuel; the first-were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house horn Vasbni, and Abiah, 29 ¶ The sons of Merari: Mahli;|of God. Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his| 49 ¶ But Aaron and bis sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggial his son, and on the altar of incense, and were Asaiah his son. appointed for all the work of the place 31 ¶ And these are they whom Da-inost holy, and to make an atonement vid set over the service of song in the for Israel, according to all that Moses house of the LORD, after that the ark the servant of God had commanded 60. And these are the sons of Aaron; had rest. Eleazer his son, Phinehas his son, Abi- shua bis son, Zera- 32 And they ministered before the dwelling-place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solo- 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi bis son, mon had built the house of the LORD|biah his son, in Jerusalem; 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 Kobatbites; Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub bis son, 34 The son of Elkana, the son of Jerobam, the son of Eliel, the son of Toal, 35 The son of Zuph, the son of El- kanah, the son of Maliath, the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariali, the son of Zephaniab, 37 The son of Tahath, the son of As- sir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korab, 38 The son of Izhar, the son of Ko- hath, the son of Levi, the son of 1s- rael. 39 And his brother Asaph, (who stood on his right haud,) even Asaph the son of Berekiah, the son of Shi- mea, 63 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 5-1 T Now these are their dwelling- places throughout their castles, in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites; for theirs was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it, 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneb. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jatir and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 58 And Hilen with her suburbs, De bir with her suburbs, 59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: 60. And out of the tribe of Benjamin ; [Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth 407 Genealogies. 1. CHRONICLES. Genealogies. with her suburbs, anu Anathoth with 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; her suburbs. All their cities, through- Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbe, out their families, were thirteen cities. and Hammou with her suburbs, and 61 And unto the scus of Kohath, Kirjathaim with her suburbs. which 10ere left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half- tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 62 And to the sons of Gershom, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Issachar,and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63 Unto the song of Merari were giv-| en by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: 78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jalizah with her sub- urbs. 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ra- moth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 64 And the children of Israel gave to 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, the Levites these cities with their sub-and Jazer with her suburbs. urbs. CHAP. VIL 65 And they gave by lot, out of the NOW the sons of Issachar were Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Suneon, Shimron, four. and out of the tribe of the children of 2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Benjamin, these cities which are cal-Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and led by their names. 66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was, in the days of David, two and twenty thousand and six hundred. 3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrabiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. 68 And Jokneam with her suburbs, aud Beth-horon with her suburbs, 69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and 4 And with them, by their genera- Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: tions, after the house of their fathers, 70 And out of the half-tribe of Ma-were bands of soldiers for war, six and nasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and thirty thousand men for they had Bileam with her suburbs, for the fam-many wives and sons. ily of the remnant of the sons of Ko- 5 And their brethren, among all the hath. families of Issachar, were valiant men 71 Unto the sons of Gershom, were of might, reckoned in all, by their given, out of the family of the half-genealogies, fourscore and seven thou. tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan sand. with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with 6 T The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and her suburbs: 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberatli with her suburbs, 73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburba 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 75 And Hukuk with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: Becher, and Jedinel, three. 7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies, twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, land Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abial, 408 Genealogies. CHAP. VIII. and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. Genealogies. and he called his naine Bermab, because it went evil with his house. 9 And the number of them after their 24 (And his daughter was Sherali, genealogy by their generations, heads who built Beth-horon the nether, and of the house of their fathers, mighty the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.) men of valour, was twenty thousand 25 And Rephah was his son,also Re and two hundred. sheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: his son, and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud,and Chenaaual, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Abi- shabar. 11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son. 28 ¶ And their possessions and hab- itations were Beth-el and the towng thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer with the towns there- of; Shechem also and the towns there- of, uuto Gaza and the towns thereof. 12 Shoppin also, and Hoppim, the 29 And by the borders of the children children of Ir, and Hushim, the sous of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her of Aher. towns,Taauach and her towns,Megid- do and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel. 13 ¶ The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni,and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Billah. 30 T The sous of Asher; Imual,and Isnah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Se- 14¶ The sous of Manasseb; Asbriel, whom she bare; (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father|rah their sister. of Gilead: 31And the sons of Berial; Heber,and 15 And Machir took to wife the sis-Malchiel, who is the father of Birza- ter of Huppim and Shuppin, whose vith. sister's name was Maachah ;) and the 32And Heber begat Japhlet,and Sho name of the second was Zelophehad; mer, and Hotham, & Shua their sister and Zelophehad had daughters. 33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasacl:, 16 And Maachah the wife of Machir and Bimbal, and Ashrath: these are bare a son, and she called his name the children of Japhlet. Peresh; and the name of bis brother 34 And the sons of Shamer; Ali, was Sheresh; and his sons wereUlam and Robgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. and Rakem. 17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiczer, and Mahalah. 19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 35 And the sons of his brother He lem; Zopbab, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shammą, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether; Jephun- 20 T And the sons of Ephraim; Shu-neh, and Pispah, and Ara. thelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath 39 And the sons of Ulla; Arali, and his son, and Eladah his son, and Ta-Haniel, and Rezia. hath his son, 40 All these were the children of 21 And Zabad his son,and Shuthelah Asher, heads of their father's house, his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom choice and mighty men of valour, the men of Gath that were born in chief of the princes. And the num that land slew, because they came ber, throughout the genealogy of them down to take away their cattle. that were apt to the war and to battle, 22 And Ephraim their fater mourn-was twenty and six thousand men. ed many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. CHAP. VIII. 23 π And when he went m to his NOW Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second and wife, she conceived and bare a son,Aharah the third. 409 Genealogres. 1. CHRONICLES 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the alth. 3 And the sons of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abilud, 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. Genealogics. 28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maachah; 30 And his first-born son Abdon,and Zur, and Kish, and Baul, and Nabab, 6 And these are the sons of Ehud:] 31 And Gedor,and Abio,and Zacher, these are the heads of the fathers of 32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah.And the inhabitants of Geba, and they re-these also dwelt with their brethren in moved them to Manahath : Jerusalem, over against them. 7 And Naaman,and Abiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza,and Ahihud. 33 ¶ And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 8 And Shabaraim begat children in the country of Moab,after he had sent 34 And the son of Jonathan was them away; Hushim aud Baara were Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Mi- his wives. cah. 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, 35 And the sons of Micah were Pi- Jobab,and Zibia,and Mesha, and Mal-thon, and Melech, and Tarea, and cham, 10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mir- ma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. Ahaz. 36 And Abaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadali begat Alemeth, and Azma- veth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 37 And Moza begat Binea; Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof: 38 And Azel had six sons, whose 13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were names are these, Azrikim, Bochern, beads of the fathers of the inhabitants and Ishmael, and Shearial, and Oba- of Ajalon, who drove away the inhab-diah, and Hanan. All these were the tants of Gath: sons of Azel. 14 And Alio,Shashak,and Jeremoth, 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and were Ulam his first-born, Jehush the Ader, second, Eliphalet the third. 16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Jo-| 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty na, the sons of Beriah; 17 And Zebatiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliab, and Jobab, the sons Elpaal; 19 And Jakim,and Zichri,and Zabdi, 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21 And Adaiab, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimbi; 22 And Ishpan,and Heber,and Eliel, 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Ha- man, 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, Antothijah, and 25 And Ipbedeiab and Penuel, the sons of Shashak ; 26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliab, 27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, Zichri, the sons of Jeroboam. and men of valor, arcliers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Beujamin. S CHAP. IX. O all Israel were reckoned by gen- ealogies: and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgres sion. 2 T Now the first inhabitants, that dwelt in their possessions in their cit ies, were the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manassel; 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of 410 Families in CHAP. IX. Jerusalem. ni, of the children of Pharez the son father, the Korabites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the of Judah. 5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the gates of the tabernacle: and their fa first-born, and his sons. thers being over the host of the Lord, Jeuel|were keepers of the entry. 6 And of the sons of Zerah; and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sal- lu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers, 10 T And of the priests; Jedaiah,and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 11. And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Za dok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; 12 And Adaiah the son of Jerobam, the son of Pasbur, the son of Malchi jab, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah,the son of Meshullam, the son Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able meu for the work of the service of the house of God. 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 20 And Phinebas the son of Eleazaz was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him. 21 And Zechariah the son of Meshe- lemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates itere two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel 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 tabernacle, by wards. 24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west,north, and south. 25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, 10ere to come aller seven days from time to time with them. 26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God, 27 T And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge teas upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. 28 And certain of them bad the charge of the ministering vessel, that they should bring them in and out by tale. 29 Some of them also were appointed 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Ga-to oversee the vessel, and all the ni- lal, and Mattaniah the son of Micab, struments of the sanctuary, and the the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, and the frankincense, and the spices. the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun,| 30 And some of the sons of the priests and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son made the ointment of the spices. of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages 31 And Mattithiah, one of the Le- of the Netophatbites. vites, who was the first-born of Shal- lum the Korathite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. 17 And the porters were, Shalluin,and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 32. And other of their brethren,of the sons of the Kobathites, were over the shew-bread, to prepare it every sab. bath. 18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate castward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, 33 And these are the singers,chief of the son of Ebiasaph,the son of Korab, the fathers of the Levites,who remain- and his brethren, of the house of his ingin the chambers were free: for they +7 411 Philistines fight Israel. 1. CHRONICLES. Death of Sauth were employed in that work day and 6 So Saul died, and his three sons night. 34 The chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their genera- tions; these dwelt at Jerusalein. 35 ¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachalı: 36 And his first-born son Abdon,then Zur, and Kish,and Baal,and Ner, and Nadab, 37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zech- ariah, and Mikloth. 38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem,over against their brethren. 39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. and all his house died together. 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. S T And it came to pass on the mor row, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philis- 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 Dagon. 40 And the son of Jonathan was And when all Jabesh-gilead Merib-baal: aud Merib-baal begat Ali-[heard all that the Philistmes had done to Saul, cali. 41 And the sons of Micah werc, Pi- thon, and Melech, and Tahera, and Ahaz. 42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 43 And Moza begat Binea; and Re- phaial his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Oba- diah,and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel W the CHAP. X. Israel: and the men of Israël Bed from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa, 12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 13 ¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lone, even against the word of the Lont, which he kept not,and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; 14 And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. CHAP. XI. THEN all Israel gathered them- to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone andi thy flesh. 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abina- 2 And moreover in time past, even dad, and Malkishua, the sons of Saul. when Saul was king, thou wast he 3 And the battle went sore against that leddest out and broughtest in Is- Saul, and the archers hit him, and he frael: and the Lord thy God said unto was wounded of the archers. thee, Thou shalt feed my people Isra- 4 Then said Saul to his armour-bear-fel, and thou shalt be ruler over my er, Draw thy sword, and thrust me people Israel. through therewith; lest these uncir cumcised come and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword,and fell upon it. 6 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died: 3 Therefore came all the elders of Is- rael to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Load by Samuel. 4 ¶ And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where th 412 A catalogue of Jand. CHAP. XI. David's mighty sien. Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the fivas by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord, 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said 10 David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of 19 And said, My God forbid it me, Zion, which is the city of David. that I should do this thing: sball i 6 And David said, Whosoeversmiteth drink the blood of these men that have the Jebusites first shall be chief and put their lives in jeopardy? for with captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah the jeopardy of their lives they brought went first up, and was chief. 7 And David dwelt in the castle; These things did these three mightiest. therefore they called it, The city of 2017 And Abishai the brother of Joab, David. he was chief of the three; for lifting 8. And he built the city round about, up his spear against three hundred, he even from Millo round about; and Jo-slew them, and had a name among the ab repa.red the rest of the city. it. Therefore he would not drink it. three. 9 So David waxed greater and great- 21 Of the three, he was more honour- er: for the Loud of hosts was with able than the two; for he was their him. captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. 10 T These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the strengthened themselves with him inson of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jash obeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred, slain by him at one time. had done many acts; he slew two lion- like men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beamy; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 12 And after him was Eleazer the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of | 24 These things did. Benaiah the son the three mighties. of Jehoiada, and had a name among 13 He was with David at Pas-dam-the three mighties. mim, and there the Philistines were 25 Behold, he was honourable among gathered together to battle, where was the thirty, but attained not to the first à parcel of ground full of barley; and three: and David set him over his the people fled from before the Philis-guard. tines. 26 T Also the valiant men of the 14 And they set themselves in the armies were, Asahel the brother of midst of that parcel, and delivered it, Joab, Ellanan the son of Dodo of and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. 15 T Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into] the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 16 And David was then in the hold,| and the Philistines” garrison was then at Beth-lebem. 17 And David longed, and said, Obs that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lebem, that is at the gate! Beth-lehem, 27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 28 Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite, 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Abohite. 30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Ben jamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaashi, Abiel the Arbathite, 18 And the three brake through the 33 Azmaveth the Baharuinite, Eliab host of the Philistines, and drew water ba the Shaalbonite, out of the well of Beth-lehem, that] 34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, 413 1. CHRONICLES. David's Army. David's Army. Jonathan the son of Shage theHararite, 8 And of the Gadites there separated 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hara-themselves unto David, into the hold rite, Eliphal the son of Ur, to the wilderness, men of might, and 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah men of war fit for the battle, that the Pelonite, could handle shield and buckler, 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the whose faces were like the laces of son of Ezbai, hons, and were as swift as the roes 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mib-upon the mountains; har the son of Haggeri, 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 10 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ablai, -12 Adina the son of Shiza the Reu- benite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 10 Mishmaumah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 14 These were of the sons of Gad,cap- 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and tains of the host: one of the least was Joshaphat the Mitbuite, 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, 45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, 46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshavial, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. NOW CHAP. XII. OW these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among tae miglity men, helpers of the war. 2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the jeft in hurling stones, and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin." over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 15These are they that went over Jor- dau in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. 16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. 17 And David went out to meet tnem, and answered and said unto them, It ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, secing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. 18 Then the spirit came upon Ama- sai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, 3 The chief was Abiezer, then Joash, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite;|helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Az.Then David received them, and made mareth; and Berachah, and Jehu the them captains of the band. Antothite, 19 And there fell some of Manasseh 4. And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a migh-to David, when he came with the Phil- ty man among the thirty, and over the istines against Saul to battle: but they thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, helped them not: for the lords of the and Johanan, and Jozabad the Ged-Philistines upon advisement sent him crathite, away, saying, He will fall to his mas- ter Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. 20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnab,and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Joza- bad, and Elibu,and Zilthai,captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh 21 And they helped David against the [band of the rovers: for they were all 6 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealinh, and Shemariab, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 6 Elkanah, and Jesiab, and Azarecl, and Joczer, and Jashobeam, the Kor- hites, 7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons ol Jerokam of Gedor. 414 The army that came CHAP. XIII. to David at Hebron. mighty men of valour, and were cap-,battle,a hundred and twenty thousand Lams in the host. 38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron,to make David king over all Israel and all the rest also of Israel were ofone heart to make David king. 39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking for their brethren had prepared for them. 40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Napthali, brought bread on asses, and on caniels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisons, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: 22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was great host, like the host of God. 23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. 24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred,ready armned to the war. 25 Of the children of Simeon, migh- ty men of valour, for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. 26 Of the children of Levi four thou-for there was joy in Israel. sand and six hundred. 27 And Jehoiada teas the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred ; CHAP. XIII. AND David consulted with the cap- tains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 26 And Zadok, a young man mighty 2 And David said unto all the congre- of valour, and of his father's house gation of Israel, If it seem good unto twenty and two captains. you, and that it be of the LORD out 29 And of the children of Benjamin, God,let us send abroad unto our breth- the kindred of Saul, three thousand;[ren every where, that are left in all for hitherto the greatest part of them] the land of Israel, and with them also And kept the ward of the house of Saul. to the priests and Levites which are in 30 And of the children of Ephraim their cities and suburbs, that they may twenty thousand and eight hundred, gather themselves unto us: mighty men of valour, famous through- 3 And let us bring again the ark of out the bouse of their fathers. our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul, 31 And of the half-tribe of Manassel eighteen thousand, which were ex- pressed by name, to come and make David king. 4 Aud all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 32 And of the children of Issachar, 5 So David gathered all Israel togeth- which wer e men that had understand-er, from Shilor of Egypt even unto ing of the times, to know what Israel the entering of Hemath, to bring the ought to do; the heads of them were ark of God from Kirjath-jearin. two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instru- ments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rauk: they were not of double heart. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalab, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lond, that dwelleth between the cherubinus, whose name is called on it. 7 And they carried the ark of God in 34 And of Napthali a thousand cap-a new cart out of the house of Abina- tains, and with them with shield and [dab: and Uzza andAhio drave the cart. spear thirty and seven thousand. 35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. 36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle,expert in war,forty thousand. 37 And on the other side of Jordan,o The Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseb, with all manner of instruments of war for the 8 And David and all Israel played be. fore God with all their night,and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 9¶And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the exen stumbled. IC And the anger of the Loan WAS 415 Uzza is smitten. I. CHRONICLES. Removing of the ark. kindled against Uzza, and he snote they called the name of that place him, because he put his hand to the Baal-perazim. ark: and there he died before God. 12 And when they had left their gods 11 And David was displeased,because there, David gave a commandment, the LORD had made a breach upon and they were burned with fire. Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-ozza to this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the val ley. 14 Therefore David inquired again of God: and God said unto him, Go not 13 So David brought not the ark home up after them; turn away from them, to himself to the city of David, but and come upon them over against the carried it aside into the house of Obed-| mulberry-trees. edom the Gittite. 15 Audit shall be, when thou shalt 14 And the ark of God remained bear a sound of going in the tops of the with the family of Obed-edom in his mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt house three mouths. And the Loup go out to battle: for God is gone forth blessed the house of Obed-edom, and before thee to smite the host of the all that he had. Philistines. NOW CHAP. XIV. 16 David therefore did as God com- TOW Hiram king of Tyre sent manded him: and they smote the host messengers to David, and timber of the Philistines from Gibeon eren of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to Gazer. to build him a house. CHAP. XV. 17 And the fame of David went out. 2 ¶ And David perceived that the into all lands; and the LORD brought LORD had confirmed him king over the fear of him upon all nations. Israel; for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. A ND David made him houses in 3 And David took more wives at the city of David, and prepared a Jerusalem; and David begat inore place for the ark of God, and pitchee sons and daughters. 4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem ; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, for it a tent. 2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites : for them bath the LORD chosen to car- ry the ark of God, and to minister unto 5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and El-him for ever. palet, 6 And Nogal, and Nepheg, and Ja phia, 7 And Elishama, and Becliada, and Eliphalet. S And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went out against them. 9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver thein into thy hand. 3 And David gathered all Israel to. gether to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LonD unto his place which he had prepared for it. 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites. of the sons of Kohath ; Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty. 6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty. 70f the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty. 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan ; Shemai- ah the chief, and his brethren two hundred. 11 So they came up to Baal-perazim; 90f the sons of Hebron ; Eliel the and David smote them there, Then chief, and his brethren fourscore. David said, God hath broken in upon. 10 of the sons of Uzziel; Aminin- aine enemies by my hand like the adab the chief, and his trethren ɔ breaking forth of waters: therefore{hundred and twelve. 416 David's joy on CHAP. XVI. that occasion. 11 And David called for Zadok and [priests, did blow with the trumpets Abiathar the priests, and for the Le-before the ark of God: andObed-edom. vites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel,She-fand Jehiah were door-keepers for the maiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, Jark. 12 And said unto them, Ye are the 25 T So David, and the elders of Is chief of the fathers of the Levites:rael, and the captains over thousands, sanctify yourselves, both ye and your went to bring up the ark of the cove- brethren, that ye may bring up the ark nant of the LonD out of the house of of the LORD God of Israel unto the Obed-edom with joy. place that I have prepared for it. 26 And it came to pass, when God 13 For because ye did it not at the helped the Levites that bare the ark first, the Lord our God made a breach of the covenant of the Lono,that they upon us, for that we sought him not offered seven bullocks and seven rams. after the due order. 27 And David was clothed with a 14 So the priests and the Levites sanc-[robe of fine linen, and all the Levites tified themselves to bring up the ark that bare the ark, and the singers, and of the LORD God of Israel Chenaniah the master of the song with 15 And the children of the Levites the singers: David also had upon him bare the ark of God upon their shoul-an ephod of linen. ders, with the staves thereon,asMoses 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark commmanded,accordingto the wordof of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cor- the LORD. 16 And David spake to the chief of net, and with trumpets, and with the Levites, to appoint their brethren cymbals, making a noise with psalte- to be the singers with instruments of fries and harps. music, psalteries, and harps, and cym-29 ¶ And it came to pass, as the ark bals, sounding, by lifting up the voice of the covenant of the LORD came to with joy. the city of David, that Michal the 17 So the Levites appointed Heman daughter of Saul, looking out at a win- the son of Joel; and of his brethren, dow saw king David dancing and Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of playing; and she despised him in her the sons of Marari their brethren, heart. Ethan the son of Custraiah; 18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, CHAP. XVI. O they brought the ark of God,and set it in the midst of the tent that and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and David had pitched for it: and they of Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, fered burnt sacrifices and peace-offer and Maaseiah, and Mattithiab, and inga before God. Elipheleb, and Mikneiah, and Obed- 2 And when David had made an end edom, and Jeiel, the porters. of offering the burnt-offerings and the 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, peace-offerings, he blessed the people and Ethan, were appointed to sound in the name of the LORD. with cymbals of brass; 3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, 20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and both man and woman, to every one a Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and _Unni, ¡loaf of bread,and a good piece of flesh, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Bena- and a flagon of wine, jab, with psalteries on Alamoth; 4 T And he appointed certain of the 21 And Mattathiah, and Elipheleh, Levites to minister before the ark of and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and the LORD, and to record,and to thank Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the and praise the LORD God of Israel: Sheminith to excel. 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Le-Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth vites, was for song: he instructed and Jehiel, and Mattat about the song, because he was skilful. and Benalah, an 23 And Berechian and Elkanah were | Jeiel with psalt door-keepers for the ark. butAsaph m 24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, 6 Beuaia and Nethaneel,and Amasai, and Zech priests w urial, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the¦fore the 2D David's psalm 1. CHRONICLES. of thanksgwing. 7 Then on that day David delivered] of the people, give unto the Lono gio- first this psalm, to thank the Loup,|ry and strength ren. Into the hand of Asaph and his breth- 29 Give unto the Lond the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him; worship the Lond in the beauty of holiness. 8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name,make known his deeds among the people. 30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him,talk ye of all his wondrous works. be not moved. 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 Israel bis servants, ye children of Jacob his chosen ones, 11 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; and let men say among the nations, The Lono reign- eth. 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lono, because he cometh to judge the earth. 34 0 give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth 15 Be ye mindful always of his cove-for ever. naut, the word which be commanded] to a thousand generations: 16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; 17. And hath coufirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for au everlasting covenant, 35 And say ye, Save us,O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name. and glory in thy praise. 36 Blessed be the LondGod of Israe. for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the 37 So be left there, before the ark land of Canaan, the lot of your inher-of the covenant of the Lono, Asaph itance: and his brethren, to minister before 19 When ye were but few, even a the ark continually, as every day's few, and strangers in it. work required: 20 And when they weal from nation| 33 And Obed-cdom with their breth to nation, and from one kingdom to ren, threescore and eight; Obed-edoin another people, also the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, 21 He suffered no man to do them to be porters; wrong; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm, 23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth;| show forth from day to day his salva- tion. 24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations. 25 For great is the Lond, and greatly to be praised; he also is to be feared e all rods. 39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the taber- nacle of the LORD, in the high place that was at Gibeon, 40 To offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt-offer- ing continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is writ- ten in the law of the Lono which he commanded Israel: 41 And with them Heman and Jedu- thun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give ods of the people are thanks to the Loxo,because his mercy made the hea-| endureth for ever: 42 And with thein Heman and Jedu- in his pres-thun, with trumpets and cymbals for are in his those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And ndreds the sons of Jedutimu were porters. 118 Nathan's message * CHAP. XVI₁. to David. 43 And all the people departed, eve- 12 He shall build me a house, and I by man to his house; and David return-will establish his throne for ever. ed to bless his house. CHAP. XVII. TOW it came to pass, as David sat 13 I will be his father, aud be sball be my son; and I will not take ny mercy away from him, as I took it Now it come, that David said to from him that was before tice: Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth un- der curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee. 3 T And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 14 But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever- more. 15 According to all these words,and according to all this vision, so did Na- than speak unto David. 16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hith- Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not erto? build me a house to dwell in: 17 And yet this was a small thing in 6 For I have not dwelt in a house thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also since the day that I brought up Israel spoken of thy servant's house for a unto this day; but have gone from great while to come, and hast regard- tent to tent, and from one tabernacle ed me according to the estate of a man to another. of high degree, O LORD God. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake 1 a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom 1 commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedars ? 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheep-cote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 8 And I have been with thee whith- ersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19 0 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 0 Loan, there is none like thee neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have beard with our ears. 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, 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 Egypt? 22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. 23 Therefore now, LoRD, let the thingthat thou hast spoken concerning 10 And since the time that I com- thy servant, and concerning his house, manded judges to be over my people be established for ever, and do as thou Israel: moreover, I will subdue allbast said. thine enemies; Furthermore I tell thee, that the Lono w 11 build thee a house. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, 11 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sors; and I will establish his kingdom 24 Let it even be established,that thy name may be magnified for ever, say. ing, The Loan of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and ler the house of David thy servant be es- tablished before thee. 25 For thou,0 my God,hast told thy servant, that thou wilt build him a Thouse therefore thy servant hath 419 The victories 1. CHRONICLES. of David found in his heart to pray before thee.] from the Philistines,and fromAmalek 26 And now, Lond, thou art God, 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Ze and hast promised this goodness unto ruiab slew of the Edomites in the val thy servant: ley of Salt eighteen thousand. 13 T And he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went. 14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice 27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for[servants. thou blessest, O Lond, and it shall be blessed for ever. CHAP. XVIII. NOW after this it came to pass that among all his people. David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and ber towns out of thehand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab; and the Mo- abites became David's servants, and brought gifts. 3 T And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobal unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 4 Aud David took from him a thou- sand chariots, and seven thousand 15 Aud Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Johoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder; 16 And Zadok the son of Abitub,and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsba was scribe; 17 And Benaiah the son of Jeboida was over the Cherithites and the Pe- lethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king. CHAP. XIX. horsemen, and twenty thousand foot NOW it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children men: David also houghed all the of Ammon died, and his son reigued chariot-horses, but reserved of them a in his stead. hundred chariots. 2 And David said, I will show kind- 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus ness unto Hunun the son of Nahash, came to helpHadarezer king of Zobal, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria- damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought_gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that wereon the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. because his fathershowed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So tue servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Ha- up, to comfort bim. 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee ? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? 8 Likewise from Tibbath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith 4 Wherefore Hanun tookDavid's ser- Solomon made the brazen sea,and the vants, and shaved them, and cut off pillars, and the vessels of brass. their garments in the midst hard by 9 T Now when Tou king of Hamath their buttocks, and sent them away. heard how David had smitten all the 5 Then there went certain, and told host of Hadarezer king of Zubah, David how the men were served. And he sent to meet thein: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 T And when the children of Am- mon saw that they had made them- selves odious to David,Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobali. 10 He sent Hadarom his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer,and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold, and silver, and brass. 11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these na- tions; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and 420 Rabbah besieged CHAP. XX, XXI. and taken, 7 So they hired thirty and two thou-killed Shophach the captain of the sand chariots, and the king of Maachah host. with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more. CHAP. XX. and his people; who came and pitched 19 And when the servants of Hada:- before Medeba. And the children of ezer saw that they were put to the Aminon gathered themselves together worse before Israel, they made peace from, their cities, and came to battle. 8 And when David heard of it, be sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9 And the children of Amnion came ND it came to pass, that afte, the out, and put the battle ir ray before | 41 year was expired, at the time that the gate of the city; and the kings that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth were come were by themselves in the the power of the army, and wasted the field. country of the children of Ammon, JO Now when Joab saw that the bat-and came and besieged Rabbah. But the was set agamst him before and be-David tarried at Jerúsalem. And Joxi hind, he chose out of all the choice of smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. Israel, and put them in array against 2 And David took the crown of their the Syrians. king from off his head, and found it to 11. And the rest of the people be de-weigh a talent of gold, and there were livered unto the band of Abishai bis precious stones in it; and it was set orother, and they set themselves in ar-Jupon David's head: and he brought ray against the children of Ammon, also exceeding much spoil out of the 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too city. strong for me, then thon shall help nie: 3. And be brought out the people that but if the children of Ammon be too recre in it, and cut them with saws, strong for thee, then I will help thee, jaud with harrows of iron, and with 13. Be of good courage, and let us be-faxes. Even so dealt. David with all Dave ourselves valiantly for our peo- the cities of the children of Ammon. ple, and for the cities of our God; and | And David and all the people retura let the Lond do that which is good ined to Jerusalem. his sight. 4 ¶ And it came to pass after this, 14 So Joab and the people that were that there arose war at Gezer with the with him drew nigh before the Syrians Philistines; at which time Sibbeclru unto the battle; and they fled before the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was him. jof the children of the giant; and they 15 And when the children of Ammon were subdued. saw that the Syrians were fled, they 5 And there was war again with the likewise fled before Abishai his broth-Philistines; and Elhanan the son of er, and entered into the city. Then Jair slow Lalımi the brother of Goli- Joab came to Jerusalem. ath the Gittite, whose spear's staff was 16 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that like a weaver's beam. they were put to the worse before Is-| rael, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syriaus that were beyond the river: and Shophael the captain of the host of Hadarczer, went before them. 6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stat- ure, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant. 17 And it was told David; and he 7 But when he defied Israel, Jona gathered all Israel, and passed over than the son of Shimen, David's broth- Jordan, and came upon them, and set er, slow bim, the battle in array against them, So 8 These were born unto when David had put the battle in ar-Gath; and they fell be ray against the Syrians, they fought vid, and by the ha with him. CHA 13 But the Syrians fed before Israel: A ND Satan and David slew of the Syrians geven and prove thousand men which fought in char-Israel. iots, and forty thousand footmen, and 2 And Davi David numbereth 1. CHRONICLES. the people rulers of the people, Go, number Israel] 15 And God sent an angel uuto Jeru from Beer sheba even to Dau; and salem to destroy it; and as he was bring the number of them to me, that destroying, the LonD beheld, and he I may know it. repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thy hand. And the angelof the Lond stood by the threshing-floor of Orman the Jebusite. 16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, 3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people a hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord re quire this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 4 Nevertheless the king's word pre-having a drawn sword in his band vailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab stretched out over Jerusalem. Then departed, and went throughout all. Is- David and the elders of Israel, who rae, and came to Jerusalem. were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon 6 T And Joab gave the sum of the their faces. Quinber of the people unto David. 17. And David said untoGod, Is it mot And all they of Israel were a thousand I that commanded the people to be thousand and a hundred thousand men numbered? even I it is that have sin- that drew sword: and Judah reas fourned and done evil indeed: but as for nundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 6. But Levi and Benjamin counted be not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab. 7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, O Lond my God, be on me, aud on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. 18 T Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that $ And David said unto God, I have|David should go up, and set up an sinned greatly, because I have doue this thing: but now, 1 beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 9 T And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, altar unto the Load in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lond. 20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel, and his four sous with him. Now Orman was 10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Loun. I offer thee three bid themselves. things: choose thee one of them, that threshing wheat. I may do it unto thee. 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee. 21. And as David came to Ornan, Or- nan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. 12 Either three years famine; or three months to be destroyed before 22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant thy foes, while that the sword of thine me the place of this threshing floor, enemics overtaketh thee : or else three that I may build an altar therein unto days the sword of the Lond, even the the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for pestilence, in the land, and the angel the full price, that the plague may be of the LORD destroying throughout all stayed from the people. the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring gcoin to him that sent ine. David said unto Gad, I am in me fil now into the fevery great are me uot fall into nt pestilence 23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt-offer- lings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat-of- fering; 1 give it all. 2-4 And King David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for fell of Israel the full price: for I will not take hat which is thine for the Loud 422 CHAP. XXIL He prepareth for the temple. nor offer burnt-offerings without cost. ¡dantly, and hast made great wars; thou 25 So David gave to Ornan for the shalt not build a house unto my name, place six hundred shekels of gold by because thou hast shed much blood weight. upon the earth in my sight. 26 And David built there an altar 9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, unto the LORD,and offered burnt-offer- who shall be a man of rest; and i ings and peace-offerings, and called will give him rest from all his enemies and he answered round about: for his uare shall be upon the LORD; him from heaven by fire upon the al-Solomon, and I will give peace aud tar of burnt-offering. quietness unto Israel 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 I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 27 And the Lond commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. 28 ¶ At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing-floor of Oman the Jebu- site, then be sacrificed there. 29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon. 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 Lond give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LonD thy 30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid, be- | God. cause of the sword of the angel of the LORD. CHAP. XXII. HEN David said,This is the house 13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lond charged Moses with concerning Israel: be THEN is the to the strong and of good courage; dread 10, altar of the burnt-offering for Israel. 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masous to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. nor be dismayed. 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lond a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of bracs and iron without weight 3 And David prepared iron in abun-(for it is in abundance ;) timber also dance for the muls for the doors of the and stone have 2 prepared; and thou gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; 4 Also cedar-trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar-wood to David. mayest add thereto. 15 Moreover, there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass,and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lond must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation forit. 17 ¶ David also commanded all the So David prepared abundantly before[princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, his death. 6 ¶ Then be called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a bouse for the Load God of Israel. 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LouD my God: 18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the in- habitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. 19 Now set your heart and your soul 8 But the word of the LonD came to to seek the LonD your God: arise me,eying, Thou hast shed blood abun-therefore, and build ye the sanctuary 423 Solomon made king. I. CHRONICLES. 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 Lond. CHAP. XXII. So when David was old and full of Ofice of the Levites. habiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Re- habiah were very many, 18 of the sons of Izlar; Shelomith the chief. 19 of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the 0 days, he made Solomon his 900|first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the king over Israel. third, and Jekameam the fourth. 20 of the sous of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second. 2 T And be gathered together all the Princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 21 The sons of Merari ; Mahli and 3 Now the Levites were numbered | Mushi. The sons of Mabli; Eleazar from the age of thirty years and up-and Kish. 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 forward the work of the house of the LORD, and six thousand were officers and judges : 22 And Eleazar died, and bad no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. 23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, aud Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 24 T These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even 5 Moreover, four thousand were por- the chief of the fathers, as they were ters, and four thousand praised the counted by number of names by their Lono with the instruments which 1polls, that did the work for the service made, said David, to praise therewith, of the house of the LORD, from the 6 And David divided them into cours-age of twenty years and upward. es among the song of Levi, namely, 25 For David said, The Lord God of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Israel hath given restunto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei. 8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was, Jchiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 9 The sous of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laa- dan. ever: 26. And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. 27 For, by the last words of David, the Levites were numbered from twen 10 And the sons of Shimei toerz Ja-|ty years old and above : hath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. 28 Because their office was to wait on These four were the sons of Shimei. the sons of Aaron, for the service of 11 And Jabath was the chief, and the house of the LORD, in the courts, Zizah the second ; but Jeush and Be- and in the chambers, aud in the puri riah had not many sons; therefore lying of all holy things, and the work they were in one reckoning, according of the service of the house of God; to their father's house. 12 The sons of Kolath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13 The sons of Amrain; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sonsforever,to burn incense before the Lono, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever. 14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer. 29 Both for the shew bread, and for the fine flour for meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; 30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and like. wise at even ; 31 And to offer all burnt-sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new-moons, and on the set feasts, by namber, according to the order com- manded unto them, continually before the Lond: 32 And that 17 And the sons of Eliezer were Re-charge of the 16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. they should keep the tabernacle of the cor 424 The order of the priests. 17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, CHAP. XXIV, XXV. gregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the service of the house of the LORD. CHAP. XXIV. OW these are the divisions of the ron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 18 The three and twentieth to Be- laiah, the four and twentieth to Maa- ziah. 19 These were the orderings of them in service, of the Long, according to their man- ner, under Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar execu- 20 T And the rest of the sons of Levi ted the priest's office. vere these: Of the sons of Amram; 3 And David distributed them, both | Shubael; of the sons of Shubael; Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Jehdeiab. Abimelech of the sons of Ithamar, ac- 21 Concerning Rebabiah: of the sons cording to their offices in their service. of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. 4 And there were more chief men 22 Of the Isharites; Shelomoth: of found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Shelomoth; Jabath. the sons of Ithamar; and thus were 23. And the song of Hebron; Jerialı they divided: among the sons of Elea- the first, Amariah the second,Jahaziel zar there were sixteen chief men of the the third, Jekameam the fourth. bouse of their fathers,and eight among 24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: the song of Ithamar, according to the of the sous of Michah; Shamir. house of their fathers. 25 The brother of Michah was Is- shiah; of the sons of Isshiah; Zecha- riah. 5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the 26 The sons of Merari were Mabli house of God, were of the sons of and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah ; Beno. Eleazar, and of the sous of Ithamar. 27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah z 6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote Ibri. them before the king, and the princes, 28 Of Mabli came Eleazar, who bad and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech no sons. the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household be- ing taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. 29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. 30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house 7 Now the first lot came forth to Je-lof their fathers. hoiarib, the second to Jedeiah, 8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Scorim, 9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamim, 10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eight to Abijab, 11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, 31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aa- ron, in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren. CHAP. XXV. OREOVER David cap- Se eleventh to Eliashib, the Mtains of the best separated to the 12 The twelfth to Jakim, 13 The thirteeth to Hoppah, fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the teenth to Immer, 15 The seventeenth to Hezir, eighteenth to Aphises, the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, six-and with cymbals: and the number of the workman according to their ser vice was: the 16 The nineteenth to Pethahiab, the twentieth to Jehezekel, 2 Of the sons of Asaph ; Zaccur,and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of 425 .. The division 1. CHRONICLES. of the porters. Asaph,which prophesied according to 21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, the order of the king. he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 30f Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthum; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, 22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his Hasbabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under sons, and his brethren, were twelve: the hands of their father Jeduthun, 23 The sixteenth to Hananial,he,his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Load. 4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eli athah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashal, Malothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he,his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 5 All these were the sons of Heman 27 The twentieth to Eliathab, he,his the king's scer in the words of God,to sons, and his brethren, were twelve: lift up the horn. And God gave to 28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, Heman fourteen sons and three daugh-he, bis sons, aud his brethren, were ters. 6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. 7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lond, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. ST 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 Asaph to Joseph: the second to Geda- liah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: 10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 13 The sixth to Bukkiab,he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 14 The seventh to Jesharelah,he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his cons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve: 29 The two and twentieth to Gid dalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 30 The three and twentieth to Maba- zioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 31 The four and twentieth to Ro- mamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his breth ren, were twelve. CON CHAP. XXVI. YONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of the Korbites was Meshelemiah the sons of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 And the sous of Meshelemiah were Zechariah the first-born, Jedinel the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth,Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the first-born,Jehoza- bad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethancel the fifth, 5. Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the sev enth, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. 6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. 17 The tenth to Shimei, ke, his sons, 7 The sons of Shemiah ; Othni, and and his brethren, were twelve: Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elibu, and Semachial. 18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his eons, and his brethren, were twelve: 19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, tuere twelve: 8 All these of the sons of Ohed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service. wercthreescore and two of bed edom 426 CHAP. XXVII. The gutes assigned by lot. 9 And Mesheiemiah had sons and dedicated things, which David the brethren, strong men, eighteen. king, and the chief fathers, the cap 10 Also Hosab, of the children of [tains over thousands and hundreds, Merari, had sons: Simri the chief, and the captains of the host, had ded (for though he was not the first-born,|icated. yet his father made him the chief';) 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosa were thir- teen. 27 Out of the spoils won in battles did theydedicate to maintain the house of the Lord. 28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the 12 Among these were the divisions son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeru of the porters, even among the chiefiah, bad dedicated; and whosoever men, having wards one against an-had dedicated any thing, it was under other, to minister in the house of the the band of Shelomith, and of his LORD. brethren. 13 T And they cast lots, as well the 29 TT Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and small as the great, according to the his sons were for the outward business house of their fathers, for every gate. over Israel, for officers and judges. 14. And the lot eastward fell toShele- 30 And of the Hebrouites,Hashabiah mial. Then for Zechariah his son, a¦and his brethren, men of valour, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. 15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. thousand and seven hundred,were off- cers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward, in all the business of the Lono, and in the service of the 16 To Shuppin and Hosah the lot king. came forth westward with the gate 31 Among the Hebronites was Jeri- Shallecheth, by the causeway of the [jah the chief, even among the Hebron- going up, ward against ward. ites, according to the generations of 17 Eastward were six Levites, north-his fathers. In the fortieth year of the ward four a day,southward four a day, reign of David they were sought for, and toward Assuppim two and two. and there were found among them 18 At Parbar westward, four at the mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gil causeway, and two at Parbar. ead. 19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sous of Merari. 32 And bis brethren, men of valout, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made 20 ¶ And of the Levites, Abijah was rulers over the Reubenites, the Gad over the treasures of the house of God,¦ites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and over the treasures of the dedicated for every matter pertaining to God, things. and affairs of the king. CHAP. XXVII. 21 As concerning the sons of Laadan: of chief onderste Gershonte Laadan, shouite, were Jehieli. OW Now the children of Israel after fathers and captains of thousands and 22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and hundreds,and their officers that served Joel his brother, which were over the the king in any matter of the courses, treasures of the house of the Lond. which came in and went out month by 23. Of the Amramites, and the Izha-month throughout all the months of rites, the Hebronites, and the Uzziel-the year, of every course were twen- ites: ty and four thousand. 24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom,| 2 Over the first course for the first the son of Moses, was ruler of the month was Jashobeam the son of Zab- treasures. diel: and in his course were twenty 25. And his brethren by Eliezer; Re-[and four thousand. habiah his son, and Jesbaiah his son, and Joram his son,and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. 26 Which Shelomith and bis breth- ´ren were over all the treasures of the 3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. 4. And over the course of the second month was Dodai the Aholite,and of 427 The twave captains I. CHRONICLES. for their months. his course was Mikloth also the ruler: Jren of David: of Issachar; Omri the in his course likewise were twenty son of Michael: and four thousand. 19 Of Zebulum; Ishmaiah the son of 5 The third captain of the host for Obadiah: of Naphtali; Jerimoth the the third month ioas Benaiah the son son of Azriel: of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his 20 Of the children of Ephraim; Ho- course were twentyand four thousand.shen the son of Azaziah: of the half- 6 This is that Benaiah, who was tribe of Manasseh; Joel the son of mighty among the thirty, and above Pedaiah: the thirty; and in his course was 21 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Ammizabad his son. Gilead; Iddo the son of Zechariah; of 7 The fourth captain for the fourth Benjamin; Jaasiel the son of Abner: month was Asahel the brother of Joab, 22 Of Dao; Azareel the son of Jer- and Zebediah his son after him: and oham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. in his course were twenty and four thousand. 8 The fifth captain, for the fifth month, was Shamhuth the Izrahite and in us course were twenty and four thousand. 23 T But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under; because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. 9 The sixth captain, for the sixth 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to month, was Ira the son of Ikkesh the number, but he finished not, because Tekoite: and in his course were twenthere fell wrath for it against Israel; ty and four thousand. neither was the number put in the ac- 10 The seventh captain, for the sev-count of the chronicles of king David. enth month, was Helez the Pelonite, 25 ¶ And over the king's treasures of the children of Ephraim; and in was Azmareth the son of Adiel: and his course were twenty and four thou-over the storehouses in the fields, ir sand. the cities, and in the villages, and in 11 The eighth captain, for the eighth the castles, was Jehonathan the son of, month, as Sibbecai the Hushathite, Uzziah: of the Zarbites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand, 12 The ninth captain, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 13 The tenth captain, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophath ite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 14 The eleventh captain, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pi rathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 26 Aud over them that did the work of the field, for tillage of the ground, was Ezri the son of Chelub : 27 And over the vineyards was Shi- mei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shipmuite: 28 And over the olive-trees, and the sycamore-trecs that were in the low plains, was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: 29 And over the berd that fed in Sha- ron was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 15 The twelfth captain, for the 30 Over the camels also was Obil the twelfth month, was Heldai the Ne-Ishmeelite and over the asses was tophathite, of Othniel; and in his Jeldeiah the Meronotbite : course were twenty and four thou-| 31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the saud. 16 T Furthermore, over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites; Shephatiah the son of Maachah: Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's. 32 Also Jonathan, David's uncle,was a counsellor, a wise man, and ascribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni, tous with the king's sons: 17 Of the Levites; Hashabiah the son 33 And Ahitophel was the king's of Kemuel: of the Aaronites; Zadok: counsellor: and Hushai the Archite 18 Of Judali; Elihu, one of the breth-was the king's companion: 428 David exhorteth CHAP. XXVIII. to fear God 34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoi-, with a willing mind for the LORD ada the son of Benaiali, and Abiatbar: searcheth all hearts,andunderstandeth and the general of the king's army was all the imaginations of the thoughts Joab. if thou seek him, he will be found of thee: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. A CHAP. XXVIII. ND David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of 10 Take heed now; for the Lono the tribes, and the captains of the hath chosen thee to build a house for companies that ministered to the king the sanctuary: be strong and do it. by course, and the captains over the 11 Then David gave to Solomon his thousands, and captains over the hun-son the pattern of the porch, and of the dreds, and the stewards over all the houses thereof, and of the treasuries substance and possession of the king, thereof, and of the upper chambers and of his sons, with the officers, and thereof, and of the inner parlours with the mighty men, and with all the thereof, and of the place of the mercy- valiant men, unto Jerusalem. seat, L 2 Then David the king stood up upon 12 And the pattern of all that he had his feet, and said, Hear me, my breth-by the Spirit, of the courts of the house ren, and my people; as for me, I had of the LORD, and of all the chambers in my heart to build a house of rest for round about, of the treasuries of the the ark of the covenant of the LORD, house of God, and of the treasuries of 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, be cause thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. the dedicated things: 13. Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Load. 4 Howbeit, the LORD God of Israel 14 He gave of gold by weight for chose me before all the house of any things of gold, for all instruments of father to be king over Israel for all manner of service; silver also for ever; for he hath chosen Judah to be all instruments of silver by weight, the ruler; and of the house of Judalı for all instruments of every kind of the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me, to make me king over Israel: 6 And of all my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 6. And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my. courts: for 1 have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. service : 15 Even the weight for the candle- sticks 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 candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according 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 7 Moreover, I will establish his king-silver : dom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments, and any judg. ments, as at this day. 17 Also pure gold for the flesh-hooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of 8 Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep silver: and seek for all the commandments of IS And for the altar of incense refined the LORD your God: that ye may pos-gold by weight; and gold for the pac sess this good land, and leave it for an tern of the chariot of the cherubins, inheritance for your children after you that spread out their wings, and cov for ever. ered the ark of the covenant of the 9 T And thou, Solomon my son, LORD. know thou the God of thy father, and 19 All this, so d David, the LORD serve him with a perfect heart, and made me understand in writing by his 429 David's thanksgiving 1. CHRONICLES. and prayer. hand upon me, even all the works of house of God, of gold, five thousand this pattern. talents and ten thousand drams; and 20 T And David said to Solomon his of silver, .en thousand talents; and of son, Be strong, and of good courage, brass, eighteen thousand talents; and and do it fear not, nor be dismayed; one hundred thousand talents of iron. for the Lono God, even my God, will 8 And they with whom precious be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor stones were found gave them to the forsake thee, until thou hast finished treasure of the house of the LORD, by all the work for the service of the the hand of Jebiel the Gershonite. house of the LORD. 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly tc the Lond; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. 21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee, for all manier of workmanship, every willing skilful man for any manuer of service; also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment. CHAP. XXIX. QURTHERMORE David the king 10 T Wherelore David blessed the Lono before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Load, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reiguest over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy haud it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Solomon my son, whom alone God nath 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 silver for things of silver, and the 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank brass for things of brass, the iron for thee, and praise thy glorious name. things of iron, and wood for things of 14 But who am I, and what is my wood; onyx-stones, and stones to be people, that we should be able to offer set, glistering stones, and of divers so willingly after this sort? for all colours, and all manner of precious things come of thee, and of thine own stones, and marble stones in abuu-have we given thee. dance. 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow and there is none abiding. 3 Moreover, because 1 have set my affection to the house of my God, have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the 16Ü Lord our God, all this store that house of my God, over and above all we have prepared, to build thee a that I have prepared for the holy house. house for thy holy name, cometh of 4 Eventhree thousand talents of gold, thy hand, and is all thine own. of the gold of Ophir, and seven thou 17 I know also, my God, that thou sand talents of refined silver, to over-triest the heart, and hast pleasure in lay the walls of the houses withal : uprightness. As for me, in the up- The gold for things of gold, and the rightness of my heart I have willingly silver for things of silver, and for all offered all these things: and now have mauner of work to be made by the I seen with joy thy people, which are hands of artificers. And who then is present here, to offer willingly unto willing to consecrate his service this thee. day unto the LORD? 6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly, 7 And gave for the service of the 18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and pre- pare their heart unto thee: 19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy command- 430 Solomon's choice CHAP. I. of wisdom ments, thy testimonies, and thy stat- 24 And all the princes, and the migh utes, and to do all these things,aud to|ty men, and all the sons likewise of build the palace, for the which I have king David,submitted themselves unto made provision. Solomon the king. 20 T And David said to all the con- 25. And the LORD magnified Solomon gregation, Now bless the LonD your exceedingly in the sight of all Israe:, God. And all the congregation blessed and bestowed upon him such royal the Lone God of their fathers, and majesty as had not been on any king bowed down their heads, and wor-before him in Israel. shipped the LORD, and the king. 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams,and a thousands lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifi- ces in abundance for all Israel: 26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 28 And he died in a good old age,full of days, riches, and honour: and Solo 22 And did eat and drink before the mon his son reigned in his stead. LORD on that day with great gladness. 29 Now the acts of David the king, And they made Solomon the son of Da-first and last, behold, they are written vid king the second time,aud anointed in the book of Samuel the seer, and in him unto the Lond to be the chief gov-the book of Nathan the prophet, and ernor, and Zadok to be priest. in the book of Gad the seer, 23 ThenSolomon sat on the throne of the Lono as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. 30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. T The Second Book of the CHRONICLES. CHAP. I. AND Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. 2 ThenSolomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of bundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief was at the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and offered a thousand burnt-of ferings upon it. 7¶ In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. S Aud Solomon said unto God,Thou hast showed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. of the fathers. 3 So Solomon, and all the congrega-9 Now, O Lord God,let thy promise tion with him, went to the high place unto David my father be established: that was at Gibeon: for there was the for thou hast made me king over a tabernacle of the congregation of God, people like the dust of the earth in which Moses the servant of the LORD multitude. had made in the wilderness. 4 But the ark of God had David Drought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jeru-] salem. 5 Moreover, the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri,the son of Hur, had made,he put before the tabernacle of the LORD and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the Lono, which 10 Give me now wisdom and knowl. edge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great ? 11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life ; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted 431 Solomon sendeth 11. CHRONICLES. amvassacor's to Huram. unto thee; and I will give thee riches, [house,seeing the heaven and heaven of and wealth, and honour, such as none heavens cannot contain him? who am of the kings have had that have been I then, that I should build him a house, before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. 13 ¶ Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. 14 And Solomon 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 Jerusalem. save only to burn sacrifice before him? 7 Send me now therefore 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 Judah and in Je- usalem, whom David my father did provide. 8 Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees and algumn-trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanor.; and, beho.d, my servants shall be with toy ser 15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, vants, and cedar-trees made he as the syca- 9 Even to prepare me timber in abun more-trees that are in the vale, for dance for the house which I am about abundance. 16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. to build shall be wonderful great. 10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat,and twenty thousand measures 17 And they fetched up, and brought of barley, and twenty thousand baths forth out of Egypt a chariot for six of wine, and twenty thousands baths hundred shekels of silver, and a horse of oil. for a hundred and fifty; and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria,by their means. A CHAP. II. ND Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom. 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 11 ¶ Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath lov- ed his people, he hath made thee king over them. 12 Huran said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding,that might build a house for the LORD,and a house for his kingdom. 13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, 3 ¶ And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst 14 The son of a woman of the daugh- send him cedars to build him a house ters of Dan, and his father was a man to dwell therein, even so deal with me. of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and Behold, I build a house to the name in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, of the Lono my God, to dedicate it to and in timber, in purple, in blue, and him, and to burn before him sweet in fine linen, and in crimson; also to incense, and for the continual show-grave any manner of graving, and to bread, and for the burnt offerings find out every device which shall be norning and evening, on the sabbaths, put to him, with thy cunning men, and on the new-moons, and on the sol- and with the cunning men of my lord cinu feasts of the Lond our God. This David thy father. is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 5 And the house which I build is great for great is our God above all gods. 6 Bat who is able to build him a 15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants : 16 And we will cut wood out of Leb 432 The building CHAP. III, IV. of the temple. anon, as much as thou shalt need: and fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid we will bring it to thee in floats by sea the upper chambers with gold. to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. 17 ¶ And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Is- rael, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand and six hundred. 18 Aud be set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of bur- dens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. CHAP. III. THEN to brusalem HEN Solomon began to build the in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second mouth, in the fourth year of his reign. 10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image-work, and overlaid them with gold. 11 T And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reachi- ing 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 wos five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubing spread themselves forth twenty cubits: cesty on t and they stood on their feet, and their 14 ¶ And he made the vail of blue and purple, and crimson, and fine lin en, 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 was five cubits. 3¶ Now these are the things wherein) 16 And he made chains, as in the Solomon was instructed for the build-oracle, and put them on the heads of ing of the house of God. The length the pillars; and made a hundred by cubits after the first measure was pomegranates, and put them on the threescore cubits, aud the breadth chains. twenty cubits. 17 And he reared up the pillars before 4 And the porch that was in the front the temple, one on the right hand, and of the house, the length of it was ac- the other on the left; and called the cording to the breadth of the house, name of that on the right hand Jachin, twenty cubits, and the height was a and the name of that on the left Boaz. hundred and twenty: and lie overlaid CHAP. IV. it within with pure gold. 5 And the greater house he ceiled MOREOVER be made an altar of t within will put ana laugh with fir-tree, which he overlaid with thereof, and tweuty cubits the breadth fine gold, and set thereon palm-trees thereof, aud ten cubits the height and chains. thereof. 6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim." 7 He overlaid also the house, the beans, the posts, and the walls there- of, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls. 2 T Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round S And he made the most holy house, about; ten in a cubit, compassing the the length whereof was according to sea round about. Two rows of oxen the breadth of the house, twenty cu-were cast, when it was cast. bits, and the breadth thereof twenty 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three cubits: and he overlaid it with fine looking toward the north, and three gold, amounting to six hundred tal- looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three ents. 9 And the weight of the nails tras looking toward the east: and the sea 2 E 433 11. CHRONICLES. The solemn induction of the ark. was set above upon them, and all their golden altar also, and the tables where hinder parts were inward. On the show-bread was set ; 5 And the thickness of it was a hand- 20 Moreover the candlesticks with breadth, and the brim of it like the their lamps, that they should burn work of the brim of a cup, with flow-after the manner before the oracle, of ers of lilies; and it received and held pure gold; three thousand baths. 6 T He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. 7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 3 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basons of gold. 9 T 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 Huram inade the pots,and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that be was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; 12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were 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; 21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; 22 And the snuffers, and the basons, 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. made for the house of the Loun HUS all the work that Solomon was finished; and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver,and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. 2 T Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came and the Levites took up the ark. 6 And they brought up the ark, and 13 Aud four hundred pomegranates the tabernacle of the congregation, and on the two wreaths; two rows of all the holy vessels that were in the pomegranates on each wreath, to cov-tabernacle, these did the priests una er the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. 14 He made also bases, and lavers made be upon the bases; 15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. 16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-books, and all their instru ments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, of bright brass. 17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zeredathab. the Levites bring up. 6 Also king Solomon and all the con- gregation of Israel that were assem- bled unto him before the ark sacrificed sheep & ad oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, 18 Thus Solomon made all these ves-and the cherubims covered the ark eels in great abundance: for the weight and the staves thereof above. of the brass could not be found out. 9 And they drew out the staves of the 19 ¶ And Solomon made all the ves-Jark, that the ends of the staves were fels that were for the house of God,thed seen from the ark before the oracle 434 Solomon CHAP. VI. praiseth God, but they were not seen without. And my name might be there, and have there it is unto this day. chosen David to be over my people 10 There was nothing in the ark save Israel. the two tables which Moses put there- 7 Now it was in the heart of David in at Horeb, when the Lono made a my father to build a house for the covenant with the children of Israel,[name of the LORD God of Israel: when they came out of Egypt. 8 But the Lono said to David my fa- 11 ¶ And it came to pass, when the ther, Forasmuch as it was in thy beart priests were come out of the holy to build a house for my naine, thou place; (for all the priests that were]didet well in that it was in thy heart : present were sanctified, and did not 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not then wait by course: build the house; but thy son, whicb 12 Also the Levites which were the shall come forth out of thy loins, he singers, all of them of Asaph, of He-shall build the house for my name. man, of Jeduthun, with their sons and 10 The LORD therefore hath perform their brethren, being arrayed in white ed his word that he bath spoken; for linen, having cymbals and psalteries I am risen up in the room of David and harps, stood at the east end of the my father, and am set on the throne of altar, and with them a hundred and Israel, as the Lond promised, and have twenty priests sounding with trum-built the house for the name of the nets;) LORD God of Israel. 13 It came even to pass, as the trum- 11 And in it have I put the ark, peters and singers were as one, to wherein is the covenant of the LORD, make one sound to be heard in prais-that he made with the children of Is ing and thanking the Lond, and when rael. they lifted up their voice with the 12 T And he stood before the altar of trumpets and cymbals and instruments the LORD, in the presence of all the of music, and praised the Lord, say-congregation of Israel, and spread ing, For he is good; for his mercy en-[forth his bands, dureth for ever: that then the house 13 (For Solomon had made a brazen was filled with a cloud, even the house scaffold of fire cubits long, and five of the Lond; 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. cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it be stood, and kneeled down upon bis knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards heaven,) THEN said Solomon, The LonD 14 And said, O LORD God cf Israel, The thick darkness. nor in the earth; which keepest cove 2 But I have built a house of habita-nant, and showest mercy unto thy ser- tion for thee, and a place for tby dwell- vant's that walk before thee with all ing for ever. their hearts : rael stood. 3 And the king turned his face, and 15 Thou which hast kept with thy blessed the whole congregation of Is- servant David my father that which rael: and all the congregation of Is-thou bast promised bim; and spakest with thy mouth, and has fulfilled & 4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD with thy hands, as it is this day, God of Israel, who hath with his hands] 16 Now therefore, O Lono God of fulfilled that which he spake with his Israel, keep with thy servant David mouth to my father David, saying, my father that which thou hast prom- 5 Since the day that I brought forth fised him, saying, There shall not fail my people out of the land of Egypt, I thee a man in my sight to sit upon the chose no city among all the tribes of Is- throne of Israel; yet so that thy chil- rael to build a house in, that my name [dren take heed to their way to walk in might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Is- rael: 3 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my law,as thou hast walked before me. 17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. 435 Solomon's II. CHRONICLES. prayer. 18 But will God in very deed dwell if their enemies besiege them in the with men on the earth? Behold, hea-fcities of their land; whatsoever sore, ven and the heaven of heavens cannot or whatsoever sickness there be: contain thee; how much less this 29 Then what prayer, or what sup house which I have built! plication soever shall be made of any 19 Have respect therefore to the man, or of all thy people Israel, when prayer of thy servant, and to his sup-jevery one shall know his own sore,and plication, O Load my God,to hearken his own grief, and shall spread forth unto the cry and the prayer which thy his hands in this house : servant prayeth before thee: 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy 20 That thine eyes may be open upon dwelling-place, and forgive, and re- this house day and night, upon the der unto every man according unto all place whereof thou hast said, that thou his ways, whose heart thou knowest; i wouldest put thy name there; to heark-|(for thou only knowest the hearts of en unto the prayer which thy servant the children of men;) prayeth toward this place. 31 That they may fear thee, to walk 21 Hearken therefore unto the suppli- in thy ways, so long as they live in the cations of thy servant,and of thy peo-land which thou gavest unto our fa- ple Israel, which they shall make to-thers. ward this place: hear thou from thy 32 T Moreover,concerning the stran- dwelling-place,even from heaven; and ger, which is not of thy people Israel, when thou hearest, forgive. but is come from a far country for thy 22 ¶ If a man sin against his neigh-great name's sake, and thy mighty bour, and an oath be laid upon him to hand, and thy stretched-out arm, if make him swear, and the oath come they come aud pray in this house: before thine altar in this house: 33 Then hear thou from the heavena 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and even from thy dwelling-place, and do do, and judge thy servants, by requit-according to all that the stranger call- ing the wicked, by recompensing his eth to thee for; that all people of the way upon his own head; and by justi-earth may know thy name, and fear fying the righteous, oy giving him ac- thee, as doth thy people Israel, and cording to his righteousness. may know that this house, which I 24 T And if thy people Israel be put have built, is called by thy name. to the worse before the enemy,because 34 T 1 thy people go out to war they have sinned against thee; and against their enemies by the way that shall return and confess thy name,and thou shalt send them, and they pray pray and make supplication before thee in this house; unto thee toward this city which thou bast 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. 25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Isra el, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them, and to their fathers. 36 T If they sin against thee, (for 26 ¶ When the heaven is shut up, and there is no man which sinneth not,) there is no rain, because they have and thou be angry with them, and de- sinned against thee; yet if they pray liver them over before their enemies, toward this place, and confess thy and they carry them away captives name, and turn from their sin, when unto a land far off or near; thou dost afflict them: 37 Yet if they bethink themselves in 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and the land whither they are carried cap- forgive the sin of thy servants, and of tive, and turn and pray unto thee in thy people Israel, when thou hast the land of their captivity, saying, We taught them the good way wherein have sinned, we have done amiss, and they should walk; and send rain upon have dealt wickedly; Eny land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. 38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the 28 ¶ If there be dearth in the land, if land of their captivity, whither they there be pestilence, if there be blast-have carried them captives, and pray ag, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; toward their land which thou gavest 436 His solemn CHAP. VII. unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: sucrifice. the peace-offerings,because the brasen alter which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat. 39 Then hear thou from the heavens, 8 T Also at the saine time Solomon even from thy dwelling-place, their kept the feast seven days, and all Israel prayer and their supplications, and with him, a very great congregation, inaintain their cause, and forgive thy from the entering in of Hamath unto people which have sinned against thee. the river of Egypt. 40 ¶ Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, 0 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 mercies of David thy servant. CHAP. VII. when Solomon had made an 9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel bis people.. 11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously cf- Now when Solon, the fire came fected. down from heaven, and consumed the Durnt-offering and the sacrifices; 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. 12 ¶ And the Lono appeared to Sclo- mon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have cho sen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 13 I 1 shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if 1 command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 3. And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, 14 If my people, which are called by they bowed themselves with their my name, shall humble themselves, faces to the ground upon the pave-and pray, and seek my face, and turn ment, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 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 cars attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. 5 And King Solomon offered a sacri- fice of twenty and two thousand oxen, 16 Foruow have I chosen and sancti- and a hundred and twenty thousand|fied this house, that my name may be sheep. So the king and all the people there for ever: and mine eyes and my dedicated the house of God. heart shall be there perpetually. 6 And the priests waited on their offi-| 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk ces; the Levites also with instruments before me, as David thy father walked, of music of the LORD, which David and do according to all that I have the king had made to praise the LORD, commanded thee, and shalt observe because his mercy endureth for ever, my statutes and my judgments; when David praised by their ministry; 18 Then will I establish the throne of and the priests sounded trumpets be-thy kingdom according as I have cove fore them, and all Israel stood. Danted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 7 Moreover, Solomon ballowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Load: for there he offered burnt-offerings, and the fat of 19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, 437 : Solomon's II. CHRONICLES. buildings. which I have set before you, and shall, chief of his captains, and captains of go and serve other gods, and worship his chariots and horsemen. them ; 10 And these were the chief of king 20 Then will I pluck them up by the Solomon's officers, even two hundred roots out of my land which I have giv and fifty, that bare rule over the peo en them; and this house, which I have|ple. sanctified for my name, will I cast out 11 ¶ And Solomon brought up the of my sight, and will make it to be a daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of proverb and a by-word among all na-David unto the house that he had built tions. for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell inthe house of David kingof Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come. 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lono done thus unto this land, and unto this bouse ? 12 T Then Solomon offered burnt- 22 And it shall be answered, Because offerings unto the LORD on the altar of they forsook the LORD God of their the LORD, which he had built before fathers, which brought them forth out the porch; of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon thein. CHAP. VIII. 13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the com- mandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new-moons, and on the sol- emn feasts, three times in the year, leven in the feast of unleavened brend, AND it came to pass at the end of and in the feast of weeks, and in the twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, feast of tabernacles. and 14 T And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the cour- 2 That the cities which Huram had ses of the priests to their service, restored to Solomon, Solomon built the Levites to their charges, to praise them, and caused the children of Israel and minister before the priests, as the to dwell there. duty of every day required: the por- 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-ters also by their courses at every gate zobah, and prevailed against it. for so had David the man of God com- 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilmanded. derness, and all the store-cities, which 15 And they departed not from the he built in Hamath. commandment of the king unto the 6 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, priests and Levites, concerning any and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cit-inatter, or concerning the treasures. ics, with walls, gates, and bars; 16 Now all the work of Solomon wag 6 And Baalath, and all the store-cities prepared unto the day of the founda- that Solomon had, and all the chariot-tion of the house of the LORD, and un- cities and the cities of the horsemen, til it was finished. So the house of the and all that Solomon desired to build LORD was perfected. in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and 17 Then went Solomon to Ezion- throughout all the land of his domin-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea-side in ion. the land of Edom. 7 TAs for all the people that were 18 And Huram sent him by the hands left, of the Hittites, and the Amorites, of his servants,ships, and servants that and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and had knowledge of the sea; and they the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, went with the servants of Solomon to 8 Bit of their children, who were Ophir, and took thence four hundred left after them in the land, whom the and fifty talents of gold, and brought children of Israel consumed not, them them to king Solomon. did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. CHAP. IX. AND when the queen of Sheba 9 But of the children of Israel did heard of the fame of Solomon, Solomon make no servants for his she came to prove Solomon with hard work; but they were men of war, and [questions at Jerusalem, with a very 438 The queen of Sheba CHAP. IX, visiteth him. great company, and camels that bare turned, and went away to her own spices, and gold in abundance, and land, she and her servants. precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon,she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And Solomon told her all her ques- tions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attend- ance of his ministers, and their appar- el; his cup-bearere also, and their ap- parel; 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, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 13 T Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon 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 Arabia and governors of the coun try brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 T And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred skekels of beaten gold went to one target. 16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred she- kels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 17 Moreover the king 'nade à great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. and 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, 18 And there were six steps to the until I came, and mine eyes had seen throne, with a footstool of gold,which it and, behold, the one half of the were fastened to the throne,and stays greatness of thy wisdom was not told on each side of the sitting-place, me: for thou exceedest the fame that two lions standing by the stays: I heard. 19 And twelve lions stood there on 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are the one side and on the other upon the There was not the like these thy servants, which stand contin- six steps. ually before thee, and hear thy wis-made in any kingdom. dom. 20 And all the drinking vessels of 8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, king Solomon were of gold,and all the which delighted in thee to set thee on vessels of the house of the forest of his throne, to be king for the LORD Lebanon were of pure gold: none were thy God: because thy God loved Is-of silver; it was not any thing ac- rael, to establish them for ever, there counted of in the days of Solomon. fore made he thee king over them, to 21 For the king's ships went to Tar- do judgment and justice. shish with the servants of Huram : every three years once came the ships of Tarabish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 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 Sheba gave king Solomon. 22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wis- dom. his heart. 10 And the servants also of Huram, 23 T And all the kings of the earth and the servants of Solomon, which sought the presence of Solomon, to brought gold from Ophir, brought bear his wisdom, that God had put in algum-trees and precious stones. II And the king made of the algum- 24 And they brought every man his trees terraces to the house of the LORD, present,vessels of silver,and vessels of and to the king's palace,and harps and gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, psalteries for singers: and there were horses, and mules, a rate year by year none such seen before in the land of 25 T And Solomon had four thousand Judah. stalls for horses and chariots; and 12 And king Solomon gave to the twelve thousand horsemen whom he queen of Sheba all her desire, what-bestowed in the chariot-cities, and soever she asked, besides that which] with the king at Jerusalem. she had brought unto the king. So she 26 T And he reigned over all the 439 Israel revolteth II. CHRONICLES. kings, from the river even unto the and of the Philistines, and to the bor der of Egypt. 27 And the king made silver in Jeru- salem as stoncs, and cedar-trees made he as the sycamore-trees that are in the low plains in abundance. against Rehoboam. swer to this people, which bavespoken to me,saying,Lase somewhat the yoke. that thy father did put upon us? 10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, 28 And they brought unto Solomon Thy father made our yoke heavy, bút horses out of Egypt, and out of all make thou it somewhat lighter for us; lands. thus shalt thou say unto them, My lit- 29 T Now the rest of the acts of Sol-tle finger shall be thicker than my fa- omon, first and last, are they not writ- ther's loins. ten in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30 And Solomon reigned inJerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 And Solomon slept with his fa- thers,and he was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his sou reigned in his stead. CHAP. X. 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 Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. 13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, ND Rehoboam went to Shechem: 14 And answered them after the ad- AND. went to all Israel vice of the young men, saying, My fa- come to make him king. ther made your yoke heavy, but I will 2 And it came to pass, when Jerobo-jada thereto: my father chastised you un the son of Nebat, who was in with whips, but I will chastise you Egypt, whither he had fled from the with scorpions. presence of Solomon the king,heard it, that Jeroboain returned out of Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, 15 So the king bearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the Lono might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Abijali the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of 4 Thy father made our yoke griev-Nebat. ous: now therefore ease thou some- 16 T And when all Israel saw that what the grievous servitude of thy fa- ther, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. 6¶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jeese: every man to your tents, O 1s- rael: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. 17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Re- hoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hado ram, that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Reho- boam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 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 lie forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took coun- eel with the young men that were 19 And Israel rebelled against the brought up with him, that stood before house of David unto this day. him. CHAP. XI. 9. And he said unto them, What ad AND when Rehoboam was come to vice give ye that we may return an 440 TILA hoboam's strength, CHAP. XII. wwes, and children. of Judah and Benjamim a hun-[of David, to wife, and Abihail, the and fourscore thousand chosen daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse: which were warriors, to fight 19 Which bare him children; Jeush, again Israel, that he might bring the and Shamariah, and Zaham. kingdom again to Rehoboam. 20 And after her he took Maachah, the daughter of Absalom ; which bare him Abijab, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. Butthe word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Is- 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachal rael in Judah and Benjamin, saying, the daughter of Absalom above all his 4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not wives and his concubines; (for be took go up, no fight against your brethren: eighteen wives, and threescore concu- return every man to his house for bines; and begat twenty and eight this thing is done of me. And they sons, and threescore daughters.) obeyed the words of the LORD, and 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the returned from going against Jeroboam. son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler 5 T And Rehoboam dwelt in Jeru-among his brethren: for he thought to salem, and built cities for defence in inake him king. 23 And he dealt wisely,and dispersed Judali, 6 He built even Beth-lchem, and of all his children throughout all the Etam, and Tekoa, countries of Judah and Benjamin,unto 7And Beth-zur,andShocho,and Adul-Jevery fenced city; and be gave them lam, victual in abundance; and he desired S And Gath,and Mareshah, and Ziph, many wives. 9 And Adoram, and Lachish, and CHAP. XII. ND it came to pass, when Relio- zekani Zorab,and Ayalon, and Heb-Abam had established the King ron, which are in Judah and in Benja-dom,and had strengthened himself, he min, fenced cities. forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with hùn 11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and stores of victual, and of oil and wine. | 2 And it came to pass,that in the fifth yearof king Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against 22 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them ex- ceeding strong,having Judah and Ben-the LORD, jamin on his side. 3 With twelve hundred chariots and 13 And the priests and the Levites threescore thousand borsemen; and that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. the people were without number that bims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopi- came with him out of Egypt; the Lu- 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Ju-ans. dah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and 4 And he took the fenced cities which his sons had cast them off from exe-pertained to Judah, and came to Jeru- cuting thepriest's office unto the LORD: salem. 15 And he ordained him priests, for 5 ¶ Then came Shemaiah the proph- the high places, and for the devils, and jet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of for the calves which he had made. 16 Aud after them, out of all the tribes of Israel,such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel, came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lond God of their fathers. 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah,and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. Judah that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye bave forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. and the king humbled themselves; and 6 Whereupon the princes of Israel they said, The LORD is righteous. 7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah,saying,They 18T And Rehoboam took him Maha-have humbled themselves ; therefore 1 lath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son will not destroy them, but I will grant 111 Abijah makes war 11. CHRONICLES. against Jerobo them some deliverance ; and iny wrath, with an army of valiant men of shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem even four hundred thousand c by the hand of Sbisbak. men : Jeroboam also set the ba 8 Nevertheless they shall be his ser array against him with eight h vants; that they may know myservice,|thousand chosen men, being and the service of the kingdoms of men of valour. the countries. 4 ¶ And Abijah stood up upon mount 9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephra against Jerusalem, and took away the im,and said,Hear me, thou Jeroboam treasures of the house of the LORD,and and all Israel; the treasures of the king's house; he took all he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. 5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt ? 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his LORD. 7 And there are gathered unto him 11 And when the king entered into vain men, the children of Belial, and the house of the LORD,the guard came have strengthened themselves against and fetched them, and brought them|Rehoboam the son of Solomon, wheo again into the guard-chamber. Rehoboam was young and tender bearted, and could not withstand them 12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from 8 And now ye think to withstand the him, that he would not destroy him kingdom of the LonD in the hand of altogether: and also in Judah things the sons of David ; and ye be a great went well. multitude,and there are with you gold- 13 So king Rehoboam strengthened en calves, which Jeroboam made you himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for for gode. Rehoboam was one and forty years old 9Have ye not cast out the priests of when he began to reign, and he reign the LoRt, the sons of Aaron, and the ed seventeen years in Jerusalim, the Levites, and have made you priests af city which the Lond had chose out of ter the manuer of the nations of other all the tribes of Israel, to put in • name}lands ? so that whosoever cometh to there and his mother's naine uc Na-consecrate himself with a young : amah an Ammonitess. Jock and seven rams, the same may be bul- 14 And he did evil, because he pre-a priest of them that are no gods. pared not his heart to seek the loud. 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and 15 Now the acts of Rehoboa n, first and we have not forsaken him; and last, are they not written in the the priests, which minister unto the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and (Loxo, are the sona of Aaron, and the Iddo the seer concerning genealogie..?|Levites wait upon their business : And there were wars between Reho- 11 And they burn unto the LORD, boam and Jeroboam continually. every morning and every evening, 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fa-burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense:the thers,and was buried in the city of Da-show-bread also set they in order upon vid; and Abijah his son reigned in his the pure table; and the candlestick of slead. gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge OW in the eighteenth year of king of the Lord our God; but ye have Jeroboam began Abijah to reign forsaken him. over Judah. CHAP. XIII. NOW Now on tan igate Ab, to 12 And, behold, God himself is with 2 He reigned three years in Jerusa- us for our captain, and his priests with lem; his mother's name was Mi-sounding trumpets to cryalarm against chaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gib-you. O children of Israel, fight ye not eali. And there was war between against the Lord God of your fathers; Abijah and Jeroboam. for ye shall not prosper. 3 And Abijab set the battle in arravi 13 T But Jeroboam caused an am 442 Ba destroyeth CHAP. XIV, XV idolatry bushment to come about behind them:1 6 T And he built fenced cities in Ju- so they were before Judali, and the dab: for the land had rest, and he had Ambushment was behind them. no wars in those years; because the 14 And when Judah looked back, be LORD had given him rest. hold, the battle was before and behind:] 7 Therefore he said unto Judab, Let and they cried unto the LORD, and the us build these cities, and make about priests sounded with the trumpets. them walls and towers, gates and bars, 15 Then the men of Judah gave a while the land is yet before us; be- shout and as the men of Judah shout-| cause we have sought the LORD our ed, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah : and Judalı. 16 And the children of Israel fed be- fore Judah and God delivered them into their hand. 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. 19 And Abijah pursued after Jerobo am, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof,and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof. 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. 21 T But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sous, and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,are writ ten in the story of the prophet Iddo. CHAP. XIV. O Abijah slept with his fathers,and vid; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves; 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side: so they built and prospered. ! 8 T And Aså had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Ju- dah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and four- score thousand: all these were mighty men of valour. 9 And there came out against them Zeral the Ethiopian, with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. 10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshab, 11 And Asa cried unto the LonD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Load our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lond, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. 12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopi- ans before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopeans fled. 13 And Åsa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that theycould not recover themselves; LORD, and before his host: and they carried away very much spoil. 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding mach spoil in them. 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance,and returned to Jerusalem. CHAP. XV. keep the law and the commandment. AND the spirit of God came upon 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the Images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. Azariah the son of Oded: 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lond is with you, while ye be with him; 443 Ramah's building II CHRONICLES. prevented. and if ye seek lum he will be found the LORD gave them rest round about. of you; but if ye forsake him, he will 16 T And also concerring Maachah forgake you. the mother of Asa the king, he remov- 3. Now for a long season Israel hathfed her from being queen, because she been without the true God, and with- bad made an idol in a grove: and out a teaching priest, and without law. Asa cut down her idol, and stamped 4 But when they in their trouble did it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. turn unto the LORD God oflsrael, and 17 But the high places were not taken ɛought him, he was found of them. away out of Israel; nevertheless the 5 And in those times there was no heart of Asa was perfect all his days. peace to him that went out, nor to bin 18 ¶ And he brought into the house of that came in, but great vexations were God the things that his father had ded upon all the inhabitants of the coun-icated, and that he himself had ded- icated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa trics. 6And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city; for God did vex them with all adversity. 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak : for your work shall be rewarded. STAnd when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lond, that was before the porch of the LORD. CHAP. XVI. the six and thirtieth year of the N reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah & built Ra- mali, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judali. 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 9 And he gathered all Judah and Ben- 3 There is a league between me and jamin, and the strangers with them thee, as there was between my father out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and and thy father: behold, I have sent out of Simeon for they fell to him thee silver and gold; go, break thy out of Israel in abundance, when they league with Baasha king of Israel, saw that the LORD his God was with that he may depart from me. 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto bim. 10 So they gathered themselves to-king Asa, and sent the captains of his gether at Jerusalem in the third month, armies against the cities of Israel ; and the fifteenth year of the reign of they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel- Asa. maim, and all the store-cities of Naph- tali. 11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramath, and let his work cease. 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramalı,and the timber thereof, where- with Baasha was building; and be built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 7 T And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on 14 And they sware unto the LORD the king of Syria, and not relied on the with a loud voice, and with shouting, LORD thy God, therefore is the host of and with trumpets, and with cornets. the king of Syria escaped out of thy 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: hand. 13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. for they had sworn with all their heart, 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the and sought him with their whole de-Lubims a huge host, with very many sire; and he was found of thein: and chariots and horsemen? yet, because 444 Jehoshaphat, CHAP. XVII. gona ragn thou didst rely on the LORD, he deliv-jaway the high places and groves out of ered them into thy hand. Judah. 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth,to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly : therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. 7 T Also in the third year of his reign be sent to his princes,even 10 Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zecharian, and to Nathaneel,and to Michaiab,to teach in the cities of Judah. 8 And with them he sent Levites,even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zeba- 10 Then Asa was wroth with the diah, and Asabel, and Shemiramoth, seer, and put him in a prison-house; and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and for he was in a rage with him because Tobijab, and Tob-adonijal, Levites; of this thing. And Asa oppressed and with them Elishamna and Jeho some of the people the same time. ram, priests. 11 T And, behold, the acts of Asa, 9 And they taught in Judah,and had first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the law of the LORD with the book of the kings of Judah and Is-them, and went about throughout all rael. the cities of Judah, and taught the 12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth people. vear of his reign was diseased in his 10 ¶ And the fear of the Lono fell feet, until his disease was exceeding|upon all the kingdoms of the land that great yet in his disease he soughtjicere round about Judah, so that they not tothe LORD, but to the physicians. made no war against Jehoshaphat. 13 T And Asa slept with his fathers, 11 Also some of the Philistines brought and died in the one and fortieth year Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute-sil of his reign. 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kindsof spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him CHAP. XVII. ver; and the Arabinus brought, hin flocks, seven thousand and seven hun dred rams, and seven thousand and seven bundred he-goats. 12 ¶ And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. 13 And he had much business in the cities of Judab: and the men of war, mighty inen of valour, were in Jerusa lem. AND Jehoshaphat his sou reigned 14 And these are the numbers of them in his stead, and strengthened binself against Israel. 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities ofJudah,and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. according to the house of their fathers: of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adoah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand 15 And next to him was Jehohanai. the captain, and with him two hun dred and fourscore thousand. 16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered 3 And the LouD was with Jehosha paat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought himself unto the LORD; and with him not unto Baalin: two hundred thousand mighty men of 4 But sought to the LORD God of his | valour. father, and walked in his command- 17. And of Benjamin; Eliada a migh- ments, and not after the doings of Isty man of valour, and with him armed rael. 5 Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abund- men with bow and shield two hundred thousand 18 And next him was Jehozabad,and with him a hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. 19. These waited on the king,besides 9 And his heart was lifted up in the those whom the king put in the fence ways of the Lond; moreover he took!cities throughout all Judah. ance. 445 Ahab's false II. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XVIH. OW Jehoshaphat had riches and bonour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. prophets. clare good to the kingwith one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs,and speak thou good. 13 And Micaiah said, ds the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that 2. And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria, And Abab]will I speak. killed sheep and oxen for him in abun- 14 And when he was come to the dance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. 3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. 4 T And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to-day, king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forhear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be de- livered into your hand. 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? 16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon themountains,as sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lond 5 Therefore the king of Israel gather-|said, These have no master; let them ed together of prophets four hundred returntherefore every man to his house men, and said unto them, Shall we go. in to Kamoth-gilead to battle, or shalf 1 17 And the king of Israel said to Je- forbear? And they said, Go up; for hoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that họ God will deliver it into the king's would not prophesy good unto me,but evil? irində, 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not nere a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him? peace. 18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man.by whom we may inquire of the LORD: 19 And the LORD said, Who shall en - but I hate him; for he never prophesi-tice Ahab king of Israel, that he may ed good unto me, but always evil; the go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? Anit same is Micaial the son of Imla. And one spake, saying after this manner, Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say BO. 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. and another saying after that manner. 20 Then there came out a spirit,and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the Load said unto him, Wherewith? 9 And the king of Israel and Jehosh- 21 And he said, I will go out, and be apliat king of Judah sat either of them a lying spirit in the mouth of all his on his throne, clothed in their robes, prophets. And the LORD said, Thou and they sat in a void place, at the en-shalt entice him, and thou shalt also tering in of the gate of Samaria; and prevail: go out, and do even so. all the prophets prophesied before them. 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaa- aah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the Lond, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. 22 Now therefore, behold, the Lono hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy proplets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaa- nah came near, and smote Micaiah up- on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, to speak unto thee? and prosper: for the LORD shall delir-| er it into the hand of the king. 12 And the messenger that went to all Micaiah spake to him, saying,| hold, the words of the prophets de 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thy self. 25 Then the king of Israel said,Take 446 He is slain CHAP. XIX, XX. at Ramoth-gilead. ye Micaiah, and carry him back to found in thee, in that thou hast taken Amon the governor of the city, and away the groves out of the land, and to Joash the king's son; hast prepared tby heart to seek God. 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusa this fellow in the prison, and feed him lem: and he went out again through with bread of affliction and with wa-the people from Beer-sheba to mount ter of affiction, until I return in peace. Ephrain, and brought them back unto 27 And Micaiah said, If thou certam- the Lond God of their fathers. ly return in peace, then hath not the 6 And he set judges in the land LORD spoken by me. And he said, throughout all the fenced cities of Ju Hearken, all ye people. dah, city by city, 28 So the king of Israel and Jehosh apbat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do; for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. 29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, 1 will disguise myself, 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the and will go to the battle; but put thou Lord be upon you; take heed and do on thy robes. So the king of Israel it for there is no iniquity with the disguised himself; and they went to Lonn our God, nor respect of persons, the battle. nor taking of gifts. 30 Now the king of Syria had com- manded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. 8 ¶ Moreover in Jerusalem did Je- hoshaphat set of the Levites,and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for coutroversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehosha 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus phat, that they said, It is the king of shall ye do in the fear of the Loun, Israel. Therefore they compassed faithfully, and with a perfect heart. about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat| 10 And what cause soever shall come cried out, and the LonD helped him; to you of your brethren that dwell in and God moved them & depart from bim. their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandments, stat- utes and judgments,ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren; this do, and ye shall not trespass. 32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him. 33And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and swote the king of Israel 11 And, behold, Amariab the chief between the joints of the harness: priest is over you in all matters of the therefore he said to his chariot-man, |LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ish- Turn thy band, that thou mayest carry mael, the ruler of the house of Judah, me out of the lost; for I am wounded. for all the king's matters: also the Le 34 And the battle increased that day; [vites shall be officers before you. Deal howbeit the king of Israel stayed him courageously, and the Lono shall be self up in his chariot against the Syri-with the good. ans until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died. CHAP. XIX. CHAP. XX. T came to pass after this also, that AND Jehoshaphat the king of Judab dren of Ammon, and with them other returned to his house in peace to besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. Jerusalem. 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the 2 Then there came some that told weer went out to meet him, and said to Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help great multitude against thee from be- the ungodly, and love them that hate yond the sea on this side Syria; and, the LoйD ? therefore is wrath upon behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, thee from before the Lord. which is En-gedi. 3 Nevertheless there are good things| 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set 417 The prayer of II. CHRONICLES. Jchosnapmat. himself to seek the LORD, and pro-jtitude; for the battle is not yours,but claimed a fast throughout all Judah. God's. 4 And Judah gathered themselves to- gether, to ask help of the LouD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. in the house of the Lono, before the new court, 16 To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook before the wil derness of Jeruel. 5 T And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to-morrow go out against them: for the Lono will be with you. 6 And said, O Lord God of our fa thers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thy haud is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever ? 8 And they dwelt therefn, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy uame, saying, | 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusa lem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 19 And the Levites,of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lond God of Israel with a loud voice on high. 9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as 20 ¶ And they rose early in the niorn- the sword, judgment, or pestilence, oring, and went forth into the wilderness famine, we stand before this house, and of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Je- in thy presence, (for thy name is in this boshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O house,) and cry unto thee in our afflic- Judali, and ye inhabitants of Jerusa tion, then thou wilt hear and help. lem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel in- 21 And when he had consulted with vade, when they came out of the land the people, he appointed singers unto of Egypt, but they turned from them, the LORD, and that should praise the and destroyed them not; beauty of holiness, as they went out 11 Behold, I say, hone they reward before the army, and to say, Praise the us, to come to cast us out of thy pos-Lond; for his mercy endureth for 8 ssion, which thou hast given us to ever. inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge and to praise, the LORD set ambusli- them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh agaiust us: neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little oues, their wives, and their children. 22 T And when they began to sing ments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, which were come against Judali; and they were smilten. 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to slay and de- 14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of stroy them: and when they had made Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite one helped to destroy another of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit 24 And when Judali came toward the of the Lord in the midst of the con-watch-tower in the wilderness, they gregation; looked unto the multitude, and be- 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Ju-hold, they were dead bodies fallen to diab, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, the earth, and none escaped. and thou king Jehoshepl at, Thus saith 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his the LORD to you, Be not afraid nor people came to take away the spoil of dismayed by 14 ason of this great mul-lthein, they found among them in abum. 448 Jhoshaphat dieth. CHAP. XXI. Jehor am s evil “eign. dance both riches with the dead were broken, that they were not able bodies, and precious jewels, which to go to Tarshish. they stripped off for themselves, more CHAP. XXI. than they could carry away; and they Nowers, and was buried with ... TOWJehoshaphat slept with his fa- were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. 26 And on the fourth day they as- sembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachalı, unto this day. : fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2 And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiei,and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michaei, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel 27 Then they returned,every man of 3 And their father gave them great Judah and Jerusalem,andJehoshaphat gifts of silver, and of gold, and of pre- a the fore-front of them, to go again cious things, with fenced cities in Ju- to Jerusalem with joy; for the LonD dal: but the kingdom gave he to Je- had made them to rejoice over their boram ; because he was the first-born. enemies. 4 Now when Jelioram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strength ened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. 28 And they came to Jerusalem with salteries and harps and trumpets unto The house of the Lond. 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the Lond fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round About. 5 Jehoram was thirty andtwo years old when he began to eign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Abab 31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over to wife; and he wrought that which Judab :ñe was thirty and five years was evilin the eyes of the LORD. ld when he began to reign, and he 7 Howbeit the Load would not de reigned twenty and five years in Jeru-stroy the house of David, because of alem. And his mother's name was the covenant that be had made with Azubah the daughter of Shilbi. 32 And he walked in the way of Asa nis father, and departed not from it, noing that which was right in the sight of the Lond. 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jebo- shaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. 35 ¶ And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah jom bimself with Aha- ziali king of Israel, who did very wick- edly: 36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to goʻto Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. STIn his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. 9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him : and he rose up by night,and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. 10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had [forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. 11 Moreover, he made high places in the mountains of Judah,and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication,and compelled Judalithere- to. 12 T And there came a writing to him 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah|from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus of Mareshah prophesied against Jeho-saith the LondGod of David tayfather, shaphat, saying, Because thou hast Because thou hast not walked in the joined thyself with Abaziah, the LORD ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in hath broken thy works. And the ships the ways of Asa king of Judah, 2F 449 Ahaziah made king. II. CHRONICLES. Athaliah's usurpation. 13 But bast walked in the way of the, death of his father, to his destruction Lings of Israel, and bast made Judah 5 T He walked also after their coun- and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also liath slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself; sel, and went with Jehoram the sou of Alab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria, at Ramoth gile- ad: and the Syrians smote Joram. 6 And he returned to be healed in 14 Behold, with a great plague will Jezreel, because of the wounds which the Lono smite thy people, and thy were given him at Ramah, when he children, and thy wives, and all thy fought with Hazael king of Syria. goods: And Azariah the son of Jehoram king 15 And thou shali have great sick-of Judah went down to see Jehoram ness by disease of thy bowels, until the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because be thy bowels fall out by reason of the was sick. sickness day by day. 7 And the destruction of Ahaziah 16 Moreover, the Lond stirred up was of God, by coming to Joram: for against Jehoram the spirit of the Phil-when he was come, he went out witk istines, and of the Arabians, that were Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nin- near the Ethiopians. shi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 17 And they came up into Judah, and rake into it,and carried away all the 8 And it came to pass, that when Je- substance that was found in the king's hu was executing judgment upon the house,and his sons also, and his wives; house of Ahab, and found the princes so that there was never a sou left him, of Judah, and the sons of the brethren saveJehoahaz,the youngestofhis sons. of Ahaziah, that mimstcred to Ahazi- 18 And after all this the LonDah, he slew them. f smote him in his bowels with an in- 9 And he sought Ahaziah : and they curable disease. jcaught him, (for he was hid in Sama- 19 And it came to pass, that in pro-ria,) and brought him to Jehu; and cess of time,after the end of two years, when they had slain him, they buried his bowels fell out by reason of his him: because (said they) he is the sou sickness; so he died of sore diseases: of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD and his people made no burning for with all his heart. So the house of him like the burning of his fathers. Ahaziah had no power to keep still 20 Thirty and two years old was he the kingdom. when he began to reign, and he reign- 10 But when Athaliah, the mother ed in Jerusalem eight years, and de-of Abaziah, saw that her son was dead, parted without being desired: howbeitsbe arose and destroyed all the seed they buried him in the city of David,[royal of the house of Judah. but not in the sepulchres of the kings. 11 But Jehoshabeath,the daughter of CHAP. XXII. the king, took Joash the son of Abazi AND the inhabitants of Jerusalem all, and stole bu from a, ang put made Abaziah lus youngest son king's sons that were slain, and put king in his stead ; for the band of men him and his nurse in a bed-chamber. that came with the Arabians to the So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king campl had slain all the eldest. So Aha-Jehoram the wife of Jehoiada the ziah the son of Jehoram king of Judab | priest, (forshe was the sister of Abaz reigned. iah,) bid him from Athaliab, so that 2 Forty and two years old was Aha-she slew him not. ziah when he began to reign, and he 12 And he was with them hid in the reigned one year in Jerusalem: his house of God six years: and Athaliau mother's name also was Athaliab, the reigned over the land. daughter of Omri. CHAP. XXIII. 3 He also wa ked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for bis mother was his in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself,and took the counsellor to do wickedly. captains of hundreds, Azariah the son 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of of the LORD, like the house of Ahab; Jehoanan, and Azariah the son of for they were his counsellors,after the [Obed,and Maaseiah the son of Adaial, 450 Jehoiada restoreth CHAP. XXIV. the worship of Goa. and Elishaphat the son of Zichri,into,noise of the people running and prais covenant with him. ing the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering 2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Je-in, and the princes and the trumpets rusalem. 3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trum pets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, treason! 14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were 4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Le-set over the host, and said unto them, 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 Lono. 6 But let none come into the house of the Lond, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lond. 7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in,and when he goeth out. Have her forth of the ranges: anu whoso followeth her, let him be sla with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lond 15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse-gate, by the king's house, they slew her there. 16 T And Jehoiada 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 Baal, and brake it down, and brake bis altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offi- cers of the house of the LORD by the S So the Levites and all Judab did ac-¡hand of the priests the Levites, whom cording to all things that Jehoiada the David bad distributed in the house of priest had commanded, and took every the LORD, to offer the burnt-offerings inan his men that were to come m on of the LORD, as it is written in the law the sabbath, with them that were to go of Moses,with rejoicing and with sing- out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the|ing, as it was ordained by David. priest dismissed not the courses. 9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest deliv- ered to the captains of hundreds, spears, and bucklers and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of God. 19 And be set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. 20 And he took the captains of hun- dreds, and the nobles and the gover- nors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lond; and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 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 21 And all the people of the land re- eon, and put upon him the crown, and joiced: and the city was quiet, after gave him the testimony, and made that they had slain Athaliah with the him king. And Jehoiada and his sons sword. anointed him, and said, God save the king. CHAP. XXIV. 12°¶ Now when Athaliah heard the JASH was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for 451 Joash's good reign. 11. CHRONICLES. Jehoiada's death ty years in Jerusalem. His mother's wrought iron and brass to mend the name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. house of the Lond. 2 Aud Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jeboiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daugh- ters. 4 T And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lond. 13 So the workmen wrought,and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, 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 turnt-offerings in the houseofthe Lond continually all the days of Jehosada. 15 ¶ But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; a hun- dred and thirty years old was he when 5And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to thein, Go out unto the cities of Judah,and gath er of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. 6. And the king called for Jehoiada he died. the chief, and said unto him, Why| 16 And they buried him in the city hast thou not required of the Levites of David among the kings,because he to bring in out of Judah and out ofJeru-had done good in Israel, both toward salem the collection, according to the God, and toward his house. commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of wit- ness? 7 For the sons of Athaliah,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 Baalim, 17 ¶Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance 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 up on Judah and Jerusalem for this the. trespass. 19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lono; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. 8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lonv. 9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Into the LORD the collection that Mo- Zechariah the son of Jehoiada "the ses, the servant of God, laid upon Is-priest, which stood above the people, rael in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest,until they had inade an end. and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Load, that ye cannot prosper? Because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. 11 Now it came to pass, that at what 21 And they conspired against him, time the chest was brought unto the andstoned him with stones at the com king's office by the hand of the Le-mandment of the king, in the court of vites, and when they saw that there the house of the Lond. was much money, the king's scribe 22 Thus Joash the king remembered and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and car- ried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jeboiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lond, and also such as not the kindness wbichi Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son: and when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. 23 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him; and they came to Ju- dah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of 452 Joash is slain. CHAP. XXV. The Edomites over come them unto the king of Damascus.mighty men of valour out of Israel for 24 For the army of the Syrians came a hundred talents of silver. with a small company of men, and 7 But there cane a man of God to the LORD delivered a very great host him, saying, O king, let not the army into their hand, because they had for of Israel go with thee; for the LORD saken the Lond God of their fathers: is not with Israel, to wit, with all tho BO they executed judgment against children of Ephraim. Joash. 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong 25 And when they were departed for the battle: God shall make thee from him, (for they left him in great fall before the enemy; for God hath diseases,) his own servants conspired power to help, and to cast down. against him for the blood of the sons of 9 And Amaziah said to the man of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on God, But what shall we do for the his bed, and he died; and they buried hundred talents which I have given to him in the city of David, but they buthe army of Israel? And the man of ried him not in the sepulchres of the God answered, The LORD is able to kings. give thee much more than this. 26 And these are they that conspired 10 Then Amaziah separated them, to against him; Zabad the son of Shime-wit, the army that was come to him ath an Ammonitess,and Jehozabad the out of Ephraim, to go home again. sou of Shimrith a Moabitess. wherefore their anger was greatly kin- died against Judali, and they returned home in great anger. 27 ¶ Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon bm, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings; and Amaziah bis 9ou reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXV. MAZIAH was twenty and five A years old when he began to reign, had he reigned twenty and nine years Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. 31 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 11 T And Amaziah strengthened him- self,and led forth his people, and went to the valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. 12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judai carry away captive,and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 13 T But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upou the cities of Judah, froin Sama ria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them,and took much spoil. 14 ¶ Now it came to pass, after that 4 But he slew not their children,but|Amaziah was come from the slaughter did as it is written in the law in the of the Edomites, that he brought the book of Moses, where the LORD com- gods of the children of Seir, and set manded, saying, The fathers shall not them up to be his gods, and bowed die for the children, neither shall the down himself before them, and burned children die for the fathers, but every incense unto them. man shall die for his own siu. 15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD 5 T Moreover, Amaziah gathered Ju-was kindled against Amaziah, and he dab together, and made them captains sent unto him a prophet, which said over thousands,aud captains over hun unto him, Why hast thou sought after dreds, according to the houses of their the gods of the people, which could fathers, throughout all Judah and Ben- not deliver their own people out of jamin; and he numbered them from thy hand ? twenty years old and above,and found 16 And it came to pass, as he talked them three hundred thousand choice with him, that the king said unto bim, men, able to go forth to war,that could Art thou made of the king's counsel? bandle spear and shield. forbear: why shouldest thou be smit- 6 He hired also a hundred thousand ten? Then the prophet forbare, aud 453 Amazian's overthrow. 11. CHRONICLES. Uzan's reign. said, I know that God hath determmed LORD, they made a conspiracy against to destroy thee,because thou hast done him in Jerusalem; and he fled to La this, and hast not hearkened unto my chish: but they sent to Lachish after counsel. him, and slew him there 17 T Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and scut to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 28And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. CHAP. XXVI. HEN all the people of Judah took sixteen old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3 Sixteen years old wasUzziah whea he began to reign, and he reigned fifty 19 Thou sayest, Lo,thou hast smitten and two years in Jerusalem. His moth- the Edomites; and thy heart liftether's name also was Jecoliah of Jeru- thee up to boast: abide now at home: salem. why shouldest thou meddle to thybort,] 4 And he did that which was right in that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and the sight of the Loan, according to all Judah with thee? that his father Amaziah did. 20 But Amazian 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 Edom. 5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. 21 So Joash the king of Israel went 6 And he went forth and warred a up; and they saw one another in the gainst the Philistines, and brake down face, both he, and Amaziah king of Ju- the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jah- dab, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth|ueb, and the wall of Ashdod, and built to Judah. cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 22 And Judah was put to the worse Lefore Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. 7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians 23 And Joash the king of Israel took that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehu- Amazial king of Judah, the son of Jo-nims. ash, the son of Jehoalaz, at Beth-she- 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to mesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, Uzziah: and his name spread abroad and brake down the wall of Jerusalem even to the entering in of Egypt; for from the gate of Ephraim to the cor-he strengthened himself exceedingly. ner-gate, four hundred cubits. 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in 24 And he took all the gold and the Jerusalem at the corner-gate, and at silver, and all the vessels that were the valley-gate, and at the turning of found in the house of God with Obed-[the wall, and fortified them. edom, and the treasure of the king's 10 Also he built towers in the desert, house, the hostages also, and returned and digged many wells: for he had to Samaria. 25 T Aud Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoakaz king of Israel fifteen years. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Ama- ziah, first and last,behold, are they not written in the book of the Kings of Judah and Israel? 27 ¶ Now after the time that Ama- ziah did turn away from following the much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine-dressers in the mountains,aud in Carmel: for he loved husbandry, 11 Moreover Uzziah had a host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseial tlie ru.er, unto the band of Hananiah,one of theking's captains. 12 The whole number of the chief of 454 He is smitten with CHAP. XXVII, XXVIII. leprosy and dieth. the fathers of the mighty men of val-ziah, first and last, did Isaiah the pro- Our were two thousand and six hua-phet, the son of Ainoz, write. dred. 23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, 13 And under their hand was an ar- and they buried him with his fathers my, three hundred thousand, and sev-in the field of the burial which belong en thousand and five hundred, that led to the kings; for they said, He is a nade war with mighty power, to help leper: and Jotham his son reigned in the king against the enemy. his stead. 14 And Uzziah prepared for them CHAP. XXVII. ´OTHAM was twenty and five years throughout all the host shields, and old when be began to reign, and he spears, and helmets, and babergeons, and bows, and slings, to cast stõues. 15 And he made in Jerusalem en- gines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones with- al. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 T 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 al- tar of incensc. reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: how eit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet cor- ruptly. 3 He built the bigh gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much 4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. 17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore 5 T He fought also with the king of priests of the LORD, that were valiant the Ammonites, and prevailed against medy them. And the children of Aminon 18 And they withstood Uzziah the gave him the same year a hundred tal king, and said unto him, It appertain-ents of silver, and ten thousand mea eth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn in- |sures of wheat, and ten thousand of cense unto the LORD, but to the priests barley. So much did the children of the sons of Aaron,that are consecrated | Animon pay unto him, both the second to burn incense; go out of the sanctua-year, and the third. ry; for thou hast trespassed; neither 6 So Jotham became mighty, because shall it be for thine honour from the he prepared his ways before the LORD LORD God. his God. 19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had| 7 ↑ Now the rest of the acts of Jo- a censor in his hand to burn incense:tham, and all his wars, and his ways, and while he was wroth with the lo, they are written in the book of the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his Kings of Israel and Judab.. forehead before the priests in the house 8 He was five and twenty years old of the Loan, from beside the incense- when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. altar. 20 And Azariah the chief priest, and 9 1 And Jotham slept with his fa- all the priests, looked upon him, and, thers, and they buried him in the city behold, he was leprous in his forehead, of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in and they thrust him out from thence; his stead. yea, himself hasted also to go out, be- cause the LORD had smitten him. CHAP. XXVIII. 21 And Uzziah the king was a leper. A HAZ was twenty years old when 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 Lond; and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. he began to reign, and be reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 22 ¶ Now the rest of the acts ·ƒUz-[ 8 Moreover he burnt incense in the 455 Ahaz's 11. CHRONICLES. wicked reign. valley of the son of Hinnom, and 13 And said unto them, Ye shall not burnt his children in the fire, after the bring in the captives hither: for abominations of the heathen, whom whereas we have offended against the the LORD had cast out before the chil- LORD already, ye intend to add more dren of Israel. to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. 4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree, 14 So the armed men left the captives 5 Wherefore the LORD his God de-and the spoil before the princes and livered him into the hand of the king all the congregation. of Syria; and they smote him, and 15 And the men which were express- carried away a great multitude of themed by name rose up, and took the cap- captives, and brought them to Damas- tives, and with the spoil clothed all Cus. And he was also delivered into that were naked among them, and ar- the hand of the king of Israel, who rayed them, and shod them, and gave smote bim with a great slaughter. them to eat and to drink, and anointed 6 For Pekali the son of Remaliah them, and carried all the feeble of slew in Judah a hundred and twenty them upon asses, and brought them to thousand in one day, which were all Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to their valiant men; because they had forsak-brethren: then they returned to Sama- en the LORD G、 of their fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Eph raim, slew Maaseiali the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanalı that was next to the king. ria. 16 T At that time did king Abaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judab, aud carried away captives. ST And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two 18 The Philistines also had infaged nundred thousaud, women, sons, and the cities of the low country, and of daughters, and took also away much the south of Judab, and had taken poil from them, and brought the spoil Beth-shemesh, and Ájalon, and Gede- O Samaria. roth, and Shocho with the villages 9 But a prophet of the LORD was thereof, and Timnah with the villages there, whose name was Oded; and he thereof, Gimzo also and the villages went out before the host that came to thereof; and they dwelt there. Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, 19 For the Lono brought Judah low, because the Lond God of your fathers because of Abaz king of Heracl; for be was wroth with Judah, he hath deliv-made Judah naked, and transgressed ered them into your hand, and ye have sore against the LORD. slain them in a rage that reacheth up 20 And Tilgath-pilneser king of As- unto heaven. syria came unto him, and distressed 10 And now ye purpose to keep under him, but strengthened him not. the children of Judah and Jerusalem 21 For Ahaz took away a portion out for bond-men and bond women unto of the house of the Lone, and out of you; but are there not with you, even the house of the king, and of the prin- with you, sins against the LonD your ces, and gave it unto the king of As; God? 11 Now hear me therefore, and deliv-| er the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. syria: but he helped him not. 22 ¶ And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lond: this is that king Abaz. 23 For be sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he 12 Then certain of the heads of the said, Because the gods of the kings of children of Ephraim, Azariah the son Syria help them, therefore will1 sacri- of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Me-fice to them, that they may help me shillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of but they were the ruin of him and of Shallum, and Amaza the son of Hadlai, all Israel. stood up against them that came from the war, 24 And Alaz gathered together the [vessels of the house of God, and cut in 456 Hezekiah's CHAP. XXIX good reign. preces the vesse is of the house of God,ters and our wives are un captivity for and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to an- ger the LORD God of his fathers. 26 ¶ Now the rest of his acts, and of | all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 27 And Abaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even| in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXIX. this. 10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. 11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. 12 T Then the Levites arose, Mabath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the sou of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jeba- lelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; HEZEKIAH began to reign when Shimri, and Jeiel; and of the sons of he was live and twenty years old, Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattanial and he reigned nine and twenty years 14 And of the sons of Heman; Jebiel, in Jerusalém. And his mother's name and Shinei; and of the sous of Jedu- · was Abijah, the daughter of Zecha-thun; Shemaiab, and Uzzieł. riah. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lono, according to ull that David his father had done. 3 He in the first year of his reign, a the first month,opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. 15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. 16 And the priest went into the in- ner part of the house of the Lond, to cleanse it, and brought out all the un- 4 And he brought in the priests and cleaness that they found in the tem- the Levites, and gathered them to-ple of the Load into the court of the gether into the east street, house of the LORD. And the Levite 8 5. And said unto them, Hear me, yeļtook it, to carry it out abroad into the Levites; Sanctify now yourselves, and brook Kidron. sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthi- ness out of the holy place 17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the mouth came they 6 Fer our fathers have trespassed, and to the porch of the LORD: so they done that which was evil in the eyes sanctified the house of the LORD in of the Loud our God, and have forsa. eight days: and in the sixteenth day ken him, and liave turned away their of the first month they made an faces from the habitation of the LORD, end. and turned their backs. 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah 7 Also they have shut up the doors the king, and said, We have cleansed fof the porch, and put out the lamps, all the house of the LORD, and the al- and have not burned incense nor offer-tar of burnt-offering, with all the res- ed burnt offerings in the holy place, sels thereof, and the show-bread table, unto the God of Israel. with the vessels thereof. 8 Wherefore the wrath of the Loun 19 Moreover all the vessels, which was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and king Ahaz in his reign did cast away he hath delivered them to trouble, to in his transgression, have we prepareč astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see and sanctified, and, behold they are with your eyes. 9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword,and our sons and our daugh- before the altar of the Lond, 20 T Then Hezekiah the king rosE carly and gathered the rulers of the 457 Hezekiah offereth IL CHRONICLES. solemn sacrifices. city, and went up to the house of the 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said LORD. Now ye have consecrated yourselves 21 And they brought seven bullocks, unto the LORD, come near and bring nd seven rams, and seven lambs, and sacrifices and thank-offerings into the even he-goats, for a sin-offering for house of the LoRD. And the congre- ne kingdom, and for the sanctuary, gation brought in sacrifices and thank- nd for Judah. And he commanded offerings; and as many as were of a the priests the sons of Aaron to offer free heart, burut-offerings. 32 And the number of the burnt-offer them on the altar of the LORD. 22 So they killed the bullocks, and ings, which the congregation brought the priests received the blood, and was threescore and ten bullocks, a sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, hundred rams, and two hundred when they had killed the rams, they lambs: all these were for a burnt-of- sprinkled the blood upon the altar: fering to the LORD. they killed also the lambs, and they 33 And the consecrated things were sprinkled the biood upon the altar. six hundred oxen and three thousand 23 And they brought forth the he-sheep. goats for the sin-ollering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt- offerings: wherefore their brethren 24 And the priests killed them, and the Levites did help them, till th they made reconciliation with their work was ended, and until the other blood upon the altar, to make an atoue-priests had sanctified themselves: for ment for all Israel: for the king com- manded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel. 25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psal- tries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 35 And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink-ollerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done sud- 26 And the Levites stood with the in-deuly. struments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. 27 And Hezekiah commanded to of fer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of the Lono began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel. 28 And all the congregation wor- shipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; and all this con- tinued until the burnt-offering was finished. 29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. 30 Moreover, Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. CHAP. XXX. AND Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manassel, that they should come to the house of the Load at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel. 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congrega- tion in Jerusalem, to keep the pass over in the second mouth. 3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanc- tified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. 4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem 458 He proclaimeth CHAP. XXX. aonemn passover. for they had not done it of a long time | Moses the man of God: the priests in such sort as it was written. sprinkled the blood, which they receiv 6 So the posts went with the letters cd of the hand of the Levites. from the king and his princes through- 17 For there were many in the con- out all Israel and Judah,and according gregation that were not sanctified: to the commandment of the king, say-therefore the Levites had the charge of ing, Ye children of Israel, turn again the killing of the passover for ever unto the Lono God of Abraham, Isaac, one that was not clean, to sanculy and Israel, and he will return to the them unto the LORD. remnant of you that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. 18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim,and Manassel, 7 And be not ye like your fathers, and Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleans- like your brethren, which trespassed ed themselves, yet did they eat the against the Load God of their fathers, passover otherwise than it was writ who therefore gave them up to desola-ten. But Hezekiah prayed for them, tion, as ye sce. saying, The good LORD pardon every 8 Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your one fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD,and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. 19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary, 20 And the Lond hearkened to Hez- ekiah, and healed the people. 9 For if ye turn again unto the Lono, 21 And the children of Israel that your brethren and your childrer hall were present at Jerusalem, kept the find compassion before them that lead feast of unfeavened bread seven days them captive, so that they shali come with great gladness: and the Levites again into this land: for the Lond and the priests praised the Lono day your God is gracious and me' ciful,and by day, singing with loud instruments will not turn away his face from you, Junto the LORD. if ye return unto him. 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably 10 So the posts passed from city to junto all the Levites that taught the city through the country of Ephraim good knowledge of the LORD: and and Manassel even unto Zebulun: but they did eat throughout the feast seven they laughed them to scorn, and mock-days, offering peace-offerings, an! making confession to the LORD God of ed them. 11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and their fathers. Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled 23 And the whole assembly took themselves, and came to Jerusalem. counsel to keep other seven days; and 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was they kept other seven days with glad to give them one heart to do the com-ness. mandinent of the king and of the prin- 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did ces, by the word of the LORD. give to the congregation a thousand 13 And there assembled at Jerusalem bullocks and seven thousand sheep; much people to keep the feast of un-and the princes gave to the congrega- leavened bread in the second month, a|tion a thousand bullocks and ten thou- ry great congregation. saud sheep and a great number of 4 And they arose and took away the priests sanctified themselves. itars that were in Jerusalem, and all 25 And all the congregation of Judah, die altars for incense took they away, with the priests and the Levites, and and cast them into the brook Kidrou. all the congregation that came out of 15 Then they killed the passover on Israel, and the strangers that came out the fourteenthdayofthe second month: of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in and the priests and the Levites were Judah, rejoiced, ashamed, and sanctified themselves, 26 So there was great joy in Jerusa and brought in the burnt-offerings into lem: for since the time of Solomon the house of the Lond. the son of David king of Israel there was not the like m Jerusalem. 27 T Then the priests the Levites 16 And they stood in their place after their enner, according to the law of 459 Provision for II. CHRONICLES. the priests. arose and blessed the people: and their 10 And Azariah the chief priest of the voice was heard, and their prayer came house of Zadok answered him, and up to his holy dwelling place, even said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lono, we have had enough to eat, and anto heaven. NOW CHAP. XXXI. OW when all this was finished, have left plenty for the LORD hath all Israel that were present went blessed his people; and that which is out to the cities of Judah, and brake left is this great store. the images in pieces, and cut down 11 T Then Hezekiah commanded to the groves, and threw down the high prepare chambers in the house of the places and the altars out of all Judah LORD; and they prepared them, and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and 12 And brought in the offerings and Manasseh, until they had utterly des-the tithes and the dedicated things troyed them all. Then all the chil-faithfully: over which Cononiah the dren of Israel returned, every man to Levite was ruler, and Shimei bis his possession, into their own cities. brother was the next. 2 And Hezekiah appointed the 13 And Jehiel, and Azzaziah, and Na ¶ courses of the priests and the Levites hath, and Asabel, and Jerimoth, and after their courses, every man accord-| Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ishmachiah, ing to his service, the priests and Le-and Mahath, and Benaiah, were over vites for burnt-offerings, and for peace-seers under the hand of Cononiah and offerings, to minister, and to give Shimei his brother, at the command thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord. over the free-will-oflermgs of God, to distribute the oblations of the Loud, and the most holy things, ment of Hezekiah the king, and Aza- riah the ruler of the house of God, 3. He appointed also the king's por- 14 And Kore the son of Immah the Le- tion of his substance for the burnt-of-vile, the porter toward the east, was ferings, 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 15 And next him were Eden, and it is written in the law of the Lord. Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, 4 Moreover he commanded the peo-Amiriah, and Shecamah, in the cities ple that dwelt in Jerusalem to give of the priests, in their set office,to give the portion of the priests and the Le-to their brethren by courses, as well to vites, that they might be encouraged the great as to the small: in the law of the Loxo. 16 Besides their genealogy of males, 5 ¶ And as soon as the command-from three years old and upward, even ment came abroad, the children of Is-junto every oue that entereth into the rael brought in abundance the first-house of the LORD, his daily portior. fruits of corn, wine and oil,and honey, for their service in their charges ac and of all the increase of the field; and cording to their courses, the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the 6 And concerning the children of Is- Levites from twenty years old and up rael and Judah, that dwelt in the cit-]ward,in their charges bytheir courses ies of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecra ted unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. 18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sous and their daughters, through all the congregation; for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness, 7 In the third month they began to 19 Also the 800s of Aaron, the Jay the foundation of the heaps, and priests, which were in the fields of the finished them in the seventh mouth. suburbs of their cities, in every several 8 And when Hezekiah and the prin-city, the men that were expressed by ces came and saw the heaps, they bles-name, to give portions to all the males sed the Lond, and his people Israel. among the priests, and to all that 9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the were reckoned by genealogics among priests and the Levites concerning the the Levites. Laps. 20 ¶ And thus did Hezekiah through 460 Sennacherib CHAP. XXXII. invadeth Judah out all Judah, ar.d wrought that which ye abide in the scige in Jerusalem? was good and right and truth before 11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you the LORD his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek bis God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. CHAP. XXXII. to give over yourselves to die by fam- 'ne and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of 1be hand of the king of Assyria? 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah tak- en away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah andJerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one FTER these things and the estab-altar, and burn incense upon it? Alishment thereof, Sennacherib king 13 Know Je not what I and my fa- ye of Assyria came, and entered into Ju-thers have done unto all the people or dah, and encamped against the fenced other lands? were the gods of the na- cities, and thought to win them for himself. tions of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of my hand ? 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sen- 14 Who was there among all the nacherib was come, and that he was gods of those nations that my fathers purposed to fight against Jerusalem, utterly destroyed, that could deliver 3 He took counsel with his princes his people out of my hand, that your and his mighty men to stop the waters God should be able to deliver you out of the fountains which were without of my hand? the city and they did help him. : 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah : 4 So there was gathered much peo-deceive you, nor persuade you on this ple together, who stopped all the foun- manner, neither yet believe him for Lains, and the brook that ran through no god of any nation or kingdom was the midst of the land, saying, Why able to deliver his people out of my should the kings of Assyria come, and hand, and out of the band of my fa find much water ? thers; how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand? 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, 16 And his servants spake yet more and raised up to the towers, and an- against the LORD God, and against his other wall without, and repaired Mil-servant Hezekiah. lo in the city of David, and made darts 17 He wrote also letters to rail on and shields in abundance. the LORD God of Israel, and to speak 6 And he set captains of war over against him, saying, As the gods of the the people, and gathered them togeth-uations of other lands have not deliv er to him in the street of the gate offered their people out of my band, so the city, and spake comfortably to shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver them, saying, his people out of my hand. 7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him for there be more with us than with him : 18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to Jaffright them, and to trouble them, that they might take the city. S With him is an arm of flesh; but 19 And they spake against the God with us is the LORD our God to help of Jerusalem, as against the gods of us, and to fight our battles. And the the people of the earth, which wert people rested themselves upon the the work of the hands of man. words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 20 And for this cause Hezekiah the 9 After this did Sennacherib king king, and the prophet 1sniab, the son of Assyria send his servants to Jerusa-Jof Amoz, prayed and cried to neaven. lem, (but he himself laid siege against 31 And the LORD sent an angel, Lachish, and all his power with him,) which cut off all the mighty men of unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and un-valor, and the leaders and captains in to all Judah that were at Jerusalem, the camp of the king of Assyria. So saying, he returned with shame of face to his 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of own land. And when he was come Assyria, Whereor do ye trust, that into the house of his god, they that 461 Hezekiah's we alın. 11. CHRONICLES Manasseh's reign came forth of his own bowels slew him est of the sepulchres of the sons of Da there with the sword. vid; and all Judah and the inhabitants 23 Thus the Lond saved Hezekiah of Jerusalem did him honour at his and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from death. And Manasseh his son reigast the hand of Sennacherib the king of in his stead. Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. CHAP. XXXIII. 2:3 And many brought gifts unto the MANASSEH was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to reigned fifty and five years in Jerusa- Hezekiah king of Judah ; so that helem : was magnified in the sight of all na- tions from thenceforth. 24 ¶ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and be gave him a sign. 25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up; therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lond, like unto the abom inations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 3T For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baa lim, and made groves, and worshipped all the bost of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the house w 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah hum- the Lono, whereof the Lond had said, bled himself for the pride of his heart, In Jerusalem shall my name be for both he and the inhabitants of Jerusa-ever. lem, so that the wrath of the LORD 5 And he built altars for all the host came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lond. 27 ¶ And Hezekiah had exceeding 6 And he caused his children to pass much riches and honour: and he made through the fire in the valley of the himself treasuries for silver, and for son of Hinnom: also he observed times, gold, and for precious stones, and for and used enchantments, and used spices, and for shichids, and for all witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar manner of pleasant jewels: 28 Storehouses alsofor the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for Blocks. 29 Morcover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance for God had given him substance very much. spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Loud, to provoke him to anger. 7 And be set a carved image, the idoi which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped put my name for ever: the upper water-course of Gibon, and | 8 Neither will I any more remove the brought it straight down to the west foot of Israel from out of the land side of the city of David. And Heze-which I have appointed for your fa kiah prospered in all his works. 31 Howbeit in the business of the Ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might Know all that was in his heart. 32 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Hez-| ekiab, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judali and Israel. 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fa- thers, and they buried hi in the chief- thers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, ac- cording to the whole law and the stat- utes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses. 9 So Manasseli made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the chil dren of Israel. 10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken. 11 ¶ Wherefore the LORD brought 402 Manassch's death. CHAP. XXXIV. Josiah's good reign. upou them the captains of the host of his father: For Amon sacrificed unto the king of Asyria, which took Ma all the carved images which Manasseh nasseh among the thorns, and bound his father had made,and served them: him with fetters, and carried him to 23 And humbled not himself before Babylon. the LORD, AS Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespass- 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD bis God, and hum-fed more and more. bled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 24 And his servants conspired against hin, and slew him in his own house, 25 1 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon: and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his 13 And prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his sup plication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD be was stead, God. 14 Now after this he built a wall. without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish-gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put cap tains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. Jos CHAP. XXXIV. OSIAH was eight years old when he began to reign: and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David bis father; and de- clined neither to the right hand nor to the left. 15 And he tookawaythe strange gods, 3 T For in the eighth year of his and the idol out of the bouse of the reign, while he was yet young, he be- LORD, and all the altars that he bad gan to seek after the God of David his built in the mount of the house of the father; and in the twelfth year he be- LORD, and in Jerusaleni,and castthem gan to purge Judah and Jerusalem cut of the city, from the high places, and the groves, 16 And he repaired the altar of the and the carved images, and the molten LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace-images. offerings and thank-offerings,and com- 4 And they brake down the altars of manded Judah to serve the LORD God Baalim in his presence; and the ina- of Israel. ges that were on high above them, be 17 Nevertheless the people did sac-feut down; and the groves, and the rifice still in the high places, yet unto carved images, and the molten images, the Lond their God only. he brake in pieces, and made dust of 18 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Ma-[them, and strewed it upon the graves nasseh, and his prayer unto his God, of them that had sacrificed unto them. and the words of the seers that spake 5 And he burnt the bones of the to him in the name of the Lono God priests upon their altars, and cleansed of Israel, behold, they are written in Judah and Jerusalem, the book of the Kings of Israel. 6 And so did he in the cities of Ma- nasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mat- tocks round about. 19 His prayer also,and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass,and the places wherein he built brigh places,and set up groves and 7 And when he had broken down the graven images, before he was hum-altars and the groves, and had beater. bled, behold, they are written among the graven images into powder, and the sayings of the seers. cut down all the idols throughout ali the land of Israel, he returned to Je- rusalem. 20 So Manasseh slept with his fa- thers, and they buried him in bis own house: and Amnon his son reigned in bis stead. 21. Amon was two and twenty years oid when he began to reign,and reign two years in Jerusalemn, 22 But he dil that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh 8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house,he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliab, and Maaseiab the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joa- haz the recorder, to repair the house of the IRD his God. 463 Destruction of II. CHRONIZE Jerusalem foretska. 9 And when they came to Hilkiah] 20 And the 'ng commanded Hilkiah, the high priest, they delivered the and Abikam the son of Shaphan, and money that was brought into the Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan house of God, which the Levites that the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the kept the doors had gathered of the king's, saying, hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they re- turned to Jerusalem. 10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Loup, and they gave it to the workinen that wrought in the house of the LonD,to repair and meud the house: 21 Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for thein that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. 22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tik vath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe: (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. 12 And the men did the work faith 23 T And she answered them, Thus fully and the overseers of them were saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell yo Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the man that sent you to me, the sous of Merari; and Zechariah 24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I and Meshullam, of the sons of the Ko-will bring evil upon this place, and hathites, to set it forward; and other upon the inhabitants thereof, even all of the Levites, all that could skill of the curses that are written in the book instruments of music. which they have read before the king of Judah: 11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to fioor the house which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. 14 T And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lono, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. 15 Aud Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the Jook to Shaphan. 25 Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of them hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shal not be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Judah,who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; 27 Because thy heart was tender,and thou didst humble thyself before God, 16 And Shaphan carried the book to when thou heardest his words against the king, and brought the king word this place, and against the inhabitants pack again, saying, All that was com-thereof, and humbledst thyself before mitted to thy servants, they do it. me, and didst rend thy clothes, ani! 17 And they have gathered together weep before me; I have even heard the money that was found in the house thee also, saith the Lord. of the LORD, and have delivered it mto the and of the overseers, and to the band of the workmen. 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 19 And it came to pass, when the kiug aad heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabit ants of the same. So they brought the king word again. 29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 464 Josiah keepeth CHAP. XXXV. a solemn passover. 30 And the king went up into the 7 And Josiah gave to the people, of house of the LouD, and all the men of the flock, lambs, and kids, all for the Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusa-passover-offerings, for all that were lem, and the priests, and the Levites, present, to the number of thirty thou and all the people, great and small: sand, and three thousand bullocks and he read in their ears all the words these were of the king's substance. of the book of the covenant that was 8 And his princes gave willingly un found in the house of the Lond. to the people, to the priests, and to the 31 And the king stood in his place, Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and and made a covenant before theLono, Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, to walk after the LORD, and to keep gave unto the priests for the passover- bis commandments, and his testimo-offerings two thousand and six hun- nies,and his statutes, with all his heart, dred small cattle, and three hundred. and with all his soul, to perform the oxen. words of the covenant which are writ- 9 Conaiah also, and Shemaiah, and ten in this book. Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabi- 32 And he caused all that were pres-jah, and Jebiel, and Jozobad, chief of ent in Jerusalem aud Benjamin to the Levites, gave unto the Levites,for stand to it. And the inhabitants of passover offerings five thousand smal Jerusalem did according to the covecattle, and five hundred oxen. nant of God, the God of their fathers. 10 So the service was prepared, and 33 And Josiah took away all the the priests stood in their place,and the abominations out of all the countries Levites in their courses, according to that pertained to the children of Israel, the king's comandment. and made all that were present in Is rael to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they de- parted not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. 11 And they killed the passover,and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt-offer- CHAP. XXXV. ings,that they might give according to ´OREOVER Josialı kept a pass the divisions of the families of the peo- Josial a puss-ple, to other unto the LORD, us it is written in the book of Moses. And so MOR lem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first mouth. [did they with the oxen. 2 And he set the priests in their char- 13And they roasted the passover with ges, and encouraged them to the ser-fire according to the ordinance: but vice of the house of the LORD, 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God,and his people Israel, the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speodily among all the people. 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests; because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burut-offer- ings and the fat until night; therefore 4And prepare yourselves by the hous-the Levites prepared for themselves, es of your fathers, after your courses, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. according to the writing of David king 16 And the singers the sons of Asaplı of Israel, and according to the writing were in their place, according to the of Solomon his son. commandment of David, and Asaph, 5 And stand in the holy place accord-and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's ing to the divisions of the families of seer; and the porters waited at every the fathers of your brethren the neo-gate; they might not depart from their ple, and after the division of the fami- service; for their brethren the Levites lies of the Levites. 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, thatthey may do according to the word of the Loan by the hand of Moses. prepared for them. 16 So all the service of the Lond was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-oller- ings upon the altar of the Lord, ac- 2 G 465 Josiah is slain. II. CHRONICLES. cording to the commandment of king Josiah. Jehonhaz s reign. CHAP. XXXVI. HEN the Inaand the children of Israel that Tahaz tople of the band took were present kept the passover at that made him king in his father's stead in time, and the feast of 'unleavened Jerusalem. bread seven days. 2 Jeboahaz was twenty and three 13 And there was no passover like years old when he began to reign,and to that kept in Israel from the days of | he reigned three mouths in Jerusalem Samuel the prophet; neither did all 3 And the king of Egypt put him the kings of Israel keep such a pass-down at Jerusalem, and condeinned over as Josiah kept, and the priests, the land in a hundred talents of silver and the Levites, and all Judah and Is- and a talent of gold. racl that were present, and the inhab-| 4 And the king of Egypt made Elia itants of Jerusalem. kum his brother king over Judah and 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign Jerusalem,and turned his name to Je of Josiah was this passover kept. hoiakim, And Necho took Jeboahaz 20 T After all this, when Josiah had his brother, and carried him to Egypt. prepared the temple, Necho king of 5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five Egypt came up to fight against Car-years old when he began to reign, and chemish by Euphrates: and Josiah he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; went out against him. and he did that which was evil in 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, the sight of the Lono his God. saying, What have I to do with thee, 6 Against him came up Nebuchad- thou king of Judah? I come not against nezzar king of Babylon, and bound thee this day, but against the house him fetters, to carry him to Baby wherewith I have war: for God com-lon. manded me to make haste; forbear 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the thee from meddling with God, who is vessels of the house of the Lord te with me, that he destroy thec not. Babylon, and put them in his temple 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not at Babylon. turn his face from him, but disguised 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoia himself, that he might fight with him, kim, and his abominations which he and hearkened not unto the words of did, and that which was found in him, Necho from the mouth of God, and behold, they are written in the book came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. of the kings of Israel and Judah : ans 23 And the archers shot at kiug Jo-Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead siah; and the king said to his servants, 91 Jehoiachin was eight years old Have me away; for I am sore wounded, when he began to reign, and he reign 24 His servants therefore took himed three months and ten days in Jeru out of that chariot, and put him in the salein: and he did that which was second chariot that he had; and they evil in the sight of the Lord. brought him to Jerusalem,and he died, 10 And when the year was expired, and was buried in one of the sepul-kingNebuchadnezzer sent, and brought chres of his fathers. And all Judah him to Babylon, with the goodly ves- and Jerusalem moured for Josiah. sels of the house of the Lord, and 25 ¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Jo-made Zedekiah his brother king over siah; and all the singing-men and the Judah and Jerusalem. singing-women spake of Josiah in their 11 Zedekiah was one and twenty lamentations to this day, and made years old when he began to reign, and them an ordinance in Israel: and, be- reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. nold, they are written in the Lamen] 12 And he did that which was evil tations. in the sight of the Lond his God, and 26 T Now the rest of the acts of Jo-fhumbled not himself before Jeremiah siah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, 27 And his deeds, first and last, be- bold, they are written in the book of the Kings of Israel and Judah, the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had inade him ewear by God: but he stiffened his Ineck, and hardened his heart from 466 Cyrus' CHAP. I. turning unto the LORD God of Israel. 14 T 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 Lono, which be bad hallowed in Jerusalem. 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 despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy, prociamation. and brake down the wail of Jerusa lem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon, where they were servants to him and his sous until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21 To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiab, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, し​い ​fulfil threescore and ten years. 22 T Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, (that the word of the Lond, spoken by the mouth of Jeremi 17 Therefore he brought upon them ah, might be accomplished,) the LonL the king of the Chaldees, who slew stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of their young men with the sword in Persia, that he made a proclamation. the house of their sanctuary, and had throughout all his kingdom, and put is no compassion upon young man or also in writing, saying, maiden, old man, or him that stooped 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia for age; he gave them all into his hand. All the kingdoms of the earth hath the 18 And all the vessels of the house of | Lond God of heaven given me; and God, great and small,and the treasures he hath charged me to build him a of the house of the Loan,and the treas-house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. ures of the king, aud of his princes; Who is there among you of all his peo- all these he brought to Babylon, ple? the LORD his God be with him, - 19 And they burnt the house of God, and let him go up. CHAP. I. T EZRA for the house of God thự is in Jeruža- NOW in the first year of Cyrus lem. king of Persia, (that the word of 5 T Then rose up the chief of the fa- the Lond by the mouth of Jeremiah|thers of Judah and Benjamin, and the might be fulfilled,) the LORD stirred up priests, and the Levites, with all them the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that whose spirit God had raised, to go up he made a proclamation throughout to build the house of the LORD which all his kingdom, and put it also in is in Jerusalem. writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build bim a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his prople? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah,and build the house of the LORD God of Israel (he is the God) which is m Jerusalem. 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 Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; S Even those did Cyrus king of Persia 4 And whosoever remaineth in any bring forth by the land of Mithredath place where he sojourneth, let the men the treasurer, and numbered them unto of his place help him with silver, and Sheshbazzar the prince of Judab. with gold, and with goods, and with 9 And this is the number of them : beasts, besides the free-will-offering thirty charges of gold, a thousand 467 Those who returned 'EZRA. from Babylon, chargers of silver, nine and twenty, 19 The children of Hashum, two knives, hundred twenty and three. 10Thirty basons of gold, silver basons 20 The children of Gibbar, ninety nшely dl'a second sort four hundred and ten, and five. and other vessels a thousand. · 11. All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusa- lem CHAP. II. 21 The children of Bethlehem, a bundred twenty and three. 22The men of Netophah, fifty and six. 23 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight. 24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. 25 The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirath, and Beeroth, seven hun Now these are the children of the dred and forty and three. province that went up out of the raptivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away into Babylon,and came again unto Je rusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 26 The children of Ramalı and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. 27 The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two. 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of Nebo, fifty and 30 The children of Magbish, a hu dred fifty and six. 2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Je-two. shua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshian, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rebum, Baanahı. The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 The children of Parosh, two thou sand a hundred seventy and two. 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 5 The children of Arab, seven hun- dred seventy and five. 6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty and four. 8 The children of Zattu, nine hun- dred forty and five. 9 The children of Zaccai, seven hun- dred and threescore. 10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. 11 The children of Bebai, six hun- dred twenty and three. 12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. 13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. 14 The children of Bigyai, two thou- sand fifty and six. 31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four 32 The children of Harim, three hun- dred and twenty. 33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and live. 34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. 36 The priests: the children of Je- daiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of Pashur, a thou- sand two hundred forty and seven. 30 The children of Harim, a thou sand and seventeen. 40 T The Levites: the children of Jeshua, and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. 41 The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight. 42 T The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the coildren of Talmon, the chil 15 The children of Adin, four hun-dren of Akkub, the children of Hatita, dred fifty and four. 16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight 17 The children of Bezai, three huo- dred twenty and three. 18 The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve. the children of Shobai, in all a hun- dred thirty and nine. 42 T The Nethenims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 41 The children of Keros, the chil [dren of Siaha, the children of Padon 468 T CHAP. III. sel HD 45 The children o Lebanah, the] 63 And the Tirsbatha said unto thera children of Hagabah, the children of that they should not eat of the most Akkub, holy things, till there stood up a priest 46 The children of Hagab, the chil-with Urin and with Thummim. dren of Shalmai, the children of Ha- 64 T The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three bun 47 The children of Giddel, the childred and threescore, dren of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 65 Besides their servants and their 48 The chuldren of Rezin, the chil-maids,of whom there were seven thou dren of Nekoda, the children of Gaz-sana three hundred thirty and seven zam, and there were among them two hun nao, 49 The children of Uzza, the childred singing-men and singing-women. dren of Paseal, the children of Besai, 66 Their horses were seven hundred 50 The children of Asnab, the chil- thirty and six; their mules, two hun- dren of Mehunim, the children of Ne-[dred forty and five; phusim, 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five ; their asses, six thousand sev- en hundred and twenty. 61 The children of Bakbuk, the chil- dren of Hakupha, the children of Har- bur, 68 ↑ And some of the chief of the fa- 52 The children of Bazluth, the chilthers, when they came to the house dren of Mehida, the children of Har- of the LORD, which is at Jerusalemn, sha, offered freely for the house of God, to 53 The children of Barkos, the chil-set it up in his place : dren of Sisera, the children of Tha- 69 They gave after their ability unto mah, the treasure of the work threescore 64 The children of Neziah, the chil-and one thousand drams of gold, and dren of Hatipha. five thousand pounds of silver, and 55 ¶ The children of Solomon's ser- one hundred priests' garments. ants: the children of Sotai, the chil 70 So the priests, and the Levites aren of Sophereth, the children of Pe- and some of the people, and the sing ruda, ers, and the porters, and the Nethin 56 The children of Jaalab, the chil-ims, dwelt in their cities, and all Is dren of Darkon,the children of Giddel, rael in their cities. 57 The children of Shephatiab, the hildren of Hattil, the children of Po chereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. 58 All the Nethinime, and the chil dren of Solomon's servants,were three nundred ninety and two. A CHAP. III. ND when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Je- rusalem. 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of 59 And these were they which went Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, up from Tel melah,Tel-barsa, Cherub, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Addan, and Immer. but they could and his brethren, and builded the al- not show their father's house,and their tar of the God of Israel, to oller burnt- seed, whether they were of Israel : offerings thereon, as it is written ic 60 The children of Delaiab, the chil-the law of Moses the man of God. dren of Tobiah, the children of Ne- 3 And they set the altar upon his ba- koda, six hundred fifty and two. ses; for fear was upon thêm because : 61 And of the children of the of the people of those countries ; aud priests the children of Habaiah, the they offered burnt offerings there children of Koz, the children of Bar-junto the Lono, even burnt-offerings zillai : which took a wife of the daugh-morning and evening. ters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and 4 They kept also the feast of taber- was called after their name: nacles, as it is written,and offered the 62 These sought their register among daily burnt-offerings by number, ac- those that were reckoned by genealo-cording to the custom, as the duty of gy, but they were not found: there- every day required; fore were they, as polluted, put from 5 And afterward offered the continua. the priesthood. [burnt-offering,both of the new moons, 469 The foundation EZRA. of the temple lard. and of all the set feasts of the Lond¡ple: for the people shouted with a that were consecrated, and of every |loud shout, and the noise was heard one that willingly offered a free-will-afar off. offering unto the Louv. 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offer- tion of the temple of the LonD was not yet laid. OW CHAP. IV. ings unto the LORD. But the foundaNow when the adversaries of Ju- dal and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lóno God of Israel ; 7 They gave money also unto the ma- 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and sons,and to the carpenters; and meat, to the chief of the fathers, and said and drink,aud oil,unto them of Zidou, Junto them, Let us build with you : for and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar- we seek your God, as ye do; and we trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, do sacrifice unto him since the days of according to the grant that they had Esar-haddon king of Assur, which of Cyrus king of Persia. brought us up hither. 8 Now in the second year of their] 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and coming unto the house of God at Jeru-[the rest of the chief of the fathers of salem, in the second mouth, began Ze-Israel, said unto them, Ye have noth rubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Je-ing to do with us to build a house unlo shua the son of Jozadak, and the remour God; but we ourselves together naut of their brethren the priests and will build unto the LORD God of Is- the Levites, and all they that were rael, as king Cyrus the king of Persia come out of the captivity unto Jerusa-hathi commanded us. lem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set brward the work of the house of the Lond. 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his cons, the sons of Judah,together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad,with their sous and their brethren the Levites. 4 Then the people of the land weak- ened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building; 5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the 10 And when the builders laid the inhabitants of Judalı and Jerusalem. foundation of the temple of the Lono,] 7¶ And in the days of Artaxerxes they set the priests in their apparel wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, with trumpets, and the Levites the and the rest of their companions, unto sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Artaxerxes king of Persia ; and the the Loud, after the ordinance of Da-writing of the letter was written in vid king of Israel. the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. 8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jeru- salem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good,for his iner cy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the 9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, LORD, because the foundation of the and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest house of the LORD was laid. of their companions; the Dinaises,the 12 But many of the priests and Le-Apbarsathchites, the Tarpelites, the vites, and chief of the fathers, cho Apharsites, the Archevites, the Baby- were ancient men, that had seen the lonians, the Susanchites, the Dehav first house, when the foundation ofthis ites, and the Elamites, house was laid before their eyes,wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy; 13 So that the people could not dis- cern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the peo- 10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. 11 T This is the copy of the letter 470 Artaxerxes' decree. CHAP. V. Trinai's letter: that they sent unto him, even unto do this: why should damage grow to Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the the hurt of the kings? men on this side the river, and at such 23 Now when the copy of king a time. Artaxerxes' letter was read before 12 Be it known unto the king, that Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and the Jews which came up from thee to their companions, they went up in us are come unto Jerusalem, building haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews,and, the rebellious and the bad city, and made them to cease by force and have set up the walls thereof, and join-power. ed the foundations. 21 Then ceased the work of the house 13 Be it known now unto the king, of God which is at Jerusalem. So it that, if this city be builded, and the ceased unto the second year of the walls set up again, then will they not reign of Darius king of Persia. pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. 14 Now because we have mainte- nance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king, THE CHAP. V. HEN the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. 15 That search may be made in the 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of book of the records of thy fathers: so Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Joz- shalt thou find in the book of the rec-ļadak, and began to build the house of ords, and know that this city is a re- God which is at Jerusalem; and with bellious city, and hurtful unto kings them were the prophets of God help and provinces, and that they haveing them. moved sedition within the same of old time for which cause was this city destroyed. 16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. 3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Sheibar-boznai,and their compan ions, and said thus unto them, Who hatli commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of we men that make this building? 17 T Then sent the king an answer unto Rebum the chancellor, and to 5 But the eye of their God was upon Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of the elders of the Jews, that they could their companions that dwelt in Sama-not cause them to cease, till the mat- ria,and unto the rest beyond the river, ter came to Darius; and then they re- Peace, and at such a time. turned answer by letter concerning this matter. 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 6 T The copy of the letter that Tat 19 And I commanded, and search nai, governor on this side the river, hath been made, and it is found that and Shethar-boznai, and his compan- this city of old tune hath made insur-ions the Apharsachites, which were on rection against kings, and that rebel-this side the river,sent unto Darius the lion and sedition have been made king: therein. 20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. 7 They sent a letter unto him, where- in was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. 8 Be it known unto the king,that we went into the province of Judea,to the house of the great God,which is build- 21 Give ye now commandment to ed with great stones,and timber is laid cause these men to cease,and that this in the walls, and this work goeth fast city be not builded, until another com-on, and prospereth in their hands. mardment shall be given from me. 9 Then asked we those elders, and 22 Take heed now that ye fail not tolsaid unto them thus, Who commaudel 471 The decree EZRA. of Darius. you to build this house,and to make up; 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, these walls? the same Cyrus the king made a de 10 We ask their names also, to certi- cree concerning the house of God at fy thee, that we might write the names Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, of the men that were the chief of them. the place where they offered sacrific- 11 And thus they returned us answer, es, and let the foundations thereof be saying, We are the servants of the God strongly laid; the height thereof three- of heaven and earth, and build the score cubits, and the breadth thereof house that was builded these many threescore cubits; years ago, which a great king of Israel 4 With three rows of great stones, builded and set up. and a row of new timber; and let the 12 But after that our fathers had pro-expenses be given out of the king's voked the God of heaven unto wrath, house. he gave them into the hand of Nebu- 5 And also let the golden and silver chadnezzar the king of Babylon, the vessels of the house of God, which Chaldean, who destroyed this house, Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the and carried the people away into Bab- ylon. temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and 13 But in the first year of Cyrus the brought again unto the temple which king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus is at Jerusalem,every one to his place, made a decree to build this house of and place them in the house of God. God. 6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor 14 And the vessels also of gold and beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and silver of the house of God, which Neb-your companions the Apharsachites, uchadnezzar took out of the temple which are beyond the river, be ye far that was in Jerusalem, and brought from thence: them into the temple of Babylon,those 7 Let the work of this house of God did Cyrus the king take out of the alone; let the governor of the Jews temple of Babylon, and they were de-and the elders of the Jews build this livered unto one, whose name was house of God in his place. Sheshbazzar, whom he bad made gov ernor; 15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in bis place. S 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 inen, that they b not hindered. 16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of 9. And that which they have need of God which is in Jerusalem: and since both young bullocks, and rams, ai that time even until now bath it been lambs, for the buint-offerings of th in building, and yet it is not finished. God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, an 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to oil, according to the appointment the king, let there be search made in the priests which are at Jerusalem, le! the king's treasure-house, which is it be given them day by day withou! there at Babylon, whether it be so, fail: that a decree was made of Cyrus the 10 That they may offer sacrifices of king to build this house of God at Je-sweet savours unto the God of neaven, rusalem, and let the king send his and pray for the life of the king, and pleasure to us concerning this matter. of his sons. TH CHAP. VI. HEN Darius the king made a de- cree, and search was made in the nouse of the rolls, where the treasures wer: nid up in Babylon. 2 And there was found at Achmethia, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written. 11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, Jet timber be pulled 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 472 The temple finished. CHAP. VII. God which is at Jerusalem. 1 Darius Artaxerxes' decree. CHAP. VII, have made a decree; let it be done NOW after these things, in the reiga 13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-bozuia, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 The son of Shallum, the son of Za dok, tlie son of Abitub, 3 The son of Amariah, the son of 14 And the elders of the Jews build-Azariah, the son of Meraioth, ed, and they prospered through the 4 The son of Zerahiab, the son of prophesying of Haggai the prophet, Uzzi, the son of Bukki, and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And 5 The son of Abishua, the son of they builded, and finished it, accord-Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son ing to the commandment of the God of Aaron the chief priest; of Israel, and according to the com- 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; mandment of Cyros, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month_Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Is- racl had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the band of the Lord his God upon him. 7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nithinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seven year of Ar- taxerxes the king. 16 T And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, 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 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the this house of God a hundred bullocks,|fifth month, which was in the seventhi two hundred rams, four hundred year of the king. mouth began he to go up from Baby Jon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, accord ing to the good hand of his God upon him. lambs; and for a sin-offering for all 9 For upon the first day of the first Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and 19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth judgments. day of the first month. 11 Now this is the copy of the let- 20 For the priests and the Levites ter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto were purified together; all of them Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a were pure, and killed the passover for|scribe of the words of the command- all the children of the captivity, and ments of the LORD, and of his statutes for their brethren the priests, and for to Israel. themselves. 21 And the children of Israel, 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 Israel, did eat, 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra 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 Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are 22 And kept the feast of unleavened [minded of their own free will to go up bread seven days with joy: for the to Jerusalem, go with thee. LORD had made them joyful, aud| 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the turned the heart of the king of Assyria king, and of his seven counsellors, tc unto them, to strengthen their bands inquire concerning Judah and Jerusa- the work of the house of God, the lem, according to the law of thy God God of Israel. which is in thy hand; 473 Those who returned EZRA. with Ezra. 15 And to carry tae silver and gold,] 26 Aud whosoever will not do the which the king and bis counsellors law of thy God, and the law of the have freely offered unto the God of Is-king, let judgment be executed spredi- rael, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, ly upon him, whether it be unto death, 16 And all the silver and gold that or to banishment, or to confiscation of thou canst find in all the province of goods, or to imprisonment. Babylon, with the free-will-offering of 27 ¶ Blessed be the Lorn God of on: the people, and of the priests, offering fathers, which hath put such a thing willingly for the house of their God as this in the king's heart, to beautify which is in Jerusalem; the house of the LORD which is in Je- 17 That thou mayest buy speedily rusalem : with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, 28 And hath extended mercy unfo with their meat-ollerings, and their me before the king, and his counsel- drink-offerings, and offer them upon lors, and before all the king's mighty the altar of the house of your God|princes. And I was strengthened as which is in Jerusalem. 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to Uhy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do after the will of your God. 19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. the hand of the Loud my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. CHAP. VIII. TH HESE are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. 20 And whatsoever more shall be 2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershon: needful for the house of thy God, which of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of thou shalt have occasion to bestow, the sons of David; Hattush. bestow it out of the king's treasure- house. 21. And I even 1, Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done apeadily, 22 Unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt with out prescribing how much. 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zecharialı; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the måles a hundred and fifty. 4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Eli- boenai the son of Zerabiab, and with him two hundred males, 5 of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jalaziel, and with him three hun dred males. 6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebcu the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 23 Whatsoever is commanded by the 7 And of the sons of Elan; Jeshaiah God of heaven, let it be diligently the son of Athalial, and with him done for the house of the God of beav· | seventy males. en: for why should there be wrath 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; against the realm of the king and his Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with BOUS? him fourscore males. 24 Also we certify you, that touch- 9 of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the ing any of the priests and Levites, sing-son of Jehiel, and with him two hun- ers, porters, Nithinims, or ministers dred and eighteen males. of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or cus- tom, upon them. 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thy hand, set magistrates 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. 10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hun- dred and threescore males. 11 And of the eons of Bebai ; Zecha- riah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eigales. 12 And of the ava of Azgad; Joha nan the son of Haxkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males. 13. And of the last sons of Adonikam, 474 He kepeth a fast. CHAP. VII. They come to Jerusalim. whose names are these, Eliphalet, 25 And weighed unto them the sil- Jeiel, and Shemaiab, and with them ver, and the gold, and the vessels, even threescore males. the offering of the Louse of our God which the king, and his counsellors and his lords, ac all Israel there pre sent, had offerea: 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. L 15 T And I gathered them together 26 I even weighed unto their band o the river that runneth to Abava; six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and there abode we in tents three and silver vessels a hundred talents, days: aud 1 viewed the people, and and of gold a hundred talents; 27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a the priests, and found there one of thousand drams; and two vessels of the sons of Levi. fine copper, precious as gold. 28 And I said unto thein, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold ari a free-will-offering unto the Lord God of your fathers. 16 Then seut I for Eliezer, for Ari- el, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of un- derstanding. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until 17 And I sent them with commaud- ye weigh them before the chief of the inent unto Iddo the chief at the place priests and the Levites, and the chief Casiphia, and I told them what they of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, should say unto Iddo, and to his breth- in the chamoers of the house of the ren the Nithinim, at the place Casi-LORD. phia, that they s ould bring unto us ministers for the use of our God. 30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the go.d, 18 And by the good hand of our God and the vessels, to bring them to Jeru upon us they brought us a man of un-salem, unto the house of our God. derstanding, of the sons of Mahli, the 31 T Then we departed from the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and She-[river of Ahava on the twelfth day of rebiab, with his sous and his brethren, eighteen ; 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty. 20 Also of the Netbinims, whom Da- vid and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hun- dre and twenty Nethiniins: all of them were expressed by name. | the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. and 32 And we came to Jerusalem, abode there three days. 33 Now on the fourth day was the silver, and the gokl, and the vessels, weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him rous Eleazar the son of Phinehas: and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, L:• tes; 31 By number and by weigit cf eve- ry one: and all the weight was writ- ten at that time, 21 ¶ Then I prociaimed a fast there, at the river of Alava, that we might Alict ourselves before our God, to seek Am a right way for us, and for our *le ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horse men to help us against the enemy in the way; because we had spoken unto 35. Also the children of those that had the king, saying, The hand of our God[been carried away, which were come is upon all them for good that seek out of the captivity, offered burnt-of- him; but his power and his wrath is ferings unto De P´d of lazael, twelve against all thein that forsake mm. builocks for all Israel, ninety and six 23 So we fasted and besought our God¦ rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve for this: and he was entreated of us. 24 T Then I separated twelve of the¦ chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hash- abiah, and ten of their brethren with thein, he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt-offering unto the LORD. 36 T And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieuten- auts, and to the governors on this side 475 Ezra's prayer and EZRA. confession of sins. the river; and they furthered the peo-¡give us a reviving, to set up the house ple, and the house of God. of our God, and to repair the desola- CHAP. IX. tions thereof, and to give us a wall in NOW when these things were done, Judah and in Jerusalem. the princes came to me, saying, 10 And now, O our God, what shall The people of Israel, and the priests, we say after this? for we have forsak- and the Levites, have not separated en thy commandments, themselves from the people of the 11 Which thou hast commanded by lands, doing according to their abom-thy servants the prophets, saying, The inations, even of the Canaanites, the land, unto which ye go to possess it, is Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, an unclean land with the filthiness of the Ammonites, the Moabites, the the people of the lands, with their Egyptians, and the Amorites. abominations, which have filled it 2 For they have taken of their daugh- from one end to another with their un- ters for themselves, and for their sons; cleanness. so that the holy seed have mingled 12 Now therefore give not your themselves with the people of those daughters unto their sous, neithertake luids: yea, the hand of the princes their daughters unto your sons, nor and rulers hath been chief in this tres- seek their peace nor their wealth for pass. 3 And when I heard this thing, rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked of the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished. 4 Then were assembled unto me eve ry one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trans- gression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice. lever: 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 afterall that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliv- erance as this: 14 Should we again break thy com- 5 T And at the evening sacrifice Imandments, and join in affinity with arose up from my heaviness; and hav-the people of these abominatious? ng rent my garment and my mantle, wouldest not thou be angry with us I fell upon my knees, and spread out till thou hast consumed us, so that my hands unto the LORD my God, there should be no remnant nor escap- 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed ing? and blush to lift up my face to thee, 15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art my God: for our iniquities are increas-righteous; for we remain yet escaped, ed over our head, and our trespass is as it is this day; behold, we are before grown up unto the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been deliv ered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. 3 And now for a little space grace nath been showed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in bis holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. thee in our trespasses; for we cannot stand before thee because of this. CHAP. X. OW when Ezra had prayed, and When he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congre- gation of inen and women and children: for the people wept very sore. 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. 9 For we were hondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bon- 3 Now therefore let us make a cove dage, but hath extended mercy unto us nant with our God to put away all the the sight of the kings of Persia, tolwives, and such as are born of thei 476 Those who mz-ied CHAP. X. strange wolves according to the counsel of my lord,, have taken strange wives in our cities and of those that tremble at the com- come at appointed times, and with mandment of our God: and let it be them the elders of every city, and the done according to the law. judges thereof, until the fierce wrath 4 Arise; for this matter belongeth of our God for this matter be turned unto thee: we also will be with thee: from us. De of good courage, and do it. 15 ↑ Only Jonathan the son of Asa- 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the hel, and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah chief priests, the Levites, and all Is-were employed about this matter: racl, to swear that they should do ac-and Meshullam and Shabbethai the cording to this word. And they sware. Levite helped them. 6 ¶ Then Ezra rose up from before 16 And the children of the captivity the house of God, and went into the did so. And Ezra the priest,with cer- chamber of Johanan the son of Eli-tain chief of the fathers, after the ashib; and when he came thither, he house of their fathers, and all of them did eat no bread,nor drink water: for by their names, were separated, and ne mourned because of the trangress-sat down in the first day of the tenth ion of them that had been carried month to examine the matter. 17 And they made an end with all the away. 7 And they made proclamation men that had taken strange wives by throughout Judah andJerusalem unto the first day of the first month. all the children of the captivity, that 18 And among the sons of the they should gather themselves togeth-priests there were found that had ta er unto Jerusalem; ken strange wives: namely, of the 8 And that whosoever would not sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak,and come within three days, according to his brethren; Maaseiab, and Eliezer, the counsel of the princes and the el-and Jarib, and Gedaliah. ders, all his substance should be for- feited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. 19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a rain of the flock for their trospass. 9 T Then all the men of Judalı and 20 And of the sons of Immer; Ha- Benjamin gathered themselves togeth- nani, and Zebadiah. er unto Jerusalem within three days. 21 And of the sons of Harim ; Maa It was the ninth month, and the twen-seiab, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, tieth day of the month; and all the Jehiel, and Uzziah. people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this mat- ter, and for the great rain. and 22 And of the sons of Pasbur; Elio enai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 10 And Ezra the priest stood up,and] 23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad,and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Ke- aud have taken strange wives, to in-lita,) Pethaliah, Judab, and Eliezer. crease the trespass of Israel. 24 of the singers also; Eliashib: and 11 Now therefore make confession of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, unto the Lono God of your fathers, and Uri. and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. 12 Then all he congregation answer-Malchijab, and Bevaiah. ed and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. 25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Mal chiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and 26 And of the soñsol Elam; Matta niah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Ab- di, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. 13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are 37 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioe- not able to stand without, neither is nai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jere- this a work of one day or two; for we moth, and Zabad, and Aziza. are many that have transgressed in this thing. 14 Let now our rulers of all the con- Zregation stand, and let all them which 28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jebo hanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and All lai. 29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshw 477 Nehemiah mourneln, NEHEMIAMI. lam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. - 30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, an:l Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattániah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. 31 And of the sons of Harim; Elie- zer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32 Benjamin, Mulluch, and Shema- riah. fasteth, and prayıth. 35 Benaiab, Bedeiah, Chellub, 36 Vaniab, Meremota, Eliashib, 37 Matteniah, Mattenai, and Jansau, 38 And Baui, and Binnui, Shimei, 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shema riali, 42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. 43 of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel,Mat tithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Ju- 33 Of the sons of Hashum; Matte- nai, Mattathal, Zabad, Eliphelet, Je-el, Benaiab. remai, Manasseh, and Shimei, 44 All these had taken strange wives 34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, [and some of them had wives by whơn Amram, and Uel, they had children. T The Book of NEHEMIAH. CHAP. I. THE Nehemia the sun of Hachaliah. And it came to pass, in the mouth of Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, the judgments, which thou command- eust thy servent uses. S Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy ser- vant Moses,saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the na tions: 2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; 9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep and I asked them concerning the Jews my commandments, and do them; that had escaped, which were left of though they were of you cast out unto the captivity, and concerning Jerusa-the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will gather them from thence, an: km. 3 And they said unto me, The rem will bring them unto the place that nant that are left of the captivity there have chosen to set my name there. in the province are in great affliction 10 Now these are thy servants and and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem thy people, whom thou hast redeemed also is broken down, and the gates by thy great power, and by thy strong thereof are burned with Gre. hand. 4. And it came to pass, when I beard 11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now these words, that I sat down and wept, thine ear be attentive to the prayer of and mourneil certain days, and fasted, thy servant, and to the prayer of thự and prayed before the God of heaven, servants, who desire to fear thy name : 5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant God of heaven, the great and terrible this day, and grant him mercy in the God,that keepeth covenant and mercy sight of this man. For I was the for them that love him and observe his king's cup-bearer. commandments: CHAP. II. 6 Let thine ear now he attentive, and AND it came to pass in the month thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear Nisan, in the twentieth year of the prayer of thy servant, which Artaxerxes the king, that wine was pray before the now, day and night,[before him: and I took up the wine, for the children of Israel thy servants, and gave it unto the king. Now I had and confess the sins of the children of not been beforetime sad in his pres- Israel, which we have sinned against ence. thee: both I and my father's house 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, have sinned. Why is thy countenance sad, seeing 7 We have dealt very corruptly thou art not sick? this is nothing else against thee, and have not kept the but sorrow of heart. Then I was very commandments, nor the statutes, norjsore afraid, 478 He vinieth CHAP. III. 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my father's sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are con- sumed with fire ? 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. Jerusalem 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. 16 And the rulers knew not whither 5 And I said unto the king, If it I went, or what I did; neither had I please the king, and if thy servant as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the have found favour in thy sight, that priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the thou wouldest send me unto Judah, rulers, nor to the rest that did the unto the city of my fathers'sépulchres, work. 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 1 set him a time. 7 Moreover 1 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 Judah; 17 ¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jeru salem licth waste, and the gates thereof are buried with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, 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 spe- ken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthen 8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper ed their bands for this good work, of the king's forest, that he may give 19 But when Sanballat the Horon ine timber to make beams for the ite, and Tobiah the servant, the Am- gates of the palaces which appertained monite, and Geshem the Arabian, to the house, and for the wall of the heard it, they laughed us to scoro, and city, and for the house that I shall en-despised us, and said, What is this ter into. Aud the king granted me, thing that ye do? will ye rebel against according to the good hand of my God, the king ? upon me. 20 Then answered I them, and said 9¶ Then I came to the governors unto them, The God of heaven, he will beyond the river, and gave them the prosper us; therefore we lus servants king's letters. Now the king had sent will arise and build: but ye have no captains of the army and borsemen portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem. with me. 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammou- ite, heard of it, it grieved them ex- ceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. CHAP. III. HEN Eliashib the high priest rose TH up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep-gates; they [sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the towerof Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hana necl. 12 ¶ And I arose in the night, I and 2 And next unto him builded the men some few men with me; neither told of Jericho. And next to them builded Lany man what my God had_put_in]Zacchur the son of Imri. my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither 3 But the fish-gate did the sons of was there any beast with ine, save the Hassenaah build, who also laid the beast that I rode upon, beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the aragon-well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were comumed with fire. 4 And next unto them repaired Me- remoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the 479 The names and order of NEHEMIAH. them that builded the wall. son of Meshezabcel. And next unto son of Azbuk, the ruler of the hal them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. part of Beth-zur, unto the place over 5 And next unto them the Tekoites against the sepulchres of David, and repaired; but their nobles put not to the pool that was made, and unto their necks to the work of the LORD. the house of the mighty. 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Je- 17 After him repaired the Levites, hoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshul- Rebum, the son of Baui. Next unto lam the son of Besodeiah; they laid him repaired Hashabial, the ruler of the beams thereof, and set up the doors the half part of Keilah, in his part. thereof, and the locks thereof,and the 18 After him repaired their brethren, bare thereof. Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilab. 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, 7 And next unto them repaired Me- latiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpali, unto the throne of the gov-another piece over against the going ernor on this side the river. up to the armoury at the turning of the wall. 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hanani- ah the son of one of the apothecaries; and they fortified Jerusalem uuto the broad wall. 9 And next unto them repaired Re- phaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. 20 After him Baruch the son of Zab bai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another [piece, from the door of the house of 10 And next unto them repaired Je-|Eliashib even to the end of the house daiah the son of Haruinaph, even over of Eliashib. against his house. And next unto 22 And after him repaired the priests him repaired Hattush the son of Ha- the men of the plain. shabniah. 23 After him repaired Benjamin and 11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub over against their house. After Hashub the son of Palath-moab, re-him repaired Azariah the son of Maa- paired the other piece, and the tower seiah the son of Ananiali by his house. of the furnaces. 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azarian unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner 25 Palal the son of Uzai, 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 Pedaiah the son of Parosh. 12 And next unto him repaired Shal- Ium the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 13 The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; 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- chiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water-gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great 15 But the gate of the fountain re-tower that lieth out, even unto the paired Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, wall of Ophel. the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built 28 From above the horse-gate repair- it, and covered it, and set up the doors fed the priests, every one over against thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars his house. thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloal by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. 29 After them repaired Zadok, the son of Immer over against his house, A ter him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the least gate. 480 Nehemiah appointeth CHAP. IV 30 After him repaired Hananiah the Son of Shelemiah,and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After nim repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiali over against his chamber. 31 After him repaired Malchial the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants,over against the gate Miplikad, 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. UT it came to pass,that when San- a reatch. 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slaythem, 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 ali places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you, 13 Therefore set in the lower pla ces behind the wall, and on the high- er places, I even set the people after their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. BUT came to builded uue said onto the nobles, and to the rules, 14 And I looked, and rose up, and wall, he was wroth, and took great in- and to the rest of the people, Be not dignation, and mocked the Jews. ye afraid of them: remember the And he spake before his orethren Lond, which is great and terrible, and and the army of Samaria, and said, fight for your brethren, your sons, and What do these feeble Jews? will they your daughters, your wives, and your fortify themselves? will they sacri-houses. tice will theymake an end in a day? 15 And it came to pass, when our en- will they revive the stones out of the emies heard that it was known unto heaps of the rubbish which are burn-Jus, and God had brought their counsel ed? to nought, that we returned all of us to 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was the wall, every one unto his work. by him; and he said, Even that which 16 And it came to pass from that time they build, if a fox go up, he shall forth, that the half of my servants evch break down their stone wall. wrought in the work, and the other 1 Hear, O our God; for we are des-half of them held both the spears, the pised and turn their reproach upon shields, and the bows, and the haber- their own head, and give them for ageous; and the rulers were behind all prey in the land of captivity; the house of Judah. : 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. 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens,with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. 18 For the builders,every one had his sword girded by his side, and so build ed. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 7¶ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabi- | 19 ¶ And I said unto the nobles, and ans, and the Ammonites, and the Ash-to the rulers, and to the rest of the peo- dodites, heard that the walls of Jeru-|ple, The work is great and large, and salem were made up, and that the we are separated upon the wall, one breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, S And conspired all of them together to come and to fight againstJerusalem, and to hinder it. far from another. 20In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer 21 So we laboured in the work and unto our God, and set a watch agaiust half of them held the spears from the them day and night, because of them. rising of the morning till the stars ap- 10 And Judah said, The strength of peared. The bearers of burdens is decayed,aud | 221.ikewise at the same time sail I there is much rubbish ; so that we are unto the poople, Let every one with not able tɔ build the wall. This servant lodge within Jerusulm 2 H 481 The Jews complair NEHEMIAH of their debts, &c. that in the night they may be a guard of the corn,the wine,and the oil, that to us, and labour on the day. ye exact of them. 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 washing. CHAP. V. AND there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them, so will we do as thou sayest. Ther: 2 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 per formeth not this promise, even thus be 2 For there were that said, We, our he shaken out, and emptied. And all sons, and our daughters, are many the congregation said Amen,and prai- therefore we take up corn for them,|sed the Loan. And the people did that we may eat, and live. according to this promise. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judali, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's trib-twelve years, I and my brethren have ute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. not eaten the bread of the governor. 15 But the former governors that hac 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of been before me were chargeable unto our brethren, our children as their the people, and bad taken of then children; and, 'o, we bring into bon-bread and wine, besides forty shekels dage our sons and our daughters to be of silver; yea, even their servants bare servants, and some of our daughters are rule over the people: but so did not 1, brought into bondage already: neither because of the fear of God. is it in our power to redeem them; for 16 Yea, also 1 continued in the work other men have our lands and vine-Jol this wall, neither bought we any yards. Jand; and all my servants were gath ered thither unto the work. 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 17 Moreover there were at my table 7 Then I consulted with myself, and a hundred and fifty of the Jews and 1 rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, rulers, besides those that came unto us and said unto them, Ye exact_usury, from among the heathen that are about every one of his brother. And I set aus. great assembly against them. 18 Now that which was prepared for 8 And 1 said unto them, We after our me daily was one ox and six choice ability have redeemed our brethren sheep; also fowls were prepared for the Jews, which were sold unto theme, and once in ten days store of ak heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren ? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. : 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 heathen our enemies? sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, be- cause 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. CHAP. VI. 101 likewise, and my brethren, and at, and Tobiah, and Geshem tie OW it came to pass, when Sanbal my servants, night exact of them ino- ney and corn: I pray you,let us leave of this usury Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and 1 Restore, I pray you, to them,even that there was no breach left therein; this day, their lands, their vineyards, (though at that time I had not set up their olive-yards,and their houses,also the doors upon the gates ;) the hundredth part of the money,and 2 That Sanballat and Gershem sen' 482 Sanhallat's CHAP unto me, saying, Come, let us meet to gether in some one of the villages in the plan Ono. But they thought to do me mischief, 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? VII. cvil practice 14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their work, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets,that would have put me in fear. 15 1 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day_of_the_month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16 And it came to pass, that when au 4 Yet they sent unto me four times our enemies heard thereof, and all the after this sort; and I answered them heathen that were about us saw these after the same mauner. things, they were much cast down in 5 Then sent Sanballat his servant un-their own eyes: for they perceived that to me in like manuer the fifth time this work was wrought of our God, with an open letter in his hand; 17 ¶ Moreover m those days the no- 6 Wherein was written, It is report jbles of Judah sent many letters unto ed among the heathen, and Gashmu|Tobiab, and the letters of Tobiah came saith it, that thou and the Jews think unto them, to rebel; for which cause thou buildest 18 For there were many in Judah the wall, that thou mayest be their sworn unto hùn, because he was the king, according to these words. sou-in-law of Shechaniah the son of 7 And thou hast also appointed proph-Arab; and his son Jobanan bad taken ets to preach of thee at Jerusalemn,say-the daughter of Meshultain the son of ing, There is a king in Judah; and Berechah. him. me in fear. now shall it be reported to the king 19 Also they reported his good deeds according to these words. Come now before me, and uttered my words to therefore, and let us take counsel to And Tobiah scut letters to put gether. 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, ut thou feiguest them out of thine own heart. N CHAP VII. TOW it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the sing 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, ers and the Levites were appointed, Their bands shall be weakened from 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, the work, that it be not done. Now and Hananiab, the ruler of the palace, therefore, O God, strengthen my charge of Jerusalem; for he was a bands faithful man, and feared God above many. 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the 3 And I said unto them, Let not the son of Mebelabeel, who teas shut up; gates of Jerusalem be opened until the and se said, Let us meet together in sun be hot; and while they stand by The house of God, within the temple, flet them shut the doors, and bar them: nad let us shut the doors of the temple: and appoint watches of the inhabitants for they will come to slay thee; yea, of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, in the night will they come to slay and every one to be over against his house. thee. i! 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 ių. 12 And lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this propneey against me: for Tobial and Sanbaliat bad hired him. Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. 5 T And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, 13 Therefore was he hired, that should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for 6 These are the children of the prov- au evil revort, that they might re-ince, that went up out of the captivity, proach ms of tliose that had been carried away, 1 483 NEHEMIAH. A register of those that whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, ev- ery oue unto his city; 7 Who came withi Zerubbabel, Je- shua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Rainiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshian, Mispe- reth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanali. The number, I say, of the men of the peo- ple of Israel was this; S The children of Parosh, two thou-| sand a hundred seventy and two. 9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 10 The children of Arab, six hundred fifty and two. returned to Jerusa.em. 31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two. 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a bundred twenty and three. 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. 34 The children of the other Elam. a thousand two hundred fifty and four 35 The children of Harin, three hun- dred and twenty. 36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and Eve. 37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Úno, seven hundred twenty and one. 38 The children of Senaah, three thousand uine hundred and thirty. 39 ¶ The priests: the children of Je- daiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine 11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eigh-hundred seventy and three. Leea, 12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 13 The children of Zatu, eight hun- dred forty and five. 14 The children of Zaccai,seven hun dred and threescore. 40 The children of Immer, a thou- sand fifty and two. 41 The children of Pashur, a thou sand two hundred forty and seven. 42 The children of Harin, a thou- sand and seventeen. 43 The Levites: the children o. 15 The children of Binnui, six hun-Jeshua, of Kadmeil, and of the chi dren forty and eight. 16 The children of Bebai, six han dren twenty and eight. 17 The children of Azgad, two thou- sand three hundred twenty and two. 18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. 19 The children of Bigvai, two thou- sand threescore and seven. 20 The children of Adin,six hundred ifty and five. 21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, inety and eight. 22 The children of Hashum, jundred twenty and eight. 23 The children of Bēzai, three dred twenty and four. dren of Hodevah, seventy and four. 44 T The singers: the children of Asaph, a bundred forty and eight. 45 T The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobia, a hundred thirty and eight. 46 T The Nethinims: the chlidren of Zila, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 47 The children of Keros, the chil three]dren of Sia, the children of Padou, 43 The children of Lebana, the chil- hun-dren of Hagaba, the children of Shal- mai, 24 The children of Hariph,a hundred and twelve. 25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Ne- tophiah, a hundred fourscore and eight. 27 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight. 49 The children of Haman, the chil- dren of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 50 The children of Reaiah, the chil- dren of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 51 The children of Gazzam, the chil [dren of Uzza, the children of Phaseal, 52 The children of Besai, the chi! dren of Meunim, the children of Ne- 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty phishesim, and two. 53 The children of Bakbuk, the chil 29 The men of Kirjah-jearim, Che-dren of Hakupha, the children of Har- phirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred hur, forty and three. 54 The children of Bazlith, the chit- 30. The men of Ramah and Gaba, six|dren of Mehida, the children of Har- bundred twenty and one. sha, 481 CHAP. VIII. The manner of reading the law. 55 The children of Barkos, the chil-shatha gave to the treasure a thousand dren of Sisera, the children of Tamab, drams of gold, fifty basons, five hun The children of Neziah, the childred and thirty priests' garments. dren of Hatipha. 71 And some of the chief of the fa. 57 T The children of Solomon's ser-thers gave to the treasure of the work vants: the children of Sotai, the chil- twenty thousand drams of gold, and dren of Sophereth, the children of Pe-two thousand and two hundred pounds rida, of silver. 58 The children of Jaala, the chil 72 And that which the rest of the dren of Darkon, the children of Gid-prople gave was twenty thousand del, drams of gold, and two thousand 59 The children of Shephatiah, the pounds of silver, and threescore and children of Hattil, the children of Po-seven priests' garments. thereth of Zebaim, the children of A mon. 60 All the Nethinims, and the chil- dren of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 61. And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethi nims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. CHAP. VIII. AND all the people gathered them selves together as one man into the street that was before the water- 62 The children of Delaiah, the chil-gate; and they spake unto Ezra the dren of Tobiah, the children of Neko-scribe to bring the book of the law of da, six hundred forty and two. Moses, which the Loud had comman- 63 ¶ Aud of the priests: the children ed to Israel. of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the 2 And Ezra the priest brought the children of Barzillai, which took one law before the congregation, both of of the daughters of Barzillai the Gil-men and women, and all that could eadite to wife, and was called after hear with understanding, upon the their name. first day of the seventh month. 64 These sought their register among 3 And he read therein before the those that were reckoned by genealo-street that was before the water-gate gy, but it was not found: therefore from the morning until mid-day, be were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. fore the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made 66 T The whole congregation togeth for the purpose; and beside him stood ev was forty and two thousand three Mattithia, and Shema, and Anaiah, jundred and threescore. and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maasei 67 Besides their man-servants and[ab, ou his right hand; and on his left their maid-servants, of whom there hand Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Mal were seven thousand three hundred chiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, thirty and seven: and they had two Zechariah, and Meshullam, hundred forty and five singing-men 5 And Ezra opened the book in the and singing-wonen. sight of all the people; (for he was 68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty above all the people;) and when be and six their mules, two hundred|opened it, all the people stood up: forty and five : 6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the 69 Their camels, four hundred thirty great God. And all the people an and five six thousand seven hundred swered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up and twenty asses. their hands; and they bowed their 70 ¶ And some of the chief of the heads, and worshipped the LORD with fathers gave unto the work. The Tir-[their faces to the ground. 485 A solemn fast NEHEMIAH. and repentance. 7 Also Jeshua, aud Bani, and Shere- 17 And all the congregation of them biah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Ho-that were come again out of the cap- dijali, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jo tivity made booths, and sat under the zabad, Hauan, Pelaiah, and the Le-booths: for since the days of Joshua vites, caused the people to understand the son of Nun unto that day had not the law; and the people stood in their the children of Israel done so. place. there was very great gladness. the law. CHAP. IX. And of this month the children of Is 8 So they read in the book in the law 18 Also day by day, from the first day of God distinctly, and gave the sense, unto the last day, he read in the book and caused them to understand the of the law of God. And they kept reading. the feast seven days; and on the eighth 9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tir-day acas a solemn assembly, according sbatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, unto the manner. and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is boly unto the LORD your God; mourn NOW in the twenty and fourth day not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of frael were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloths,and earth upon then. 10 Then he said unto them, Go your 2 And the seed of Israel separated way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, themselves from all strangers, and and send portions unto them for whom stood and confessed their sins, and the nothing is prepared: for this day is iniquities of their fathers. holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lono is your strength. 11 So the Levites stilled all the peo-day; and another fourth part they ple, saying, Hold your peace, for the jconfessed, and worshipped the LORD day is holy; neither be ye grieved. their God. 12 And all the people went their way 4 T Then stood up upon the stairs, of to eat, and to drink, and to send por- the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmı- Lions,and to make great mirih, because fel, Shelaniah, Bumii, Sherebiah, Bani, they had understood the words that were declared unto them. 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 and Chenani, and cried with a louú voice unto the LORD their God. 13 T And on the second day were 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua,and Kad. gathered together the chief of the fa miel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiab, thers of all the people, the priests, and Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethalia, the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even (said, Stand up and bless the LORD to understand the words of the law. your God for ever and ever ; and bless- 14 And they found written in the fed be thy glorious name, which is ex- law which the Load had commanded falted above all blessing and praise. by Moses, that the children of Israel 6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; should dwell in booths in the feast of thou hast made heaven, the heaven of the seventh month. heavens, with all their host, the earth, 15. And that they should publish and and all things that are therein, the proclaim in all their cities, and in Je-seas, and all that is therein, and thou rusalem, saying, Go forth unto the preservest them all; and the host of monit, and fetch olive-branches, and heaven worshippeth thee. pine-branches, and myrtle-branches, 7 Thou art the Lond the God, who and palm-branches, and branches of didst choose Abram, and broughtest thick trees, to make booths, as it is him forth out of Ur of th Chaldees, written. and gavest him the name of Abra- bam; 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 Ephraim, 8 And foundest his heart faithfid be- fore thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Pe rizzites,and the Jebusites, and the Gir gashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, 400 The Levites CHAP IX : make confession. and hast performed thy words; for way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the thou art righteous: 9. And didst see the affliction of our way wherein they should go. fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea ; 10 And showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they deait proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. 20 Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy mauna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing, their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. 11 And thou didst divide the sea be- 22 Moreover thou gavest then king fore them, so that they went through doms and nations, and didst divide the midst of the sea on the dry land; them into corners: so they possessed and their persecutors thon threwest the land of Sihon, and the land of the into the deeps,as a stone into the migh-king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashian. ty waters. 12 Moreover, thou leddest them in 23 Their children also multipliedst the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the thou as the stars of heaven, and night by a pillar of fire, to give them broughtest them into the land, con- light in the way wherein they should cerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to go. 13 Thou camest down also upon possess it. mount Sinai, and spakest with them 24 So the children went in and pos- from heaven, and gavest them right sessed the land, and thou subduedst judgments, and true laws, good stat-before them the inhabitants of the utes and commandments: Hand, the Canaanites, and gavest them 14 And madest known unto them thy into their hands, with their kings, and holy sabbath, and commandest them the people of the land, that they might precepts, statutes, and laws, by the do with them as they would. hand of Moses thy servant : 25 And they took strong cities, and 15 And gavest them bread from hea-a fat land, and possessed houses full of ven for their hunger, and broughtest all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and forth water for them out of the rock olive-yards, and Truit-trees in abun- for their thirst, and promisedst them dance: so they did eat, and were fill that they should go in to possess the ed, and became fat, and delighted land which thou had sworn to give them. themselves in thy great goodness. 26 Nevertheless they were disobedi 16 But they and our fathers dealt ent, and rebelled against thee, and cast proudly, and hardened their necks, thy law behind their backs, and slew and bearkened not to thy command thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they ments, 17 And refused to obey, neither were wrought great provocations. mindful of thy wonders that thou dids!| 27 Therefore thou deliveredst them among them; but hardened their into the hand of their enemies, who necks, and in their rebellion appoint-vcxed them; and in the time of their ed a captain to return to their bondage :| trouble, when they cried unto thee, but thou art a God ready to pardon, thou heardest them from heaven; and gracious and merciful, slow to anger, according to thy manifold mercies and of great kindness, and forsookest thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their eue- nies. them not. 18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God 28 But after they had rest, they did that brought thee up out of Egypt, and evil again before thee: therefore left- est thou them in the hand of their en- had wrought great provocations; 19 Yet thiou in thy manifold mercies, emies, so that they had the dominion forsookest them not in the wilderness: over them: yet when they returned, the pillar of the cloud departed not and cried unto thee, thou heardest many times front them by day, to lead them in the them from heaven; and 437 Those that sealed NEHEMIAH. didst thou deliver them according to! tliy mercies. And 29 And testifiedst against them, that thy law yet they dealt prondly, and hearkened not unto thy command- ments, but sinned against thy judg- ments, (which if a man do, be shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thon them into the hand of the people of the lands. CHAP. X the covenant. NOW those that sealed were Nehe mial the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 2 Seraiali, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10 And their brethren, Shebaniali, 31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, suke thou didst not utterly consume 11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, them, nor forsake them; for thou art 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, a gracious and merciful God. 13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, 14 The chief of the people; Parosh, the mighty, and the terrible God, who Palath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani. keepest covenant and mercy, let not 15 Buuni, Azgad, Bebai, all the trouble seem little before thee, 15 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, that hath come upon us, on our kings, 17 Ater, Hizkijab, Azzur, on our princes, and on our priests, and 18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, on our prophets, and on our fathers, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, and on all thy people, since the time 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, of the kings of Assyria unto this day. 21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddu, 33 Howbeit thou art just in all that 22 Pelatialı, Hanan, Anaiab, is brought upon us; for thou hast done 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, right, but we have done wickedly: 24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 34 Neither have our kings, our prin- 25 Rehum, Hashabna, Maaseiah, ces, our priests, nor our fathers, kept 26 And Aliijab, Hanan, Anan, thy law, nor hearkened unto thy com- 27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. mandments and thy testimonies where- 28 And the rest of the people, the with thou didst testify against them. priests, the Levites, the porters, the 35 For they have not served thee in singers, the Nethinims, and all they their kingdom, and in thy great good-that bad separated themselves from the uess that thou gavest them, and in the people of the lands unto the law of large and fat land which thou gavest God, their wives, their sons, and their before them, neither turned they from daughters, every one having knowl their wicked works. edge, and having understanding; 36 Behold, we are servants this 29 They clave to their brethren, their day, and for the land that thou gavest nobles, and entered into a curse, and unto our fathers, to eat the fruit there-into an oath, to walk in God's law, of and the good thereof, behold,we are which was given by Moses the servant servants in it. of God, and to observe and do all the 37 And it yieldeth much increase un-commandments of the LORD our Lord, to the kings whom thou hast set over ng because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and four princes, Levites, and priests, seal runto it. and his judgments and his statutes; 30 And that we would not give our 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 sab. bath-day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or ou the holy day and that we would leave 488 The points thereof. CHAP. XI. 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 skekel for the service of the house of our God; Dwellers at Jeruzalem. dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. 2 Aud the people blessed all the men. that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. 3 ¶ Now these are the chief of the 33 For the show-bread, and for the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but continual meat-offering, and for the in the cities of Judah dwelt every ous continual burnt-offering, of the sab-in his possession in their cities, to spit, baths, of the new-moons, for the set Israel, the priests, and the Levites, feasts, and for the holy things, and for and the Netbinims, and the children the sin-oflerings to make an atonement of Solomon's servants. for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, 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 .Aw: 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 Loud: 4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the chi dren of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Atlaiah the son of Uzziahı, the son of Zechariah, the son of Ama riah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahaleel, of the children of Perez; 5. And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Ha zajab, the son of Adajah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred three- score and eight valiant men. 36 Also the first-born of our sons,and of our cattle, as it is written in the 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; aw, and the firstlings of our herds Sally the son of Meshullam, the son of and of our flocks,to bring to the house Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of of our God, unto the priests that min-Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son ister in the house of our God: of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. 9 And Joel the son of Zichri wos their overseer; and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. 10 of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joirib, Jachin. 37 And that we should bring the first- 8. And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine fruits of our dough, and our offerings, hundred twenty and eight. and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our grouud unto the Levites, that the sanie Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah,the son tillage of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the 38 And the priest the son of Aaron(son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, shall be with the Levites, when the was the ruler of the house of God. Levites take titles: and the Levites 12 And their brethren that did the shall bring up the tithe of the tithes work of the house were eight hundred unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house. twenty and two; and Adãiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariali, the son of Pashur, the son of Malebi- 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offer ing of the corn, of the new wine, andjab, 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 for- sake the house of our God. CHAP XI, 13. And his brethren, chief of the fa thers, two hundred forty and two; and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 14 And their brethren, might AND the rulers of the people dwelt of valour, a hundred twent at Jerusalem: the rest of the peo-and their overseer ole also cast lots, to bring one often to [son of one of the Dwellers in Jerusalem NEHEMIAH. and other cities. 15 Also of the Levites: Shemaah, thereof. And they dwelt from Beer the son of Hashub, the son of Azri sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. kam,the son of Hashabrah, the son of 31 The children also of Benjamin Bunni; 'from Geba dwelt at Michinash, and Aijah, and Beth-el, and in their villa- 16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the over-[ges, sight of the outward business of the house of God. 32′ And at Anathoth, Nob, Anamah 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of crafts 17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabili, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanks-men. giving in prayer; and Bakbukiah the 36 And of the Levites were divisions second among his brethren, and Abda in Judah, and in Benjamiu. the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. CHAP. XII. 18 Ali the Levites in the holy city NOW these are the priests and the were two hundred fourscore and four. 19 Moreover, the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were a hundred seventy and two. 20 And the residue of Israel, of the ¶ priests, and the Leviten, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. 21. But the Nethinimg dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Ne- thinims. 22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hasbabiah, the son of Mat- taniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. the Zerub babel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amarial, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 5 Minmin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren, m the days of Jeshua. 8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua,1 Bin nui, Kadmiel, Sherebiab, Judah, and Mattaniah,which was over the thanks- giving, he and his brethren. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Vani, then brethren, were over against them in watches. 23 For it was the king's command-the ment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. 10 ¶ And Jeshua begat Joiakim,Jo- iakim also begat Eliashib, and Elia shib begat Joinda, 11. And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. 24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshe- zabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judab, was at the king's hand 12 And in the days of Jolakin were in all matters concerning the people. priests, the chief of the fathers: of 25 And for the villages, with their Serariah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Ha- fields, some of the children of Judah naiah ; dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the vil nges thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, 26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladab, and at Beth-pelet, 27 And at Hazar-sbual, and at Beer- sheba, and in the villages thereof, 28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, 20 And at Es-cimmon,and at Zareal, Jarmuth. Adullam, and in their ish, and the fields nd in the villages 13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amari- ah, Jebohanan; 14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Sheba niab, Joseph; 15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginne thon, Meshuilam; 17 Of Abijah, Zicbri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; 18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shema jah, Jehonathan ; 19 And of Jojarib, Mattenni; of Je daiah, Uzzi; 20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok,Eber; 490 Dedication of the walls, CHAP. Xit. Offices of the priests 21 Of Hilkiab, Hashabiah; of Jedai-with trumpets; namely, Zechariah ab, and Nethancel. the son of Jonathan, the son of She- 22 ¶ The Levites in the days of Elia-maiah, the son of Mattaniab, the son shib,Joiada,and Johanan,and Jaddua, of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the were recorded chief of the fathers; son of Asaph: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the Chronicles, even until the days of Jo- hanan, the son of Eliashib. 36 And his brethren, Shemaiali, and Azarcel, Milalai, Gilalai, Naai, Ne- thaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. 24 And the chief of the Levites: Ha- 37 And at the fountain-gate, which shubiah,Sherebíah, and Jeshua the son was over against them, they went up of Kadmiel, with their brethren over by the stairs of the city of David, at against them, to praise and to give the going up of the wall, above the thanks, according to the command-house of David, even unto the water- ment of David the man of God, ward gate eastward. over against ward. 33 And the other company of them 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Oba-that gave thanks went over against diah, Meshullum, Talmon, Akkub, them, and I after them, and the half were porters keeping the ward at the of the people upon the wall, from be thresholds of the gates. yond the tower of the furnaces even 26 These were in the days of Joiakim unto the broad wall; the son of Jeshua,the son of Jozadak, 39 And from above the gate of E- and in the days of Nehemiah the gov-phraim, and above the old gate, and ernor, and of Ezra the priest, the above the fish-gate, and the tower of scribe. Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, 27 ¶ And at the dedication of the even unto the sheep-gate: and they wall of Jerusalem they sought the Le-stood still ia the prison gate. vites out of all their places, to bring 40 So stood the two companies of them to Jerusalem,to keep the dedica- them that gave thanks in the house of tion with gladness, both with thanks.God, and I, and the half of the rulers givings, and with singing, with cym with me: bals, psaiteries, and with harps. 41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maa- 28 And the sons of the singers gath-seiah, Miniacin, Michaiah, Elioenai, ered themselves together, both out of Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trum- the plain country round about Jerusa-pets: Jem, and from the villages of Netho- 42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, phathi: and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehoha- 20 Also from the house of Gilgal, nan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and and out of the fields of Geba and Az- Ezer. And the singers sang loud, mayeth for the singers had builded with Jezrahiah their overseer. them villages round about Jerusalem 43 Also that day they offered great 30 And the priests and the Levites sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had purified themselves, and purified the made them rejoice with great joy: the people, and the gates, and the wall. wives also and the children rejoiced · so that the joy of Jerusalem was heara even afar off. 31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate. 32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judab, 33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshul- ram, 34 Judah, and Benjamia, and She mmiah, and Jeremiah, 35 And certain of the priests' sons } 44 T And at that time were some ap- pointed over the chambers for the treasures,for the offerings, for the first- fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. 45 And both the singers and the por- ters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according 401 Divers abuses NEHEMIAH. reformed by Nehemiah, to the cominandment of David,and of [tions of the Levites had not been giv Solomon his son. en them: for the Levites and the sing 46 For in the days of David anders, that did the work, were fled eve- Asaph of old there were chief of the ry one to his field. singers, and songs of praise and 11 Then contended I with the rulers, thanksgiving unto God. and said, Why is the house of God 47 And all Israel in the days of Ze-forsaken? And I gathered them togeth rubbabel, and in the days of Nehemi-fer, and set them in their place. ab, gave the portions of the singers 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe and the porters, every day his portion of the corn and the new wire and the and they sanctified holy things unto oil unto the treasuries. the Levites; and the Levites sancti- fied them unto the children of Aaron. CHAP. XII. ON 12 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, N that day they read in the book Pedaiah: and next to them was Han- of Moses in the audience of the an the son of Zaccur, the son of Mat people; and therein was found writ-taniah: for they were counted faith- ten, that the Ammonite and the Mo-ful, and their office was to distribute abite should not come into the congre unto their brethren. gation of God for ever; 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Baaain against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. 4 ¶ And before this, Eliashib the riest, having the oversight of the hamber of the house of our God,was allied unto Tobiah: . 14 Remember me, O my God, con- cerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof. 15 T In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sab- batb, and bringing in sheaves, and la- ding asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold 5 And he had prepared for him a victuals. great chamber, where aforetime they 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also Jaid the meat-offerings, the frankin-therein, which brought fish, and all cense, and the vessels, and the tithes manner of ware, and sold on the sab of the corn, the new wine, and the bath unto the children of Judah, and oil, which was commanded to be given Ţin Jerusalem. to the Levites, and the singers, and 17 Then I contended with the nobles the porters; and the offerings of the of Judalı, and said unto them, What priests. evil thing is this that ye do, and pro- 6 But in all this time was not I at Je-fane the sabbath-day? rusalem: for in the two and thirtieth 18 Did not your fathers thus, and did year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon not our God bring all this evil upon came unto the king, and after cer- us, and upon this city? yet ye bring tain days obtained 1 leave of the king more wrath upon Israel by profaning 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and un-the sabbath. derstood of the evil that Eliashib did 19 And it came to pass that when the jor Tobiah, in preparing him a cham-gates of Jerusalem began to be dark Der in the courts of the house of God. 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. before the sabbath, 1 commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till af ter the sabbath: and some of my ser 9 Then I commanded, and they vants set I at the gates, that there cleansed the chambers: and thither should no burden be brought in on the brought I again the vessels of the sabbath-day. house of God, with the meat-offering 20 So the merchants and sellers of all and the frankincense. kind of ware lodged without Jerusa 10 T And I perceived that the por-[lem once or twice. 492 Ahasuerus' CHAP. I. 21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? If ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the subbath, 22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day, Remember me, O iny God, concerning This also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy. 23 T In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab : 24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but ac- cording to the language of each people. 25 And 1 contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. royul feast. 26 Did not Solon on aing of Israel sin by these things? yet among many na tions was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God, in marrying strange wives? 28. And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliasbib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased bim from me. 29 Remember them, O my God, be cause they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. 30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; 31 And for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Re nember me, O my God, for good. ¶ The Book of ESTHER. CHAP. I. Now it came to pass in the days of gold and silver upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black Ahasuerus, this is Ahasuerus marble. which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) 2. That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, 3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and us servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him : 7 And they gave them drink in ves- sels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. S And the drinking teas according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do ac- cording to every man's pleasure. 9 Also Vashti the queen inade a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. 10 T On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biz. 5 And when these days were expired, tha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, the king made a feast unto all the peo-Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chain- ple that were present in Shushan the berlains that served in the presence of palace, both unto great and small, sev-Ahasuerus the king, en days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace ; 4 When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom, and the honour of mis excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days. 11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to 6 Where were white, green, and blue show the people and the princes her hangings, fastened with cords of nine beauty: for she was fair to look ou linen and purple to silver rings and 12 But the queen Vashti refused to pillars of marble: the beds were of [cone at the king's commaudmen? ky 493 Fashti's disobedience. ESTHER. Esther mage queen. his chamberlains: therefore was the own house, and that a should be pub- king very wroth, and bis anger burned lished according to the language of every people. in him. 13 T Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: CHAP. II. A wrath of King Alasuerus was ap FTER these things, when the peased, he remembered Vashti, and 14 And the next unto him was Car-|what she had done, and what was de- shena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, creed against her. Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the 2 Then said the king's servants that seven princes of Persia and Media, ministered unto him, Let there be fair which saw the king's face, and which young virgins sought for the king: sat the first in the kingdom ;) 3 And let the king appoint officers in 15 What shall we do unto the queen all the provinces of his kingdom, that Vashti according to law, because she they may gather together all the fun hath not performed the commandment young virgins unto Shushan the pal- of the king Ahasuerus by the cham-ace, to the house of the women, uuto berlains? the custody of Hege the king's cham- berlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: 16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king ouly, but also to all the prices, and to 4 And let the maiden which pleaseth all the people that are in all the prov-the king be queen instead of Vashti. inces of the king Ahasuerus. And the thing pleased the king; and 17 For this deed of the queen shall he did so. come abroad unto all women, so that! 6 T Now in Shushan the palace there they shall despise their husbands in was a certain Jew, whose name was their eyes, when it shall be reported, Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of The king Ahasuerus commanded Vash- Shimgi, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; the queen to be brought in before G Who had been carried away from him, but she came not. Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconial: king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnez- zar the king of Babylon had carried away. 18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. 7 And he brought up Hadassah (that is Esther,) his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and moth- er were dead, took for his own daugh- 19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandmant from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes,that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more ter. before king Ahasuerus; and let the S So it came to pass, when the king give her royal estate unto another king's commandment and his decree that is better than she. was heard, and when many maidens 20. And when the king's decree which were gathered together unto Shushan he shall make shall be published the palace, to the custody of Hegai, throughout all his empire, (for it is that Esther was brought also unto the great,) all the wives shall give to king's house, to the custody of Hegai, their husbands honour, both to great keeper of the women. and small. 21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did ac- cording to the word of Memucan: 9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for puri fication, with such things as belonged 22 For he sent letters into all the to her, and seven maidens, which were king's provinces, into every province meet to be given her, out of the king's according to the writing thereof, and house: and he preferred her and her to every people after their language, maids unto the best place of the house that every man should bear rule in his of the women. 494 Haman advanced CHAP. III. by the king. 10. Esther had not showed her peopiejkindred nor her people, as Mordecai nor her kindred: for Mordecai had had charged her: for Esther did the charged her that she should not show commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. it. 11 And Mordecai walked every day 21 T In those days, (while Mordeca before the court of the women's house, sat in the king's gate,) two of the king's to know how Esther did, and what chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of should becoine of her. those which kept the door, were 12 ¶Now when every maid's turn was wroth, and sought to lay hand on the come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after king Anasuerus. that she had been twelve monthis, ac- 22 And the thing was known to Mor- cording to the manner of the women, decai, who told it uuto Esther the (for so were the days of their purifica-queen; and Esther certified the king tions accomplished, to wit, six months thereof in Mordecai's name. with oil of myrrh, and six months 23 And when inquisition was made of with sweet odours, and with other the matter, it was found out; therefore things for the purifying of the women,) they were both banged on a tree and 13 Then thus came every maiden un-fit was written in the book of the to the king; whatsoever she desired Chronicles before the king. was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's Aurus promoteHaman the son of FTER these things did king Aha house. f. CHAP. III. 14 In the evening she went, and on Hammedatha the Agagite, and advan- the morrow she returned into the sec-ced him, and set his seat above all the ond house of the women, to the custo- princes that were with him. dy of Shaashgaz the king's chamber-2 And all the king's servants, that lain, which kept the concubines: she were in the king's gate, bowed, and came in unto the king no more, except reverenced Haman; for the king had the king delighted in her, and that she so commanded concerning hin: out was called by name. Mordecai bowed not, nor did him rev- erence. 15 ¶ Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of 3 Then the king's servants, which Mordecai, (who had taken her for his were in the king's gate, said unto Mor daughter,)was come to go in unto the decai, Why transgressest thou the king, she required nothing but what king's commandment? Hegai the king's chamberlain, the 4 Now it came to pass, when they keeper of the women, appointed: and spake daily unto him, and he hearken Esther obtained favour in the sight of ad them that looked upon her. 16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus, into his house-royal, in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. ed not unto them, that they told Ha inan, to see whether Mordecai's mat- ters would stand; for he had told them that be icus a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Morde- cai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 17 And the king loved Esther above 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands all the women, and she obtained grace on Mordecai alone; for they had show and favour in his sight more than all ed him the people of Mordecai ; where- the virgins; so that he set the royal fore Haman sought to destoy all the crown upon her head, and made ber Jews that were throughout the whole queen instead of Vasliti. kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the peo 18 Then the king made a great feast|ple of Mordecai. unto all his princes and his servants, 7 In the first month, that is, the month even Esther's feast; and he made a re- Nisan, in the twelfth year of king lease to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. 19 And when the virgins were gath- ered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, thë lot, before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the monta Adar. 20 Esther had not yet showed her 8 T And Haman said unto king Alt 495 Alusuerus' decrce ESTHER. against the Jews. suerus, There is a certain people scat-j 2 And came even before the king's tered abroad, and dispersed among the gate: for none might enter into the people in all the provinces in thy king- king's gate clothed with sackcloth. dom; and their laws are divers from all people; neither keep they the king's laws; therefore it is not for the Aing's profit to sufler them. 3 Aud in every province, whitherso ever the king's commanduient and hist decree came, there was great mourn ing among the Jews, and fasting, and 9 If it please the king, let it be writ-weeping, and wailing; and many lay ten that they may be destroyed; and I iu sackcloth and ashes. will pay ten thousand talents of silver 4 1 So Esther's maids and her cham- to the hands of those that have the|berlains came and told it her: Then charge of the business, to bring it into was the queen exceeamng.y grieved; the king's treasuries. and she sent raiment to ciothe Morde. cai, and to take away his sackclotu from him: but he received it not. 5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Morde cai, to know what it was, and why it 10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the sou of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it scemeth good to thee. was. 12 Then were the king's scribes call- 6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai ed on the thirteenth day of the first unto the street of the city, which was month, and there was written accord-before the king's gate. ing to all that Haman had commanded 7 And Mordecai told him of all that unto the king's lieutenants, and to the had happened unto him, and of the governors that were over every prov-[suin of the money that Haman had ince, and to the rulers of every people promised to pay to the king's treasuries of every province, according to the for the Jews, to destroy them. writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. 8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show il unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king to make supplication unto him, aud to make request before 13 And the letters were sent by posts to all the king's provinces, to de- stroy,to kill, and to cause to perish,all Jews, ooth young and old, little chil-him for her people. dren and women, in one day, even up- 9 And Hatachi came and told Esther on the thirtecuth day of the twelfth the words of Mordecai. month, which is the month Adar, and 10 T Again Esther spake unto Ha to take the spoil of them for a prey. tach, and gave him commandinent 14 The copy of the writing for a com-unto Mordecai ; mandment to be given in every prov 11 All the king's servants, and the ince was published unto all people, people of the king's provinces, do That they should be ready against that know, that whosoever, whether inan day. or woman, shall come unto the king 15 The posts went out,being hastened into the inner court, who is not called, by the king's commandment, and the there is one law of his to put him to decree was given in Shushan the pal-death, except such to whom the king ace. And the king and Hamau sat shall hold out the golden sceptre, that down to drink; but the city Shushan he may live: but I have not been call- was perplexed. ed to come in unto the king these thirty days. WHE CHAP. IV. HEN Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent| his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; 12 Aud they told to MordecaiEsther's words. 13 Then Mordecai commanded to an- swer Esther, Think not with thyseli that thou shalt escape in the king's Thouse, more than all the Jews. 496 Esther obtinneth CHAP V, VI. the gang's farmý. 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy[grant my petition and to perform my peace at this time, then shall there en request, let the king and Haman come largement and deliverance arise to the to the banquet that I shall prepare for Jews from another place; but thou them, and I will do to-niorrow as the nd thy father's house shall be destroy-king hath said. rà; and who knoweth whether thou│| 9 ¶ Then went Haman forth that day art come to the kingdom for such a joyful and with a glad heart: but when time as this? Haman saw Mordecai in the king's 15 Then Esther bade them return gate, that he stood not up, por moved Mordecaithis answer ; for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. 16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast 0 Nevertheless Haman refrained ye for me, and neither eat nor drink himself: and when he came home, he three days, night or day: 1 also and sent and called for his friends, and my maidens will fast likewise; and so Zeresh his wife. will 1 go in unto the king,which is not according to the law and if I perish, 1 perish. 17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. NOW CHAP. V. OW it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house and the king eat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. : 2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. 5Theu said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther ? and what is Thy request ? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. 4 And Esther answered, If it seem tood unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him, 5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Es- ther hath said. So the king and Ha- man came to the banquet that Esther nad prepared. 6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition ? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request ? even to the alf of the kingdom it shall be per formed. 7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; 81 I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to 11 And Hamau told them of the glo ry of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things where in the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. 12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Es ther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. 13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sit ting at the king's gate. 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king untu The banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. CHAP. VI. that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chron- icles; and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamber- lains, keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Morde- cai for this? Then said 'the king' servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. 4 T And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Morde 21 497 Mordecai's good service. ESTHER cai on the gallows that he had prepar-| ed for him. 5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. 6 So Hamau came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done un- to the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in ais heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to my- self? 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delight eth to honour, 8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the Lorse that the king rideth upon, and the crown-royal which is set upon his head: Human is hengea. CHAP VII. 10 the king and Hainan came te banquet with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Es- ther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queev Esther ? and it shall be granted thee. and what is thy request? and it shali be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in the sight,O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: 4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain,and to per- ish. But if we had been sold for bond- men and bond-women, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. 9 And let this apparel and horse be 5 Then the king Ahasuerus an- delivered to the hand of one of theļswered and said unto Esther the queen, king's most noble princes, that they Who is he, and where is he, that durst may array the man withal whom the presume in his heart to do so? king delighteth to houour, and bring 6 And Esther said, The adversary him on horseback through the street and enemy is this wicked Hamau. of the city, and proclaimi before him, Then Hainan was afraid before the Thus shall it be done to the man king and the queen. whom the king delighteth to honour. 7 ¶ And the king arising from the 10 Then the king said to Haman, banquet of wine in his wrath, went Make haste, and take the apparel into the palace-garden: and Haman and the horse, as thou hast said, and stood up to make request for his life do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that to Esther the queen; for he saw that sitteth at the king's gate:let nothing there was evil determined against him fail of all that thou hast spoken. by the king. 11 Then took Haman the apparel and 8Then the king returned out of the the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and palace-garden into the place of the brought him on horseback through the banquet of wine; and Haman was street of the city, and prolaimed be-fallen upon the bed whereon Esther fore him, Thus shall it be done unto was. Then said the king, Will he the man whom the king delighteth to force the queen also before me in the honour. 12 ¶ And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered. bouse? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. 9 And Harbonab, one of the cham- berlaine, said before the king, Behold 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife also, the gallows fifty cubits high. and all his friends every thing that had which Haman had made for Morde befallen him. Then said his wise men cai, who had spoken good for the king and Zeresh his wife unto hum, Il' Mor|standeth in the house of Haman. decaibe of the seed of the Jews,before Then the king said,Hang him thereon whom thou hast begun to fall, thou 10 So they hanged Haman on the gal shalt not prevail against him,but shalt lows that he had prepared for Morde- Burely fall before him. cai. Then was the king's wrath pac 14 And while they were yet talking|ified. with him, came the king's chamber- CHAP. VIII. kins, and lasted to bring Haman unto ON N that day did the king Ahasuerus the banquet that Esther had prepared.] give the house of Haman the 498 Mordecai advanced. CHAP. IX. Hamond's letter reversed. Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. [ring,and sent letters by posts on horse- And Mordecai came before the king; back, and riders on mules, camels, for Esther had told what he was unto and young dromedaries: der. man. 11 Wherein the king granted the Jews 2 And the king took off his ring, which were in every city to gather which he had taken from Hamau, and themselves together, and to stand for gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther their life, to destroy, to slay, and tó set Mordecai over the house of Ha- cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would as 3 And Esther spake yet again besault them, both little ones and wo- fore the king,and fell down at his feet, men, and to take the spoil of them for and besought him with tears to put a prey, away the mischief of Haman the Ag-12 Upon one day, in all the provinces agite, and his device that he had de- of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the vised against the Jews, thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Then the king held out the golden which is the month Adar. sceptre toward Esther, So Esther] arose, and stood before the king, 13 The copy of the writing, for a commandment to be given in every province, was published unto all peo- ple, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised) 14 So the posts that rode upon mules by Haman the son of Hammedatua) and camels went out, being bastened the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy and pressed on bythe king's command- the Jews which are in all the king's ment. And the decree was given at provinces: Shushan the palace. 6 For how can I endure to see the 15 T And Mordecai went out from evil that shall come unto my people? the presence of the king in royal ap- or how can I endure to see the destruc-|parel of blue and white, and with a tion of my kindred ? great crown of gold, and with a gar 7 Then the king Ahasuerus saidment of fine linen and purple; and unto Esther the queen, and to Morde-the city of Shushan rejoiced and was cai the Jew, Behold, I have given Es-glad. ther the house of Haman,and him they 16 The Jews had light, and gladness, have hanged upon the gallows,because and joy, and honour. 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 reverse. 17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. CHAP. IX. OW 9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Suvall, or the three and Now in the twelfth month, that is twentieth day thereof; and it was the month Adar,on thirteenth written according to all that Modecai day of the same, when the king's com- commanded unto the Jews, and to the|mandment and his decree drew near lieutenants, and the deputiesand rulers to be put in execution, in the day that of the provinces which are from India the enemies of the Jews hoped to lave unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and power over them, (though it was turn- seven provinces, unto every province ed to the contrary, that the Jews had according to the writing thereof, and rule over them that hated them,) unto every people after their language, 2 The Jews gathered themselves to and to the Jews according to their wri-gether in their cities, throughout all ting, and according to their language. the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, 10 And he wrote in the king Ahasue- to lay hand on such as sought their rus' name,and sealed it with the king's[hurt; and no man could withstand 499 ESTHER. The Jews slay their enemics them; for the fear of them fell upon selves together, and stood for their all people. lives, and had rest from their enemies, 3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and slew of their foes seventy and five and the lieutenants, and the deputies, thousand; but they laid not their hands and officers of the king, helped the on the prey. Jews; because the fear of Mordecai 17 On the thirteenth day of the month fell upon them. Adar,aud on the fourteenth day of the 4 For Mordecai was great in the same rested they,and made it a day of king's house, and his fame went out feasting and gladness. throughout all the provinces: for this 18 But theJews that were at Shushan man Mordecai waxed greater and assembled together on the thirteenth greater. 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. 5 Thus the Jews smote all their ene mies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that bated them. 19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, 6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews made the fourteenth day of the month slew and destroyed five hundred men:[Adar a day of gladness and feasting, 7 And Parsbandatha, aud Dalphon, and Aspatha, 3 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Ari- datha, 9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, 10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, 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 Shushan the palace was brought before the king. and a good day, and of sending por- tions one to another. 20TAnd Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, 21 To establish this among them,that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, 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 12 T And the king said unto Esther from sorrow to joy, and from mourn - the queen, The Jews have slain and ing into a good day; that they should destroyed five hundred men in Shu-make them days of feasting and joy, shan the palace, and the ten sons of and of sending portions one to anoth Haman; what have they done in the er, and gifts to the poor. rest of the king's provinces? Now, 23 And the Jews undertook to do as what is thy petition? and it shall be they had begun, and as Mordecai had granted thee; or what is thy request written unto them; further? and it shall be done. 13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten son be hanged upon the gallows. 14 And the king commanded it eo to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. 24 Because Haman the son of Ham medatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them: 25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons 15 For the Jews that were inShushan should be hanged on the gallows. gathered themselves together on the 26 Wherefore they called these days fourteenth day also of the month Adar, Purim, after the name of Pur. There and slew three hundred men at Shu-fore, for all the words of this letter, shan; but on the prey they laid not and of that which they had seen con cerning this matter, and which ban come unto them, their hand. 16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered them-1 27 The Tews ordained, and took upon 500 Job's uprightness. CHAP. I. Satan's malice them, and upon their seed, and upon] Mordecai the Jew and Esther the ail such as joined themselves unto queen had enjoined them, and as they them, so as it should not fail, that they bad decreed for themselves and for would keep these two days according their seed, the matters of the fastings to their writing, and according to their and their cry. appointed time every year; CHAP. X. 32 And the decree of Esther confirm 28 And that these days should be re-ed these matters of Purim and it membered and kept throughout every was written in the book. generation, every family, every prov ince, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, uor the memorial of them perish from their seed. 29 Then Esther the queen, the daugh- ter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim, 30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahashuerus, with words of peace and truth, 51 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as CHAP. 1. tribute upon the laud, and upon AND the king Ahasuerus laid a the isles of the sea. 2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 3 For Mordecai the Jew was next 'uuto kingAhashuerus,and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multi- tude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. ¶ The Book of JOB. 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, TH HERE was a man in the land of | Whence comest thou? Then Satan an- Uz, whose name iras Job; and swered the LORD, and said, From go- that man was perfect and upright, and|ing to and fro in the earth, and from one that feared God, and eschewed walking up and down in it. evil. S And the Lono said unto Satan,Hast 2 And there were born unto him sev-thon considered my servant Job, that en sous and three daughters. there is noue like him in the earth, a 3 His substance also was seven thou-perfect and an upright man, one that sand sheep, and three thousandcamels, feareth God, and eschewethevil? five hundred yoke of oxen, and 9 Then Satau answered the Loan, five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 4 Aud 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-olierings according to the nun- ber of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and curs ed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. 6 ¶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present them- selves before the Lond, aud Satan came also among them. and said,DothJob fearGod for nought? 10 Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 11 But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he wil curse thee to thy face. 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Bebold, all that he hath is in thy pow er; ouly upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lond. B¶ And there was a day when nis sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest broth. er's house : 14 And there came a messenger into 501 Satan templeth Jub JOB. Job curseth kás day Job, and said, The oxen were plough (though thou movèdst me against him, ng, and the asses feeding beside them; to destroy him without cause. 15 And the Salcans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only an escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the serv ants, and consumed them; and 1 only am escaped alone to tell thee. 17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bauds, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sous and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it Tell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will be give for his life. 5 But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Be- bold, he is in thy hand; but save his life. 7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and Smote Job with sore biles from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8 And be took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. 9 TThen 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 speak - eth. What! shall we receive good at the band of God, and shall we not re- ceive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. 11 T Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, 20 Then Job arose, and rent his man-and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar tle, and shaved his head, and fell down the Naamathite: for they had made upon the ground and worshipped, an appointment together to come to 21 And said, Naked came I out of mourn with him and to comfort bim. my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither the Lond gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. CHAP. II. 12 And when they lifted up ther eyes afar off, and knew him not, the, 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 upou the ground seven days and seven AGAIN there was a day when the nights, and none spake a word unto selves before the Lono, and Satan very great. came also among them to present him- self' before the Lond. CHAP. III. 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, AFTER this opened Job his mouth, From whence comest thou?And Satan, answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. cursed his day. 2 Aud Job spake and said, 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man-child conceived 4 Let that day be darkness: let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 3 And the LORD said unto Satan,Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and 5 Let darkness and the shadow of still he holdeth fast his integrity, al-Ideath stain it; let a cloud dwell upon 50% The case of death. CHAP. IV. Eliphaz reprove & Joh, 11; let the blackness of the day terrify which I was afraid of is come unto 1. As for that night,let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into The number of the months. 7 Lo, let that night be solitary,let no joyful voice come therein. 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourn ing. Let the stars of the twilight there- of be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawn- tug of the day: me. 26 I was not in safety, neither had. I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. CHAP. IV. THEN Eliphaz the Temanite an swered and said, TE 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who cau withhold himself from speaking? 3 Behold, throu hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak bands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that 10 Because it shut not up the doors of was fallen, and thou hast strengthen- my mother's womb, nor hid sorrowed the feeble knees. from mine eyes. 5. But now it is come upon thee, and 11 Why died I not from the womb thou_faintest; it toucheth thee, why did I not give up the ghost when thou art troubled. I came out of the belly? ways? and 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, 12 Why did the knees prevent me ?thy hope, and the uprightness of thy or why the breast that I should suck?| 13 For now should I have lain stil 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: 7 Remember, 1 pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the the righteous cut off? 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness,reap the same. 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are Ithey consumed. 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth had not been; as infants which never saw light 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppres- Bor 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his mas- ter. 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bit- ter in soul; 21 Which long for death, but it com- cth not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. 12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trem- bling, which made all my bones to shake. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the bar of my flesh stood up: 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and 16 It stood still, but I could not dis are glad, when they can find the grave? cern the form thereof: an image was 23 Why is light given to a man before mine eyes; there was silence, whose way is hid, and whom God and I heard a voice, saying, bath hedged in? 17 Shall mortal man be more just 24 For my sighing cometh before than God? shall a man be more pure eat, and my roarings are poured out than his Maker? 18 Behold, he put no trust in his ser like the waters. 25 For the thing which I greatly vants; and his angels he charged with feared is come upon me, and that folly: 503 God is to be JOB. regarded in affliction. 19 How much less in them that dwell up: he woundeth, and lus bands make m houses of clay, whose foundation is whole. in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? 20 They are destroyed 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. 19 He shall deliver thee in six trou bles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the pow er of the sword. 21. Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue : neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and famine thou CALL now, if there be any that shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be will answer thee; and to which afraid of the beasts of the earth. of the saints wilt thou turn? 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 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 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 1 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neinot sin. ther is there any to deliver them. 5 Whese harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thy offspring as the grass of the earth. 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn com- 6 Although affliction cometh not forth feth in his season. of the dust,neither doth trouble spring! 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it out of the ground; is; hear it, and know thou it for thy 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks ily upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause; good. B20 CHAP. VI. UT Job auswered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were thorough- 9 Which doeth great things and un-ly weighed, and my calamity laid in searchable; marvellous things without the balances together! number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exa'ted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprize. 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison thereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the fro-fodder? ward is carried beadlong. 14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope in the noon-day as in the night. le But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth,and from the hand of the mighty.. 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as may sorrowful meat. 8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the 16 So the poor hatli hope, and iniqui-[thing that I long for! ty stoppeth her mouth. 9 Even that it would please God to 17 Behold, happy is the man whom destroy me; that he would let loose God correcteth: therefore despise not his hand, and cut ine off! thou the chastening of the Almighty: 10 Then should I yet have comfort; 18 For Le maketh sore, and bandeth]yea, I would harder myself in sorrow ; 504 Jon exeusEUN NIS CHAP. VII. desire of denta. let him not spare; for I have not con- [shadow, and as a hireling looketh for cealed the words of the Holy One. the reward of his work; II What is my strength,that I should 3 So am I made to possess mouths hope? and what is mine end, that 1 of vanity, and wearisome nights are should prolong my life? appointed to me. 12 Is my strength the strength of 4 When I lie down, I say, When stones? or is my flesh of brass ? shall I arise, and the night be goue 13 Is not my help in me? and is wis-and I am full of tossings to and fro un lom driven quite from me? to the dawning of the day. 14 To him that is afflicted pityshould| 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and be showed from his friend; but he for-clods of dust; my skin is broken, ane saketh the fear of the Ahoighty. become loathsome. د 15 My brethren have dealt deceitful- 6 My days are swifter than a wear ly as a brook, and as the stream of er's shuttle, and are spent without brooks they pass away; hope. 16 Which are blackish by reason of 7 0 remember that my life is wind · the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:mine eyes shall no more see good, 17 What time they wax warm, they S The nye of him that hath seen me vanish: when it is hot, they are con-shall see me no more: thine eyes are sumed out of their place. Lupon me, and I am not. 18 The paths of their way are turned 9 As the cloud is consumed and van aside; they go to nothing, and perish.isheth away: so he that goeth down to 19 The troops of Tema looked, the the grave shall come up no more, companies of Sheba waited for them. 10 He shall return no more to his 20 They were confounded because house, neither shall his place know they had hoped; they came thither, him any more. and were ashamed. 21 Fornow ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. 22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or,Give a reward for me of your substance ? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the band of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand] wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is despe- rate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend, 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my right eousness is in it. 30 Is there iniquity in ny tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? CHAP. VII. 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bit- terness of my soul, 12 Am 1 a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 13 When I say, My bed shall com. fort me, my couch shail ease my com- plaint; 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams; and terrifiest me through visions: 15 So that my soul cliooseth strang- ling, and death rather than my life. 16 I loathe it; I would not live al- ways: let me alone; for my days are vanity. 17 What is man,that thou shouldest maguity him? and that thou shouldest set thy heart upon him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swal low down my spittle? 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou Preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark a- gainst thee, so that I am a burden to S there not an appointed time to inyself? man upon earth? are not his days]. 21. And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine ini 2. As a servant earnestly desireth the quity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; also like the days of a hireling? 505 Gods justice in JOB. his dealings with men. and thou shalt seek me in the morning, | 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laugh but I shall not be. ing, and thy lips with rejoicing. 22 They that hate thee shall be clotl: ΤΗ CHAP. VIII. HEN auswered Bildad the Shu-ed with shame; and the dwelling hite, and said, place of the wicked shall come to nought. 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shali the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind ? 2 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? If thy chidren have sinned against nim, and he have cast them away for their transgression; 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God be times, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; TH CHAP. IX. HEN Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth; but now should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, be cannot answer him one of a thousund. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? 5 Which removeth the mountains, 6 If thou wert pure and upright, sure-and they know not; which overturn ly now he would awake for thee, and eth them in his anger. make the habitation of thy righteous ness prosperous. 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly in crense. 8 For inquire, I pray thee,of the for- mer age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, 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 ? 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof trem- ble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not: and sealeth up the stars. 8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeih upon the waves of the sea. 9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. 10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea,and wonders without number. 11 Can the rush grow up without 11 Lo,he goeth by me, and I see him mire? can the flag grow without-wa-not: he passeth on also,but 1 perceive ter? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, und not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. 15 He shall lean upon his house, but 1 shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, put it shall not endure. 16 He is green before the sun, and nis branch shooteth forth in his gar- den. 17 His roots are wrapped about the neap, 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 be help he evil doers; him not. 12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? 13 If God will not withdraw his an ger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. 14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason, with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had an- swered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tem- pest, and multiplieth my wounds with- out cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong; and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead ? 20 I justify myself,mme own mouth 506 Job compiaingth CHAP. X, XL of his afflictions. sirall condemn me. if I say, I am per-1 6 That thou enquirest after mine mi fect, it shall also prove me perverse. quity, and searchest after my sin? 21 Though I were poriect,yel would 7 Thou knowest that I am not wick I not know my soul': I would despiseled ; and there is none that can deliver my life. out of thy hand. 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, le 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? 8 Thy hands have made me and fash- ioned nie together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. 9 Remember,1 beseech thee,that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again ? 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and fleab, and hast fenced me with 25 Now my days are swifter than a nost; they flee away,they see no good.bones and sinews. 26 They are passd away as the swift simps: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 11 say I will forget my complaint, 1 will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 12 Thou hast granted me life and fa- vour, and thy visitation bath preserv ed my spirit. 13 And these things hast thou hid in thy heart: I know that this is with thee. 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I| 14 1f Isin, then thou markest me; know that thou wilt not hold me inno-and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. cent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain ? 15 If I be wicked, wo unto me ; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up 30 If I wash myself with snow water, my head. I am full of confusion; and make my hands never so clean; therefore see thou mine affliction, 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest ditch, and mine own clothes shall ab-me as a fierce lion and again thou hor me. showest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me,and increasest thine indig nation upon me: changes and war are against me. 32 For he is not a man as 1 am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judginent. 33 Neither is there any daysman be- twixt us, that might lay his hand up- on us both. 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not bis fear terrify me: 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. CHAP. X. : 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 20 Are not my days few? cease then Y soul is weary of my life; and let me alone, that I may take Mwill leave my complaint upon myself: I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 21 will say unto God, Do not con- demn me; show me wherefore thou contendest with me. comfort 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 3 Is itgood unto theethat thou should-out any order, and where the light is est oppress, that thou shouldest des-jas darkness. pise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? Hast thou cyes of flesh? or secst thou as man seeth? 5 dre thy days as the days a man? are thy years as man's days, CHAP. XI. HEN answered Zophar the Naa- mathite, and said, 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should aman full of talk be justified? 507 God's wisdom, JOB. and omnipotence. $ Should thy lies make men hold theirjas you; I am not inferior to you; yea, peace ? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed ? 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is ! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. 7 Canst thou by searching find out God ? canst thou find out the Almigh- ty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gath- er together, then who can hinder him ? 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will be not then consider it ? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. 13 If thou prepare thy heart, and stretch out thy hands toward him; 4If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. who knoweth not such things as these? 4 I am as one mocked of his neigh bour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright mun is laughed to scorn, 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. 6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abun- duntly. 7 But ask now the beɛsts, 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 ere- ry living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh 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 16 Because thou shalt forget thy mis-out, and they overturn the earth. ery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noon-day; thou snalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 16 With him & strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his, 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoil ed, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdleth their loins with a girdle. "19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 20 He removeth away the speech of 19 Also thou shalt lie down,and none the trusty, and taketh away the un- shall make thee afraid: yea,many shall make suit unto thee. 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safely. 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall tail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. A CHAP. XII, ND Job answered and said, 12 No doubt but ye are the people, aut wisdom shall die with you. But I have understanding as derstanding of the aged. 21 He poureth contempt upon prin- ces, 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 destroyeth them he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. 24 He taketh away the heart of the welllchie" of the prople of the earth, aud 508 The condition CHAP. XIII, XIV of man's life. rauseth them to wander in a wilder |sins? make me to know my transgres ness ichere there is no way. sion and my sin. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger Ike a drunken man. CHAP. XIIL 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? TO, mine eye hath seen all this, 26. For thou writest bitter things mine ear hath heard and under- stood it. against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all Al-my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you, 3 Surely 1 would speak to the mighty, and I desire to reason with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 5. Oh that ye would altogether hold 28 And he, as a rotten thing, con- sumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. CHAP. XIV. AN that is born of a woman is of your peace; and it should be your wis Mays, and full of trouble. dom. 6 Hear now my reasoning,and heark- en 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. II 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 1 may speak, and let come on me what will. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a sha- dow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judg inent with thee ? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an uncleau? not one. 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as 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 wil not cease. 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand 7| 8 Though the root thereof wax old 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in the earth, and the stock thereof die in him but 1 will maintain mine ownțin the ground; ways before him. 9 Ict through the scent of water it 16 He also shall be my salvation: for will bud, and bring forth boughs like a hypocrite shall not come before him. Ja plant. 17 Hear diligently my specch,and my 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away; declaration with your ears. yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 1 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, 1 shall give up the ghost. 11 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 be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. 21 Withdraw thy hand far from me : 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in and let not thy dread make me afraid. the grave, that thou wouldest keep me 22 Then call thou, and I will answer: secret, until thy wrath be past, that or let me speak, and answer thou me, thou wouldest appoint me a set tîme, 23 How many are my iniquities and land remember met 509 The unquietness JOB. of wicked men. 14 If a mau die, shall he live agains, 12 Why doth thy heart carry thee all the days of my appointed time will away? and what do thine eyes wink I wait, till my change come. 15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thy hands. 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? at, 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a wo man, that he should be righteous ? 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clear 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is re-in his sight. moved 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 destroyest the hope of manj 20 Thou prevailest for ever against hin, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought| low, but he perceiveth i not of them. 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn ΤΗ CHAP. XV. 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; 13 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it : 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. HEN answered Eliphaz the Te 22 He believeth not that he shall re manite, and said, turn out of darkness, and he is waited 2 Should a wise inau utter vain know-for of the sword. ledge, and fill his belly with the east 23 He wandereth abroad for bread wind? saying, Where is it ? he knoweth that 3 Should be reason with unprofita- the day of darkness is ready at his ble talk? or with speeches wherewith hand. he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and strainest prayer before God. 21 Trouble and anguish shall make re-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 himn self against the Almighty. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine ini- quity, and thou choosest the tongue 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? 26 He rumeth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: 27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. S Hast thou heard the secret of God? | 28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and dost thou restrain wisdom to thy- and in houses which no mau inhab- self? liteth, which are ready to become heaps. 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. II Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shal he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. 30He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall The go away. 519 Job showeth the CHAP. XVI, XVII. 51 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity for vanity shall be his re compense. 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. pitifulness of his case, 14 He breaketh me with breach upen breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my born in the dust. 16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast of his flow-death; er as the olive. 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shallbedesolate,and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. TH CHAP. XVI. HEN Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. 17 Not for any injustice in my 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 record 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 pleadeth for his neighbour ! 3 Shall rain words have an end? or 22 When a few years are come, then what emboldeneth thee that thou an-1 shall go the way whence I shall not swerest? return. Y CHAP. XVII. I also could speak as ye do : if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could extinct, the graves are ready for Me is corrupt, my hard are heap up words against you, and shake iny head at you me. 5 But I would strengthen you with 2 Are there not mockers with me? my mouth, and the moving of my lips and doth not mine eye continue in should assuage your grief. their provocation? 6 Though I speak,my grief is not as- sunged; and though I forbear, what am I eased? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety. with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 7 But now he hath made me weary: 4 For thou hast hid their heart from thou hast made desolate all my com-understanding: therefore shalt thon pany. not exalt them. S And thou hast filled me with wrio- 5 He that speaketh Battery to his kles, which is a witness against me: friends, even the eyes of his children and my leanness rising up in me bear-shall fail. eth witness to my face. 6 He hath made me also a by-word 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who of the people; and aforetine I was bateth me: he gnasheth upon me with as a tabret. his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his 7 Mine cye also is dim by reason of eyes upon me. sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me 8 Upright men shall be astonished at upon the cheek reproachfully; they this, and the innocent shall stir up have gathered themselves together a-himself against the hypocrite. gainst me. 9 The righteous shall also hold on his 11 God hath delivered me to the un-way; and he that hath clean hands godly, and turned me over into the shall be stronger and stronger. hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about, ne cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. 11 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 my house 611 The ca.amilies JOB. of the wicked. I have made my bed in the darkness. Į darkness,and chased out of the world, 14 1 have said to corruption, Thou] 19 He shall neither have son nor art my father: to the worn, Thou nephew among his people, nor any art my mother, and my sister. remaining in his dwellings. 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 They shall down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. go CHAP. XVIII. THEN answered Bildad the Shu- hite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? Mark, and afterward we will speak. 3 Wherefore arewe counted asbeasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4 Je 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 tab ernacle, 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 be walketh upon a smare. 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shali drive him to his feet. 20 They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. CHAP. XIX. HEN Job answered and said, T2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remainɛth with myself, 6 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: 6 Know now that God hath over- thrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 8 He hath feuced 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 destoyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kiudled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and 12 His strength shall be hunger-bit-raise up their way against me, and ten, and destruction shall be ready at encamp round about iny tabernacle. his side. 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. B3 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. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends bave forgetten me. 15 They that dwell in my house,and my maids, count me for a stranger: 1 am an alien in their sight. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone 16 1 called iny servant, and he gave shall be scattered upon his habitation. me no answer; I entreated him with 16 His roots shall be dried up be-my mouth. neath, and above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into! 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body. 1 18 Yea, young children despised ine; arose, and they spake against me. 19 All my inward friends abhorred 512 The state and portion CHAP. XX. 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 up on me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. 24 That they were graven with an ron pen and lead, in the rock for ever! 25 For I know that my Redeemer veth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: of the wicked 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 hig youth, which ɛball lie down with him in the dust, 12 Though wickedness be sweet in bis mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it 23 Oh that my words were now writ-not but keep it still within his mouth; ten! Oh that they were printed in a 14 Yet his meat in his bowers is turn- book! ed, it is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God sball 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. 13 That which he laboured for shall 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and he restore, and shall not swallow it mine eyes shall behold, and not anoth-down: according tokis substance shall er; though my reins be consumed the restitution bé, and he shall not re- within me. joice therein. 28 But ye should say, Why persecute 19 Because he hath oppressed and we him, seeing the root of the matter hath forsaken the poor; because he 18 found in me? hath violently taken away a house which he builded not; 26 And though after my skin worms aestroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of lie sword, that ye may know there is ↑ judgment. CHAP. XX. HEN answered Zophar the Naa- mathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, be shall not save of that which he desired. 21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, 3 I have heard the check of my re- God shall cast the fury of his wrath proach, and the spirit of my under-upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. standing causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old,since man was placed upon earth, 6 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite 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 suy more behold him. 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 com- eth 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 his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his ini- quity; and the earth shall rise up a- gainst him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath, 2 K 513 Job showeth ca.ise JOB. for his grief. 29 This is the portion of a wicked 23 One dieth in his full strength, be- man from God, and the heritage ap-ing wholly at ease and quiet. pointed unto him by God. CHAP. XXI. UT Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolation. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I bave spoken, mock on. 4 As for me,is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 6 Mark me, and be astonised, and lay your band upon your mouth. 6 Even when I rememberl am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, be- come old, yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth,and casteth not her calf. 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 pleasure. 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worins shall cover them. 27 Behold, 1 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 dwell- ing places of the wicked? : 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokene, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his [face? and who shall repay bim what be hath done ? 32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and small remain in the tomb. 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumer- 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. able before him. 13 They spend their days in wealth, 34 How then comfort ye me in vain, and in a moment go down to the grave. seeing in your answers there remain 14 Therefore they say unto God,De-eth falsehood? part from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we save prout 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. CHAP. XXII. Tswered and zid, HEN Eliphaz the Temanite an 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, 17 How oft is the candle of the wick-that thou art righteous? or is it gain ed put out? and how oft cometh their to him, that thou makest thy ways destruction upon them? God distrib-perfect? uteth sorrows in his anger. 4 Will be reprove thee for fear ot 18 They are as stubble before the thee? will he enter with thee into wind, and as chaff that the storm car judgment? rieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of bis months is cut off in the midst? 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high? 6 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast with holden bread from the hungry. * 8 But as for the mighty man,he ka- the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, 514 He is exorted been broken. CHAP. XXIII, XXIV. to repentance. and the arms of the fatherless have thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. 12 Je not God in the height of hea- ven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? CHAP. XXIII. TzEven today is my complaint HEN Job answered and said, bitter my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 14 Thick clouds are a covering to 41 would order my cause before him, that he seeth not; and he walk-him, and fill my mouth with argu- eth in the circuit of heaven. 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden ? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was over- down with a food; ments. 61 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 17 Which said unto God, Depart|strength in me. from us: and what can the Almighty do for thein? 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 scoro. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the are 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 bis mouth,and lay up his words in thy heart. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but 1 cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him; he hideth himself on the right band, that I cannot see him : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I sha!. come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held his steps; his way have 1 kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandmant of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more taberna-than my necessary food. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy cles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea be Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul de- sireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me and many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I troubled at his 26 For then shalt thou have thy de-presence: when I consider, I am afraid light in the Almighty, and shalt lift of him. up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither bath he covered the darkness from my face. CHAP. XXIV. and the light shall shine upon thy WHY,seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty,do they that ways. 29 When men are cast down, then know him not see his days? 515 Sin goeth JOB. 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away Bocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide them- selve together. often impunished. 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness snall 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. 5 Behold,as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work, rising be- 23 Though it be given him to be in times for a prey; the wilderness yield-safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eth food for them and for their chil-eyes are upon their ways. dren. 6 They reap every one his corn in the field; and they gather the vintage of the wicked. 7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 9 24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, 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. They pluck the fatherless from the Thite, and were, THEN answered Biidad the Shu said, breast, and take a pledge of the poor. 2 Dominion and fear are with him, 10 They cause him to go naked with-he maketh peace in his high places. out clothing, and they take away the 3 Is there any number of his armies? sheaf from the hungry: and upon whom doth not his light arise ? 11 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 against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer rising with the in the night is as a thief. 4 How then can a man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that 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, that is a worm; and the son of man, which is a worm? CHAP. XXVI. light killed the poor and needy, and BUT Job answered and said,, 2 How hast thou helped him that 15 The eye also of the adulterer is without power? how savest thou waiteth for the twilight, saying, No the arin that hath no strength ? eye shall see me: and disguiseth 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 portion is cursed in the earth: he be- holdeth not the way of the vineyards. 19 Drought and beat consume the snow waters; so doth the grave those which have sinned. 3 How hast thou counselled him tha: hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words ? and whose spirit came from thee? 6 Dead things are formed from un- der the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and de- struction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is uot rent under them 516 The knowledge CHAP. X1 VII, XXVIII. of natural things. 9 He holdeth back the face of his be buried in death: and his widows throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon shall not weep. it. 10 He bath compassed the waters with bounds until the day and night come to an end. 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He buildeth his house as a motli, 11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astonished at his reprooi. 12 He divideth the sea with his pow-and as a booth that the keeper maketh. er, and by his understanding he smit- eth through the proud. 13 By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand bath formed the crooked serpent. 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? CHAP. XXVII. MOREOVER Job continued bis 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almigh ty, who bath vexed my soul: 3 All the while my breath is in me,and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4 My lips shall not speak wicked ness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors take hold on bim as wa- ters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21. The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and as a storm, hurleth him out of his place. 22 For God shall cast upon him,and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. CHAP. XXVIII. URELY there is a vein for the sil ver, and a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is moltea out of the stone. 3. He settech an end to darkness,and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. As for the earth, out of it cometh S For what is the hope of the hypo-bread: and under it is turned up as it crite, though he hath gained, when were fire. God taketh away his soul? 6 The stones of it are the place of 9 Will God bear his cry when trou-sapphires. and it bath dust of gold. ble cometh upon him? 7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye bath not seen. 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? 11, I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Alnigh ty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus alto- gether vain ? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. 9 He putteth fortn his hand upon the rock; he overturnech the mountains by the roote. 10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every pre- cious thing. 11 He bindeth the floods from over- flowing; and the thing that is hio bringeth he forth to light. 14 If his children be multiplied, it 12 But where shall wisdom be found? is for the sword: and his offspring and where is the place of understand- shall not be satisfied with bread. ing? 15 Those that remain of him shall; 13 Man knoweth not the price there- 517 Jos bemoaneth his JOB. of; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me. former prosperity. 5 When the Almighty was yet with me,when my children were about me; 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out 15 It cannot be gotton for gold, nei-rivers of oil; ther shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it; and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of co- ral, or of pearls: for the price of wis dom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street: 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their band on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the rool of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness lo me: 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? 12 Because I delivered the poor that and where is the place of understand-cried, and the fatherless, and him that ing? had none to help him, 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our cars. 23 God understandeth the way there- of, and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: 27 Then did he see it, and declarej it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. 23 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understand ing MOR CHAP. XXIX. 13 The blessing of him that was rea- dy to perish came upon me: and I cau- sed the widow's heart to sing for joy. 141 put on righteousness, and it cloth- I ed me, my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 18 Then I nest, and I as the sand. said, I shall die in my shall multiply my days 19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 20 My glory was fresh in me, and my [bow was renewed in my hand. 21 Unto me men gave ear, and wait- ed, and kept silence at my counsel. 22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon ´OREOVER Job continued his them. parable, and said,. 20 that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in the days of ry youth, when the secreto"God was upon my tabernacle. 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24 II laughed on them, they believ- ed it not; and the light of my counte- nance they cast not down. 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army as one that comforteth the mourn ers. 518 } His prosperity CHAP. XXX. CHAP. XXX, XXXI. turned into calamity. 21 Thou art become cruel to me; But now very in derision, whose thyself against me. UT now they that are younger with thy strong hand thou opposest 1 fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? 3. For want and famine they were sol· itary; fleeing into the wildernese in former time desolate and waste. 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appoiù [ted for all living. 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry 4 Who cut up mallows by the bush-in his destruction. es, and juniper roots for their meat. 25 Did not I weep for him that was 6 They were driven forth from among in trouble? was not my soul grieved men, (they cried after them as after for the poor ? a thief';) 26. When I looked for good, then evil 6 To dwell in the clefts of the val-came unto me; and when I waited leys, in caves of the earth, and in the for light, there came darkness. rocks. 27 My bowels boiled, and rested not; the days of affliction prevented me. 28 I went mourning without the sun; I stood up, and I cried in the congre- gation. 7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. & They were children of fools, yea, children of base men; they were vil- er than the earth. 9 And now am I their song; yea, I am their by-word, 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. 11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let Loose the bridle before me. 12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. 29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. 30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. 31 My harp also is turned to mouri- ing, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. I CHAP. XXXI. MADE a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think up on a maid? 2 For what portion of God is there 13 They mar my path, they set for- from above? and what inheritance of ward my calamity, they have no the Almighty from on high? helper. 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? 14 They came upon me as a wide and a strange punishment to the breaking in of waters: in the desola-workers of iniquity? tion they rolled themselves upon me. 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind; and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night-season; and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath basted to deceit ; 6 Let me be weighed in an even bal- ance, that God may know mine in- tegrity. 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to my hands; 3 Then let me sow, and let another ent; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 9 If my heart have been deceived by 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not a woman; or if 1 have laid wait at my hear me; I stand up, and thou regard-neighbour's door; est me not. 10 Then let my wife gried unto au 519 Job protesteth JOB. other, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my mau-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me: 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I auswer him? 15 Did not he that made me in the womb. make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; his integrity 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul. 31 If the men of my tavernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. 33 If I covered my transgression as Adam, by hidung mine iniquity in my bogum: 34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? 35 Oh that one would hear me be- hold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine ad- versary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself shoulder, and biud it as a crown to alone, and the fatherless hath not eat-[me. en thereof; 37 1 world declare unto him the 18 (For from my youth be was number of my steps; as a prince brought up with me, as with a father, would I go near unto him. and I bave guided her from my mo- ther's womb :) 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof com- 19 If I have seen any perish for want|plain; of clothing, or any poor without cor- cring; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. CHAP. XXXII. O these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in 22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and inine arm be bro-his own eyes. ken from the bone. 23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; 26 If I belield the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart bath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my band: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of oim that hated me, or lifted up myself wnen evil found him : 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he jus- tified himself rather than God. 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condem- ned Job. 4 Now Elibu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than be. 6 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these thres men, then his wrath was kindled. 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you ming opinion. 7 I said, Days should speak, and mul 520 God calleth men CHAP. XXXII. to repentance. titude of years should teach wisdom. [wish in God's stead: I also am formed 8 But there is a spirit in man; and out of the clay. the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 Great men are not always wise; neither do the aged understand judg- ment. 10 Therefore I said,Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion. I 7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. 8 Surely thou hast spoken in my hear- ing, and I bare heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there ini- 11 Behold, I waited for your words ; gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye]quity in me. searched out what to say. 10 Behold, he findeth occasions 12 Yea, I attended unto you, and,be-against me, he counteth me for his bold, there was none of you that con-enemy; vinced Job, or that answered his words: 13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, oot mau. 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, be marketh all my paths. 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. 14 Now he hath not directed his 13 Why dost thou strive against him? words against me; neither will I an-for he giveth not account of any of swer him with your speeches. his matters, 14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15 They were amazed, they answer- ed no more they left off speaking. 16 When I had waited (for they 15 lu a dream, in a vision of the spake not, but stood still, and answer-night, when deep sleep falleth upon. ed no more ;) 17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will show mine opinion. 18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, that I may be re- freshed: I will open my lips and an swer. 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither let me give flattering titles unto man, 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my Maker would soon take me away. CHAP. XXXIII. men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of inen, and sealeth their instruction, 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from 1981 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of bia bones with strong pain : 20 So that bis life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21 His deslr is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen, stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroy- Job, I pray thee, ers. WHEREFORE, Jo, aldearen 23 If there be a messenger with him, to all my words. 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tougue hath spoken in my mouth. 3 My words shall be of the upright - ness of my heart and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. : 4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. 5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. Benold, I am according to thy an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith,Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth. : 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him and he shall see his face with joy: for he will reuder unto man his righteousness. 27 He looketh upon men, and if any 521 JOB. God omnipotent cannot be unjust. say, I have sinned, and perverted that gather unto himself his spirit and his which was right, and it profited me breath; not; 15 All flesh shall perish together,and 28 He will deliver his soul from go-man shall turn again unto dust. ing into the pit, and his life shall see the light. 29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast any thing to say, an- swer me: speak, for I desire to justi- fy thee. 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. CHAP. XXXIV. 16 If now thou hast understanding, bear this: hearken to the voice of mir words. 17 Shall even be that hateth right govern ? and wilt thou condemn Lio. that is most just ? un- 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked and to princes, le are godly? 19 How much less to him that accep- teth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. 20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at mid- night, and pass away: and the mighty FURTHERMORE Elihu answer-shall be taken away without hand, > 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men man, and be seeth all his goings. and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 3 For the ear trieth words, as mouth tasteth meat. the 4 Let us choose to us judgment: iet us know among ourselves what is good. 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of ini quity may hide themselves. 23 For he will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment, with God. 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous; and God hath taken away my judgin their stead. inent. 25 Therefore he knoweth their works, 6 Should I lie against my right? my and he overturneth them in the night, wound is incurable without transgres- so that they are destroyed. 26 He striketh them as wicked men aion. 7 What man is like Job, who drink-in the open sight of others; eth up scorning like water; 8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men? 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. to find according to his waye. 27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hear eth the cry of the afflicted. 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him ? whether it be done against a na- tion, or against a man only: 30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. 11 For the work of a man shall be render unto him, and cause every man 31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will 12 Yea, surely God will not do wick-[not offend any more : edly, neither wil the Almighty per- vert judgment. 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he 32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 33 Should it be according to thy mindi The_will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and 522 God is just CHAP. XXXV, XXXVI. in all his ways. not I: therefore speak what thou in vain; he multiplieth words with- knowest. out knowledge. 34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto ine. CHAP. XXXVI 35 Job bath spoken without knowl-2 Suffer me a little, and I will LIHU also proceeded, and eaid, edge, and his words were without wisdom. 36 My desire is, that Job may be tried unto the end because of his an- swers for wicked men. 37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. CHAP XXXV. show thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despi- ELIHU spake moreover, and said, seth not any; he is mighty in strength 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, If I be cleansed from my sin ? and wisdom. 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. 8 And if they be bound in fetters,and be holden in cords of affliction ; 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; 9 Then he showeth them their work and behold the clouds which are high-and their transgressions that they have er than thou. exceeded. 4 I will answer thee, and thy com panions with thee. 6 If thou sinuest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto eim? 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thy hand? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. 10 He openeth also their ear to disci pline, and commandeth that they re turn from iniquity. 11. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap wrath: they cry not, when he bindeth them. 9 By reason of the multitude of op-up pressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith,Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night; 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. 14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before nim; therefore trust thou in him, 14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. 15 He delivereth the poor in his af fliction, and openeth their ears in op- pression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judg ment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ramsom cannot deliver 15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he thee. knoweth it not in great extremity: 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no 16Therefore doth Job open his mouth (not gold, nor all the forces of strength. 523 God's works are JOB. 20 Desire not the night, when peo- ple are cut off in their place. 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. to be magrafica. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 9 Out of the south cometh the whirl- wind; and cold out of the north. 10 By the breath of God frost is 22 Behold, God exalteth by his pow-given; and the breaath of the waters is straitened. cr: who teacheth like him ? 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? 24 Remember that thon magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it: man may behold it afar ofl. 26 Behold,God is great,and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. 27 Forhe maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof, 28 Which the clouds do drop and dis- til upon man abundantly. 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud; he scattereth his bright cloud, 12 And it is turned round about by his counsels; that they may do what- soever he commandetli them upon the face of the world in the earth. 13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mércy. 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know when God dis posed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the 31 For by them judgeth he the peo-south wind ? le; he giveth meat in abundance. 13 Hast thou with him spread out the 32 With clouds he covereth the sky, which is strong, and as a molten ight; and commandeth it not to shine, looking-glass? by the cloud that cometh betwixt. 19 Teach us what we shall say unto 33 The noise thereof showeth con-him; for we cannot order ou“ specch cerning it, the cattle also concerning by reason of darkness. the vapour. CHAP. XXXVII. A this moved outer t, trembl T this also my heart trembleth, 2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 20 Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. 21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds; but the wind passeth, and cleansein them. 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north; with God is terrible majesty. 23 Touching the Almighty, we can- not find him out; he is excellent' in 4 After it a voice roareth: he thun-power, and in judgment, and in plenty dereth with the voice of his excellen- of justice; he will not afflict. 3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. cy; and he will not stay them when 24 Men do therefore fear him: be his voice is heard. respecteth not any that are wise of heart. 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth be, which we cannot comprehend. 6. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of hus strength. 7 He sealeth up the band of every man; that all men may know his worl CHAP. XXXVIII. THEN the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counse. by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loios like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 4 Where wast thou when I laid the 524 God challengeth CHAP. XXXIX. Job to ansiver foundations of the earth? declare, if | which scattereth the east wind upon thou hast understanding. 5 Who bath laid the measures there- of, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the cor ner-stone thereof; 7 When the morning-stars sang to- gether, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? S Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? the earth? 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man: 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or whin bath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice 9 When I made the cloud the gar-and the hoary frost of heaven, whe ment thereof, and thick darkness a bath gendered it ? swaddling-band for it, 10 And brake it up for my decreed place, and set bars and doors. 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? 12 Hast thou commanded the morn- ing since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know bis place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it ? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15. And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? déclare if thou knowest it all. 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness,where is the place thereof, 20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou should- est know the paths to the house there- of? 21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then bom? or because the num- ber of thy days is great? 30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is fro zen. 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influ ences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ? canst thou set the domiuions thereof in the earth? 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? 35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, flere we are? 36 Who hath put wisdom in the in- ward parts? or who hath given under- standing to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, 38 When the dust groweth into hard- ness,and the clods cleavefast together? 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, 40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. CHAP. XXXIX. 22 Hast thou entered into the treas- KNOWEST thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring ures of the snow? or hast thou seen forth? or canst thou mark when the the treasures of the bail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? 24 By what way is the light parted hinds do calve P 2 Canst thou number the mouths that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring 525 Job humbleth. JOB. himself to God. forth their young ones, they cast out 21 He swalloweth the ground with their sorrows. fierceness and rage: neither believeth 4 Their young ones are in good lik-he that it is the sound of the trumpet. ing, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? 25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar ok, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the 6 Whose house I have made the wil derness,and the barren land his dwell-south? ngs. 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. 9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with 27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. CHAP. XL. ‘OREOVER the Lord answered his band in the furrow? or will he M Job, and said, band harrow the valleys after thee? 11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? 2 Shall be that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that re- proveth God, let him answer it. 3 T Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 4 Behold, 1 am vile; what shall I 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings un-answer thee? I will lay my hand upon to the peacocks? or wings and feath- my mouth. ers unto the ostrich? 24 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the fool may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will pro ceed no further. 6 ¶ Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto ine. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judg 17 Because God hath deprived her of ment? wilt thou condeinn me, that wisdom, neither hath he imparted to thou mayest be righteous? her understanding, 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, ale scorneth the horse and his rider. 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or caust thou thunder with a voice like bim? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty 19 Hast thou given the horse strength? and excelency; and array thyself hast thou clothed his neck with thun-with glory and beauty. der ? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. 21 He paweth in the valley, and re- joiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread Gown the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together: and bind their faces in secret. 14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right band can save thee. 15 T Behold now behemoth, which I 526 Of the Behemoth CHAP. XLI, XLII. made with thee; he eateth grass as an OX. 16 Lonow,his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of Brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. 21 He lieth under the shady trees,in the covert of the reed, and fene. 22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. 23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. 24 He taketh it with his eyes: his] nose pierceth through snares. CHAP. XLI. VANST thou draw out leviathan] with and Levisehan garment? or who can come to lắm with his double bridle ? 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teethare terrible round about, 15 His scales are his pride, 'shut up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no fair can come between them. 17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 18 By hia neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids 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 caldron. 21 His breath kindletb coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before bim. 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. 24 His heart is as firm as a stone ; yea, CANST LOU? Or we tongue with ans hard as a piece of the nether mill- cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? orbore hus jaw through with a thoro? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever ? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens ? 6 Shall thy companions make a ban- quet of him? shall they part him a mong the merchants? 7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irous ? or his head with fish-spears? 8 Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. stone. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid; by reason of break [ings they purify themselves. 26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold; the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, ana [brass as rotten wood. 28 The arrow cannot make him flee; sling-stones are turned with him into stubble. 29 Darts are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30 Sharp stones are under him; he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain:Jointment. shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand be- fore me? 32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be boary. 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 11 Who bath prevented me, that 1| 34 He beboldeth all high thangs: he should repay him? whatsoever is un-is a king over all the children of pride. der the whole heaven is mine. 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor CHAP. XLII. nis power, nor his comely proportion THEN Job answered the LORD, and said, 13 Who can discover the face of his] 2 1 know that thou canst do every 527 Job submittath PSALMS. thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. himself to God. 10 And the LORD turned the captiv ity of Job, when he prayed for his 3 Who is he that hideth counsel with- friends: also the Lond give Job twice out knowledge? therefore have I utter- as much as he had before. en that I understood not; things too 11 Then came there unto him all his wonderful for me, which 1 knew not. brethren, and all his sisters, and all 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will they that had been of his acquaintance speak, I will demand of thec, and de-before, and did eat bread with him in clare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee bythe hearingof the ear; but now mine eyes seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and re- pent in dust and ashes. his house; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evii that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold. 7 ¶ And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Te-of Job more than his beginning: for he mante, My wrath is kindled against had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thee, and against thy two friends: for thousand camels, and a thousand yoke ye have not spoken of me the thing of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. that is right, as my servant Job hath. 13 He had also seven sons and three 8 Therefore take unto you now seven daughters. bullocks and seven rams, aud go to 14 And he called the name of the my servant Job, and offer up for your first, Jemima; and the name of the selves a burnt-offering, and my ser-second, Kezia; and the name of the vant Job shall pray for you; for him third, Keren-happuch. will I accept: lest I deal with you af ter your folly, in that ye have not spo- ken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did according as the LORD commanded them; the LORD also accepted Job. 15 And in all the land were no wo- men found so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inher- itance among their brethren. 16 T 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. ¶ The Book of PSALMS. PSALM I. Bnot in the counsel of the ungodly, LESSED is the man that walketh the righteous: but the way of the un godly shall perish W W PSALM II. nor standeth in the way of sinners,nor HY do the heathen rage,and the sitteth in the seat of the scornful: people imagine a vam thing? 2 But his delight is in the law of the 2 The kings of the earth set them- LORD; and in his law doth he medi-selves, and the rulers take counsel to- tate day and night. gether, against the Lond, and against his anointed, saying, 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season: bis leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever be doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that setteth in the heavens shalt laugh: the Lond shall have them in derision. & Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decrce the Lonn 528 God favoureth PSALMS. hath said unto me, Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in peices like a potter's vessel. not the wicked with your own keart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. up 50ffer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lond. 6 There be many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, äft thou the light of thy countenance upon us. 7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 10 Be wise now therefore, ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, 11 Serve the LORD with fear, und re-and sleep; for thou, LORD, only ma- joice with trembling. kest me dwell in safety PSALM V. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry,and ye perish from the way, when his T To the chief Musician upon Nebi wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed loth, A Psalm of David. IVE ear to my words, O LORD: are all they that put their trust in him. consider my meditation. PSALM 11L Absalom his son. ↑ A Psalm of David,when he fled from ] 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray LORD,how are 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. Selali. 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for ine; my glory, and the lifter up of my head. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy bill. Selah. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest a workers of ini- quity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak 5 I laid me down and slept; I awak-leasing: the LORD will ahhor the for the LORD sustained ine. bloody and deceitful man. ed; 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands] 7 But as for me, 1 will come into thy of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O LonD: 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 belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. PSALM IV. HEAL house in the multitude of thy mercy, and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. & 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 inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. EAR me when 1 call, O God of 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let my righteousness: thou hast en-them fall by their own counsels: cast larged me whenIicas in distress; have them out in the multitude of their mercy upon ine, and hear my prayer. transgressions; for they have rebelled 20 ye sons of men,how long will ye against thee. turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after easing? Selab. 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 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: in thee. the LORD will hear when 1 call unto lim 4 Stand in awe,and sin not : commune 12 For thou, Loan, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou com pass him as with a shield. 2 L 529 David prayeth PSALM VI. PSALMS. against his enemies. [righteousness, and according to mine. To the chief Musician on Neginoth integrity that is in me. upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wick LORD, rebuke me not in thine ed come to an end: but establish the anger, neither chasten me in thy just: for the righteous God trieth the hot displeasure. heart and reins. O 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lond; for I am weak: 0 LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lond, how long? 10 My defence is of God,which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 5. For in death there is no remem-made it ready. brance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks ? 61am weary with my groaning: all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all inine enemies, 8 Depart from me all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; be ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travaileth_with quity, and bath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. ini- 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief'shall return upon his own bead, and his violent dealings shall come down upon his own pate. 9 The Lono bath heard my supplica 17 1 will praise the LORD according tion; the LORD will receive my prayer. to his righteousness: and will sing 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed praise to the name of the LORD most and sore vexed: let them return and high. be ashamed suddenly. PSALM VII. Shiggaion of David, which he sang LORD, unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD 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, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this: if there be iniquity in my hands: 4 If I have awarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy;) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selahi. 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself,because of the rage of mine enemies; and awake for me to the Judgment that thou hast commanded. 7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. PSALM VIII. ¶ To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. me in all the earth! who LORD our Lord, how excellent i hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the aven- ger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man,that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,and hast crown- ed him with glory and honour. 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; 8The fowl of the air,and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 8 The Lond shall judge the people: 9 O LORD our Lord,how excellent i judge me, O Lond, according to my thy name in all the earth! 530 He praiseth I PSALM IX. PSALMS God's judgments. 18 For the needy shall not always bo To the chief Musician upon Muth-forgotten: the expectation of the poor Jabben, A Psalm of David. shall not perish for ever WILL praise thee, O LORD, with 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man pre my whole heart; I will show forth|vail: let the heathen be judged in thy all thy marvellous works. sight. 21 will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High. 3 When mine enemies are turned 20 Put them in fear, O LORD: thet the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. PSALM X. back, they shall fall and perish at thy WD why hidest thou thyself WHY standest thou afar off, 0 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 hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. Lond? in times of trouble? 2 The wicked in his pride doth per- secute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of hig heart's desire, and blesseth the cov jetous, whom the Lond 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 grievous; thy 7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: judgments are far above out of his he bath prepared his throne for judg-sight: as for all his enemies,he puffeth ment; 6 0 thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. at them. 8 And he shall judge the world in 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall righteousness, he shall minister judg-not be moved: for I shall never be in ment to the people in uprightness. 9 The Lond also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 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 Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, be remembereth them; he for- getteth not the cry of the humble. 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 Zion: 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. Higgaion. Selah. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. adversity. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and de- ceit and frand: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth, and humbleth bim- self, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 11 He hath said in his heart, Goa hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. 12 Arise, O Lond; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the humble. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked con temn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou be- holdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the help- er of the fatherless. 16 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out the wick Jedness till thou find none. 531 PSALMS. The corruption 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of this land, 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; of a natural man. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORE thou, balt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men are exalted. PSALM XIII. T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 18 To judge the fatherless and the op- pressed, that the man of the earth may How long wilt thou forget me, OW However how long wi no more oppress. PSALM XI. T To the chief Musician, A psalm of David. IN N the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul,Flee as a bird to your mountain ? 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the etring, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4 The Lond is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. thou hide thy face from me? P 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over mè ? 3 Consider and hear me, O Loar my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have pre- vailed against him; and those that trouble ine rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. PSALM XIV. 5 The Lond trieth the righteous: but T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of the wicked and him that loveth vio- lence his soul hateth. David. THE fool bath said in his heart, There is a damn his heart. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrupt, they have done abominable rible tempest: this shall be the portion works, there is none that doeth good. of their cup. 2 The Lond looked down from hea- 7 For the righteous LORD loveth right-ven upon the children of men, to see if cousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. PSALM XII. To the chief Musician upon Shemi- nith, A Psalm of David. for itt HELP, 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 tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him un safety from him that puffeth at him. 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. 40wledge? wh work up of iniquity as 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the right- eous. 6 Ye bave shamed the counse, of the poor, because the Lond is lus refuge. 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lond bringeth back the captivity of his peu- ple, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. PSALM XV. A Psalm of David. ORD, who shall abide in thy tab ernacle? who shall dwell in tny 6 The words of the Lono are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace d'holy hill ? earth, purified seren times. 2 He that walketh uprightly, und 532 David sheweth the pride PSALMS. of his enemies. worketh righteousness, and speaketh 3 Thou hast proved my heart; thou the truth in his heart. hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am pus posed that my mouth shall not transgress. 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 honoureth them that fear the Lond. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 5 He that potteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against ne inuocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. PSALM XVI. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I bave kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings in thy pathe, that my footsteps slip not. 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God; incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 7 Show thy marvellous loving-kind- ness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them, T Michtam of David. RESERVE me, O God; for in thee do I put my trust. 20 my soul, thou hast said unto the 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; LORD, Thou art my LouD: my good-hide me under the shadow of thy ness extendeth not to thee; wings, 3 But to the saints that are in the 9 From the wicked that oppress me, earth, and to the excellent, in whom is from ny deadly enemies, who com- all my delight. pass me about. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god their drink-offerings of blood will I not of fer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The LORD is the portion of mine nheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also in struct me in the night seasons. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurk- ing in secret places. 13 Arise, O Lonu, disappoint him, cast him down deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: 14 From men which are thy hand, LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and fand leave the rest of their substance my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also to their babes. shall rest in hope. 81 have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, 1 shall not be moved. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life; in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. PSALM XVII. TA Prayer of David. H EAR the right,OLORD,attend un- to my cry, give ear unto my pray- er, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the Jings that are equal. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. PSALM XVIIL T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD,who spake unto the Lond the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the land of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And be said, WILL love thee, O LORD, my I strength. I. for- 2 The Lono is my rock, and my tress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom 1 will trust; my 533 David praiseth God PSALMS. for his manifold blessings. vuckler, and the horn of my salvation, to my righteousness; according to the and my high tower. cleanness of my hands hath he recom- 3 I will call upon the LonD, who is pensed me. worthy to be praised: so shall I be 21 For I have kept the ways of the saved from mine enemies. LORD, and have not wickedly depart 4 The sorrows of death compassed[ed from my God. me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of bell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented] me. 6 In my distress 1 called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God be heard my voice cut 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 nostrils, and fire out of his mouth de- voured: coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. 22 For all be judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the Load recom- pensed me according to my righteous- ness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful: with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward. 27 For thou wilt save the aflicted people; but wilt bring down high look 9. 28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my 10 And he rode upon a cherub, andļdarkness. did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; bis pavilion round about him vere dark waters and thick clouds of the Bkies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed,hail-stones and coals of fire. 13 The Lond also thundered in the beavens, and the Highest gave bis voice; hail-stones and coals of fire. 14 Yea, he sent out bis arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out light- nings, and discomfited them. | 29 For by thee 1 have run through a troop; and by my God have 1 leaped over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect. the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31 For who is God save the Lond? or who is a rock save our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh iny way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feer, 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. 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world 35 Thou hast also given me the shield were discovered at thy rebuke, Olof thy salvation; and thy right hand LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy hath holden me up, and thy gentleness nostrils. hath made me great. 16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me for they were too strong for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity but the LORD was my stay. 19 He brought me forth also into a arge place; he delivered me, because De delighted in me. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. 37 I have pursued inine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle thou hast subdued under me those that rose up 20 The Lono rewarded me according against me. 534 PSALMS shew God's glory The creatures 40 Thou hast also given me the necks 8 The statutes of the LORD are right of mine enemies, that I might destroy rejoicing the beart: the commandmen, them that hate me. of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LoRD, but ne 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. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, en- during for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous alto- gether. 10 More to be desired are they than 43 Thou hast delivered me from the gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweet- strivings of the people; and thoufer also than honey and the boney hast made me the head of the heathen: comb. a people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall sub mit themselves unto me. 45 The strangers shall fade away,and be afraid out of their close places. 46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my Rock; and let the God of my sal- vation be exalted. 47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be up- right, and 1 shall be innocent from the great transgression. PSALM XX. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be accepta- 48 He delivereth me from mine ene-[ble in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, mies: yea, thou liftest me up aboveland my Redeemer. those that rise up against me; thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen,and wing praises unto thy name. 50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. PSALM XIX. T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. HE heavens declare the glory of Tel; eave use fchaat unt showeth his bandy-work. 2 Day unto day uttereth 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 bath be set a tabernacle for the sun; 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as strong man to run a race. a T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. THE LORD hear thee in the day o. trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee. TH 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion. 3 Remember all thine offerings, and accept thy burut-sacrifices. Selab. 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the mane of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. 6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lond 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. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing bid T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of from the heat thereof. David. 7 The law of the LORD is perfect,con-TonD; and in thy salvation HE king shall joy in thy strength, verting the soul: the testimony of the Load is sure, making wise the simple. how greatly shall be rejoice! 535 Dacid prayetn PSALMS. in great distress, 2 Thou hast given him nis heart's de- 7 All they that see me laugh me to sire, and hast not withholden the re-scorn: they shoot out the lip: they quest of his lips. Selah. shake the head, saying, 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, even length of days for ever and ever. ō His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid up- on him. 6 For thou hast made him most bless- ed for ever: thou hast made him ex- ceeding 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 Thy 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. 8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 9 But thou art be that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasta. 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art iny 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 compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan 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 bowels. 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. 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous de 16 For dogs have compassed me: the vice, which they are not able to per-assembly of the wicked have enclosed form. me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 12 'Therefore 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 thing own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. 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 vesturs. 19 But be not thou far from me, U LouD: O my strength, baste thee to help me. PSALM XXII. To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth 20 Deliver my soul from the sword ; Shahar, A Psalm of David. my darling from the power of the dog. Y God, my God, why hast thou 21 Save me from the lions' mouth: thote ou far far from helping me, and from the of the unicorns. words of my roaring? 22 I will declare thy name unto my 2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, brethren: in the midst of the congre but thou hearest not; and in the nightgation will I praise thee. season, and am not silent. 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; 3 But thou art holy, O thou that in-all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; habitest the praises of Israel. and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor ab horred the affliction of the afflicted 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee,and were de-neither hath he hid his face from him; livered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. but when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay ury vows before them that fear him. 26 The meek shall eat and be satis- 536 ! PSALMS. His confidence in prayer fied: they shall praise the LonD that the LORD, and righteousness from the seek him your heart shall live for God of his salvation. ever. 6 This is the generation of them that 27 All the ends of the world shall re-seek him, that seek thy face,O Jacob. member and turn unto the LonD: Selah. and all the kindreds of the nations 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; shall worship before thee. and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the na- tions. 29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him and none can keep alive his own soul. : 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Load for a gener- ation. D 31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that 8 Who is this King of glory? The Lond strong and mighty, the Lonn mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of host, he is the King of glory Selah PSALM XXV. TA Psalm of David. ΝΤΟ shall be born, that he hath done this. UNTO thee, O Lond, do I lift up PSALM XXIII. TA Psalm of David. THE Lond is my shepherd; I shall T not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for bis name's suke. 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,0 Lond; leach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach 4 Yea, though I walk through the me: for thou art the God of my sal- valley of the shadow of death, I willvation; on thee do I wait all the day. fear no evil; for thou art with me; 6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender thy rod and thy staff they comfort mercies and thy loving-kindnesses, for they have been ever of old. ine. 6 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anoinest my head with oil; my cup rumeth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and 1 will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. PSALM XXIV. TA Psalm of David. Tfulness thereof; the world, and HE earth is the LORD's, and the they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the eeas,and established it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? and who shall stand in his holy place? 7 Remember not the sins of my youth nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. 8 Good and upright is the LORD therefore will be 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 Covenant and his testimonies. cy and truth unto such as keep bis 11 Forthy name's sake,OLono, par don mine iniquity; for it is great. 12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14 The secret of the Load is with 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure beart; who hath not lined up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn de-them that fear him; and he will show ceitfully. 5 He shall receive he blessing from them his covenant. 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the 537 David's love PSALMS. to God's servina LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out Loud is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? of the net. 19 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. 2 When the wicked,even mine ene mies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and 17 The troubles of my heart are en-fell. larged: 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, for they are many; and they hate me cruel hatred. with 3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me:all the days of my life, to behold the let me not be ashamed: for I put my beauty of the Lono, and to inquire in trust in thee. his temple. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. PSALM XXVI. TA Psalm of David. JUDGE mic, O LORD; for 1 have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore 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 mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 6 I have hated the congregation of evil-doers; and will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash my hands in innocen- cy: so will compass thine altar, O LORD: 7 That I may publish with the voice of thauksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 Loxo, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeein me, and be merciful] unto me. 12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. PSALM XXVII. TA Psalm of David. 5 For in the time of trouble be shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall be hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. 6. And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will 1 offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; 1 will sing, yea, 1 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 1 seek. 9 Hide not thy face far from me ; put not thy servant away in anger : thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my sal- vation. 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. 11 Teach me thy way, O Lond, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemics. 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. 13 Ihad fainted, unless I had believ ed to see the goodness of the LORD un the land of the living. 14 Wait on the LORD, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thy heart; wait, I say, on the LORD. PSALM XXVIII. ↑ A Psalm of David. thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, UNTO if thou be silent to me, I become like HE LORD is my light and my sal-them that go down into the pit. vation; whom shall I fear? the 2 Hear the voice of my supplications 538 He exhortath to PSALMS. give glory to Goa. when I cry unto thee, when I liup 11 The Lond will give strength unto my hands toward thy holy oracle. his people; the LORD will bless his 3 Draw me not away with the wick-people with peace. ed, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neigh-T bours, but mischief is in their hearts. 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. 5 Because they regard not the works of the Load, nor the operation of his hands, be shall destroy them, and not build them up. 6 Blessed be the Lond, because he hath heard the voice of my supplica- tious. PSALM XXX. A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. hast lifted me up, and hast not made WILL extol thee, O LORD; for thou my foes to rejoice over me. 20 Lond my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave; thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remem brance of his holiness. 6 For his anger endureth bua a mo 1ment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will praise him. 8 The Lond is their strength, and be 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 David. IVE unto the Lono, O ye mighty, strength. 2 Gire unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth; the Loud is upon many waters. 4 The voice of the LORD is power- ful, the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. 5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn, 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7 LORD, by the favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; thoù didst hide thy face,and I was troubled. 8 I cried to thee, O Lord, and unto the LORD I made supplication. 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the truth? 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. PSALM XXXI. T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. et re never be ashamed: deliver N thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; 7. The voice of the LORD divideth theme in thy righteousness. flames of fire. 8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the Lond shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 2 Bow down thine ear to me: deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me. 3 For thou art my rock and my for- tress: therefore for thy name's sake 9 The voice of the Lond maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the for-lead me, and guide me. 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. 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. 5 Into thy hand I commit my spirit. 539 PSALMS. David's confidence in God's help. thou hast redeemed me, O Lond God fo❤ from before thine eyes; neverthe less thou heardest the voice of my of truth. 6 I have hated them that regard lying supplications when 1 cried unto thee. vanities: but I trust in the LORD. 23 0 love the LonD,all ye his saints. 71 will be glad and rejoice in thy for the LORD preserveth the faithful, mercy: for thou hast considered my and plentifully rewardeth the proud trouble; thou hast known my soul in¦doer. adversities" 24 Be of good courage, and he shall 8 And hast not shut me up into the strengthen your heart, all ye that hope hand of the enemy: thou hast set my [in the Lond. foot in a large room. 9 Have mercy upon ine, O Land, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consu- med with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fuleth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. PSALM XXXII. TA Psalm of David, Maschil. BLESSE Dis he whose fausgressio is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed 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 waxed old, through my roaring all the day long. 11 1 was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my For day and night thy hand was neighbours, and a fear to mine ac-heavy upon me: my moisture is quaintance: they that did see me with- turned into the drought of summer. out fled from me. Selah. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: 1 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 Lono: said, Thou art my God. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lowo; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 6 For this shall every one that is god. Ily pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods 15 My times are in thy hand : deliver of great waters they shall not come me from the hand of mine enemies, nigh unto him. and from them that persecute me. 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. 17 Let me not be ashamed, O Lono; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be alent in the grave. 7 Thou art my hiding-place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. 8 1 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 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; mule, which have no understanding; which speak grievous things proudly whose mouth must be held in with lit and contemptuously against the right-and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. eous. 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the song of men ! 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wick- ed; but he that trusteth in the LORD, inercy shall compass him about 11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye 20 Thou shalt hide them in the se-that are upright in heart. cret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. 21 Blessed be the Lono: for he hath phowed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut PSALM XXXIII. DEJOICE in the LORD, O ye right- for praise is comely for the upright. 2 Praise the Load with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery, and an iu- strument of ten strings. 540 They are blessed PSALMS 3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise: that trust in Goa 2 My soul snall make her boast in the Lono: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. 3 O magnify the LORD with me, and 5 He loveth righteousness and judg-let us exalt his name together. ment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lond. 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of 5 They looked unto him, them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the depth in store-bouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the LonD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried,and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all bis troubles. 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 80 taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 18 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: be maketh the devices of the people of none effect. 9 O fear the Lond, ye his samts: for 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth]there is no want to them that fear for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 13 The Lond looketh from heaven; ne beholdeth all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his babitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; be considereth all their works. 16 There is no king saved by the mul- titude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 Aliorse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. 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 David, when be changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I WILL bless the LORD at all times: my mouth. him. 10 The 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 erii, and tby lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good: seek peace and pursue it. 16 The eyes of the LonDare 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 beareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lond is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his praise shall continually be in his servants; and none of them that |trust in him shall be desolate. 541 David prayeth for PSALM XXXV. ¶ A Psalm of David. PSALMS. his own safety, &c. 17 Lond, how long wilt thou look on ? rescue my soul from their destruc- PLEAD my cause, O Lond, with tions, my darling from the lions. them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 19 Let not them that are mine ene- mies wrongfully rejoice over me: nci- ther let them wink with the eye, that 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy sal-hate me without a cause. vation. 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 Lond chase them. 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, Aha, aha! our eye hath seen it. 22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far 6 Let the way be dark and slippe-from me. ry: and let the angel of the LORD per- secute them. 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my LORD. 24 Judge ine, O LoaD my God, ac- cording to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath 25 Let them not say in their hearts, hid catch himself: into that very de-Ah, so would we have it: let them struction let him fall. not say, We have swallowed him up. 9 And my soul shall be joyful in 26 Let them be ashamed, and brought the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salto confusion together, that rejoice at vation. my hurt: let them be clothed with 10 All my bones shall say, Loao, shame and dishonour that magnify who is like unto thee,which deliverest|themselves against me. the poor from him that is too strong 27 Let them shout for joy, and be for him, yea, the poor and the needy glad, that favour my righteous cause; from him that spoileth him? 11 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 iny soul. yea, let them say continually, Let the Lono be magnified, which hath pleas ure in the prosperity of his servant, 28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise, all the day long. THE PSALM XXXVI. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: IT To the chief Musician, A Psalm of humbled my soul with fasting; and David, the servant of the LORD. my prayer returned into mine own HE transgression of the wicked bosom. saith within my heart, that there 14 I behaved myself as though he is no fear of God before his eyes. had been my friend or brother; Ibow 2 For he flattereth himself in his own ed down heavily, as one that mourn-eyes, until his iniquity be found to be eth for his mother. hateful. 15 But in mine adversity they re- 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity joiced, and gathered themselves to- and deceit; he hath left off to be wise, gether; yea, the abjects gathered land to do good. themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not; 16 With hypocritical mockers m feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed: he setteth himself in a way that is uot good; he abhorreth not evil. 5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heav- ens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 542 The difference between PSALMS. the godly and wicked. 6 Thy righteousness is like the great earth; and shall delight themselves in mountains; thy judgments are a great the abundance of peace. deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his 7 How excellent is thy loving-kind-teeth. ness, O God! therefore the children of 13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for men put their trust under the shadow he seeth that his days are coming. 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 pleasures. 9 For with thee is the fountain of life; in thy light shall we see light. 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. 10 O continue thy loving-kindness 16 A little that a righteous man hath unto them that know thee; and thy is better than the riches of many wick- righteousness to the upright in heart. Let not the 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. ed. 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdet the righteous. 18 The Lond 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 evil-they shall be satisfied. PSALM XXXVII. ¶ A Psalm of David. RET not thyself because of doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. FRE 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 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 LonD; and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart. 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; in- to smoke shall they consume away. 21 The wicked borroweth,and payeth not again: but the righteous showell mercy, and giveth. 22 For such as be blessed of him shail inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 23 The steps of a good man are or 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD;dered by the LORD: and he delighteth trust also in him, and he shall bring it in his way. to pass. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be ut 6 And he shall bring forth thy right-terly cast down: for the LORD uphold. eousness as the light, and thy judgment eth him with his hand. as the noon-day. 25 I have been young, and now ai 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait paitent-fold; yet have I not seen the righteous ly for him: fret not thyself because of forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. him who prospereth in his way, be- 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; cause of the man who bringeth wick-and his seed is blessed. ed 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, they shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 11 But the meek shall inherit the 27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. 28 For the LORD loveth judgment. and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 30 The mouth of the righteous speak eth wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The law of his God is in his 543 David imploreth PSALMS. compassion for his case heart; none of his steps shan slide. faileth me: as for the light of mine 32 The wicked watcheth the right-eyes, it also is gone from me. eous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and be shall exalt thee to inherit the land when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from iny 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 mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that open eth not his mouth. 14 Thus 1 was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no re- 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he vas not: yea, I sought him, but he proofs. could not be found. 15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: 37 Mark the perfect man, and be-thou wilt hear, O Lond my God. hold the upright: for the end of that 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise man is peace. they should rejoice over me: when my 38 But the transgressors shall be de-foot slippeth, they magnify themselves stroyed together: the end of the wick-against me. ed shall be cut off. 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD; he is their strength in the time of trouble. : 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them be shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. PSALM XXXVIII. TA Pealm of David, to bring to re- membrance. ୦ LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast m me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. 18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that bate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make baste to help me, O LORD my salvation. PSALM XXXIX. To the chief Musician, even to Je Salt i sin not with my tongue: 1 duthun, A Psalm of David. SAID, I will take beed to my ways, 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 het within me; while I was musing the fire burned then spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it 7 For my loins are filled with a loath-is; that I may know how frail I am. some disease: and there is no sound-| 5 Behold, thou hast made my days ness in my flesh. (as a band-breadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selab. 8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of ny heart. 9 LORD, all my desire is before thee; 6 Surely every man walketh in a and my groaning is not hid from thee. vain show: surely they are disquiet 10 My heart pauteth, my strengthed in vain he heapeth up riches, and ! 544 Obedience is PSALMS. knoweth not who shall gather them. 7 And now, LORD, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. the best sacrifice. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have 8 Deliver me from all my transgres-not concealed thy loving-kindness and sions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. thy truth from the great congregation, I Withhold not thou thy tender mer- cies from me, O LORD: let thy loving- kindness and thy truth continually 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: preserve me. I am consumed by the blow of thy|| 12 For innumerable evils have com- hand. 11 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. Selab. 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my ery; hold not thy peace at my tears: for1 am a stran ger with thee, and a sojourner,,as all my fathers were. 130 apare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no inore. PSALM XL. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. IWALTEC me, and heard WAITED paitently for the LORD, my cry. 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 my head: therefore my heart faileth me. 13 Be pleased,O LORD,to deliver me: O Lono, make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and con founded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wisi me evil. 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame, that say unto me, Aha, aha ! 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice thy suration pay, continually, The and be glad in thee; let such as love LORD be magnified. 2 He brought me up also out of a 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and LORD thinketh upon me : thou art my set my feet upon a rock,and establish-help and my deliverer; make no tar- ed my goings. rying, O my God. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: PSALM XLI. many shall see it, and fear, and shall T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of trust in the LORD. David. 4 Blessed is that man that maketh BLESSEDis he thatconsidereth the the LORD his trust, and respecteth not poor; the LORD will deliver him the proud, nor such as turu aside to in time of trouble. lies. 6 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up iu order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 6 Sacrifice 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 volume of the book it is written of me, SI delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. 2 The LORD will preserve hun, and keep him alive; and he shall be bless ed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his ene- mies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him up- on the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 41 said, Lond, 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 per- islì ? 6 And if he come to see me, he speak- eth vanity: his heart gathereth iniqui 9 I have preached righteousness in the ty to itself; when he goeth abroad he great congregation : lo, 1 have not re-telleth it. Trained my lips,O Lond,thou knowest. 7 All that hate me whisper together 2 M 545 David's zeal PSALMS. to serve Goi against me : against me do they devise mourning because of the oppression of my hurt. the enemy? 8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth e shall rise up no more. 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my Dread, bath lifted up his heel against me. 10 But thou, O Lond, be merciful nuto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. 11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not tri- umph over me. 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. 13 Blessedbe the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. PSALM XLII. 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me ; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Jur PSALM XLIII. [UDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 2 For thou artthe God of my strength why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 30 send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me, let them bring me To the chief Musician, Maschil, for unto thy holy hill, and to thy taberna- the sons of Korah. cles. AS the hart panteth after the water 4 Then will I go unto the altar of brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall 1 come and appear before God ? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? God,unto God my exceeding joy : yea, upon the harp will 1 praise thee, O God, my God. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul and why art tliou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. PSALM XLIV. 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me for 1 had T To the chief Musician for the sons of gone with the inultitude; I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multi- tude that kept holy-day. 5 Why art thou cast down,0 my soul and why art thou disquieted in me? nope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his counte- vance. Korah, Maschil. God, our fathers have told us E have heard with our ears, 0 what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 2 How thou didst drive out the hea then with thy band, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the peo ple, and cast them out. 6 0 my God, my soul is cast down 3 For they got not the land in posses- within me therefore will I remem- sion by their own sword, neitlier did ber thee from the land of Jordan, and their own arm save them; but thy of the Hermonites, from the bill Mi-right hand, and thine arm, and the zar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water-spouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 3 Yet the LonD will command his Loving-kindness in the day-time, and In the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. 4 Thou art my King, O God: com- mand deliverances for Jacob. Through thee will we push down our enemies; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. For I will not trust in my bow, neither ghall my sword save me. 91 will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me ? why go 1 7 But thou hast saved us from our 546 The grace of PSALMS Christ's kingdom. enemies, and hast put them to shame MT speak of the things which 1 Y heart is inditing a good maller; that hated us. 8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy; and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 11 Thou hast given us like sheep op. pointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth" "by their price. 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us, 14 Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a sbaking of the head among the people. nave made touching the King: ny tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured into thy lips. therefore God hath blessed thee Tor ever. 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride prosper- ously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right kand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemics; whereby the people fall under thee. 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and 15 My confusion is continually be-hatest wickedness: therefore God,thy fore me, and the shame of my face God, bath anointed thee with the oil hath covered me, of gladness above thy fellows. 16 For the voice of him that re- 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, proacheth and blasphemeth; by rea-land aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory son of the enemy and avenger. palaces, whereby they have made 17 All this is come upon us; yet thee glad. nave we not forgotten thee, neither 9 Kings' daughtersieere among thine have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. [honourable women: upon thy right 18 Our heart is not turned back, nei-hand did stand the queen in gold of ther have our steps declined from thy Ophir, way; Jo Hearken, O daughter, and con- 19 Though thou hast sore broken us sider and incline thine ear; forget in the place of dragons, and covered jalso thine own people,and thy father's us with the shadow of death. 20. If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for] he knoweth the secrets of the heart, 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O LORD? arise, cast us not off for ever. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. PSALM XLV. To the chief Musician upon Sho. shannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A song of loves house; 11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty; for be is thy LonD; and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour. 13 The King's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle work: the virgins ber companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing sball they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. 17 I will make thy name to be re- membered in all gererations: there fore shall the people praise thee for Jever and ever. 547 The ornaments PSALM XLVI. PSALMS. To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. 10D is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. G of the church. 8 God reigneth over the heathen God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 9 The princes of the people are gath ered together, even the people, of the 2 Therefore will not we fear, though God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth be removed, and though the the earth belong unto God; he is mountains be carried into the midst of greatly exalted. the sea: PSALM XLVIII. 3 Though the waters thereof roar TA Song and Psalm for the sons of and be troubled, though the moun- Korah. tains shake with the swelling thereof. Ge praised in the city of our (REAT is the LORD, and greatly to be Selah. There is a river,the streams where- of shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; be breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; be burneth the chariot in the fire. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selab. PSALM XLVII. To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 For the LORD most high is terrible; eis a great King over all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the natious under our ſeet. 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 5 God is gone up with a sbout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, org the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they marvel- led; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7 Thou breakest the ships of Tar shish with an east wind. 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts,in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. 9 We have thought of thy loving- kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise uuto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of right- eousness. 11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad,because of thy judgmente. 12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof, 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, con- sider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. PSALM XLIX. T To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hall ye inhabitants of the world: "EAR this, all ye people; give ear, 7 For God is the King of all the 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, earth: sing ye praises with under-together. standing. 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; 548 The majesty of PSALMS. God in the church. and the meditation of my heart shall|from the rising of the sun unto the be of understanding. 4 I will incline mine ear to a para- ble; I will open my dark saying upou the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches: 7 None of them can by any means redeem bis brother, nor give to God ransom for him: a S (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That be suonld still live for ever, and not see corruption. going down thereof, 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beau ty, God hath shined. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that be may judge his people. 5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge him- self. Selab. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will 10 For he seeththat wise men die,like-speak; O 1srael, and I will testify wise the fool and the brutish person against thee: I am God, even thy perish,and leave their wealth to others. God. 11 Their inward thought is, that 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sa their houses shall continue for ever, crifices, or thy but-offerings, to have und their dwelling-places to all gen been continually before me. erations; they call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless man being in bonour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, or he-goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 13. This their way is their folly: yet 11 Iknow all the fowls of the moun- their posterity approve their sayings. tains; and the wild beasts of the field Selah. are mine. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beau- ty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 12 If1 were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving: and pay thy vows unto the Most High: 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my 17 For when he dieth he shall carry statutes, or that thou shouldest take nothing away: his glory shall not de-my covenant in thy mouth? scend after him. 18 Though while be lived he blessed his soul and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of bis fathers; they shall never see light 20. Man that is in honour, and under standeth not, is like the beasts that perish. PSALM L.. TA Psalm of Asaph. HE mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction,and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and bast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest agamist thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thysel 549 David glorieth in PSALMS. the salvation of God. but I will reprove thee, and set them else would I give it: thou delightest in order before thine eyes. uot in burnt-offering. 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest 1 tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. 17 The sacrifices of Godare a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto nie: and to him that orderetli his con-[Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusa- versation aright, will I show the sal-lem. vation of God. PSALM LI. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with To the chief Musician, A Psalm of burnt offering and whole burnt-offer- David, when Nathan the propheting: then shall they offer bullocke came unto him, after he had gone in upon thine altar. to Bath-sheba. H [AVE mercy upon me, O God,ac- cording to thy loving kindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgres siona. PSALM LIL To the chief Musician, Maschil, Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to tho house of Abimelech, * Wash me thoroughly from mine WHY boastest thou thyself in mis- iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. chief, O mighty man? the good 3 For I acknowledge my transgres-ness of God endureth continually. sions; and my sin is ever before me. 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like Against thee, thee only, have a sharp razör, working deceitfully. sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; 3 Thou lovest evil more than good, that thou mightest be justified when and lying rather than to speak right thou speakest, and be clear when eousness. thou judgest. Selah. 4 Thou lovest all-devouring words, 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; O thou deceitful tongue. and in sin did my mother conceive me. 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the ever he shall take thee away, aud nward parts; and in the hidden part pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Jand root thee out of the land of the 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall living. Selab. be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sine, and plot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy pres- ence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be conver- ted unto thee. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strength- ened himself in his wickedness. 8 But I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. 9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. TH PSALM LIII. T To the chief Musician upon Maha lath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. HE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are 14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, they, and have done abominable ini O God, thou God of my salvation;quity: there is none that doeth good. and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy | 2 God looked down from heaven up- righteousness. 15 O Lond, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice, on the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back 550 David prayeth PSALMS. they are altogether become filthy there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? who eat up my people as They eat bread: they have not called upou God. against his enemies. come upon me, aud borror hath over whelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest 7 Lo, then would I wander far of, and remain in the wilderness. Selali. There were they in great fear, 8I would hasten my escape from the where no fear was ; for God hath scat-windy storm and tempest. tered the bones of him that encamp 9 Destroy, O LORD, and divide theit eth against thee: thou hast put them tongues: for I have seen violence and 10 shame, because God hath despised strife in the city. them. 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion I When God ɔringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. PSALM LIV. 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief aso and sorrow are in the midst of it.. 11 Wickedness is in the midst there- of deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, 12 For it was not an enemy that re Maschil, A Psalm of David, when proached me; then I could have borne the Ziphims came and said to Saul, it neither was it he that hated me Doth not David hide himself with that did magnily himself against me ; us? then I would have hid myself from (AVE me, O God, by thy name,and bim : Save me, by tigrin 2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selahi. 4 Behold, God is my helper the LORD is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine 'enemies: cut them off in thy truth. 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good. 13 But it was thou,a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. 14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company, 15 Let death seize upon them, ana let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at Inoon, will 1 pray and cry aloud; and he shall hear my voice. 7 For he bath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. PSALM LV. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. IVE car to my prayer, O God; pleation. IS He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. 19 God shall hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selab Because they have no changes, there- fore they fear not God. 20 He hath put forth his hands against hide not thyself from my such as at 2 Attend unto me, and hear me : 1 mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because of the voice of the euemy, because of the oppression of the wick- ed; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. broken his covenant. 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war zeus in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. 22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction;bloody fand deceitful men shall not live out are half their days; but I will trust in thee. 4 My heart is sore pained within me; and the terrors of death are fidlen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling 551 David complaineth of PSALM LVI. PSALMS. his dangerous case. even the sons of men, whose teeth are ¶ To the chief Musician upon Jonath-spears and urrows, and their tongue a elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, sharp sword. when the Philistines took him in 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the Gath. heavens; let thy glory be above all E me, O God: for earth. B merciful unto mow me up; heo They have prepared a net for my fighting daily oppresseth ine. 2 Mine euemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou Most High. 3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. steps; my soul is bowed down they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen them selves. Selah. 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; 1 will sing and give praise. 4 In God I will praise his word, in 8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psal- God I have put my trust; I will nottery and harp: I myself will awake fear what flesh can do unto me. Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. early. 9 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens,and thy truth unto the clouds. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the Thine anger cast down the people, O|heavens; let thy glory be above all the God. earth. PSALM LVIII. 8Thou tellest my wanderings: put hou my tears into thy bottle: are they T To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, not in thy book ? Michtam of David. the 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall Dengregation? do ye judge up When un balet, is it for God is for me. 10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death : will not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk be fore God in the light of the living? PSALM LVII. rightly, O ye sons of men? up 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,| 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their Michtam of David, when he fled mouth: break out the great teeth of from Saul in the cave. the young lions, O LORD. BE merciful unto me, O God, be 7 Let them melt away as watere 8 As a snail which melt-th, let every one of them pass away; like the un- timely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. merciful unto me for my soul which run continually : when he trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow bendeth his boto shoot his arrows, of thy wings will I make my refuge, let them be as cut în pieces. until these calamities be overpast. 21 will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things för me. 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, be shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. 4 My soul is among lions; and I lie 10 The righteous shall rejoice when ven among them that are set on fire,[he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash 552 Ile pras eth PSALMS. for deliverance his feet in the blood of the wicked.[morning; for thou hast been my de 11 So that a man shall say, Verily fence and refuge in the day of my there is a reward for the righteous: trouble. verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. PSALM LIX. ¶ To the chief Musician, A.-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saulsent, and they watched the house to kill him. ELIVER me from mine enemies, that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of in- quity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O Lono God of hosts, the God of Israel,awake to visit all the heathen; be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. 6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? 8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee; for God is my defence. 10 The God of my mercy shall pre- vent me: God shall let me sce my de- sire upon mine enemies. 17 Unto thee, O my Strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. PSALM LX. Shu- To the chief Musician upon sban-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when be strove with Aram- nabaraim, and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of Salt twelve thousand. O GOD, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us a- gain. 2 Thou hast made the earth to trem ble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. 5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness ; I will rejoice: I will divide Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth. 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver; 8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; Philistia, tri- umph thou because of me. 9 Who will bring me into the strong 11 Slay them not, lest my people for- city? who will lead me into Edom? get: scatter them by thy power; and 10 Will not thou, O God, which hadst bring them down, O Lond our shield. cast us off? and thou, Ű God, which 12 For the sin of their mouth, and didst not go out with our a cmies? the words of their lips, let them even 11 Give us help from trouble; for be taken in their pride; and for curs-vain is the help of man. ing and lying which they speak. 12 Through God we shall do valiant- 13 Consume them in wrath,consumely; for be it is that shall tread down them, that they may not be: and let our enemies. them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. 14 And at evening let them return; PSALM LXI. T To the chief Musician upon Negi- nah, 4 Psalm of David. [EAR my cry, O God; attend un- and et them make a noise like a dog, to my prayer. and round about the city. 15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satis- lied 2 From the end of the earth will 1 cry unto thee, when my heart is over- whelmed: lead me to the Rock that is 16 But 1 will sing of thy power; yea,|bigher than 1. I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the 3 For thou hast been a shelter for 553 David's thurst PSALMS. me, and a strong tower from the ene- ny. O for Goa. GOD, thou art my God; early will I seck thee: my soul thirst- I will abide in thy tabernacle for eth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee ever; I will trust in the covert of thy in a dry and thirsty land, where no wings. Selah. 5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the herit- age of those that fear thy name, Thou wilt prolong the king's life; and his years as many generations. 7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve bim. 8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my Vows. PSALM LXII. ¶ To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalin of David. RULY my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. TRUL my water is; 2 To see thy power and thy glory,so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 3 Because thy loving-kindness is bet ter than life, my lips shall praise thee. 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips; 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night-watches. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will 1 rejoice. 8 My soul followeth hard after thee: 2 He only is my rock and my salvathy right hand upholdeth me. tion; he is my defence; I shall not De greatly greatly moved. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you; as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering ſence. 4 They only consult to casthim down from his excellency; they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selali. 5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salva- 9 But those that seek my soul, to de- stroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 10 They shall fall by the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swearetli by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. PSALM LXIV. T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. tion: he is my defence; 1 shall not be HEAR my voice, O God, in m prayer: preserve my life from moved. 7 In God is my salvation and my glo-fear of the enemy. ry; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. & Trust in him at all times; ye pco- ple, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot 9 Surely men of low degree are van- their arrows, even bitter words; ity, and men of high degree are a lie: 4 That they may shoot in secret at to be laid in the balance, they are alto-the perfect: suddenly do they shoot gether lighter than vanity. at him, and fear not. 10 Trust not in oppression, and be come not vain in robbery: if riches in- crease, set not your heart upon them. 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this, that power belong- eth unto God. 12 Also unto thee, O LORD, belong ith mercy: for thou renderest to eve- ry man according to his work. PSALM LXIII. 5 They encourage themselves in an Jevil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they Accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be ↑ A Psalm of David, when he was in wounded. the wilderness of Judalı. 8 So they shall make their own tongue 554 He exhortah PSALMS to fali upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. 9. And all men sball fear, and shall to praise God. PSALM LXVI. T To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalin. declare the work of God; for they MA shall wisely consuler of his doing. 10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. PSALM LXV. To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David. RAISE walleth for thee, O God, AKE a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: 2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious 3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the great- ness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. 4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall Selah. PRAISE for thee shall the sing to thy ma vow be performed. 20 thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. 3 Iniquities prevail against me: as forour transgressions,thou shalt purge them away. 6 Come and see the works of Gal: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. 6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot. there did we rejoice in him. 4 Blessed is the man whom thou 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his choosest,and causest to approach unto eyes behold the nations: let not the re thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: bellious exalt themselves. Selab. we shall be satisfied with the goodness] 8 O bless our God, ye people, and of thy house, cven of thy holy temple. nake the voice of his praise to be 5 By terrible things in righteousness beard; wilt thou answer us, O God of our sal-9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and vation; who art the confidence of all suffereth not our feet to be moved. the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: 6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power · 7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tu- mult of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the utter- most parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our oins. 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our beads; we went through fire and through water; but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. 13 1 will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and 9 Thou visitest the earth, and water-my mouth hath spoken, when I was in est it; thou greatly enrichest it with trouble. the river of God, which is full of wa-. 15 1 will offer unto thee burnt-sacri- ter: thou preparest them corn, when fices of fatlings, with the incense of thou hast so provided for it. rams; 1 will offer bullocks with goats Selab. 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof; thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof: 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upen the pastures of the wilderness; and the little hills re- joice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing, 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Loan will not bear me : 19 But verily God bath ber he bath attended to the v prayer. 20 Blessed be God, whi turned away my prayer, i from me. 555 A prayer at the PSALM LXVII. PSALMS. remoxing of the ark. 11 The LORD gave the word: great ¶ To the chief Musician on Neginoth, was the company of those that pub- lished it. A Psalm or Song. OD be merciful unto us, and bless upon us. Selah. 2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. 12 Kings of armies did flee apace: the spoil. 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her 3 Let the people praise thee, O God: [feathers with yellow gold. let all the people praise thee. 14 When the Almighty scattered 40 let the nations be glad and sing kings in it, it was white as snow in for joy; for thou shalt judge the peo-Salmon. ple righteously, and govern the nations 15 The hill of God is as the hill of upon earth. Bashan; a high hill, as the hill of Selab. 5 Let the people praise thee, O God; Bashan. let all the people praise thee. 16 Why leap ye, ne high hills? this 6 Then shall the earth yield her in-is the hill chich God desireth to crease: and God, even our own God,[dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell shall bless us. in it for ever, 7 God shall bless us; and all the 17 The chariots of God are twenty ends of the earth shall fear him. thousand, even thousands of angels; the LORD is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. PSALM LXVIII. To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Scng of David. ET God arise, let his enemies be : bim fee before him. 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast also that hate received for men, ven, Jor the 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad; let! them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. 5 A father of the fatherless, and a Judge of the widows, is God in bis holy habitation. rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the LORD be- long the issues from death. 21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his tres- |passes. 22 The LORD said. I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea : 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. 24 They have seen thy goings, O 7 O God, when thou wentest forth God; even the goings of my God, my before thy people, when thou didst King, in the sanctuary. 6 God setteth the solitary in fami- ies: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. march through the wilderness: Selab: 25 The singers went before, the play- 8 The earth shook, the heavens also [ers on instruments followed after; dropped at the presence of God; even jamong them were the damsels playing Sinai itself was moved at the presence with timbrels. of God, the God of Israel. 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, O God, didst send a plentiful even the LORD, from the fountain of by thou didst confirm thine Israel. when it was weary. 27 There is little Benjamin with their congregation hath dwelt'ruler, the princes of Judah and their u, O God, hast prepared council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali, ss for the poor. 556 David prayeth PSALMS. 28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. for deliverance. 9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon 29 Because of thy temple at Jerusa- | me. lem shall kings brig presents unto| thee. 30 Rebuke the combany of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the LORD; Selah: 33 To him that rideth upon the hea- vens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice,and that| a mighty voice. 34 Ascribe ye strength unto God : his excellency is over Israel, and his Etrength is in the clouds. 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my re proach. 11 I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate epeak against me; and 1 was the song of the drunkards. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time : O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink : let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters, 15 Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Hear me, O LORD, for thy loving- kindness is good; turn unto me accord ing to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. 17 And hide not thy face from thy PSALM LXIX. servant; for I am in trouble: hear To the chief Musician upon Sho-me speedily. shannin, APsalm of David. |AVE me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep wa- ters, where the floods overflow nie. 3 I am weary of my crying : my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me, because of Imine enemies. 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour : mine adversaries are all before thee. 20 Reproach bath broken my heart ; fand I am full of heaviness; and 1 look- jed for some to take pity,but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 4 They that bate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being| 21 They gave me also gall for my mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty meat; and in my thirst they gave me then I restored that which I took not vinegar to drink. 22 Let their table become a snare be away. 6 O God, thou knowest my foolish-fore them: and that which should ness; and my sins are not hid from have been for their welfare, let it be thee. come a trap. 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts,be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Is- rael. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. SI am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my moth- er's children. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate ; and let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to 557 Davia prayeth PSALMS. for perseverance. the grief of those whom thou hast thou hast given commandment to save wounded. me; for thou art my rock and my for 27 Add miquity unto their iniquity: tress. and let them not come into thy right- eousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. 29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magaify him with thanksgiving. 31 This also shall please the Lono better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 32 The humble shall see this, and be glad; and your heart shall live that seek God. 33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein: 35 For God will save Zior, and will build the cities of Judah; that they may dwell there, and have it in pos- session 36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein. PSALM LXX. 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked; out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 5 For thou art my hope,O LordGod; thou art my trust from my youth. 6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art be that took nie out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. 10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. 12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. 13 Let them be confounded and con- sumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. 15 My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. MAK TAKE haste, O God,to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lono, 2 Let them be ashamed and confoun- 16 I will go in the strength of the ded that seek after my soul: let them Lord Goo: I will make mention of be turned backward, and put to con-thy righteousness, even of thine only. fusion, that desire my hurt. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from 3 Let them be turned back for a remy youth; and hitherto have I de- ward of their shame that say, Aha,aha!|clared thy wondrous works. 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice 18 Now also, when I am old and and be glad in thee: and let such as grey-headed, O God, forsake me not, love thy salvation say continually, Let until I have shown thy strength unto God be magnified. this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. 5 But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD,make no tarrying. PSALM LXXI. In thee, Over be put to put my trus N thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high,who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee? 20 Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. 21 Thou slialt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. 3 Be thou my strong babitation; 22 I will also praise thee with the whereunto I may continually resort:psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: 558 The prosperity PSALMS. 23 My lips small greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. of the wicked unto thee will I sing with the harp, O[tains; the fruit thereof shall shake like shou Holy One of Israel. Lebanon; and they of the city skull flourish like grass of the earth. 17 His name shall endure for ever his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. for 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: they are confounded, for they brought unto shame, that seek hurt. G PSALM LXXII are my 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be Offilled with his glory. Amen, and ¶ A Psalm for Solomon. IVE the king thy judgments, God, and thy righteousness uuto| Amen. the king's son. 20 The prayers of David the son of 2 He shall judge thy people with Jesse are ended. righteousness, and thy poor with judg ment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. PSALM LXXII. TA Psalm of Asaph. to such as are of a clean heart. ПRULY God is good Israel, evon Two as argon torach ever 2 But as for me, my feet were almost 4 He shall judge the poor of the peo-gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. ple, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that water the earth. 7 lu his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. S He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his ene- mies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the Isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down be- fore him; all nations shall serve him. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death; but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wick- edly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the beavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. 10 Therefore his people return hith- er: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, who prosper in the world; they in- and shall save the souls of the needy.crease in riches. 14 He shall redeem their soul from 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart deceit and violence and precious in vain, and washed my hands in shall their blood be in his sight. innocency. 15 And he shall live, and to him shall 14 For all the day long have I been be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer plagued, and chastened every morn also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. ing. -15 1f I say, I will speak thus; behold, 16 There shall be a handful of corn in 1 should offend against the generation the earth upon the top of the moun-[of thy children. 559 The desolation PSALMS. of the sanctuary. 16 When I thought to know this, itjary, they have defiled by casting donor was too painful for me ; the dwelling-place of thy uame to the 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of ground. God; then understood I their end. 8 They said in their hearts, Let us de- 18 Surely thou didst set them in slip-stroy them together: they have buru- pery places: thou castedst them downed up all the synagogues of God in the into destruction. land. 19 How are they brought into desola 9 We see not our signs: there is no tion, as in a moment! they are utterlyfmore any prophet; neither is there consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh ;] so, O LORD, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and 1|| was pricked in my reins. 22. So foolish was I, and ignorant: 1 was as a beast before thec. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with theer thou hast holden me by my right hand. 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and alterward receive me to glory. among us any that knoweth how long, 10 O God, how long shall the adver- sary reproach ? shall the enemy blas pheme thy name for ever ? 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out ul thy bosom. 12 For God is my King of old, work- ing salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of tie dragons in the waters. 14 Thou brakest the heads of levi than in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wil 25 Whom have I in heaven bid thee and there is none upon earth that I de-derncas. eire besides thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish thou bast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. 28 But it is good for me to draw year to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may deckare all thy works. 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the food: thou driedst up mighty riv ers. 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lond, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. PSALM LXXIV. T Maschil of Asaplı. GOD, why hast thou cast us off 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle- for ever? why doth thine anger dove unto the multitude of the wicked: smoke against the sheep of thy pas-forget not the congregation of my poor ture? for ever. 2 Remember thy congregation,which 20 Have respect unto the covenant; thou has purchased of old; the rod of for the dark places of the earth are thine inheritance, which thou hast re-full of the habitations of cruelty. deemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; cven all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary, 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregation; they set up their ensigns for signs. 21 0 let not the oppressed retur ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22. Arise, O God, plead thine own cause; remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. 23 Forget not the voice of thine ene.. nies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseths continually. PSALM. LXXV. 5. A man was tamuus according as he nad lifted up axes upou the thick trees. 6 But now they break down the carv-T To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, ed work thereof at once with axes and A Psalm or Song of Asaph. Lammers. amme have cast fire into thy sanctuUanks to thee do we give 560 God's great and PSALMS. gracious works. thanks: for that thy name is near, thy bring presents unto him that ought to wondrous works declare. be feared. 2 When I shall receive the congrega tion I will judge uprightly. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: 1 bear up the pillars of it. Selab. 4 I said unto the fools,Deal not fool. 12 He shall cut off the spirit of prin ces: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. PSALM LXXVII. To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaphi. ishly; and to the wicked, Lift not upŢ CRIED unto God with my voice, the horn: 5 Lift not up your born on high: speak not with a stiff neck. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one and setteth up another. 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut ofl'; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. PSALM LXXVI. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. N Judah is God known: his name IN Judah is God!! 2 In Salem also is bis tabernacle,and his dwelling-place in Zion. 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 4 Thou art more glorious and ex cellent than the mountains of prey. 5 The stout-hearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke,O God of Jacob,both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry ? s Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from beaven; the earth feared, and was still, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the LORD: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and was trou- bled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: 1 am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I have considered the days of oldj. the years of ancient times. 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: Icommune with mine own heart; and iny spirit made diligent search. 7 Will the LORD cast off for ever? and will be be favourable no more? 8 Is lus mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. 10 And I said, This is my infirmity; but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. 11 I will remember the works of the LORD; surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God,is in the sanctu ary; who is so great a God as our God ? 14 Thon art the God that doest won- ders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeem- ed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid the depths also were troubled. 17 The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound: thine arrow a also went abroad. 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath 18 The voice of thy thunder was in shalt thou restrain. the heaven: the lightnings lightened 11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your the world: the earth trembled and God: let all that be round about himļshook 2 N 561 God's wrath against PSALMS. the disobedient. 19 Thy way is in the sea,and thy path him, by provoking the Most High in in the great waters, and thy footsteps the wilderness. are not known. 20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. PSALM LXXVIII. T Maschil of Asaph. IVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of iny mouth. G 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old ; 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he bath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children. 7 That they might eet their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: 18 And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust. 19 Yea,they spake against (iod; they 9aid, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? 20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out,and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can be provide flesh for his people? 21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob,and anger also came up against Israel; 22 Because they believed not in God, aud trusted not in bis salvation: 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 24 And had rained dowu manna upon them to eat, and had given thein of the corn of heaven. 25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. 26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven; and by his power he brought in the south wind.. 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea; 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habita tions. 8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not sted-29 So they did eat, and were well fill- fast with God. ed: for he gave them their own desire ; 9 The children of Ephraim, being 30 They were not estranged from arined, and carrying bows, turned their lust: but while their meat was back in the day of batile. yet in their mouths, 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he bad showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 15 He clave the rocks in the wilder- ness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. 17 And they sinned yet more against 31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and snote down the chosen men of Israel. 32 For all this they einned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days did he con- sume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 34 When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and inquired early after God. 35 And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the high God their Redeemer. 36 Nevertheless they did Aatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in hil covenant. 562 The desolation PSALMS. of Jerusalem. 38 But he, being full of compassion, the most high God, and kept not his forgave their iniquity, and destroyed testimonies; them not; yea, many a time turned] 57 But turned back, and dealt un- be his anger away, and did not stir up faithfully like their fathers; they were all his wrath. turned aside like a deceitful bow. 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle 41 Yea, they turned back and tempt-of Shiloh, the tent which he placed ed God, and limited the Holy Oue of among men; Israel. 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderuces, and grieve him in the desert! 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and bis glory into the ene my's hand. 62 He gave his people over also unto 43 How he had wrought his signs in the sword; and was wroth with his Egypt, and his wonders in the field of inheritance. Zoan: 63 The fire consumed their young 44 And had turned their rivers intonen; and their maidens were not blood: and their floods, that they given to marriage. could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust. 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamenta- tion. 65 Then the Lond awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. 66 And he smote his enemies in the binder parts: he put them to a per- petual reproach. 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, nd their sycamore-trees with frost. 48 He gave up their cattle also to the 67 Moreover he refused the taberna- hail, and their flocks to hot thunder-cle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe bolts. of Ephraim: 19 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. 50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; 51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: 52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 53. And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea over- whelmed their enemies. 64 And he brought them to the bor: der of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which be loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. 70 He chose David also bis servant, and took him from the sheep-folds: 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inber itance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. PSALM LXXIX. TA Psalm of Asaph. GOD, the heathen art come inte thine inheritance; thy holy tem ple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 55 He cast out the heathen also be 2 The dead bodies of thy servants Core them, and divided them an in-have they given to be meat unto the neritance by line, and made the tribes fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy of Israel to dwell in their tents. saints unto the beasts of the earth. 56 Yet they tempted and provoked) 3 Their blood have they shed like 563 An exhortation PSALMS. water round about Jerusalem; and 'here was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? to praise God. neighbours: and our enemies laugh ainong themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts,and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the bea- then that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not call-and it filled the land. ed upon thy name. 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling-place. 3 O remember not against us former miquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; for we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of tùy name; and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; 10 The hills were covered, with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down ber hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it,and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven,and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16. It is burned with fire, it is ent down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 12 And render unto our neighbours 17 Let thy band be upon the man of seven-fold into their bosom their re-thy right hand, upon the son of man proach, wherewith they have re-whom thou madest strong for thysell. proached thee, O LORD. 18 So will not we go back from thee: 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy quicken us, and we will call upon thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever;uame we will show forth thy praise to all generations. PSALM LXXX. To the chief Musician upon Sho- shannin-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. IVE car, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and] Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 0 Lond God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts,cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. PSALM LXXXI. T To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. YING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new. moon, in the time appointed, on our solemi feast-day. For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for i, testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard & language that I understood not. 6. Thɔɔu makest us a strife unto our 6 I removed his shoulder from the 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 564 David's complaint burden : PSALMS. his hands were delivered from the pots. and prayer PSALM LXXXII1. A song or Psalm of Asaph. : 7 Thou calledat in trouble, and I de- KEEP not thou silence, O God. livered thee: I answered thee in the not thy peace, and be not secret place of thunder: I proved thee still, O God. at the waters of Meribab. Selah. 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tu- 8 Hear, O my people, and I will tes-mult: and they that hate thee bave tify unto thee: 0 Israel, if thou wilt lifted up the bead. hearken unto nie; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consultea against thy hidden ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in 101 am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will remembrance. it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own heart's lust; and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in iny ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 6 For they have consulted together with one consent; they are confede- rate against thee: 6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites ; of Moab, and the Hagar- enes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Ashur also is joined with them · they have holden the children of Lot. Selah. 9 Do unto them as unto the Midian 15 The haters of the LORD should fites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the have submitted themselves unto him: brook of Kison; but their time should have endured for] ever Jo He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat and with honey out of the rock should 1 have satisfied thee. PSALM LXXXII. TA Psalm of Asaph. 10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna : 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 0 my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. OD standeth in the congregation 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in dark- uess: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth; for Chou shalt inherit all nations. us the the moun fire; 15 So persecute them with thy ten:- pest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. 17 Let them be confounded and trou- bled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 18 That men may know that thon, whose name alone is JEHOVAH,ari the Most High over all the earth. PSALM LXXXIV. To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korab. TOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts I H t 2 My soul longeth_yea, even fainteth 565 The goodness and PSALMS. power of God. for the courts of the LORD: my heartfunto his people, and to his saints : and my flesh crieth out for the living but let them not turn again to folly. God. 9 Surely lus salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for her- self, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be still praising thee. Selah. 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look. down from heaven. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength 12 Yea, the LORD shall give that is in thee; in whose heart are the|which is good; and our land shall ways of them, yield her increase. 6 Who passing through the valley of Baca made it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. 7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth God. 30 Lord God of hosts,bear my pray- er: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thing anointed. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wicked ness. 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 120 LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 13 Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set us in the way of his steps. PSALM LXXXVI. TA Prayer of David. OW Bow down thine ear, O LORD,hear me: for 1 am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusleth in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lond: for cry unto thee daily. 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O LORD,do Ulift up my soul. 5 For thou, Lono,art good,and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy thee. unto all them that call upon 6 Give ear, Lond, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my suppli- cations. 7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. 8 Among the gods there is none like TTo the chief Musician, A Psalm for unto thee, O LORD: neither are there PSALM LXXXV. the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations ? 6 Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Show us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. any works like unto thy works. & All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Loan; and shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest won- drous things: thou art God alone; 11 Teach me thy way, O Lond; I unite my will walk in thy truth : heart to fear thy name. 12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 14 O God, the proud are risen against me, andthe assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them. 15 But thou,O LORD,art a God full of 8 I will hear what God the LORD compassion,and gracious; long-sufler will speak; for he will speak peaceling, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 566 God's care of PSALMS. Ins cla rel. 16 O turn unto me, and have mercy, affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon me: give thy strength unto thy upon thee; I have stretched out my servant, and save the son of thy hand-bands unto thee. 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. maid. 17 Show me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. PSALM LXXXVII. 11 Shall thy loving-kindness be de- clared in the grave? or thy faithful- ness in destruction ? TA Psalin or Song for the sons of 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the Korah. TTIS foundation is in the holy moun-land of forgetfulness? H' tains. 2 The Lond loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 4 1 will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: be- hold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethi- opia; this man was born there. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her; and the Highest himself shall establish her. 6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. PSALM LXXXVIII. 13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from ine? 15 1am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me ofl. 17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. 18 Lover and friend bast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. PSALM LXXXIX. T Maschil of Etban the Ezrahite. WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth TA Song or Psalm for the sons of Koral, to the chief Musician upor Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of He-will I make known thy faithfulness to man the Ezrabite. all generations. thee. LORD God of my salvation, 1 have cried day and night before 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles; and iny life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength : 6 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou re- memberest no inore: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Sclah. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very hea- rens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever. and build up thy throne to all genera- tions. Selah. 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lond: tby faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. 6 For who in the heaven can be com pared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD ? 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaint-in reverence of all them that are about ance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. him. 8 0 LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LoRD like unto thee? or to thy Mine eye mourneth by reason of' faithfulness round about thee ? 567 David's complaint PSALMS. and prayer 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea:dure for ever, and his throne as the when the waves thereof arise, thou days of heaven. stillest them. 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 14 Justice and judgment are the hab- itation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, 0 LORD, in the light of thy countenance. 16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. : 17 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. : 18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our King. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One, and saidst, 1 have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have ex- alted one chosen out of the people. 20 I bave found David my servant; with my noly oĤ have I anomted nim: 21 With whom my hand shall be established: : . mine arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict hin. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name sball bis horn be exalted. 25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. 30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 3 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then will 1 visit their transgres sion with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will 1 not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips. 35 Once I have sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David, 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever, as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selab. 33 But thou hast cast off and abhor- red, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all bis hedges; thou hast brought his strong bolds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil him : he is a reproach to his neighbours. 49 Thou hast set up the right hand of 018 adversaries thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. 44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down totheground. 45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. 46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath buru like fire ? 47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore last thou made all men in vain ? 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall be deliver 27 Also I will make him my first-his soul from the hand of the grave? born, higher than the kings of the Selah. earth. 49 Lond, where are thy former lov- 28 My mercy will I keep for him ing-kindnesses, which thou swarest for evermore, and my covenant shall unto David in thy truth? 60 Remember, LORD, the reproach stand fast with him. 29 His sced also wil I make to on [of thy servants; how I do bear in my 568 The state and PSALMS. bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 61 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lono, wherewith they Ive reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. 62 Blessed be the Lond for evermore. Amen, and Amen. PSALM XC. safety of the godly 17 And let the beauty of the Lond our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. PSALM XCI. HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. ¶ A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my LORD, thou hast been our dwelling refuge and my fortress: my God; in place in all generations. him will I 2 Before the mountains were brought 3 Surely be sball deliver thee from forth, or ever thou hadst formed the the snare of the fowler, and from the earth and the world, even from ever-noisome pestilence. Jasting to everlasting, thou art God. 4 He shall cover thee with his feath- 3 Thou turnest man to destruction;ers, and under his wings shalt thou and sayest,Return,ye childreu of men. trust; his truth shall be thy shield and 4 For a thousand years in thy sight|buckler. are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 5 Thou carriest them away as with a food; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass_which groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth. 7 For we are consumed by thine an ger, and by thy wrath are we troubled, 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away m thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told, 10 The days of our years are three- score years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy ser- vants. 14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,and the years wherein we have seen evil, 16 Let thy work appear unto thy ser- vants, and thy glory unto their chil dien. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the ter For by night; nor for the arrow that dieth by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness: or for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, buy it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou be- hold and see the reward of the wicked, 9 Because thon hast made the LORD |which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitatión; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For be shall give his angels charge over thee,to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver hun: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 16 He shall call upon me, and I wili auswer him; 1 will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and ho our him. 16 With long life will I sati and show him my salva PSALM TA Psalm orSong f IT is T is a good thing to the LORD, an to thy name, ON God is the defender PSALMS. 2 Toshow forth thy loving-kindness | in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the barp with a solemn sound. 4 For thou, LORD,bast made me glad through thy work: I will triumpli in the works of thy hands. of the afflicted PSALM XCIV. belongeth; O God, to whom ven LORD God, to whom vengeance geance belongeth, show thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4 How long shall they utter and speak bard things? and all the work. ers of iniquity boast themselves ? 5 They break in pieces thy people,O LonD, and afflict thy heritage. 7 When the wicked spring as the 6 They slay the widow and the stran grass, and when all the workers of in-ger, and murder the fatherless. iquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: 5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. 6 A brutish nan knoweth not; nei- ther doth a fool understand this. 8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies ehall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scat- tered. 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of a unicorn: 1 shall be anoin- ted with fresh oil. 11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies; and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. 7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob re- gard it. 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye,shall he not see? 10 He that chastiseth the heathen. shall not be correct? he that teachett. man knowledge, shall not he know ? 1 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lond, and teachest hin 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a ce-out of thy law; dar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God, 13 That thou mayest give Dim rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will be forsake his in 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flour-heritance. ishing; 15 But judgment shall return unto 15 To show that the LORD is upright: righteousness; and all the upright in he is my rock, and there is no unright-heart shall follow it. eousness in him. PSALM XCIII. 16 Who will rise up for me agains! the evil-doers? or who will stand up HE LORD reigneth; he is clothed for me against the workers of iniqu Twith majesty the LORD is cloth-ty? ed with strength, wherewith he hath 17 Unless the LORD had been my girded himself: the world also is es-help, my soul had almost dwelt in si tablished, that it cannot be moved. lence. 2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. The floods have liſted up, O LORD, Hoods have lifted up their voice; da lift up their waves. on high is mightier than waters, yea, than of the sea. are very sure: ho- house, O Lord, 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, bald me up. 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 570 The majesty of PSALMS God's kingdom. 22 But the LORD is my defence; and junto his name: bring an offering my God is the rock of my refuge. and come into his courts. 23 And he shall bring upon them 9 O worship the LORD in the beauty their own iniquity, and shall cut them of holiness: fear before him, all the off in their own wickedness: yea, the carth, LORD our God shall cut them off. 0 PSALM XCV. COME,let us sing unto the Lono; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. *.. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For the LoRo is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 10 Say among the heathen that the Loup reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be mov- ed: he shall judge the people right- eously. 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice 4 In his hand are the deep places of 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, the earth; the strength of the hills is for he cometh to judge the earth: he his also. shall judge the world with righteous- 5 The sea is his, and he made it;ness, and the people with his truth. and his hands formed the dry land, PSALM XCVIL 6 O come, let us worship and bowTHE LORD reigneth: let the earth down, our Maker. be glad thereof. 7 For he is our God; and we are the|| 2 Clouds and darkness are round people of his pasture, and the sheep about him: righteousness and judg of his hand. To-day, if ye will hear ment are the habitation of his throne. bis voice, 3 A fire goeth before him, and burn- 8 Harden not your heart, as in the leth up bis enemies round about. provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness : 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 4 is lightnings enlightened the world; the earth saw, and trembled. 6 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Load, at the presence of the LORD of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare his righteous. 10 Forty years long was 1 grieved with this generation, and said, it is a people that do err in their heart, andness, and all the people see his glory. they have not known my ways: 11. Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest. PSALM XCVI. SING unto the Lono a new song; sing unto the LORD all the earth. 2 Sing unto the LORD,bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory among the hea- then, his wonders among all people. 4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. 6 Honour and majesty are before him strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. 8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD. 9 For thou, Lono, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 Ye that love the Lond, hate evil. he preserveth the souls of his saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. $ 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 12 Rejoice in the LonD,ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. PSALM XCVIII. T A Psalm, SING unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous 8 Give unto the Lond the glory due things: his right hand, and his holy 571 A prayer of then. PSALMS. the afflicted arm, hath gotten him the victory. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness: 2 The LORD hath made known his come before his presence with singing salvation: his righteousness bath he 3 Know ye that the LORD he is Ĝod openly showed in the sight of the hea-fit is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the 3 He hath remembered his mercy sheep of his pasture. and bis truth toward the house of Is- rael: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lond, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 5 Sing unto the Lond with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet nake a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the peo ple with equity. PSALM XCIX. THE LORD let the pen HE LonD reigneth; let the people cherubims; let the earth be moved. 2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all people. 4 Enter into his gates with thanks- giving, and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. PSALM CL. TA Psalm of David. WILL sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way, O when wilt thou come unto me? 1 will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will set no wicked thing before nine eyes: 1 hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave tc me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person, neighbour, bin 5 Whoso privily slandereth his that bath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faith- 3 Let them praise thy great and ter-ful of the land, that they may dwell rible name; for it is holy. with me: he that walketb in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment: thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and right- eousness in Jacob. 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that tell- ethlies shall not tarry in my sight. 5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and] 8 I will early destroy all the wicked worship at his footstool; for he is holy. of the land; that I may cut off all 6 Moses andAaron among his priests, wicked doers from the city of the and Samuel among them that call upon LORD. his name: they called upon the LORD, and he answered them, 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. HE PSALM CII. TA Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. 8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our "EAR my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. God: thou wast a God that forgavest 2 Hide not thy face from me in the them, though thou tookest vengeance day when I am in trouble; incline of their inventions. thine ear unto me: in the day when 9 Exalt the Loud our God, and wor-I call, answer me apeedily. ship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. PSALM C. ¶ A Psalm of praise. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered MAKE a joyful noise unto the like grass; so that I forget to eat my LORD, all ye lands. 572 God to be praisea PSALMS. for las mercy. 5 By reason of the voice of my groan-¡ 27 But thou art the same, and thy ing my bones cleave to my skin. years shall have no end 61 am like a pelican of the wilder ness; I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top. 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be es- tablished before thee. PSALM CIII. ¶ A psalm of David. day; and they that are mad against BLESS the LORD, O my soul; and me are sworn against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. : 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. 12 But thou, O Loan, shalt endure forever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is coine. 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 18 This shall be written for the gen- eration to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; 20 To hear the groaning of the pris oner; to loose those that are appoint ed to death; 21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and bis praise in Jerusalem ; 22 When the people are gathered to- gether, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. that is within ine, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from de- struction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender inercies; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is re- newed like the eagle's. 6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppress ea. 7 He made known bis ways unto Mo- ses, his acts unto the children of Israel. 8 The Load is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath be removed our transgres sions from us. 13 Like as a father pitieth his chil dren, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth our frame; be remembereth that we are dust. 15.4s for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourish- elli. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy 17 But the mercy of the LORD is years are throughout all generations. from everlasting to everlasting upon 25 Of old hast thou laid the founda-them that fear him, and his righteous- tion of the earth: and the heavens are ness unto children's children; the work of thy hands. 18 To such as keep his covenant,and 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt to those that remeniber his cominand- endure: : yea, all of them shall wax oldments to do them. like a garment; as a vesture shalt 19 The LORD hath prepared hu thou change them, and they shall be throne in the heavens; and his king changed: dom ruleth over all. 573 God's glory PSALMS is eternal. 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which that excel in strength, that do his he hath planted: commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion : bless the LORD, O my soul. PSALM CIV. 17 Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-tress are het house. 18 The high bills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the couies. 19 He appointeth the moon for sea- sons: the sun knoweth his going down. · 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is Onight wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. LESS the Lord, O my soul. LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. · 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: 3 Who layeth the beams of his cham- bers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind : 4 Who maketh his angels spirits'; his ministers a flaming fire: 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They gave drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst, 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from bis chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man that he may bring forth food out of the earth; 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and breadwhich strength eneth man's heart. 16 The tress ofthe Lond are full of 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they gather them- selves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening. 24 0 Lond, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping muume rable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom tnou hast made to play therein. 27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. 28 That thou givest them they gath er: thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. 30 Thou sendest forth thy apirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth. 31 The glory of the LORD shall en- dure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise unto my God while 1 have my being. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord. 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Loud O my Praise ye the Lonu. soul. 574 God's providence over 0 PSALM CV. PSALMS. Abraham, &c 24 And he increased his people great GIVE thanks unto the LonD;ly, and made them stronger than their call upon bis name: make known enemies. his deeds among the people. 25 He turned their heart to hate his 2 Sing unto him, aing psalms unto people, to deal subtilly with his ser- him talk ye of all his wondrous works. 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength; seek his face evermore. 5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; vants. 26 He sent Moses his servaut, and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 They showed his signs among them,and wonders in the land of Hain. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their 6 Ó ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. 7 He is the Lond our God; his judg-kings. ments are in all the earth. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he command- ed to a thousand generations: 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac ; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant; 11 Saying. Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inher- itance: 12 When they were but a few men m number: yea, very few, and stran- gers in it. 13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to au- other people, 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; 15 Saying Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land; he bake the whole staff of bread. 1 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, acho was sold for a servant; 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron, 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lond tried him. 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies,and lice in all their coasts. 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. 33 He smote their vines also and their fig-trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number, 35 And did eat up all the herbs m their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. 36 He smote also all the first-bom in their land, the chief of all their strength. 37. He brought them forth also with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 38 Egypt was glad when they depart ed; for the fear of them fell upon them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. 40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock, and the wa- ters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. 42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abrabam his servant. 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with glad- ness: 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance; 22 To bind his princes at his pleas-bour of the people; ure, and teach his senators wisdom, 44 And gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the la- 45 That they might observe his stat 23 Ismael also came into Egypt; and utes, and keep his laws. Praise ye Jaton sojourned in the land of Ham. Lond. 575 The history of PSALMS. Israel's rebellion. PSALM CVI. 21 They forgat God their saviour, PRAISE ye the LORD. O give which had done great things in E 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red unto the LORD; for he is gypt; good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can show forth all his Sea. praise ? 3 Blessed are they that keep judg-[destroy them,had notMoses his chosen inent, and he that doeth righteousness stood before him in the breach, to turu at all times. away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. 23 Therefore he said that he would 4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy peo- 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant ple: O visit me with thy salvation; land, they believed not his word: 5 That I may see the good of thy 25 But murmured in their tents, and chosen, that I may rejoice in the glad-hearkened not unto the voice of the ness of thy nation, that I may glory LORD. with thine inheritance. 6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 7 Our fathers understood not thy wouders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red Sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried · up : so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: 27 To overthrow their seed also a- mong the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,and ate the sacrifices of the |dend. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and ex [ecuted judgment: and so the plague was stayed. 31 And what was counted unto him 10 And be saved them from the hand for righteousness unto all generations of him that hated them, and redeemed for evermore. them from the hand of the enemy. 32 They angered him also at the wa- 11 And the waters covered their ene-ters of strife, so that it went ill withi mies; there was not one of them left. Moses for their sakes: 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel; 33 Because they provoked his spirit, 90 that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 31 They did not destroy the nations concerning whom the LORD com 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wil- derness,and temptedGod in the desert.manded them: 15. And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lond. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram, 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory in- to the similitude of an oy that eateth grass. 35 But were mingled among the hea then, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrified their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38. And shed innocent blood,even the blood of their sons and of their daugh- ters, whom they sacrified unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lon kindled against his people, inso 576 Tavid exhorteth PSALMS, to praise God. uch that he abhorred his own inher-words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High: Itance. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses, 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of ment 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And be remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to 16 For he bath broken the gates of the multitude of his mercies. brass, and cut the bars of iron in sun- der. 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captive. 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. 18 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise y'e the Lond. PSALM CVII. 17 Fools, because of their transgres- sion, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. 19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed GIVE thanks unto the LORD,for them, and delivered them from their he is good for his mercy endur-destructions. eth for ever. 0 : 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he bath redeemed from the hand of the enemy ; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west,from the north, and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty,their soul faint ed in them. 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 7. And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of in en ! 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with good- We99. 21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them sacrifice the sacri- fices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships,that do business in great waters; 24 These see the works of the Lono, and his wonders in the deep. 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's cud. 28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses: 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the 30 Then are they glad because they shadow of death, being bound in afbe quiet; so he bringeth them unte fliction and iron; il Because they rebelled against the their desired haven. 31 O that men would praise the LORD. 20 577 PSALMS. David complaineth of his ei emies. for his goodness, and for his wonder- and mete out the valley of Succoth ful works to the children of men! 8 Gilead is mine: Manasseh is mine; 32 Let them exalt him also in the Ephraim also is the strength of my congregation of the people,and praise head; Judah is my law-giver; him in the assembly of the elders. 9. Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom 33 He turneth rivers into a wilder-will I cast my out shoe; overPhilistia ness, and the water-springs into dry will I triumph. ground: 10 Who will bring me into the 34.A fruitful land into barrenness, for strong city? who will lead me into the wickedness of them that dwell Edom? therein. 35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs. 36 And there he maketh the hungry dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield Gruits of increase. 11 Will not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts ? 12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we shall do valiant- ly: for he it is that shall tread down our eneinics. PSALM CIX. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffer-TTOLD not thy peace, O God of my eth not their cattle to decrease. H praise; 39 Again, they are diminished and 2 For the mouth of the wicked and brought low through oppression, af the mouth of the deceitful are opened fliction, and sorrow. against me: they have spoken against 3 They compasssed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause, 40 He poureth contempt upon prin-ne with a lying tongue. ces, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. 41 Yet setteth he the poor ou bigh from affliction, and maketh him fanii-4 For my love they are mine adver lies like a flock. saries: but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him; and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned; and let his prayer be come sin. 42 The righteous shall see it, and re- joice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall under- stand the loving-kindness of the LORD. PSALM CVIII. TA Song or Psalm of David. GOD, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I my self will awake early. 31 will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth; 6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. 8 Let is days be few; and let an- other take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the stranger spoil his labour. 12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him; neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off; ana in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be 7 God hath spoken in his holiness, remembered with the LORD; and let I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, not the sin of his mother beblotted out 578 The kingdom and PSALMS. 15 Let them be before the Lond con- tinually,that he may cut off the mem- ory of them from the earth. 16 Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. passion of Christ. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morn- ing; thou hast the dew of thy youth. The Lono hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. 17 As he loved cursing,so let it come 5 The LORD at thy right band shall unto him; as he delighted not in bless-strike through kings in the day of his ing, so let it be far from him. wrath. 18 As he clothed himself with curs- ing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20 Let this be the reward of mine ad- versaries from the Loxo, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fast- ug; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. 6 He shall judge among the heathen, be shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the beads over many countries. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. PSALM CXI. PRAISE ye the LORD. I will praise the Lond with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. 2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have plea- sure therein. 3 His work is honourable and glori ous; and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gra- cious, and full of compassion. 5 He bath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of Ohis covenant. 26 Help me, O LORD my God: save me according to thy mercy; 27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD,hast done ît. 6 He hath showed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment: all his commandments 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; [are sure. but let thy servant rejoice. 8 They stand fast for ever and ever 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed and aredone in truth and uprightness. with shame; and let them cover them- 9 He sent redemption unto his peó- selves with their own confusion, as ple: he hath commanded his cove- with a mantle. uant for ever: holy and reverend is 30 I will greatly praise the LORD his name. with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 10 The fear of the LORD is the be- ginning of wisdom: a good understan- 31 For he shall stand at the right ding have all they that do his com hand of the poor, to save him frōm|mandments: his praise endureth for those that coudemn his soul. PSALM CX. TA Psalm of David. ever. PSALM CXII. RAISE ye the LORD. Blessed is PRAIS THE LonD said unto my Lord, the man that feareth the LORD, Sit thou at my right hand, until 1 that_delighteth greatly in his com- make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the aridst of thiue enemics. mandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 579 God to be praised PSALMS. 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his] nouse: and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. 5 A good man showeth favour, and lendeth: be will guide his affairs with discretion. 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in ever- lasting remembrance. 7 He shall not be afraid of evil ti- dings: his heart is fixed,trusting in the Lond. for his mercy. 4 The mountams skipped like rains. and the little hills like lambs. 5. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou Reddest? thou, Jordan,that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little bills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the pres- ence of the LORD,at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the fliut into a foun- tain of waters. PSALM CXV. 3 His heart is established, he shall NOT unto us, O Loud, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for not be afraid, until he see his desire thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. upon his enemies. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endur- eth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour. 10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. PR PSALM CXIII. RAISE ye the LORD. Praise,O ye servants of the Lono, praise the name of the LORD. 3 But our God is in the heavens; he hath done whatsoever he pleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, thẹ work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they,but they see nol: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 2 Blessed be the name of the LouD] 8 They that make them are like unto from this time forth and for evermore. them; so is every one that trusteth in 3 From the rising of the sun unto the them. going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised. 4 The Lond is high above all natious, and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill: 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CXIV. 9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD he is their help and their shield, 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear the LORD,trust in the LORD: he is their help, and their shield. 12 The Lond hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bess the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. 14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. 16 The heaven,cven the heavens, are the Lono's: but the earth hath he WHEN Israel went out of Egypt, given to the children of men. the house of Jacob from a peo- 17 The dead praise not the Loan, neither any that go down into si ple of strange language, 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and 1s-lence. rael his dominion. 18 But we will bless the Lord from 3 The sea saw it, and fled; Jordan this time forth and for evermore. was driven back." Praise the Lord, 530 An exhortation PSALM CXVI. PSALMS. LOVE the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplica tions. to praise God 2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say. that his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Because he hath inclined his ear 4 Let them now that fear the Lonu unto me, therefore will I call upou him as long as I live. say, that his mercy endureth for ever 6 I called upon the LORD in distress. the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold up on me: I found trouble and sorrow. 6 The LORD is on my side; I will not 4 Then called 1 upon the name of [fear; what can man do unto me ? the LORD; O Lond, I beseech thee, 7 The Lond taketh my part with deliver my soul. them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate 5 Gracious is the Lord, and right- eous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 The Lond preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. 7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mic eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. 10 I believed, therefore have I spo- ken: I was greatly afflicted. 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits towards me? me. 8 t is better to trust in the Lono than to put confidence in man. 9 Is is better to trust in the LORD) than to put confidence in princes. 10 All nations compassed me about; but in the name of the Lon will I destroy them. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about; but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. 12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lond I will destroy them. 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. 13 I will take the cup of salvation, 14 The LORD is my strength and and call upon the name of the LonD.Jsong, and is become my salvation. 14 I will pay my rows unto the LORD 15 The voice of rejoicing and salva- now in the presence of all his people.tion is in the tabernacles of the right- 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD cous: the right hand of the Lov is the death of his saints. doeth valiantly. 16 O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lond. 16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right band of the Lòan doeth valiantly. 17 I shall not die, but live, and de- clare the works of the LORD. 18 The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. 18 1 will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all bis people, 19 In the courts of the Lond's house, 19 Open to me the gates of righteous- in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.ness: I will go into them, and I will Praise the LORD. praise the LonD: PSALM CXVII PRAISE the Lond,all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2 For bis merciful kinduess is great toward us: and the truth of the Lono Indureth for ever. Praise ye the LonD. PSALM CXVIII. GIVE thanks unto the LORD: for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 20 This gate of the Load, into which the righteous shali enter. 21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become iny salva tion. 22. The stone which the builders re fused is become the head stone of the corner, 23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lond 581 Sundry prayers PSALMS hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. GIMEL. and praises. 17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word, 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may be hold wondrous things out of thy law, 19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. 27 God is the LORD, which hath showed us light: bind the sacrifice times. with cords, even unto the horns of the 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that altar. ure cursed, which do err from thy 23 Thou art my God: and I will commandments. praise thee: thou art my God, I will 22 Remove from me reproach and exalt thee. contempt; for I have kept thy testi- monica. 99 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM CXIX ALEPH. 23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did medi- tate in thy statutes. 24 Thy testimonies also are my de BLESSED are the undefiled in the light, and my counsellors. way, who walk in the law of the Lono. 2 Blessed are they that keep his tes timonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. 4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 50 that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes ! 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy command. ments. 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when 1 shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 8 I will keep thy statutes: O for- sake me not utterly. BETH. 9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have Bought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. 12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes, 13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. 16 1 will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 16 I will delight myself in thy stat- utes; I will not forget thy word. DALETH. 25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. 26 I have declared my ways and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the wa of thy precepts: so shall 1 talk of thy wondrous worka. 28 My soul melteth for beaviness- strengthen thou me according unto thy word. 29 Remove from me the way of lying; and grant me thy law graciously. 30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: 0 Lono, put me not to shame. 32 I will rụn the way of thy com mandments, when thou shst enlarge my heart. HE. 33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statules, and I sball keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shalt keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I de light. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testi- monies, and not to covetousness. 37 Turn away mine eyes from be holding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. 38 Establish thy word unto thy ser vant who is denoted to thy fear. 582 David's comfort PSALMS. 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear; forthy judgments are good. 40 Bebold, I have longed after thy precepts quicken me in thy right eousness. VAU. in affliction. robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. 62 At inidnight 1 will rise to give thanks unto thee,because of thy right- eous judgments. 63 I am a companion of all them that 41 Let thy mercies come also unto fear thee, and of them that keep thy me, O Lono; even thy salvation, ac-precepts. cording to thy word. 64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy TETH. 42 So shall I have wherewith to an-mercy: teach me thy statutes. swer him that reproacheth me: for 1 trust in thy word. 65 Thou hast dealt well with thy ser- 43 And take not the word of truth vant,OLORD,according unto thy word. utterly out of my mouth; for 1 have hoped in thy judgments. 44 So shall I keep thy law continually forever and ever. 45 And 1 will walk at liberty; for 1 seek thy precepts. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have I kept thy word. 68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy pre- cepts with my whole heart 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which 1 have loved. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; thy commandments, which I have lov-but I delight in thy law. ed; and I will meditate in thy statutes. 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy stat ZAIN. 49 Remember the word unto thy ser-utes. : vant, upon which thou hast caused me 72 The law of thy mouth is better to hope. unto me than thousands of gold and 50 This is my comfort in my afflic-[silver. tion: for thy word bath quickened me. 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. 52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself. JOD 73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. 53 Horror hath taken hold upon me, 751 know, O Loan, that thy judg. because of the wicked that forsake thyments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. low. 51 Thy statutes have been my songs 76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful in the house of my pilgrimage. kindness be for my comfort, accord- 55 I have remembered thy name, Oing to thy word unto thy servant. Lonn, in the night, and have kept thy 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. law. 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. CHETH. 78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause ; but I will meditate in thy 57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. precepts. 68 I entreated thy favour with my 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto whole heart be merciful unto me ac-me, and those that have known thy cording to thy word. 59 I thought on my ways,and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. 61 The bands of the wicked have testimonies. SO Let my heart be sound in thy stat utes; that 1 be not nebamed. CAPH. 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 583 Sundry prayers PSALMS. my mouth! ano praises 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, say my taste! yen, sweeter than honey to mg, When wilt thou comfort ine ? 83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. 84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me ? 85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. • 86 All thy commandments are faith- ful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. 88 Quicken me after thy loving kind- ness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. LAMED. 89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all gene- rations thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy scrvants. 92 Unless thy law had been my de ights, I should then have perished in nine affliction. 93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. 941 am thine, save me; for I have Bought thy precepts. 95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me : but I will consider thy testimonies. 104 Through thy precepts I get un derstanding: therefore I hate every false way. NUN. 105 Thy word is a lamp untơ my feet, and a light unto my path, 106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judg 107 I am afflicted very much quick en me, O LORD, according unto thy word. ments. 108 Accept, I beseech thee, the free will offerings of my mouth, O Lono, and teach me thy judgments. 109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 110 The wicked have laid a anare for me yet Ierred not from thy precepts 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have incliued my heart to per form thy statutes always, even unte the end. SAMECH. 113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. 114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. 116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that1 may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be 96 I have seen an end of all perfec-[safe: and I will have respect unto thy tion: but thy commandment is cx-statutes continually. ceeding broad. MEM. 118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes : for 97 O how love 1 thy law! it is my their deceit is falsehood. meditation all the day. 119 Thou puttest away all the wick 98 Thou, through thy commanded of the earth like dross : therefore ! ments hast made me wiser than mine love thy testimonies. enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 1 understand more than the an- cients, because I keep thy precepts. 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. 102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. 103 How sweet are thy words unto] 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judg ments. AIN. 121 I have done judgment and justice. leave me not to mine oppressors. 122 Be surety for thy servant for good let not the proud oppress me. 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteous ness. 124 Deal with thy servant according 584 David delighteth PSALMS. unito thy mercy, and teach me thy Etatutes. en God's love. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall thy keep testimonies. 125 I am thy servant; give me un- 147 I prevented the dawning of the derstanding, that I may know thy tes-morning, and cried: I hoped in thy timonies. word. 126 It is time for thee,Lonn,to work; 148 Mine eyes prevent the night- for they have made void thy law. watches, that I might meditate in thy 127 Therefore I love thy command-|word. ments above gold; yea,above fine gold. 128 Therefore I esteem all thy pre- cepts concerning all things to be right; and 1 bate every false way. PE 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them. 130 The entrance of thy words giv eth light; it giveth understanding into the simple. 131 I opened my mouth, and panted for I longed for thy commandments. 132 Look thou upon me, and be mer- ciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto Jiose that love thy name. 133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will 1 keep thy precepts. 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servants; and teach me thy statutes. 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. TSADDI. 137 Righteous art thou,O LORD, and Lord,and upright are thy judgments. 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. 149 Hear my voice, according unto thy loving-kindness: O Lord,quicken me according to thy judgment. 150 They draw nighi that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. 151 Thou art near, Ú Lond; and all [thy commandments are truth. 152 Concerning thy testimonies, 1 have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. RESH. 153 Consider mme affliction, and de- liver me; for 1 do not forget thy law. 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. 155 Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes. 156 Great are thy tender mercies,O LonD: quicken me according to thy judgments. 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. 158 1 bebeld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. 19 Consider how I love thy precepts. quicken me,O LORD, according to thy loving kindness. 160 Thy word is true from the be ginning and every one of thy right 139 My zeal hath consumed me; be-eous judgments endureth for ever. cause mine enemies have forgotten thy words. SCHIN. 161 Princes have persecuted me with- 10 Thy word is very pure; there-out a cause; but my heart standeth in fore thy servant loveth it. 141 I am small and despised; yet do not I forget thy precepts. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlast ing righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and anguishy have taken hold on me; yet thy commandments are my delights. awe of thy word. 162 1 rejoice at thy word,as one that findeth great spoil. 163 I hate and abbor lying: but thy law do 1 love, 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judg ments. 165 Great peace have they which 144 The righteousness of thy testi-love thy law; and nothing shall monies is everlasting; give me under-offend them. tanding, and I shall live. KOPH. 166 LORD, 1 have hoped for thy sal vation, and done thy commandments. 145 I cried with my whole heart: 167 My soul hath kept thy testimo bear me, ) LouD: I will keep thy nies; and I love them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy atutes. 585 David prayeth for PSALMS. the peace of the church testimonies: for all my ways are be- 8 The LORD shall preserve thy going fore thee. TAU. 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O Lond: give me understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. 171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. 173 Let thy hand help me: for have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight. 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgment help me. 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. PSALM CXX. TA Song of degrees. Iand he heard me. N my distress I cried unto the LORD, 2 Deliver my soul, O Loao, from ly- ing lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou Salse tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore, T PSALM CXXII. TA Song of degrees of David. WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lono, unto the testimony of Is rael, to give thanks unto the name of the Lond. 5 For there are set thrones of judg ment, the thrones of the house of Da vid. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. PSALM CXXIII. TA Song of degrees, JNTO thee lift 1 up mine eyes, O exce19. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the band of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon 5 Woe is me, that 1 sojourn in Me-the LonD our God, until that he liave sech, that I dwell in the tents of Ke-mercy upon us. dar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 71 am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. PSALM CXXI. TA Song of degrees. WILL lift up mine eyes unto the 3 Have mercy upon us,O LORD,have mercy upon us for we are exceed- ingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. PSALM CXXIV. TA Song of degrees of David. Fit not been the LoRD who was I bills, from whence cometh my help. it had ide, now may Israel say; 2 My help cometh from the Lond, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth: thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil he shall preserve thy soul. 1 2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul. 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath net | given us as a prey to their teeth. 586 God's blessing on PSALMS. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snure of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. PSALM CXXV. TA Song of degrees. them that fear ham. 5 Happy is the man that hath bis quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. PSALM CXXVIII. TA Song of degrees. The mount Zion, which cannot ways. HEY that trust in the Lonu shall BLESSED is every one that feareth be removed, but abidetli for ever. the LORD; that walketh in his 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thy 2 As the mountains are round about hands: happy shalt thou be, and it Jerusalem,so the Lond is round about|shall be well with thee. his people from henceforth, even for ever. 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's 5 As for such as turn aside unto their children, and peace upon Israel. crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of ini- PSALM CXXIX. TA Song of degrees. quity: bit peace shall be upon Israel. MANY a time have they aflicted CXXVI. ¶ A Song of degrees. HENthe LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. me from my youth, may Israel Dow say: 2 Many time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 2 Then was our mouth filled with 3 The plowers plowed upon my laughter, and our tongue with singing: back; they made long their furrows then said they among the heathen,The 4 The LORD is righteous: be hath LORD hath done great things for them. Jeut asunder the cords of the wicked. 3 The LORD hath done great things 5 Let them all be confounded and for us, whereof we are glad, turned back that hate Zion. 4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord as the streams in the south. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth_afore it groweth up: 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, his band; nor he that bindeth sheaves bearing precious seed, shall doubtless his bosom. his sheaves with him. come again with rejoicing, bringing 8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. PSALM CXXVII. TA Song of degrees for Solomon. XCEPT the LORD build the house, E they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the vouth. PSALM CXXX. TA song of degrees. UTof the depths have I cried un thee, O LORD. OUT 2 Loan, hear my voice; let thine [ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark ini quities, O LORD, who shall stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 5.87 David's care PSALMS. for the ark. 6 My soul writeth for the Lono¡vision: I will satisfy Ler poor with more than they that watch_for_the|bread. morning: Isay, more than threy that 16 I will also clothe her priests with watch for the morning. salvation; and her saiuts shall shout aloud for joy. 7 Let Israel hope in the Lond: for with the Lond there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. PSALM CXXXI. TA Song of degrees of David. ORD, my heart is not haughty,nor crcise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. 3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. PSALM CXXXII. TA Song of degrees. 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: 1 have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. 18 His enemies will I clothe with shaine: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. PSALM CXXXIII. TA Song of degrees of David. DEHOLD,how good and how pleas ant it is for brethren to dwell to gether in unity I 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard; that went down to the skirts of his gar- ments: 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the moun LORD, remember David, and all tains of Zion: for there the LORD afflictions. 2 How he sware unto the LORD, and rowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;; 3 Surely I will not come into the tab- crnacle of my house, nor go up inte my bed: 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eye-lids, 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. PSALM CXXXIV. servants of the LonD, which by TA Song of degrees. EHOLD, bless ye the LORD, all yo night stand in the house of the LORD, 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctu ary, and bless the LORD. 3 The LORD, that made heaven and earth, bless thee out of Zion. PSALM CXXXV. wood.PRAISE ye of the Lonn; praise DRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye we 6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacles we will worship at his footstool. 8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness: and let thy saints shout for joy. 10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. 11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will keep my cov- enant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also eit upon thy throne for evermore. him, O ye servants of the LORD. 2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God, 3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his pecu- liar treasure. 5 For I know that the Lond is great, and that our LORD is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the Lond pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. 13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he bath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 8 Who smote the first born of Egypt, 15 1 will abundantly bless her pro]both of man and beast. 588 Thanks due to Goa PSALMS. for particular inercies. 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into| 11 And brought outIsrael from among the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pha- them: for his mercy endureth for raoh, and upon all his servants. 10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; 11 Sibon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the king- uoms of Canaau: 12 And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel his people. 13 Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lond, throughout all generations. ever: 12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched-out arm: for his mercy en dureth for ever: 13 To him which divided the Rea Sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endur- eth for ever: 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his 14 For the LORD will judge his peo-host in the Red Sea: for his mercy ple, and he will repent himself con- endureth forever. cerning his servants. 16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. 17 To him which smote great kings for his mercy endureth for ever; 18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever. 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's bands. 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; 17 They have ears, but they bear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 19 Silion king of the Amorites: for 13 They that make them are like un-his mercy endureth for ever: to them: so is every one that trusteth in them. 20 And Og the king of Bashan; for his mercy endureth for ever: 19 Bless the Lord,O house of Israel: 21 And gave their land for a heritage: bless the Lond, O house of Aarou: for his mercy endureth for ever: 20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: 22 Even a heritage unto Israel his ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. Servant: for his mercy endureth for 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion,[ever, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise 23 Who remembered us in our low ye the Lond. estate: for his mercyendureth for ever: 24 And hath redeemed us from out GIVE thanks unto the Lond; for enemies: for his mercy endureth for he is good: for his mercy endor-ever. eth for ever. PSALM CXXXVI. 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy andureth for ever. 3 O give thanks to the Lonn of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 To him who alone doeth great won- ders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. 26 O give thanks unto the God of hea ven: för his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM CXXXVII. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 6 To him that stretched out the earth 3 For there they that carried us away above the waters: for his mercy en-captive required of us a song; and duureth for ever. they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 7 Tohim that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8 The sun to role by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night for his mercy endureth for ever. : 4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land ? 5 1 1 forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my 10 To him that smote Egypt in their tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; first born; for his mercy endureth for if 1 prefer not Jerusalem above my evet: jchief joy, 589 David praiseth God PSALMS for his proculence. 7 Remember, O LORD, the children for me; it is high, I cannot attain of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who unto it. said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foun- dation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to De destroyed; happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. PSALM CXXXVIJI, ↑ A Psalm of David. WILL praise thee with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. I 2 I will worship toward thy boly temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. 3 In the day when. I cried thou an sweredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. 4 All the kings of the earth sball praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: fors r great is the glory of the LORD. 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath be respect unto the lowly but the proud he knoweth afar off. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trou ble, thou wilt revive me; thou shalt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right Land shall save me. 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine owu hands. PSALM CXXXIX. ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. O 2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest| iny thought afar ofl. 3 Thou compassest my path, and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, io, O Lond,thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and be- fore, and laid thy hand upon ine. 7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy pres- ence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in helt, bebold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morn- ing, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy band lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If1 say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness lideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered ine in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fear- fully and wonderfully made: marvel- lous are thy works; und that my soul knoweth right well. 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, ană curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 The eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 II should count them, they are inore in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 20 For they speak against thee wick edly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD,that hate thee? and am not 1 grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred I count them mine enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And tee if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in he way 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful[everlasting. 590 David's comfort in PSALM CXL. PSALMS. To the cluef Musician, A Psalm of David. Devil man preserve me from the ELIVER me, O Lond, from the violent man ; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their neart: continually are they gathered together for war. prayer to God. 5 Let the righteous sinite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamitier. 6 When their judges are overthrowa in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. 7 Our bones are scattered at the 3 They have sharpened their tongues grave's mouth, as when one cutteth Jike a serpent; adder's poison is under and cleaveth wood upon the earth. their lips. Selah. 8 But mine eyes arc unto thee,O God the LORD: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the bands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. 5 The proud have bid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by|| 10 Let the wicked fall into their own the way side; they have set gins for nets, whilst that I withal escape. me. Selab. PSALM CXLII. 6 I said unto the LonD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplica-¶ tions, O LORD. 70 God the LORD, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked further not his wicked device : lest they exalt themselves. Selah. Maschil of David: A Prayer when he was in the cave. CRIED unto the Lond with my voice with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. 21 poured out my complaint before him ; I showed before him my trouble. 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,then thou knewest my path 9 As for the head of those that com-In the way wherein I walked have pass me about, let the mischief of they privily laid a snare for me. their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11 Let not an evil speaker be estab lished in the earth: evil shan bunt he violent man to overthrow him. 12 I know that the LORD will main tain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. PSALM CXLI. TA Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste uuto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 4 I looked on my right hand, and be- :held, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. 5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. 6 Attend unto my cry: for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison, that 1 may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me. PSALM CXLIII. A Psalm of David. EAR prayer, LORD, give 2 let my prayer be set forth before Hear to my supplications: in the thee as incense; and the lifting up of faithfulness answer me, and in thy my hands as the evening sacrifice. righteousness. 3 Set a watch, O Lowd, before my 2 And enter not into judgment with mouth; keep the door of my lips. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity and let me met cat of their dainties. thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell 591 PSALMS. David praiseth God for nis goodness. in darkness, as those that have been, God: upon a psaltery and an instru ment of ten strings will I sing praises joug dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelm-junto thee. ed within me ; my heart within me is 10 It is he that giveth salvation unto desolate. kings: who delivereth David his ser- 5 I remember the days of old; Ivant from the hurtful sword. meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. 11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth 6 Istretch forth my bauds unto thee: speaketh vanity, and their right hand my soul thirsteth after thee,as a thirsty is a right hand of falsehood: land. Selab. 12 That our sons may be as plants 7 Hear me speedily, O Lono; my grown up in their youth; that our spirit faileth: hide not thy face from daughters may be as corner-stones, me, lest I be like unto them that go polished after the similitude of a pal down into the pit. 8 Cause me to hear thy loving-kind- uess in the morning; for in thee do I trust : cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up iny soul unto thee. ace: 13 That our garners may be full, af fording all manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets : 14 That our oxen may be strong to 9 Deliver me, O Loun, from inme labour; that there be no breaking in, enemies Iflee unto thee to hide me. nor going out; that there be no com 10 Teach me to do thy will ; for thouplaining in our streets. art my God thy Spirit is good; lead 15 Happy is that people, that is in me into the land of uprightness. such a case: yea, happy is that peo- 11 Quicken me, O Lonn, for thy ple, whose God is the Load. name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. 12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that af flict my soul: for I am thy servant. PSALM CXLIV. TA Psalm of David. I PSALM CXLV. ¶ David's Psalm of praise. WILL extol thee,my God,O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless thee; and BLESSEDbe the Lonumy strength, will praise thy game for ever and ever which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. 3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him for the son of man, that thou makest account of him! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Loan, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter, them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. 7 Send thy hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children ; 8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.. 91 will sing a new song nuto then 01 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is un- searchable. 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 51 will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; and I will declare thy greatness. 7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. 8 The Lono is gracious, aud full of compassion; slow to auger, and of great mercy. 9 The Loup is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works. 10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lond; and thy samts shall bless thee. 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; 12 To make known to the sons of 592 The prophet exhorteth PSALMS to praise God. men his mighty acts, and the glorious even thy God, O Zion, unto all gene- majesty of his kingdom. rations. Praise ye the LoRD. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. PSALM CXLVII. 14 The Lond upholdeth all that fall, PRAISE re the LORD: for it is good and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. 2 The LORD doth build upJerusalem. he gathereth together the outcasts of 15. The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in Israel. due season. 3 He healeth the broken in heart, 16 Thou openeet thy hand, and satis-and bindeth up their wounds. fiest the desire of every living thing. 4 He telleth the number of the stars; 17 The LORD is righteous in all his he calleth them all by their names. ways, and holy in all his works. 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry, and will save them. 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. PSALM CXLVI. ye PRAISE ve the LORD. Praise the 2 While I live will I praise Load: I will sing praises unto God while I have any being. the 5 Great is our LORD, and of great power: his understanding as infinite. 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth thewicked down to theground 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanks giving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God; 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth,who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse; he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in my his mercy. 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he return. eth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God; 6 Which made hearen and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; which keepeth truth for ever; 12 Praise the LonD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion: 13 For he bath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. 14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat, 15 He sendeth forth his command. ment upon earth; his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 7 Which executeth judgment for the 17 He casteth forth his ice like oppressed, which giveth food to the morsels: who can stand before his hungry. The LORD looseth the pris-cold? oners: 8 The Lono openoth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LonD loveth the righteous. 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. 20. He hath not dealt so with any ria tion; and as for his judgments, they Praise ye the 9 The LORD preserveth the stran gers; be relieveth the fatherless and] widow but the way of the wicked be turneth upside down. 10 The Lord shall reign for ever,]LORD have not known them. ? P 593 The use of PSALM CXLVIII. PROVERBS. the proverbs. praise in the congregation of saints. PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights. 2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts 3 Praise ye bin, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the hea vens. 5 Let them praise the name of the LonD: for he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also established them for ever and ever; he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 7 Praise the LORD from the earth,ye dragous, and all deeps: S Fire and hail; snow and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word; 9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: 10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: him: let the children of Zion be joy ful in their King. 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and barp. 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people; he will beautify the meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory let them sing aloud upon their beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judg ment written: this honour have all bis saints. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CL. 11 Kings of the earth, and all peo PRAISEye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him ia ple; princes, and all judges of the the firmament of his power. earth: 12 Both young men and maidens; old men and children : 13 Let them praise the name of the LonD: for his name alone is excel ent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 14 He also exaltetn the horn of his 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of th trumpet: praise him with the psalie ry and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed in- people, the praise of all his saints;|struments and organs. even of the children of Israel, a people 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals : near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. praise him upon the high sounding PSALM CXLIX. ye cymbals. PRAISE ve the LORD. Sing unto 6 Let ever thing that bath breath CHAP. I. T The PROVERBS. derstanding shall attain unto wise. HE Proverbs of Solomon,the son counsels; of David, king of Israel; 6 To understand a proverb, and the 2 To know wisdom and instruction; interpretation; the words of the wise, to perceive the words of understand- and their dark sayings. ing; 7 ¶ The fear of the Load is the be 3 To receive the instruction of wis-ginning of knowledge: but fools de- dom, justice, and judgment, and spise wisdom and instruction. equity; 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discre- tion. 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of th mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of 5 A wise man will hear, and will grace unto thy head, and chains abou' increase in learning; and a man of un-thy neck. 594 Wisdom promiseth safety CHAP. II. 10 ¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us Jay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: from evil company 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32 For the turning away of the sim- ple shall slay them, and the prosper ty of fools shall destroy them. 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet 13 We shall find all precious sub-from fear of evil. stance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse. CHAP IL MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my command- 15 My son, walk not thou in the wayments with thee; with them: refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed oolod. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their owen lives. 19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. 20 T Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners de- light in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 21 T Because have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thy heart to under standing; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for under standing; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lond, and find the know ledge of God. 6 For the Lond giveth wisdom: ou: of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous; he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. S He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou understand right- cousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. 10 T When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, un derstanding shall keep thee; 12 To deliver thee from the way of 25 But ye have set at nought all my the evil man, from the man that counsel, and would none of my re-speaketh froward things; proof: 13 Who leave the paths of upright. 26 I also will laugh at your calamity;ness, to walk in the ways of darkness; I will mock when your fear cometh; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and de- 27 When your fear cometh as desola-light in the frowardness of the wicked tion, and your destruction cometh as a 15 Whose ways are crooked, and whirlwind; when distress and an-they froward in their paths : guish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words ; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of bei youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 18 For her house inclineth unt death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her return 595 The cursed state PROVERBS of the wicked. again, neither take they hold of the play hold upon her: and happy is every paths of life. one that retaineth her. 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. CHAP. III. 19 The LORD by wisdom bath found. ed the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion; 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, Y son, forget not my law; but and grace to thy neck. walk in thy way ments: 2 For length of days, aud long life, and shall they add to thee. peace, 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart : 4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the Lond with all thy heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy pallis. 7 T Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. S It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea,thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, nei- ther of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 26 For the LonD shall be thy confi dence, and shall keep thy foot from (being taken. 27 1 Withhold not good from thew to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go and come again, and to-morrow I wi}! give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neigh bour, seeing he dwelleth securely by 9 Honour the Lond with thy sub-thee. stance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barus be filled with plenty, and thy presses sball burst out with new wine. 30 T Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 T Envy thou not the oppressor, choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the 11 ¶ My son,despise not the chasten- ing of the LORD; neither be weary righteoue. of his correction. 33 The curse of the LORD is in the 12 For whom the Lond loveth hehouse of the wicked: but he blesseth correcteth, even as a father the son in whom be delighteth. 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth un- derstanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 16 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. the habitations of the just. 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 35 The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools. CHAP. IV. TTEAR, ye children, the instruction Hather, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, for sake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasant- 4 He taught me also, and said unto ness, and all her paths are peace. me, Let thy heart retain my words: 18 S'e is a tree of life to them that keep my commandments, and live. 596 Solomon exhorteth to CHAP. V. the study of wisdom 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and forget it not: neither decline from the let all thy ways be established. words of my mouth. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to 6 Forsake her not, and she sball pre-the left: remove thy foot from evil. serve thee: love her, and she shall Leep thee. Μ CHAP. V. Mand bow thine ear to my under Y son, attend unto my wisdom, . 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom and with all standing. thy getting get understanding. S Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thy head an orna- ment of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 TFor the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is sinoother than oil : 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall 7 Hear me now therefore, O ye chil- not be straitened; and when thou run-dren, and depart not from the words nest, thou shalt not stumble. of my mouth. 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. 14 T Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they nave done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated in- struction, and my heart despised re- proof; 17 For they eat the bread of wicked-13 And have not obeyed the voice of ness, and drink the wine of violence. my teachers, nor inclined mine car to 18 But the path of the just is as the them that instructed me 1 shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as dark- uess they know not at what they stumble. 20 ¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 ¶ Keep thy heart with all dili- gence: for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before lec. 14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assem bly. 15 T Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own wel.. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravishi- ed always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 21 For the ways of man are before 597 Zgainst suretiship, PROVERBS. idleness, &c. the eyes of the LORD, and he ponder- and him that soweth discord among eth all his goings. brethren. 22 ¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. CHAP. VI. 20 T My son, keep thy father's com- mandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Blud them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it Miend, commandment is a lamp; son, if thou be surety for thy shall talk with thee. hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil wo- man, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the 25 Lust not after her beauty in thy hand of thy friend; go, humble thy-heart; neither let her take thee with self and make sure thỷ friend. her eyelids: 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the haud of the fowler. 6 Go to the aunt, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O slug. gard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little eleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacbeth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he de- viseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 26 For by means of a whorish wo- man a man is brought to a piece of bread; and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29 So he that goeth in to his neigh bour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry: 31 But if he be found, he shall re- store seven-fold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man ; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come 35 He will not regard any ransom; suddenly; suddenly shall he be brok-neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. en without remedy. 16 These six things doth the LORD hate; yea, seven are an abomination auto him: Y CHAP. VII. 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and My son, keep my words, and lay up hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that deviseth wicked im- aginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my 598 CHAP. VIII. The excellency of wisdom. rister; and call understanding thy, wounded: yea, many strong men have kinswoman: been slain by her. 5 That they may keep thee from the 27 Her house is the way to hell, going strange woman, from the stranger down to the chambers of death. CHAP. VIII. which flattereth with her words. 6 ¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 La the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night; 10 And, behold, there met him a wo- man with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every cor ner.) 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, 14 I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face; and I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with cover- mgs of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace our- selves with loves. 19 For the good man is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 22 He goeth after her straitway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. 24 T Hearken unto me now there fore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many DOTH not wisdom cry? and under- standing put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths; 3 She crieth at the gates, at the en- try of the city, at the coming in at the doors. Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 50 ye simple, understand wisdom; and, ye fools, be ye of an understand- ing heart. 6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness: there is nothing fro- ward or perverse in them. 9 They are all plain to him that un- derstandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. 10 Receive mine instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 12 1 wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inven- tions. 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward inouth, do I hate. 14 Counsel is mine, and sound wis- dom: I am understanding; I have strength. 15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. 18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. 20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: 599 The discipline and PROVERBS. de ctrine of wisdom. 21 That I may cause those that love, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink me to inherit substance; and I will fill of the wine which I bave mingled. their treasures. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and 22 The Lono possessed me in the be-go in the way of understanding. ginning of his way, before his works 7 He that reproveth a scomer gettetb to himself shame: and he that rebuk of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, eth a wicked man getteth himself o from the beginning, or ever the earth blot. wag. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth : 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: 29 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the foun tains of the deep: 29 When he gave to the sea his de- cree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his de- light, rejoicing always before him; 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, Oye children: for blessed are theythat keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at any gates, wait- ing at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Load. 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death. CHAP. IX. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. 10 The fear of the LORD is the be- ginning of wisdom; and the knowl Jedge of the holy is understanding. 11 For by me thy days shall be mul- tiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shall bear it. 13 ¶ A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a scat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: in 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn m hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dend are there; and that her guests are ir the depths of hell. T CHAP. X. HE Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mo- ther. 2 Treasures of wickedness profit no- thing: but righteousness delivereth from death. 3 The Lord will not suffer the soul WISDOM hath builded her house, of the righteous to famish; but he cast- she hath hewn out her seven eth away the substance of the wicked. pillars; 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with elack hand: but the hand of the di- 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also fur-ligent maketh rich. nished her table; 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 6 He that gathereth in summer is wise son ; but he that sleepeth in bar vest is a son that causeth shame. 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in nither: as for him that wanteth under-of the wicked. standing, she saith to him, 7 The memory of the just is blessed: 600 Morul virtues, and CHAP XI. their contrary vices. but the name of the wicked shall rot. [days: but the years of the wicked shall 8 The wise in heart will receive be shortened. commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. : 10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; but a prating fool shall fall. 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. 23 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. 29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 30 The righteous shall never be re- moved: but the wicked shall not in- habit the earth. 31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. 32 The lips of the righteous know 13 In the lips of him that hath un-what is acceptable: but the mouth of derstanding wisdom is found: but a the wicked speaketh frowardness. rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. A CHAP. XI. FALSE balance is abomination to the LORD but a just weight is his delight. 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong 2 When pride cometh, then cometh city: The destruction of the poor is shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. their poverty 3 The integrity of the upright shall 16 The labour of the righteous tend-guide them; but the perverseness of eth to life: the fruit of the wicked to transgressors ehall destroy them. sin. 4 Riches profit not in the day of 17 He is in the way of life that keep-wrath: but righteousness delivereth eth instruction; but he that refuseth from death. reproof erreth. 18 He that deth hatred with lying ups, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright 19 In the multitude of words there shall deliver them: but transgressors wanteth not sin; but he that refrain-shall be taken in their own ñaughti- eth his lips is wise. ness. 20 The tongue of the just is as choice 7 When a wicked man dieth, his ex silver: the heart of the wicked is lit-pectation shall perish; and the hope tle worth. of unjust men perisheth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed 8 The righteous is delivered out of many: but fools die for want of wis-trouble, and the wicked cometh in his dom. stead. 22 The blessing of the Lord, it ma- keth rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. 23 It is as sport to a fool to do mis- chief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 9 A hypocrite with his mouth de stroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. 10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. 11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is 12 He that is void of wisdom despis- the wicked no more: but the righte-eth his neighbour; but a man of un ous is an everlasting foundation. 25 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. › 27 The fear of the Lono prolongeth derstanding holdeth his peace. 13 A tale-bearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit con cealeth the matter. 14 Where no counsel is, the peop.e 601 PROVERBS. their contrary vices Moral virtues, and fall: but in the multitude of counsel 2 A good man obtaineth favour of lors there is safety, the LouD: but a man of wicked devi- 18 He that is surety for a stranger ces will be condemn. shall en.ort for it: and he that bateth | 3 A man shall not be established by suretyship wickedness: but the root of the right- sure. 16 A graciour woman retaineth hon-cous shall not be moved. our; and strong men retain riches. 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to 17 The merciful an doeth good to her husband: but she that maketh bis own soul; but he that is cruel ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. troubleth his own fern. 5 The thoughts of the righteous are 18 The wickea rketh a deceitful right: but the counsels of the wicked work but to him that soweth righte-fare deceit. ousness shall be a sure reward. 19 As righteousness tendeth to life; so he that pursueth evil, pursueth it to his own death. 20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 6 The words of the wicked are to lic in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righte ous shall stand. 8 A man shall be commended accor ding to his wisdom: but he that is of 21 Though hand join in hand, the a perverse heart shall be despised. wicked shall not be unpunished: but 9 He that is despised, and bath a ser the seed of the righteous shall be de-vant, is better than he that honoureth livered. 22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous is only good but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. himself, and lacketh bread. 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mer- cies of the wicked are cruel. 11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that fol loweth vain persons is void of under standing, 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that with 12 The wicked desireth the net of holdeth more than is meet, but it ten-evil men: but the root of the righte doth to poverty, ous yieldeth fruit. 25 The liberal soul shall be made 13 The wicked is snared by the fat: and he that watereth shall be transgression of his lips: but the just watered also himself. shall come out of trouble. 26 He that withholdeth corn,the peo-| 14 A man shall be satisfied with good ple shall curse bim: but blessing shall by the fruit of his mouth; and the rec- be upon the head of him that selleth it.ompense of a man's hands shall be 27 He that diligently seeketh good rendered unto him. procureth favour: but be that seeketh nischief, it shall come unto him. 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth un- to counsel is wise. 16 A fool's wrath is presently known: [but a prudent man covereth shame. 17 He that speaketh truth showeth' forth righteousness: but a false wit 29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. ness deceit. 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and be that winneth souls is wise. 31 Behold, the righteous shall be re- compensed in the earth; much more the wicked and the sinner. CHAP. XII. 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. 19 The lip of truth sball be establish- ed for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 20 Deceit is in the heart of them HOSO loveth instruction loveth that imagine evil: but to the counsel WHOSO love intrecthat hateth lore or peace is l, b .eproof is brutish. 21 There shall no evil happen to the 602 Moral virtues, and CHAP. XII, XIV their contrary vices. just: but the wicked shall be filed 13 Whoso despiseth the word shall with mischief. be destroyed; but he that feareth the 22 Lying lips are abomination to the commandment shall be rewarded. LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. 23 A prudent man concealeth know- ledge: but the heart of fools pro- claimeth foolishness. 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule but the slothful shall be under tribute. 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. 26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. 27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. 28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. CHAP. XIII. 14 The law of the wise is a fountam of life, to depart from the snares of [death. 15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. 16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. 17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. 18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. 19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to [fools to depart from evil. 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. 21 Evil pursueth sinners. but to the AWISE sou heareth his father's in righteous good shall be repaid. struction but a scorner heareth not rebuke. 22 A good man leaveth an inherit ance to bis children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid fur up 2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the trans-the just. gressors shall eat violence. 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his ps shall have destruction. 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. 23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgement. 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chast- eneth him betimes. 26 The righteous eateth to the satis 5 A righteous man hateth lying: but|fying of his soul: but the belly of the a wicked man is loathsome, and com- [wicked shall want. eth to shame. 6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh bimself poor, yet hath great riches. 8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. 10 Only by pride cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom, 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life CHAP XIV. use: but the foolish plucked VERY wise woman buildeth ber it down with her hands. 2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is per- verse in his ways depiseth him. 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the |strength of the ox. 5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thoù perceivest mot in him the lips of knowledge. 603 Morul v rtues, unl fools is deceit. PROVERBS. their contrary vices. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is tople is the destruction of the prince understand his way: but the folly of 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is 9 Fools make a mock at sin: but hasty of spirit exalteth folly. among the righteous there is favour. 10 The heart knoweth his own bit-flesh: but envy the rotteness of the terness; and a stranger doth not in-bones. termeddle with his joy. 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. 12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof cre the ways of death. 30 A sound heart is the life of the 31 He that oppresseth the poor re- proacheth his Maker: but he that hon- oureth him hath mercy on the poor. 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hathi hope in his death. 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of 13 Even in laughter the heart is sor-him that hath understanding: but that rowful; and the end or that mirth is which is in the midst of fools is made heaviness. known. 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. 16 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. 16A wise man feareth, and depart eth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. 17 He that is soon angry dealeth fool ishly; and a man of wicked devices is bated. 18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. 19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. 35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant; but his wrath is against him that causeth shame. CHAP. XV. SOFT wrath: A Stl: but grievous words stu Α answer turneth away up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. 5 A fool despiseth his father's in- stuction; but he that regardeth re- proof is prudent. 21 He that despiseth his neighbour 6 in the nouse of the righteous is sinneth: but he that hath mercy on much treasure: but in the revenues of the poor, happy is he. the wicked is trouble. 22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. 23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; but the heart of the fool- ish doeth not so. 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LonD: but the prayer of the upright is bis delight. 9 The way of the wicked is an abom- ination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. 10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way; and he that hateth reproof shall die. 25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. 26 In the fear of the Lònd is strong confidence; and his children shall 11 Hell and destruction are before have a place of refuge. the LORD: how much more then the 27 The fear of the Lord is a foun-hearts of the children of men? tain of life, to depart from the snares of death. 28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour; but in the warit of peo-l 12 A scorner loveth not one that re- proveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful 604 Moral virtues, and CHAP. XVI. their contrary vices countenance: but by sorrow of the struction of wisdom; and before hon beart the spirit is broken. 14 The heart of him that hath under- standing seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedetli on foolish- ness. 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. 16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. 19 The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. our is humility. TH CHAP. XVI. HE preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lond. 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the Lond weigheth the spirits. 3 Commit thy works unto the Lone, and thy thoughts shall be established 4 The LORD hath made all things lor himself; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; though haud join in hand, he shall not be un- punished. 6 By mercy and truth iniquity E purged; and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. 20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. 7 When a man's ways please the 21 Folly is joy to him that is desti-Loup, be maketh even his enemies tr tute of wisdom: but a man of under-be at peace with him, standing walketh uprightly. 22 Without counsel purposes are dis- appointed: bat in the multitude of counsellors they are established. 23 A man bath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word spoken in due season, how good is it ! 24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. 25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud; but he will establish the border of the widow. 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. 9 A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps. 10 A divine seutence is in the lips of the king; his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. 11 A just weight and balance are the Lonn's; all the weights of the bag are his work. 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness. 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speak- 26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.eth right. 27 He that is greedy of gain troub 14 The wrath of a king is as messen. leth his own house; but he that hateth gers of death; but a wise man will gifts shall live. pacify it. 28 The heart of the righteous studi- 15 In the light of the king's counte- eth to answer: but the mouth of the[nance is life; and his favor is as a wicked poureth out evil things. cloud of the latter rain. teous. 29 The Lono is far from the wicked: 16 How much better is it to get wis but he heareth the prayer of the righ-dom than gold ? and to get understand- ing rather to be chosen than silver? 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. 30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. 31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 32 He that refuseth instruction de-] spiseth his own soul; but he that hear-] eth reproof getteth understanding. 33 The fear of the LonD is the in- 18 Pride gocth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. 19 Better is it to be of au humble spirit with the lowly, than to divid? the spoil with the proud. 20 ife that handleth a matter wisely 605 Moral virtues, and PROVERBS. shall find good; and whoso trusteth in the Lono, happy is he. 21 The wise iu heart shall be called prudent; and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. their contrary zices 7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool; much less do lying lips a prince 8 A gilt is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whitherso ever it turneth, it prospereth. 9 He that covereth a transgression 22 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it: but the in-seeketh love: but he that repeateth a struction of fools is folly. matter separateth very friends. 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. 24 Pleasant words are as a honey-a fool. comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25 There is a way that seemeth right|be sent against him. anto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 11. An evil man seeketh only rebel· lion; therefore a cruel messenger shall 26 He that laboureth, laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil; and in his lips there is as a burning fire. 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. 28 A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and 29 A violent man enticeth his neigh-he that condemneth the just, even they bour, and leadeth him into the way both are abomination to the Lord, that is not good. 16 Wherefore is there a price in the 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise fro-hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing ward things; moving his lips he bring-he hath no heart to it ? eth evil to pass. 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 32. He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth bis spirit than he that taketh a city. 33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. 17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 18 A man void of understanding strik eth hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. 19 Heloveth transgression thatloveth strife; and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. 20 He that hath a froward heart find eth no good: and he that hath a per verse tongue falleth into mischief. ETTER is a dry morsel, and qui-| 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it CHAP. XVIL full of sacrifices with strife. 2 A wise servant shall have rule ove: a son that causeth shame, and shal. have part of the inheritance among the brethren. 3 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LonD trieth the hearts, 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false hips; and a liar giveth ear to a naugh- ty tongue. 5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproach- eth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. 6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers hath no joy. 22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 23 A wicked man taketh a gift 0.11 of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. 24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. 26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. 27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of understand ing is of an excellent spirit 606 Moral virtues, and CHAP. XVII, XIX. their contrary viccs 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his with the fruit of his mouth; and wita peace, is counted wise: and he that the increase of bis lips shall he be shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of filled. understanding. CHAP. XVIII. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it THROUGH desire a man, having shall eat the fruit thereof; separated himself, seeketh and 22 Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a intermeddleth with all wisdom. good thing, and obtaineth favour of 2 A fool hath no delight in under-the LORD. standing, but that his heart may dis- corer itself. 3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with igno- miny reproach. 4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the well-spring of wisdom as a flowing brook. 23 The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.. : 24 A mau that hath friends must show himself friendly and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. CHAP. XIX. BETTER is the poor that walkth 5. It is not good to accept the person is integrity, than he that is 5. It of the wicked, to overthrow the right- eous in judgment. 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. 8 The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the unnermost parts of the belly. perverse in his lips, and is a fool. 2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and be that nasteth with his feet sinneth. 3 The foolishness of man perverte!!: his way; and his heart fretteth against the LORD. 4 Wealth maketh many friends; bet the poor is separated from his neigh. 9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.bour. 10 The name of the LORD is a strong 5 A false witness shall not be unpur. tower the righteous runneth into it, ished; and he that speaketh lies shall and is safe. 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit. 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour is humility. not escape. 6 Many will entreat the favour of the prince and every man is a friend to bim that giveth gifts. 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are want- 13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame un-ing to him. to him. 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit whỏ can bear? 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth under- standing shall find good. 9 A false witness shall not be unpun. ished, and he that speaketh hes shalt perish. 10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; 16 A man's gift maketh room for much less for a servant to have rule him, and bringeth him before great over princes. men. 11 The discretion of a man deferreth 17 He that is first in his own cause his anger; and it is his glory to pass seemeth just; but his neighbour com-over a transgression. eth and searcheth him. 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease,and parteth between the mighty. 19 A brother offended is harder to be 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his won than a strong city; and their con-¦ father: and the contentions of a wife tentions are like the bars of a castle. are a continual dropping. 20 A man's belly shall be satisfied! 14 House and riches are the inherit 607 Merul virtues, and PROVERBS. ance of fathers; and a prudent wife is from the Lond. 15 Slothfulness castest into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 16 He that keepeth the command- ment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. 17 He that bath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. 18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. their contrary vices. 4 The sluggard will not plow by rea son of the cold: therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. 5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understand- ing will draw it out. 6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find ? 7 The just man walketh in his integri- ty: his children are blessed after him. 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evit with his eyes. my 9 Who can say, I have made heart clean, I am pure from my sin? 10 Divers weights, and divers meas- ures, both of them are alike abomina- 20 Hear counsel,and receive instruction to the Load. tion, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lond, that shall stand. 22 The desire of a man is his kind- ness: and a poor man is better than a liar. 11 Even a child is known by his do ings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 23 The fear of the Lond tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide 14 It is naught, it is naught,saith the satisfied; he shall not be visited with|buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. evil. 24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. 25 Smite a scorner, and the simple 16 Take his garment that is surety will beware and reprove one that for a stranger: and take a pledge of hath understanding, and he will un-him for a strange woman. derstand knowledge. 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man: 26 He that wasteth his father, and but afterwards his mouth shall be fill chaseth away his mother, is a son that led with gravel. causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. 18 Every purpose is established by 27 Cease, my son,to hear the instruc-counsel: and with good advice make tion that causeth to err from the war words of knowledge. 19 He that goeth about as a tale- 28 An ungodly witness scorneth bearer revealeth secrets: therefore judgment: and the mouth of the wick-meddle not with him that flattereth ed devoureth iniquity. with his lips. 29 Judgments are prepared for scorn- ers, and stripes for the back of fools. CHAP. XX. 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out n obscure darkness. WINE is a mocker, strong drink 21 An inheritance may be gotten is raging and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against bis own soul. 3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil: but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. 23 Divers weights are an abomina tion unto the Lono; and a false bal lance is not good. 608 Moral virtnes and CHAP. XXI, XXII. then contrary vices. 24 Man's goings are of the LORD; of the poor, he also shall cry himself how can a man then understand his but shall not be heard. own ways? 25 It is a snare to the man who de- youreth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king and his throne is upholden by inercy. 29 The glory of young men is their strength and the beauty of old men is the gray bead. 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a reward in the bosom strong wrati. 15. It is joy to the just to do judg. ment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. 30 The blueness of a wound cleans- 19 It is better to dwell in the wilder eth away evil; so do stripes the in-ness, than with a contentious and au ward parts of the belly. CHAP. XXI. angry woman. 20 There is a treasure to be desired, THE in tere on of. But fool than spendeth it up. HE king's heart is in the hand of and oil in the dwelling of the wise; ter, he turneth it whithersoever he 21 He that followeth after righteous- will. ness and mercy findeth life, righteous 2 Every way of a man is right in hisnese, and honour. own eves; but the LORD pondereth] the hearts. 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. 4 A high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. 5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness: but of every one that is hasty, only to want. 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy thein; because they refuse to do judgment. 8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. 9 is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. 22 Á wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and be tongue,keepeth his soul from troubles. 24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. 25 The desire of the slothful killetl him; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He covetell greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth, and spareth not. 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination; how much more, then be bringeth it with a wicked mind? 28 A false witness shall perishi: but the man that heareth speaketh con- stantly. 29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright,he directeth his way. 10 The soul of the wicked desireth 30 There is no wisdom, nor under- evil; his neighbour findeth no favour standing, nor counsel, against the his eyes. LORD. LI When the scorner is punished, 31 The horse is prepared against the the simple is made wise; and when day of battle: but safety is of the the wise is instructed, he receiveth Loun. Knowledge. 12 The righteous man wisely consid. reth the house of the wicked: bull God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry CHAP. XXII. A Gen han great riches, and loving un meet favour rather than silver and gold. 2 The rich and poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of then all GOOD name is rather to be cho- 2 Q 60' Mon al virtues, and - PROVERBS. their contrary viceɛ. 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, cause, and apcil the soul of those unt and hideth himself: but the simple spoiled them. pass on, and are punished. 4 By humility and the fear of the LORD, are riches, and honour,and life. 6 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward ; he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. 6 Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 7 The rich rulethover the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his anger shall fail. 24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go : a 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get snare to thy soul. 26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sure- ties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from un- der thee ? 28 Remove not the ancient land mark, which thy fathers have set. 29 Seest thou a inan diligent in his 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall business? he shall stand before kings; be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 10 Cast out the scorner, and conten- tion shall go out; yea, strife aud re- proach shall cease. 11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. 12 The eyes of the Lond preserve knowledge; and he overthroweth the words of the trangressor. 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child: but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 16 He that oppresseth the poor to in- rease his riches, and be that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge: 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have I not written to thee excel- lent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might inake thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee ? 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate 23 For the Lord will plead their he shall not stand before meau meži, CHAP. XXIII. WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee; 2 And put a knife to thy throat, iſ thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. 4 Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom. 6 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon tuat which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 6 Eat thou not the bread of him tho. hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for be will despise the wisdom of thy words. 10 Remove not the old landmark and enter not into the fields of the la therless : 11 For their Redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. 12 Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of know- ledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with a rod, aud shalt deliver his soul from hell. 15 My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mme ; 610 Moral virtues, and CHAP. XXIV. their contrary vices. 15 Yea, my reins shall rejoice when] 2 For their heart studieth destruc thy lips speak right things. |tion, and their lips talk of mischief 3 Through wisdom is a house build ed; and by understanding it is estab- lished: 17 Let not thy heart envy sinners: but b. :hou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. 18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way, 20 Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 4 And by knowledge shall the cham bers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 6 A wise man is strong; yea, a mai of knowledge increaseth strength. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt 21 For the drunkard and the glutton make thy war: and in multitude of shall come to poverty; and drowsi- counsellors there is safety. ress shall clothe a man with rags. 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he 22 Hearken unto thy father that be-openeth not his mouth in the gate. gat thee, and despise not thy mother 8 He that deviseth to do evil chall be when she is old. called a mischievous person. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; al- 9The thought of foolishnessis sin: and so wisdom, and instruction, and un-the scorner is an abomination to mer, derstanding. 10 If thou faint in the day of adver- sity, Thy strength is small. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and be that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. 26 My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. 27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 28 She also lieth in wait as fora prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. 11 If thou forbear to deliver them |that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it ? and he that keepetl thy soul, doth not be know it? and {shall not he render to every man ac- cording to his works? 13 My son, eat thou boney, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: found it, then there shall be a reward, and thine expectation shall not be cut off. 99 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom who hath contentions? who hath bab-be unto thy soul: when thou hast bling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter per- verse things. 3-4 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and 1 felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. CHAP. XXIV. BE E not thou envious against evil meu, neither desire to be with them. 15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous: spoil not his resting-place: 16 Fora just man falleth seven times, and risetli up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth; and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the Lond see it, and it dis- please him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wick- ed shall be put out. 21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king; and meddle not with them that are given to change: G11 Moral virtues, and PROVERBS their contrary vices. 22 For their calamity shall rise sud-shouldest be put lower in the presence denly; and who knoweth the ruin of of the prince whom thine eyes have them both? seen. 23 These things also belong to the S Go not forth hastily to strive, lest wise. It is not good to have respect thone know not what to do in the of persons in judgment. lend thereof, when thy neighbour hato 24 He that saith unto the wicked, put thee to shame. Thou art righteous; him shall the 9 Debate thy cause with thy neigh- people curse, nations shall abbor him ;[bour himself; and discover not a se- 25 But to them that rebuke him shall cret to another: be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. 26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. 10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples 27 Prepare thy work without, and of gold in pictures of silver. make it fit for thyself in the field;] 12 ds an ear ring of gold, and an or and afterwards build thy house. nament of fine gold, so is a wise re- 28 Be not a witness against thy neigh-prover upon an obedient ear. bour without cause; and deceive not| 13 As the cold of snow in the time with thy lips. of harvest, so is a faithful messenger 29 Say not, I will do so to hum as he to them that send him; for he refresh- hath done to me: 1 will render to theeth the soul of his masters. man according to his work. H4 Whoso boasteth himself of a false : 30 I went by the field of the sloth-gift is like clouds and wind without ful, and by the vineyard of the man rain. void of understanding; 15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the bone. the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received mstruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. CHAP. XXV. 16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou: be filled therewith, and vomit it. 17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. 18. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken HESE are also proverbs of Solo-tooth, and a foot out of joint. THESE are the prevor Hezekial 20 ds he that taketh away at garment king of Judah copied out. 2 Is is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that angeth songs to a heavy heart. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirs- ty, give him water to drink : 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire 4 Take away the dross from the sil-upon his head, and the Lond shall re- ver, and there shall come forth a ves-ward thee. sel for the finer. 23 The north wind driveth away 5 Take away the wicked from before rain: so doth an angry countenance a the king, and his throne shall be es-backbiting tongue. tablished in righteousness. 6 Put not forth thyself in the pres- ence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men : 7 For better it is that it be said unto thee. Come up hither, than that thou] 24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman, and in a wide house. 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 26 A righteous man falling down be 612 Moral virtues, and CHAP. XXVI, XXVII. their contrary vices. fore the wicked is as a troubled foun-1 20 Where no wood is, there the firg tain, and a corrupt spring. goeth out: so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth. 27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is bro- ken down, and without walls. CHAP. XXVI. 21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 22 The words of a tale-bearerareas wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. AS snow in summer, and as rain in 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. 2 As the bird by wandering, as 'be 24 He that hateth dissembleth with swallow by flying, so the curse cause-his lips, and layeth. up deceit within less shall not come. him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abomi nations in bis heart. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, 5 Answer a fool according to his fol-his wickedness shall be showed beforé ly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. the whole congregation. 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth of the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The legs of the lame are not equal; so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 8 As he that bindeth a stone in a eling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. 9 As a thorn goeth up into the band of a drunkard, so is a parable in the nouth of fools. 10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. 11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him, 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets. 14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 15 The slothful bideth his hand in| iis bosom; it grieved him to bring it again to his mouth. 27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. 28 A lying tongue hateth those that arc afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. CHAP. XXVII. Broukiowest not what a day may bring forth. OAST not thyself of to-morrow, 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth: a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty: but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is out- rageous; but who is able to staud be- fore envy? 5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceit ful. 7 The full soul loatheth a honey- comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 16 The sluggard is wiser in kis own 8 As a bird that wandereth from bei conceit than seven men that can ren-nest, so is a man that wandereth from der a reason, his place. 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: sodoth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 13 As a mad man who casteth fire- 10 Thine own friend, and thy father's brands, arrows, and death, friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy ca lamity: for better is a neighbour |that is near than a brother far off. 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour and saith, Am not I in sport ? 613 Moras virtues, ana PROVERBS. their contrary vices. 11 My son, be wise, and make my ledge the state thereof shall be pro heart glad, that I may answer him longed. that reproacheth me. 3 A poor man that oppresseth the 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, poor is like a sweeping rain, which arul hideth himself: but the simple leaveth no food. pass on, and are punished. 4 They that forsake the law praise 13 Take his garment that is surety the wicked; but such as keep the law for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. contend with them. 6 Evilmen understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD under- loud voice, rising early in the morn-stand all things. 14 He that blesseth his friend with a ing, it shall be counted a curse to him. 6 Better is the poor that walketh in 15 A continual dropping in a very his uprightness, than he that is per- rainy day and a contentious woman verse in his ways, though he be rich. are alike. 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. 17 Iron sharpenetù iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gath- er it for him that will pity the poor 9 He that turneth away his ear from 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall hearing the law, even bis prayer shall cat the fruit thereof; so he that wait-be abomination. eth on his master shall be honoured. 19 As in water face ansiereth to face; so the heart of man to man. 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21 As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a mau to bis praise. 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pes- tle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to tby herds: 24 For riches are not for ever; and 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall him self' into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession. 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath un- [derstanding searchieth him out. 12 When righteous men do ro joice, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. 13 He that covereth his sms shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 14 Happy is the man that feareth al- ways: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. 15 de a roaring lion, and a ranging doth the crown endure to every gene-bear; so is a wicked ruler over the ration ? poor people. 16 The prince that wanteth under- standing is also a great oppressor; bil he that hateth covetousuess shall pro- 25 The hay appeareth, and the ten- der grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing,long his days. aud the goats are the price of the field. 27. And thou shall have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the mainten- aace of thy maidens. THE CHAP. XXVIII. HE wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion. 17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no mau stay him. 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shalt fall at once. 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 2 For the transgression of a land 20 A faithful man shall abound with many are the princes thereof: but by blessings: but he that maketh kaste to a man of understanding and know-[be rich shall rot be innocent. 614 Agur's confessiou CHAP. XXIX, XXX. of his faith. 21 To have respect of persons is not meet together: the LORD lightenetb good; for, for a piece of bread that both their eyes. man will transgress. 14 The king that faithfully judgeth 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an| the poor, his throne shall be establish- evil eye, and considereth not that pov-ed for ever. erty shall come upon him. 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: 23 He that rebuketh a man, after-but a child leſt to himself bringeth his wards shall find more favour than he mother to shame. that flattereth with the tongue. 16 When the wicked are multiplied, 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his transgression increaseth: but the right- mother, and saith, It is no transgres-eous shall see their fall. sion, the same is the companion of a destroyer. 25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lono shall be made fat. 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. 27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the, righteous increase. CHAP. XXIX. 17 Correct thy son, and be shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 18 Where there is no vision,the peo- ple perish but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. 19 A servant will not be corrected by words; for though he understand he will not answer. 20 Scest thou a man that is hasty in his words?there is more hope of a fool than of him. 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall have him become his son at the length. HE that, being often reproved, hard- 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in trans gression. 23 A man's pride shall bring him low! but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. eneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 2 When the righteous are in authori y, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his 24 Whoso is partner with a thea father: but he that keepeth company hateth his own soul: he heareth curs- with harlots spendeth his substauce.ing, and bewrayeth it not. 4 The king by judgment establisheth the land but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. 5. A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor; but the wicked regardeth not to know it. 8 Scoruful men bring a city into a snare; but wise men turn away wrath. 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether be rage or laugh, there is no rest. 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. 26 Many seek the ruler's favours; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. CHAP. XXX. THE HE words of Agur the son of Ja- keh, even the prophecy : the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding 10 The blood-thirsty hate the up-of a man. right: but the just seek his soul. 3 I neither learned wisdom,nor have A fool uttereth all his mind: but the knowledge of the holy. a wise man keepeth it in till after-4 Who hath ascended up into heav wards. en, or descended? who hath gather- 12. Il a ruler hearken to lies, all his ed the wind in his fists? whỏ bath servants are wicked. bound the waters in a garment? who 13 The poor and the deceitful man|hath established all the ends of the • 615 Of chastity PROVERBS. earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? 6 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in bim. 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a .lar. 7 Two things have I required of thee: deny me them not before I die. S Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain, 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation,O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. and temperance, 22 For a servant when he reigneth, and a fool when be is filled with meat; 23 For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress. 24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are ex ceeding wise: 25 The ants are a people not strong, sum.nier ; yet they prepare their meat in the 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the |rocks; 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands: 28 The spider taketh bold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. 29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: 30 A lion, which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; 31 A greyhound; a he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no ris- ing up. 32 If thou hast done foolishly in liſt- ing up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, tay thy hand upon thy mouth. 33 Surely the churning of milk bring- eth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. CHAP. XXXI. THE words of king Lemuel, the TH prophecy that his mother taught 14 There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw-teeth as knives, to devour the poor froin of the earth, and the needy from among men. 15 The horse-leech hath two daugh- ters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, him. yea, four things say not, It is enough: 2 What, my son ? and what, the son 16 The grave; and the barren womb: of my womb? and what, the son of the earth that is not filed with water; my vows? and the fire that saith not, It is enough. 3 Give not thy strength unto woman, 17 The eye that mocketh at his fa- nor thy ways to that which destroyeth ther, and despiseth to obey his mother, kings. the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which 1 know not: 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. 7 Let him drink, and forget his pov- erty, and remember his misery no more. 19 The way of an cagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wick- edness. 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in 21 For three things the earth is dis-the cause of all such as are appointed quieted, and for four which it cannot to destruction, bear: 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously 616 } The vanity of CHAP. 1. worldly things. and plead the cause of the poor and her household for all her household needy. 10 Who can find a virtuons wo man? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. are clothed with scarlet. 22 She maketh herself coverings of ta- pestry: her clothing is silk and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25 Strength and honour are her clothi 14 She is like the merchants' ships;ing; and she shall rejoice in time to she bringeth her food from afar. come. 15 She riseth also while it is yet 26 She openeth her mouth with wis- night, and giveth meat to her house-dom; and in her tongue is the law of hold, and a portion to her maidens. kindness. 16 She considereth a field,and buyeth it with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 18 She perceiveth that her merchan- dise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the epin- dle, and her bands hold the distaff. 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of the snow for 27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 29 Many daughters have done virtu- ously, but thou excellest them all. 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Long, she shall be praised. 31 Give her of the fruit of her bands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. TECCLESIASTES; or, The PREACHER. CHAP. I. THE words of the Preacher, the son of David,king of Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities,saith the Preach- er, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 What profit bath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the! sun ? 4 One generation passeth away, and generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. another 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full : unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8 All things are full of labour; man canaot utterit the eye is not satisf- : ed with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be: and that which is done, is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 11 There is no remembrance of for- merthings; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. 10 T1 the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning ali things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons ofman, to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, ail is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be 617 The wise and foolish ECCLESIASTES have one event. made straight and that which is the labour that I bad laboured to do · wanting cannot be numbered. and, behold, all was vanity and vexa- tion of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all 12 ¶ And I turned myself to behold they that have been before me in Je- wisdom, and madness, and folly : for rusalem: yea, my heart had great ex-what can the man do that cometh perience of wisdom and knowledge. 17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. after the king? even that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in dark- know-ness; and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that mcreaseth ledge increaseth sorrow. CHAP. 11. I SAID in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth; there fore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad and of mirth, What doeth it? 15 Theu said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise ? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for 31 sought in my heart to give myself ever; seeing that which now is, in the unto wine, yet acquainting my heart days to come shall all be forgotten. with wisdom; and to lay hold on And how dieth the wise man as the folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they Thould do under the heaven all the lays of their life. 4 I made me great works; I builded ne houses; I planted me vineyards; 5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits; 6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bring eth forth trees; fool. 17 Toerefore I hated life ; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit, 18 ¶ Yea, 1 hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun; be- cause I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour 71 got me servants and maidens, and wherein 1 bave laboured, and wherein had servants born in my house; also II bave showed myself wise under the had great possessions of great and sun. This is also vanity. small cattle above all that were in Je rusalem before me; 20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. 81 gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and 21 For there is a man whose labour of the provinces: I gat me men-sing is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and ers, and women-singers, and the de-in equity; yet to a man that hath not lights of the sons of men, as musical laboured therein shall he leave it for instruments, and that of all sorts. his portion. This also is vanity, and 9 So I was great, and increased more a great evil. than all that were before me in Jeru-22 For what hath man of all his la- salem: also my wisdom remained [bour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? with me. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not 23 For all his days are sorrows, and my heart from any joy; for my heart his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh rejoiced in all my labour and this not rest in the night. This is also was iny portion of all my labour. vanity Then I looked on all the works 24T There is nothing better for a mai that my hands had wrought, and on than that he should eat and drink, and 618 CILAP. III, IV. edness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: för there is a time there for every pur- pose, and forevery work. A time for all things. that he should make his soul enjoy] 16′i And, moreover, I saw under the good in his labour. This also I saw, sun the place of judgment, that wick- That it was from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who else can nasten hereunto, more than 1? 26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and know ledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather, and to leap up, that he inay give to him that is good before God. This also is vani-|might manifest them, and that they ty and vexation of spirit. might see that they themselves are bensts. CHAP. III, 10 every there is a 18 1 said in ny heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God 19 For that which befalleth song Tandstilleto every purpose under of men befallen the breasts; Chen one the heaven: 2 A ume to be born, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted: 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal: a time to break down, and a time to build up: 4 A tiine to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance: 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together: a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing: 6 A time to get, and a time to loose: a time to keep, and a time to cast away: 7 A time to reudd, and a time to sew: a time to keep silence, and a time to speak: thing befalleth them as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre- eminence above a beast; for all is vanity. 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 ¶ Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beasts that goeth downward to the earth ? 22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man shoul- rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? CHAP. IV. 8 A time to love, and a time to hate: 01 returned, and considered all the a time of war, and a time of peace. 9 What profit bath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? oppressions that are done unger the sum: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their op 101 have seen the travail which God|pressors there was power: but they hath given to the sons of men to be had no comforter. exercised in it. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which 11 He hath made every thing beau-are already dead more than the liv tiful in his time: also he hath set the ing which are yet alive. world in their heart; so that no man 3 Yea, better is he than both they, can find out the work that God mak-|which hath not yet been, who hath eth from the beginning to the end. not seen the evil work that is done 12 I know that there is no good in under the sun. them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14 I know that whatsoever God do- eth, it shall be for ever: nothing_can be put to it, nor any thing taken from n; and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been ;| and God requireth that which is past 4 Again, I considered alı travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth his hands together. and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. 7 ¶ Then I returned, and I saw van- ity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, be linth neither child 619 Fanities v ECCLESIASTES. divine service. norbrother: yet is there no end of all 7 For in the multitude of dreams and hus labour; neither is his eye satisfied many words there are also divers van- with riches; neither saith he, Forfities; but fear thou God. whom do I labour, and bereave my 8 If thou seest the oppression of the soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, poor, and violent perverting of judg- it is a sore travail. ment and justice in a province, mar- 9 Two are better than one; because vel not at the matter: for he that is they have a good reward for their la higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. 10 For if they fall, the one will lif❘ 9 Moreover the profit of the earth up his fellow; but wo to him that is is for all: the king himself is served alone when he falleth; for he hath not by the field. another to help him up. bour. 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat; but how can one be warm alone ? 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that lov- eth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 12 And if one prevail against him, 11 When goods increase, they are in two shall withstand him; and a three-creased that eat them; and what good föld cord is not quickly broken. is there to the owners thereof, saving 13 ¶ Better is a poor and a wise child the beholding of them with their than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh pour. 15 I considered all the living which 13 There is a sore evil which I have walk under the sun, with the second seen under the sun, namely, riches child that shall stand up in his stead. kept for the owners thereof to their 16 There is no end of all the people, hurt. even of all that have been before them: 14 But those riches perish by evil they also that come after shall not re-travail: and he begetteth a son, and joice in him. Surely this alsois vanity there is nothing in his hand. and vexation of spirit. CHAP. V. 15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as KEEP thy foot when thou goes to he came, and shall take nothing of his the house of God, and be more labour, which he may carry away in ready to hear, than to give the sacri-his hand. fice of fools: for they consider not 16 And this also is a sore evil, that that they do evil. in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath be that hath laboured for the wind ? 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in beg- ven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few. 17 All bis days also be cateth in dark ness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with bis sickness. 3 For a dream cometh through the 18 Behold that which I have seen: multitude of business; and a fool's it is good and comely for one to eat voice is known by multitude of words, and to drink, and to enjoy the good of 4 When thou vowest a vow untoGod, all his labour that he taketh under the defer not to pay it; for he hath no sun all the days of his life, which God pleasure in fools: pay that which thou giveth him: for it is his portion. hast vowed. 19 Every man also to whom God hath 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not given riches and wealth, and hath giv sow, than that thou shouldest row en him power to eat thereof, and to and not pay. take his portion, and to rejoice in his 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy labour: this is the gift of God. fiesh to sin; neither say thou before 20 For he shall not much remem- the angel, that it was an error; where-ber the days of his life; because fore should God be angry at thy voice, God answereth him in the joy of his and destroy the work of thy hands heart. 620 Remedies CHAP. VI. CHAP. VI, VII. against vanity house of mourning; but the heart o HERE is an evil which I have fools is in the house of mirth. seen under the sun, and it is] common among men : THE 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that ne desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools: 6 For as the crackling of thorns un- der a pot, so is the laughter of the fooi: this also is vanity. 7 T Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the beart. 3 ¶ If a mau beget a hundred chil- 3 Better is the end of a thing than the dren, and live many years, so that the beginning thereof; and the patient in days of his years be many, and his soul spirit is better than the proud in spirit. be not filled with good, and also that 9 Be not basty in thy spirit to be he have no burial; 1 say, that an un-angry; for anger resteth in the bosom timely birth is better than he: of fools. 4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. 5. Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known ɑny thing: this hath more rest than the other. 6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 8 For what bath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man ; neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. 11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? 12 For who knoweth what is good for mau in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shad- ow? for who can tell a man what shall ve after him under the sun? A CHAP. VII. | 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. 11 ¶ Wisdom is good with an inher itance; and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and mo- ney is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Cousider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful. but in the day of adversity consider: God also bath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should Gud nothing after him. 15 All things have 1 seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. 16 Be not righteous over much; nei- ther make thyself over-wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? 17 Be not over-much wicked,neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? 18 It is good that thou shouldest take GOOD name is better than pre-hold of tais: yea, also from this with cious ointment; and the day of draw not thy hand: for he that feareth death than the day of one's birth. God shall come forth of them all. 19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the Heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the 20 For there is not a just man upon earth,that doeth good, and sinneth not. 21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: 621 Kings are greatly ECCLESIASTES. to be respected. 22 For oftentimes also thine own] 9 All this have I seen, and applied heart knoweth that thou thyself like-my heart unto every work that is done wise hast cursed others. under the sun; there is a time wherein 23 T All this have 1 proved by wis-one man ruleth over another to his dom: I said, I will be wise; but it own hurt. was far from me. 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, 24 That which is far off, and exceed-who had come and gone from the place ing deep, who can find it out? of the holy, and they were forgotten 25 applied my heart to know, and in the city where they had so done. to search, and to seek out wisdom, This is also vanity. and the reason of things, and to know 11 Because sentence against an evil the wickedness of folly, even of fool-work is not executed speedily, there ishness and madness: fore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 26. And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands; whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; hut the sinner shall be taken by her. 27 Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, counting oue by one,to find out the account: 28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have 1 found; but a woman among all those have I not found. 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. CHAP. VIII. HO is as the wise man ? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh nis face to shine, and the bolduess of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evif thing: for he do eth whatsoever pleaseth him. Where the word of a king is, there is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. 6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man great upon him. 7 For he knoweth not that which 12 Though a sinner do evil a hun- dred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely 1 know that it shall be will with them that fear God, which fear before him: 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feared not before God. 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth accord- ing to the work of the wicked: again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. 15 Then I commended mirth, be- cause a man bath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abidə with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. 16 ¶ When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes :) 17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun; because though a man labour to seek it out. yet he shall not find it ; yea further, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it, CHAP. IX. OR all this I considered in my shall be: for who can tell him when it Fheart, even to declare all this, shall be? $ There is no man that hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in mut war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. that the righteous and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2. All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the 629 CHAP. X. wisdom, folly, &c. Observations o clean, and to the unclean; to him that men within it; and there came a great sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth king against it, and besieged it, and bulwarks against not as is the good, so is the sinner; built und be that sweareth,as he that feareth an oath. 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. great ir: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom de- livered the city; yet no man remem- bered that same poor inan. 16 Then said Ì, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and hie words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard 4 ¶ For to him that is joined to all in quiet more than the cry of bint the living there is hope: for a living that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons dog is better than a dead lion. but one sinner destroyeth 5 For the living know that they shall of war: die: but the dead know not any thing, much good. neither have they any more a reward; DE CHAP. X. for the memory of them is forgotten. De apothecary to send forth a EAD flies cause the ointment of the 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; nei- stinking savour: so doth a little folly ther have they auy more a portion for him that is in reputation for wisdom ever in any thing that is done under and honour. the sun. 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom fil- eth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. 8 Let thy garments be always white; und let thy head lack no ointment. 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom against thee, leave not thy place; for thou lovest all the days of the life of yielding pacifieth great offences thy vanity, which he hath given thee| 5 There is an evil which I have secu under the sun, all the days of thy van-junder the sun, as an error which pro- ity; for that is thy portion in this life, ceedeth from the ruler: and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. 6 Folly is set in great diguity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall in. thou goest. to it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 11 TI returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet fa- your to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare ; so are the sons of men snared in an evil ume, when it falleth suddenly upon them. 13 This wisdom have 1 seen also under the sun, and it seemed great un- 9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength; but wisdom is profita- ble to direct. 11 Surely the serpent will bite with out enchantment; and a babbler is no better. 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of 14. There was a little city, and few]hie talk is mischievous madness. to me: 623 Directions ECCLESIASTES. for charity. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man ways of thy heart, and in the sight of cannot tell what shall be; and what thine eyes: but know thou, that for shall be after him, who can tell him? all these things God will bring thee 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth into judgment. every one of them, because he know- eth not how to go to the city. 19 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy 16 T Wo to thee, O land, when thy flesh; for childhood and youth are king is a child, and thy princes eat in vanity. the inorning! CHAP. XII. 17 Blessed art thou, O land, when the REMEMBER now thy Creator in king is the son of nobles, and thy the days of thy youth, while the princes eat in due season for strength, evil days come not, nor the years draw wad not for drunkenness ! nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no 18 ¶ By much slothfulness the build-pleasure in them: ing decayeth; and through idleness of 2 While the sun, or the light, or the the hands the house droppeth through, moon, or the stars, be not darkened, 19 T A feast is made for laughter, nor the clouds return after the rain: and wine maketh merry: but money 3 In the day when the keepers of the answereth all things. house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened; 20 ¶ Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which bath wing shall tell the matter. CAST CHAP. XI. AST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, aud also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; 5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond-tree shall 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they flourish, and the grasshopper shall be empty themselves upon the earth: and a burden, and desire shall fail; because if the tree fall toward the south, or to-man goeth to his long home, and the ward the north, in the place where the mourners go about the streets: tree falleth, there it shall be. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and be that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, for the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity. 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and 9 And morcover,because the Preach in the evening withhold not thy hand:er was wise, he still taught the people for thou knowest not whether shall knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, prosper, either this or that, or wheth- and sought out, and set in order many er they both shall be alike good. proverbs. 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a 10 The Preacher sought to find out pleasant thing it is for the eyes to be-acceptable words: and that which hold the sun : was written was upright, even words of truth. 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice 'a them all, yet let him remem: 11 The words of the wise are as ber the days of darkness; for they shall goads, and as nails fastened by the be many. All that cometh is vanity. masters of assemblies, which are giv 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thyen from one shepherd. youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in 12 And further, by these, my son, be the days of thy youth, and walk in the admonished: of making many books : 624 CHAP. I, II, Christ and his church, study is this is the whole day of man 14 For God shall bring every work conclusion into judgment, with every secret Fear God, thing, whether it be good, or whether The mutua, Love of there is no end; and much weariness of the flesh. 13 T Let us hear the of the whole matter: and keep his commandments: for it be evil. T The SONG of SOLOMON. CHAP. 1. THE Song of songs,which is Solo- THE Tmon's. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy love is better than vine. 13 Because of the savour of thy good intments, thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love the. [behold, thou art fair; thou hast dove's eyes. 16 Behold, thou art fair, my bc.oved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our house are ce- dar, and our rafters of fir. CHAP II. I AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king bath brought me into his 3 As the apple-tree among the treea chambers: we will be glad and rejoice of the wood, so is my beloved among in thee, we will remember thy love the sons. 1 sat down under his shadow more than wine: the upright love thee. with great delight, and his fruit was 5 I am black,but comely,O ye daugh-[sweet to my taste. ters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Ke-4 He brought me to the banquetii g- dar, as the curtains of Solomon. bouse, and his banner over me was 6. Look not upon me, because I am love. black, because the sun hath looked 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me upon me: my mother's children were with apples: for I am sick of love. angry with me; they made me the 6 His left hand is under my head, keeper of the vineyards; but mine and his right hand doth embrace me. own vineyard have I not kept. 7 I charge you, O ye daughters of 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul lov-Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the eth, where thou feedest, where thou hinds of the field, that ye stir not up makest thy flock to rest at noon: for nor awake my love, till he please. why should I be as one that turneth 8 T The voice of my beloved! bebold uside by the flocks of thy companions? he cometh leaping upon the moun 8 ¶ If thou know not, O thou fairest tains, skipping upon the hills. among women, go thy way forth by 9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young the footsteps of the flock,and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. 9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. 12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-be loved unto me: he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En gedi. 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. 10 My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one,and come away. 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13 The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 14 TO my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let 2 R 6:25 Christ sheiveth his SOLOMON'S SONG. love to the church, me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy doves' eyes within thy locks; thy hair voice, and thy countenance is comely, is as a flock of goats, that appear from 15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, mount Gilead. that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. lo T.My beloved is mine, and I am his: be feedetli among the lilies. 17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. CHAP. III. 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one beareth twins, and none is barren among them. 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scar- let, and thy speech is comely; thy temples are like a piece of a pome- granate within thy locks. By on my bed. I bought vitt builded for an armoury, whereon Y night on my bed I sought him Thy neck is like a tower of Da- him, but I found him not. 21 w.ll rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad- ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 4 It was but a litle that I passed from them, but 1 found him whom my soul loveth: 1 held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. 5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Je- rusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. there hang a thousand bucklers, ali shields of mighty men. 5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. 6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the bill of frankincense. 7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. 8 T Cone with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. my 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankin- 10 How fair is thy love, my sister cense, with all powders of the mer-my spouse! how much better is thy cliant? love than wine! and the smell of 7 Behold his bed, which is Solo-thine ointments than all spices! mon's ; threescore valiant men are. 11 Thy lips, O my spouse,drop as the about it, of the valiant of Israel. They all bold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword up- on his thigh,becauseof fear in the night. 9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. 10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst fthereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. honeycomb: honey and milk are un- [der thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. 12 A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a foun tain sealed. 13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits: campliire, with spikenard, 14 Spikenard and satiron; calamus ļand cinnamon, with all trees of frank- incense; myrrh and aloes, with al the chief spices: 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and the day of the gladness of his heart.non. CHAP. IV. 15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters,and streains from Leba : 16 TAwake,O north winds; and come EHOLD, thou art fair, my love; thou south; blow upon my garden, behold, thou art fair; thou hast that the spices thereof may flow ou BEHOLD, 626 CHAP. V, VI, VII. The graces of the church. Let my beloved come into his garden, ¡upou sockets of fine gold; bis counte and eat his pleasant fruits. nance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars: CHAP. V. he I AM come into my garden, my sis. 16 ltis mouth is most sweet; yea, ter, my spouse: I have gathered is altogether lovely. This is my be- my myrrh with my spice; I have eat-loved, and this is my friend, O daugh en my honeycomb with my honey; 1ters of Jerusalem. have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink a- hundantly, O beloved. CHAP. VI WHITHER is try beloved gone, O thou fairest among women 7 21 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it whither is thy beloved turned aside, is the voice of my beloved that knock-{that we may seek him with thee? eth, saying, Open to me, my sister, 2 My beloved is gone down into his my love, my dove, my undefiled for garden, to the beds of spices, to feed my head is filled with dew, and my in the gardens, and to gather lilies. Jocks with the drops of tue night. 31 am my beloved's, and my beloved 3. I have put oll my coat: how shall is mine :he feedeth among the lilies. I put it on? I have washed my feet; 4 ¶ Thou art beautiful, Ŭ my love,as how shall I defile them? Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible 4 My beloved put in his hand by the as an army with banners. 5 Turn away thine eyes from nole of the door, and my bowels were me, moved for him. they have overcome ine: thy hair is 5 I rose up to open to my beloved ;jasa flock of goats that appear from and my hands dropped with myrrh, Gilead. for and my fingers with sweet-smelling 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep myrch, upon the handles of the lock. which go up from the washing,where- 6 I opened to my beloved ; but my of every one beareth twins, and there beloved had withdrawn himself, and is not one barren among them. was gone: my soul failed when be spake; I sought him, but I could not And him; 1 called him, but he gave ine BO Answer, 7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my vail from me. 7 As a piece of a pomegrauite are thy temples within thy locks. 8 There are threescore queeng, and fourscore concubines,aud virgins with- out nuvzber. 9 My dove, my undefiled is but one ; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her: Je-the daughters saw her,and blessed her; yen, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her, SI charge you, O daughters of rusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tellhim, that I am sick of love, 9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved,0 thou fairest among women ? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us ? 10T Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? 11 I went down into the garden of 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, nots to see the fruits of the valley, the chiefest ainong ten thousand. {and to see whether the vine flourish 11. His head is as the most fine gold ; fed, and the pomegranates budded. his locks are bushy, and black as a 12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Ammin- jadib. raven : 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set: 13 His cheeks are asa bed of spices, da sweet flowers; his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh : 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl; his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with eapphires: 13 Return, return, O Shulamite ; re- turn, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shu- lamite? As it were the company of two armies. CHAP. VII. How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, Oprince's danguter! the 15 His legs are as pillars of marble set] joints of thy thighs are like jewels, 627 The church's ISAIAH love to Carist. the work of the hands of a cunning instruct me: I would cause thee to workman: drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. 2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor; thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies: 3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins: 4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fish-pools in Hesh- bon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim; thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward Damascus : 3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should em brace me. 41 charge you, O daughters of Jeru- salem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. 5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her be loved ? 1 raised thee up under the apple-tree there thy mother brought thee forth; there she brought thee 5 Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple : forth that bare thee. the king is held in the galleries. 6 T Set me as a seal upon thy heart, 6 How fair and how pleasant art as a seal upon thine arin: for love is thou, O love, for delights! strong as death; jenlousy is cruel as 7 This thy stature is like to a palm-the grave: the coals thereof are coala tree, and thy breasts to clusters of [of fire, which hath a most vehement grapes. 8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the beat wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. 10 I am my beloved's, and his de- sire is toward me. 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the vil lages. flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it ; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. 8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? 9 If she be a wall, we will build up- on her a palace of silver; and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. 10 I am a wall, and my breasts like 12 Let us get up early to the vine-towere: then waslin his eyes as one yards: let us see if the vine flourish, that found favour. whether the tender grape appear, and 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal- the pomegranates bud forth: there hamon; he let out the vineyard unto will I give thee my loves keepers; every one for the fruit there- of was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. 13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old,which I have laid up for thee, 0 my beloved. H CHAP. VIll. I that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee: yea, 1 should not be despised. 2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. 14 ¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hurt upon the mountains of spices. The Book of the Prophet ISAIAH. CHAP I. Judah and Jerusalem in the days of of THE HE vision of Isaiah the son of Uzziah, Jotham, Alaz and Hezekiah, Amoz which he saw concerning|kings of Judah. 628 An exhortation CHAP. 1. to repealance 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, Ojhands, I will bide mine eyes frour earth: for the Lond halli spoken, I you: yea, when ye make many pray- have nourished and brought up chilers, I will not hear: your hands are dren, and they have rebelled against full of blood. me. 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Ismael doth not know, my people doth not con- sider. 4 A sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corruptors they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the father less, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason to- gether, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet,they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the 6 From the sole of the foot even unto mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. the head there is no soundness in it; 21 T How is the faithful city become but wounds and bruises, and patrify-a_harlot! it was full of judgment; ing sores: they have not been closed, righteousness lodged in it; but now neither bound up, neither mollified murderers. with ointment. 7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, stran- gers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate as overthrown by strangers. 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water. 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves : every one lov- eth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. 25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the 9 Except the LORD of hosts had left| Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Is- Into us a very small remnant, we rael, Ah, I will ease me of mine ad should have been as Sodom, and we versaries, and avenge me of mine should have been like unto Gomorrah. enemies: 10 T Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterwards thou ebalt be called, The city of righteousness, The faithful city. 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judg. 12 When ye come to appear before|ment, and her converts with right- ine, who hath required this at your eousness. hand, to tread my courts? LORD shall be consumed. 28 T And the destruction of the trans- 13 Bring no more vain oblations; ingressors and of the sinners shall be cense is an abomination unto me; the together, and they that forsake the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; as iniquity, even the solemn meeting, 14 Your new moons and your ap pointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your] no water. 29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that bath f 629 ISALAHI. A prophecy of Chris's kingdom. 31 And the strong shall be as tow, flifted up; and he shall be brought low and the maker of it as a spark, and 13 And upon all the cedars of Leba they shall both burn together, and non, that are high and lifted up, and none shall quench them. upon all the oaks of Bashan, CHAP. II. THE HE word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall Cow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lono, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 And he shall judge among the na- tions, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 50 house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord. 14 And upou all the high mountains, and upon all the bills that are lifted up, is And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 16 And upon all the ships of Tarsh- ish, and upon all pleasant pictures. 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of inen shall be made low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lead,and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for him. self to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Loao,and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth 6 ¶ Threfore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath they be replenished from the east, is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to and are soothsayers like the Philis-be accounted of? tines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots; 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: CHAP. III. Fonte doth take away from Jeru- NOR,behold,the LORD, the LORD of salem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread,and the whole stay of water, 2 The mighty mau, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the hon. ourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the elo. 9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself;quent orator. therefore forgive them not. 4 And I will give children to be their princes,and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall be have himself proudly against the an cient, and the base against the bon- 10 T Enter into the rock, and hide thee m the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. ourable. 12 For the day of the Lond of hosts] 6 When a man shall take hold of his shall be upon every one that is proud brother, of the house of his father, and lofty, and upon every one that is saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou 630 2 + Christ's kingdom shall CHAP. IV, V. be a sanctua³Ý our ruler, and let this ruin be under and the mantles, and the wimples, thy hand; and the crisping-pins, 7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. il not. 9 T The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide Wo unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Wo unto the wicked it shall be ill with him; for the reward of his hands shall be given him. 121 As for my people, children are their oppressore, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. 13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. 14 The LORD will enter into judg- ment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of nusta. 16 Moreover, the LORD saith, Be- cause the daughters of Zion are laugh- ty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wauton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet; 17 Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. 23 The glasses, and the fine liuen, and the hoods, and the vails. 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent: and instead of well-set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. 26 And her gates shall lament and inourn; and alie, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground. CHAP. IV. AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name, to take away our re- proach. 21 In that day shall tlie branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be ex cellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. 3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that re mainreth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written Jamong the living in Jerusalem: 4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion. and shall have purged the blood of Je rusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirt of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. 5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cload and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon al. the glory shall be a defence. 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day-time from the 18 In that day the LORD will take heat, and for a place of refuge, and for away the bravery of their tinkling a covert from storm and from raiu. ornaments about their feet, and their CHAP. V. cauls, and their round tires like the NOW will 1 sing to my well belov moon, 19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the muflers, 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the head-bands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings, 21 The rings, and nose jewels, 22 The changeable suits of apparel,] ed a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hau a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine- press therein: and he looked that it 631 Judgmunts on ISAIAH. impidly and injustice. should bring forth grapes, and it brought humbled, and the eyes of the lofte shall be humbled. forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusa- lem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and ny vineyard. 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done] in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteous- ness. 17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope: 6 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it 19 That say, Let him make speed, shall be eaten up; and break down and hasten his work, that we may see the wall thereof, and it shall be trod-it: and let the counsel of the Holy Ous den down: of Israel draw nigh and come, that 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not we may know it! be pruned, nor digged; but there shall 20 Wo unto them that call evil come up briers and thorns: I will also good, and good evil; that put dark command the clouds that they rainness for light, and light for darkness; no rain upon it. that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold Oppression; for righteousness, but be- hold a cry. STT Wo unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears, said the LORD of hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11 T Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! 21 Wo uuto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their. own sight! 22 Wo unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 23 Which justify the wicked for re ward, and take away the righteous ness of the righteous from him! 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rotten- uess, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and de- spised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORU kindled against his people, and he hatu stretched forth bis hand against them, 12 And the harp, and the viol, the and hath smitten them; and the hills tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their did tremble, and their carcases were feasts: but they regard not the work torn in the midst of the streets. For of the LORD, neither consider the ope-all this his anger is not turned away, ration of his hands. but his band is stretched out still. 13 TTherefore my people are gone] 26 T And he will lift up an ensign to into captivity, because they have no the nations from far, and will, hiss knowledge; and their honourable unto them from the end of the earth : inen are famished, and their multi-fand, behold, they shall come with tude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore hell bath enlarged her self, and opened her mouth without ineasure and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be speed swiftly : 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs 632 Isaiah'vision. CHAP. VI, VII. Ahaz is comforted shall be counted like flint, and their without man, and the land be utterly wheels like a whirlwind: 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. desolate, 12 And the LORD have removed mes far away, and there be a great forsuk- ing in the midst of the land. 13 But yet in it shal; be a tenths, |and it shall return, and shall be eaten: 30 And in that day they shall roar as a teil-tree, and as an oak, whose against them like the roaring of the substance is in them, when they cast sea: and if one look unto the land, be- their leaves, so the holy seed shall be hold darkness and sorrow,and the light the substance thereof. is darkened in the heavens thereof. CHAP. VL IN sitting upon a N the year that king Uzziah died throne, high and lifted up,and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each Que had six wingo; with twain be covered bis face, and with twain be covered his feet, and with twain he uid Лy. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of nosta: the whole carth is full of his glory, And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then said I, Wo is me! for I am audone; because I am a man of un- clean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King,the LORD of hosts. 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7. And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged 8 Also I heard the voice of the LORD, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; seud me. CHAP. VII. AND it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the sou of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem, to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with E phraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. 3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou,and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the high way of the fullers's field: 4 And say unto him, Take beed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint- hearted for the two tails of those smoking firebrands, for the fierce an- ger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah,have taken evil coun sel against thee, saying, 6 Let us go up against Judah,and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: 7 Thus saith the Lord GoD, It shall not stand,neither shall it come to pass. 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, 9 ¶ And he said, Go, and tell this and the head of Damascus is Rezin; people, Hear ye indeed, but under-and within threescore and five years stand not; and see ye indeed, but per-shall Ephraim be broken,that it be not ceive not. a people. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, 9 And the bead of Ephraim is Sama and make their eyes heavy, and shut ria, and the head of Samaria is Remas their eyes: lest they nee with their lialı's son, If ye will not believe, eyes, and hear with their ears, and un-surely ye shall not be established. derstand with their heart, and con- 10 T Moreover the LORD spake again vert, and be healed. unto Ahaz, saying, 11 Then said I,Lono, how long? And be answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses 11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. 633 Christ promised. ISAIAH. 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask,nei- her will 1 tempt the LORD. Israei threatened CHAP. VIII. 13 And he said, Hear ye now, 0 house MOREOVER, the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and of David; Is it a small thing for you write in it with a man's pen concern- to weary men, but will ye weary my ing Maher-shalal-hash-baz. God also? 14 Therefore the Lond himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. 2 And I took unto me faithful wit nesses to record, Uriah the priest,and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went unto the prophetess and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher shalal-hash-baz; 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. 17 ¶ The LORD shall bring upon thee, 6 T The LORD spake also unto me and upon thy people, and upon thy fa-again, saying, ther's house, days that have not come, 6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth from the day that Ephraim departed the waters of Shiloal that go softly, and from Judah; even the king of Assyria. | rejoice in Rezin and Remaliab's son ; 18. And it shall come to pass in that 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lond day, that the LORD shall hiss for the bringeth up upon them the waters of fly that is in the uttermost part of the the river, strong and many, even the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that king of Assyria, and all his glory; and is in the land of Assyria. he shall come up over all his channels, 19 And they shall come, and shall and go over all his banks. rest all of them in the desolate valleys, 8 And he shall pass through Judab ; and in the holes of the rocks, and upou be shall overflow and go over; he shall all thorus, and upon all bushes. reach even to the neck and the 27 In the same day shall the LORD stretching out of his wings shall fill shave with a razor that is hired, name-the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. Ty, by them beyond the river, by the 9T Associate yourselves,O ye people, king of Assyria, the head, and the hair and ye shall be broken in pieces; and of the feet: and it shall also consume give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. the beard. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep: 10 Take counsel together,and it shall 22. And it shall come to pass, for the come to nought; speak the word, and abundance of milk that they shall give, it shall not stand: for God is with us. that he shall eat butter: for butter and 11 For the LORD spake thus to me honey shall every one eat that is left|with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, in the land. 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines, at a thousand silverings, it sliall even be for briers and thorns. 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid, 13 Sauctify the LORD of hosts hini- self'; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 24 With arrows and with bows shall] men come thither because all the land shall become briers and thorns. 25. And on all hills that shall be dig. 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary ; ged with the mattock, there shall not but for a stone of stumbling, and fora Come thither the fear of briers and rock of offence, to both the houses of thorus: but it shall be for the sending Israel; for a gin and for a snare to the forth of oxen, and for the treading of inhabitants of Jerusalem. lesser cattle. 15 And many among them shall stum 634 Christ birth CHAP. IX. ble, und fall, aud be broken, and be snared, and be taken. 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the aw among my disciples. and kingdom. 6 For unto us a child is boru, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,Coun- 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, sellor, The mighty God, The everlast- that bideth his face from the house of ling Father, The Prince of Peace. Jacob, and 1 will look for him, 7 of the increase of his government 18 Behold, I and the children whom and peace there shall be no end, upon the LORD hath given me are for signs the throne of David, and bis upon and for wonders in Israel from the kingdom, to order it, and to establish LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in it with judgment and with justice, The mount Zion. from henceforth even for ever. 19 And when they shall say unto you, zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform Seek unto them that have familiar this. spirits, and unto wizards that peep 8 The LORD sent a word intoJacob, and that mutter; should not a people and it hath lighted upon Israel. seek unto their God? for the living to 9 And all the people shall know, even the dead? Ephraim and the inhabitant of Sama 20 To the law and to the testimony:ria, that say in the pride and stoutnesa if they speak not according to this of heart, word, it is because there is no light in them. 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it change them into cedars. shall come to pass, that, when they 11 Therefore the LORD shall set up shall be hungry, they shall fret them-the adversaries of Rezin against him, selves, and curse their king and their and join his enemies together; but his God, and look upward. 12 The Syrians before, and the Phil 22 And they shall look unto the|istines behind; and they shall devour earth; and behold trouble and dark-Israel with open mouth. For all this ness, dimness of anguish; and they his anger is not turned away, shall be driven to darkness. hand is stretched out still. 13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do NEV CHAP. IX. EVERTHELESS, the dimness they seek the LORD of hosts. shall not be such as was in her 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off vexation, when at the first he lightly from Israel head and tail, branch and afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the rush, in one day. land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teach- eth lies, be is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause 2 The people that walked in dark-them to err; and they that are led of ness have seen a great light; they that them are destroyed. dwell in the land of the shadow of 17 Therefore the LORD shall have no death, upon them hath the light shined. joy in their young men, neither shall 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, have mercy on their fatherless and and not increased the joy: they joy widows; for every one is a bypocrite before thee according to the joy in and an evil-doer, and every mouth harvest, and as men rejoice when speaketh folly. For all this his anger they divide the spoil. is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoul- der, the rod of his oppressor,as in the day of Midian 5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. 18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and eball kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. 19 Through the wrath of the Lond of hosts is the land darkened, and the 635 The wo ISAIAH. of tyrants. people shall be as the fuel of the fire: his whole work upon mount Zion and no man shall spare his brother. on Jerusalem, I will punish the frut 20 And he shall snatch on the right of the stout heart of the king of As- hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat syria, and the glory of his high looks. on the left hand, and they shall not 13 For he saith, By the strength of be satisfied: they shall eat every man my hand I have done it, and by my the flesh of his own arm: wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephra-removed the bounds of the people,and in, Manasseh: and they together have robbed their treasures, and I have shall be against Judah. For all this put down the inhabitants like a valiant his anger is not turned away, but his man: hand is stretched out still. W CHAP. X. 14 And my hand bath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as one "O unto them that decree unrigh-gathereth eggs that are lett, have I teous decrees, and that write gathered all the earth; and there was grievousness which they have pre-none that moved the wing, or opened scribed; the mouth, or peeped. 2 To turn aside the needy from judg- 15 Shall the axe boast itself against ment, and to take away the right from him that heweth therewith? or shall the poor of my people, that widows the saw maguify itself against him may be their prey, and that they may that shaketh it? as if the rod should rob the fatherless! shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up it- self, as if it were no wood. 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye fee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 16 Therefore shall the Lond, the LORD of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame. and it shall burn and devour his thorus and his briers in oue day; 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field,both 6 I will send him against a hypocrit-soul and body; and they shall be as ical nation, and against the people of when a standard-bearer fainteth. 5 TO Assyrian,the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine in- dignation. my wrath will I give him a charge, to 19 And the rest of the trees of his take the spoil, and to take the prey, forest shall be few, that a child may and to tread them down like the mire write them. of the streets. 20 And it shall come pass in that 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so,neither day, that the remuazi of Israel, and doth his heart think so; but it is in [such as are escaped of the house of his heart to destroy and cut off nations Jacob, shall no more agaia stay upon not a few. him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Is- rael, in truth, 8 For he saith, Are not my priuces altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad ? is not Samaria as Damascus ? 10 As my hand bath found the king doms of the idols, and whose grave images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jeru salem and ber idols ? 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lond hath performed] 21 The remnant shall return,even the remuant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. 22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remuant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteous ness. 23 For the Lord GoD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determin- ed, in the midst of all the land. 24 T Therefore thus saith the Lord نادان CHAP. XI. The peaceable kingdom of Christ. GUD of hosts, O my people that dwell- 4 But with righteousness shall he est in Zion, be not afraid of the As-judge the poor, and reprove with syrian he shall smite thee with a rod, fequity for the meek of the earth: aud and shall lift up his staff against thee, he shall smite the earth with the rud after the manner of Egypt. of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the gir dle of his loins,and faithfulness the gir dle of his reins. 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. 26 And the Lono of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the mauner of Egypt. 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf, and the young lion, and the falling together; aud a little child shall lead them. 27 And it shall come to pass in that 7 And the cow and the bear eball day, that his burden shall be taken feed; their young ones shall lie down away from off thy shoulder, and his together: and the lion shall eat straw yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke like the ox. shall be destroyed because of the 8 And the suckling child shall play anointing. on the hole of the asp, and the weaned 28 1 He is come to Aiath, he is pas-child shall put his band on the cocka- sed to Migron; at Michmash be hath trice's den. laid up his carriages: 9 They shall not burt nor destroy in 29 They are gone over the passage:jall my holy mountain: for the earth they have taken up their lodging at shall be full of the knowledge of the Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of LoRD, as the waters cover the sea. Saul is fled. 30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard unto La ish, O poor Anathoth. 31 Madmenah is removed; the in- habitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 10 T And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall set his band 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that again the second time to recover the day: he shall shake his hand against|remnant of his people, which shall be the mount of the daughters of Zion,the left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, bill of Jerusalem. and from Pathros, and from Cush, and 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of from Elam, and from Shinar, and fron hosts, shall lop the bough with terror; Hamath, and from the islands of the and the high ones of stature shall be sea. hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the 34 And he shall cut down the thick-outcasts of Israel, and gather together ets of the forests with iron, and Leb-[the dispersed of Judah from the four anon shall fall by a mighty one. corners of the earth. CHAP. XI. 13 The envy also of Ephraim shal: AND there shall come forth a rod depart, and the adversaries of Judah out of the stein of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of coun- sel and might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lono; shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judab shall not vex Ephraim. 14 But they shall fly upon the shoul ders of the Philistines toward the west, they shall spoil them of the east to gether; they shall lay their hand upon 3 And shall make him of quick un-Edom and Mosb; and the children of derstanding in the fear of the LORD: Ammon shall obey them. and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither i prove after the bearing of his ears 15 And the LORD shail utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea: aud with his mighty wind shall he shat? 637 The desolation ISAIAH of Babylon. nis hand over the river, and shall smite another; their faces shall be as flumes, it in the seven streams, aud make men 9 Behold, the day of the Lord com- go over dry-shod. eth, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and be shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to lorael in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. CHAP. XII. AND in that day thou shalt say, LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst ine. 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened it is goes forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arro- 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will gancy of the proud to cease, and will trust, and not be afraid : for the Lono lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. JEHOVAH is my strength and my 12 1 will make a mau more precious song; he also is become my salvation. [than fine gold; even a man than the 3. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. 4 And in that day shall ye say,Praise the Loud, call upon bis name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5 Sung unto the LORD; for he bath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. CHAP. XIIL golden wedge of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will shake the hea vens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lonv of hosts, and in the day of his fierce Anger. 14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no inan taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his Jown land. 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is THE burden of Babylon, which joined unto them shall fall by the Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. [sword. THE 2. Lift ye up a banner upou the high 16 Their children also shall be dash- mountain, exalt the voice unto them, ed to pieces before their eyes; their shake the hand, that they may go into houses shall be spoiled, and their the gates of the nobles. wives ravished. 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. 17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. 4 The noise of a multitude in the 18 Their bows also shall dash the mountains, like as of a great people; young men to pieces; and they shat! a tumultuous uoise of the kingdoms of have no pity on the fruit of the womb; nations gathered together: the Lond their eye shall not spare children. of hosts mustereth the hostof the battle. 19 T And Babylon, the glory of king- 5 They come from a far country,¡doms, the beauty of the Chaldees' ex- from the end of heaven, even the cellency, shall be as when God over Loup, and the weapons of his indigna- threw Sodom and Gomorrah, tion, to destroy the whole land. 20 It shall never be inhabited, nei 6 T Howl ye; for the day of theLonother shall it be dwelt in from genera- is at hand; it shall come as a destruction to generation: neither shall the tion from the Almighty. Arabian pitch tent there; neither 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, shall the shepherds make their fold and every man's heart shall melt : there. 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take bold of them ; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: : they shall be amazed one at 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses sha. I be ful of doleful creatures; and ow.s shall dwell there, & satyrs shall dance there 638 Israel's CHAP. XIV. restoration. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands, 13 For thou hast said m thy heart, I shall cry in their desolate houses, and will ascend into heaven, I will exali dragons in their pleasant palaces: and my throne above the stars of God; I her time is near to come, and her days will sit also upon the mount of the shall not be prolonged. congregation, in the sides of the north 14 I will accend above the heights of CHAP. XIV. FOR the LORD will have mercy on the clouds; I will be like the Most and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to bell, to the sides of the pit. doms; 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, 2 And the people shall take them, saying, Is this the man that made the and bring them to their place: and earth to tremble, that did shake king- the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants 17 That made the world as a wilder- and handmaids: and they shall take ness, and destroyed the cities thereol; them captives, whose captives they that opened not the house of his pris- were; and they shall rule over their oners ? oppressors. 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The Lono bath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6.He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, lie that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted,and none hiudereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet they break forth into singing. S Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10 Ail they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us ? 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house; 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable brauch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast de stroyed thy land, and slain thy peo- ple: the seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned. 21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, uor fill the face of the world with [cities. 22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remuant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and will sweep it with the besom of de- struction, saith the LORD of hosts. 24 T The LORD of hosts bath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand : 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my laud, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them,and bis bur- den depart from off their shoulders. 12. How art thou fallen from heaven, 26 This is the purpose that is purpos- O Lucifer, son of the morning! howed upon the whole earth; and this is art thou cut down to the ground, which the hand that is stretched out upon all didst weaken the nations! the nations. 639 Moab is threatened ISAIAH. for her pride. 27 For the LORD of hosts hath pur-jup, shall they carry away to the brook posed, and who shall disannul it? and of the willows. his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back ? 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. 29 T Rejoice not thou, whole Pales tina, because the rod of him that sinote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. 30 And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the lowling thereof unto Beer-elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that ee· capeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of‍the land. CHAP. XVI. Ed from Sela to the wilder END ye the lamb to the ruler of down in safety; and I will kill thyness, unto the mount of the daughter root with famine, and he shall slay thy remuant. of Zion. 2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daugh ters of Moab shall be at the fords of 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a]Arnon. smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. 32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. CHAP. XV. 3 Take counsel, execute judgement; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noon-day; hide the out- casts; bewray not him that wandereth. 4 Let mine outcast dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extor- tioner is at an end, the spoiler censet, the oppressors are consumed out of the THE burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; beland. ca Jae in the uight Kir of Moab is laid 5 And in mercy shall the throne be waste, and brougat to silence; established: and he shall sit upon it in 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Di │truth in the tabernacle of David, judg bon, the high places, to weep: Moab ing, and seeking judgment, and hasting shall howl over Nebo, and over Mede-righteousness. ba: on all their heads shall be baldness, 6 T We have heard of the pride of and every beard cut off. Moab; he is very proud; even of his haughtiness and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the 3 In their streets they shall gird them- selves with sackcloth on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. 4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elea-foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye leh: their voice shall be heard, even mourn; surely they are stricken. unto Jahaz: therefore the armed sol 8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, diers of Moab shall cry out; his life and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of shall be grievous unto him. the heathen have broken down the 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; principal plants thereof, they are his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, a come even unto Jazer, they wandered heifer of three years old: for by the through the wilderness: her branches mounting up of Lubith with weeping are stretched out, they are gone over shall they go it up; for in the way of the sea. Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid 9 T Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibınalı : I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shout- ing for thy summer-fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. 10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in 640 The woof CHAP. XVII, XVIII. Israel's enemies. the vineyards there shall be no sing-most branch, which they left because ing, seither shall there be shouting of the children of Israel; and there the treaders shall tread out no wine in shall be desolation. their presses; I have made their vin- tage shouting to cease. 11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and mine in- ward parts for Kir-baresh. 12 T And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that be shall come to his sanctuary to pray but he shall not prevail. 13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. 14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. CHAP XVII. THE burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 'T'he cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 3 The fortress also shall cease from 10 Because thou bast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips : 11 lu the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a beap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. 12 T Wo to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee fur ofl, and shall be chased as the chair of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirl- wind. 14 And behold at evening-tide trou ble; and before the morning he is not This is the portion of them that opʊi us, and the lot of them that rob us. CHAP. XVIII. Wings, which is beyond the to the land shadowing with rivers of Ethiopia: Ephraim, and the kingdom from Da- mascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the chil- 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the dren of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon 4 And in that day it shall come to the waters, saying, Go, ye swift mes pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be sengers,to a nation scattered and peel- made thin, and the fatuess of his fleshed, to a people terrible from their be shall wax lean. ginning hitlierto; a nation meted out 6 And it shall be as when the har and trodden down, whose land the vest man gathereth the corn,and reap-rivers have spoiled! eth the ears with his arm; and it 3 All ye inhabitants of the world,and shall be as be that gathereth ears in dwellers on the earth, see ye, when the valley of Rephaim. he lifteth up an ensign on the moun- 6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left tains: and when he bloweth a trum- in it, as the shaking of an olive-tree, pet, hear ye. two or three berries in the top of the|| 4 For so the LORD said unto me, I uppermost bough, four or five in the will take my rest, and I will consider outnost fruitful branches thereof, in my dwelling-place like a clear heat' upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the beat of harvest. Baith the Lord God of Israel. 7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker,and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Isracl. 5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect,and the sour grape is ripen- 8 And he shail not look to the altars, ing in the flower, he shall both cut off the work of his hands, neither shall the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and respect that which his fingers have take away and cut down the branches. made,either the groves,or the images. 6 They shall be left together unto the 9 T In that day shall his strong cities fowls of the mountains, and to the be as a forsaken bough, and an upper-beasts of the earth: and the fowla 2 S 641 The confusim ISAIAH. of Egypt eball summer upon them, and all the son of the wise, the son of ancient beasts of the earth shall winter upon kings ? them. 12 Where are they? where are thy 7 ¶ In that time shall the present be wise men ? and let them tell thee now, brought unto the LORD of hosts of a and let them know what the LORD ot people scattered and peeled, and from hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. a people terrible froin their beginning 13 The princes of Zoan are become hitherto ; a nation meted out and trod-fools, the princes of Noph are deceiv den under foot, whose land the rivers ed; they bare also seduced Egypt, have spoiled, to the place of the name even they that are the stay of the of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.|tribes thereof. CHAP. XIX. THOD Fuel upon a will cloud, THE burden of Egypt. Behold, the and shall come into Egypt and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at bis presence, and the heart of Egypt shall nelt in the midst of it : 14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof; and they work thereof, as have caused Egypt to err in every a drunken Man staggereth in his vomit. 15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. 2 And I will set the Egyptians against 16 In that day shall Egypt be like the Egyptians and they shall fight unto women: and it shall be afraid every one against his brother, and and fear, because of the shaking of every one against his neighbour; city the hand of the LORD of hosts, which against city, and kingdom against be shaketh over it. kingdom. 17 And the land of Judah shall be a 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in terror unto Egypt; every one that the midst thereof; and I will destroy maketh mention thereof shall be a the council thereof; and they shall fraid in himself, because of the coun seek to the idols, and to the charmers, sel of the LonD of hosts, which he and to them that have familiar spirits, hath determined against it. and to the wizards. 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the land of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Loan, the LORD of hosts. 6 And the waters sball fail from the sea, and the rivers shall be wasted and dried up. 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall| be emptied and dried up the reeds and flags shall wither. 7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall with- er, be driven away, and be no more. 8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooke shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. 9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave net-works, shall be confounded. 10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof,all that make sluices and ponds for fish. 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the council of the wise coun- sellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: bow say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the 18 T la that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of bosta; one shall be called, The city of destruction. 19 In that day there shall be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. 20 And it shall be for a sign aud for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppres sors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lond in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lond, and per- form it. 22. And the LORD shall smite Egypt; he shall smite and heal it and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them. 23 T In that day shall there be a high way out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and 642 The captivity of CHAP. XX, XXI, XXIL Egypt ana Einiqua the Egyptian into Assyria, and the 5 Prepare the table, watch in the Egyptians shall serve with the Asyri-watch-tower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. mis. 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land; 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt any people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. CHAP. XX. 1 N the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent bim,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 6 For thus bath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him de- clare what he aceth. 7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he bearkened diligently with much heed: 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, 1 stand continually upon the watch- tower in the day-time, and I an act in my ward whole nights: 9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot 2 At the same time spake the LORD of men, with a couple of horsemen, by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go And he answered and said, Babylon is and loose the sackcloth from off thy fallen, is fallen; and all the graven loins, and put off thy shoe from thy images of her gods he hath broken un- foot. And he did so, walking naked to the ground." and barefoot. 3 And the LORD said, Like as my ser vant Isaiah bath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethi opia; 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisonere,and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 5 And they shall be afraid and a- shamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. 6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assy ria: and how shall we escape? CHAP. XXI. THE THE burden of the desert of the As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. 10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. 11 T The burden of Dumah. He call eth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night ? 12 The watchinan said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come. 13 ↑ The burden upon. Arabia. It the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, () ye travelling companies of Dedanim. 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. 15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory 2 A grievous visiou is declared unto of Kedar sball fail: me; the treacherous dealer dealeth 17 And the residue of the number of treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Jarchers, the mighty men of the chil Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media;[dren of Kedar, shall be diminished: all the sighing thereof have I made to for the LORD God of Israel hath spo- ken it. cease. 3 Therefore are my loins filled with CHAP. XXII. pain: pangs have taken hold upon me,Wat aileth thee now, that thou HE burden of the valley of vision. as the pangs of a woman that travail- eth: I was bowed down at the hear art wholly gone up to the house-tops? ing of it; I was dismayed at the see- 2 Thou that art full of atire, a tumult- ing of it. uous city, a joyous city; thy slaja men 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affare not slain with the sword, nor dead frighted me: the night of my pleasure in battle. hath he turned into fear unto me. 3 All thy rulers are fled together, 643 The overthrow ISAIAH. they are bound by the archers: all, that are found in thee are bound to- gether, which bave fled from far. 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me,because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. 6 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GoDol hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. 6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. 7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valley shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. 8 T And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. 9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. of Tyre. 18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large coun- try: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. 19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he puli thee down. 20 T And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy govern ment into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. 22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a eure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. 24 And they shall hang upon him ali the glory of his father's house, the of)- spring and the issue,all vessels of smal 10 And ye have numbered the houses] quantity,from the vessels of cups, even of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye to all the vessels of flagons. broken down to fortify the wall. 25 In that day,saith the LORD of hosts, 11 Ye made also a ditch between the shall the nail that is fastened in the two walls for the water of the old sure place be removed, and be cut pool: but ye have not looked unto thej down, and fall; and the burden that inaker thereof, neither had respect un-{was upon it shall be cut off': for the to him that fashioned it long ago. LORD hath spoken it. 12 And in that day did the LoadGod of hosts call to weeping, and to CHAP. XXIII. HE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye TH mourning, and to balduese, and to gird T ships of Tarshish, for it is d ing with sackcloth: ; laid waste, so that there is no bouse, no en- 13 And behold joy and gladness, slay-tering in: from the land of Chittim it ing oxen, and killing sheep, eating is revealed to them. flesh and drinking wine: let us eat 2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; and drink; for to-morrow we shall die. thou whom the merchants of Zidon, 14 And it was revealed in mine ears that pass over the sea,have replenished. by the LORD of hosts, Surely this ini- 3 And by great waters the seed of quity shall not be purged froin you till Sibon, the harvest of the river, is her ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts. revenue; and she is amart of nations. 4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. 5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. 15 T Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go,get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, 16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast bewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre ou high, and that graveth a habitation for hiu- sell in a rock? 17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thče. 6 Pase ye over to Tarshish; bowl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 7 Is this your joyous city, whose an tiquity is of ancient days? her owe feet shall carry her afar off to sojour 644 CHAP. XXIV. God's judgment for sin. 8Who hath taken this counsel against|lender, 80 with the borrower; as with Tyre, the crowning city, whose mer the taker of usury, so with the giver of chants are princes, whose traffickers usury to him. are the honourable of the earth ? 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, 9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath it, to stain the pride of all glory, and spoken this word. to bring into contempt all the honour- 4 The earth mourneth and fadetb able of the earth. away, the world languisheth and fa- deth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. 6 The earth also is defiled under the 11 He stretched out his hand over inhabitants thereof; because they have the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the transgressed the laws, changed the LORD hath given a commandment ordinance, broken the everlasting against the merchant-city, to destroy covenant the strong holds thereof. 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured 12 And he said, Thou shalt no more the earth, and they that dwell therein rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, are desolate: therefore the inhabitants daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to of the earth are burned, and few men Chittim; there also shalt thou have left. no rest. sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endethi, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine 13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; languisheth, all the merry-hearted do this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. 9 They shall not drink wine with a 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for eong; strong drink shall be bitter to your strength is laid waste. them that drink it. 15 And it shall come to pass in that 10 The city of confusion is broken day, that Tyre shall be forgotten sev-down: every house is shut up, that enty years, according to the days of no man may come in. one king: after the end of seventy 11 There is a crying for wine in the years shall Tyre sing as a harlot. streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 16 Take a barp, go about the city', thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 17 ¶ And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit for- nication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the carth. 18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LoRD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat suffi- ciently, and for durable clothing. CHAP. XXIV. 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is emitten with destruction. 13 ↑ When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of au olive-tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lond they shall cry aloud from the sea. 15 Wherefore glorify ve the Load in the fires, even the name of the Lond God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 16 ¶ From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My lean- BEHOLD, the LORD maketh the nees, my leanness, wo unto me! the earth empty, and maketh it waste, treacherous dealers have dealt treach- and turneth it upside down, and scat-erously; yea, the treacherous dealers tereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. have dealt very treacherously. earth. 2 And it shall be,as with the people, 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, so with the priest; as with the servant, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, 90 with the seller; as with the 18. And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fea 645 God praised for ISAJAH. his juogments. shall fall into the pit: and he that, all people, and the vail that is spread cometh up out of the midst of the pit fover all nations. shall be taken in the soare; for the 8 He will swallow up death in victo- windows from on high are open, and ry; and the LORD God will wipe a- the foundations of the earth do shake. way tears from off all faces; and the 19 The earth is utterly broken down, rebuke of his people shall be take a the earth is clean dissolved, the earth way from off all the earth: for the is moved exceedingly. LORD hath spoken it. 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression there- of shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the carth. 9 T And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we bave waited for him, and he will save us; this is the Lond; we have waited for bin, we will be glad and rejoice in his sak vation. 10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lond rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dung- 22 And they shall be gathered to-hill. gether, as prisoners are gathered in 11 And he shall spread forth his hands The pit, and shall be shut up in the in the midst of them, as he that swin prison, and after many days shall they meth spreadeth forth his hands to De visited. swim and he shall bring down their 23 Then the moon shall be confound-pride together with the spoils of their ed, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. ง) CHAP. XXV bands. 12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. CHAP. XXVI. TN that day shall this song he sung the land of Judah; We have a LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; strong city: salvation will God appoint thy counsels of old are faithfulness for walls and bulwarks. and truth. 2 Open ye the gates, that the right 2 For thou hast made of a city a heap:eous nation which keepeth the truth of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of may enter in. strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible natious shall fear thee. 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. 5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible one shall be brought low. 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect. peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORDJEHOVAHis everlasting strength. 5 1 For he bringeth down them that dwell on bigh; the lofty city, be lay- eth it low: he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just is uprightness; thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Louv, have we waited for thee; the [desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 6 ¶ And in this mountain shall the LouD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 7 And he will destroy in his moun- 9 With my soul have 1 desired thee Lais. the face of the covering cast overlin the night; yea, with my spirit 646 God's care for CHAP. XXVII. his vineyard. CHAP. XXVII. within me will I aeck thee early: for when thy judments are in the earth, TN that day the LORD, with his sore, righteousness. punish leviathan the piercing serpent, 10 Let favour be showed to the wick-feven leviathan that crooked serpent; ed, yet will he not learn righteousness: and he shall slay the dragon that is in in the land of uprightness will he deal the sea. unjustly, and will not behold the ma- jesty of the LORD. 11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. 12T LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all Our works in us. 13 O Lond our God, other lords be- sides thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make men- tion of thy name. 14 They are dead, they shall not live: they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and de- stroyed them, and made all their meinory to perish. 2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 3 1 the LORD do keep it; I will water [it every moment: lest any hurt it, L will keep it night and day. 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. 5. Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. 6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root; Israel shall blos som and buð, and fill the face of the world with fruit. 7 ¶ Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote bim? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: 8 In measure, when it shooteth fortk, thou art glorified: thou hadst re-thou wilt debate with it; he stayeth moved it far unto all the ends of the his rough wind in the day of the cast earth. wind. 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity thee, they poured out a prayer when of Jacob be purged; and this is all the thy chastening was upon thêm. fruit to take away his sin; when he 17 Like as a woman with child, theat|maketh all the stones of the altar as draweth near the time of her delivery, chalk-stones that are beaten in sunder, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; the groves and images shall not stand so have we been in thy sight, O Load. up. 18 We have been with child, We 10 Yet the defenced city shall be des have been in pain, we have as it were olate, and the habitation forsaken, brought forth wind: we have not and left like a wilderness; there shall wrought any deliverance in the earth; the calf feed, and there shall he lie meither have the inhabitants of the down, and consume the branches world fallen. thereof. 19 Thy dead men shall live, together 11 When the boughs thereof are with my dead body shall they arise. withered, they shall be broken off: Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the women come, and set them on dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. 201 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, uutil the indignation be overpast. fire; for it is a people of no under- standing, therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favour. 127 And it shall come to pass it that day,that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the 21 For, behold,the LORD cometh out stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gath of his place to punish the inhabitants ered one by one, O ye children of Is of the earth for their iniquity: the rael. earth also shall disclose her blood, and 13 And it shall come to pass in that shall no more cover her lain. [day, that the great trumpet shall be 647 Ephraim threatened. ISAIAH. Christ promised. blown, and they shall come which 13 But the word of the LORD was were ready to perish in the land of unto them, precept upon precept, pre Assyria, and the outcast in the land cept, upon precept; line upon line, of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD line upon line; here a little, and there in the holy mount at Jerusalem. a little; that they might go, and falı backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. CHAP. XXVIII. O to crown of pride, to the W to the roll Epprim, whose 11 Wherefore hear the word of the glorious beauty is a fading flower, Lond, ye scornful men, that rule this which are on the head of the fat val-people which is in Jerusalem. Jeys of them that are overcome with wine! 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with 2 Behold, the LORD hath a mighty hell are we at agreement; when the and strong one, which as a tempest of overflowing scourge shall passthrough, hail and a destroying storm, as a flood it shall not come unto us; for we have of mighty waters overflowing, shall made lies our refuge, and under false- cast down to the earth with the hand. hood have we hid ourselves. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which then he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. 5 In that day shall the LORD of posts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 6 And for a spirit of judgment to bim that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to thein that turn the battle to the gate. 16 T Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foun- dation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plum- met: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 ¶ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agree- ment with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. 19 From the time that it goeth forth 7 T But they also have erred through it shall take you: for morning by wine, and through strong drink are morning shall it pass over, by day and out of the way; the priest and the by night: and it shall be a vexation prophet have erred through strong only to understand the report. drink, they are swallowed up of wine, 20 For the bed is shorter than that they are out of the way through strong a man can stretch himself on it: and drink; they err in vision, they stum- the covering narrower than that he ble in judgment. can wrap himself in it. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may 9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? do his work, his strange work; and and whom shall be make to understand bring to pass his act, his strange act. doctrine ? them that are weaned from 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 'lest your bands be made strong: for 10 For precept must be upon pre-¡I have heard from the Lord God of cept, precept upon precept: line upon bosts a consumption, even determined line, line upon line; here a little, and upon the whole earth. there a little: 23T Give ye ear, and hear my voice; 11 For with stammering lips and an-hearken, and hear my speech. other tongue will he speak to this 24 Doth the plowman plow all day people. to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground ? 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, aud 648 CHAP. XXIX. The hypocrisy of the Jews. cast in the principal wheat, and the] 9 ¶ Stay yourselves,and wonder; cry appointed barley, and the rye, in their ye out, and cry; they are drunken, place? but not with wine; they stagger, but 26 For his God doth instruct him to not with strong drink. discretion, and doth teach him. 10 For the Lond bath poured out up- 27 For the fitches are not threshed on you the spirit of deep sleep, and with a threshing instrument, neither hath closed your eyes: the prophets is a cart-wheel turned about upon the arid your rulers, the seers haib he cummin; but the fitches are beaten covered. out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. 28 Bread-corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. 29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. CHAP. XXIX. W 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the word of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed. 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee and he saith, I am not learned. O to Ariel, to Ariel, the city 13 Wherefore the Lone said, For- where David dwelt add yeasmuch as this people draw near me year to year; let them kill sacrifices. with their mouth, and with their lips 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there do bonour me, but have removed their shall be heaviness and sorrow and it heart far from me, and their fear to- shall be unto me as Ariel. ward me is taught by the precept of men : : 3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. 4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. 14 Therefore, bebold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understand- ing of their prudent men shall be hid. 15 Wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us ? and who knoweth us? 5 Moreover, the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and 16 Surely your turning of things the inultitude of the terrible ones upside down shall be esteemed as the shall be as chaff that passeth away; potter's clay for shall the work say yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. of him that made it, He made me noứ? 6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD or shall the thing framed say of him of hosts with thunder, and with earth-that framed it, He had no understand- quake, and great noise, with storming? and tempest, and the flame of devour- ing fire. 7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her muuition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night-vision. 8 It shall even be as when a hungry man dreameth,and,behold, be eateth; but he awaketh,and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and behold, he is faint, and his soul bath appetite; so shall the multitude of all the nations be that 6ght against mount Zion. 17 T Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon sball be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest ? 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear tbe words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among inen shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut lol: 6499 God's mercies ISALAII. towards his church. 21 That make a man an offender for unto us right thungs, speak unto us u word, and lay a snare for him that smooth things, prophesy deceits: reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. 22 Therefore thus saith the LonD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. 11 Get you out of the way,turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and per- verseness, and stay thereon: 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. 14 And he shall break it as the break- 24 They also that erred in spirit shalling of the potter's vessel that is broken come to understanding, and they that in pieces; he shall not spare: so that murmured shall learn doctrine. there shall not be found in the burst- ing of it a sherd to take fire from the bearth, or to take water withal out 23 But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the inidst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. CHAP. XXX. Wite the retinous c counsel,but 15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, O to the rebellious children,saith of the pit. the not of me ; and that cover with a cov- Holy One of Israel; In returning and ering, but not of my Spirit, that they rest shall ye be saved; in quietness may add sin to sin: and in confidence shall be your 2 That walk to go down into Egypt,|strength; and ye would not. and have not asked at my mouth; to 16 But ye said, No: for we will flee strengthen themselves in the strength upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadowland, We will ride upon the swift; of Egypt! therefore shall they that pursue you 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pha- be swift. raoh be your shame, and the trust in 17 One thousand shall flee at the re- the shadow of Egypt your confusion.[buke of one; at the rebuke of five 4 For bis princes were at Zoan, and shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon his ambassadors came to Hanes. upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill. 5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. 18 T And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, 6 The burden of the beast of the that he may have mercy upon you: south into the land of trouble and for the LORD is a God of judgment: anguish, from whence come the young blessed are all they that wait for him. and old lion, the viper and fiery dying 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion serpent, they will carry their riches at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no upon the shoulders of young asses,and more: he will be very gracious unto their treasures upon the bunches of thee at the voice of thy cry; when he camels, to a people that shall not profit them. 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have 1 cryed concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. 8¶ Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not shall bear it, he will answer thee. 20 And though the Lond give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a comer any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers : 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as u 650 The folly of CHAP. XXXI, XXXIL trusting in Egypt. menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto¡breath of the Lonn, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it it. Get thee hence. CHAP. XXXI. 23 Then shall be give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground for help, and stay on horses, and to them that go down to Egypt withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and pleu-trust in chariots, because they are teous: in that day shall thy cattle feed many; and in horsemen, because they in large pastures. are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord 1 24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean proveuder, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. 26 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every bigh hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lone shal atretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is bolpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. 26 Morcover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the eun ebatl be seven-fold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach 4 For thus hath the Lond spoken un- of his people, and healeth the stroke to me, Like as the lion and the young of their wound. lion roaring on his prey, when a mul 27 T Behold, the name of the LORD titude of shepherds is called forth cometh from far, burning with hisfagainst him, he will not be afraid of unger, and the burden thereof is heavy; their voice, nor abase himself for the bis lips are full of indiguation, and his noise of them: so shall the LORD of tongue as a devouring fire: hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the 5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of beck, to sift the nations with the sieve hosts defendJerusalem; defending also of vanity and there shall be a bridle ſhe will deliver it; and passing over he in the jaws of the people, causing them will preserve it. to err. 20 Ye shall have a song, ns in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lond, to the mighty One of Israel 6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply re- volted. 7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his [idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. 30 And the Lond shall cause his gio- 8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with rious voice to be heard, and shall show the sword, not of a mighty man; and the lightning down of his arm, with the the sword, not of a mean man, shall indignation of his anger, and with the devour him; but he shall flee from the flame of a devouring fire, with scatter-sword, and his young men shall be ing, and tempest, and bail-stones. discomfited. 31 For through the voice of the LORD 9 And he shall pass over to his strong shall the Assyrian he beaten down, hold for fear, and bis princes shall be which smote with a rod. afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and bis furnace in Jerusalem. 32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lono shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will be fight with it. CHAP. XXXII. BEHOLD, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shali rule in judgment. 33 Fur Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he 2 And a man shall be as a hiding - hath made it deep and large: the pile place from the wind, and a covert thereof is fire and much wood; the from the tempest; as rivers of water 651 God's judgment against ISALAH. the enemies of the church. in a dry place, as the shadow of a dwellings, and in quiet resting-placess great rock in a weary land. 19 When it shall bail, coming down 3 And the eyes of them that see shall on the forest; and the city shall be not be dim, and the ears of them that low in a low place. bear stall hearken. 20 Blessed are ye that sow beside The heart also of the rash shall un-all waters, that send forth thither the derstand knowledge, andthe tongue of feet of the ox and the ass. the staminerers shall be ready to speak plainly. CHAP. XXXIII Wo to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest 5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be treacherously, and they dealt not bountiful treacherously with theel when thou 6 For the vile person will speak vil-shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be lany, and his heart will work iniquity, spoiled; and when thou shalt make to practice hypocrisy, and to utter an end to deal treacherously, they error against the LORD, to make empty shall deal treacherously with thee. the soul of the hungry; and he will 2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we cauce the drink of the thirsty to fail. have waited for thee: be thou their 7 The instruments also of the churl arm every morning, our salvation also are evil: he deviseth wicked devices in the time of trouble. to destroy the poor with lying words, 3 At the noise of the tumult the peo- even when the needy speaketh right. ple fled; at the liftmg up of thyself 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal the nations were scattered. things; and by liberal things shall be stand. 4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and fro c locusts shall be run upon them. 9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. 5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwell- 10 Many days and years shall ye befeth on high; he hath filled Zion with troubled, ye careless women; for the judgment and righteousness. vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lond is his treasure. 7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without; the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly: 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful 8 The highways lie waste, the way- vine. faring man ceaseth; he bath broken 13 Upon the land of my people shall the covenant, he hath despised the come up thorns and briers; yea, upou cities, he regardeth no man. all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 9 The earth mourneth and languish- 14 Because the palaces shall be for-Jeth; Lebanon is ashamed and hewn saken; the multitude of the city shall down; Sharon is like a wildernees; be left; the forts and towers shall be and Bashan and Carmel shake oil for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, their friats. a pasture of flocks; 10 Now will 1 rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift 15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be alup myself, fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of right-] ousness, quietness and assurance for ever. 11 Ye shall conceive chaff; ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, us fire, shall devour you. 12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. 13 ¶ Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 18 And my people shall dwell in a 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; peaceable habitation, and in sure fearfulness hath surprised the hype 652 The desolation CHAP. XXXIV. of her enemies. crites. Who among us shall dwelljed them, he hath delivered them to with the devouring fire? who among the slaughter. us shall dwell with everlasting burn- 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, ings? and their stink shall come up out of 15 He that walketh righteously, and their carcases, and the mountains shall speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth be melted with their blood. the gain of oppressions, that shaketh) 4 And all the host of heaven shall be his hand from holding of bribes, that dissolved, and the heavens shall be stoppeth his ears from bearing of rolled together as a scroll: and all blood, and shutteth bis eyes from see-their host shall fall down, as the leaf ing evil; falleth off from the vine, and as a fall- ing fig from the fig-tree. 16 He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. 17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall behold the land] that is very far off. 6 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven; behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood; it is made fat with ſat 18 Thy heart shall meditate terror. ness, and with the blood of lambs ang Where is the scribe? where is the re-goats, with the fat of the kidneys of ceiver? where is be that counted the towers ? rains: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of deeper speech than thou 7 And the unicorn shall come down caust perceive; of a stammering with them, and the bullocks with the tongue, that thou canst not under-bulls; and their land shall be soaked staud. with blood, and their dust made fut with fatness. 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jeru salem a quiet babitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be re- moved, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. 23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the Jame take the prey. 24 And the inhabitants shall not say, I am sick the people that dwell thereinshall be forgiven their iniquity. CHAP. XXXIV. COME HOME near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. 8 For it is the day of the Lond's ven- geance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof Jinto brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to genera- tion it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. 11 But the cormorant and the bit- tern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of empti- ness. 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom,but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up in ber palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. 14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his 2 For the indignation of the LORD is fellow; the screech-owl also shall rest upon all nations, and his fury upon all there, and find for herself a place of their armies: he hath utterly destroy-reet. 653 Sennacherib ISAIAH. invadeth Judch. 75 There shall the great owl make¡ness, and sorrow and sighing shall flce her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gath-away. er under her shadow: there shall the CHAP. XXXVI. vultures also be gathered, every one Now it came to pass in the four- with her mate. 16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read; no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. 17 And he flath cast the lot for them, and his band hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. THE CHAP. XXXV. teenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judul, and took them. 2T And the king of Assyria sent Rab shakel from Lachish to Jerusalem un to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the ful- ler's field. 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and HE wilderness and the solitary Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. place shall be glad for them; and| 4 ¶ And Rabehakch said unto them, the desert shall rejoice, and blossomas Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto 5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are it, the excellency of Carmel and Sha- but vain words,) I have counsel and ron; they shall see the glory of the strength for war: now on whoin dost Lond, and the excellency of our God. thou trust, that thou rebellest against 3 T Strengthen ye the weak hands,[me ? and confirm the feeble knees. 6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this 4 Say to them that are of a fearful broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a beart, Be strong, fear not: behold, mau lean, it will go into his hand, and your God will come with vengeance, pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt rven God with a recompense; he will to all that trust in him. Come and save you. 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 6 The shall the lame man leap as a bart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 7 And the parched ground shall be- come a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay,shall be grass, with reeds and rushes. 8 And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not eir therein. 7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lond our God: is it not be, whose high places and whose altarsHezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalein, Ye shall worship before this altar ? 8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 10 And am 1 now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? The LouD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 9 No lion shall be there, nor any Il T Then said Eliakim, and Shebna, ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it and Joah, upto Rabshakeb, Speak, I shall not be found there; but the re-pray thee, unto thy servants in the deemed shall walk there: Syrian language; for we understand 10 And the ransomed of the LORD it and speak not to us in the Jews' ehall return, and come to Zion with language, in the ears of the people Bongs and everlasting joy upon their that are on the wall. heads; they shall obtam joy and glad-[ 12 T But Rabshakeh said, Hath my 654 Rabshakon's blasphemy. CHAP. XXXVII. Sennacherib's blasphemy. master sent me to by master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not rent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dong, and drink their own piss with you? over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, 3 And they said unto him,Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trou- 13 Then Rabshakeh stood,and cried ble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: with a loud voice in the Jews' lan-for the children are come to the birth, guage, and said, Hear ye the words of and there is not strength to bring forth. the great king, the king of Assyria. 4 It may be the LORD thy God will 14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hez-hear the words of Rabshakeb, whom ekiah deceive you: for he shall not the king of Assyria his master hath be able to deliver you. sent to reproach the living God, and 15 Neither let Hezekiah make you will reprove the words which the trust in the Lond, saying, The Loan Loan thy God hath heard: wherefore will surely deliver us; this city sball] lift up thy prayer for the remnant that not be delivered into the hands of the is left. king of Assyria. 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 16 Hearken not toHezekiah; for thus suith the king of Assyria, Make an 6¶AndIsaiah said unto them, Thus agreement with me by a present, and eball ye say unto your master, Thus come out to me: and eat ye every one saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the of his vine, and every one of his fig|words that thou hast heard, wherewith Tree and drink ye every one the waters the servants of the king of Assyria of his own cistern: have blasphemed me. 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvain? and have they delivered Sainaria out of my hand? 20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand ? 21 But they held their peace, and an- swered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and returu to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. ST So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tir- hakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying,Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalein shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou bast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? 22 Then came Eliakim, the son of 12 Have the gods of the nations de Hilkiah, that was over the household,|livered them which my fathers have and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Heze- kiah with their clothes rent, and told hin the words of Rabsbakeli, CHAP. XXXVII. destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Resepb, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? AND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the let his clothes, and covered himself with ter from the hand of the messengers, sackcloth, and went into the house of and read it: and Hezekiah went up junto the house of the LORD, and the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was spread it before the LORD, 655 Hezekiah's prayer. LORD, saying, ISALAII. Assyrian's slain. 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the and confounded; they wereas the graus of the held, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house-tops,and us corn blasted before it be grown up. 28 But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubins, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou bast made heaven and earth. 17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and 0 see; and hear all the words of Sen- nacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my book in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and 1 will turn thee back by the way by 18 Of a truth, LORD,the kings of As-which thou camest. syria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, 30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands,wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. 20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his band, that all the 31 And the remnant that is escaped kingdoms of the earth may know that of the house of Judah shall again take thou art the LORD, even thou only. root downward,and bear fruit upward: 21 T Then Isaiah the son of Amoz 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth sent unto Hezekiab,saying, Thus saith a remnant, and they that escape out of the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hast prayed to me against Sennacherib hosts shall do this. king of Assyria: 33 Therefore thus saith the LORD 22 This is the word which the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, i hath spoken concerning him; The shall not come into this city,uor shoot virgin, the daughter of Zion, bath de-fan arrow there, nor come before it spised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem bath sha- ken her head at thee. 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed; and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. with shields, nor cast a bank against it 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall be return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORU. 35 For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my ser- vant David's sake. 36 Then the angel of the LORD went 24 By thy servants hast thou reproach-forth, and smote in the camp of the ed the LORD, and hast said, By the Assyrians a hundred andfourscore and multitude of my chariots am 1 come five thousand : and when they arose up to the height of the mountains, to early in the morning, behold, they the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut were all dead corpses. down the tall cedars thereof, and the 37 TT So Sennacherib king of Assyria choice fir-trees thereof; and I will endeparted, and went and returned, and ter into the height of his border, and dwelt at Ninevah. the forest of his Carmel. 38 And it came to pass, as he was 25 I have digged, and drunk water; worshipping in the house of Nishroch and with the sole of my feet have his god, that Adrammelech and Share- dried up all the rivers of the besieged zer his sou smote him with the sword; places. and they escaped into the land of Ar- 26 Hast thou not heard long ago, howmenia: and Esar-haddon his son reign I have done it; and of ancient times, ed in his stead. that I have formed it ? now have 1 brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into Nose And Isaiah the prophet ruinous heaps. CHAP. XXXVIII. days was Hezekiah sick un 27 Therefore their inhabitants were the son of Amoz came unto him, and of small power, they were dismayed said unto him, Thus saith the Lono, 656 Hezekiah's song CHAP XXXIX. Set thy house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to- ward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, of thanksgiving 16 O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 17 Behold, for peace I had great bit. 3 And said, Remember now,O LORD, terness; but thou hast in love to my I beseech thee, how I have walked be soul delivered it from the pit of cor- fore thee in truth, and with a perfect|ruption: for thou hast cast all my sina heart, and have done that which is behind thy back. good in thy sight. And Hezekiah 18 For the grave cannot praise thee; wept sore. death cannot celebrate thee; they that go down to the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 4 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 5 Go,and say to Hezekiah,Thus saith the Lono,the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. 6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the land of the king of Assyria: und I will defend this city. 7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; 8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which is gone down in the sun-dial of Abaz, ten de- grees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of bis sickness: 101 said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: am deprived of the residue of my years. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day; the fa ther to the children shall make known thy truth. 20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lond. 21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the bile, and he shall recover. 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lond? CHAP. XXXIX. AT that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon sent letters and a present to Hezekial:: for he had heard that he had beeu sick, and was recovered. 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his pre. cious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oint 11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, ment, and all the house of his armour, even the LORD, in the land of the livand all that was found in his treasures ing: 1 shall beliold man no more with there was nothing in his house, nor in the inhabitants of the world. all his dominion, that Hezekiah show. 12 Mine age is departed, and is re-ed them not. moved from me as a shepherd's tent: 3 1 Then came Isaial: the prophet I have cut off like a weaver my life; unto king Hezekiah, and said unto he will cut me off with pining sick-bim, What said these men ? and from ness: from day eneni to night wilt thou whence came they unto thee? And make an end of me. Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon. 13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 4 Then said he, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answer- 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did ed, All that is in my house have they 1 chatter: I did mourn as a dove: seen; there is nothing among my mine eyes fail with looking upward: treasures that I have not showed O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake them. for me. 15 What shall I say? he hath both epoken unto me, and himself hath done it 1 shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. 2 T 6 Then said Isaiali toHezekiah,Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: 6 Bebold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have kuid up in store until this 657 į John Baptist's preaching. ISAIAII. The people comforica. day, shall be carried to Babylon: no-Jout heaven with the span, and com- thing shall be left, saith the LORD. prehended the dust of the earth in a 7 And of thy sous that shall issue measure, and weighed the mountains from thee, which thou shalt beget, in scales, and the hills in a balance ? shall they take away; and they shall 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of be eunuchs in the palace of the king the Lony, or being his counsellor hath of Babylon. taught him? 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good| 14 With whom took he counsel, and is the word of the Loxo which thou who instructed him, and taught him hast spoken: he said moreover, For in the path of judgment, and taught there shall be peace and truth in my him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? lays. CHAP. XL. ¡OMFORT ye, comfort ye my pco- ple, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is par doned for she hath received of the Lond's hand double for all her sins. 3 ¶ The voice of hun that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a bighway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain : 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it to- gether: for the mouth of the LORD inth spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the Spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: eurely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. 9TO Zion,that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength: lift it up, he not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; behold, be taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vauity. 18 T To whom then will ye likeu God? or what likeness will ye com pare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation, chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be inoved. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard ? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,and the inhabitants there- of are as grasshoppers; that stretch- eth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; 23 That bringeth the princes to noth. ing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they shall not be planted; 10 Behold, the Lord God will come yea, they shall not be sown; yea, with strong hand, and his arm shall their stock shall not take root in the rule for him behold, his reward is earth: and he shall also blow upon with him, and his work before him. them, and they sball wither, and the 11 He shall feed his flock like a shep-whirlwind shall take them away as herd; he shall gather the lambs with stubble. his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. 12 ¶ Who bath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and be- hold who hath created these things 658 God expostulateth CHAP. XLI. with his people that bringe out their host by num-Jends of the earth, and called thee from ber: he calleth them all by names by the chief men thereof, and said unto the greatness of his might, for that he thee, Thou art my servant; I have is strong in power; not one faileth. 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 10 ¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my right- eousness. 23 ¶ Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of 11 Behold, all they that were in the earth, fainteth not, neither is wea-censed against thee shall be ashamed ry? there is no searching of his under-and confounded: they shall be as no standing. thing; and they that strive with thee 29 He giveth power to the faint; and shall perish. to them that have no might he increas- eth strength. 12 Thou shalt seck them, and shalt not find them, even them that con- 30 Even the youth shall faint and tended with thee: they that war be weary, and the young men shall against thee shall be as nothing, and utterly fidl. as a thing of nought, 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they] shall walk, and not faint. CHAP. XLI. KEEP EEP silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength; let them come near, then let them speak: let us come near to- gether to judginent. 2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over-kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. 3 He pursued them, and passed safe- ly; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the be gimming? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. 5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; 1 will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer,the Holy One of Israel. 15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 16 Thou shalt fan them,and the winds shalt carry them away, and the whirl- wind shall scatter them: and thou shall rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the val- leys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water,and the dry land springs of water. 6 They helped every one his neigh- 19 1 will plant in the wilderness the bour; and every one said to his broth-cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, er, Be of good courage. and the oil-tree; I will set in the de- sert the fir-tree, and the pine, and the box-tree together; 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, 20 That they may see, and know, and saying, It is ready for the soddering: consider,and understand together,that and be fastened it with nails, that it the hand of the Lord hath done this, should not be moved. and the Holy One of Israel hath cre ated it. 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9 Thou whom I have taken from the 21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strongreĄSONS saith the King of Jacob, 659 Christ's office graced ISAIAH. with meekness, &c. 22 Let them bring them forth, and, 6 I the LORD have called thee in show us what shall happen: let them righteousness, and will hold thy hand, show the former things, what they be, and will keep thee, and give thee for that we may consider them, and know a covenant of the people, for a light the latter end of them; or declare us of the Gentiles; things for to come. 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring 23 Show the things that are to come out the prisoners from the prison, and hereafter, that we may know that ye them that sit in darkness out of the are gods: yea, do good, or do evil,,that prison-house. we may be dismayed, and behold it|| together. 24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall be call upon my name: aud be ehall come upon prin- ces as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay. 8. I am the LORD; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to anoth- er,neither iny praise to graven images. 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass,and new things do I de- clare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. 10 Sing unto the Lono a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the 26 Who hath declared from the be-Jinhabitants thereof. ginning, that we may know? and be- 11 Let the wilderness and the cities foretime, that we may say, He is right-thereof lift up their voice, the villages cous ? yea, there is none that showeth, that Kedar doth inhabit: let the in- yea, there is none that declareth, yea, habitants of the rock sing, let them there is none that heareth your words. shout from the top of the mountains. 27 The first shall say toZion, Behold, 12 Let then give glory unto the behold them: and I will give to Jeru. LORD, and declare his praise in the salem one that bringeth good tidings. islands. 28 For 1 beheld," and there was no man; eren among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. 13 The LORDShall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 1 have long time holden my peace; 29 Behold, they are all vanity; their] works are nothing; their molten im-I have been still, and refrained my- ages are wind and confusion. CHAP. XLI. self: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at BEHOLD) my servant, whom I up once. hold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judg- ment to the Gentiles. 2. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 15 I will make waste mountains an i hills, and dry up all their herbs; an I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; 1 will lead them in paths that they have not ~ 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, known: I will make darkness light and the smoking flax shall he not before them, and crooked things quench: he shall bring forth judgment straight. These things will I do un- to them, and not forsake them. unto truth. 4 He shall not fail nor be discour-| aged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his Jaw. 17 ¶ They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods. 5 T Thus saith God the Loan, he that 18 Hear, ye deaf'; and look, ye created the heavens, and stretched]blind, that ye may see. them out he that spread forth the] 19 Who is blind, but my servant ? or earth, and that which cometh out of deaf, as my messenger that I sent ? it; he that giveth breath unto the who is blind as he that is perfect, and people upon it, ard spirit tɔ them blind as the Lond's servant ? 20 Seeing inany things, but thqu that walk theram 660 CHAP. XLIII. God comforteth his church. observest not; opening the cars, but] 9 Let all the nations be gathered to be beareth nol. gether, and let the people be assem- 21 The Loud is well pleased for his bled: who among them can declare righteousness' sake; be will magnify the law, and make it honourable. 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison- houses they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saitb, Restore. this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified or let them hear, and say, it is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: be- fore me there was no God formed, nei- ther shall there be after me. 11 1, even 1, am the LORD; and be- 21 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and sides me there is no saviour. Israel to the robbers ? did not the 12 I have declared, and have saved, Loxo, he against whom we have sin-and I have showed, when there waS DO ned? for they would not walk in his strange god among you ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. 23 Who among you will give ear to this who will hearken, and hear for the time to come? 25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. CHAP. XLIII. UT now thus saith the Lord that therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. 13 Yea, before the day was, I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: 1 will work, and who shall let it? 14 Thus saith the LORD, your ke deemer, the Holy One of Israel, For your sake I have sent to Babylon,and have brought down all their nobles, But movie, o Juul, and he that and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the formed thee, Israel, Fear not: for 1 have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the wa- ters, 1 will be with thee ; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am the Load thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. ships. 151 am the Lond, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your king. 16 Thus saith the Lord,which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together,they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are Iquenched as tow. 18 TT Remember ye not the former thinge, neither consider the things of old. 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been Lonourable, and 19 Behold, I will do a new thing: I have loved thee: therefore will now shall epring forth; shall ye not give men for thee, and people for thy know it? I will even make a way in life. the wilderness, and rivers in the de- sert. 5 Fear not; for I am with thee: 1 will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; o I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daugh ters from the ends of the earth, 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: be cause 1 give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 21 This people have 1 formed for my 7 Even every one that is called by self; they shall show forth my praise. my name: for I have created him for 22 ¶ But thou hast not called upon my glory, I have formed him ; yea, 1|me,0Jacob ; but thou hast been weary have made him. of me, O Israel. 8 1 Bring forth the blind people that 23 Thou hast not brought me the have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. small cattle of thy burnt-offeringe; 661 The vanity ISALAH. of idnis. neither hast thou honoured me with are all of them vanity; and their de tiny sacrifices. 1 have not caused theelectable things shall not profit; and to serve with an offering, nor wearied they are their own witnesses: they thee with incense. see not, nor know, that they may be 24 Thou hast brought me no sweet ashamed. cane with money, neither hast thou 10 Who hath formed a god,or molten filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices;] a graven image that is profitable for but thou hast made me to serve with nothing? thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. 25 1, even 1, am he that blotteth out thy trangessions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: declare thou,that thou mayest be justified. 27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against ine. 28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse,and Israel to reproaches. 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen, they are of men let them all be gathered to- gether, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hainmers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength fuleth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule, be marketh it out with a line, be litteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh ETnow hear,OJacob my servant; it after the figure of a man, according CHAP. XLIV, 2 Thus saith the Lond that made remain in the house. thee, and formed thee from the womb, 14 He heweth him down cedars,and which will help thee; Fear not, Otaketh the cypress and the oak,which Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesu-he strengtheneth for himself among run, whom I have chosen. the trees of the forest: he planteth an 3 For I will pour water upon him ash, and the raiu doth nourish it. that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn; ground: 1 will pour my Spirit upon for he will take thereof, and war thy seed, and my blessing upon thine himself: yea, he kindleth it, and offspring : baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, 4 And they shall spring up as among and worshippeth it; he maketh it a the grass, as willows by the water-graven image, and falleth down there- courses. to. 5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; 16 He burneth part thereof in the and another shall call himself by the fire; with part thereof be eateth flesh; name of Jacob; and another shall sub-he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, scribe with his hand unto the LORD, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, and surname himself by the name of I am warm, I have seen the fire: Israel. 17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: be full- eth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith,Deliver me; for thou art my god. 18 They have not known nor under- stood: for he bath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel,and his Redeemer the Lond of hosts; I am the first, and 1 am the last; and besides me there is no God. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall] declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them. 19 And none considereth in his heart, 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have neither is there knowledge nor under- not told thee from that time, and standing to say, I have burned part of have declared it ye are even my it in the fire; yea, also I have baked witnesses. Is there a God besides me? bread upon the coals thereof; I have yea, thereis no God; 1 know not any. roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall i 91 They that make a graven image make the residue thereof an abomina- 662 Cyrus called. CHAP. XLV. God's omnipotence. tion? shall I fall down to the stock that I the LORD, which call thee by thy of a tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? 21 Temember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant; 1 have formed thee; thou art iny ser vant: O Israel, thou shalt not be for gotten of ine. 22 I have blotted out,as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and,as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for 1 have re- deemed thee. name, am the God of Israel. 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. 5 % Iam the Lond, and there is none else, there is no God besides me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known ine: 6 That they may know from the ris- ing of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the LoRD, and there is none else. 71 form the light, and create dark- 23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD ness; I make peace, and create evil: hath done it shout, ye lower parts of 1 the Lord do all these things. the earth: break forth into singing, ye 8 Drop down,ye heavens,from above, mountains, O forest, and every tree and let the skies pour down righteous- therein for the Lord hath redeemed ness: let the earth open, and let them Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. bring forth salvation, and let righteous- 24 Thus saith the Lond,thy Redeem-[ness spring up together; I the LORD er, and he that formed thee from the have created it. womb, I am the LORD that maketh all 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his things; that stretcheth forth the hea-Maker! Let the potsherd strive with vens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; 25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; 25 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jeru- salem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: 27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers; 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the tem ple, Thy foundation shall be laid. CHAP. XLV. THU HUS saith the LORD to his anoint ed, to Cyrus, whose right hand 1 have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two- leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, hath no hands? He 10 Wo uuto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman,What hast thou brought forth? 11 Thus saith the LORD,the HolyOne of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. 12 1 have made the earth, and crea- ted man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their bosts have I commanded. 13 I have raised him up in righteous- ness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LonD of hosts. 14 Thus saith the Lond, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethi- opia and of the Sabeans, men of stat- ure, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto 21 will go before thee, and make the thee; they shall make supplication crooked places straight: I will break unto thee, saying, Surely God is in in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in thee; and there is none else, there is sunder the bars of iron. no God. 3 And I will give thee the treasures 16 Verily thou art a God that bidest of darkness, and hidden riches of se-thyself, O˚ God of Israel, the Saviour. cret places, that thou mayest know 16 They shall be ashamed, and also 663 : God's judgments ISAIAH. confounded, all of them they shall to confusion together that are ma- Kera of idols. ÃO upon Babylon. 4 And even to your old age I am hei and even to hour hairs will I carry you I have made, and I will bear: even 1 17 But Iørael shall be saved in the will carry, and will deliver you. Lond with an everlasting salvation: 5 T To whom will ye liken me, anú ye shall not be ashamed nor confound- | make me equal, and compare me, that ed world without end. we may be like? 18 For thus saith the LORD that cre- 6 They lavish gold out of the bag, uted the heavens; God himself that and weigh silver in the balance, and formed the earth and made it; he hire a goldsmith; and be maketh it a bath established it, he created it not in god: they fall down; yea, they wor- vain, he formed it to be inhabited: 1 ship. am the LORD; and there is none else. 19 1 have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; 1 said not into the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, 1 declare things that are right. 7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in big place, and he standeth; from his place shall be not remove; yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. 20 ¶ Assemble yourselves and come; 8 Remember this, and show your- draw near together, ye that are es-selves men; bring it again to mind, O caped of the nations: they have no ye transgressors. knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 9 Remember the former things of old : for 1 am God, and there is nõue else ; I am God, and there is none like me, 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; 10 Declaring the end from the begin yea, let them take counsel together:ning, and from ancient times the things who hath declared this from ancient that are notyet done,saying,My coun- time? who hath told it from that time? sel shall stand, and 1 will do all ny have not I the LORD? and there is no pleasure. God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides nie. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my coun- sel from a far country: Yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. 23 I have sworn by myself, the word 12 ¶ Hearken unto me, ye stout- is gone out of iny mouth in righteous-hearted, that are far from righteous ness, and shall not return, That unto ness: ine every kuce shall bow,every tongue 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall swear. shall not be far off, and my salvation 24 Surely, shall one say,In the LORD shall not tarry; and I will place salva- have I righteousness and strength: tion iu Zion for Israel my glory. even to him shall men come; and all CHAP. XLVII. that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. 25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. CHAP. XLVI. BEL upon COME down, and sit in the dust, o virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, ( daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take EL boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, Wels their idols were upon the beasts, 2 Take the millstones, and grind and upon the cattle: your carriages meal: uncover thy locks, make bare were heavy loaden ; they are a burden the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over Lo the weary beast. the rivers. 2 They stoop, they bow down togeth 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, er; they could not deliver the burden, yea, thy shame shall be seen: 1 will but themselves are gone into captivity, take vengeance, and 1 will not meet 3 ¶ Hearken unto me, Ó house of Ja-[thie as a man. cob, and all the remnant of the house 4 4s for our Redeemer, the LORD of of Israel, which are borne by me from hosts is his name, the Holy One of the belly, which are carried from the Israel. womb: 5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into 664 God revealeth CHAP. XLVIII. his prophecies. darkness, O daughter of the Chal-wander every one to his quarter; none deans: for thou shalt no more be shall save thee. called, The lady of kingdoms. CHAP. XLVIII. I was wroth with my people; HEAR are called by the name of ye this, O house of Jacob, bave polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thy hand: thou didst Israel, and are come forth out of the show them no mercy; upon the an-waters of Judah, which swear by the cient hast thou very heavily laid thy name of the Load, and make mention yoke. of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 7 T And thou saidst, 1 shall be a lady for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. 8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thy heart, 1 am, and none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children; 2 For they cail themselves of the bo- ly city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. 3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. 9 But these two things shall come to 4 Because I knew that thou art ob- thee in a moment in one day, the loss stinate, and thy neck is an iron sin- of children, and widowhood: they ew, and thy brow brass; shall come upon thee in their perfec-5 1 have even from the beginning tion for the multitude of thy sorceries, declared it to thee; before it came to and for the great abundance of thine pass I showed it thee: lest thou enchantments. 10 TT For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said,None seeth ne. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and none else besides me. 11 ¶ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth; and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off; and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. shouldest say, Mme idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. 6 Thou hast heard, see all this: and will not ye declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even bidden things, and thou didst not know them. 7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say,Behold, I knew them. 8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou 12 Stand now with thine enchant-knewest not; yea, from that time that ments, and with the multitude of thy thine ear was not opened: for I knew sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured that thou wouldest deal very treacher- from thy youth; if so be thou shalt ously, and was called a transgressor be able to profit, if so be thou mayest from the womb. prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrol- ogers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. 9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off" but 10 Behold, I have refined thee, not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11 For mine own sake, even for mine 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; own sake, will I do it: for how should the fire shall burn them; they shall my name be polluted ? and I will not not deliver themseives from the pow-give my glory unto another. er of the flame: there shall not be a 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before Israel, my called; I am he; 1 am the first, I also am the last. it. 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with 13 My hand also hath laid the foun whom thou hast laboured, even thy dation of the earth, and my right merchants, from thy youth; they shall hand hath spanned the heavens: olun 665 Christ sent ISAIAII to the Jerus. 1 call unto them, they stand up to-nought, ang in vain: yet surely my gether. judgment is with the LORD, and my 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and work with my God. hear; which among them hath declar-] 5 ¶ And now, saith the Long that ed these things 2 The LORD hath formed me from the womb to be his loved him he will do his pleasure on servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Though Israel be not gathered, ye: Chaldeans. shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. 15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, 1 bave called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. 16 ¶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am 1: and now the Lord Goo, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17 Thus saith the Lond,thy Redeem-the end of the earth. er, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto 7 Thus saith the Lono,the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abborreth, to a servant of 18 Oh that thou hadst hearkened to rulers, Kings shall see and arise my commandments! then had thy princes also shall worship, because of peace been as a river, and thy right-the LORD that is faithful,and the Holy cousness as the waves of the sea: 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not liave been cut off nor destroyed from before me. One of Israel,and he shall choose thee. 8 Thus saith the LORD, lu an accept. able time have I beard thee, and iù a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to estab 20 ¶ Go ye forth of Babylon, flee yelish the earth, to cause to inherit the from the Chaldeans, with a voice of [desolate heritages; singing declare ye, tell this, utter it 9 That thou mayest say to the prison- even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servaut Jacob. 21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 22 There is no peace,saith the LORD, unto the wicked. CHAP. XLIX. LISTEN, O Isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lono hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath be made mention of my name. 2. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his uand bath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he id me; 3 And said unto me, Thou art my eervant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. ers, Go forth; to them that are in dark ness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that bath mercy ou them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall be guide them. 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be ex- alted. 12 Behold, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. 13 T Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lond hath com forted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, The LORD bath for saken me,and my Lond bath forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking 4 Then I said, I have laboured in child, that she should not have com vain, I have spent my strength for passion on the son of her womb? yea, 666 The restoration CHAP. L. of the church. they may forget, yet will I not forget and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One thee. of Jacob. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. 17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers, and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. 18 T Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather them- selves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lono, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. CHAP. L Thus, faith the HUS saith the Lond, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce- ment, whom I have put away? er which of my creditors is it to whom 1 have sold you? Behold, for your in- iquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. 2 Wherefore, when I came,was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shorten- ed at all, that it cannot redeem? or 19 For thy waste and thy desolate have I no power to deliver? behold, places, and the land of thy destruc-at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make tion, shall even now be too narrow by the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink- reason of the inhabitants,and they that eth,because there is no water,and dieth swallow thee up shall be far away. for thirst. 20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, ehall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. 31 clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. 4 T The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in seasor 21 Then shalt thou say in thy heart, to him that is weary: he wakeneth Who hath begotten me these, seeing 1 morning by morning: he wakeneth have lost my children, and am deso- mine ear to hear as the learned. late, a captive, and removing to and 5 The Lord God hath opened mine fro? and who hath brought up these?ear, and 1 was not rebellious, neither Behold, I was left alone; these, where turned away back. had they been ? 6 I gave my back to the emiters, and 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my cheeks to them that plucked off I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, the hair: I hid not my face from and set up my standard to the people: shame and spitting. and they shall bring thy sons in their 7 For the Lord GOD will help me; arms, and thy daughters shall be car-therefore shall I not be confounded: ried upon their shoulders. therefore have I set my face like a 23 And kings shall be thy nursing flint, and I know that I shall not be fathers, and their queens thy nursing ashamed. mothers; they shall bow down to 8 He is near that justifieth me; who thee with their face toward the earth, will contend with me? let us stand and lick up the dust of thy feet; and together; who is mine adversary? let thou shalt know that I am the LORD: him come near to me. for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. 24 T Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive de livered ? 25 But thus saith the LORD,Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. 9 Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemi me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. 10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. 11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, 26 And I will feed them that oppress that compass yourselves about with thee with their own flesh; and they sparks; walk in the light of your fire, shall be drunken with their own blood, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall This shall ye bave of my hand, ye know that I the LORD am thy Saviour shall lie down in sorrow. 667 An exhortation ISALAH. to trust in God CHAP. LI. 12 I, even I, am he that comforteth ´EARKEN to me, ye that follow you; who art thou, that thou should the LORD: look unto the rock whence and of the son of man which shall be ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit made as grass; tohence ye are digged. 13 And forgettest the LORD thy ma 2 Look unto Abraham your fatherker, that hath stretched forth the hea and unto Sarah that bare you: for Ivens, and laid the foundations of the called him alone, and blessed him,and earth; and hast feared continually increased him. every day, because of the fury of the 3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: oppressor, as if he were ready to de- he will comfort all her waste places; stroy? and where is the fury of the and he will make her wilderness like oppressor? Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall he may be loosed, and that he should be found therein, thanksgiving, and not die in the pit, nor that his bread the voice of melody. should fail. 4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. 14 The captive exile hasteneth that 15 But I am the Lord thy God,that divided the sea, whose waves roared : The Lono of hosts is his name. 16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the 5 My righteousness is near; my sal-shadow of my hand, that I may plant vation is gone forth, and mine arms the heavens,and lay the foundations of shall judge the people: the isles shall the earth,and say unto Zion, Thou art wait upon me, and on mine arm shall my people. they trust. 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jeru- Lift up your eyes to the heavens, salem, which hast drunk at the hand and look upon the earth beneath: for of the Lord the cup of his fury: thou the heavens shall vanish away like hast drunken the dregs of the cup of emoke, and the earth shall wax old trembling, and wrung them out. ike a garment, and they that dwell 18 There is none to guide her among therein shall die in like manner: but all the sons whom she bath brought my salvation shall be for ever,and my forth; neither is there any that taketh righteousness shall not be abolished. her by the hand of all the sons that she 7 ¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know hath brought up. righteousness, the people in whose 19 These two things are come unto heart is my law; fear ye not the re-thee: who shall be sorry for thee? proach of men, neither be ye afraid desolation, and destruction, and the of their revilings. famine, and the sword: by whom 8 For the moth shall eat them up shall I comfort thee? like a garment, and the worm shall eat 20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at them like wood: but my righteous- the head of all the streets, as a wild ness shall be for ever, and my salva-bull in a net: they are full of the fury tion from generation to generation. of the Lond, the rebuke of thy God. 9T Awake, awake, put on strength, 21 T Therefore hear now this, thou O arm of the Lond; awake, as in the afflicted, and drunken, but not with ancient days,in the generations of old. wine: drt thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury ; thou shalt no more drink it again : 11 Therefore the redeemed of the 23 But I will put it into the hand of Load shall return, and come with them that afflict thee; which have einging unto Ziou; and everlasting said to thy soul, Bow down, that we joy shall be upon their head; they may go over; and thou hast laid thy shall obtain gladness and joy; and body as the ground, and as the street Forrow and mourning shall flee away.Į to them that went over. 668 The scandal of A CHAP. LII, LIII. the cross excused, CHAP. LII. (his visage was so marred more toan WAKE, awake; put on thy any man, and his form more than the strength, O Zion; put on thy sous of men ;) beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; holy city: for henceforth there shall the kings shall shut their mouths at no more come into thee the uncircum-hùm for that which had not been cised and the unclean. told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O : CHAP. LIII. HO hath believed our report ? 3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye lave and to whom is the arm of the sold yourselves for nought; and ye LORD revealed? shall be redeemed without money. 2 For he shall grow up before him 4 For thus saith the Lord God, My as a tender plant, and as a root out oľ people went down aforetime into a dry ground: be hath no form not Egypt to sojourn there; and the As-comeliness; and when we shall see eyrian oppressed them without cause. him, there is no beauty that we should 6 Now therefore, what have I here, desire him. saith the LORD, that my people is ta- 3 He is despised and rejected of men; ken away for nought? they that rule a man of sorrows, and acquainted over them make them to lowl, saith with grief: and we hid as it were our the Loud and my name continually faces from him: he was despised, and every day is blasphemed. we esteemed him not. 6 Therefore my people shall know 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, my name: therefore they shall know and carried our sorrows: yet we did in that day that I am he that doth esteem him stricken, smitten of God, speak: behold, it is 1. and afflicted. 7 ¶ How beautiful upon the moun- 6 But he was wounded for our trans tains are the feet of him that bringeth|gressions, he was bruised for our ini. good tidings, that publisheth peace; quities: the chastisement of our peace hat bringeth good tidings of good,that was upon him; and with his stripes publisheth salvation; that saith unto we are healed. Zion, Thy God reigneth! 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lond shall bring again Zion. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was af flicted, yet he opened not his mouth : 9 ¶ Break forth into joy, eing to-he is brought as a lamb to the slaugh gether, ye waste places of Jerusalem:ter, and as a sheep before her shearers for the Lord hath comforted his peo-is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. ple, he hath redecmed Jerusalem. 8 He was taken from prison and from 10 The LORD bath made bare bis holy | judgment; and who shall declare bis arm in the eyes of all the nations; generation ? for he was cut off out of and all the ends of the earth shall see the land of the living: for the trans- the salvation of our God. gression of my people was he stricken. 11 T Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out 9 And he made his grave with the from thence, touch no unclean thing;|wicked, and with the rich in his go ye out of the midst of her; be ye death; because he had done no vio- clean, that bear the vessels of the lence, neither tvas any deceit in his JORD. mouth. + 12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight for the LORD will go before you ; and the God of Israel will be your rearward. 10 T Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an of fering for sin, he shall see his seed, 13 T Behold, my servant shall deal he shall prolong his days, and the prudently, he shall be exalted and ex-pleasure of the Lond shall prosper in tolled, and be very high. his hand. 14 As many were astonished at thee;} 11 He shall ece of the fearailof bi 669 A call to faith ISAIAH. and repentance. soul, and shall be satisfied by his neither shall the covenant of my peace knowledge shall my righteous servant be removed, saith the Load that hath justify many; for he shall bear their mercy on thee. iniquities. 11 TO thou afflicted, tossed with 12 Therefore will I divide him a por- tempest, and not comforted! behold, tion with the great, and he shall divide |1 will lay thy stones with fair colours, the spoil with the strong; because he and lay thy foundations with sapphires. hath poured out his soul unto death: 12 And I will make thy windows of and he was numbered with the trans- agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, gressors; and he bare the sin of many, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. and made intercession for the trans- 13 And all thy children shall be taught gressors. of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. CHAP. LIV. S for ING, O barren, thou that didst not 14 In righteousness shalt thou be : and cry aloud, thou that didst not oppression; for thou shalt not fear : travail with child: for more are the and from terror; for it shalt not come children of the desolate than the chil-ncar thee. dren of the married wife, saith the Lond. 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall mherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be iubabi- ted. 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith. that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth au instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 17 T No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be tongue that shall rise against thee in ashamed: neither be thou confounded; judgment thou shalt condemn. This for thou shalt not be put to shame for is the heritage of the servants of the thou shalt forget the shame of thy LoRD, and their righteousness is of youth, and shalt not remember the re-me, saith the LORD. proach of thy widowhood any more. CHAP. LV. 5 For thy Maker is thy husband; the, every one that thirsteth, come LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole carth shall be be called. ye to the waters, and be that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money, and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfeth not? hearken diligently unto me,and cat ye 7 For a small moment have I for-that which is good, and let your soul saken thee; but with great mercies delight itself in fatness. will I gather thee. 6 For the LORD bath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from me hear, and your soul shall live; thee for a moment: but with everlast-and I will make an everlasting cove- ing kindness will I have mercy on uant with you, even the sure mercies thee, saith the Loan thy Redeemer. of David. For this is as the waters of Noah 4 Behold, I have given him for a wit unto me for as I bave sworn that the mess to the people, a leader and coni- waters of Noah should no more gomander to the people. over the earth; so have I sworn that 5 Behold,thou shalt call a nation thay I would not be wroth with thee, nor thou knowest not, and nations that rebuke thee. knew not thee shall run unto thee, be- 10 For the mountains shall depart, cause of the Lord thy God, and for and the hills be removed; but my the Holy One of Israel; fo: he hath kindness shall not depart from thee,[glorified thee. 670 near; CHAP. LVI, LVII. An exhortutron to sanctification. 6¶ Seek ye the Lond while he may house, and within my walls, a place be found, call ye upon him while he is and a name better than of sons and of Idaughters: I will give them an ever- lasting name, that shall not be cut off. 6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lond, to serve bim, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keep- eth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh bold of my covenant; 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly par- don. 8 T For my thoughts are not your 7 Even them will 1 bring to my boly thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. mountain, and make them joyful m 9 For as the heavens are higher my house of prayer: their burnt- than the earth, so are my ways higher offerings and their sacrifices shall be than your ways, and my thoughts than accepted upon mine altar; for my house ehall be called a house of prayer your thoughts. for all people. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater; 8 The Lord God, which gathereth the outcast of Israel, saith, Yet will 1 gather others to him, besides those that are gathered unto him. 9 T All ye beasts of the field, come to 11 So shall my word be that goeth devour; yca, all ye beasts in the forest. forth out of my mouth; it shall not 10 His watchmen are blind. they are return unto me void, but it shall ac-all ignorant, they are all dumb Joge, complish that which 1 please, and it they cannot bark; sleeping, lying shall prosper in the thing whereto I down, loving to slumber. sent it. 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand they all look to their own way, crery one for his gain, from his quarter. 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. CHAP. LVII. 12 Forye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the noun- tains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.] 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be loseth it to heart; and THE righteous perisheth, and no cut off. T CHAP. LVI. HUS saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice : for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hands from doing any evil. merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walk- ing in his uprightness. 3 T But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceresa, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 4 Against whom do ye sport your- 3 ¶ Neither let the son of the stran-selves? against whom make ye a wide ger, that hath joined himself to the mouth, and draw out the tongue ? are Lond, speak, saying, The Lond bath ye not children of transgression,a seed utterly separated me from his people: of falsehood; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, 1 am a dry tree. 4 For thus saith the I.ond unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 6 Even unto them will I give in my 5 Inflaming yourselves with idola under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? 6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured 671 Promises to the penitent. ISAIA Hypocrisy reproved a drink offering, thou hast offered a restore comforts unto him, and to h aleat offering. Should I receive com- mourners. fort in these ? 19 I create the fruit of the lips; 7 Upon a lofty and high mountain Peace, prace to him that is far on, hast thou set thy bed: even thither and to him that is near, eaith the wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. LonD; and 1 will heal him. 8 Behind the doors also and the posts 20 But the wicked are like the trou- hast thou set up thy remembrance; bled sea, when it cannot rest, whose for thou hast discovered thyself to an- waters cast up mire and dirt. other than me, and art gone up: thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst heir bed where thou savesting with 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. CHAP. LVIII. voice like are not; in plow RY aloud, lift up thy ointment, and didst increase thy per-my people their trausgression, and the fumes, and didst send thy messengers house of Jacob their sins. far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. 10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou noi, There is no hope thou hast found the life of thy hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. 11 And of whom hast thou been ufraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. 3 Wherefore have we fasted,say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and de 12 I will declare thy righteousness, bate, and to smite with the fist of and thy works, for they shall not profit wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do thee. this day, to make your voice to be 13 ¶ When thou criest, let thy com-heard on high. panies deliver thee; but the wind 6 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? shall carry them all away; vanity a day for a man to afflict his soul? is shall take them but he that puttethic to bow down his head as a bulrush, his trust in me shall possess the land, and to spread sackcloth and ashes un and shall inherit my holy mountain; 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people. der him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? 6 Is not this the fast that I have cho- sen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let 15 For thus saith the high and lofty the oppressed go free, and that ye One that inhabiteth eternity, whose break every yoke ? name is Holy; I dwell in the high 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the and holy place, with him also that is hungry, and that thou bring the poor of a contrite and humble spirit, to that are cast out to thy house? when revive the spirit of the humble, and thou seest the naked, that thou cover to revive the heart of the contrite him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh ? ones. 16 For 1 will not contend for ever, 8 T Then shall thy light break forth neither will I be always wroth: for as the morning, and thy health shall the spirit should fail before me, and spring forth speedily and thy right- the souls which I have made. eousness shall go before thee; the 17 For the iniquity of his covetous-glory of the LORD shall be thy rear- ness was I wroth, and smote him: 1|ward. hid me, and was wroth, and he went 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORU on frowardly in the way of his heart.shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he 18 I have seen his ways, and will shall say, Here I am. If thou take heal him I will lead bim also, and laway from the midst of thee the yoke, 672 The damnable CHAP. LIX. the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; nature of sin. make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts arethoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are m their paths. 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in ob- 8 The way of peace they know not; ecurity, and thy darkness be as the and there is no judgment in their go- noon-day: ings: they have made them crooked 11 And the LORD shall guide thee paths; whosoever goeth therein shall continually, and satisfy thy soul in not know peace. drought, and inake fat thy bones: and 9 T Therefore is judgment far from thiou shalt be like a watered garden, jus, neither doth justice overtake us: and like a spring of water, whose wawe wait for light, but behold obscu- tere fail not. rity; for brightuesa, but we walk in 12 And they that shall be of thee shall darkness. build the old waste places: thou shalt 10 We grope for the wall like the raise up the foundations of many gen-blind, and we grope as if we had no erations; and thou shalt be called, leyes: we stumble at noon-day as in the The repairer of the breach, The re night; we are in desolate places as storer of paths to dwell in. dead men. 13 If thou turn away thy foot from 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure sore like doves: we look for judgment, un my holy day; and call the sabbath but there is none; for salvation, but a delight, the holy of the LORD, hou-it is far off from us. ourable; and shalt honour him, not 12 For our transgressions are multi- doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure,nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lond; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father for the mouth of the Load hath spoken it. CHAP. LIX. BEHOLD, EHOLD, the LORD's haud is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God,and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. plied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them: 13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and 16- volt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth faileth; and he thớt departeth from evil maketh himself a prey; and the Lond saw it, and it dia- pleased him that there was no judg- ment. 3 For your hands are defiled with Blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips bave spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleil for justice, nor any[ness, it sustained him. pleadeth for trath: they trust in van- ity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 16 T And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there wAS 120 intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteous 5 They batch cockatrice's eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18 According to their deeds, accord- ingly he will repay, fury to bis adver 6 Their weba shall not become gar-saries, recompense to his enemies; to inents, neither shall they cover them-the islands he will repay recompense. selves with their works: their works 19 So shall they fear the name of the are works of iniquity, and the act of Lond_from the west, and his glory violence is in their hands. from the rising of the sun. When the 7 Their feet run to evil, and they enemy shall come in like a flood, the 20 673 ISAIAH. The glory of the church. Spirit of the LORD shall Lft up a stan-, I smote thee, but in my favour have I dard against him. had mercy on thee. 20 T And theRedeemer shall come to 11 Therefore thy gates shall be open Zion, and unto them that turn from continually; they shall not be shut day transgression in Jacob,saith the LORD. nor night; that men may bring unto 21 As for me, this is my covenant thee the forces of the Gentiles, and with them, saith the LORD; My Spirit that their kings may be brought. that is upon thee, and my words which 12 For the nation and kingdom that I have put in thy mouth, shall not de-will not serve thee shall perish; yea, part out of thy mouth, nor out of the chose nations shail be utterly wasted. mouth of thy seed, nor out of the 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, LOAD, from henceforth and for ever. and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. 14 The sons also of them that afflict- and the glory of the LORD is risen ed thee shall come bending unto thee; upon thee. and all they that despised thee shall 2 For,behold,the darkness shall cover bow themselves down at the soles of the earth, and gross darkness the peo-thy feet; and they shall call thee, The ple: but the LORD shall arise upon city of the Lond, The Zion of the thee, and his glory shall be seen upon Holy One of Israel. thee. CHAP. LX. ARISE shine; for thy light is come, 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eter- nal excellency, a joy of many genera- tions. 4 Lift up thine eyes round about,and see: all they gather themselves to- 16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of gether, they come to thee: thy sons the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast shall come from far, and thy daugh- of kings: and thou shalt know that I ters shall be nursed at thy side. the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Re- & Then thou shalt see, and flow to-deemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. gether, and thy heart shall fear, and be] 17 For brass 1 will bring gold, and enlarged; because the abundance of for ion I will bring silver, and for the sea shall be converted unto thee, wood brass, and for stones iron: 1 the forces of the Gentiles shall come will also make thine officers peace, unto thee. and thine exactors righteousness 6 The multitude of camels shall cover 18 Violence shall no more be heard thee, the dromedaries of Midian and in thy land, wasting nor destruction Ephab; all they from Sheba shall within thy borders; but thou shalt come: they shall bring gold and in-call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates cense; and they shall show forth the Praise. praises of the Lord. 19 The sun shall be no more thy light 7 All the flocks of Kedah shall be by day; neither for brightness shall gathered together unto thee, the rams the moon give light unto thee; but of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: the LORD shall be unto thee an ever- they shall come up with acceptance lasting light, and thy God thy glory. on mine altar, and 1 will glorify the 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; house of my glory. neither shall thy moon withdraw it- self: for the Lord shall be thine ever- lasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring 21 Thy people also shall be all right- thy sons from far, their silver and their cous: they shall inherit the land for gold with them, unto the name of the ever, the branch of my planting, the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of work of my hands, that 1 may be Israel, because he hath glorified thee. glorified. 10 And the sons of strangers shall 22 A little one shall become a thou build u thy walls, and their kings shall sand, and a small one a strong nation: minister unto thee, for in my wrath]1 the LORD will lasten it in his time. 074 Christ office. CHAP. LXI CHAP. LXI, LXII. The blessings of faithful. righteousness and praise to spring THE Spirit of the Lord Gon is up. forth before all the nations. me; because the Lord hath CHAP. LXII. FOR Zion's sake will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake auointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent we to bind up the broken-hearted, to pro- claim liberty to the captives, and the I will not rest, until the righteousness opening of the prison to them that are bound; thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burn eth. 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new naine, which the mouth of the Lond shall name. 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Loud, and a roya diadem in the hand of thy God. 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that moara; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for aзnes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of rightcousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. 4 Thou shalt no more be termed For 4 T And they shall build the old saken; neither shall thy laud any more wastes, they shall raise up the former be termed Desolate; but thou shalt be desolations, and they shall repair the called Hephzi-bah, and thy laud Beu waste cities, the desolations of many lab: for the LORD delighteth in thee, generations. and thy land shall be married. 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien sha.. be your plowmen, and your vine- dressers. 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 5 1 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sous marry Ulice: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD,keep 7 For your shame ye shall have not silence; double, and for confusion they shali 7 And give him no rest, till he es- rejoice in their portion: therefore in tablish, and till he make Jerusalem a their land they shall possess the dou-prise in the earth. ble: everlasting joy shall be unto them. 5 The LORD hath sworn by his right 8 For I the LORD love judgment, 1 hand, and by the arm of his strength, hate robbery for burnt-offering; and 1Surely I will no more give thy corn to will direct their work in truth, and I be meat for thine enemies; and the will make an everlasting covenant sons of the stranger shall not drink with them. thy wine, for the which thou hast 9 And their seed shall be known laboured: among the Gentiles,and their offspring 9 But they that have gathered it shall among the people: all that see them eat it, and praise the LORD; and they shall acknowledge them, that they are that have brought it together shall the seed which the Lono hath blessed. | drink it in the courts of my holiness. 10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lono, 10 T Go through, go through the. my soul shall be joyful in my God; gates; prepare ye the way of the pro for he hath clothed me with the garple; cast up, cast up the highway; ment of salvation, he hath covered gather out the stones; lift up a stau- me with the robe of righteousness, as dard for the people. n bridegroom decketh himself with 11 Behold, the Lonn hath proclaim omaments, and as a bride adorneth ed unto the end of the world, Say ye herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause to the daughter of Zion, Bel:old, thy salvation cometh; behold, his rewa a is with him, and his work before biza 12 And they shall call their The hole people, The redeemed of the Logar 675 ISAIAH. of the church. The preyer and thou shalt be called, Sought out, the water before them, to make him self an everlasting name? A city not forsaken. 13 That led them through the deep, CHAP. LXIII. HO is this that cometh from as a horse in the wilderness, that they W Ld is, with diet coments from should not stumble? Bozrahi? this that is glorious in his 14 As a beast goeth down into the apparel, travelling in the greatness of valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused his strength? I that speak in righteous-him to rest; so didst thou lead thy peo- ness, mighty to save. ple, to make thyself a glorious name. 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine 15 Look down from heaven, and apparel, and thy garments like him behold from the habitation of thy boliness and of thy glory: where is that treadeth in the wine-fat ? 3 I have trodden the wine press alone; thy zeal and thy strength, the sound and of the people there was none withing of thy bowels and of thy mercies me: for I will tread them in mine toward me? are they restrained? anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is 16 Doubtless thou are our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our Father, our Redeem- er; thy name is from everlasting. 17 ↑ O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened 5 And I looked, and there was none our beart from thy fear? Return for to help; and I wondered that there thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine was none to uphold; therefore mine inheritance. own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. come. 6 And 1 will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk m my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. 13 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while; our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 19 We are thine : thou never barest rule over them; they were not called thy name. H H CHAP. LXIV. 71 will mention the loving-kind-by nesses of the LORD, and the praises of the Lond, according to all that the that thou wouldest rend the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the heavens,that thou wouldest come great goodness toward the house of 19-down, that the mountains might flow rael, which he hath bestowed on them down at thy presence; according to his mercies, and accord 2 As when the melting fire burneth, ing to the multitude of his loving-the fire causeth the waters to boil, to kindnessee. make thy name known to thine adver- 3 For he said, Surely they are my saries, that the nations may tremble people, children that will not lie: so at thy presence! he was their Saviour. 3 When thou didst terrible things 9 In all their affliction he was afflict-which we looked not for, thou camest ed,and the angel of his presence saved down, the mountains flowed down at them in his love and in his pity be thy presence. redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. ¶ For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor per- ceived by the ear, neither hath "the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. 10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore be was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. Il Then he remembered the days 5 Thou meetest bum that rejoiceth, of old, Moses and his people,saying, and worketh righteousness; those that Where is he that brought them up out remember thee in thy ways: behold, of the sea with the shepherd of his thou art wroth; for we have sinned : fork? where is he that put his holy in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. Sp.it withio him? 12 That led them by the right hand of Aloses with his glorious arm, dividing 6 But we are all as an unclean thẳng, and all our righteousnessesarcas filthy 676 The calling CHAP. LXV. and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. of the Gentiles. rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; wine is found in the cluster, and one- saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it so will I do for any servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inberitor of my mountains; and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid tity face from us, and bast consumed us, because of our iniquities. 8 But now, O Lond, thou art our Father: we are the clay, and thou our Potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 9 ¶ Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 11 ¶ But ye are they that forsake the Lond, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, 10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, that furnish the drink-offering unto Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a des-that number. olation. 12 Therefore will I number you to 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, the sword, and ye shall all bow down where our fathers praised thee, is to the slaughter: because when I call- burned up with fire and all our ed,ye did not answer; when I spake, pleasant things are laid waste. ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that where in I delighted not. 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? I CHAP. LXV, AM sought of them that asked not 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants sought me not: I said, Behold me, be-behold, my servants shall rejoice, but hold me, unto a nation that was not ye shall be ashamed: called by my name. 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that ious not good, after their own thoughts; 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sor- row of heart, and shall howl for vex- ation of spirit. 15 And ye shall leave your name for 3 A people that provoketh me tola curse unto my chosen: for the Lord anger continually to my face; that God shall slay thee, and call his ser sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth vants by another name: Incense upon altars of brick; 16 That he who blesseth himself in 4 Which remain among the graves, the earth, shall bless himself in the and lodge in the monuments; which God of truth; and he that sweareth in eat swine's fleab, and broth of abom-the earth, shall swear by the God of, inable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine cyes. 17 TT For, behold, I create new hea- vens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered, nor come 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recom-into mind. pense, even recompense into their 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever bosom, in that which I create: for, behold, I 7 Your iniquities, and the iniqulties create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and be of your fathers together, saith the people a joy. LORD, which have burnt incense upon 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, the mountains, and blasphemned me and joy in my people; and the voice upon the hills: therefore will I meas-of weeping shall be no more heard in ure their former work into their ber, nor the voice of crying. bosom. 20 There shall be no more thence an 67 Thus saith the LonD, As the new infant of days, nor an old man that 677 God's judgments ISAIAH. against the roicked. hath not filled his days; for the child pear to your joy, and they shall be shall die a hundred years old; but the ashamed. sinner being a hundred years old shall 6 A voice of noise from the city, a be accursed. voice from the temple, a voice of the 21 And they shall build houses, and Loud that rendereth recompense to inbabit them; and they shall plant is enemies. vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 7 Before she travailed, she brought 22 They shall not build, and anoth-forth; before her pain came, she was er inhabit; they shall not plant, and delivered of a man-child. another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, 1 will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. TH CHAP. LXVI. AHUS saith the LORD, The beaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath my hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lond: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. S Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD shall I cause to bring forth, and sinul the womb ? saith thy God. 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 11 That ye may suck, and be satis- bed with the breasts of her consola- tions; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold I will extend peace to her like a riv er, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borue upon her sides, aud be dandled upon her knees. 13 As one whom his mother com forteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14. And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall 3 He that killeth an ox, is as if he flourish like an herb: and the hand of slew a man; he that sacrificeth athe LORD shall be known toward his lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; eervants, and his indignation toward be that offereth an oblation, as if he his enemies. offered swme's blood; he that burneth 15 For, behold, the LORD will come icense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, with fire, and with his chariots like a they have chosen their own ways, whirlwind, to render his anger with and their soul delighteth in their fury, and his rebuke with flames of abominations. fire. 4 1 also will choose their delusions, 16 Forby fire and by his sword will and will bring their fears upon them; the Load plead with all flesh: and because when I called, uone did an- the slain of the Lono shall be many. swer; when I spake, they did not 17 They that sanctify themselves,and hear: but they did evil before mine purify themselves in the gardens be- eyes, and chose that in which I de-hind one tree in the midst, eating lighted not. swine's flesh, and the abomination, 5 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye and the mouse, shall be consumed to- that tremble at his word; Your breth-|gether, saith the Lono. ren that bated you, that cast you out 18 For I know their works and theit for my name's sake, said, Let the thoughts; it shall come, that I will Load be glorified: but he shall ap-gather all nations and tongues; and 678 The time, and the CHAP. I. calling of Jeremia? they shall come, and ace my glory. 21 And I will also take of them for 19 And I will set a sign among them, priests, and for Levites, saith the and I will send those that escape of Lond. them unto the nations, to Tarshish, 22 For as the new heavens, and the Pul, aud Lud, that draw the bow, to new earth, which I will make, shalt Tubal, and Javao, to the isles afar off, remain before me, saith the LORD, SO that have not heard my fame, neither shall your seed and your name remain. have seen my glory; and they shall 23 And it shall come to pass, that declare my glory among the Gentiles. from one new moon to another, and 20 And they shall bring all your from one sabbath to another, shall a!! brethren for an offering unto the flesh come to worship before me, saith LORD, out of all nations, upon horses, the LORD. and in chariots, and in litters, and up- 24 And they shall go forth, and look on mules, and upon swift beasts, to upon the carcases of the men that have iny holy mountain Jerusalem, saith transgressed against me for their the LORD, as the children of Israel worm shall not die, neither shall their being an offering in a clean vessel into fire be quenched; and they shall be the house of the LORD. lan abborring unto all flesh. ¶ The Book of the Prophet JEREMIAH. CHAP. 1. HE words of Jeremiah the son of THilkial, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin: 2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. stroy, and to throw down,to build,anc to plant. 11 ¶ Moreover,the word of the LORD came unto me,saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou ? And I said, I see a red of an almond-tree. 12 Then said the LORD unto me,Thou bast well seen: for 1 will hasten my 3 It came also in the days of Jehoia-word to perform it. kin the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Ju- dah, unto the carrying away of Jeru- salem captive in the fifth month. 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 12 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou ? And I said, I see a seething-pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. 14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified 15 For, lo, I will call all the families thee; and I ordained thee a prophet of the kingdoms of the north, saith uuto the nations. the Lono; and they shall come, and 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! be-they shall set every one his throne at hold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child. the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, 7 But the LORD said unto me, and against all the walls thereof round Say not, I am a child for thou shalt about, and against all the cities of Ju- go to all that I shall send thee, and dah. whatsoever I command thee thou shalt Epeak. 16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wick- 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for Iedness, who have forsaken me, and am with thee to deliver thec, saith have burned incense unto other gods, the LORD. and worshipped the works of their own hands. 9 Then the Lond put forth his hand, and touched my mouth: and the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms,to root out,and to pull down, and to de- 17 ¶ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. 18 For, behold, I have made thee this 679 The sins JEREMIAH. of Judah. day a defenced cny, and an iron pillar, have changed their glory or that and brasen walls, against the whole which doth not profit. land, against the kings of Judah, 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at guinst the princes thereof, against this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very the priests thereof, and against the desolate, saith the Lord. people of the land. 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. CHAP. II. One to me, saying, OREOVERthe wordof the LORD MOR 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusa- lem, saymg, Thus saith the LORD, 1 remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns,broken cisterns,that can hold no water. & 141 Is Israel a servant? is he a home- born slave why is he spoiled ? 15 The young lion roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way ? 3 Israel was holiness unto the LonD, and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend: evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. 18 And now what hast thou to do in 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O the way of Egypt,to drink the waters house of Jacob,and all the families of ¦of Sihor? or wljat hast thou to do in the house of Israel: the way of Assyria, to drink the wa 5 T Thus saith the Lonn, What in-ters of the river ? quity have your fathers found in me, 19 Thine own wickedness shall cor that they are gone far from me, and rect thee, and thy backslidings shall nave walked after vanity, and are be-reprove thee: know therefore and see come vain ? 6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, througli a land of deserts and of pite, through a laid of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt ? that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lond thy God, saith and that my fear is not in thee, the Lord GoD of hosts. 20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high bill and under every green tree thou wandercst,play- 7 And I brought you into a plentifuling the harlot. country, to eat the fruit thereof, and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made iny heritage an abomination. 8 The priests said not, Where is the Lond and they that bandle the law knew me not: the pastors also trans- gressed against ine, and the prophets prophesied Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. 9¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with Jou, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right eeed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me saith the Lord God. 23 How canst thou say, I am not pol- luted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; 24 A wild use used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleas 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there beure ; in ber occasion who can turn her such a thing. away all they that seek her will not P 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, weary themselves; in ber month they which are yet no gods? but my people shall find her. 680 God expostulateth CHAP. 111. with the Jews, 25 Withhold thy foot from being un-[become another man's, shall he retma shod, and thy throat from thirst: but unto her again? shall not that land be thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for greatly polluted? but thou hast played I have loved strangers, and after them the harlot with many lovers; yet re- will I go. turn again to me, saith the LORD. 26 As the thief is ashamed when be 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the bigh is found, so is the house of Israel places, and see where thou hast not ashamed; they, their kings, their been lain with. In the ways hast thou princes, and their priests, and their sat for them, as the Arabian in the prophets, wilderness; and thou bast polluted 27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my the land with thy whoredoms and father; and to a stone, Thou hast with thy wickedness. brought me forth; for they have turn- 3 Therefore the showers have been ed their back unto me, and not their withholden, and there hath been no face: but in the time of their trouble latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's they will say, Arise, and save us. forehead, thou refusedst to be asla 28 But where are thy gods that thou med. hast made thee? let them arise, if they | 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry can save thee in the time of thy troub-junto me, My father, thou art the ble: for according to the number of guide of my youth? thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? will he keep it to the end? Bebold, ye all have transgressed against me, thou hast spoken and done evil things saith the LORD. as thou couldest. 6 ¶ The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? ehe is gone up upon every 30 In vain have I smitten your chil| dren; they received no correction: your own sword bath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31 ¶ O generation, see ye the word of high mountain and under every green, the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? where- fore say my people, We are lords; we will come uo more unto thee? tree, and there hath played the harlot. 7 And 1 said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacher 32 Can a maid forget her oraaments, ous sister Judah saw it. or a bride her attire ? yet my people] 8 And I saw, when for all the causes have forgotten me days without uum-[whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and giv ber. 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to len her a bill of divorce; yet her treach- seek love? therefore hast tho also crous sister Judah feared not, but went taught the wicked ones thy ways. and played the harlot also. 34 Also in thy skirts is found the 9 And it came to pass through thự blood of the souls of the poor inno-lightness of her whoredom, that slic cents: I bave not found it by secret defiled the land, and committed adul search, but upon all these. tery with stones and with stocks. 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am in- 10 And yet for all this her treacher nocent, surely his anger shall turnous sister Judah hath not turned unta from me. Behold, I will plead with me with her whole heart, but feign thee, because thou sayest, I have not edly, saith the Lord. sinned. 36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast Ashamed of Assyria. 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thy hands upon thy head: for the LORD bath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. CHAP. HII. HEY say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and II And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified ber self more than treacherous Judah. 12 T Go and proclaim these words to- ward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Loav; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upou you: for 1 am merciful, saith the Lond, and I will not keep anger for ever. 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the 681 JEREMIAH. Judah calortza to repentance. Lond thy God, and hast scattered thy jbour of our fathers from our youth; ways to the strangers under every their flocks and their herds, their sons green tree, and ye have not obeyed and their daughters. my voice, saith the Lond. 25 We lie down in our shame, and 14 Turn, O backsliding children, four confusion covereth us: for we saith the Lond; for I am married unto have sinued against the LORD our you; and I will take you one of a city, | God, we and our fathers, from our and two of a family, and i will bring youth even unto this day, and have you to Zion: not obeyed the voice of the Lond our CHAP. IV. 15 And 1 will give you pastors ac- God. cording to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understard-TF thou wilt return, O Israel, saith' ing. I the Lono, return unto me; and if thou wilt put away thine abomina tions out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. 16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of 2 And thou shalt swear, The Lond the covenant of the Lonn: neither liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in sball it come to mind: neither shall righteousness; and the nations shall they remember it; neither shall they bless themselves in him, and in him visit it; neither shall that be done shall they glory. any more. 3T For thus saith the LORD to the 17 At that time they shall call Jeru-men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break salem the throne of the LonD; and up your fallow ground, and sow not all the nations shall be gathered unto among thorns. it, to the name of the Loso, to Jeru- salem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant laud, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. 20 π Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabit- ants of Jerusalem ; lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather to gether, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruc- tion. 7 The lion is come up from his thick- et, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have 8 For this gird you with sackcloth, perverted the way, and they navejiament and howl; for the fierce au- forgotten the LORD their God. ger of the LORD is not turned back from us. 21 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. 9 And it shall come to pass at that Behold, we come unto thee; for thou day, saith the LORD, that the beart of art the Lord our God. the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall he astonished, and the prophets shal! wonder. 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the mul- titude of mountaus: truly in the Lond our God is the salvation of Is- 10 Then said I, Ah, Lonn God! rael. surely thou hast greatly deceived this 21 For shame hath devoured the la people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall 682 A lamentation CHAP. V. have peace; whereas the a word reach- eth unto the soul. 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 12 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will 1 give sentence against them. for Judah. 26 I behield, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the pres- ence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. 27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. 28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: be- 13 Behold,he shall come up as clouds, cause I have epoken it, I have pur- and his chariots shall be as a whirlposed it, and will not repent, neither wind: his horses are swifter than will I turn back from it. eagles. Wo unto us! for we are spoiled. 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness,that thou mayest be saved: how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? 29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen ; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken,and not a man dwell therein. 15 For a voice declareth from Dau, 30 And when thou art spoiled, what and publisheth affliction from mount wilt thou do? Though thou clothest Ephraim. 16 Make ye mention to the nations: behold,publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. 17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about: because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lond. thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rendest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thy- self fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child the voice of the daughter of Zion,that 18 Thy way and thy doings have pro-bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her cured these things unto thee: this is hands, saying, Wo is me now for thy wickedness, because it is bitter, my soul is wearied because of mur- because it reacheth unto thy heart. derers. 19 ¶ My bowels, my bowels! I am CHAP. V. pained at my very heart; my heart Retreets of Jerusalem, and see now, heart! RUN ye to and fro through the 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my maketh a noise in me: I cannot holdi my peace, because thou hast heard, O aud know, and seek in the broad places if there my soul, the sound of the trumpet,the thereof, if ye can find a man, alarm of war. be any that executetb judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. 2 And though they say, The Lond lireth; surely they swear falsely. 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they bave not grieved; thou hast consumed them,but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none under standing: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are 23 I beheld the earth and, lo, it was poor; they are foolish: for they know without form and void, and the heav-not the way of the Lond, nor the ens, and they had no light. judgment of their God. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, 5 I will get me unto the great men, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25 behield, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fed and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke and burst the bonds. 683 God's judgments JEREMIAH. on the Jews. 6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest] 19 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when shall slay them, and a wolf of the ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard LORD our God all these things unto shall watch over their cities; every us? then shalt thou answer them, one that goeth out thence shall be torn Like as ye nave forsaken me, and in pieces; because their transgressions served strange gods in your land, so are many, and their baskelidings are shall ye serve strangers in a land that increased. is not yours. 7 ¶ How shall I pardon thee for this?| 20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, thy children have forsaken me, and and publish it in Judah, saying, eworn by them that are no gods: 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, when I had fed them to the full, they and without understanding; which then committed adultery, and assem-have eyes, and see not; which have bled themselves by troops in the har-ears, and hear not; lot's houses. 22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD 8 They were as fed horses in the will ye not tremble at my presenc morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. 9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LoRD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? 10 T Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's. which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual de- cree,that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? 23 But this people bath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are re- volted and gone. 24 Neither say they in their heart, 11 For the house of Israel and the Let us now fear the LORD our God, bouse of Judah bave dealt verytreach-that giveth rain, both the former and erously against me, saith the Lond. the latter, in his season: he reserveth 12 They have belied the LoRD, and unto us the appointed weeks of the said, It is not he; neither shall evil harvest. come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 13 And the prophet shall become wind, and the world is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. 14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, because ye speak this word, Behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. 25 ¶ Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. 26 For among my people are found wicked men; they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 15 Lo, 1 will bring a nation vɔon you from far, O house of Israel, su.th the 28 They are waxen fat, they shine Lond: it is a mighty nation, it is an yea, they overpass the deeds of the aucient nation, a nation whose lan-wicked: they judge not the cause, the guage thou knowest not, neither un-cause of the fatherless, yet they pros- derstandest what they say. per; and the right of the needy do they not judge. 16 Their quiver is as an open sepul- chre, they are all mighty men. 17 And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy song and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall impoverish thy fenced cit- ies, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. 18 Nevertheless in those days, saith 29 Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 30 T A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land. 31 The prophets prophecy falsely,and and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? CHAP. VI. YE children of Benjamin, gather the LORD I will not make a full end yourselves to flee out of the midst with you. 684 God's wrath CHAP. VI. proclaimed. of Jerusalein, and blow the trumpet the daughter of my people slightly in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in saying, Peace, peace: when there is nc Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth peace. out of the north, and great destruction. 15 Were they ashamed when they nay, 2 I bave likened the daughter of Zion had committed abomination ? to a coniely and delicate woman. they were not at all ashamed, neither 3 The shepherds with their flocks could they blush: therefore they shall shall come unto her; they shall pitch|fall among them that fall: at the time their tents against ber round about; that I visit them they shall be cast they shall feed every one in his place. down, saith the Lond. 4 Prepare ye war against her: arise, 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye ir and let us go up at noon. Wo unto the ways, and sec, and ask for the oli us for the day goeth away, for the paths, where is the good way, and shadows of the evening are stretched walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will out. 6 Arise, and let us go by night, and [not walk therein. let us destroy her palaces. 6 T For thus hath the LonD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem; this is the city to be visited; she is wholly op pression in the midst of her. 17 Also I set watchmen over yoù, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. 18 11 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among 7 As a fountain casteth out her wa-them. ters, so she casteth out her wicked- ness violence and epoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they bave not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest 20 To what purpose cometh there to make thee desolate, a land not inhab-me incense from Sheba, and the sweet ited. cane from a far country? your burnt- 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, offerings are not acceptable, nor your They shall thoroughly glean the rem-sacrifices sweet unto me. nant of Israel as a vine: turn back 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Be- thy hand as 2 grape-gatherer into the hold, I will lay stumbling blocks be. baskets. fore this people, and the fathers and 10 To whom shall I speak, and give the sous together shall fall upon them; warning, that they may hear? behold, the neighbour and bis friend shall their ear is uncircumcised, and they perish. cannot hearken: behold, the word of 22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a the LORD is unto them a reproach;[people cometh from the north coun- they have no delight in it. try, and a great nation shall be raised 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of from the sides of the earth. the Lond; I am weary with bolding 23 They shall lay hold on bow and in: I will pour it out upon the chil-spear; they are cruel, and have no dren abroad, and upon the assembly mercy; their voice roareth like the of young men together: for even the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in husband with the wife shall be taken, array as men for war against thee, O the aged with him that is ful' of days, daughter of Zion, 12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 24 We have beard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. 26 T O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thy. self in asbes: make thee mourning, aa 14 They have healed also the hurt of ] for an only son, most bitter lamenta- G85 Jeremiah exhorteth JEREMIAH. to repentance. tion: for the spoiler shall suddenly to it for the wickedness of my ƒ cople come upon us. Israel. 27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. 28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corruptors. 29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire, the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. 30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. CHAP. VII. HE word that came to Jeremiah from the Lond, saying, 2 Stand in the gate of the LORD's house and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lond, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. 13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lono, and 1 spake unto you, rising up early ané speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; 14 Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fa- thers, as I have done to Shiloh. 15 And 1 will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your breth. ren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. 16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. 17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ? 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make 3 Thus saith the Loun of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to cakes to the queen of heaven, and to dwell in this place. pour out drink-ollerings unto other 4 Trust ye not in lying words, say-gods, that they may provoke me to ing, The temple of the Loun, The anger. temple of the LORD, The temple of 19 Do they provoke me to anger? the LORD, are these. Baith the LORD: do they not provoke 5 For if ye thoroughly amend your themselves to the confusion of their ways and your doings: if ye thorough-fown faces? ly execute judgment between a man 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord and his neighbour; Goo; Behold, mine anger and my fury 6 Iye oppress not the stranger, the shall be poured out upon this place, fatherless, and the widow, and shed upon man, and upon beast, and upon not invocent blood in this place, nei-the trees of the field, and upon the ther walk after other gods to your fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. burt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. ST Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and born Incense unto Baal, and walk after oth cr gods whom ye know not; 10 Aud come and stand before me in the house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have scen it, saith the Lond. 21 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt- offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices: 3 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that. I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 24 But they hearkened not, nor in- clined their ear, but walked in the 12 But go ye now unto my place counsels and in the imagination of which was in Shiloh, where I set my their evil heart, and went backward, name at the first, and see what I did land not forward. 696 I Jews' impenitence CHAP. VIII. upbraided. 25 Since the day that your fathers, 2 And they shall spread them before came forth out of the land of Egypt the sun, and the moon, and all the unto this day, I have even sent untoj bost of heaven,whom they have loved, you all my servants the prophets, daily and whom they have served, and after rising up early and sending them: whom they have walked, and whom 26 Yet they hearkened not cuto me, they have sought, and whom they nor inclined their ear, but hardened have worshipped; they shall not be their neck: they did worse than their gathered, norbe buried; they shall be fathers. for dung upon the face of the earth. 27 Therefore thou shalt speak all 3 And death shall be chosen rather these words unto them; but they will than life by all the residue of them not hearken to thee: thou shall also that remain of this evil family, which call unto them; but they will not an-remain in all the places whither I have swer thee. driven them, saith the Lond of hosts. 28 But thou shalt say unto them, 4 T Moreover, thou shalt say unto This is a nation that obeyeth not thej them. Thus saith the LORD, Shall they voice of the LORD their God, nor re-fall, and not arise? sball he turn ceiveth correction: truth is perished, away, and not return? and is cut off from their mouth. 5 Why then is this people of Jerusa 29 T Cut oll thy hair, O Jerusalem, lem slidden back by a perpetual back- and cast it away,and take up a lamen-sliding? they hold fast deceit, they re- tation on, high places; for the LORD fuse to return. hath rejected and forsaken the genera- 6 I hearkened and heard, but they tion of his wrath. spake not aright: no man repented 30 For the children of Judah bave him of his wickedness, saying, What done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: have I done? every one turned to his they have set their abominations iu tnej course, as the horse rusheth into the house which is called by my name, to battle. pollute it. 7 Yea, the stork in the beaven know- 31 And they have built the high eth her appointed times; and the tur- places of Tophet,which is in the vultle, and the crane, and the swallow, ley of the son of Hinnom, to burn observe the time of their coming; but their sons and their daughters in the my people know not the judgment of fire; which 1 commanded them not, the Lord. neither came it into my heart. 32 T Therefore,behold,the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in To- phet, till there be no place. 33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none sball fray them away, 34 Then will 1 cause to cease from ne cities of Judah, and from the streels of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom,and the voice of the bride; for the land shall be desolate. CHAP. VIII. T that time, saith the LORD, they 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo,they have rejected the word of the LoRD; and what wisdom is in them? 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that eball inherit them: for every one, from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 12 Were they ashamed when they A Suit te bones of the had committed abomination ? way, kings of Judal, and the bones of bis they were not at all ashamed, neither princes, and the bones of the priests, could they blush: therefore shall they and the bones of the prophets, Rad the fall among them that fall; in the time bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem,¦of their visitation they shall be cast out of their graves: down, saith the LORD. 687 Jeremiah Lamenteth JEREMIAH. for the Jetus. 13 T I will surely consume them,saith for they proceed from evil to evil, and the LORD: there shall'e no grapes on they know not me, saith the Lord. the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and 4 Take ye heed every one of his the leaf shall fade; and the things neighbour, and trust ye not in any that I have given them shall pass brother: for every brother will utterly away from them. supplant, and every neighbour will 14 Why do we sit still? assemble walk with slanders. yourselves, and let us enter into the 5 And they will deceive every one defenced cities, and let us be silent his neighbour, and will not speak the there; for the Lord our God hath put truth; they have taught their tongue us to silence, and given us water of to speak lics,and weary themselves to gall to drink, because we have sinned commit iniquity. against the LORD. behold trouble ! 6 Thy habitation is in the midst of 15 We looked for peace, but no good deceit; through deceit they refuse to came; and for a time of health, and know me, saith the Lord. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lonn o. 16 The snorting of his horses was hosts, Behold I will melt them, and heard from Dan: the whole land try them; for how shall I do for the trembled at the sound of the neighing daughter of my people? of his strong ones; for they are come, 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot and bave devoured the land, and all out; it speaketh deceit: one speakcia that is in it; the city, and those that peaceably to his neighbour with his dwell therein. mouth, but in beart he layeth his wait. 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, 9 T Shall I not visit them for these cockatrices, among you, which will things saith the LORD: shall not my not be charmed, and they shall bite soul be avenged on such a nation as you, saith the LORD. this? 18 T When I would comfort myself 10 For the mountains will I take up ngainst sorrow, my heart is faint in a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamen me. 19 Behold the voice of the cry of the tation, because they are burned up, so duughter of my people, because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not herKing in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. that none can pass through them; ner- ther can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. 21 For the hurt of the daughter of 12 1 Who is the wise man, that may my people am I hurt; I am black; understand this? and who is he to astonishment hath taken hold on me.[whom the mouth of the LORD hath 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? is spoken, that he may declare it, for there no physician there? why then is what the land perisheth and is burned not the health of the daughter of my up like a wilderness,that none passeth people recovered? through? CHAP. IX. H that my head were waters, and 13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set be- On my weta, of tears, fore them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my peo- 14 But have walked after the imagi- ple! nation of their own beart, and after Baalin, which their fathers taught 2. Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that them: 1 might leave my people, and go from 15 Therefore thus saith the Louv of them for they be all adulterers, aufhosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I assembly of treacherous men. will feed them, even this people, with And they bend their tongues like wormwood, and give thein water of their bow for lies: but they are not gall to drink. valiaut for the truth upon the earth; 16 I will scatter them also among the 688 The vanity CHAP. X. of idole. heathen, whom neither they nor their] 2 Thus saith the Lond, Learn not fathers have known; and I will send a the way of the heathen, and be not sword after them, till I have consumed dismayed at the signs of heaven: for them. the heathen are dismayed at them. 17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 3 For the customs of the people are Consider ye, and call for the mourning vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the women, that they may come; and forest, the work of the bands of the send for cunning women, that they workman, with the axe. may come: 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our 5 They are upright as the palm-tree, eyelids gush out with waters. but speak not: they must needs be 19 Fo a voice of wailing is heardborne, because they cannot go. Be out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we not afraid of them; for they cannot are greatly confounded, because we do evil, neither also is it in them to do have forsaken the land, because our dwellings bave cast us out. 20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation: 21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our pal aces, to cut off the children from with- but, and the young men from the streets. good. 6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lonn; thou art great,and thy name is great in might. 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it apper tain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of van- ities. 22 Speak,Thus saith the LonD,Even 9 Silver spread into plates is brought the carcases of men shall full as dung from Tarshish, and gold from Upház upon the open field, and as the hand-the work of the workman, and of the fel after the harvest-man, and none hands of the founder: blue and pur- shall gather them. ple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. 23 ¶ Thus saith the Lono, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the miglity man glory in bis might, let not the rich man glory in his riches. 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be 24 But let him that glorieth, glory able to abide his indignation. m this, that he understandeth and 11 Thus sball ye say unto them,] knoweth me, that I am the LORD gods that have not made the heavens which exercise loving-kindness, judg-and the earth, even they shall perish ment, and righteousness, in the earth: from the earth, and from under these for in these things I delight, saith the heavens. LORD. The 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by bis discretion. 25 T Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncir- cumcised; 13 When he uttereth his voice, there 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom,and is a multitude of waters in the hea- the children of Ammon, and Moab, vens, and he causeth the vapours to and all that are in the utmost corners, ascend from the ends of the earth; that dwell in the wilderness: for all he maketh lightnings with rain, and these nations are uncircumcised, and bringeth forth the wind out of bis all the house of Israel are uncircum-treasures. cised in the heart. CHAP. X. 14 Every man is brutish in his know. ledge: every founder is confounded by HEAR re the word which the LORD the graven image: for his molten in speaketh unto you, O house of age is falsehood, and there is no breath Israel: in them. 2 X 689 The Jeros JEREMIAH. threatened. 15 Theyare vanty, and the work of and do them, according to all which I errors in the time of their visitation command you; so shall ye be my peo- they shall perishi. ple, and I will be your God: 16 The Portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is bis name. 17 T Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. 18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. 5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said,So be it,0 LORD. 6 Then the LORD said unto me. Pro- claim all these words in the cities of Judah,and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. 7 For I earnestly protested unto your 19 Wo is me for my hurt! my fathers, in the day that I brought wound is grevious: but I said, Truly them up out of the land of Egypt, this is a grief, and I must bear it. even unto this day, rising early and 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all protesting, saying, Obey my voice. iny cords are broken; my children S Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined are gone forth of me, and they are their car, but walked every one in the not: there is none to stretch forth my imagination of their evil heart: there tent any more, and to set up my curfore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which 1 com 21 For the pastors are become brumanded them to do; but they did tish, and have not sought the LORD: them not. therefore they shall not prosper, and 9 And the Lond said unto me, A all their flocks shall be scattered. conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. tains. 22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of drag-quities of their forefathers, which re- ons. 23 TO Loan, I know that the way of man is not in bimself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. 25 Pour out thy fury upou the bea- then that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and de- voured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. CHAP. XI. THE word that came to Jeremiah from the Loan, saying, 10 They are turned back to the ini fused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken mycovenant which I made with their fathers. 1 11 T Therefore thus saith the Lond, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, will not liearken unto them. 12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. 13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; 2 Hear ye the words of this cove-and according to the number of the nant, and speak unto the men of Ju- strects of Jerusalem have ye set up dab, and to the inhabitants of Jerusa-altars to that shameful thing, even lem; 3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, altars to burn incense unto Baal. 14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth 15 What hath my beloved to do in out of the land of Egypt, from the my house, seeing she hath wrought iron furnace saving, Obey my voice, lewdness with many, and the holy 690 The wicked's CHAP. XII. prusperuy, flesh is passed from thee? when thou] 4 How long shall the land mourn, doest evil, then thou rejoicest. and the herbs of every field wither, 16 The LORD called thy name, Afor the wickedness ofthem that dwell green olive-tree, fair, and of goodly therein ? the beasts are consumed, fruit: with the noise of a great tumult and the birds; because they said, He be bath kindled fire upon it, and the shall not see our last end. branches of it are broken. 6 ¶ 1f thou hast run with the foot. 17 For the LORD of hosts, that plant-men, and they have wearied thee, ed thee, hath pronounced evil against then how canst thou contend with thee, for the evil of the house of Israel, horses ? and if in the land of peace, and of the house of Judah, which they wherein thou trustedst, they wearied have done against themselves, to pro-thee, then how wilt thou do in the voke me to anger, in offering incense swelling of Jordan? 6 For even thy brethren, and the unto Baal. 18 T And the LORD bath given me house of thy father, even they have knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou show edst me their doings. 19 But I was like a lamb, or an ox, that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised de- vices against me, saying, Let us de- stroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. 20 But,0 LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the beart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause. 21 Therefore thus saith the Lone of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our band: dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee; believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. 7 I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the [band of her enemies. 8 My heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest ; it crieth out against me : therefore have I hated it. 9 My heritage is unto me 03 a speckled bird; the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to de your. 10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my por tion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilder 22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Juess. hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine ; 23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. CHAP. XII. IGHTEOUS art thou, O Lond, 11 They bave made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, bc- cause no man layeth i to heart. 12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall de your from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. wheat, but shall me talk with thee of thy judgments: reap thorne; they have put them Wherefore doth the way of the wick-selves to pain, but shall not profit; ed prosper? wherefore are all they and they shall be ashamed of your happy that deal very treacherously? revenues, because of the fierce ange 2 Thou hast planted them; yea, they of the LORD. have taken root: they grow; yea,they 14 Thus saith the LORD against all bring forth fruit: thou art near in mine evil neighbours, that touch the their mouth, and far from their reins. inheritance which I have caused my S But thou, O LORD, knowest me; people Israel to inherit; Behold, A thou hast seen me, and tried my heart will pluck them out of their land, and toward thee: pall them out like sheep pluck out the house of Judah from For the slaughter, and prepare them among them. for the day of slaughter. 15 And it shall come to pass, after 691 The linen gir lle, JEREMIAH. that I have plucked them out, I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. and wine bottles 12 T Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my wine ? people, to swear by my name, The 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, LORD liveth; as they taught my peo-Thus saith the Lono, Behold, I will ple to swear by Baal; then shall they fill all the inhabitants of this land, be built in the midst of my people. even the kings that sit upon David's 17 But if they will not obey, I will throne, and the priests, and the proph utterly pluck up and destroy that na-ets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusa tion, saith the Loud. lem, with drunkenness. CHAP. XIII. HUS saith the LORD unto me, Go girdle, put it upon thy loins,and put it not in water. 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LouD, and put it on my Joins. 3 And the word of the LonD came unto me the second time, saying, 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 6 So I went,and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. 6And it came to pass after many days that the Lono said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from | thence, which 1 commanded thee to hide there. 14 And I will dash them one against janother, even the fathers and the sous together, saith the Lond: 1 will not spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. 16 T Hear ye, and give car ; be not proud: for the Lone hath spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark moun- tains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for you" pride: and mine eyes shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lond's flock is carried away captive, 18Sayunto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves,sit down; for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. 7 Then I went to Euphrates, and 19 The cities of the south shall be digged, and took the girdle from the place where I bad hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profit able for nothing. 8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, shut up, and none shall open them : Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north; where 9 Thus saith the LORD, After this is the flock that was given thee, thy manuer will I mar the pride of Ju-beautiful flock ? dab, and the great pride of Jerusalem. 21 What wilt thou say when he shall 10 This evil people, which refuse to punish thee? for thou hast taught them hear my words, which walk in the to be captains, and as chief over thee, imagination of their heart, and walk shall not sorrows take thee, as a wo after other gods, to serve them, and to man in travail? worship them, shall even be ns this girdle, which is good for nothing. 22 T And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. 11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the cine of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judab, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory; but evil. they would not hear. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the Leopard his spot? then may ye also do good,that are accustomed to du 24 Therefore will I scatter them as 692 Jeremiah prayeth CHAP. XIV. for the Jews. the stubble that passeth away by the Pray not for this people for their gooa wind of the wilderness. 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsebood. 26Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame inay ap pear. 27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Wo unto thee, •O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? CHAP. XIV. 12 When they fast, I will not hea their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not ac cept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. 13 T Then said I, Ab, Lord Gop! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. 14 Then the Lond said unto me, Thie prophets prophecy lies in my name. I sent them not, neither have I com- manded them, neither spake unto THE HE word of the LORD that came them: they prophesy unto you a false toJeremiah concerning the dearth. vision and divination, and a thing of 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates nought, and the deceit of their heart. thereof languish; they are black unto 15 Therefore thus saith the Lond the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem concerning the prophets that prophesy is gone up. in my naine, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword: and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. 5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, be- rause there was no grass. TO LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. 8 O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why should est thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that can- not save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by hy name; leave us not. 17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great, breach, with a very grievous blow. 18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword1 and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion ? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of heal ing, and behold trouble ! 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, Our 10 ¶ Thus saith the LORD unto this wickedness, and the iniquity of our people, Thus have they loved to wan-fathers; for we have sinned against der,they have not refrained their feet, thee. therefore the Lono doth not accept 21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's them; he will now remember their sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy iniquity, and visit their sins. glory: remember, break not thy cove 11 Then said the LORD unto me.inant with us. • 693 The rejection JEREMIAH. of the Jelos 22 Are there any among tae vanities, man of contention to the whole earth! of the Gentiles that can cause rain? I have neither lent on usury, uor men or can the heavens give showers? art have lent to ne on usury, yet every not thou he, O LORD our God? there- one of them doth curse me. fore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. CHAP. XV. 11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant, verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil, and in the time of affliction. 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel ? 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. THEN said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lono; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and cuch as are for the captivity, to the you. captivity. 14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon 15 ¶ O LORD, thou knowest: rc- 3 And I will appoiut over them four member me, and visit me, and re- kinds, saith the Lonn: the sword to venge me of my persecutors: take me slay, and the dogs to tear,and the fowls not away in thy long-suffering: know of the heaven, and the beasts of the that for thy sakeIhave suffered rebuke earth, to devour and destroy. 16 Thy words were found, and I dio 4 And I will cause them to be re-eat them; and thy word was unto me moved into all kingdoms of the earth, the joy and rejoicing of my beart for because of Manasseh the son of Heze-I am called by thy name, O LORD God kial king of Judah, for that which he of hosts. did in Jerusalem. 5 For who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem ? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest ? 17 1 sa not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone, because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and 6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the my wound incurable, which refuseth LORD, thou art gone backward: there-to be healed? wilt thou be altogether fore will I stretch out my hand against unto me as a liar, and as waters that thee, and destroy thee; 1 am weary fail? with repeuting. 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways. 8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have • 19 T Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thcu return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. 20 And I will make thee unto this brought upon them, against the mother people a fenced brasen wall; and of the young men, a spoiler at noon- they shall fight against thee, but they day I have caused him to fall upon shall not prevail against thee: for I it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. am with thee to save thee, and to de- 9 She that hath borne seven languish-liver thee, saith the LonD, eth; she bath given up the ghost; her 21 And I will deliver thee out of the sun is gone down while it was yet hand of the wicked, and 1 will re- day; she hath been ashamed and con-deem thee out of the hand of the ter- founded: and the residue of them will rible. I deliver to the sword before their en- enies, saith the LORD. 10 ¶ Wo is me, my mother, that thou TH CHAP. XVI. HEword of the LORD came alse unto me, saying, hast borne me a man of strife and a] 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, 694 The ruin of either shalt thou bave daughters in this place. the Jews foretold CHAP. XVII. sons nor your fathers; (for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not bearken unto me ;) 3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and con- cerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; 13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favour. 4 They shall die of grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be be buried ; but they shall 14 T Therefore, behold, the days be as dung upon the face of the earth: come, saith the LORD, that it shall no and they shall be consumed by the more be said, The LORD liveth, that sword, and by famine; and their car-brought up the children of Israel out cases shall be meat for the fowls of of the land of Egypt; heaven, and for the beasts of the 15 But, The LORD liveth, that earth. brought up the children of Israel : 5 For thus saith the LORD, Eater from the land of the north, and fromi not into the house of mourning, nei-all the lands whither he had driven ther go to lament nor bemoan them: them and I will bring them again for I have taken away my peace from into their land that I gave unto their this people, saith the LORD, even lov-fathers. ing-kindness and mercies. 16 ¶ Behold, I will send for many 6 Both the great and the small shall fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: 7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. 8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink. 9 For thus saith the LonD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. 10 T And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD prononc- ed all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Load our God? Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods,and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; 12 And ye have done worse than fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from ever hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes 18 And first I will recompence their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the car- cases of their detestable and abomina ble things. 19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles eball come wito thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have in herited lies, vanity, and things where- in there is no profit. 20 Shall a man make gods unto him- self, and they are no gods? 21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know my hand and iny might: and they shall know that my name is The LORD. T CHAP. XVII. THE sin of Judah is written with 1 a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; 2 Whilst their children remember 695 The covenant of JEREMIAH. the Sabbath renewed. their altars and their groves by the from being a pastor to follow thee: green trees upon the high hills. neither have I desired the woful day; 3 O my mountain in the field, I will thou knowest: that which came out give thy substance and all thy treas of my lips was right before thee. ures to the spoil, and thy high places 17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art for sin, throughout all thy borders. my hope in the day of evil, 4 And thou, even thyself, shalt dis- 18 Let them be confounded that per- continue from thy heritage that I gave secute me, but let not me be con- thee; and I will cause thee to serve founded: let them be dismayed, but thine enemies in the land which thou let not me be dismayed; bring upon knowest not: for ye have kindled a them the day of evil, and destroy them fire in mine anger, which shall burn with double destruction. for ever. 6 T Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lond. 19 T Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the chil dren of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of 6 For he shall be like the heath in Jerusalem; the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD 18: 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. 9 T The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. 11 As the patridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. 12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. 13 0 Lond, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD the fountain of living waters. 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates. 21 Thus saith the LORD, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath-day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22 Neither carry forth a burden ont of your houses on the sabbath-day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath-day, as 1 commanded your fathers. 23 But they obeyed not, neither in clined their ear, but made their neck. stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lonn, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath- day, but hallow the sabbath-day, to do no work therein; 25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city, kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain for ever. 26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem,and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and meat-offerings, and in- cense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lond. 27 But if ye will not hearken unto 16 As for me, I hare not hastened me to hallow the sabbath day, and not 14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. 15 T Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. 096 God's power CHAP. XVIII, XIX. to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. CHAP. XVIII. over nations. Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field ? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken ? 15 Because my people bath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vani- ty, and they have caused them to stum- in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; HE word which came toJeremiahble Tfrom the LORD, saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make il. 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his bead. 17 I will scatter them as with au east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. 18 T Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, uor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his 6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, Ô house words. of Israel. 19 Give beed to me, O Lord, and 7 At what instant I shall speak con-hearken to the voice of them that cou cerning a nation, and concerning a tend with me. kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and destroy it; 8 If that nation,against whom I bave pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. 9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation,and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood be- fore thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. 21 Therefore deliver up their chil dren to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. IT Now therefore go to, speak to 23 Let a cry be heard from their the men of Judah, and to the inhabit-houses, when thou shalt bring a troop ants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith suddenly upon them; for they have the Lond; Behold, I frame evil against digged a pit to take me, and hid snares you, and devise a device against you: for my feet. return ye now every one from his evil 23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their way, and make your ways and your counsel against me to slay me: forgive doings good. not their iniquity, neither blot out 12 And they said, There is no hope: their sin from thy sight, but let them but we will walk after our own devi-[be overthrown before thee; deal thus ces, and we will every one do the im-with them in the time of thine anger. agination of his evil heart. CHAP. XIX. 13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; THUS saith the LORD, Go and get Ask ye now among the heathen, who a potter's earthern bottle,and take hath heard such things ? the virgin of the ancients of the people, and of of Israel hath done a very horrible the ancients of the priests; thing. 2 And go forth unto the valley of the 14 Will a man leave the snow of [sou of Hinnoin, which is by the entry 697 Pashur's NEW NAME, JEREMIAH. of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee, 3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD,Okings of Judah,and inhabitants of Jerusalein: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. and fearful doom. the houses of the kings of Judah,shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, be- cause of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have pour- ed out drink-offerings unto other gods. 14 Then camne Jeremiah from To- phet, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lond's house; and said 1 Because they have forsaken me, And have estranged this place, and to all the people, have burned incense in it unto other 15 Thus saith the Load of hosts, the gods, whom neither they nor their fa-God of Israel; Behold, I will bring Liers have known, nor the kings of Ju- dah,and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear CHAP. XX. 5 They bave built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sous with fire my words. for burnt-offerings unto Baal, which 1 commanded not, nor spake it, nei-NOW Pashur the son of Immer the ther came it into my mind: 6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Himnom, but The valley of Slaughter. 7. And I will make roid the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be neat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beast of the earth. priest, who was also chief gov- ernor in the house of the Lono, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. 2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benja win, which was by the house of the LORD. 3 And it came to pass on the mor row, that Pashur brought forth Jere miah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Mag- ormissabib. 8 And I will make this city desolate, 4 For thus saith the Lord, Behold,! and a hissing; every one that passetli will make thee a terior to thyself, and thereby shall be astonished and hiss to all thy friends; and they shall fall because of all the plagues thereof. by the sword of their enemies, and 9. And I will cause them to eat the thine eyes shall behold it; and I will Besh of their sons and the flesh of their give all Judah into the hand of the daughters, and they shall eat every one king of Babylon, and he shall carry the flesh of his friend, in the siege and them captive into Babylon, and shall straitness wherewith their enemies, slay thein with the sword. and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. 5 Moreover, I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the la 10 Then shalt thou break the bottle bours thereof, and all the precious in the sight of the men that go with things thereof, and all the treasures of thee, the kings of Judah will I give into the 11 And shalt say unto them, Thusband of their enemies, which shall saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will spoil them, and take them, and carry I break this people and this city, as them to Babylon. one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophët, till there be 30 place to bury. 6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house, shall go into cap- tivity: and thou shalt come to Baby- lon, and there thou shalt die, and 12 Thus will I do unto this place, shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy Baith the LORD, and to the inhabitants | friends, to whom thou hast prophesied thereof, and even make this eity as lies. 7 TO Lond, thou hast deceived me, Tophet: 13 And the houses of Jerusalem,and and I was deceived: thou art stronger 698 The siege und CHAP. XXI. 9 Then I said, I will not make mem- tion of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbear- ing, and I could not stay. captivity foretold. than I, and hast prevailed: I am injof Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son derision daily, every one mocketh me. of Maaseiah the priest saying, 8 For since I spake, I cried out, I 2 luquire, I pray thee, of the LORD cried violence and spoil; because the for us, (for Nebuchadrezzar king of word of the LonD was madeareproach Babylon maketh war against us,) in unto me, and a derision, daily. so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. 3 T Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah, 4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons 10 For I heard the defaming of of war that are in your hands, where- many, fear on every side. Report, with ye fight against the king of Baby- say they, and we will report it. All lon, and against the Chaldeans, which my familiars watched for my halting, besiege you without the walls, and I saying, Peradventure he will be en-will assemble them into the midst of ticed, and we shall prevail against this city. him, and we shall take our revenge on him. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an out-stretched hand, and with 11 But the Lond is with me as a a strong arm, even in auger, and in mighty terrible one: therefore my fury, and in great wrath. persecutors shall stumble, and they 6 And I will smite the inhabitants of shall not prevail: they shall be greatly this city, both man and beast; they ashamed; for they shall not prosper:shall die of a great pestilence. their everlasting confusion shall never 7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I be forgotten. 12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I opened my cause. 13 Sing unto the LonD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evil- doers. will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebu- chadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life; and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword: he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. 14 ¶ Cursed be the day wherein 1 was born: let not the day wherein 8 ¶ And unto this people thou shalt my mother bare me be blessed. say, Thus saith the Long, Behold, I 15 Cursed be the man who brought set before you the way of life, and the tidings to my father, saying, A man-way of death. child is born unto thee, making him 9 He that abideth in this city shall very glad. die by the sword, and by the famine, 16 And let that man be as the cities and by the pestilence: but he tha which the LORD overthrew, and re-goeth out, and falleth to the Chal- pented not; and let him hear the cry deans that besiege you, he shall live, in the morning, and the shouting at and his life shall be unto him for a noon-tile: 17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame ? CHAP. XXI. prey. 10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lond; it shall be given into the band of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. 11 T And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the Lond; 12. O house of David, thus saith the THE word came, when Kinging, and deliver time that is spoiled HE word which came unto Jere-Lond, Execute judgment in themorn- Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son out the hand of the oppressor, lest 699 Judah exhorted } JEREMIAH. to repentance. my fury go out like fire, and burn that|him that goeth away: for he sball no ne can quench it, because of the return no more, nor see his native evil of your doings. country. 1 13 Behold, I am against thee, O in- 11 For thus saith the LORD touching habitant of the valley, and rock of Shallum the son of Josiah king of Ju the plain, saith the LORD; which say, dah, which reigned instead of Josiah Who shall come down against us? or his father, which went lorth out of who shall enter into our habitations?this place; He shall not return thither 14 But I will punish you according any more: to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lono: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. CHAP. XXII 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. 13 T Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his HUS saith the LORD, Go down to chambers by wrong; that useth his aud speak there this word, wages, and giveth him not for his work ; 2 And say, Hear the word of the 14 That saith, I will build me a wide LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest bouse and large chambers, and cutteth upon the throne of David, thou, and him out windows; and it is ceiled thy servants, and thy people that enter with cedar, and painted with vermil- by these gates: ion! 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? 3 Thus saith the Lono, Execute ye Judgment and righteousness, and de liver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent 16 He judged the cause of the poor blood in this place. and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lond. 4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. 5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desola- tion. 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for op pression, and for violence, to do it. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoakim the son of Jo- sial king of Judah; They shall not 6 For thus saith the Lond unto the lament forhim, saying, Ab my broth- king's house of Judah, Thou art Gil-er or, Ab sister! they shall not ia- ead unto me, and the head of Leba- ment for him, saying, Alı lord! or, non: yet surely I will make thee a Ah his glory I wilderness, and cities which are not 19 lie shall be buried with the burial inhabited. 7 And 1 will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 20 T Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages; for all thy lovers are destroyed. 8 And many nations shall pass by 21 Ispake unto thee in thy prosper- this city, and they shall say every ity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. man to his neighbour, Wherefore buth This hath been thy manner from thy the LonD done thus unto this great youth, that thou obeydest not my city ? voice. 9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. 10 22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy Weep ye not for the dead, nei-wickedness. ther bemoam him: but weep sore for 23 0 inhabitant of Lebanon, that 700 The restoratun. CHAP. XXIII. Christ's reign. makest thy nest in the cedars, how] 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, gracious shalt thou be when_pangs and Israel shall dwell safely: and this come upon thee, the pain as of a wo-is his name whereby be shall be call- man in travail | ed, THE LORD OUR RIGHT. 24 As I live, saith the LORD, though EOUSNESS. Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of 7 Therefore, behold, the days come, Judah were the signet upon my right saith the LORD, that they shall no hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; more say, The LORD liveth, which 25 And I will give thee into the hand brought up the children of Israel out of them that seek thy life,and into the of the land of Egypt; hand of them whose face thou fearest, 8 But, The LORD liveth, which even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar brought up, and which led the seed of king of Babylon, and into the hand of the house of Israel out of the north the Chaldeans. country, and from all countries whitn- 26 And I will cast thee out, and thyer I had driven them; and they shall mother that bare thee, into another dwell in their own land. country, where ye were not born; 9 ¶ My heart within me is broken and there shall ye die. because of the prophets : all my bones 27 But to the land whereunto they shake; I am like å drunken man, and desire to return, thither shall they not like a man whom wine hath over. come, because of the Lond, and be return. 28 Is this man Coniah a despised[cause of the words of his holiness. broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is 10 For the land is full of adulterers; no pleasure? wherefore are they cast for because of swearing the land out, he and bis seed, and are cast into mourneth; the pleasant places of the a land which they know not? wilderness are dried up, and their 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the course is evil, and their force is not word of the LORD. right. 30 Thus saith the Lond, Write ye 11 For both prophet and priest are this man childless, a man that shall profane; yea, in my house have 1 not prosper in his days : for no man of found their wickedness, saith the is seed shall prosper,sitting upon the LORD. throne of David, and ruling any more i. Judah. CHAP. XXIII. 12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the dark ness; they shall be driven on, and O be unto thepastors that destroy fall therein: for I will bring evil upon Wand scatter the sheep of my pas- them, even the rear of their visitation ture I saith the LORD. eaith the LoRD. : 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God 13 And I have seen folly in the of Israel against the pastors that feed prophets of Samaria; they prophesied my people; Ye have scattered my in Baal, and caused my people Israel flock, and driven thein away,and have to err. not visited them: behold, I will visit 14 I bave seen also in the prophets upon you the evil of your doings, saith of Jerusalem a horrible thing they the LORD. commit adultery, and walk in lies 3 And I will gather the remnant of they strengthen also the hands of evil my flock out of all countries whither doers, that none doth return from his I have driven them, and will bring wickedness: they are all of them unto them again to their folds; and they me as Sodom, and the inhabitants shall be fruitful and increase. thereof as Gomorrah. saith the Lord. 4 And I'will set up shepherds over 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of them, which shall feed them; and hosts concerning the prophets,Behold, they shall fear no more, nor be dis-I will feed them with wormwood, and mayed, neither shall they be lacking, make them drink the water of gall. for from the prophets of Jerusalem is 5 T Behold, the days come, saith the profaneness gone forth into all the Loup, that I will raise unto David a land. righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not muto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they 701 God threatength JEREMIAH. make you vain; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lond. false prophets. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lonu, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. 17 They say still unto them that de- 32 Behold, I am against them that epise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall prophesy false dreains,saith the Lono, have peace; and they say unto every and do tell them, and cause my peo- one that walketh after the imagina-ple to err by their lies, and by their tion of his own heart, No evil shall lightness; yet I sent them not, nor come upon you. commanded them therefore they 13 For who hath stood in the coun-shall not profit this people at all, saith sel of the LORD, and hath perceived the Lond. and heard his word ? who hath mark. ed his word, and heard it ? 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lono is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. 20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart in the latter days ye shall con- sider it perfectly. : 33 ¶ And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lond? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. 34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house. 35 ¶ Thus shall ye say every one to 21 I have not sent these prophets,yet his neighbour, and every one to bis they ran: I have not spoken to them, brother, What hath the LORD an- yet they prophesied. swered ? and, What hath the Lond 22 But if they had stood in my coun-spoken? sel, and had caused my people to hear 36 And the burden of the LORD shall my words, then they should have turn-ye mention no more; for every man's ed them from their evil way, and from word shall be his burden : for ye bave the evil of their doings. perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? 37 Thus shalt thou say to the proph 21 Can any hide himself in secret et, What hath the Lond answered places that I shall not see him? saith thee? and, What bath the LORD the Lond; do not fill heaven and [spoken? earth? saith the LORD. 38 But since ye say, The burden of 25 I have heard what the prophets the LORD; therefore thus saith the said, that prophesy lies in my name, LORD, Because ye say this word, The saying, I have dreamed, I have burden of the LORD, and I have sent dreamed. unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD; 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy 28? yea, they are prophets of the de- ceit of their own heart; 27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams, which they tell every man to his neigh bour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully: what is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. 29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? 30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophete,saith the Lono,that steal my words every one from his neighbour. 39 Therefore, behold, 1, even 1, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence: 40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. CHAP. XXIV. THE LORD showed me, and, be hold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lond, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylou had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehojakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpen- ters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. 2 One basket had very good figs,even 702 CHAP. XXV. Seventy years captivity foretold. like the figs that are first ripe: and junto you, rising early aud speaking; the other basket had very naughty but ye have not hearkened. fige, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. 3 Then enid the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be enten, they are so evil. 41 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Like these good figs, so will acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. : 6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 7 And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LonD: and they sha be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. 5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your bands; and I will do you no hurt. 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, 8 T And as the evil figs, which can- and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Baby- not be eaten, they are so evil; surely lon, my servant, and will bring thei thus saith the LORD, So will I give against this land, and against the in- Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his habitants thereof, and against all these princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, nations round about, and will utterly that remain in this land, and them destroy them, and make them an as- that dwell in the land of Egypt: tonishment, and a hissing, and perpet 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 9 And I will deliver them to be re-ual desolations. moved into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the funine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from oft the land that I gave unto them and to their fathera. CHAP. XXV. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. word that came to Jeremiah 12 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when THE concerning all the people of Ju-seventy years are accomplished, that dah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim I will punish the king of Babylon, the son of Josiah king of Judah, that and that nation, saith the LORD, for was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar their iniquity, and the land of the king of Babylon ; Chaldeans, and will make it perpetuai 2 The which Jeremiah the prophet desolations. apake unto all the people of Judah, 13 And I will bring upon that land and to all the inhabitants of Jernsa- all my words which I have pronounc Jem, saying, ed against it, even all that is written in 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah this book, which Jeremiah hath proph the son of Amon king of Judah, even esied against all the nations. uuto this day, that is the three and 14 For many nations and great kings twentieth year, the word of the LORD shall serve themselves of them alsõ ; hath come unto me, and I have spoken land I will recompense them according 703 The destruction JEREMIAH. of all nations. to their deeds, and according to the Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will works of their own hands. call for a sword upon all the inhabit- 15 ¶ For thus saith the LORD God of jants of the earth, saith the LORD of Israel unto me, Take the wine-cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then took I the cup at the Lord's naud, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent ine: 18 To wit, Jerusalein, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; hosts. 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lond shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation: he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lond bath a controversy with the nations: he will plead with all flesh, he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. 32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Be- bold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shail be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and 33 And the slain of the Lond shall be all the kings of the land of the Philie-at that day from one end of the earth tines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and even unto the other end of the earth: Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, they shall not be lamented, neither 21 Edom, and Moab, and the children cf Ammon, 22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and ail the kings of Zidoo, and the kings the isles which are beyond the sea, 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, 25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, 26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. 34 T Howl, ye shepherds, and cry and wallow yourselves in the ashes,je principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. 36 A voice of the cry of the shep- herds, and a bowling of the principa! of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lond hath spoiled their pasture. 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down, because of the fierce anger of the LORD. 38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion; for their land is desolate, be- cause of the fierceness of the oppres- sor, and because of his fierce anger. CHAP. XXVI. 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LonD of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which the son of Josiah king of Ju N the beginning of the reign of Jelio- I will send among you. 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Ye shall certainly drink, dah, came this word from the LORD, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD, Stand in the court of the Lond's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on come to worship in the LORD's house, the city which is called by my name, [all the words that 1 command thee to and should ye be utterly unpunished ? speak unto them; diminish not a word: 704 Jeremiah apprehended. CHAP. XXVIL He is acquatted. 3 80 be they will hearken,and turn [ye put me to death, ye shall surely every man from his evil way, that bring innocent blood upon yourseles, way repent me of the evil which I and upon this city, and upon the in- purpose to do unto them, because of (habitants thereof: for of a truth the the evil of their doings. LORD hath sent me unto you to speak 4 And thou shalt say unto them, all these words in your ears. Thus saith the Lond, If ye will not 16 Then said the princes and ail hearken to me, to walk in my Jaw the people unto the priests and to the which I have set before you, prophets, This man is not worthy to 5 To hearken to the words of my ser-die: for he hath spoken to us in the vants the prophets, whom I sent unto name of the Lond our God. you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; 6 Then will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. 7 So the priests, and the prophets, wird all the people, heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. ST Now it came to pass,when Jere- iniah had made an end of speaking ail that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the as- eembly of the people, saying, 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiab king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judali, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death ? did he not fear the LORD,aud besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced Why hast thou prophesied in the against them? Thus might we pro- arme of the LORD, saying, This house cure great evil against our souls. sttall be like Shiloh, and this city shall|| 20 And there was also a man that be desolate without an inhabitant? prophesied in the name of the LORD, And all the people were gathered Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath against Jeremiah in the house of the jearim, who prophesied against this Lond. city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: 21 And when Jeboiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and 10 When the princes of Judab heard these things, then they came up troʼn the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the enfy of the new gate of the LORD's ko i c. 1 Then spake the priests and the fled, and went into Egypt; rophets unto the princes and to all 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men he people, saying, This man is wor-into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son thy to die; for he hath prophesied of Achbor, and certain men with him gainst this city, as ye have heard into Egypt. with your ears. 12 T Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, say. ng, The LORD sent me to prophesy #gamst this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. 23 And they fetched forth Urijal: out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew bim with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people 24 Nevertheless the hand of Abikamı 13 Therefore now amend your ways the son of Shaphan was with Jere and your doings, and obey the voicemiah, that they should not give him of the LORD your God; and the Loan into the hand of the people to put will repeut him of the evil that be him to death. hath pronounced against you. 14 As for me, behold, I am in your TN the beginning of the reign of Je 1 into the son of Josiah king of hand: do with me as seemeth good and weet unto you. ! CHAP. XXVII. Judah, case this word into Jeremiah 15 But know ye for certain, that if from the Lord saying, 2 Y 700 The people exhorte i to JEREMIAH. yield to Nebuchadnezz 2 Thus saith the Lond to me; Make, 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy thee bonds and yokes, and put them people, by the sword, by the famine, upon thy neck, and by the pestilence, as the Lond 3 And send them to the king of hath spoken against the nation that Edom, and to the king of Moab, and will not serve the king of Babylon? to the king of the Ammonites, and to 14 Therefore hearken not unto the the king of Tyrus, and to the king of words of the prophets that speak unto Zidon, by the hand of the messengers you, saying, Ye shall not nerve the which come to Jerusalem unto Zede-king of Babylon: for they prophesy kiah king of Judah; a lie unto you. 4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; 15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out,and that ye might perish, ye, and the 5 1 have made the earth, the man and propliets that prophesy unto you. the beast that are upon the ground,by 16 Also I spake to the priests and to зny great power, and by mine out-all this people, saying, Thus saith the stretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto ine. 6 And now have I given all these Jands into the hand of Nebuchadnez- zar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve theinselves of him. 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pesti lence, until I have consumed thein by his hand. 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers,nor to your enchanters nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: 10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land: and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. 11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lowo; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. 13 π I spake also to Zedekia king saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and les people, and live. LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: where- fore should this city be laid waste? 18 But if they be propliets, and iſ the word of the Lonv be with them, let them now make intercession to the LonD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Loup, and in the house of the king of Judah,aud at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 19 T For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and con cerning the sea, and 'concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, 20 Which Nebuchadnezzer king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Je- hoiakim king of Judah from Jerusa lem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the ves- sels that remain in the house of the Lond, and in the house of the king of Judah and Jerusalem; 22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that 1 visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place. CHAP. XXVIII. AND it came to pasal te same year in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Ha Tuaniah the son of Azur the prophet, 706 Hananial's CHAP. XXIX which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Loup, in the pres. ence of the priests and of all the peo- ple, saying, false prophecy 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lond; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, 14 For thus saith the Lord of hosta, the God of Israel, saying, I have brok- the God of Israel; I have put a yoke en the yoke of the king of Babylon. of iron upon the neck of all these na- 3 Within two full years will I bring tions, that they may serve Nebuchad- again into this place all the vessels of nezzar king of Babylon; and they the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnez-|shall serve him; and 1 have given him zar king of Babylon took away from the beasts of the field also. this place, and carried them to Baby-] 15 T Then said the prophet Jeremiah Jon: unto Hananiah the prophet,Hear now, 4 And I will bring again to this place Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of thee; but thou makest this people to Judah, with all the captives of Judah, trust in a lie. that went into Babylon, saith the Lono: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 5 Then the prophet Jeremial said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord, 16 Therefore thus saith the Lond; Behold, I will cast thee from of the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year, in the seventh month. CHAP. XXIX 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen; the LORD do so: the LORD NOW these are the words of the perform thy words which thou hast letter that Jeremiah the prophet prophesied, to bring again the vessels sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the LORD's bouse, and all that is of the elders which were carried away carried away captive, from Babylon captives, and to the priests, and to into this place. the prophets, and to all the people 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this] whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried word that I speak in thine ears, and away captives from Jerusalem to Bab- in the ears of all the people ; ylon, 8 The prophets that have been before 2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and me and before thee of old, prophesied the queen, and the eunuchs, the prm- both against many countries, and fces of Judah, and Jerusalein, and the against great kingdoms,of war, and of carpenters and the smiths, were de- evil, and of pestilence. 9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. 10 ¶ Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremi ah's neck, and brake it. parted from Jerusalem,) 3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekial king of Ju- dah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchad nezzar king of Babylon,) saying, 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused II And Hananiah spake in the pres-to be carried away from Jerusalem ence of all the people, saying, Thus unto Babylon. saith the LORD; Even so will I break 5 Build ye bouses,and dwell in them; the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of fand plant gardens, and eat the fruit of Babylon from the neck of all nations them; way. within the space of two full years. 6 Take ye wives and beget sons and And the prophet Jeremiah went his daughters; and take wives for your sous, and give your daughters to hus- 12 T Then the word of the LonD bands, that they may bear sons and came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after daughters; that ye may be increased that Hananiah the propliet had broken there, and not diminisfied. the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 And seek the peace of the city whither 1 bave caused you to be car 707 Ahab's and Zedekiah's JEREMIAH. fearful doom. ried away captives, and pray unto the them; but ye would not hear, saith Load for it: for in the peace thereof the LORD. shall ye have peace. 20 T Hear ye therefore the word of 8 For thus saith the Lond of hosts, the LORD, all ye of the captivity, the God of Israel, Let not your proph-] whom I have sent from Jerusalem to ets and your diviners, that be in the Babylon; midst of you, deceive you, neither 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the nearken to your dreams which ye cause God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Ko- to be dreamed. |laiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Ma- 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you aseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you ju my name: I have not sent them, in my naine, Behold, I will deliver saith the LORD. them into the hand of Nebuchadrez- zar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes; IC For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform] my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 11 For 1 know the thoughts that 1 think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiali, and like Ahab, whom the king of Babyloc roasted in the fire; 23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbour's wives, and have spoken lying words in my 13 And ye shall seek me, and find[name, which I have not commanded me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD, and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away cantive. them; even 1 know, and am a wit ness saith the LORD. 24 ¶ Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nebelamite, saying, 25 Thus speaketh the LORD of l:osts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusa lem, and to Zephaniah the son of Ma- aseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 15 Because ye have said,The LORD bath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 26 The Lond hath made thee priest 16 Know that thus saith the LORD of in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, the king that sitteth upon the throne that ye should be officers in the house of David, and of all the people that of the Lond, for every man that is dwelleth in this city, and of your mad, and maketh himself a prophet, brethren that are not gone forth with that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks: you into captivity; 17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Be- hold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that Cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 27 Now therefore why hast thou not ,which reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, maketh himself a prophet to you? 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is 18 And I will persecute them with long; build ye houses, and dwell in the sword, with the famine, and with them; and plant gardens, and eat the the pestilence, and will deliver them fruit of them. to be removed to all the kingdoms of 29 And Zephaniah the priest read the earth, to be a curse, and an aston-[this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the ishment, and hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: prophet. 30 T Then came the word of the Lono unto Jeremiah, saying, 19 Because they have not hearkened 31 Send to all them of the captivity, to my words, saith the Lord, which saying, Thus saith the LORD concern- I sent unto them by my servants the ing Shemaiah the Nebelamite; Be pronheta, rising up early and sending cause that Shemaiah hath prophesied 708 The Jews CHAP. XXX. unto you, and I sent him not, and he causer you to trust in a lie : 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this peo- ple; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebel- lion against the LORD. T CHAP. XXX. HE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the cap- tivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD; and 1 will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. ¶ And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. return foreshewed thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. 12 For thus saith the Lono, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. 13 There is none to plead thy cause, taat thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no bealing medicines. → 14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wound. ed thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity because thy sins were increased. 15 Why criest thou for thine afflic- tion? thy ecrrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. 16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine ad- versaries every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey, 17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy 5 For thus saith the LORD; We have wounds, saith the LORD; because beard a voice of trembling, of fear, they called thee an Outcast, saying, and not of peace. This is Zion, whom no man seekelh 6 Ask ye now, and see whether ajafter. man doth travail with child? where- 18 T Thus saith the Lono; Behold, fore do I see every man with his hands I will bring again the captivity of on bis loins, as a woman in travail, Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his and all faces are turned into paleness? dwelling-places; and the city shall be 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that builded upon her own heap, and the none is like it; it is even the time of palace shall remain after the manner Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved thereof. out of it. S. For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds,and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9. But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. 10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Loud: nei ther be dismayed, O Israel; for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, au 1 none shall make him afraid. 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multipiy them, and they shall not be few : 1 will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. 20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shal be established before me, and I wil! punish all that oppress them. 21 And their nobles shall be of them selves, and their governor shall pro ceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me; for who is this that engaged his heart to approach. junto me ? saith the LORD. 22 And ye shall be my people, and 1 will be your God. 11 For I am with thee, saith the LOR, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the scatter:d thee, yet will I not make a Lono goeth forth with fury, a con. full end of thee: but I will correct tinuing whiriwind: it shall fall with A 709 The restoration JEREMIAH, of Israel. pain upon the head of the wicked.] 12 Therefore they shall come and sing 24 The fierce anger of the LonD shall in the height of Zion, and shall flow not return, until he have done it, and together to the goodness of the LORD, until he have performed the intents of for wheat and for wine, and for oil, bis heart: in the latter days ye shall and for the young of the flock and of consider it. the herd: and their soul shall be as watered garden; and they shall not CHAP. XXXI. At the same time, saith the Lord, sorrow any more at all. will I be the God of all the fami- lies of Israel, and they shall be my people. and 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old to- gether; for I will turn their mourning 2 Thus saith the LonD, The people into joy, and will comfort them, which were left of the sword found make them rejoice from their sorrow. grace in the wilderness; even Israel, 14 And I will satiate the soul of the when I went to cause him to rest. priests with fatness, and my people 3 The Lono hath appeared of old shall be satisfied with my goodness, unto me, saying, Yea, I bave loved saith the LORD. thee with an everlasting ove: there- 15 Thus saith the Lond; A voice fore with loving-kindness have I was heard in Ramah, lamentation, drawn thee. and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping 4 Again I will build thee, and thou for her children, refused to be com- shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou forted for her children, because they shalt again be adorned with thy ta-were not. brets, and shall go forth in the dances 16 Thus saith the LORD; Refram thy of them that make merry. 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. 6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lon our God. voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be re warded, saith the Lond; and they shail come again from the land of the enemy. 17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shalj come again to their own border. 18 I bave surely heard Ephraim 7 For thus saith the Lord; Sing with bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast gladness for Jacob, and shout among chastised me, and I was chastised, as The chief of the nations: publish ye, a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy turn thou me, and I shall be turned; people, the remnant of Israel. for thou art the Lond my God. 8 Behold, I will bring them from the 19 Surely after that I was turned, I re- north country, and gather them from pented; and after that I was instruct the coasts of the earth, and with themed, I smote upon my thigh: I was the blind and the lame, the woman ashamed, yea, even confounded, be- with child and her that travaileth with cause I did bear the reproach of my child together: a great company shall youth. return thither. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause thein to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I ain a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first born. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remein- ber him stil; therefore my bowela are troubled for aim; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lond. 21 Set thee up waymarks,make thee high heaps: set thy heart toward the 10 T Hear the word of the LORD,Ohighway, even the way which thou ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Is- rael will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. 11 For the Load hath redeemed Ja- cob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than be. wentest: turn again,O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. 22 T How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a mau. 23 Thus saith the Lend of hosts,the 710 Christ promised. CHAP. XXXII. Jeremiah's imprisonment. God of Israel; As yet they shall use 35 T Thus saith the LORD, which this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LonD bless thee, O habitation of justice,and mountain of holiness. giveth the sun for a light by day, aná the ordinances of the moon and of une stars for a light by night, which divi- deth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: 36 If those ordinances depart from 24 And there shall dwell in Judah it- self, and in all the cities thereof to-before me, saith the LORD, then the gether, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. seed of Israel also shall cease from be- ing a nation before me for ever. 37 Thus saith the Lond; If heaven 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrow-above can be meaeured, and the foun ful so il. 26 Cpon this I awaked, and beheld; and ry sleep was sweet unto me. 27 f Behold, the days come, saith the Lond, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over themy to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge, 30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. 31 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new cov- enant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judalı: dations of the earth searched out be neath, I will also cast of all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. 38 T Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hana- neel unto the gate of the corner. 39 And the measuring-line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goatli. 40 And the whole ralley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unte the corner of the horse-gate toward the cast, shall be holy unto the LORD: - it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. CHAP. XXXII. HE word that came to Jeremiah To the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiab king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrez- zar. 2 For then the king of Babylon's 32 Not according to the covenant that army besieged Jerusalem: and Jere- I made with their fathers in the day mial the prophet was shut up in the that I took them by the hand to bring court of the prison, which was in the them out of the land of Egypt; which king of Judah's house. my covenant they brake, although 13 For Zedekiab king of Judalı had was a husband unto them, saith the shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost LORD: thou prophecy, and say, Thus saith the LonD, Behold I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and 33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lond, he shall take it; will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shalt not escape out of the hand of the Chal- deans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, And they shall teach no more and shall speak with him mouth to every man his neighbour, and every mouth, and his eyes shall behold his man his brother, saying, Kuow the eyes. Lond: for they shall all know me, 6 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Bad- from the least of them unto the great-ylon, and there shall be be until I visit est of them, saith the LORD: for I will him, saith the LORD; though ye fight forgive their iniquity, and I will re-with the Chaldeans, ye shall not pros member their sin no more. Iper 711 Jeremiales JEREMIAH. prayer 6 T And Jeremiah said,The word of Jiquity of the fathers into the bosom of the LORD came unto me, saying, their children after them: The Great, 7 Behold Hanameel the son of Shal the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is Jum, thine uncle, shall come unto thee, his name; saying, Buy thee my field that is in 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in Anatboth for the right of redemp-work: (for thine eyes are open upon tion is thine to buy it. all the ways of the sons of men, to 8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son give every one according to his ways, came to me in the court of the prison and according to the fruit of his lo according to the word of the LORD, ings :) and said unto me, Buy my field,I pray 20 Which hast set signs and wonders thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in in the land of Egypt, even unto this the country of Benjamin: for the day, and in Israel, and among other right of inheritance is thine, and the men; and hast made thee a name, as redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. at this day; Then I knew that this was the word 21 And hast brought forth thy peo- of the Lond. ple Israel out of the land of Egypt 9 And I bought the field of Hana- with signs, and with wonders, and meel mine uncle's son, that was in with a strong hand,and with a stretchi Anathoth, and weighed him the mon-ed-out arm, and with great terror; ey, even seventeen shekels of silver. 22 And hast given them this land, 10 And I subscribed the evidence, which thou didst swear to their fathers and sealed it, and took witnesses, and to give them, a land flowing with milk weighed him the money in the balan- and honey; ces. 23 Aud they came in, and possessed II So I took the evidence of the pur-it; but they obeyed not thy voice, nei chase, both that which was sealed, ac-ther walked in thy law they have cording to the law and custom, and done nothing of all that thou com- that which was open; mandest them to do; therefore thou 12 And I gave the evidence of the hast caused all this evil to come upon purchase unto Baruch the son of Ne-them. riah, the son of Maaseiab, in the sight 24 Behold the mounts,they are comie of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in unto the city to take it; and the city is the presence of the witnesses that sub-given into the band of the Chaldeans scribed the book of the purchase,before that fight against it, because of the all the Jews that sat in the court of the sword, and of the famine, and of the prison. pestilence: and what thou hast spok 13 T And I charged Baruch before en is come to pass; and, behold, thou them, saying, seest it. 14 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the 25 And thou hast said unto me, O God of Israel; Take these evidences, | Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for mon this evidence of the purchase, botlijey, and take witnesses; for the city is which is sealed, and this evidence given into the hand of the Chaldeans which is open; and put them in an 26 T Then came the word of the earthen vessel, that they may contin- LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, ue many days. 15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. 16 ↑ Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? 28 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Bab- ylon, and he shall take it. 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast against this city, shall come and set made the heaven and the earth by thy fire on this city, and burn it, with the great power and stretched-out arm, houses, upon whose roofs they have and there is nothing too hard for thee:Joffered incense unto Baal, and poured 18 Thou showest loving-kindness unout drink-offerings unto other gods, to to thousands,and recompensest the in provoke me to anger, 712 The return from CHAP. XXXIII. captivity promUILEA. 30 For the children of Israel, and the in this land assuredly with my whole Children of Judah, have only done evil heart, and with my whole soul. before me from their youth: for the 42 For thus saith the LORD, Like an children of Israel have only provoked have brought all this great evil upon me to anger with the work of their this people, so will I bring upon them hands, saith the LORD. all the good that 1 bave promised them. 31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my 43 And fields shall be bought in this fury, from the day that they built it land, whereof ye say, It is desolate eren unto this day, that I should re-without man or beast; it is given into move it from before my face; the hand of the Chaldeans. 32 Because of all the evil of the chil- 44 Men shall buy fields for money, dren of Israel, and of the children of and subscribe evidences, and sealthem, Judah, which they have done to pro-and take witnesses in the land of Ben- voke me to anger, they, their kings, jamin, and in the places about Jerusa their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And they have turned untɔ me the back, and not the face: though taught them, rising up early and teach- lem, and in the cities of Judah,and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for 1 will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord. CHAP. XXXIII. ing them, yet they have not hearkened MOREOVER, the word of the to 34 But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. LORD unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lond, the inaker 35 And they built the high places of thereof, the Lond that formed it, to Baal, which are in the valley of the establish it; the LORD is his name; son of Hinuom, to cause their sons and 3 Call unto me, and I will answer their daughters to pass through the fire thee, and show thee great and mighty unto Moloch, which I commanded things, which thou knowest not. hem not, neither came it into my 4 For thus saith the LORD, the God mind, that they should do this abomi of Israel, concerning the houses of this nation, to cause Judah to sin. city, and concerning the houses of the 36 T And now therefore thus saith kings of Judah, which are thrown the Lonn, the God of Israel, concern-down by the mounts, and by the ing this city, whereof ye say, It shall sword. be delivered into the hand of the king 5 They come to fight with the Chal- of Babylon by the sword, and by the deans, but it is to all them with the famine, and by the pestilence; dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have bid my face from this city. 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries whither 1 have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring 6 Behold, I will bring it health and them again unto this place, and I will cure, and I will cure them, and wil. cause them to dwell safely: reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. 38 And they shall be my people, and A will be their God: 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me or ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them : 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. S And I will cleanse them from all 40 And I will make an everlasting their iniquity, whereby they have sin- covenant with them, that I wid not ned against me; and I will pardon all turn away from them, to do them their iniquities, whereby they have good; but I will put my fear in their siaued, and whereby they have trans hearts, that they shall not depart from gressed against me. me. 9 T And it shall be to me a rame of 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to joy, a praise and an honour before all do them good, and 1 will plant them the nations of the earth, which shaif 713 Zedekiah's JEREMIAH hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. captivity foretold. 20 Thus saith the Lono; li ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season ; 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. : 22 As the hosts of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 10 Thus saith the LonD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Ju- dah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant,and without beast, 21 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LonD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of 24 Considerest thou not what this praise into the house of the Lond. people have spoken, saying, The two For I will cause to return the captiv-families which the Lond hath chosen, ity of the land, as at the first, saith the he hath even cast them off? thus they Lond. have despised ny people, that they 12 T Thus saith the LORD of hosts; should be no more a nation before Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my cove in all the cities thereof, shall be anant be not with day and night,and if Jabitation of shepherds, causing their I have not appointed the ordinances of flocks to lie down. heaven and earth; 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, them. 13 In the cities of the mountains, in 26 Then will 1 cast away the seed of the cities of the vale, and in the cities Jacob, and David my servant, so that of the south, and in the land of Benja- I will not take any of his seed to be nin, and in the places about Jerusa-rulers over the seed of Abraham, lem, and in the cities of Judah, shall Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause the flocks pass again under the hands their captivity to return, and have of him that telleth them, saith the mercy on them. LORD. CHAP. XXXIV. HE word which came unto Jere- 14 Behold, the day's come, saith them from the Lonp, when Neb. Lond, that I will perform that good will perm Tmiah thing which I have promised unto the uchadnezzer king of Babylon, and all house of Israel and to the house of his army, and all the kingdoms of the Judah. earth of his dominion,and all the pro 15 In those days, and at that time, ple, fought against Jerusalem, and will I cause the Branch of righteous against all the cities thereof, saying, ness to grow up unto David; and he 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Is- shall execute judgment and righteous-racl; Go and speak to Zedekiah king ness in the land. of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, LORD; Behold, I will give this city and Jerusalem shall dwell safely and jinto the hand of the king of Babylon, this is the name wherewith she shall and he shall burn it with fire: be called,The LORD our righteousness. 3 And thou shalt not escape out of 17 ¶ For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to s:t upon the throne of the house of Israel; : 18 Neither shall the priests the Le- vites want a man before me to offer burnt-offeringo, and to kindle meat- offerings, and to do sacrifice continu ally. 19 T And the word of the Lono came un to Jeremiah, saying, his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. 4 Yet bear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not die Jby the sword; 714 He is delivered CHAP. XXXV. to the enemy. 5. But thou shalt die in peace: and] 16 But ye turned and polluted my with the burnings of thy fathers, the name, and caused every man his ser former kings which were before thee, vant, and every man his handmaid, so shall they burn odours for thee; whom he had set at liberty at their and they will lament thee, saying, pleasure, to return, and brought them Ah lord for I have pronounced the into subjection, to be unto you for ser- word, saith the Lord. vants and for handmaids. 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his 7 When the king of Babylon's army brother, and every man to bis neigu fought against Jerusalem, and against bour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for all the cities of Judah that were left, you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to against Lachish, and against Azekah ;[the pestilence, and to the famine; and for these defenced cities remained of] I will make you to be removed into the cities of Judah. all the kingdoms of the earth. 8 This is the word that came unto 18. And I will give the men that have Jeremiah from the Lono, after that the transgressed my covenant, which have king Zedekiah bad made a covenant not performed the words of the core- with all the people which were at Jenant which they had made before me, rusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; when they cut the call in twain, and 9 That every man should let his man passed between the parts thereof, servant, and every man his maid-ser 19 The princes of Judah, and the vant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrew-[princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs,and ess, go free; that none should serve the priests, and all the people of the himself of them, to wit, of a Jew hus land, which passed between the parts of the calf; 20 I will even give them into the band of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. brother. 10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let bis ma-servant, and every one his maid-serraut, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and 11 But afterward they turned, and his princes will I give into the hand caused the servantsand thehandinaids, of their enemies, and into the handd whom they had let go free, to return,[of them that seek their life, and into and brought them into subjection for the hand of the king of Babylon's servants and for handınaids. 12 ¶ Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 13 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondinen, saying, army, which are gone up from you. 22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. CHAP. XXXV. THE word which came unto Jere 14. At the end of seven years let ye miah from the Lord, in the days go every man his brother a Hebrew, of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of which hath been sold unto thee; and Judah, saying, when he hath served thee six years] 2 Go unto the house of the Rechab- thou shalt let him go free from thee;ites, and speak unto them, and bring but your fathers hearkened not auto me, neither inclined their ear. 15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming berty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: them into the house of the Lord, intö one of the chambers, and give them. wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniab, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the house 715 Rechabites blessed JEREMIAH for their obedience, of the LORD, into the chamber of the dwell in the land which I have given sous of Hanan, the son of 1gdaliah, a to you and to your fathers; but ye man of God, which was by the cham-have not inclined your ear, nor heark ber of the princee, which was above ened unto me. the chamber of Maaseiah the son of 16 Because the sons of Jonadab the Shallum, the keeper of the door : son of Rechab have performed the 5 And I set before the sons of the commandment of their father, which house of the Rechabites pots full of he commanded them; but this people wine, and cups, and I said unto them, hath not hearkened unto me: Drink ye wine: 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD 6 But they said, We will drink no God of hosts, the God of Israel, Be- wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab, hold, I will bring upon Judah, and our father, commanded us, saying, Ye upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor all the evil that 1 have pronounced your sons for ever: against them: because I have spokeu 7 Neither shall ye build house, nor unto them, but they have not heard; sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have and I have called unto them, but they any: but all your days ye shall dwell have not answered. in tents; that ye may live many days 18 T And Jeremiah said unto the in the land where ye be strangers. house of the Rechabites, Thus saith 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Jonadab the son of Rechab, our faBecause ye have obeyedthe command ther, in all that he hath charged us, to ment of Jonadab ye ir father, and drink no wine all our days, we, our kept all his precepts, and done accord- wives, our sons, nor our daughters; ing unto all that he hath commanded 9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell you; in neither have we vineyard, nor 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of field, nor seed: hosts, the God of Israel, Jonadab the son of Rechab, shall not want a mau to stand before me for ever. 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadabourfather commanded us. 11 But it came to pass, when Nebu- chadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and .ct us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. 12 T Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, CHAP. XXXVI. AND it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LoaC, saying, 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the na 13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the tions, from the day I spake unto thee, God of Israel, Go and tell the men of from the days of Josiah, cven unto Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusa-this day. lem, Will ye not receive instruction 3 It may be that the house of Judah to hearken to my words? saith the will hear all the evil which I purpose "LORD. to do unto them; that they may re- 14 The words of Jonadab the son of turn every man from his evil way, Rechab, that he commanded his sons that I may forgive their iniquity and not to drink wine, are performed; for their sin. unto this day they drink none, but 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the obey their father's commandment: son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote notwithstanding I have spoken unto from the mouth of Jeremiah all the you, rзing early and speaking; but ye words of the LORD, which he had hearken not unto me. spoken unto him, upon a roll of a 15 1 have sent also unto you all my book. servants the prophets, rising up early] 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, and sending them, eaying, Return ye saying, 1 am shut up; I cannot go into now every man from his evil way, and the house of the LORD: Emend your doing, and go not after 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the other gods to serve them, and ye shall roll, which thon hast written from 716 The king causeth CHAP. XXXVL my mouth, the words of the LORD, in the ears of the people, in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. the roll to be burnt. afraid, both cae and other, and sad unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 7 It insy be they will present their 18 Then Baruch answered them, He supplication before the LORD, and pronounced all these words unto me will return every one from his evil with his mouth, and I wrote them with way: for great is the anger and the ink in the book. fury that the LORD hath pronounced 19 Then said the princes unto Ba- against this people. ruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jere- miali; and let no man know where ye be. 3 And Baruch the son of Neraiah did] according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's house. 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 10 Then read Buruch in the book the words of Jeremiab in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people. 11 T When Michaiah the son of Ge- mariah, the son of Shaphan, bad heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, 20 T And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roil in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elisha- ma the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. 22 Now the king sat in the winter- house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the bearth burning be. fore him. 23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the bearth. 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that beard all these words. 12 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, fo, all the princes sat there, even Elish- na the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of 25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Dela- Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Sha-jiah and Gemariah had made interces- phan, and Zedekiah the son of Hana- niah, and all the princes. sion to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. 13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when 26 But the king commanded Jerah- Baruch read the book in the ears of meel the son of Hammelech, and Se- the people. raiah the son of Azriel, and Snelemi- 14 Therefore all the princes sent Jeah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch hudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Ba- but the LORD hid them. ruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. 27 T Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 15 And they said unto him, Sit down 28 Take thee again another roll, and now, and read it in our ears. So Ba-write in it all the former words that ruch read it in their ears. were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim 16 Now it came to pass, when they the king of Judah hath burned. had heard all the words, they were! 29 And thou shalt say to Jehofakia 717 Jeremiah JEREMIAH. im wisoned. king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; 8 And the Chaldeans shall come Thou hast burned this roll, saying, again, and fight against this city, and Why hast thou written therein, say-take it, and burn it with fire. ing, The king of Babylon shall cer- 9 Thus saith the Lono; Deceive not tainly come, and destroy this land, yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans and shall cause to cease from thence shall surely depart from us: for they man and beast? shall not depart. 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of 10 For though ye had smitten the Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall whole army of the Chaldeans that have none to sit upon the throne of fight against you, and there remained David: and his dead body shall be but wounded men among them, yel cast out in the day to the heat, and in [should they rise up every man in lus the night to the frost. tent, and burn this city with fire. 31 And I will punish him and his seed 11 T And it came to pass, that when and his servants for their iniquity:the army of the Chaldeans was broken and I will bring upon them, and upon up from Jerusalem for fear of Pha- the inhabitants of Jerusalem,aud upon raoh's army, the men of Judah, all the evil that I 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of have pronounced against them; but Jerusalem to go into the land of Ben- they hearkened not. jamin, to separate himself thence in 32 T Then took Jeremiah another the midst of the people. roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, 13 And when he was in the gate of the son of Neriah; who wrote therein Benjamin, a captain of the ward was from the mouth of Jeremiah all the there, whose name was Irijah, the son words of the book which Jehoiakim of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; king of Judah had burned in the fire: and he took Jeremiah the prophet, and there were added besides unto saying, Thou fallest away to the Chal them many like words. deans. CHAP. XXXVII. 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false: I ND king Zedekiah the son of Jo-fall not away to the Chaldeans. But AND King Zelekiant of conial the he hearkened not to him, so Irijah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchad- took Jeremiah, and brought him to the rezzar king of Babylon made king in princes. the land of Judah. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison, in the house of Jon- athan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. many days; 3. And Zedekiah the king sent Jehu- 16 T When Jeremiah was entered cal the son of Shelemiah and Zepha. into the dungeon, and into the cabins, niah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and Jeremiah had remained there to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison. 5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jere- miah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have 1 offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison ? 6¶ Then came the word of the Lono unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help yon, shall return to Egypt into their 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, 10 my lord the king: let my suppli a own land 19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land ? 718 CHAP. XXXVIII. His conference with the king. tion, I pray thee, be accepted before have cast into the dungeon; and he thee; that thou cause me not to return is like to die for bunger in the place to the house of Jonathan the scribe, where he is for there is no inore lest I die there. bread in the city. 21 Then Zedekiah the king com- 10 Then the king commanded Ebed- manded that they should commit Jer-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take emiah into the court of the prison, from bence thirty men with thee, and and that they should give him daily a take up Jeremiah the prophet out of piece of bread out of the bakers' street, the dungeon, before he die. until all the bread in the city were pent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. TH CHAP. XXXVIII. 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten HEN Shephatiah the son of Mat- | rags, and let them down by cords into tan, and Gedaliah the son of Pa-the dungeon to Jeremiah. shus, and Jucal the son of Shrlemiah,| 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian and Pashur the son of Malchiab, beard said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old the words that Jeremiah had spoken cast clouts and rotten rags under thine unto all the people, saying, arm-holes under the cords. And Jer- 2 Thus saith the LORD, He that re-emiab did so. maineth in this city, shall die by the 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with Eword, by the famine, and by the pes-corda, and took him up out of the tilence: but he that goeth forth to the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in Chaldeans shall live; for he shall the court of the prison. have his life for a prey, and shall live. 3 Thus saith the LORD, This city alall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. 14 ¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zede- be put to death: for thus he weaken-kiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt eth the hands of the men of war that thou not surely put me to death ? and remain in this city, and the hands of if 1 give thee counsel, wilt thou not all the people, in speaking such words bearken unto me? mato them: for this man seeketh not 16 So Zedekiab the king sware se- the welfare of this people,but the hurt. cretly unto Jeremiah, saying, ds the 5 Then Zedekiah the king, said, Be-[LORD livetb, that made us this soul, 1 hold, he is in your hand: for the king will not put thec to death, neither will I's not he that can do any thing against I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. you. Then took they Jeremiah,and cast 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zede- him into the dungeon of Malchiah the kiab, Thus saith the LORD, the God of son of Hammelech, that was in the hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt court of the prison: and they let down assuredly go forth unto the king of Jeremiah with cords. And in the dun-Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall gron there was no water, but mire: live, and this city shall not be burned so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy 7 Now whenEbed-melech the Ethi-house: opian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they nd put Jeremiah in the dungeon, (the kg then sitting in the gate of Benja- min,) 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire: and thou shalt not es- cape out of their band. 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that 9. My lord the king, these men have are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they done evil in all that they have done deliver me into their hand, and they to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they]mock me. 719 Jerusalem taken. JEREMIAH The city ruined. 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not die gate, even Negal-sharezer, Sam- deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, gar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Ner- The voice of the Lonp, which I speak gal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the unto thee: so it shall be well unto residue of the princes of the king of thee, and thy soul shall live. Babylon. 21 But if thou refuse to go forth,this is the word that the LORD hath showed me: 22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say,Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sink in the mire, and they are turned away back. 23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chalde- ans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. 24 ¶ Then said Zedekiah unto Jer- emiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto ue now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the King said unto thee: 26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. 4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they Bled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's gar- deu, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. 5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they; had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. 6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiali in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. 7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chaius, to carry him to Babylon. 8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's bouse, and the houses of the, people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. 9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to bin, with the rest of the people that remained. 10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the peo- ple, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. 27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king bad commanded. So they 11 T Now Nebuchadrezzar king of left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. 28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusa lem was taken; and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. CHAP. XXXIX. IN N the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 2. And in the eleventh year of Zede- kiah, in the fourth mouth, the ninth day of the mouth, the city was broken up. Babylon gave charge concerning Jer emiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, 12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no barm ; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. 13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab- saria, and Nergal-sharezer, Kab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes, 14 Even they sent, and took Jere miah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. 3. And all the princes of the king of 151 Now the word of the foun Babylon came in, and sat in the mid-came unto Jeremish, while he war του Jeremial released CHAP. XL. od of prismL shut up in the court of the prison, dwelt with hum among the people saying, that were left in the land. } 16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the 7 ¶ Now when all the captains of the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the forces which were in the fields, even LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Be- they and their men, beard that the bold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. 17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. 18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in me, anith the Lond. CHAP. XL. king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Abikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Bab- ylon; 8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Ne thanian, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tauhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. HE word which came to Jeremiah 9 And Gedaliah the son of Abikam. the son sware unto zar-adan the captain of the guard had and to their men, saying, Fear not to let him go from Rumah, when he had serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, taken him, being bound in chains and serve the king of Babylon, and it among all that were carried away cap-shall be well with you. tive of Jerusalem and Judah, which 10 As for me, behold, I will dwell were carried away captive unto Bab-at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans ylon. 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer-fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. cre 3 Now the Lord hath brought it,and 11 Likewise, when all the Jews that done according as he hath said: be- were in Moab, and among the Am- cause ye have sinned against the LORD, monites, and in Edom, and that and have not obeyed his voice, there-in all the countries, heard that the fore this thing is come upon you. king of Babylonhad left a remnant of 4 And now, behold, Iloose thee this Judah, and that he had set over them day from the chains which were upon Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the sou thy hand. If it seem good unto thee of Shaphan; to come with me into Babylon, come, 12 Even all the Jews returned out of and I will look well unto thee; but if all places whither they were driven, it seem ill unto thee to come with me and came to the land of Judah, tỏ into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the Gedaliahi, unto Mizpah, and gathered land is before thee: whither it seem-wine and summer-fruts very much. eth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go. 5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Geda- liah the son of Abikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. 6 Then went Jeromial unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and 13 ¶ Moreover, Johanan the son of Jareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 14 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nathaniah to stay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Alikam believed them not. 15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and 】 will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaur 2 Z 721 Gedaliah and JEREMIAH. others slain. ali, and no man shall know it: where-liab, was it which Asa the king had fore should he slay thee, that all the made for fear of Baasha king of Is- Jews which are gathered unto thee rael: and Ishmael the son of Netha- should be scattered, and the remnant niah filled it with them that were in Judah perish? slain. 16 But Gedaliah the son of Alikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing; for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. CHAP. XLI. OW it came to pass in the seventh 10 Then Iehmael carried away cap- tive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah,even the king's daugh ters, and all the people that remained iu Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the Islimnael the son of Nethaniah carried seed royal, and the princes of the king, them away captive, and departedto go even ten men with him, came unto over to the Ammonites. Gedaliah the son of Ahikai to Miz- 11 But when Johanan the son of pah; and there they did eat bread to-Kareab, and all the captains of the gether in Mizpah. forces that were with hini, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Ne thaniah had done, 2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Ne- thaniab, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. 3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. 4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it ; 5 That there came certain from She- chem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offer ings and incense in their hand, to bring! them to the house of the LORD. G And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met thein, be said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Abikam. 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city,that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with hin. 12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniab, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. 13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. 14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned,and went unto Johanan' the son of Kareali. 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. 16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishiinael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that lỵ. had slain Gedaliah the son of Abikam even mighty men of war, and the wo men,and the children, and the cunuchs, whom he had brought again froni Gibeon: 17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 8 But ten men were found among 18 Because of the Chaldeans: for them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us they were afraid of them, because not; for we have treasures in the Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain field, of wheat, and of barley, and of Gedaliah the son of Abikam, whom oil, and of honey. Sc he forbare, and the king of Babylon made governor in slew them not among their brethren, the land. 9 Now the pit wherein. Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain because of Geda:] CHAP. XLII. and Jobanen the son of Kareah HENall the captains of the forces 722 Johanan's request CHAP. XLIII. to Jeremiahm sad Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah,and] 14 Saying, No; but we will go into oh the people, from the least even un- the land of Egypt, where we shall see to the greatest, came near, no war, nor hear the sound of the 2 And said unto Jeremiah the proph-trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; et, Let, we beseech thee, our suppli- and there will we dwell: cation be accepted before thee, and 15 And now therefore hear the word pray for us unto the Lond thy God, of the Lond, ye remnant of Judah; even for all this remuant; (for we are Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God left but a few of many, as thine eyes of Israel, If ye wholly set your faces do behold us :) to euter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 3 That the Lord thy God may show us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. 16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall over 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said take you there in the land of Egypt; unto them, I have heard you; behold, and the famine, whereof ye were I will pray unto the LonD your God afraid, shall follow close after you according to your words; and it shall there in Egypt; and there ye shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing die. the LORD shall answer you, I will de- 17 So shall it be with all the men clare it unto you; I will keep nothing that set their faces to go into Egypt, back from you. to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the fainine, and by the pes- tilence; and none of them shall re- main or escape from the evil that I will bring upoù them. 5 And they said to Jeremiah, The Lono be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even accor- ding to all things for the which the Lond thy God shall send thee to us. 18 For thus saith the Lond of hosts, 6 Whether it be good, or whether it the God of Israel, As mine anger and be evil, we will obey the voice of the my fury hath been poured forth upon LORD our God, to whom we send the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall thee; that it may be well with us, my fury be poured forth upon you, when we obey the voice of the LORD when ye shall enter into Egypt: and cur God. ye shall be an execration, and an as- 7 T And it came to pass after ten tonishment, and a curse, and a re- days, that the word of the LORD came|proach; and ye shall see this place no unto Jeremiah. more. 8 Then called he Johanan the son of 19 T The LORD hath said concerning Kareah, and all the captains of the you, O ye remnant of Judab, Go ye forces which were with him, and all not into Egypt: know certainly that I the people from the least even to thejhave admonished you this day. greatest, 9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplica- tion before him; 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down; and I will plant you, and hot pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. #1 Be not afraid of the king of Baby- lon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LonD: for 1 am with you to save you, and to de- liver you from his hand. 12. And I will show mercies unto you that he may have mercy upon you,aud Cause you to return to your own land 13 But if ye say, We will not ~ell| in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lono your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lond our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. 21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LonD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. 22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. CHAP. XLIII AND it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words the Loun the God, for of 7:23 JEREMIAH. The conquest of Egypt foretold. which the LORD their God nad sent putteth on his garment; and he sha!! him to them, even all these words, g forth from thence in peace. 2 Then spake Azariah the son of Ho- 13 He shall break also the images of shaiah, and Johanan the son of Kare-Beth-shemesh, that is in the hand of Ah, and all the proud men, saying unto Egypt: and the houses of the gods of Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. CHAP. XLIV. HE word that came to Jeremiar Lone our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah set concerning all the Jews which THE teth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the land of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Talipanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all 2 Thus saith the Lord of bosts, the the people, obeyed not the voice of the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the Lono, to dwell in the land of Judah. evil that I have brought upon Jerusa 5 But Jolanan the son of Kareah,|lem, and upon all the cities of Judali; and all the captains of the forces, took and, behold, this day they are a deso all the remnant of Judab, that were lation, and no man dwelleth therein, returned from all nations whither they 3 Because of their wickedness which had been driven, to dwell in the land they have committed to provoke me of Judah; to anger, in that they went to burn in 6 Even men, and women, and chilcense, and to serve other gods, whom dreu, and the king's daughters, and they knew not, neither they, ye, noi every person that Nebuzar-adan the your fathers. 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Alikam, the son servants the prophets, rising early and of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the proph-[sending them, saying, Oh, do not this et, and Baruch the son of Nerialı. abominable thing that I bate. 7 So they came into the land of 5 But they hearkened not, nor in- Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice clined their ear to turn from their of the LORD. Thus came they even wickedness, to burn no incense unto to Tabpanties. other gods. 8 Then came the word of the LORD 6 Wherefore my fury and mine an unto Jeremiah in Tabpanhes, saying, ger was poured forth, and was kiu- 9 Take great stones in thy hand, and [dled in the cities of Judah and in the hide them in the clay in the brick-streets of Jerusalem; and they are kiln, which is at the entry of Phara-wasted and desolate, as at this day. ol's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight 7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, of the men of Judah; the God of hosts, the God of Israel; 10 And say unto them, Thus saith Wherefore commit ye this great evil the Lond of hosts, the God of Israel, against your souls, to cut off from you Behold, I will send and take Nebu-man and woman, child and suckling, chadrezzar the king of Babylon, my out of Judah, to leave you none to re- servant, and I will set his throne upon main; these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. 11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death, to death; and such as are for captivity, to captivity; and such as are for the sword, to the sword. 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be goue to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a re- proach among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness 12 And I will kindle a fire in the of your fathers, and the wickedness of houses of the gods of Egypt; and be the kings of Judah, and the wicked shall burn them, and carry them away ness of their wives, and your own captives; and he shall array himself wickedness, and the wickedness of with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd jyour wives, which they have com 724 The desolation CHAP. XLIV. of Judah. mitted in the land of Judah, and in 19 And when we burned incense 10 the streets of Jerusalem ? the queen of heaven, and poured out 10 They are not humbled even unto drink-offerings unto her, did we make this day, neither have they feared, nor her cakes to worship her,and pour out walked in my law, nor in my statutes, drink offerings unto her, without our that I set before you, and before your men? fathers. 11 T Therefore thus saith the Lono of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. 20 ¶ Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the wo- men, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, 21 The incense that ye burned in the 12 And I will take the remnaut of cities of Judah, and in the streets of Judah, that have set their faces to go Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your into the land of Egypt to seyourn there, kings, and your princes, and the peo- and they shal all be consumed, and ple of the land, did not the LouD re- fall in the land of Egypt; they shall member them, and came it not into eren be consumed by the sword and his mind ? by the famine: they shall die, from 22 So that the LORD could no longer the least even unto the greatest,by the bear, because of the evil of your do- sword and by the famine: and they ings, and because of the abominations shall be an execration, and an aston-which ye have committed; therefore hmment, and a curse, and a reproach. is your land a desolation, and an as- 13 For 1 will punish them that dwell tonishment, and a curse, without an in the land of Egypt, as 1 bave pun-inhabitant, as at this day." ished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the 23 Because ye have burned incense, funine, and by the pestilence: and because ye have sinned against-the 14 So that none of the remnant of LORD, and have not obeyed the voice Judah, which are gone into the land of the Load, nor walked in his law of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape nor in his statutes, nor in his testimo. or remain, that they should return in-nies; therefore this evil is happened to the land of Judah, to the which they unto you, as at this day. have a desire to return to dwell there: 24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto alı for none shall return but such as shall the people, and to all the women, escape. Hear the word of the Lond, all Ju- 15 Then all the men which knew dah that are in the land of Egypt: that their wives had burned incense 25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the to other gods, and all the women God of Israel, saying; Ye and your that stood by, a great multitude, even wives have ooth spoken with your all the people that dwelt in the land of mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, Egypt,in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, We will surely perform our saying, rows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her: ye wil surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your rowa. 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do whatso ever thing goeth forth out of our own 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the mouth, to burn incense unto the queen] LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of heaven, and to pour out drink-offer- of Egypt, Behold, I have sworn by my ings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 27 Behold, I will watch over thera 18 But since we left off to burn in-for evil, aud not for good; and all the cense to the queen of heaven, and to men of Judalı that are in the land of pour out drink-offerings unto her, we Egypt shall be consumed by the sword have wanted all things, and have been and by the famine, until there be an consunied by the sword and by the end of them. famine great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord Gon. liveth. 28 Yet a small number that escape the 725 The conquest of JEREMIAH. Egypt foretold sword shall return out of the land of helmets; furbish the spears, and put Egypt into the land of Judah, and all on the brigandines. the remnant of Judah, that are gone 6 Wherefore have I seen them dis- into the land of Egypt to sojourn mayed and turned away back ? and there, shall know whose words shall their mighty ones are beaten down, stand, mine, or theirs. and are fled apace, and look not back : for fear was round about, saith the LORD. 29 T And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will pun- ish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: 30 Thus saith the Lond; Behold, I will give Pharaoh hopbra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekial king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrez zar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. CHAP. XLV. t 6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stum- ble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. 7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? 8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; 1 will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. HE word thatJeremiah the prophchariots; and let the mighty men 9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye THE et spake unto Baruch the son of come forth; the Ethiopians and the Neriali, when he had written these Libyans,that handle the shield; and the words in a book at the mouth of Jere Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. miah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, say GoD of hosts, a day of vengeance, 10 For this is the day of the Lord ing, saries: and the sword shall devour, that he may avenge lum of his adver 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 3 Thou didst say, Wo is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. T Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built, will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land, 5 And seekest thou great things for thysell? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give un- to thee for a prey in all places whith- er thou goest. CHAP. XLVI HE LORDwhich came and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord Gon of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in 11 Goup into Gilead, and take balm vain shall thou use many medicines; or thou shalt not be cured. 12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry bath filled the bled against the mighty, and they are land: for the mighty man hath stum- fallen both together. 13 The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebu- chadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. The word of the LoRowlet against in Migdol, and publish in Nopu nnd the Gentiles; 2 Against Egypt, againet the army of Pharaoh necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carche- mish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. 3 Order ye the buckler and shield, And draw near to battle. 4 Harness the horses; and get up,ye horsemen, and stand forth with your] in Tahpanhes; say ye, Stand fast,and prepare thee; for the sword shall de- your round about thee. 15 Why are thy valiant men swept away ? they stood not, because the LoRD did drive them. 16 He made many to fall, yea, que fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativi- ty, from the oppressing sword. 17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king 726 The destructimo, CHAP. XLVII, XLVIII. of Egypt is but a noise; he hath pas the Philistines. CHAP. XLVII. HE word of the that came to at the time appointede King, whose To Jeremiah the prophet against 18 As I live, name is The LORD of hosts, Surely as the Philistines, before that Pharaoli Tabor is among the mountains,and as smote Gaza. Carmel by the sea so shall be come. 2 Thus saith the Lonn, Behold, wa- 190 thou danghter dwelling inters rise up out of the north, and shall Egypt, furnish thyself to go into cap.be an overflowing flood, and shall tivity for Noph shall be waste and overflow the land, and all that is desolate without an inhabitant. therein; the city, and them that dwell 20 Egypt, is like a very fair heifer, therein; then the men shall cry, huu destruction cometh; it cometh out all the inhabitants of the land shall of the north. bowl. 21 Also her bired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation. 22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army,and come against her with axes, us hewers of wood. 23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumera- ble. and 3 Atthe noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rush- ing of his chariots, and at the rumb- ling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feeble- ness of hands; 4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth; for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. 5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Aslı- kelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? 24 The daughter of Egypt alall be 60 thou sword of the LORD, how confounded: she shall be delivered in- long will it be ere thou be quiet? put to the hand of the people of the north. Jup thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of [be still. Israel, saith, Behold, I will punish 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, Lord hath given it a charge against and Egypt, with their gods, and their Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore? kings; eren Pharaoh, and all them there hatli he appointed it. that trust in him : 26 And I will deliver them into the nand of those that seek their lives,and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as iu the days of old, saith the Lord. 27 ¶ But fear not thou,O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. CHAP. XLVIII. AGAINST Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts,the God of Israel, Kir- Wo unto Nebol for it is spoiled; iathaim is confounded and taken: Mis- gab is confounded and dismayed. 2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation : also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. 3 A voice of crying shall be from Ho- ronaim, spoiling and great destruction, 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my ser-hare caused a cry to be heard. vant, saith the LORD; for 1am with 5 For in the going up of Lulith con- thee: for I will make a full end of all tinual weeping shall go up; for in the the nations whither 1 have driven going down of Horonaim the enemies thee; but I will not make a full end have heard a cry of destruction. of thee, but correct thee in measure; 6 Flee, save your lives, and be like yet will I not leave thee wholly wi-[the heath in the wilderness. punished. 7 For because thou hast trusted ia 727 The judgment JEREMIATI. of Moab thy works, and in thy treasures, thou! 22 And upoù Dibon, and upon Nebo, chalt also be taken; andChemoshi shall] and upon Beth-diblathaim, go forth into captivity with his priests 23 And upon Kiriathain, and upon and his princes together. Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, 24 And upon Kerioth,and upon Boz rah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. 8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD bath spoken. 9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may dee and get away for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. 10 Cursed be be that doeth the work of the Lond deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. 11 TT Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on nis lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste re- mained in him, and his scent is not changed. 4 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD. 26 ¶ Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against the Lond: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among theives? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. 29 O ye that dwell in Moab,leave the cities, aud dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest m the sides of the hole's mouth. 29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud,) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. 30 I know his wrath, saith the Lord; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not 12 Therefore,behold, the days come, saith the Lono, that I will send unto bim wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his ves-so effect it. sels, and break their bottles. 13 And Moab shal, be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was tishamed of Beth-el their confidence. 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 31 Therefore will I bowl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kir- heres. 32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out plants are gone over the sea, they of her cities, and his chosen young|reach even to the sea of Jazer: the inen are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is The LORD of hosts. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. 33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab ; and I have caused wine to fail from the wine-presses; none shall tread with shouting; their shout- ing shall be no shouting. 34 From the cry of Heshbon even IS Thou daughter that dost inhabit unto Elealeh, and even unto Jalaz, Dibon,come down from thy glory, and have they uttered their voice, from sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab Zoar, even unto Horonaim, as a heifer shall come upon thee, and he shall de-of three years old: for the waters also stroy thy strong holds. of Nimrim shall be desolate. 19 0 inhabitant of Aroer,stand by the way and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? 20 Moab is confounded; for it is brok- en down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, 21. And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jalazah, and upon Mephaath, 35 Moreover, I will cause to cease in Monb, saith the Lond, him that offer- eth in the bigh places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. 36 Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. 37 For every head shall be bald, and 728 ► The judgment of CHAP. XLIX. the Ammonites. every beard clipped: upon all the, be heir unto them that were his heirs, hands shall be cuttings, and upon the saith the LORD. loins sackcloth. 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoil. 38 There shall be lamentations gen-led: cry, ye daughters of Rabbab, gird erally upon all the house tops of Mo-you with sackcloth; lament, and run ub, and in the streets thereof; for 1 to and fro by the hedges; for their have broken Moab like a vessel where-king shall go into captivity, and his in is no pleasure, saith the LORD. priests and his princes together. 39 They shall howl, saying, How is 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the it broken downl how hath Moab turn-valleys, thy flowing valley, O back- ed the back with shame! so shall Mo-| sliding daughter? that trusted in her ab be a derision and a dismaying to all treasures, saying, Who shall come un them about him. to me? 10 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, 5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon he shall fly as an eagle, and shall thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, spread his wings over Moab. from all those that be about thee; and 11 Kerroth is taken, and the strong ye shall be driven out every man right holds are surprised, and the mighty forth; and none shall gather up him men's hearts in Moab at that day shall that wandereth. {he B the heart of a woman in her 6 And afterward I will bring again pangs. the captivity of the children of Ani- 42 And Moab shall be destroyed moon, saith the LORD. from being a people, because he hath 7 Concerning Edom, thus gaith magtied himself against the LORD. the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no 13 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, more in Teman? is counsel perished shall be upon thee, O inhabitant off from the prudent? is their wisdom Moab, saith the Lond. vanished ? 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O fall into the pit; and he that getteth inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring up out of the pit shall be taken in the the calamity of Esau upon him, the share: for I will bring upon it, even time that I will visit him. upon Moab, the year of their visita- tion, saith the LORD. 45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Hesbbon because of the force; but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 46 Wo be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sous are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. 47 Yet will I bring again the cap tivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. CONG CHAP. XLIX. YONCERNING the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? bath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and bis people dwell in his cities ? 9 If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning- grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered bis secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and bis brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. 11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widowa trust in me. 12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go un punished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, be perpetual wastes. saith the LORD, that I will cause an 141 have heard a rumor from the alarm of war to be heard in Rabbal Lon D, and an ambassador is sent unto of the Ammonites; and it shall be a the heathen, saying, Gather ye togeth- desolate heap, and her daughters shall er, and come against her, and rise up be burned with fire: then shal! Israel to the battle. 729 The judgment of JEREMIAH, Damascus, &c. 15 For, lo, I will make thee small of Damascus, and it shall consume the Among the heathen, and despised palaces of Ben-hadad. among men. 28 Concerning Kedar, and concern- 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived ing the kingdoms of Hazor, which thee, and the pride of thy heart, O Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall Chou that dwellest in the clefts of the smite, thus saith the Lonn, Arise ye rock, that holdest the height of the go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of hill: though thou shouldest make thy the east. nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lond. 29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: vessels, and their camels; and they every one that goeth by it shall be as-shall cry unto them, Fear is on every tonished, and shall hiss at all the side. plagues thereof. 30 T Flee, get you far off, dwell 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith and Gomorrahi and the neighbour ci-the Lond; for Nebuchadrezzar king ties thereof, saith the LORD, no man of Babylon hath taken counsel against shall abide there, neither shall a son of you, and hath conceived a purpose inan dwell in it. against you. 19 Behold, he shall come up like a 21 Arise,get you up unto the wealthy lion from the swelling of Jordan nation, that dwelleth without care, against the habitation of the strong: saith the LouD, which have neither but I will suddenly make him run gates nor bars, which dwell alone. away from her: aud who is a chosen 32 And their camels shall be a booty, man, that I may appoint over her? and the multitude of their cattle a for who is like me? aud who will ap-spoil: and I will scatter into all winds point me the time? and who is that them that are in the utmost corners; shepherd that will stand before me? and I will bring their calamity from 20 Therefore hear the counsel of the all sides thereof, saith the Lond. LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants ofTe. man: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. 21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise there- of was heard in the Red Sea. 22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 23 T Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings: they are faint hearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts. 27. And I will kindle a fire in the wall 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. 34 T The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35 Thus vaith the Lond of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. 36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 37 For I will cause Elam to be dis- mayed before their enemies, and be- fore them that seek their life: and 1 will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till X have consumed them: 38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. 39 T But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lon. 730 The judgment CHAP. L. CHAP L. THE HE word that the Lono spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. of Babylon founded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD 2 Declare ye among the nations, and it shall not be inhabited, but it shall publish, and set up a standard; pub-be wholly desolate: every one that lish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach and hiss at all her plagues. is broken in pieces; her idols are con- 14 Put yourselves in array against founded, her images are broken in Babylon round about: all ye that bend pieces. the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lond. 15 Shout against her round about. she hath given her hand; her founda- tions are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the Lond: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her, 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the op- pressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall fles every one to his own land. : 3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. 4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lond their Ged. 5 They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the 17 T Israel is a scattered sheep; the Loup in a perpetual covenant that¦lions have driven him away: first the shall not be forgotten. 6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting-place. 7 All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the Lond, the hope of their fathers. 8 Remove out of the midst of Baby- lon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats be- fore the flocks. king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon bath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judab, and they shall not be found: for 1 will pardon 9 ¶ For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly|them whom I reserve. of great nations from the north coun- 21 Go up against the land of Me- try: and they shall set themselves in array against her: from thence she shall be taken; their arrowe shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all] that spoil ber shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. 11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of my herit age, because ye are grown fat as the beifer at grass, and bellow as bulls ; 12 Your mother shall be sore con- rathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lond, and do according to all that 1 have commanded thee. 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations ! 24 1 have laid a snare for thec, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and 731 The redemption JEREMIAH. zhou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. 25 The LORD hath opened his ar- moury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 27 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: Let nothing of her be left. 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: wo unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 23 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. of Israe 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as wo- men: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up; for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idois. 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert, with the wild beasts of the islands, shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein; and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; nei ther shall it be dwelt in from genera- tion to generation. 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, 41 Behold, a people shall come from camp against it round about: let none the north, and a great nation, and thereof escape: recompense her ac-many kings shall be raised up from cording to her work; according to all the coasts of the earth. that she hath done, do unto her: for 42 They shall hold the bow and the she hath been proud against the LORD, lance; they are cruel, and will not against the Holy One of Israel. show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, agamst thee, O daughter of Babylon. 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her iñen of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Loud. 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou 43 The king of Babylon hath heard inost proud, saith the Lord Gov of the report of thein, and his hands wax- hosts; for thy day is come, the time[ed feeble: anguish took hold of him, that I will visit thee. and pangs, as of a woman in travail. 32 And the most proud shall stumble 44 Behold, he shall come up like a and fall, and none shall raise him up: lion from the swelling of Jordan unto and 1 will kindle a fire in his cities, the habitation of the strong; but I and it shall devour all round about him. 33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together; and all that took them captives held them fast: they refused to let thein go. will make them suddenly run away from ber: and who is a chosen man, that 1 may appoint over her? for who jis like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of 34 Their Redeemer is strong; The the LORD, that he hath taken against LORD of hosts is his name: he shall Babylon, and his purposes that he hath thoroughly plead their cause, that he purposed against the land of the Chal may give rest to the land, and dis-Ideans: Surely the least of the flock quiet the inhabitants of Babylon. shall draw them out; surely he shall 35 ¶ A sword is upon the Chaldeans, make their babitation desolate with saith the LORD, and upon the inhabit them. auts of Babylon, and upon her prin- Ces, and upon her wise men. 46 At the noise of the taking of Bab- ylon the earth is moved, and the cry 36 A sword is upon the liars; and is heard among the nations. they shall dote; a sword is upon her CHAP. LI. HUS saith the Lonn: Behold, I mighty men; and they shall be dis-Twill raise up against Babylon, and mayed. } 732 The judgment LI. CHAP. of Babylon. Against them that dwell in the midst end is come, and tne measure of thy of them that rise up against me, a de-covetousness. stroying wind; 14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by 2 And will send unto Babylon fan-himself, saying, Surely 1 will fill thre ners, that shall fan her, and shall with men, as with caterpillars; and empty her land: for in the day of they shall lift up a shout against ther. trouble they shall be against her round 15 He hath made the earth by his about. power, he hath established the world 3 Against him that bendeth let the by his wisdom, and bath stretched out archer bend his bow, and against him the heaven by his understanding. that lifteth himself up in his brigan- 16 When he uttereth kis voice there dine and spare ye not her young is a multitude of waters in the bea men; destroy ye utterly all her host.vens; and he causeth the vapours to 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land ascend from the ends of the earth: of the Chaldeans, and they that are he maketh lightnings with rain, and thrust through in her streets. bringeth forth the wind out of his 5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, treasures. nor Judah of his God, of the LORD 17 Every man is brutish by his of hosts; though their land was filled knowledge: every founder is con- with sin against the Holy One of Is-founded by the graven image: for his rael. molten image is falsehood,and there is no breath in them. 18 They are vanity, the work of er- rors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man big soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance; be will render unto her a recompense. 19 The Portion of Jacob is not like 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in them; for he is the former of all the Lord's hand, that made all the things: and Israel is the rod of his earth drunken: the nations have inheritance: The LORD of hosts is lus drunken of her wine; therefore the name. nations are mad. 20. Thou art my battle-ax and wen- 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and de-pons of war: for with thee will stroyed: bowl for her; take balm for[break in pieces the nations, and with her paio, if so be she may be healed. thee will destroy kingdoms; 9 We would have healed Babylon, 21 And with thee will 1 break in but she is not healed; forsake her,and pieces the horse and his rider; and let us go every one into his own coun-with thee will I break in pieces the try: for her judgment reacheth unto chariot and his rider; heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 10. The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us de clare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. 11 Make bright the arrows: gather the shields: the Lond hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of bis temple. 12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make tlie watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for the LORD bath bota devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Baby- lon. 22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old aud young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; 23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces. captains and rulers. 24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Ziou in your sight, saith the Lond. 25 Behold, I am against thee, O de- stroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth; and i will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and 13 0 thou that dwellest upon many will make thee a burnt mountain. waters, abundant in treasures, thine] 26 And they shall not take of thee 733 The desolation JEREMIAH! Q/ Babylon. a stone for a corner, nor a stone forjons: they shall yell as hons' whelpa. foundations; but thou shalt be deso- 39 In their heat I will make their late forever, saith the Lond. feasts, and 1 will make them drunken, 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, that they may rejoice, and sleep a blow the trumpet among the nations, perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith prepare the nations against her, call the Lonv. together against her the kingdoms of 40 1 will bring them down like Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz: ap-lambs to the slaughter, like rams with point a captain against her; cause the he-goats. horses to come up as the rough cater- 41 How is Sheshack taken! and bow pillars. is the praise of the whole earth sur- 28 Prepare against her the nations prised how is Babylon become an as- with the kings of the Medes, the cap-Louishment among the nations! tains thereof, and all the rulers there- of, and all the land of bis dominion. 29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a deso tion without an inhabitant. 42 The sea is come up upon Baby- lon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. 43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land whereir. no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby, 30 The mighty men of Babylon have 44 And I will punish Belin Babylon; forborne to night, they have remained and I will bring forth out of his in their holds: their might hath fail-mouth that which he hath swallowed ed; they became as women; they up: and the nations shall not flow to- have burned her dwelling-places; her gether any more unto him: yea, the bars are broken. 31 One post shall run to meet an- other, and one messenger to meet an- other, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end. 32 And that the passages are atop ped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are af frighted. wall of Babylon shall fall. 45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. 46 And lest your heart faint, and, ve fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another 33 For thus saith the LonD of hosts, year shall come a rumour, and vio- the God of Israel; The daughter of lence in the land, ruler against ruler. Baby lon is like a threshing-floor, it is 17 Therefore, behold, the days come, time to threal her: yet a little while, that I will do judgment upon the gra- and the time of her harvest shall come. ven images of Babylon; and her whole 31 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Bab- land shall be confounded, and all her ylon hath devoured me, he hath crush-slaiu shall fall in the midst of her. ed me, he hath made me an empty 48 Then the heaven and the earth, vessel, he hath swallowed me up like and all that is therein, shall sing for a dragon, he hath filled his belly with Babylon: for the spoilers shall come iny delicates, he bath cast me out. unto her from the north, saith the LORD. 35 The violence done to me and in my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the Inhabitant of Žion say; and, My blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,shall Jerusalem say. 36 Therefore thus saith the Loan; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. 49 As Babylon hath caused the slair of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of the earth. 50 Ye that have escaped the sword go away, stand not still remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. 61 We are confounded because we bave heard reproach: shame hath 37 And Babylon shall become heaps, covered our faces: for strangers are a dwelling-place for dragons,an aston-come into the sanctuaries of the ishmeut, and a hissing, without an in- LORD's house. habitant. 38 They shall roar together like 62 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lono, that I will do judg 734 Jerusalem besieged shall groan. CHAP. LII and taken, ment upon her graven images: and Babylon sink, and shall not rise from through all her land the wounded the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far 53 Though Babylon should mount are the words of Jeremiah. up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yctEDEKIAH was one and twenty from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lond. 51 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: 55 Because the Load hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar ike great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: CHAP. LIL. years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jeru- salem: and his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libual. 2. And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For through the anger of the Lond it came to pass in Jerusalem and Ju- 56 Because the spoiler is come upon dah, till he had cast them out from her, even upon Babylon, and her bis presence, that Zedekiah rebelled mighty men are taken, every one of against the king of Babylon. their bows is broken: for the LORD 4 T And it came to pass, in the ninth God of recompenses shall surely re-year of his reign, in the tenth month quite. in the tenth day of the month, that 57 And I will make drunk her prin- Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ces, and her wise men, her captains, came, he and all his army, against and her rulers, and her mighty men: Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, built forts against it round about. and not wake, saith the King, whose 6 So the city was besieged until the name is the LORD of hosts. eleventh year of king Zedekiab. 53 Thus saith the LonD of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. 50 ¶ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekial the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. 6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's gar den; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about;) and they went by the way of the plain. 8 T But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook 60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and the evil that should come upon Baby-all his army was scattered from him. lon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; 62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off,that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall he desolate for ever. 63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that chou shalt bind a stone to it,and cast it into the midst of Euphrates : 9 Then they took the king, and car- ried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah, in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. 10 And the king of Babylon slew the song of Zedekiah before bis eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zede- kiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. 12 ¶ Now in the fifth mouth, in the tenth day of the month, (which was 64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrez 735 The number JEREMIAH. of captives. zar king of Babylon,) came Nebuzar-[pomegranates on a side; and all the adan, captain of the guard,which serv-pomegranates upon the net-work were ed the king of Babylon,intoJerusalem, a hundred round about. 13 And burned the house of the 24 And the captain of the guard took Lono, and the king's house; and all Seraiah the chief priest, and Zepha- the houses of Jerusalem, and all the niah the second priest, and the three houses of the great men, burned he keepers of the door: with fire. 14 And all the army of the Chalde- ans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. 15 Then Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remain ed in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 16 But Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, left certain of the poor of the land for vine-dressers, and for hus bandinen. 25 He took also out of the city a eunuch, which had the charge of the meu of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. 26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought thein to the king of Babylon to Rib- lah. 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. 17 Also the pillars of brass that were In the house of the Load, and the pases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LonD, the Chaldeans 28 This is the people whom Nebu- brake, and carried all the brass of chadrezzar carried away captive: In them to Babylon. the seventh year three thousand Jews 18 The caldrons also, and the shov-and three and twenty: els, and the snuffers, and the bowls, 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebu- and the spoons, and all the vessels of chadrezzar, he carried away captive brass wherewith they ministered, took from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty they away. and two persons: 19 And the basons, and the fire-pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candle-sticks, and the spoons, and the cups: that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were uuder the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all the vessels was without weight. 30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, carried away captive of the fews even hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. 31 T And it came to pass, in the sev- en and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twenti eth day of the month, that Evil-me rodach king of Babylon, in the firsı year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judab, and brought 21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cu-him forth out of prison, bits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers; it was hollow. 32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon 33 And changed his prison-garments: it; and the height of one chapiter was and he did continually eat bread be- five cubits, with net-work and pome-fore him all the days of his life. granates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass: the second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. 23 And there were ninety and six 34 And for his diet, there was a con tinual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion, unul the day of his death, all the day of his life. 736 HOW The LAMENTATIONS of JEREMIAH. CHAP. I. 11 All her people sigh, they scek row doth the city sit solitary that bread; they have given their pleasant was full of people! how is she things for meat to relieve the soul: see, become as a widow she that was O LORD, and consider; for I am be- great among the nations, and princess come vile. among the provinces, horo is she be- come tributary! 12 ¶ Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be 2 She weepeth sore in the night, and any sorrow like unto my sorrow, her tears are on her cheeks; among which is done unto me, wherewith all her lovers sbe hath none to com- the LORD bath afflicted me in the day fort her; all her friends have dealt of his fierce anger. treacherously with her; they are be-13 From above hath he sent fire into come her enemies. my bones, and it prevaileth against the straits. 3 Judah is gone into captivity be them he hath spread a net for my cause of affliction, and because of feet, he hath turned me back he great servitude; she dwelleth among bath made me desolate and faint all the heathen, she findeth no rest: all the day. ner persecutors overtook her between 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreath- 4 The ways of Zion do mourn, be-ed, and come upon my neck: he cause none come to the solemn feasts: hath made my strength to fall, the all her gates are desolate; her priests Loan hath delivered me into their sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she hands, from whom I am not able to 18 in bitterness. rise up. 5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath aflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. 6. And from the daughter of Zion all ner beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture; and they are gone without strength before the pursuer. 7 Jérusalem remembered in the days of her affliction, and of her miseries, All her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. 15 The LORD bath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winë-pro 89. 16 For these things I weep: mme eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me ; my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. 17 Zion spreadeth forth her bands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should bë round about him: Jerusalem is as a S Jerusalem hath greviously sinned; menstrous woman among them. therefore she is removed: all that hon- 18 T The LORD is righteous; for 1 oured her despise her, because they have rebelled against his command- have seen her nakedness; yea, she ment: hear, I pray you, all people, sigheth, and turneth backward. and behold my sorrow; my virgins 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she and my young men are gone into cap remembereth not her last end; there-tivity. fore she came down wonderfully: she 19 I called for my lovers, but they • had no comforter. O Lond, behold deceived me; my priests and mine my affliction; for the enemy hath mag- elders gave up the ghost in the city, nified himself. while they sought their meat to relieve 10 The adversary hath spread out their soulo. his hands upon all her pleasant things: 20 Behold, O LORD, for I am in dis- for she hath seen that the heathen en-tress; my bowels are troubled; mine tered into her sanctuary, whom thou beart is turned within me; for I have didst command that they should not greviously rebelled: abroad the sword enter into thy congregation. bereaveth, at home there is as dċatu 3 A 737 The misery of LAMENTATIONS. Jerusaæm. 21 They have heard thatI sigh; there|bath_stretched out a line, he hath not is none to comfort me: all mine ene- withdrawn his hand from destroying: inies have heard of my trouble; they therefore he made the rampart and are glad that thou hast done it thou the wall to lament; they languished wilt bring the day that thou hast call- together. ed, and they shall be like unto me. 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground: 22 Let all their wickedness come be- he hath destroyed and broken her fore thee; and do unto them as thou|bars; ber king and her princes are Last done unto me for all my trans among the Gentiles: the law is no gressions: for my sighs are many, and more; her prophets also find no vision iny heart is faint. from the Lond. H CHAP. II. OW hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel,and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 10 The elders of the daughter of Zi- on sit upon the ground and keep si lence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded them- selves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all bowels are troubled, my liver is poured the habitations of Jacob, and hatli not upon the earth, for the destruction of pitied he bath thrown down in his the daughter of my people; because wrath the strong holds of the daughter the children and the sucklings swoon of Judah; he hath brought them down in the streets of the city. to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. 12 They say to their mothers, Where is com and wine? when they swooned 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger as the wounded in the streets of the all the born of Israel: he hath drawn city, when their soul was poured out back his right hand from before the into their mother's bosom. enemy, and he burned against Jacob 13 What thing shall I take to witnes like a flaming fire, which devoureth for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem ? what round about. 4 He hath bent his bow like an ene-shall I equal to thee, that I may com- my: he stood with his right hand as fort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? ar adversary, and slew all that were for thy breach is great like the sea; pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle who can heal thee? of the daughter of Zion: he poured 11 Thy prophets have seen vain and out his fury like fire. Foolish things for thee; and they have 5 The LORD was as an enemy; he not discovered thine iniquity, to turn bath swallowed up Israel, he hath away the captivity; but have seen swallowed up all her palaces; he hath for thee false burdens, and causes of destroyed his strong holds, and bath banishment. increased in the daughter of Judah nourning and lamentation. 6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a gar- den; he hath destroyed his places of the assembly; the Lono bath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and bath despised, in the indignation of his anger, the king and the priest. 15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem,saying, Is this the city that men call The per- fection of beauty,The joy of the whole earth? 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee; they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 7 The LORD hath cast off his altar; he hath abhorred his sanctuary: he hath given up into the hand of the 17 The Loxo bath done that which enemy the walls of her palaces; they he had devised; he hath fulfilled his have made a noise in the house of the word that he had commanded in the LORD,as in the day of a solemn feast. days of old: he hath thrown down, 8 The Lond hath purposed to destroy and hath not pitied: and he bath the wall of the daughter of Zion; he caused thine enemy to rejoice over 738 Complaint of CHAP. III. thee; he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. 18 Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. the captive Jews. 13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. 14 I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day. 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with worm- wood. 16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel-stones, he hath covered 19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thy heart like water before the face of theme with ashes. LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every 17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. 18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: 20 T Behold, O LORD, and consider 19 Remembering mine affliction and to whom thou hast done this. Shall my misery, the wormwood and the the women eat their fruit, and chil-gall. street. dren of a span long? shall the priest 20 My soul hath them still in remem- and the prophet be slain in the sanctu-brance, and is humbled in me. ary of the Lʊnd? 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and iny young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast elain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. 22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those that 1 have swaddled and brought up bath mine enemy consumed. CHAP. III. 21 This I recall to my mind, there- fore have I hope. 22 ¶ It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lono is my portion,saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him. 25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both I AM the man that hath seen affic. hope and quietly wait for the salva- tion by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his Land against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin bath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 6 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as that they be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made any chain heavy. S Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9 He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. tion of the LORD. 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28 He sitteth alone and keepeth si- lence, because he hath borne it upon him. 29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. 30. He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with re- proach. 31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever: 32 But though he cause grief, yet wili he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. 34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, 36 To subvert a man in bis cause,the LORD approveth not. 37 ¶ Who is he that saith, and it comes to pass, when the Load com- mandeth it not? 739 Zion bewaileth LAMENTATIONS. 38 Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good ? 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our beart with our hands unto God in the heavens. 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud,that our prayers should not pass through. her pitiful estate. 63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music. 64 Render unto them a recompense, O Lond, according to the work of their hands. 65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them, 66 Persecute and destroy thera in anger from under the heavens of the Lond. CHAP. IV HOW is most fine gold changed! is the gold become dim! how the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, com. parable to fine gold, how are they es 45 Thou hast made us as the off-teemed as earthen pitchers, the work couring and refuse in the midst of the fof, the hands of the potter. 3 Even the sea-nousters draw out people. 16 All our enemics have opcued their the breast, they give suck to their mouths against us. young ones: the daughter of my peo- 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us,|ple is become cruel, like the ostriches desolation and destruction. in the wilderness. 18 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 19 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, 50 Till the Lond look down, and be- hold from heaven. 4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no mau breaketh it unto them. 5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that weÏ'E brought up in scarlet embrace dung- 51 Mine eye aflicteth my heart, be-hills. cause of all the daughters of my city. 62 Mine enemies chase me core, like a bird, without cause. 63 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I ain cut off. 55 TI called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. 6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is great er than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. 7 Her Nazarites were purer than enow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than ru- bies, their polishing was of sapphire: 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal ; [they are not known in the streets : their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. 9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the hunger: for these pine away, stricken causes of my soul; thou hast redeem-through for want of the fruits of the ed my life. 56 Thou hast heard my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 67 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. 59 Ó LORD, thou hast seen my wrong; Judge thou my cause. 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, and all their imaginations against me. 61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against ine; field. 10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. 11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, 62 The lips of those that rose up and it hath devoured the foundations against me, and their device against thereof. me all the day. 12 The kings of the earth, and ali 740 Zion's complaint CHAP V. to God the inhabitants of the world, would | 2 Our inheritance is turned to stran not have believed that the adversary gers, our houses to aliens. and the enemy should have entered 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our into the gates of Jerusalem. mothers are as widows. 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they bave polluted them- selves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wan- dered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. 16 The anger of the Lord hath di- vided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. 17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: m our watching we nave watched for a nation that could not save us, 18They hunt our steps,that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled: for our end is come. 19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursu- ed us upon the mountains, they laid] wait for us in the wilderness. 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen. 21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edoin, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. 22 T The punishment of thine ini- quity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity; he will visit thine in- iquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. CHAP. V. 4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. 6 We have given the band to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniqui- ties. 8 Servants nave ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. 9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. 10. Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. 11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. 13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the [wood. 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. 15 The joy of our heart is censed; four dauce is turned into mourning. 16 The crown is fallen from our head: wo unto us, that we have sin- ned! 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim, 18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk up- on it. 19 Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lond, and we shall be turned; renew our REMEMBER, O LOnn, what is days as of old. come upon us: consider, and be- hold our reproach. 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; Ithou art very wroth against us. ¶ The Book of the Prophet EZEKIEL. CHAP. 1. in the fifth day of the month, as I Now OW it came to pass in the thir-was among the captives by the rivet ueth year, in the fourth month,lof Chebar, that the heavens were 741 Ezekiel's EZEKIEL. vision. epened, and I saw visions of God. [tures, behold, one wheel upon the 2 In the fifth day of the month, earth by the living creatures, with his which was the fifth year of king Je- four faces. hoiachin's captivity, 16 The appearance of the wheels and 3 The word of the LORD came cx-their work was like unto the colour pressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the of a beryl: and they four had one sou of Buzi, in the land of the Chal-likeness; and their appearance and deans by the river Chebar; and the their work was as it were a wheel in hand of the LORD was there upon the middle of a wheel. him. 4 T And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, And a brightness was about it, and out the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out the midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they aad the likeness of a man. 6 And every oue had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the ple of a call's foot: and they sparkled ke the colour of burnished brass. 8. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. 17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 21 When those went, these went; and when those stood,these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over 9 Their wings were joined one to against them: for the spirit of the liv- another; they turned not when theying creature was in the wheels. went; they went every one straight| forward. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. 11 Thus weře their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their ɔodies. 12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living] creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the ap- pearance of lamps; it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 22 And the likeness of the firmanent upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crys- tal, stretched forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on thus side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. 24 And when they went, I beard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Al- mighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 26 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and bad let down their wings. 26 T And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a 14 And the living creatures ran and sapphire-stone; and upon the likeness returned as the appearance of a flash of the throne was the likeness as the of lightning. appearance of a man above upon it. 27 And I saw as the colour of amber 15 ¶ Now as I beheld the living crea- 742 Hiscommission. CHAP. II, III. as the appearance of fire round about le cateth the roll. CHAP. 111. OREOVER he said unto me,Son within it; from the appearance of his Man, cat that thou findest; loins even upward, aud from the ap- pearance of his loins even downward, eat this roil, and go speak unto the I saw as it were the appearance of fire,house of Israel. and it had brightness round about. 2 So I opened my mouth, and he 23 As the appearance of the bow that caused me to eat that roll. is in the cloud in the day of raio, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appear ance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. CHAP. II. AND he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it, and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. 4 T And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. 6 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech aud of a hard lan guage, in to the house of Israel; 6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, Surely, bad I sent thee to them, they I send thee to the children of Israel,10] would bave hearkened unto thee. a rebellious nation that hath rebelled] 7 But the house of Israel will not against me they and their fathers bearken unto thee; for they will not have transgressed against me, even hearken unto me for all the house unto this very day. of Israel are impudent and hard-heart- 2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 4 For they are impudent children[ed. and stiff-hearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Loud God. 5. And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,)yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. 6 T And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. S But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that 1 give thee. 9 ¶ And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; 8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their facce, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 As an adamant harder than fint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart,and hear with the ears. 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD, whe- ther they will hear, or whether they will forbear. 12 Then the epirit took me up, and heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. 13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and 10 And be spread it before me and took me away, and 1 went in bitter- it was written within and without:ness, in the beat of my spirit; but the and there was written therein lamen-hand of the LORD was strong upon tations, and mourning, and woe. me. 743 The type of EZEKIEL. Sen usacom's siege. 15 T Then I came to them of the 27 But when I speak with thee, I captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by will open thy mouth, and thou shalt the river of Chebar, and I sat where say unto thein, Thus saith the Lord they sat, and remained there astonish-GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; ed among them seven days. and he that forbeareth,let him forbear: 16 And it came to pass at the end of for they are a rebellious house. seven days, that the word of the LORD CHAP. IV. came unto me, saying, HOU son Son of a bave made thee a Tatile, and fog of man, take thee watchman unto the house of Israel: portray upon it the city, even Jeruga- therefore hear the word at my mouth, lem: and give them warning from me. 2 And lay siege against it, and build 18 When I say unto the wicked, a fort against it, and cast a mount Thou shalt surely die; and thou giv-against it; set the camp also against est him not warning, nor speakest to it, and set battering rams against it warn the wicked from his wicked round about. way, to save his life; the same wick-] 3 Moreover take thou unto thee an ed man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy band. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he tum not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it,and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. 4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, aud lay the iniquity of the house of 20 Again, When a righteous man Israel upon it: according to the num- doth turn from his righteousness and ber of the days that thou shalt lie upon commit iniquity, and I lay a stum-it thou shalt bear their iniquity. bling-block before him, he shall die: 5 For I have laid upon thee the years because thou hast not given him warn of their iniquity, according to the nuis- ing, he shall die in his sin, and his ber of the days, three hundred and righteousness which he hath done ninety days: so shalt thou bear the shall not be remembered; but his iniquity of the house of Israel. blood will I require at thy hand. 6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the bouse of Judah forty days: I have ap- pointed thee each day for a year. 21 Nevertheless, if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin,he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. 22 ¶ And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house. 25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: 7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. S And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast en- ded the days of thy siege. 9 7 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles,and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread there of, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side; three bundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels & 26 And I will make thy tongue cleave[day; from time to time shalt thou eat to the roof of thy mouth, that thou it. shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to 11 Thou shalt drink also water by them a reprover: for they are ar 4.4 measure, the sixth part of a hin; from lions house. time to time shalt thou drink. 744 The type of the CHAP. V. prophet's hair. 12 And thou shalt eat it as barley-for they have refused my judgmenta cakes, and thou shalt bake it with and my statutes, they bave not walked dung that cometh out of man, in their in them. sight. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord Goo, 13 And the LORD said, Even thus Because ye multiplied more than the shall the children of Israel eat their nations that are round about you, and defiled bread among the Geutiles, have not walked in my statutes, nei- whither I will drive them. ther have kept my judgments, neither 14 Then said 1, Ah Lord GOD! be-have done according to the judgments hold, my soul hath not been polluted; of the nations that are round about for from my youth up, even till now, you: have I not eaten of that which dieth 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither Behold, I, even I, am against thee, came there abominable flesh into my and will execute judgments in the mouth. midst of thee, in the sight of the na- tions. 15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, 9 And I will do in thee that which and thou shalt prepare thy bread I have not done, and whereunto I will therewith. not do any more the like, because of 16 Moreover, he said unto me, Son all thine abominations. of man, behold, I will break the staff 10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall sons in the midst of thee, and the sons eat bread by weight, and with care; shall cat their fathers; and I will ex- and they shall drink water by meas-Jecute judgments in thee, and the whole ure, and with astonishment: remnant of thee will I scatter into all 17 That they may want bread and the winds. water, and be astonished one with an- 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the other, and consume away for their in-Lord God; Surely, because thou hast iquity. defiled my sanctuary with all thy de- testable things, and with all thine CHAP. V. AND thon, sou of man, take thee a abominations, therefore will I also hair. sharp knife, take thee a barber's] diminish thee; neither shall mine eye razor, and cause it to pass upon thy spare, neither will I have any pity. head, and upon thy beard: then take 12 T A third part of thee shall die thee balances to weigh, and divide the with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst 2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third of thee: and a third part shall fall by part in the midst of the city, when the sword round about thee; and I the days of the siege are fulfilled: will scatter a third part into all the and thou shalt take a third part, and winds, and I will draw out a sword emite about it with a knife; and a after them. third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. 13 Thus shall mine anger be accom- plished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comfort- 3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few[ed: and they shall know that I the in number, and bind them in thy LoRD have spoken it in my zeal, when have accomplished my fury in them. 14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of skirts. I 4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the fall that pass by. honge of Israel. 15 So it shall be a reproach and a 5 T Thus saith the Lord GOD, This is taunt, and instruction and an astonish- Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst ment unto the nations that are round of the nations and countries that are about thee, when I shall execute round about her. judgments in thee in anger and in fu- 6 And she hath changed my judg-ry and in furious rebukes. I the LORD ments into wickedness more than the have spoken it. nations, and my statules more than 16 When I shall send upon them the the countries that are round about her;[evil arrows of famine, which shall be 745 The final EZEKIEL. desolation of Israel. for their destruction, and which I willțin vain that I would do this evil unto send to destroy you: and 1 will in them. crease the famine upon you, and will 11 T Thus saith the Lord Gon, Smite break your staff of bread. with thy hand, and stamp with thy 17 So will I send upon you famine foot, and say, Alas, for all the evil and evil beasts, and they shall bereave abominations of the house of Israel! thee; and pestilence and blood shall for they shall fall by the sword, by pass through thee; and I will bring the famine, and by the pestilence. the sword upon thee. I the Lond 12 He that is far off shall die of the have spoken it. pestilence; and be that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remain- eth and is besieged shall die by the fury upon them. CHAP. VI. AND the word of the LORD came famine; thus will I accomplish my unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward. 13 Then shall ye know that I am the mountains of Israel, and prophesy the LoRD, when their slain men shall against them, be among their idols round about their 3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, altars, upon every high hill, in all the hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus tops of the mountains,and under every saith the Lord God to the mountains green tree, and under every thick oak, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the place where they did offer sweet the valleys, Behold, 1, even 1, will savour to all their idols. bring a sword upon you, and I will 14 So will 1 stretch out my hand upon destroy your high places. them, and make the land desolate; 4 And your altars shall be desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness and your images shall be broken; and toward Diblath, in all their habita- I will cast down your slain men before tions; and they shall know that I am your idols. the LORD. CHAP. VII. 5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their MOREOVER, the word of the came unto me, saying, idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. 2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith 6 In all your dwelling-places the cit the Lord God unto the land of Israel, ies shall be laid waste, and the high An end, the end is come upon the four places shall be desolate; that your al-corners of the land. tars may be laid waste and made des- 3 Now is the end come upon thee, olate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. S¶ Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ve shall be scattered through the coun tries. and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. 4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 5 Thus saith the Lord God, An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. come. 9 And they that escape of you shall 6 An end is come, the end is come : remember me among the nations, it watcheth for thee; behold, it is whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whor 7 The morning, is come upon thee, ish heart, which hath departed from 0 thou that dwellest in the land: the me, and with their eyes, which go a time is come, the day of trouble is whoring after their idols: and they near, and not the sounding again of shall loathe themselves for the evils the mountains. which they have committed in all 8 Now will I shortly pour out my their abominations. fury upon thee, and accomplish mine 10 And they shall know that I am anger upon thee; and 1 will judge the Long, and that I have not said thee according to thy ways, and will 746 ations. CHAP. VIII. a chitin The type of recompense thee for all thine abomin-made the images of their abomina tions and of their detestable things 9 And mine eye shall not spare, nei- therein: therefore have I set it fär ther will I have pity: I will recom- from them. pense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth. 21 And 1 will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. 10 Behold the day, behold, it is 22 My face will I turn also from come the morning is gone forth; them, and they shall pollute my secret the rod hath blossomed,pride hath bud-place: for the robbers shall enter into ded. it, and defile it. 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of 23 T Make a chain: for the land is wickedness: none of them shall re-full of bloody crimes, and the city is nain, nor of their multitude, nor of full of violence. any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them. 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess 12 The time is come, the day draw-their houses: I will also make the eth near let not the buyer rejoice, pomp of the strong to cease; and their nor the seller mourn; for wrath is up-holy places shall be defiled. on all the multitude thereof. 25 Destruction cometh; and they 13 For the seller shall not return to shall seek peace, and there shall be that which is sold, although they were none. yet alive for the vision is touching 26 Mischief shall come upon mis- the whole multitude thereof, which|chief, and rumour shall be upon ru- shall not return; neither shall any!mour: then shall they seek a vision of strengthen himself in the iniquity of his the prophet; but the law shall perish life. from the priest, and counsel from the 14 They have blown the trumpet,even|ancients. to make all ready ; but none goeth to 27 The king shall mourn, and the the battle for my wrath is upon all prince shall be clothed with desolation, the multitude thereof. and the hands of the people of the 15 The sword is without, and the land shall be troubled: I will do unto pestilence and the famine within: be them alter their way, and according that is in the field shall die with the to their deserts will I judge them ; sword; and he that is in the city, and they shall know that I am the famine and pestilence shall devour LORD. him. CHAP. VIII. 16 7. But they that escape of them AND it came to pass in the sixtl shall escape, and shall be on the moun- year, in the sixth month, in the tains like doves of the valleys, all of fifth day of the month, as I sat in my them mourning, every one for his ini-house, and the elders of Judah sat be- quity. fore me,that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. 17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. 18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. 2 Then 1 beheld, and, lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even down ward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of bright- ness, as the colour of amber. 19 They shall cast their silver in the 3 And he put forth the form of a streets, and their gold shall be remov-[hand, and took me by a lock of my ed their silver and their gold shall head; and the spirit lifted me up bè- not be able to deliver them in the day tween the earth and the heaven,” and of the wrath of the LORD: they shall brought me in the visions of God to not satisfy their souls, neither fill their Jerusalem, to the door of the inner bowels: because it is the stumbling-gate that looketh toward the north; block of their iniquity. where was the seat of the image of 20 As for the beauty of his orua- jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy ment, he set it in majesty; but they] 4 And, behold, the glory of the Goz 747 The marked LZEKIEL. of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. preservca. they worshipped the sun toward the cast. 5 T Then said be unto me, Son of 17 ¶ Then he said unto me,Hást thou mian, lift up thine eyes now the way seen this, O son of man? Is it a light toward the north. So I lifted up mine thing to the house of Judah, that they eyes the way toward the north, and commit the abominations which they behold northward at the gate of the al- commit here? for they have filled the tar this image of jealousy in the entry,[land with violence, and have returned 6 He said furthermore unto me, Son to provoke me to anger: aud, lo, they of man,seest thou what they do? even put the branch to their nose. the great abominations that the house 18 Therefore will also deal in fury: of Israel committeth here,that I should mine eye shall not spare, neither will go far off from my sanctuary ? but I have pity; and though they cry in Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt mine ears with a loud voice, yet will see greater abominations. I not hear them. 7 ¶ And he brought me to the door! of the court; and when I looked, be- hold, a hole in the wall. S Then said he unto me,Son of man,{ dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. 9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. 10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about. CHAP. IX. E cried also in mine ears with a Houd voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his des troying weapon in his hand. સ 2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which li eth toward the north, and every man a slaughter-weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood 11 And there stood before them sev-beside the brasen altar. enty men of the ancients of the house 3 And the glory of the God of Israel of Israel, and in the midst of them was gone up from the cherub, where- stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, upon he was, to the threshold of the with every man his censerin bis hand: house: and he called to the man cloth- and a thick cloud of incense went up.ed with linen, which had the writer's 12. Then said he unto me,Son of man, inkhorn by his side; hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of iis imagery ? for they say, The Lond aceth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth. 13 ↑ He said also unto me,Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. 4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem,and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abomina- tions that be done in the midst thereof, 5 1 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye after him through the city,and smite; let not your eyes spare, neither have ye pity: 14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lonn's house, which was toward the north; and, behold, 6 Slay utterly old and young, both there sat women weeping for Tam- maids, and little children, and wo- men; but come not near anyman upon 15 ¶ Then said he unto me, Hast|whom is the mark; and begin at my thou seen this, O son of man ? turn sanctuary. Then they began at the an thee yet again, and thou shalt see cient men which were before the house. greater abominations than these. 7 And he said unto them, Defile the muz. 16 And he brought me into the inner house, and fill the courts with the court of the LORD's house,and,behold, slain; go ye forth. And they went at the door of the temple of the Lond, forth, and slew in the city. between the porch and the altar, were 8 And it came to pass, while they about five and twenty men, with their were slaying them, and I was left,that backs toward the temple of the LORD, I fell upon my face, and cried, and and their faces toward the east; and said,Ali Lord God! wilt thou destroy 748 Vision of the CHAP. X. coais and cherubima. all the residue of Israel in thy pouring| 9 And when I looked, behold the out thy fury upon Jerusalem? four wheels by the cherubimus, one 9 Then said he unto me, The ini-wheel by one cherub, and another quity of the house of Israel and Judah wheel by another cherub: and the ap- is exceeding great, and the land is full pearance of the wheels was as the of blood, and the city full of perverse-colour of a beryl-stone. ness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. 10 And as for their appearancee,they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 10 And as for me also, mine eye shall 11 When they went, they went upon not spare, neither will I have pity; their four sides; they turned not as but I will recompense their way up-they went, but to the place whither on their head. the bead looked they followed it; they 11 And, behold, the man clothed turned not as they went. with linen, which had the inkborn by 12 And their whole body, and their bis side, reported the matter, saying,1 backs, and their hands, and their have done as thou hast commandedme. wings, and the wheels, where full of CHAP. X. eyes round about, even the wheels THEN I looked, and, behold, in that they four had. THE looked as above 13 due for the wheels, it was cried the head of the cherubims there spunto them in my hearing, O wheel! peared over them as it were a sap-And every one had four faces: phire-stone, as the appearance of the the first face was the face of a cherub, likeness of a throne. and the second face was the face of a 2 And he spake unto the man clothed man, and the third the face of a lion, with linen, and said, Go in between and the fourth the face of an eagle. the wheels, even under the cherub, 15 And the cherubims were lifted up. and fill thy hand with coals of fire This is the living creature that 1 saw from between the cherubims, and scat-[by the river of Chebar. ter them over the city. And he went] 16 And when the cherubims went, In in my sight. the wheels went by them; and when Now the cherubims stood on the the cherubims lifted up their wings to night side of the house when the man mount up from the earth, the same went in; and the cloud filled the in-wheels also turned not from beside them. Mer court. 4 Then the glory of the Lond went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory. 17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spir- it of the living creature was in them. 18 Then the glory of the Lond de- parted from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. 19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the 6 And it came to pass, that when he wheels also were beside them, and had commanded the man clothed with every one stood at the door of the east linen, saying, Take fire from between gate of the LORD's house; and the the wheels, from between the cheru-glory of the God of Israel was over bims; then he went iu, and stood be-firem above. 5 And the sound of the cherubimo' wings was heard even to the outer Court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. side the wheels. 20 This is the living creature that 1 7 And one cherub stretched forth his saw under the God of Israel by the hand from between the cherubims un-river of Chebar; and I knew that to the fire that was between the cher-they were the cherubims, ubims, and took thereof, and put it in 21 Every one had four faces apiece, to the hands of him that was clothed and every one four wings; and the with linen; who took it, and went out. likeness of the bands of a man was 8 T And there appeared in the cher-under their wings. ubima the form of a man's hand un- 22 And the likeness of their faces der their wings. was the same faces which I saw by the 749 The princes' sin EZEKIEL. and judgment. river of Chebar, their appearauces my face, and cried with a loud voice. and themselves: they went every one and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of straight forward. Israel? MOR CHAP. XI. 14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ´OREOVER the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the 15 Son of man, thy brethren, even east gate of the LORD's house, which thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, looketh eastward: and behold at the and all the house of Israei wholly, are door of the gate five and twenty men; they to whom the inhabitants of Je among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son rusalem bave said, Get you far from of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Be-the LORD; unto us is this land given naiah, princes of the people. in possession. 2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the these are the men that devise mis-Lord Goo; Although I have cast them chief, and give wicked counsel in this far off among the heathen, and al- city: 3 Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. 5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. 6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Your slain whom ye have laid m the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but will bring you forth out of the of it. midst 1 8 Ye have feared the sword; and will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the bands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. though I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. 17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. 18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof, and all the aboming- tions thereof from thence. 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh : 20 That they may walk in my stat- jutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my peo ple, and I will be their God. 21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detes- table things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord Goo. 10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will 22 ¶ Then did the cherubima lift up -judge you in the border of Israel; and their wings, and the wheels beside ye shall know that I am the Load. them; and the glory of the God of 11 This city shall not be your cald-1srael was over them above. rou, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. 12 And ye shall know that I am the Lono: for ye have not walked in my 24 T Afterwards the spirit took me statutes, neither executed my judg-up, and brought me in a vision by the ments, but have done after the man-Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of ners of the heathen that are round the captivity. So the vision that I had about you. seen went up from me. 13 T And it came to pass, when I 25 Theu 1 spake unto them of the prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of captivity all the things that the Lond Benalah died. Then fell I down upon]had showed me. 750 The type of THE CHAP. XII. CHAP. XII. Israel's removing. shall be not see it, though he shall HE word of the LORD also came die there. unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. 14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands: and I will draw out the sword after them, 15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them 3 Therefore, thou son of man, pre-among the nations, and disperse them pare thee stuff for removing, and re-in the countries. move by day in their sight; and thou 16 But 1 will leave a few men of shaft remove from thy place to anoth- them from the sword, from the fam- er place in their sight; it may be they line, and from the pestilence, that they will consider, though they be a rebel- may declare all their abominations lious house. among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. 5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby, 17 Moreover, the word of the Lond came to me, saying, 18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 6 In their sight shalt thou bear it 19 And say unto the people of the upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth|land, Thus saith the Lord Gov of the m the twilight: thou shalt cover thy inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the lace, that thou see not the ground; for land of Israel, They eball eat their I have set thee for a sign unto the bread with carefulness, and drink their house of Israel. water with astonishment, that ber 7 And I did so as I was commaded:[land may be desolate from all that is 1 brought forth my stuff by day, as therein, because of the violence of all stuff for captivity, and in the even them that dwell therein. digged through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the twi- light, and 1 bare it upon my shoulder|be in their sight. 8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, bath not the house of Israel, the rebellions house, said unto thee, What doest thou? 10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD, This burden concern- eth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them. 11 Say, I am your sign: like as have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall remove, and go into captivity, 12 And the prince that is among Chem shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth; they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. 13 My net also will spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my share; and I will bring him to Baby- lon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet 20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 21 T And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, say- ing, The days are prolonged,and every vision faileth ? 23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord Goo, I will make this prov- erb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at band, and the effect of every vision. 24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more pro- longed; for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord Gov. 26 1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 27 Son of mau, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that 751 The reproof of EZEKIEL. Jalse prophets. he seeth is for many days to come, and Gon; 1 will even rend it with a be prophesieth of the times that are stormy wind in my fury; and there far off. shall be an overtlowing shower in 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus mine anger, and great hailstones in saith the Lord God, There shall none my fury to consume it. of my words be prolonged any more; but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord Goo. CHAP. XIII. AND the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Llear ye the word of the LORD; 14 So will 1 break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mor- 3 Thus saith the Lord God, Wo untotar, and will say unto you, The wall the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 40 Ísrael, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of the Lono. is no more, neither they that daubed it: 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusa- lem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Gov. 17 T Likewise, thou son of man,set thy face against the daughters of thy 6 They have seen vanity and lying|people, which prophesy out of their divination, saying, The LORD saith; own heart; and prophesy thou against and the LORD hath not sent them; and them, they have made others to hope that 18 And say,Thus saith the Lord Gov; they would confirm the word. Wo to the women that ġew pillows 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision,and to all armholes, and make kerchiefs have ye not spoken a lying divination, upon the head of every statue to hunt whereas ye say, The Lono saith it; sools! Will ye bunt the souls of my albeit I have not spoken ? people, and will ye save the souls 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord Gov;jalive that come unto you? Because ye have spoken vanity, and geen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God. 19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that 9 And my hand shall be upon the should not die, aud to save the souls prophets that see vanity, and that di-jalive that should not live, by your ly vine lies they shall not be in the ing to my people that hear your lies? assembly of my people, neither shall 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord they be written in the writing of the Goo; Behold, I am against your pil- house of Israel, neither shall they en-lows, wherewith ye there hunt the ter into the land of Israel; and ye shall souls to make them fly, and I will know that I am the Lord God. tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye bunt to make them fly. 10 Becauer, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one 21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed]and deliver my people out of your it with untempered mortar : band, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye sball know that I am the LORD. 11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing abower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rendit. 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it ? 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord 22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthen. ed the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: 23 Therefore ye shall see no more 752 Idolaters ochorted CHAP. XIV. torepent. vanity, nor divine divinations: for 11gressions; but that they may be my will deliver my people out of your people, and I may be their God, saith hand: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God. the LORD. THEN CHAP. XIV. HENcame certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lonn came unto me, saying, 12 T The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 13 Son of man, when the land sin neth against me by trespassing griev ously, then will I stretch out my band upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity be fore their face: should I be inquired 14 Though these three men, Noah, of at all by them? Daniel, and Job, were in it, they 4 Therefore speak unto them, and should deliver but their own souls say unto them, Thus saith the Lord by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Is-GOD. rael that seiteth up his idols in his 15 II cause noisome beasts to pass heart, and putteth the stumbling block through the land, and they spoil it, so of his iniquity before his face, aud that it be desolate, that no man may cometh to the prophet; I the LORD pass through because of the beasts: will answer hin that cometh accord- 16 Though these three men were in ing to the multitude of his idols; it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they 5 That I may take the house of Is-shall deliver neither sons nor daugh rael in their own heart, because they ters; they only shall be delivered, but are all estranged from me through the land shall be desolate. their idols. 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that 6 T Therefore say unto the house of land, and say, Sword, go through the Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Re-land; so that I cut off man and beast pent, and turn yourselves from your from it: do's; and turn away your faces from 18 Though these three men were in al your abominations. it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they 7 For every one of the house of Is-shall deliver neither sons nor daugh rael, or of the stranger that sojourn ters, but they only shall be delivered eth in Israel, which separateth himself themselves. from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning ine; I the LoRD will answer him by myself; 8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lond. 19 ¶ Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and [beast: 20 Though Noal, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as 1 live, saith the Lord Gon,they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall bat deliver their own souls by their righteousness. 21 For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four core judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine,and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? Ti 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet,and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst 22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left of my people Israel. a remnant that shall be brought forth, 10 And they shall bear the punish-both sous and daughters: behold, they ment of their iniquity; the punish-shall come forth unto you, and ye shall ment of the prophet shall be even as see their way and their doings; and ye the punishment of him that seeketh shall be conforted concerning the evil unto him; that I have brought upon Jerusalem, evenconcerning all that 1 have brought upon it. 11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their trans | 23 And they shall comfort you,when 3 B 753 God's compassion EZEKIEL. to Jerusalem. ye see their ways and their doings: 7 I have caused thee to multiply as and ye shall know that I have not the bud of the field, and thou hast in- done without cause all that I have creased and waxen great, and thou art done in it, saith the Lord Gov. come to excellent ornaments; thy breasts are fashioned, and thy hair is CHAP. XV. ND the word of the LORD came grown, whereas thou wast naked and A unto me, saying, bare. 2 Son of man, What is the vine-tree 8 Now when I passed by thee, and more than any tree, or than a branch looked upon thee, behold, thy time which is among the trees of the forest? 3. Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire.devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work ? 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work; how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it s burned. 6 T Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them ; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Gon, and thou becam est mine. 9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and 1 anomted thes with oil. 10 Iclothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fit e linen, and I covered thee with silk. 11 Idecked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, fand a chain on thy neck. 12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beav- tiful crown upon thy head. 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered S And I will make the land desolate, work; thou didst eat fine flour, and because they have committed a tres-honey, and oil; and thou wast exceed pase, saith the Lord God. CHAP. XVI. AGAIN the word of the Lonn came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalein to know her abominations, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the laud of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite,and thy mother a Hittite. 4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy naval was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. ing beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. 14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beawy: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God. 15 T But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredet out thy fornications on every one that passed by: his it was. 16 And of thy garments thou didst take,and deckedst tby high places with divers colours, and playedst the har lot thereupon; the like things shall 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of not come, neither shall it be so. these unto thee, to have compassion 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair upon thee; but thou wast cast out in jewels of my gold and of my silver, the open field, to the loathing of thy which I had given thee, and madest person, in the day that thou wast born. to thyself images of men, and didst 6 T And when I passed by thee, and commit whoredom with them; saw thee polluted in thine own blood, 18 And tookest thy broidered gar I said unto thee rohen thou wast_in]ments, and coveredst them; and thou› thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee bast set mine oil and mine incense be when thou wast in thy blood, Live. fore them. 754 God's judgments CHAP. XVI. m Jerusalem. 32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers in- stead of her husband I 33 They give gifts to all whores; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whore- dom. 19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, where- with I fed thee, thou hast even sat it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord God, 20 Moreover, thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou bast borne unto me,and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. 34 And the contrary is in thee from Is this of thy whoredoms a small mat-[other women, in thy whoredoms, ter, whereas uoue followeth thee to com- givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee; therefore thou art contrary, 21 That thou hast slain my children, mit whoredoms; and in that thou and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? 22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remein- bered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast pollu- ted in thy blood. 23 And it came to pass, after all thy wickedness, (wo, wo unto thee! saith the Lord Goo,) 24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee a high place in every street. 35 ¶ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD; 36 Thus saith the Lord Gon, Be- cause thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; 37 Behold, therefore, I will gather 25 Thou hast built thy high place at all thy lovers, with whom thou hast every head of the way, and hast made taken pleasure, and all them that thou thy beauty to be abhorred, and bast hast loved, with all them that thou opened thy feet to every one that pass-hast hated; I will even gather them ed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. round about against thee, and will dis 26 Thou hast also committed forni-[cover thy nakedness unto them, that cation with the Egyptians thy neigh-they may see all thy nakedness. bours, great of flesh; and hast increas- 38 And I will judge thee, as women ed thy whoredoms, to provoke me to that break wedlock, and shed blood, anger. are judged; and I will give thee blood 27 Behold, therefore, I have stretch-in fury and jealousy. ed out my hand over thee, and have| 39 And I will also give thee into diminished thine ordinary food, and their hand, and they shall throw down delivered thee unto the will of them thine eminent place, and shall break that hate thee, the daughters of the down thy high places: they shall strip Philistines, which are ashamed of thy│thee also of thy clothes, and shall take lewd way. thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. 29 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with thein, and yet couldest not be satisfied. 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied| thy fornication in the land of Canaan lunto Chaldea, and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. 30 How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things the work of an imperious whorish woman; 31. In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and nakest thy high place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot in that hou scorvest hire ; 40 They shall also bring up a com pany against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. 41 And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to ceasefrom playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. 42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall de - part from thee, and I will be quiet, aud will be no more angry. 43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted Ime in all these things; behold, there- 755 God promiseth EZEKIEL. Jerusalem mercy fore I also will recompense thy way 55 When thy sister, Sodom and her upon thy head, saith the Lord God: daughters, shall return to their forımı r and thou shalt not commit this lewd-estate, and Samaria and her daughters ness above all thine abominations. shall return to their former estate, 44¶ Behold, every one that useth then thou and thy daughters shall re- proverbs shall use this proverb against turn to your former estate. thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. 45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her chil- dren: and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loatheth their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria,j she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. 56 For thy sister Sodom was not men. tioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, 57 Before thy wickedness was dis covered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughter of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about. 58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the Lond. 69 For thus saith the Lord God, i will even deal with thee as thou hast 47 Yet hast thou not walked after done, which bast despised the oath in their ways, nor done after their abom-j breaking the covenant. inations; but as if that were a very 60 1 Nevertheless I will remember little thing, thou wast corrupted more my covenant with thee in the days of than they in all thy ways. thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her, and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and 1 will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. 62 And 1 will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: 60 And they were haughty, and com- 63 That thou mayest remember, and mitted abomination before me: there-be confounded, and never open thy fore I took them away as I saw good. mouth any more because of thy shame, 51 Neither hath Samaria committed when I am pacified toward thee for half of thy sins; but thou hast multi-all that thou hast done, saith the Lord plied thine abominations more than Gon. they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations, which thou hast done. CHAP. XVII. AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Is rael; 52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame, for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they; they are more 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord Gon, righteous than thou: yea, be thou con- A great eagle with great wings, long founded also, and bear thy shame, in winged, full of feathers, which had that thou hast justified thy sisters. divers colours, came unto Lebanon, 53 When I shall bring again their and took the highest branch of the captivity, the captivity of Sodom and cedar: her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: 64 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou urt a comfort unto them 4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. 5 He took also of the seed of theland, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set if as a willow tree, 5 And it grew, and became a spread- 756 CHAP. XVII. The cedar of the gospel. ng viue of low stature, whose branch-for lum in the war, by casting up es turned toward bim, and the roots mounts, and building forts, to cut off thereof were under him: so it became many persons: a vne, and brought forth branches, 18 Seeing he despised the oath by and shot forth sprigs. breaking the covenant, when, lo, be 7 There was also another great eagle] had giver his hand, and hath done alt with great wings and many feathers: these things, he shall not escape. and, behold, this vine did bend ber 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord rools toward bun, and shot forth her] GOD; As 1 live, surely mine oath that branches toward him, that he might he bath despised, and my covenant water it by the furrows of her planta-that he hath broken, even it will I tion. recompense upon his own head. 20 And 1 will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Baby- lon, and will plead with him there for 9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord Gov; his trespass that be hath trespassed Shall it prosper ? shall he not pull up against me. 8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit] 21 And all his fugitives with all his thereof, that it wither? it shall wither bands shall fall by the sword, and they in all the leaves of her spring, even that remain shall be scattered toward without great power or many people all winds: and ye skall know that 1 to pluck it up by the roots thereof. the LORD have spoken it. 10 Yea, bebold, being planted, shall 22 Thus saith the Lord Gon; I will F it prosper? shall it not utterly wither also take of the highest branch of the when the east wind toucheth it? it high cedar, and will set it; I will shall wither in the furrows where it crop off from the top of his young grew. twigs a teuder one, and will pla….. it 11 Moreover,the word of the LORD upon a bigh mountain and eminent; came unto me, saying, 23 lu the mountain of the height of 12 Say now to the rebellious house, Israel will 1 plant it: and it shalt Know ye not what thesethings mean?bring forth boughs, and hear fruit, and tell them, Behold the king of Babylon be a goodly cedar: and under it shall is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken dwell all fowl of every wing; in the the king thereof, and the princes shadow of the branches thereof shall thereof, and led them with him to they dwell. Babylon; 13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken au oath of him; he hath also taken the mighty of the land ; 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: the LORD have spoken and have done 14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that|if. by keeping of his covenant it might stand. CHAP. XVIII. The again, saying, HE word of the Loun came unto 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? 15 But he rebelled against him in sending bis ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall be break the covenant, and be delivered? 3 As 1 live, saith the Lord Gov, ye 16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD,|shall not have occasion any more to surely in the place where the king use this proverb in Israel. direlleth that made him king, whose 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the oath he despised, and whose covenant soul of the father, so also the soul of he brake, even with him in the midst the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, of Babylon he shall die. it shall die. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his 5 But if a man be just, and do that nighty army and great company make which is lawful and right, 757 God's justice EZEKIEL. in punishing. 6 And hath not eaten upon the moun-Jolence, and did that which is not good fains, neither hath lifted up his eyes among his people, lo, even he shall to the idols of the house of Israel, nei- die in his iniquity. ther hath defiled his neighbour's wife, reither hath come near to a menstru- ous woman, 19 T Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, be shall surely live. 7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor bis pledge, hath spoiled noue by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. hath covered the naked with a gar-The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear ment; 8 He that hath not given forth upon the iniquity of the son; the righteous usury,neither hath taken any increase, ness of the righteous shall be upon that hath withdrawu his hand from him, and the wickedness of the wick iniquity, bath executed true judgmentfed shall be upon him. between man and mau, 9 Hath walked in ny statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith saith the Lord God. 10 T If he beget a son that is a rob- || ber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, 11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wite, 21 ¶ But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shal' surely live, he shall not die. 22 All his transgressions that he hatk committed, they shall not be mention- ed unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord Goo; and not that he should return 12 Hath oppressed the poor and nee-from his ways, and live? dy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not 24 1 But when the righteous turneth restored the pledge, and hath lifted up away from his righteousness, and com his eyes to the idols, hath committed mitteth iniquity, and doeth according abomination, to all the abominations that the wick 13 Hath given forth upon usury, and ed man doeth, shall he live? All bus hath taken increase: shall he then righteousness that he hath done shall live? he shall not live: be hath done not be mentioned: in his trespass that all these abominations; be shall sure-] be hath trespassed, and in his sin that ly die; his blood shall be upon him. 14 T Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 15 That bath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Is rael, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, he hath simed, in them shall he die. 25 ¶ Yet ye say,The way of the Lond is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel, is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal ? 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and com- mitteth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence but hath giv en his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, 17 That hath taken off his band from 28 Berause be considereth, and turn- the poor, that hath not received usury eth away from all his transgressions nor increase, hath executed my judg-that he bath committed, he shall sure- ments, hath walked in my statutes;|ly live, he shall not die. he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lond is not equal. O house 18 As for his father, because he cruel- of Israel, are not my ways equal? aro ly oppressed, spoiled his brother by vino! your ways unequal? 758 The lion's whelps. CHAP. XIX, XX. Israel's rebellion. 30 Therefore I will judge you,Ohouse her height with the multitude of her of Israel, every one according to his branches. ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, 12 But she was plucked up in fury, and turn yourselves from all your she was cast down to the ground, and transgressions; so iniquity shall not the east wind dried up her fruit: her be your ruin. strong rods were broken and withered: the fire consumed them. 31 T Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have trans- gressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel ? 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness,in a dry and thirsty ground. 14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured 32 For I have no pleasure in the death her fruit, so that she hath no strong of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. lamentation, and shall be for a lamen- Itation. CHAP. XIX. take thou up a la- CHAP. XX. Mmentation for the princes of Is AND it came to pass in the seventh rael, 2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness she lay down among lions,she nourished her whelps among young lions. year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. 2 Then came the word of the Lond 3 And she brought up one of her unto me, saying, whelps: it became a young lion, and 3 Son of man, speak unto the elders it learned to catch the prey; it devour-of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye come ed men. 4 The nations also heard of him; to inquire of nie? ds I live, saith the he was taken in their pit, and they Lord God, 1 will not be inquired of by brought him with chains unto the land you. of Egypt. 4 Wilt thou judge them,son of man? 6 Now when she saw that she had wilt thou judge them ? cause them to waited, and her hope was lost, then know the abominations of their fa- she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and de- voured men. 7 And he knew their desolate pala- ces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. 8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was ta- ken in their pit. thers: 5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 6 In the day that I lifted up my hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt, into a land that 1 had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: 9 And they put him in ward in chains, 7 Then said 1 unto them, Cast ye and brought him to the king of Baby-away every man the abominations of Jon; they brought him into holds, that his eyes,and defile not yourselves with his voice should no more be heard up-the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD on the mountains of Israel. your God. 10 T Thy mother is like a vine in 8 But they rebelled against me, and thy blood, planted by the waters: she would not hearken unto me: they did was fruitful, and full of branches, by not every man cast away the abomin- reason of many waters. ations of their eyes, neither did they 11 And she had strong rods for the forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, sceptres of them that bare rule, and I will pour out my fury upon them, to her stature was exalted among the accomplish mine anger against them hick branches, and she appeared in in the inidst of the land of Egypt. 759 The history f EZEKIEL. Israel's rebellions. 9 But I wrought for my name's sake, | luted iny sabbaths: then I said, I would hat it should not be polluted before pour out my fury upon them, to ac- the heathen, among whom they were, complish mine anger against them ic in whose sight 1 made myself known the wilderness. unto them, in bringing them forth out|| 22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, of the land of Egypt. and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. 10 T Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. 11 And I gave them my statutes,and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. 12 Moreover also I gave them my erbbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to con- sume them. 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. 23 I lifted up my hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen and disperse them through the countries : 24 Because they had not executea my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sab baths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. 25 Wherefore I gave them also stat- utes that were not good,and judgments whereby they should not live ; 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts,in that theycaused to passthrough the fire all that openeth the womb,that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know thất I am. the LORD. 27 T Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand outo them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet em in the wilderness, that I would in this your fathers have blasphemed not bring them into the land which Ime, in that they have committed a had given them, flowing with milk trespass against me. and honey, which is the glory of all 28 For when I had brought them into lands : the land, for the which I lifted up my 16 Because they despised my judg-hand to give it to them, then they saw ments, and walked not in my statutes, every high hill, and all the thick trees, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. 17 Nevertheless mine eyes spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wil derness. 13 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers,neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols; 19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes,and keepmy judgments, and do them; and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provoca- tion of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink-offerings. 29 Then I said unto them,What is the bigh place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bam̃ah unto this day. 30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? 20 And hallow my sabbaths; and 21 For when ye offer your gifts,when they shall be a sign between me and ye make your sons to pass through the you, that ye may know that I am the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all LORD your God. your idols, even unto this day: and 21 Notwithstanding the children re-shall I be inquired of by you, O house belled against me: they walked not of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord in my statutes, neither kept my judg- GOD, I will not be inquired of by you. ments to do them, which if a man do, 32 And that which cometh into your he shall even live in them; they pol-jmind shall not be at all, that ye say, 760 A prophecy CHAP. XXI. against Jerusalem. We will be as the heathen, as the 44 And ye shall know that I am the families of the countries, to serve LORD, when I have wrought with you wood and stone. for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings,O ye bouse of Is- rael, saith the Lord God. 33 TAs I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: 34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched-out arm, and with fury poured out. 35 And I will bring you into the wil derness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. 45 ¶ Moreover,the word of the Lond came unto me, saying, 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD: Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall de 36 Like as I pleaded with your favour every green tree in thee, and thers in the wilderness of the kind of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God. 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein, 48 And all flesh shall see that 1 the Lond have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. 38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that trans- 49 Then said 1, Ah Lord Gon! they gress against me: I will bring them say of me, Doth be not speak para- forth out of the country where theybles? sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know A that I am the LORD. CHAP. XXI. ND the word of the Lond canie unto me, saying, 39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus 2 Son of man, set thy face toward saith the Lord Gon, Go ye, serve ye Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward every one his idols,ând hereafter also, the holy places, and prophesy against if ye will not hearken unto me: but the land of Israel, pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols, 40 For in my boly mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,saith the LORD God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will require your offerings, and the first-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. 3 And say to the land of Israel,Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath,and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut oll from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 41 I will accept you with your sweet 5 That all flesh may know that I the savour, when I bring you out from the Loud have drawn forth my sword out people, and gather you out of the coun-of his sheath; it shall not return any tries wherein ye have been scattered: more. and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 42. And ye shall know that I am the Loto, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers. 13 And there shall ye remember your way, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; aud ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes, 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh,and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord Gap. 761 A prophecy against the Ammonites. 22 At his right hand was the divina tion of Jerusalem,to appoint captains EZEKIEL. ST Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy, and say, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, lift up the voice with shouting, to ap- a sword is sharpened, and also fur-boint battering-rams against the gates, Dished: to cast a mount, and to build a fort. 10 It is sharpened to make a sore 23 And it shall be unto them as slaughter; it is furbished that it may false divination in their sight, to them glitter: should we then make mirth? that have sworn oaths: but he will it contemneth the rod of my son, as call to remembrance the iniquity,that every tree. they may be taken. 11 And he hath given it to be fur- 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord bished, that it may be handled: this GOD; Because ye have made your in- sword is sharpened, and it is furbish-liquity to be remembered, in that you' ed, to give it into the hand of the transgressions are discovered, so that slayer. in all your doings your sins do appear ; 12 Cry and bowl, son of man: for it because, I say, that ye are come to re- shall be upon my people, it shall be membrance, ye shall be taken with 1 pon all the princes of Israel : terrors the band. by reason of the sword shall be upou my people, smite therefore upon thy thigh. 25 ¶ And thou, profane wicked. princes of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, 13 Because it is a trial, and what if 26 Thus saith the LordGoD; Remove the sword contemu even the rod? it the diadem, and take off the crown; shall be no more, saith the Lord God. this shall not be the same: exalt him 14 Thou therefore, son of man, that is low, and abase him that is prophesy, and smite thy bands to high. gether, and let the sword be doubled 27 I will overturn, overturn, over The third time, the sword of the slain:[turn it; and it shall be no more, until it is the sword of the great men that he come whose right it is; and 1 will are slain, which entereth into their give it him. privy chambers. 28 T And thou, son of man,prophesy 15 I have set the point of the sword and say, Thus saith the LORD God against all their gates, that their heart concerning the Ammonites, and con- may faint, and their ruins be multi-cerning their reproach; even say thou, plied: Ah! it is made bright, it is The sword, the sword is drawn: for wrapped up for the slaughter. the slaughter it is furbished, to con sume, because of the glittering; 29 While they see vanity unto thee, while they divine a lie unto thee, to to-bring thee upon the necks of them that to are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. 16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. 17 I will also smite my hands gether, and I will cause my fury rest: I the LORD have said it. 18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 30 Shall I cause it to return into bis sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one laud and choose thou a place,choose it at the head of the way to the city. 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammon-men, and skilful to destroy. ites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: be made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. 31 And 1 will pour out mine indig. nation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and de liver thee into the hand of brutish 32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire: thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remeni bered: for I the Lond have spoken it. CHAP. XXII. OREOVERthewordof the LORD M came unto me, saying, 762 Aa alogue of CHAP. XXII. 2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge,wilt thou judge the bloody city yea, thou shalt show her all her abom- inations. 3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. sins in Jerusalem. tries, and will consume thy filthinese out of thee. 16 And thou shalt take thine inherit ance in thyself in the sight of the hea then, and thou shalt know that I am the Loan. 17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, the house of Israel 4 Thou art become guilty in thy is to me become dross: all they are olood that thou hast shed; and hast brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in defiled thyself in thine idols which the midst of the furnace; they are even thou hast made; and thou hast caused the dross of silver. thy days to draw near, and art come 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord even unto thy years: therefore have I GOD; Because ye are all become dross, made thee a reproach unto the bea-behold, therefore I will gather you then, and a mocking to all countries. into the midst of Jerusalem 5 Those that be near, and those that 30 As they gather silver, and brass, be far from thee, shall mock thee, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the which art infamous and much vexed.[midst of the furnace, to blow the fire 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every upon it, to melt it; so will I gather one were in thee to their power to you in mine anger and in my fury, shed blood. and I will leave you there, and mel 7 In thee have they set light by fa-you. ther and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. S Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. 9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood; and in thee they eat upon the mountains; in the midst of tbee they commit lewdness. 10 In thee have they discovered their father's nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. 21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof, 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you. 23 T And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the laud that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. 11 And one hath committed abomi- 25 There is a conspiracy of her pro- nation with his neighbour's wife; and phets in the midst thereof, like a roar. another hath lewdly defiled his daugh- ing lion ravening the prey; they have ter-in-law; and another in thee hath devoured souls; they have taken the bumbled his sister, his father's daugh-treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the ter. 12 In thee have they taken gifts to midst thereof. shed blood; thou hast taken usury and 26 Her priests have violated my law, increase, and thou hast greedily gain-and have profaned my holy things: ed of thy neighbours by extortion,and they have put no difference between hast forgotten me,saith the Lord Gon. the holy and profane, neither have 13 T Behold, therefore 1 bave smit-they showed difference between the ten my hand at thy dishonest gain unclean and the clean, and have hid which thou hast made, and at thy their eyes from my sabbaths, and 1 blood which hath been in the midst of am profaned among them. thee. 14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hauds be strong, in the days that 1 shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed 16 And I will scatter thee among the them with untempered mortar, seeing heathen, and disperse thee in the coun-vanity, and divining lies unto them, 763 EZEKIEL Aholah and Akotibah. The whoredoms of enying, Thus saith the LordGoD,when] 11 And when her sister Aholibab the Lond hath not spoken. saw this, she was more corrupt in her 29 The people of the land have used inordinate love than she, and in her oppression, and exercised robbery,and whoredoms more than her sister in have vexed the poor and needy: yea,[her whoredoms. 13 Then I saw that she was defiled that they took both one way: they have oppressed the stranger 12 She doted upon the Assyrians her wrongfully. neighbours, captains and rulers cloth- 30 And I sought for a man amonged most gorgeously, horsemen riding them, that should make up the hedge, upon horses, all of them desirable and stand in the gap before me for the young men. and, that I should not destroy it: but £ found none. 31 Therefore have I poured out mine. 14 And that she increased her whore- indignation upon them; I have con-doms: for when she saw men portray- suined them with the fire of my wrath:ed upon the wall, the images of the their own way have I recompensed Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XXIII. THE THE word of the Lonocame again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two wo men, the daughters of one mother: 3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. to 15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes look to, after the manner of the Baby- ionians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity; 16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chal dea. 17 And the Babylonians came to her 4 And the names of them were Abo-into the bed of love, and they defiled Jab the elder, and Abolibah her sister: her with their whoredom; and ske and they were mine, and they bare was polluted with them, and her sous and daughters. Thus were then mind was alienated from them. names; Samariah is Aholah, and Je-| 18 So she discovered her whoredonis. rusalem Aholibah. and discovered her nakedness: then 5 Aud Abolahı played the harlot my mind was alienated from her, when she was mine; and she doted like as my mind was alienated from on her lovers, on the Assyrians her her sister. neighbours, 19 Yet she multiplied her whore 6 Which were clothed with blue,doms, in calling to remembrance the captains and rulers, all of them de-days of her youth, wherein she had sirable young men, horsemen riding played the harlot in the land of Egypt. upou horses. 20 For she doted upon their para 7 Thus she committed her whore-mours, whose flesh is as the flesh of doms with them, with all them that asses, and whose issue is like the issue were the chosen men of Assyria, and of horses. with all on whom she doted; with all 21 Thus thou calledst to remem their idols she defiled herself. brance the lewdness of thy youth, in 8 Neither left she her whoredoms bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for brought from Egypt: for in her youth the paps of thy youth. they lay with her, and they bruised 22 T Therefore, O Aholibah, Thus the breasts of her virginity, and pour-saith the Lord Goo, Behold, I will ed their whoredom upon her. raise up thy lovers against thee, from 9 Wherefore I have delivered her whom thy mind is alienated, and I into the band of her lovers, into the will bring them against thee on every hand of the Assyrians, upon whom side: she doted. 23 The Babylonians, and all the 10 These discovered her nakedness: Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa,and Koa, they took her sons and her daughters, and all the Assyrians with them: ali and slew her with the sword: and she of them desirable young men, captams became famous among women; for and rulers, great lords and renowned, they had executed judgment upon her. [all of then riding upon horses. 764 Judgments for CHAP. XXML their idolatry. 24. And they shall come against theeffore bear thou also thy lewdness and with chariots, waggons, and wheels, thy whoredoms. and with an assembly of people, which 36 T The Lond said moreover unto shall set against thee buckler, and me; Son of man, wilt thou judge shield, and helmet, round about: and Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare I will set judgment before them, and unto them their abominations; they shall judge thee according to 37 That they have committed adul- their judgments. tery, and blood is in their hands, and 25 And I will set my jealousy against with their idols have they committed thee, and they shall deal furiously adultery, and have also caused their with thee: they shall take away thy sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass nose and thine ears; and thy remnant for them through the fire, to devour shall fall by the sword: they shall them. take thy sons and thy daughters; and 38 Moreover, this they have done thy residue shall be devoured by the unto me: they have defiled my sanctu fre. ary in the same day, and have profan 26 They shall also strip thee out of fed my sabbaths. thy clothes, and take away thy fair 39 For when they bad slain their jewels. children to their idols, then they came 27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to the same day into my sanctuary to cease from thee, and thy whoredom profane it; and, lo, thus have they brought from the land of Egypt; so done in the midst of my house. that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes 40 And furthermore, that ye have unto them, nor remember Egypt any sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, 28 For thus saith the Lord God, Be-they came: for whom thou didst washi hold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the Sand of them from whom thy mind is alienated. more. thyself, paintedst thine eyes, and deck. edst thyself with ornaments, 41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon 29 And they shall deal with thee thou hast set mine incense andmine oil hatefully, and shall take away all thy 42 And a voice of a multitude being labour, and shall leave thee naked and at case was with her: and with the bare; and the nakedness of thy whore-men of the common sort were brought doms shall be discovered, both thy Sabeans from the wilderness, which lewilness and thy whoredoms. 30 1 will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring af ter the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. 31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thy band, 32 Thus saith the Lord God, Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. 43 Then said 1 unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? 41 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Abolah and unto Abolibah, the lewd women. 45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of much. adultresses, and after the manner of 33 Thou shalt be filled with drunk-women that shed blood: because they eanness and sorrow, with the cup of are adultresses and blood is in their astonishment and desolation, with the hands. cup of thy sister Samaria. 34 Thou shalt even drink it, and suck it out, and thou shalt break the shreds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. 46 For thus saith the Lord God; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. 47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with 35 Therefore thus saith the Lord their swords; they shall slay their Gop, Because thou hast forgotten me, sons and their daughters, and burn uv and cast me behind thy back, there-[their houses with fire. 765 EZEKIEL. The destruction of Jerusalem foretold. 48 Thus will I cause lewdness to purged from thy filthiness any more, cease out of the land, that all women till I have caused my fury to rest up- may be taught not to do after your on thee. lewdness. 141 the LORD have spoken i: it 49 And they shall recompense your shall come to pass, and I will do it; I lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear will not go back, neither will I spare, the sins of your idols: and ye shall neither will I repent; according to know that I am the Lord God. tby ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord CHAP. XXIV. AGAIN in the ninth year, in the Gop tenth mouth, in the tenth day of 15 T Also the word of the Lonn came the mouth, the word of the LORD unto me, saying, came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. 3 And utter a parable unto the rebel- lious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: 4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder: fill it with the choice bones. 5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and inake it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. 17 Forbear to cry, make no mouru- ing for the dead, bind the tire of thy head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. 18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even ny wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. 19 T And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou dvest so ? 6 ¶ Wherefore thus saith the Lord 20. Then I answered them, The word GOD; Wo to the bloody city, to the of the LORD came unto me, saying, pot whose scum is therein, and whose 21 Speak unto the house of Israel scum is not gone out of it! bring it Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I out piece by piece; let no lot fall up-will profane iny sanctuary, the excel- on it. 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; 8 That it might cause fury to come] up to take vengeance; 1 have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Wo to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. 10 Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. II Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filth- iness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. 12 She hath weared herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. 13 In her filthinesss is lewdness: be- cause I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be lency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daugh ters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. 23 And ye shall do as I have done. ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. 23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet ; ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. 24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do; and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord Gov. 25 Also, thou son of man,shall it not be, in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, 26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? 766 Ammonites threatened. CHAP. XXV, XXVI. Tyrus threatened. 27 In that day shall thy mouth because that Edom bath dealt against the opened to him which is escaped, and house of Judah by taking vengeance, thou shalt speak, and be no more and bath greatly offended, and reven- dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto ged himself upon them; them; and they shall know that 1 am the Lond. CHAP. XXV. HEword of the Lonn came again unto me, saying, THEW 2 Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Gop, I will also stretch out my hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and 1 will make it des olate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. 14 And I will by my vengeance up- con Edom by the band of my people 3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear Israel: and they shall do in Edóm ac the word of the Lord God: Thus saith cording to mine anger and according the Lord God, Because thou saidst, to my fury; and they shall know my Aha, against my sanctuary, when it vengeance, saith the Lord Gop. was profaned; and against the land 15 Thus saith the Lord God, Be of Israel, when it was desolate; and cause the Philistines have dealt by re against the house of Judah, when they venge, and have taken vengeance with went into captivity; a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; 4 Behold, therefore 1 will deliver thee to the men of the cast for a pos- session, and they shall set their pala ces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. 6 And I will make Rabbah a sta- ble for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks; and ye aball know that I am the Lond. 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord Gon, Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea-coasts. 17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon 6 For thus saith the Lord God, Be-them. cause thou hast clapped thy hands,and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in CHAP. XXVI. heart with all thy despite against the AND it came to pass in the eleventh land of Israel, 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will deliver| thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt kuow that I am the LORD. 8 T Thus saith the LordGon, Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen ; 9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baa! Meon, and Kiriathaim, 10 Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. 11 And I will execute judgments up on Moab; and they shall know that I un the Lord. 12 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God, Be | year,in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man,because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the peo- ple: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. 4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape ber dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. 5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for 1 have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the na- tions. 6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the Lond. 7 ¶ For thus saith the Lord God 767 The rich supply EZEKIEL. of Tyr us. Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Neb- 18 Now shall the isles tremble in the uchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are of kings, from the north, with horses, in the sea shall be troubled at thy de- and with chariots, and with horsemen, parture. and companies, and much people. 8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and be shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. 9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walle, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. 10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. 11 With the hoofs of his horses shall be tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrison shall go down to the ground. 19 For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desoiate ci ty,like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee,and great waters shall cover thee: 20 When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and i sball set glory in the land of the living; 21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God. CHAP. XXVII. THE word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou sou of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus ; 12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy mer- 3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that chandise: and they shall break down art situate at the entry of the sea, thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant which art a merchant of the people housce: and they shall lay thy stones for many isles, Thus saith the Lord and thy timber and thy dust in the GoD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am midst of the water. of perfect beauty, 13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard, 14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to apread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God. 4 Thy borders øre in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. 5 They have made all thy ship-boards of fir-trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. 6 of the oaks of Bashan have they 15 T Thus saith the Lord God to innde thine oars; the company of the Tyrus, shall not the isles shake at the Ashurites have made thy benches of sound of thy fall, when the wounded ivory, brought out of the isles of Clift cry, when the slaughter is made in tim, the midst of thee? 7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt, was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. 8 The inhabitants of Zidou and Ar- vad were thy mariners: thy wise men, 0 Tyrns, that were in thee, were thy pilots. 16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. 17 And they shall take up a lamen- 9 The ancients of Gebal and the tation for thee, and say to thee, How wise men thereof were in thee thy art thou destroyed, that wast inhabit-calkers: all the ships of the sea with ed of sea-faring men, the renowned their mariners were in thee to occupy city, which was strong in the sea, she thy merchandise. and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it l 10 They of Persia and of Lud and of |Phut were in thine army, thy men of 768 A catalogue of CHAP. XXVIII. met in thee; they set forth thy come- Jiness. ker merchants. war: they hanged the shield and hel-ap, arel, bound with cords, and made of cedar among thy merchandise. 25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market; and thou wast replenished, and made very gloriousin the midst of the seas. 11 The men of Arvad with thine ar- my were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy tow- crs; they banged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. 12 Tarshish teas thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. 14 They of the house of Togarmal traded in thy fairs with horses, and sorsemen, and mules. 26 T Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind bath broken thee in the midst of the seas. 27 Thy riches and thy fairs, thy mer chandise, thy marinere, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war that are in thee, and in all thy com- pany which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. 23 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. 29 And all that handle the oar, the 15 The men of Dedan were thy mer-mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, chants; many isles were the merchan-shall come down from their ships. dise of tny hand: they brought thee they shall stand upon the land; for a present horns of ivoryand ebony: 30 And shall cause their voice to be 16 Syria was thy merchaut by rea heard against thee, and shall cry bit- son of the multitude of the wares of terly, and shall cast up dust upon their thy making they occupied in thy heads, they shall wallow themselves fairs with emeralds, purple, and broi-in the ashes: dered work, and fine linen, and coral,] 31 And they shall make themselves and agate. utterly bald for thee, and gird them 17 Judab, and the land of Israel,they with sackcloth, and they shall weep were thy merchants: they traded in for thee with bitterness of heart and thy market wheat of Minnith and bitter wailing. Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balın. 32 And in their wailing they shall 18 Damascus was thy merchant in take up a lamentation for thee, and the multitude of the wares of thy malament over thee, saying, What city king, for the multitude of all riches; is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the m the wine of Helbon, and white midst of the sea? wool. 33 When thy wares went forth out 19 Dan also and Javan, going to and of the seas, thou filledst many people; fro, occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, thou didst enrich the kings of the earth assia, and calamus, were in thy mar-with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. ket. 20 Dedan was thy merchant in pre- 34 In the time when thou shalt be rious clothes for chariots. broken by the scas in the depths of the 21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kewaters, thy merchandise and all thy dar, they occupied with thee in lambs, company in the midst of thee shall fall And rams, and goals: in these were 35 All the inhabitants of the isles they thy merchants. shall be astonished at thee, and their 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raa-kings shall be sore afraid, they shal! inah, they were thy merchants; they be troubled in their countenance. occupied in thy fairs with chief of all 36 The merchants among the peopis spices, and with all precious stones, shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a ter and goid. ror, and never shall be any more. CHAP. XXVIII. 23 Haran, and Cannel, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Ashur, and, Chilmat, were thy merchants. 24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich Tunto me, saying, HE word of the Lonocame again 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Be cause thy heart is lifted up, and thou 3 C 769 The restoration EZEKIEL. of Israe.. hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat 16 By the multitude of thy merchan - of God, in the midst of the seas; yet dise they have filled the midst of thes thọn ɑrt a man, and not God, though with violence, and thou hast sinrer. thou set thy heart as the heart of God: therefore I will cast thee as protay 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Dan-out of the mountain of God: and ▲ iel; there is no secret, that they can will destroy thee, O covering cheruo, hide from thec; from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: 5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches. 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God: 7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy vis- dom, and they shall defile thy bright- neas. 9 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of thêm that are slain in the midst of the . 219. 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; there fore will I bring forth a fire from the inidst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that be- hold thee. 19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any inore 20 T Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, 22 And say,Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thre, O Zidon ; and I will be glorified in the midst of 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the thee: and they shall know that I am uncircumcised by the hand of stran-the LORD,when I shall have executed gers for I have spoken it, saith the judgments in her, and shall be sancti fied in her. Lord Gop. 11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LonD] came unto me, saying, 23 For I will send into her pesti- lence, and blood into her streets; and 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation thee wounded shall be judged in the upou the king of Tyrus, and say unto midst of her by the sword upon her him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou on every side; and they shall know realest up the sun, full of wisdom, and that I am the Lono. perfect in beauty. 24 T And there shall be no more a 13 Thou hast been in Eden the gar-pricking brier unto the house of lera- den of God; every precious stone was el, nor any grieving thorn of all that thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and are round about them, that despised the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and them; and they shall know that I am the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, the Lord Gov. and the carbuncle,and gold: the work manship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 25 Thus saith the Lord Gon; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be.sane- tified in them in the sight of the hea then, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. 26 And they shall dwell safely there- 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways in, and shall build houses, and plant from the day that thou wast created, vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with till iniquity was found in thee. confidence, when I have executed 770) The judgment CHAP. XXIX, XXX. of Pharaoh. Judgments upon all those that despite desolate in the midst of the countries hem round about them; and they shall know tha. I am the Loud their God. CHAP. XXIX. N the tenth year, in the tenth month, the word of the LORD came unto me, aying, that are desolate,and her citics among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and tries. 13 ¶ Yet thus saith the Lord God, At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whith- er they were scattered : 14 And I will bring again the cap- tivity of Egypt, and will cause thei 2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great to return into the land of Pathros, dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for inyself. 4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and 1 will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 5 And I will leave the thrmen into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought| together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field, and to the fowls of the heaven. 6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, be- cause they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou breakest, and madest all their loms to be at a stand. S¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord] Goo; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lond; because be hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethi- opia. 11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. 15 1t shall be the basest of the king- doms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will di- minish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. 16 And it shall be no more the con- fidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remein- brance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that 1 am. the Lord God. 17 T And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lond came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoul- der was peeled; yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the ser- vice that he bad served against it: 19 Therefore thus saith the LordGod, Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God. 21 In that day will I cause the horn of the bouse of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. CHAP. XXX. HE word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy and say Thus saith the Lord Gon, How] ye 12 And I will make the land of Egypt] Wo worth the day! years. 77] The desolation EZEKIEL. of Egypt. 3 For the day is near, even the day] 16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall have great pain, and No shall be shall be the time of the heathen. rent asunder, and Noph shall have 4 And the sword shall come upon Jistresses daily. Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 17 The young men of Avon and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the oword; and these cities shall go into captivity. 18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there 5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of and all the mingled people, and Chub, her strength shall cease in her: as for and the men of the land that is inher, a cloud shall cover her, and her league, shall fall with them by the sword. 6 Thus saith the LORD, They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God. 7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are deso- late, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. 8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. 9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships, to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. 10 Thus saith the Lord God, I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and till the land with the slain. 12. And I will make the rivers dry, nud sell the land into the band of the wicked; and I will make the land waete, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. 13 Thus saith the Lord Gon; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt; and 1 will put a fear in the land of Egypt. daughters shall go into captivity. 19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. 20 T Aud it came to pass in the elev- enth year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lono came unto ine, saying, 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be heal- ed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26 And 1 will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the Lond. A CHAP. XXXI. ND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the 14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will ex-first day of the month, that the word ecute judgments in No. of the LORD came unto me, saying. 2 Son of man, speak unto Pharach king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness ? 15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt, and I will cut off the multitude of No 772 The glory, and CHAP. XXXII. 3 ¶ Behold, the Assyrian was a ce- dar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plante, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. G All the fowls of licaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his Lranches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. 7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. full of Assyria. their trees stand up in their beight, alt that drink water; for they are all de livered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the chil- dren of men, with them that go down. to the pit. 15 Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of, the field fainted for him. 16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of bis fall, when I cast bini down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. 17 They also went down into bell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir-trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut- 18 ¶ To whom art thou tbus like in trees were not like his branches; not glory and in greatness among the trees hay tree in the garden of God was like of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought unto him in his beauty. down with the trees of Eden unto the 9 I have made him fair by the mul-nether parts of the earth; thou shalt titude of his branches: so that all the lie in the midst of the uncircumcised trees of Eden, that were in the garden with them that be slain by the sword. of God, envied him. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God. 10 T Therefore thus saith the Lord] GOD; Because thou hast lifted up tby- self in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; 11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with bi: 1have driven him out for his wickdeness. CHAP. XXXII. AND it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, rivers. 2 Son of man, take up a lamentatiou for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion 12 And strangers, the terrible of the of the nations, and thou art as a whale nations, have cut him of, and have in the seas: and thou camest forth left him; upon the mountains and in with thy rivers, and troubledst the all the valleys his branches are fallen, waters with thy feet,and fouledst their and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people 3 Thus saith the Lord God; I will of the earth are gone down from his therefore spread out my net over thee shadow, and have left him. with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net- 4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. 13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches. 14 To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither] 5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the 773 EZEKIEL. the full of Egypt. A lamentation for mountains, and fill the valleys with Jtude of Egypt, and cast them down, thy height. even her, and the daughters of the fa I will also water with thy blood mous nations, unto the nether parts on the laod wherein thou swimmest, the earth, with them that go down in- even to the mountains; and the rivers to the pit. shall be be full of thee. 19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty ? 7 And when I shall put thee out, go down, and be thou laid with the will cover the heaven, and make the uncircumcised. stars thereof dark; I will cover the 20 They shall fall the midst of sun with a cloud, and the moon shall]them that are slain by the sword: she not give her light. is delivered to the sword: draw her 8 All the bright lights of heaven will and all her multitudes. 1 make dark over thee, and set dark- ness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him they 9 I will also vex the hearts of many are gone down, they lie uncircumcis- people, when I shall bring thy destruc-ed, slain by the sword. tion among the nations, into the coun- 22 Asshur is there, and all her com- tries which thou hast not known. pany his graves are about him: all 10 Yea, I will make many people of them slain, fallen by the sword. amazed at thee, and their kings shall 23 Whose graves are set in the sides be horribly afraid for thee, when of the pit, and her company is round shall brandish my sword before them; about her grave: all of them slain, and they shall tremble at every mo-fallen by the sword, which caused ment, every man for his own life, in terror in the land of the living. the day of thy fall. 11 T For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the rible of the nations, all of them and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 24 There is Elam and all lier multi- tude round about her grave, ull of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caus tered their terror in the land of the liv ing; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have eet her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multi- 13 1 will destroy also all the beasts tude: her graves are round about him : thereof from beside the great waters; all of them uncircumcised, slain by neither shall the foot of man trouble the sword: though their terror was them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts caused in the land of the living, yet trouble them. have they borne their shame with 14 Then will 1 make their waters them that go down to the pit: he is deep, and cause their rivers to run put in the midst of them that be slain, like oil, saith the Lord God. 25 There is Meshecb, Tubal, and all 15 When I shall make the land of her multitude: her graves are round Egypt desolate, and the country shall about him: all of them un circumcised, be destitute of that whereof it was slain by the sword,though they caused full, when I shall emite all them that their terror in the land of the living. dwell therein, then shall they know 27 And they shall not lie with the that I am the LORD. mighty that are fallen of the uncir- 16 This is the lamentation wherewith cumcised, which are gone down to they shall lament her: the daughters hell with their weapons of war: and of the nations shall lament her: they they have laid their swords under shall lament for her, even for Egypt, their heads, but their iniquities shall and for all her multitude, saith the be upon their bones, though they were Lord God. the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 17 TIt came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shal lie with them that are slain with this 18 Son of man, wail for the multi-sword. 774 God sheweth the CHAP. XXXIII. justice of his ways. 29 There is Edom, herkings, and allfed from his way, that wicked man her princes, which with their might|shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood are laid by them that were slain by will I require at thy band. the sword: they shall lie with the 9 Nevertheless, if thon warn the uncircumcised, and with them that goj wicked of his way to turn from it; if down to the pit. he do not turn from his way, he shall 30 There be the princes of the north, die in his iniquity: but thou hast de- all of them, and all the Zidonians,|livered thy soul. which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircum- rised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and sball be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all bis army slain by the sword, saith the Lord God 10 T Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, Thus ye speak,saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live ? 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I Lave no pleasure in the death of U.e wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil way; for why will ye die, O Louse of Israel? 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The 32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh,and all his multi-righteousness of the righteous shall tude, saith the Lord Gon. CHAP. XXXIII, GAINthe word of the LoRocame Anto me, saying, not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his 2 Son of man, speak to the children |wickedness; neither shall the right of thy people, and say unto them, jeous be able to live for his righteous- When I bring the sword upon a land, ness in the day that he sinnetli. if the people of the land take a man 13 When I shall say to the righteous, of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 3 1f, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warn- ing; if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him: but he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come and take any person from anong then, he is taken away in his iniqui ty; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered: but for his ini- quity that be bath committed, be shall [die for it. 14 Again, when I say unto the wick ed, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his ein, and do that which is lawful and right; 15 the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without commit ting iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him he hath done that which is law- ful and right; he shall surely live. 17 Yet the children of thy people say,The way of the Lond is not equal; but as for them, their way is not equal, 18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and commnitteth in- 7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchmau unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them|quity, be shall even die thereby, from me. 19 But if the wicked turn from his 8 When I say wato the wicked, Owickedness, and do that which is law- wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if ful and right, he shall live thereby. Thou dost not epeak to warn the wick- 20 Yet ye say,The way of the Loun 775 A reproof of EZEKIEL. the shepherds. is not equal. O ye house of Israel, Ithice as my people, and they hear thy will judge you every one after his words, but they will not do them: for ways. with their mouth they show much 21 T And it came to pass in the love, but their heart goeth after their twelfth year of our captivity, in the covetousness. tenth month, in the fifth day of the| 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a month, that one that had escaped out very lovely song of one that hath a of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, pleasant voice, and can play well ou The city is smitten. an instrument; for they hear thywords, but they do them not. 22 Now the hand of the Lond was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dum. 23 Then the word of the Loan came mito me, saying, 33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been amonu them. CHAP. XXXIV. AND the word of the LORD came 24 Son of man, they that inhabit 2 Sou of man, prophesy against the those wastes of the land of Israel shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say speak, saying, Abraham was one, and junto them, Thus saith the Lord God he inherited the land; but we are unto the shepherds; Wo be to the many; the land is given us for inher-shepherds of İsrael that do feed them- itance. selves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks ? 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 3 Ye cat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. 4 The diseased have ye not strength 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye ened, neither have ye healed that work abominations, and ye defile eve-which was sick, neither have ye bound ry one his neighbour's wife; and shall up that which was broken, neither ye possess the land? 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. 28 For I will lay the land most des- olate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Is- rael shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled thein. 6. And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they becaine meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high bill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. 7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD. beast of the field, because there was search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock. 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lond; 29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land 8 As I live, saith the Lord God,sure. most desolate, because of all their ly because my flock became a prey, abominations which they have com- and my flock became meat to every initted. 30 T Also, thou son of man, the chil-no shepherd, neither did my shepherda dren of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the housea, and speak oue to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, 1 pray you, and hear 10 Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, what is the word that cometh forth |I am against the shepherds; and I from the Lond. will require my flock at their hand. and cause them to cease from feeding the fock; neither shall the shepherds 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before 776 The kingdom CHAP. XXXV. cattle. of Christ. feed themselves any more; for 1 will and I will judge between cattle and deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 11 T For thus saith the Lord Goo; Behold, 1, even 1, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will canse the evil beasts to cease out of the land: 13 And I will bring them out from and they shall dwell safely in the the people, and gather them from the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. countries, and will bring them to their 26 And I will make them and the own kund, and feed them upon the places round about my hill a blessing; mountains of Israel by the rivers, and and I will cause the shower to come in all the inhabited places of the down in his season: there shall be country. showers of biessing. 14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of israel. 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. 27 And the tree of the field shall yield ber fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that 1 am the Lond, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. 28 And they shall be no more a prey 16 I will seek that which was lost, to the heathen, neither shali the beasts and bring again that which was driven of the land devour them; but they away, and will bind up that which was|shall dwell safely, and none shall make broken, and will strengthen that which them afraid. was sick but I will destroy the fat 29 And 1 will raise up for them a and the strong; I will feed them with plant of renown, and they shall be no judgment. more consumed with hunger in the 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus land, neither bear the shaine of the saith the Lord Goo; Behold, I judge heathen any more. between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. 30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with thein, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord Gon." 31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD. 18 Secmeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture,but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye foul the residue with your feet? must fou as for my flock, they eat that came unto me, saying, 19 And which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. 20 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord Gov unto them; Behold, 1, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. CHAP. XXXV. OREOVER,thewordoftheLonv 2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 And ɛay unto it, Thus saith the Lord Gon; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. 4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate : and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 21 Because ye bave thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have ecattered themi abroad; 22 Therefore will I save my flock, 5 Because thou hast had a perpetual and they shall no more be a prey;hatred, and hast shed he blood of the 777 P The land of EZEKILL. Israel comforted. hildren of Israel by the force of the bave made you desolate, and swallow- sword, in the time of their calamity, fed you up on every side, that ye migh in the time that their iniquity had an be a possession unto the residue of the end: heathen, and ye are taken up in the 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord lips of talkers, and are an jalamy of GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, the people: and blood shall pursue ther: since thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the bills, to the rivers, and tr the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which 8 And I will fill his mountains with became a prey and derision to the res- his slain men; in thy hills, and in thylidue of the heathen that are round valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall about; 7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth. they fail that are slain with the sword. 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; 9 I will make thee perpetual desola- Surely in the fire of my jealousy have tions, and thy cities shall not return:1 spoken against the residue of the and ye shall know that I on the LORD. heathen, and against all Idumen, which 10 Because thou hast said, These have appointed my land into their pos- two nations and these two countries session with the joy of all their heart, shall be mine, and we will posesss with despiteful minds, to cast it out it; whereas the LORD was there: for a prey. 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the 6 Propliesy therefore concerning the Lord God; I will even do according|land of Israel, and say auto the moun to thine anger, and according to thine tains and to the hills, to the rivers and envy which thou hast used out of thy to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord hatred against them; and I will make Gop, Behold, 1 bave spoken in my myself known among them, when 1 jealousy, and in any fury, because yo have judged thee. have borne the shame of the heathen. 12 And thou abalt know that I am 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord Gov, the Lord, and that 1 have heard allt have lifted up my hand. Surely the thy blasphemies which thou hast spo-beathen that are about you, they shall ken against the mountains of Israel, bear their shame. saying, They are laid desolate, they S 1 But ye, O mountains of Israel, are given us to consume. 13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multi plied your words against me: I have heard them. ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of israel; for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and 1 will torn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: 14 Thus saith the Lord God; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will nake 10 And I will multiply men upon tice desolate, you, all the house of Israel, even all of 15 As thou didst rejoice at the luler-it: and the cities shall be inhabited, itance of the house of Israel, because and the wastes shall be builded: it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: 11 And I will multiply upon you man thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and beast; and they shall increase und and all Idumea, even all of it: and bring fruit: and I will settle you alter they shall know that I am the LORD. your old estates, and will do better CHAP. XXXVI, unto you than at your beginnings; ALSO, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: 2 Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you,Aba, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; mi they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. 13 Thus saith the Lord God, Because they say unto you, Thou land devour- est up men, and hast bereaved thy na- s 'Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because theyļtione 778 CHAP. XXXVII The blessings of Christ's kingdom. 14 Therefore thou shalt devour men out of your flesh, and I will give you no inore, neither bereave thy nations a heart of flesh. any more, saith the Lord Gov. 27 And I will put my Spirit within 15 Neither will I cause men to hear you, and cause you to walk in my in thee the shame of the heathen any statutes, and ye shall keep my judg more, neither shalt thou bear the re-meuts, and do them. proach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord God. 16 ¶ Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way, and by] their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will also save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay uo famine upon you. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. 18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon 31 Then shall ye remember your them for the blood that they had shed own evil ways, and your doings that upon the land, and for their idols were not good, and shall loath your- wherewith they had polluted it: selves in your own sight, for your in- 19 And I scattered hem among the liquities, and for your abominations. heathen, and they were dispersed 32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith hrough the countries: according to the Lord Gon, be it known unto you: their way, and according to their do-be ashamed and confounded for your ings, I judged them. own ways, O house of Israel. 20 And when they entered unto the 33 Thus saith the Lord Gov, In the heathen, whither they went, they pro-day that I shall bave cleansed you from faned my holy name, when they said all your iniquities, I will also cause to them, These are the people of the you to dwell in the cities, and the Loup, and are gone forth out of his land. 21 But I had pity for my holy name which the house of Israel bad profan- ed among the heathen, whither they went. 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Is- rael, but for my holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. wastes shall be builded. 34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden [of Eden; and the waste, and desolate, and ruined cities, are become fenced, and are inhabited. 36 Then the heathen, that are left round about you, shall know that I the Lono build the ruined places, and 23 And I will sanctify my great plant that that was desolate: I the name, which was profaned among the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. heathen, which ye have profaned in 37 Thus saith the Lord God; I will the midst of them; and the heathen yet for this be enquired of by the house shall know that I am the Lond, saith of Israel, to do it for them; I will in- the Lord GOD, when I shall be sancti-crease them with men like a flock. fied in you before their eyes. 38 As the holy flock, as the flock of 24 For I will take you from among Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; sc the heathen, and gather you out of all shall the waste cities be filled with countries, and will bring you into flocks of men: and they shall know your own land. that I am the LORD. 23 T Then will I sprinkle clean wa CHAP. XXXVII. HE hand of the LORD was upon ter upon you, and ye shall be clean; and carried me out in the from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you, Spirit of the LORD, and set me down 26 A new heart also will I give you, in the midst of the valley which was and a new spirit will I put within you; full of bones, and I will take away the stony heart] 2 And caused me to pass by them 779 The promises of EZEKIEL. Christ s kingdom. round about; and, behold, there were thee one stick, and write upon it, For very many in the open valley; and,|Judah, and for the children of Israel lo, they were very dry. This companions: then take another 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, can these bones live? and I answered, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the O Lord God, thou knowest. house of Israel his companions: 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy| upon these bones, and say unto them, Oye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live : 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thy hand. 18 T And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these? & Aud 1 will lay sinews upon you, 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the and will bring up flesh upon you, and Lord Gon; Behold I will take the cover you with skin, and put breath in stick of Joseph, which is in the hand you, and ye shall live; and ye shall of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel kuow that I am the Lord. his fellows, and will put them with 7 So I prophesied as I was command-him, even with the stick of Judah, and ed: and as I prophesied, there was a make them one stick, and they shall be noise, and behold a shaking, and the one in thy hand. bones came together, bone to his Lone. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them. 20 T And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes. 21 Aud say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Bebold I will take the children of israel from among the hea 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy then, whither they be gone, and will unto the wind, prophesy, sou of mau, gather them on every side, and bring and say to the wind, Thus saith the them into their own land: Lord God; Come from the four winds,| 22 And 1 will make them one nation O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be di- vided into two kingdoms any more at all; 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 11 T Then he said unto me, Son of 23 Neither shall they defile thei man, these bones are the whole house selves any more with their idols, nor of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones with their detestable things, nor with are dried, and our hope is lost; we are any of their transgressions: but I will cut off for our parts. save them out of all their dwelling- 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto places wherein they have sinned, and thern, Thus saith the Lord Goo; Be-will cleanse them: so shall they be hold, O my people, I will open your my people, and I will be their God. graves, and cause you to come up out 24 And David my servant shall be of your graves, and bring you into the king over them; and they all shall land of Israel. have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my ser 14 And shall put my spirit in you, vant, wherein your fathers have dwelt: and ye shall live, and I shall place and they shall dwell therein, even you in your own land: then shall ye they, and their children, and their know that I the LORD have spoken it, children's children, for ever: and my and performed it, saith the LORD. | servant David shall be their prince for 15 The word of the Loxo came ever. 13 And ye shall know that I am the Lond, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, again unto me, saying, 26 Moreover I will make a covenant 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take of peace with them; it shall be an 780 CHAP. XXXVIII. God's judgments oguist Gog. everlasting covenant with them; and dwell safely, a of them dwelling I will place them, and multiply them, without walls, and having neither bars and will set my sanctuary in the midst nor gates, of them forevermore. 12To take a spoil,and to take a prey; 27 My tabernacle also shall be with to turn thy hand upon the desolate them yea, 1 will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the heathen shall know that I the Lono do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore. CHAP. XXXVIII. places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which bave gotten cat- tle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the mer- chants of Tarshish, with all the young AND the word of the LORD came lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art unto me, saying, thou come to take a spoil ? hast thou 2 Son of man, set thy face against gathered thy company to take a prey? Gog, the land of Magog, the chief to carry away silver and gold, to take prince of Meshech and Tubal, and away cattle and goods, to take a great prophesy against him, spoil? 3 Aud say, Thus saith the Lord 14 1 Therefore, son of man, proph GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Ojcsy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Lord GOD; In that day, when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it ? Tubal: 1 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring 15 And thou shalt come from thy thee forth, and all thine army, horses place out of the north parts, thou, and and horsemen, all of them clothed many people with thee, all of them with all sorts of armour, even a great riding upon horses, a great company, company with bucklers and shields,all and a mighty army: of them handling swords: 16 And thou shalt come up against 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Lybia with my people of Israel, as a cloud tɔ them; all of them with shield and hel-cover the land; it shall be in the latter met: days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know nie, when I shall be sanctified in thee, 0 Gog, before their eyes. 6 Gomer,and all his bands; the house of Togarah of the north quarters, and all his bands; and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 17 Thus saith the Lord Gov; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those day many years, that I would bring thee against them? 8 After many days thou shalt he visited: in the latter years thou shalt 18 And it shall come to pass at the come into the land that is brought back same time when Gog shall conie from the sword,and is gathered out of against the land of Israel, saith the many people,against the mountains of Lord Gor, that my fury shall comme Israel, which have been always waste:up in my face. but it isbrought forth outof the nations, 19 For in my jealousy and in the fire and they shall dwell safely all of them. [of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in Thou shalt ascend and come like a that day there shall be a great shaking storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to in the land of Israel; cover the land, thou,and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 10 Thus saith the Lord God; 1t shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the ñeld, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and ev- 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; 1ery wall shall fall to the ground. will go to them that are at rest, that] 21And I will call for a sword against 781 Israel's victory. EZEKIEL. Gog's burial. him throughout all my mountains, spoil those that spoiled them, and rob saith the Lord God: every man's those that robbed them,saith the Lord sword shall be against his brother God. 22 And I will plead against him with 11 T And it shall come to pass in that pestilence and with blood; and I will] day, that I will give unto Gog a place rain upon him,and upon his bands,and there of graves in Israel, the valley of upon the many people that are with the passengers on the east of the sea; lim, an overflowing rain, and great and it shall stop the noses of the pas hailstones, fire, and brimstone. sengers and there shall they bury 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and Gog and all bis multitude; and they sanctify myself; and I will be known shall call it, The valley of Hamon- to the eyes of many nations, and they gog. shall know that I am the LORD. CHAP. XXXIX. HEREFORE, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I um against thee, O Gog the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel. 3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. 12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. 13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them and it shall be to them a renown, the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord Gon. 14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,passingthrough the land, to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. 15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains man's bone, then shall be set up a sign of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, audby it, till the buriers have buried it in the people that is with thee: I will the valley of Hamon-gog. give thee unto the ravenous birds of 16 And also the name of the cityshall every sort,and to the beasts of the field be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse to be devoured. the land. 5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles and they shall know that I am the LORD. 17 T And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD, Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the 7 So will I make my holy name mountains of Israel, that ye may eat known in the midst of my people Is-flesh, and drink blood. rael; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lond, the Holy One in Israel. ST Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord Gon; this is the day whereof I have spoken. 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shali set ou fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand-stares and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the migh- ty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams,of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Basban. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 Thus shall ye be filled at my table with horses, and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God. 21 And I will set my glory among 10 So that they shall take no wood the heathen, and all the heathen shall out of the field, neither cut down any see my judgment that I have executed, out of the forests; for they shall burn and my hand that I have laid upon the weapons with fire: and they shall]thei 782 l'he gates fc. CHAP. XL. of the temple. 22 So the house of Israel shall know hear with thine ears,and set thy heart that I am the LORD their God from upon all that I shall show thee: for to that day and forward. the intent that I might show them unto 23 T And the heathen shall know thee art thou brought hither: declare that the house of Israel went into cap-|all that thou seest to the house of Is- tivity for their iniquity: because they rael trespassed against me, therefore hid 1| 5 And behold a wall on the outside my face from them, and gave them of the house round about, and in the into the hand of their enemies; so fellman's hand a measuring reed of six they all by the sword. cubits long by the cubit and a hand 24 According to their uncleanness, breadth: so be measured the breadth and according to their transgressions, of the building, one reed; and the have I done unto them, and hid my height, one reed. face from them. 6 ¶ Then came he unto the gatewhich 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord looketh toward the east, and went up Goo, Now will I bring again the cap- the stairs thereof, and measured the tivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon threshold of the gate, which was one the whole house of Israel, and will be reed broad; and the other threshold of jealous for iny holy name; the gate, which was one reed broad. 26 After that they have borne their 7 And every little chamber was one shame, and all their trespasses where-reed long, and one reed broad; aud by they have trespassed against me, between the little chambers were live when they dwelt safely in their land, cubits; aud the threshold of the gate and none made them afraid. by the porch of the gate within 2003 one reed. 27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemics' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of ma ny nations; 23 Then shall they know that I am the Lond their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left aone of them any more there. 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Isra- cl, saith the Lord God. IN CHAP. XL. 9 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. 9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits: and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. 10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and ou that side. 11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 The space also before the little chambers tras oue cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits ou that side. 13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door. 1 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate. N the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the self same day the hand of the Lond was upon me, and brought me thither. | 2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. 3 And he brought me thither, and, sehold, there was a man, whose ap- 15 And from the face of the gate of pearance was like the appearance of the entrance unto the face of the porch brass, with a line of flax in his nand, of the inner gate were fifty cubits. and a measuring rced; and he stood in 16 And there were narrow windows the gate. to the little chambers, and to their 4 And the man said unto me, Son posts within the gate round about, of man, behold with thine eyes, and fand likewise to the arches: and win 783 EZENIEL. The chambers, &c. of the temple. dows were round about inward: and 29 And the little chambers thereof, upon each post, were palm-trees. and the posts thereof, and the archce 17 Then brought he me into the out-thereof, according to these measures: ward court, and, lo, there were chain-and there were windows in it and in bers, and a pavement made for the the arches thereof round about: it was court round about: thirty chambers fifty cubits long, and five and twenty were upon the pavement. cubits broad. 18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement. 30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. 19 Then be measured the breadth 31 And the arches thereof avere to- from the forefront of the lower gate ward the outer court; and palm-trees unto the forefront of the inner court were upon the posts thereof: and the without, a hundred cubits eastward going up to it had eight steps. 32 And he brought me into the inner 20 ¶ And the gate of the outward court toward the east: and be meas court that looked toward the north,belured the gate according to these mens- measured the length thereof, and the lures. and northward. breadth thereof. 33 And the little chambers thereof, 21 And the little chambers thereof and the posts thereof, and the arches were three on this side and three on thereof, were according to these mens that side; and the posts thereof andļures: and there were windows therem the arches thereof were after the meas-fand in the arches thereof round about. ure of the first gate: the length thereof [it was fifty cubits long, and live and was fifty cubits, and the breadth five twenty cubits broad. and twenty cubite. 22 And their windowa, and their srches,and their palm-trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east: and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches there- of acere before them. 23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits. 34 And the arches thereof were to ward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side; and the going up to it had eight steps. 35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures; 36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about. the length was fifty cubits, and the 24 T After that he brought me toware |breadth five and twenty cubits. the south, and behold a gate toward 37 And the posts thereof were toward the south and be measured the posts the outer court; and palm-trees were thereof and the arches thereof accord-upon the posts thereof, ou this side, ing to these measures. and on that side: aud the going up tʊ it had eight steps. 25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about,like those windows: the length was fifly cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that eide, upon the posts thereof. 38. And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt-offering. 39 ¶ And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt-ollering, and the sin-offering,and the trespass-offering. 40 And at the side without, as one 27 And there was a gate in the inner goeth up to the entry of the north gate, court toward the south: and he meas-were two tables ; and on the other side, ured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits. 28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he meas- ured the south gate according to these Izzsured; which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables. 41 Four tables were on this side,and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they Jalew their sacrifices. 784 ! The ornaments CHAP. XLI. of the temple. 42. And the four tables were of hewn jured the post of the door, two cubits stone for the burnt-ollering, of a cubit and the door, six cubits; and the and a half long, and a cubit and a half breadth of the door seven cubits. broad, and one cubit high; whereupon 4 So he measured the length there- also they laid the instruments whereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, with they elew the burnt-offering and twenty cubits, before the temple: and the sacrifice. he said unto me, This is the most ho 43 And within were hooks, a hand|ly place. broad, fastened round about: and up- 5 After, he measured the wall of the on the tables was the flesh of the of-|house, six cubits; and the breadth of fering. every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. 6 And the side-chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. 44 T And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north. 45 And he said unto me, This cham- ber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. 45. And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him. 7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side. chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst. 8 I saw also the height of the house 47. So he measured the court, a hun-round about; the foundations of the bred cubits long, and a hundred cu-side-chambers trere a full reed of six flits broad, foursquare; and the altar great cubits. that was before the house. as the place of the side-chambers that were within. 9 The thickness of the wall, which 48 ¶ And he brought ine to the porch was for the side-chamber without, was of the house, and measured caen post|five cubits; and that which was left of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. 10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. 19 The length of the porch teas 11 And the doors of the side-char twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven |bers were toward the place that was cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that Bide. CHAP. XLI. left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits romid about. 12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward AFTERWARD he brought me to the west, was seventy, cubits broad; the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the taber- nacle. and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. 13 So he measured the house, a bun dred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits long; And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and 14 Also the breadth of the face of the five cubits on the other side: and he house, and of the separate place to- measured the length thereof, forty cu|ward the east, a hundred cubits. bits; and the breadth twenty cubits. 15 And he measured the length of 2 Then went he inward, and meas.[the building over against the erparate 3 D 785 The chambers EZEKIEL. for the priests. place which was behind it, and the north: and he brought me into the galleries thereof on the one side and chamber that was over against the on the other side, a hundred cubits, separate place, and which was before with the inner temple, and the porches the building toward the north. of the court; 2 Before, the length of a hundred 16 The door posts, and the narrow cubits was the north door, and the windows, and the galleries round breadth was fifty cubits. about on their three stories, over 3 Over against the twenty cubits against the door, ceiled with wood which were for the inner court, and round about, and from the ground up over against the pavement which was to the windows, and the windows rocre for the outer court, was gallery against covered; gallery in three stories. 17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about, within and without, by measure. 18. And it was made with cherubins and palm-trees, so that a palm-tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; 19 So that the face of a man was to- 4 And before the chambers was n walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors to- ward the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. 6 For they were in three stories, but ward the palm-tree on the one side, had not pillars as the pillars of the and the face of a young lion toward courts: therefore the building was the palm tree on the other side: it was straitened more than the lowest and made through all the house round the middlemost from the ground, 7 And the wall that was without 20 From the ground unto above the over against the chambers, toward the door were cherubims aud palin-trees outer court on the forepart of the made, and on the wall of the temple. chambers, the length thereof was fifty about. 21 The posts of the temple vere cubits. squared, and the face of the sanctuary; 8 For the length of the chambers, the appearance of the one as the ap-that were in the outer court was fifty pearance of the other. cubits and, lo, before the temple were 22 The altar of wood was three cu-a hundred cubits. bits high, and the length thereof two 9 And from under these chambers cubits; and the corners thereof, and was the entry on the east side, as one the length thereof, and the walls there-goeth into them from the outer court. of, were of wood; and he said unto 10 The chambers were in the thick me, This is the table that is before the mess of the wall of the court toward Lonn. the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. 11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door,and two leaves for the other door. 25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm-trees, like as ivere made 12 And according to the doors of the upon the walls; and there were thick chambers that were toward the south planks upon the face of the porch was a door in the head of the way, without. even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. 26 And there were narrow windows and palm-trees on the one side and on the other side,on the sides of the porch,| 13 ¶ Then said he unto me, The and upon the side-chambers of the north chambers and the south cham- house, and thick planks. bers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LonD shall eat the most holy thinge : CHAP. XLII. HEN he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the 786 CHAP. XLIII. God's giory returneth into the tempie. there shall they lay the most holy out of the house; and the man stood things, and the meat-offering, and the by me. sin-ollering, and the trespass-ollering; 7 T And he said unto me, Son of for the place is holy. man, the place of my throne, and the 14 When the priests enter therein, place of the soles of iny feet, where 1 then shall they not go out of the holy will dwell in the midst of the children place into the outer court, but there of Israel for ever, and my holy name, they shall lay their garments wherein shall the house of Israel no more de- they minister; for they are boly; and file, neither they, nor their kings, by shall put on other garments, and shall their whoredom, nor by the carcases approach to those things which are of their kings in their high places. for the people. 8 In their setting of their threshold 15 Now when he had made an end of by my thresholds, and their posts by measuring the inner house, he brought my posts, and the wall between me me forth toward the gate whose pros-and them, they have even defiled my pect is toward the cust, aud measured holy name by their abominations that it round about. they have committed; wherefore 1 16 He measured the east side with have consumed them in mine anger. the measuring reed, five hundred 9 Now let them put away their reeds, with the measuring reed round whoredom, and the carcases of their about. kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. 17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring rced round about. 10 T Thou son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they 18 He measured the south side, five may be ashamed of their iniquities: hundred reeds, with the measuring and let them measure the pattern. reed. 11 And if they be ashamed of all that 19 T He turned about to the west they have done, show them the form side, and measured five hundred reeds of the house, and the fashion thereof, with the measuring reed. and the goings out thereof, and the 20 He measured it by the four sides: [comings in thereof, and all the forms it had a wall round about, five bun-thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, dred reeds long, and five hundred and all the forms thereof, and all the broad, to make a separation between laws thereof; and write it in their the sanctuary and the profane place. sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. CHAP. XLIII. AFTERWARD he brought me to 12 This is the law of the house; Up. the gate, even the gate that look-on the top of the mountain the whole eth toward the east: limit thereof round about shall be 2 And, behold, the glory of the God most holy. Behold, this is the law of of Israel came from the way of the the house. east and his voice was like a noise 13 ↑ And these are the measures of of many waters; and the earth shined the altar after the cubits: The cubit with his glory. is a cubit and a hand-breadth: even 3 And it was according to the ap-the bottom shall be a cubit, and the pearance of the vision which I saw,breadth a cubit,and the border thereof even according to the vision that by the edge thereof round about shall saw when I came to destroy the city: be a span: and this shall be the bigher and the visions were like the vision place of the altar. that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. 14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall 4 And the glory of the LORD came be two cubits; and the breadth one into the house by the way of the gate cubit; and from the lesser settle even whose prospect is toward the east. to the greater settle shall be four cu- 5 So the spirit took me up, and bits, and the breadth one cubit. brought me into the inner court; and,] 15 So the altar shall be four cubits: behold, the glory of the Lopu filled and from the altar and upward shall the house. 6. And 1 keard him speaking unto me be four horns. 16 And the altar shall be twelve cu 787 Ordinances of the altar. EZEKIEL. The priests reproved. bits long, twelve broad, square in the tuary which looketh toward the east, four squares thereof.. and it was shut. 17 And the settle shall be fourteen 2 Then said the Lond unto me,This cubits long and fourteen broad in the gate shall be shut, it shall not be four squares thereof; and the border opened, and no man shall enter in by about it shall be half a cubit: and the it; because the Lord,the God of Is- bottom thereof shall be a cubit about;|rael, hath entered in by it, therefore it and his stairs shall look toward the east. shall be shut. 18 T And he said unto me, Son of 3 It is for the prince; the prince, he man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These shail sit in it to eat bread before the are the ordinances of the altar in the] Lond; he shall enter by the way of day when they shall make it, to offer the porch of that gate, and shall go burnt offerings thereon, and to sprin-out by the way of the same. kie nood thereon. 4 T Then brought he me the way of 19 And thou shalt give to the priests the north gate before the house: and the Levites that be of the seed of Za-I looked, and, behold, the glory of the dok, which approach unto me, to min- LoRo filled the house of the Lond; ister unto me, saith the Lord God, a and 1 fell upon my face. young bullock for a sin-offering. 5 And the Lond said unto me, Son 20 And thou shalt take of the blood of man, mark well, and behold with thereof, and put it on the four horns thine eyes, and bear with thine ears, of it, and on the four corners of the all that I say unto thee concerning all Bettle, and upon the border round the ordinances of the house of the about: thus shalt thou cleanse and LORD, and all the laws thereof; and purge it. mark well the entering in of the 21 Thou shalt take the bullock also house, with every going forth of the of the sin-offering, and he shall bura sanctuary. it in the appointed place of the house, 6 And thou shalt sayto the rebellious, without the sanctuary. even to the house of Israel,Thus saithi 22. And on the second day thou shalt|the LORD God,O ye house of Israel,let offer a kid of the goats without blemit suffice you of all your abominations, ich for a sin-offering; and they shall 7 In that ye have brought inữ my cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse sanctuary strangers,uncircumcised in it with the bullock. heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to 23 When thou hast made an end of be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young my house, when ye offer my bread, bullock without blemish, and a rain the fat and the blood, and they have out of the flock without blemish. broken iny covenant, because of all your abominations. 24 And thou shalt offer them before the Loan, and the priests shall cast ealt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto the LORD. 25 Seven days shalt thou prepare ev- ery day a goat for a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. 26 Seven days shall they purge the altar, and purify it; and they shall Consecrate themselves. 27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace-offerings: and 1 will accept you, saith the Lord God. CHAP. XLIV. 8 And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keep. ers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. 9 T Thus saith the Lord God, No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel. 10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when 1srael went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burat-offer- ing and the sacrifice for the people,and they shall stand before them to minis Tofthe gate of the outward suneter unto them. HEN he brought me back theway 788 Ordinances for CHAP. XLV. the priests. 12 Because they ministered unto them, 23 And they shall teach my people before their idols, and caused the house the difference between the holy and of Israel to fall into iniquity; there-profane, and cause them to discern be- fore have I lifted up my hand against tween the unclean and the clean. thero, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. 24 And in controversy they shal! stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes, in all mine assemblies; and 13 And they shall not come near un- to me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place;|they shall ballow my sabbaths. but they shall bear their shame, and their abommations which they have committed. 14 But I will nake them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. 15 T But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God: 16 They shall enter into my sanctu- ary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. 17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister m the gates of the inner court, and within. 18 They shall have linen bonnets up ou their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins: they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. 25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. 26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. 27 And in the day that he goeth into the sacr'uary, unto the inner court,to minister in the sanctuary, he sball offer his aw-offering, saith the Lord Goo 28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: 1am their inheritance, and ye shall give them no possesion in Israel: I am their possession. 29 They shall eat the meat-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass- offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. 30. And the first of all the first-fruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, sball be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thy house. 31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. CHAP. XLV. 19 And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their TOREOVER, when ye shall divide garments wherein they ministered, by lot the land for inheritance, and lay them in the holy chambers, ye shall offer an oblation unto the and they shall put on other garments; Lond, a boly portion of the laud: the and they shall not sanctify the people length shall be the length of five and with their garments. twenty thousand reeds,and the breadth 20 Neither shall they shave their shall be ten thousand. This shall be heads, nor suffer their locks to grow holy in all the porders thereof round long; they shall only poll their bends. about. court. 21 Neither shall any priest drink] 2 Of this there shall be for the sanc- wine, when they enter into the inner tuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. 3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thou- 789 Ordinances for EZEKIEL. the prince. rand; and in it shall be the sanctuary] 14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, and the most holy place. the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth 4 The holy portion of the land shall part of a bath out of the corn, which is be for the priests the ministers of the a homer of ten baths; for ten baths sanctuary, which shall come near to fɑre a homer: minister unto the Lond; and it shall 15 And one lamb out of the flock be a place for their houses, aud a holy font of two hundred, out of the fat pas - place for the sanctuary. tures of Israel; for a meat-offering, 5 And the five and twenty thousand and for a burat-offering, and for peace- of length, and the ten thousand of [offerings, to make reconciliation for breadth, shall also the Levites, the them, saith the Lord Gon. ministers of the house, have for them- 16 All the people of the land shall selves, for a possession for twenty give this oblation for the prince in Is chambers. rael. 6 And ye shall appoint the posses- 17 And it shall be the prince's part sion of the city, five thousand broad, to give burnt-offerings, and meat-offer- and five and twenty thousand long, ings, and drink-offerings, in the feasts, over against the oblation of the holy and in the new moous, and in the sab- portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. baths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel; he shall prepare the sin-of- fering, and the meat-offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace-offering to make reconciliation for the hous 7 T Aud a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the of Israel. city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border un- to the east border. 18 Thus saith the Lord Gop; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bul- lock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary: 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering, and put it 8 In the land shall be his possession upon the posts of the house, and upon in Israel and my princes shall no the four corners of the settle of the more oppress my peopie; and the rest faltar, and upon the posts of the gate of the land shall they give to the [of the inter court. house of Israel according to their 20 And so thou shalt do the seventh tribes. day of the month for every one that 9 Thus saith the Lord God; Let erreth, and for him that is simple: so it suffice you, O princes of Israel: re-shall ye reconcile the house. move violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God. 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the terith part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 21 In the first month, in the four- teenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself, and for all the people of the land, a bullock for a sin-offering. 23 And seven days of the feast he' shall prepare a burnt-offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin- 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels,five and twen-offering. ty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneli. 13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of a nomer of wheat, and ye shall give the Mixth part of an ephah of a homer of barley: 24 And be shall prepare a meat-of fering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and hin of oil for an ephah. 25 In the seventh month, in the fif teenth day of the mouth, shall be do the like in the feast of the seven days, 790 Ordinances for the oil. CHAP. XLVI. CHAP. XLVI. prince and people Eccording to the sin-offering,according] 11 And in the feasts and in the co- to the burnt-offering, and according to lemnities the meat offering shall be an the meat-offering, and according to the ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, aud a bin of oil to an ephah. HUS saith the Lord God; The 12 Now when the prince shall pre THUS gate of the inner court that look-pare a voluntary burnt-offering ot eth toward the east shall be shut the peace-offerings voluntarily unto the six working days; but on the sabbath Lono, one shall then open him the it shall be opened, and in the day of gate that looketh toward the east, and the new moon it shall be opened. 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offerings and bis peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he eball go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the subbaths and in the new moons. 4 And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath-day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. 5 And the meat-offering shall be an epbalı for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and hip of oil to an ephalı. be shall prepare his burut-offering and his peace-offerings, as be did on the sabbath-day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. 13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt- offering unto the Lond of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning. 14 And thou shalt prepare a meat- offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat-offering continual. ly by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD. 15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat-offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. 16 1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession 6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock_without by inheritance. blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish. 17 But if he give a gift of his inherit- ance to one of his servants, then it 7 And he shall prepare a meat-offer-shall be his to the year of liberty; ing, an ephah for a bullock, and an after it shall return to the prince: but epbah for a ram, and for the lambs ac-his inheritance shall be his sons' for cording as his hand shall attain unto, them. and a hin of oil to an ephah. S And when the price shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's iulieritance by oppres- sion, to thrust them out of their pos session; but he shall give his sons in- heritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. 19 T After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there 10as a place on the two sides westward. 9 T But when the people of the land shall come before the Lond in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate where 20 Then said he unto me, This is the by he came in, but shall go forth over place where the priests shall boil the against it. trespass offering and the sin offering, 10 And the prince in the midst of where they shall bake the meat-oller- them, when they go in, shall go in;ing; that they bear them not out intɔ and when they go forth, shall go forth. the outer court, to sanctify the people 791 The vision of EZEKIEL. the hily waters. 21 Then he brought me forth into the, into the ees; which being brought outer court, and caused me to pass by forth into the sea, the waters shall be the four corners of the court; and be healed. hold, in every corner of the court there wus a court. 22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long, and thirty broad: these four cor- ners were of one measure. 23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling-places under the rows round about. 24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people. A 9 Aud it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it, from En- gedi eveu unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets: their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be heal ed, they shall be given to salt. 12 And by the river, upon the bank CHAP. XLVIL FTERWARD he brought me a gain unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house east-thereof, on this side and on that side, ward: for the forefront of the house shall grow all trees for meat, whose stood toward the east, and the waters leat shall not fade, neither shall the came down from under, from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar 2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the outer gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 3 And when the man that had the line in lus hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits,and be brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles. fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. 13 T Thus saith the Lord God, This shall be the border whereby ye shall inberit the land, according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shail have two portions. 14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another; concerning the which I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers; and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he 15. And this shall be the border of the measured a thousand, and brought me land toward the north side, from the through; the waters were to the loins.great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men 5 Afterward he measured a thousand, go to Zedad; and it was a river that 1 could not 16 Hamath, Berotrah, Sibraim, pass over: for the waters were risen, which is between the border of Da- waters to swim in, a river that couldmascus and the border of Hamath not be passed over. Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast 6 T And he said unto me, Son of man, of Hauran. bast thou seen this? Then he brought| 17 And the border from the sea shall me, and caused me to return to the be Hazar-enan, the border of Danias brink of the river. [cus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north site. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the 18. And the east side ye shall measure other. from Hauran, and from Damascus,and 9 Then said he unto me, These wa-from Gilead, and from the land of Is ters issue out toward the east country, rael by Jordan, from the border unto und go down into the desert, and go, the east sça. And this is the east side. 792 The portion of CHAP. XLVIII the twelve tribes. 19 And the south side southward, unto the Lond shall be of five and from Tamar even to the waters of twenty thousand in length, and of tea strife in Kadesh, the river to the great thousand in breadth. gea. And this is the south side south- ward. 10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward 20 The west side also shall be the the north five and twenty thousand in great sea from the border, till a man length, and toward the west ten thou- come over against Hamath. This is sand in breadth, and toward the east the west side. ten thousand in breadth, and toward 21 So shall ye divide this land unto the south five and twenty thousand in you according to the tribes of Israel.length; and the sanctuary of the Lond 22 ¶ And it shall come to pass, that shall be in the midst thereof. ye shall divide it by lot for an inheri 11 It shall be for the priests that are tance unto you, and to the strangers sanctified of the sons of Zadok ; which that sojourn among you, which shall have kept my charge, which went not beget children aniong you; and they astray when the children of lerael shall be unto you as bʊru in the coun-[went astray, as the Levites went try among the children of Israel; they astray. shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 12. And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy, by the border of the Le- vites. 23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inherit- 13 And over against the border of ance, saith the Lord God. the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand,and the breadth ten thousand. NOW CHAP. XLVIII. OW these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast to the way of Hethlon,as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward,to the coast of Hamath; for these are bis sides east and west: a portion for the Lonn. Dan. 14 And they shall not sell of it, nei- ther exchange, nor alienate the first fruits of the land; for it is holy unto 15 ¶ And the five thousand, that are 2 And by the border of Dan, from left in the breadth over against the five the east side unto the west side, a por- and twenty thousand, shall be a pro- tion for Asher. fane place for the city, for dwelling. 3 And by the border of Asher, from and for suburbs: aud the city shall be the east side even unto the west side, in the midst thereof, a portion for Naphtali. 16 And these shall be the measures 4 And by the border of Naphtali, thereof; the north side four thousand from the cast side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh. And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim. and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thou sand and five hundred. 6 And by the border of Ephraim,| 17 And the suburbs of the city shall from the east side even unto the west be toward the north two hundred and side, a portion for Reuben. fifty, and toward the south two hun- 7 And by the border of Reuben, from dred and fifty, and toward the east two the east side unto the west side,a por-hundred and fifty,and toward the west tion for Judab. two hundred and fifty. 8 And by the border of Judah, 18 And the residue in length over from the east side unto the west side, against the oblation of the holyportion shall be the offering which ye shall shall be ten thousand eastward, and offer of five and twenty thousand ten thousand westward; and it sball reeds in breadth, and in length as one be over against the oblation of the holy of the other parts, from the east side portion; and the increase thereof shall unto the west side; and the sanctuary be for food unto them that serve the cuall be in the midst of it. city. 9 The oblation that ye shall offer 19 And they that serve the city tha!! 793 Jehonakim's DANIEL. captivity. Eerve it out of all the tribes of Israel. 27 And by the border of Zebulun, 20 All the oblation shall be five and from the east side unto the west side, twenty thousand by five and twenty Gad a portion. thousand ye shall offer the holy ob- 28 And by the border of Gad, at the iation four-square, with the possession south side southward, the border shall of the city. be even from Tamar unto the waters 21 T And the residue shall be forthejof strife in Kadesh, and to the river prince, on the one side and on the toward the great sea. other of the holy oblation, and of the 29 This is the land which ye shall possession of the city, over against the divide by lot unto the tribes of Israe' five and twenty thousand of the obla-for inheritance, and these are their tion toward the east border,and west-portions, saith the Lord God. ward over against the five and twenty 30 1 And these are the goings out of thousand toward the west border,over the city on the north side, four thou against the portions,for the prince: and sand and five hundred measures. it shall be the holy oblation; and the 31 And the gates of the city shall be· sanctuary of the house shall be in the after the names of the tribes of Israel: midst thereof. three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. 32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred, and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, oue gate of Benja min, one gate of Dan. 22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the porder of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. 23 As for the rest of the tribes,from 33 And at the south side four thou- the east side unto the west side Benja-sand and five hundred measures, and min shall have a portion. three gates; one gate of Simeon, one 24 And by the border of Benjamin, gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun from the east side unto the west side, 34 At the west side four thousand Simeon shall have a portion. and live hundred, with their three 25 And by the border of Simeon,from gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of the east side unto the west side, Issa-Asher, one gate of Naphtali. char a portion. 35 lt was round about eighteen thou sand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be,The LORD jis there. 26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion. ¶ The Book of DANIEL. CHAP. I. and understanding science, and such N the third year of the reign of Jeas had ability in them to stand in the bojakim king of Judah came Neb- uchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Je- rusalem, and besieged it. king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 2 And the LORD gave Jehoiakim 5 And the king appointed them a king of Judah into his hand, with part daily provision of the king's neat, of the vessels of the house of God, and of the wine which he drank: so which he carried into the land of Shi-jnourishing them three years, that at nar to the house of his god; and he the end thereof they might stand be- brought the vessels into the treasure-fore the king. house of his god. 6 Now among these were of the chil 3 T And the king spake unto Ashpe-dren of Judah, Daniel, Hananiab, az the master of his eunuchs, that he Mishael, and Azariah : should bring certain of the children of 7 Unto whom the prince of the Israel, and of the king's seed, and of eunuchs gave names; for he gave un- the princes; to Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; 4 Children in whom was no blemish, and to Hananiah, of Shadrach ; and to but well-favoured, and skilful in all Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, of Abed nego. 794 Neinichadnezzar's CHAP. II. aream. 8 ¶ But Daniel purposed in his heart and astrologers that were in all his that he would not defile himself with realin. 21 And Daniel continued even unto the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank; there-the first year of king Cyrus. fore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile lim- self. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchis. CHAP. 11. ND in the second year of the reign Nebuchad- of Nebuchadnezzar, nezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the 2 Then the king commanded to call king, who bath appointed your meat the magicians, and the astrologers, and and your drink: for why should he see the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for your faces worse liking than the chil-to show the king his dreams. So they dren which are of your sort? then came and stood before the king. shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. 11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldenus to the king in Syriac, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. 12 Prove thy servants,1 beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse 5 The king answered and said to the to eat, and water to drink. Chaldeans, The thing is gone from 13 Then let our countenances belook-me: if ye will not make known unto ed upon before thee, and the counte-me the dream, with the interpretation nance of the children that eat of the thereof, ye shall be cut in pièces, and portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. 14 So be consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. 15 And at the end of ten days them countenances appeared fairer and fat- ter in flesh then all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. 16 Thus Melzar took away the por- tion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. 17 ¶ As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all leaming and wisdom: and Daniel bad understanding in all visions and dreams. your houses shall be made a dunghill 6. But if ye show the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great hon- our: therefore show me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. 7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it. S The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. 9 But if ye will not make known un to me the dream, there is but one de- cree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak be- fore me, till the time be changed; therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the IS Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eu nuchs brought them in before Nebu-interpretation thereof. chadnezzar. 10 T The Chaldeans answered before 19 And the king communed with the king, and said, There is not a man them; and among them all was found upon the earth that can show theking's none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, matter: therefore there is no king, and Azariah : therefore stood they be-[lord, nor ruler, that asked such things fore the king. at any magician, or astrologer, or 20 And in all matters of wisdom Chaldean, and understanding, that the king in 11 And it is a rare thing that the quired of them, he found them ten king requiretb, and there is none other times better than all the magicians that can snow it before the king, ex- 795 Daniel findeth DANIEL. the king's di cam rept the goda, whose dwelling is not, 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel with flesh. 12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpreta- tion. 26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshaz- zar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and 14 T Then Daniel answered with counseland wisdom to Arioch the cap-the interpretation thereof? tain of the king's guard, which was 27 Daniel answered in the presence gone forth to slay the wise men of of the king, and said, The secret which Babylon. the king bath demanded cannot the 15 He answered and said to Arioch wise men, the astrologers, the magi- the king's captain, Why is the decree cains, the soothsayers, show un.o the so hasty from the king? Then Arioch king; made the thing known to Daniel. 28 But there is a God in heaven that 16 Then Daniel went in and desired revealeth secrets, and maketh known of the king that he would give him to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall time, and that he would show the king be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the interpretation. the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hana 29 (As for thee, O king, thy thoughts niah, Mishael, and Azariah, hus com-came into thy mind upon thy bed, panions; 18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for 19 T Then was the secret revealed their sakes that shall make known the anto Daniel in a night-vision. Then interpretation to the king, and that Daniel blessed the God of heaven. thou nightest know the thoughts of 20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed thy heart;) be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: be knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and be- hold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee, and the form thereof was terrible. 32 This image's head was of fine gold, bis breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33 His lege of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay, 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which emote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and break them to pie- 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who bast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we ces. desired of thee: for thou hast now 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the made known unto us the king's matter. brass, the silver, and the gold, broken 24 ¶ Therefore Daniel went in unto to pieces together, and became like the Arioch, whom the king had ordained chaff of the summer threshing floor, to destroy the wise men of Babylon: and the wind carried them away, that he went and said thus unto him; De-no place was found for them; and the stoy not the wise men of Babylon: stone that smote the image became a bring me in before the king, and I great mountain, and filled the wholo will show unto the king the interpre- [earth. Là tới 1 36 T This is the dream; and we will 796 The interpretation of it. CHAP. III. Golden image set up. tell the interpretation thereof before and said, Of a truth it is, that your the king. God is a God of gods, and a Lord of 37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings:kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing for the God of heaven hath given thee thou couldest reveal this secret. a kingdom, power, and strength, and 48 Then the king made Daniel a glory. great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field, and the fowls of the heaven, hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. 49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, 39 And after thee shall arise another and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the kingdom inferior to thee, and another province of Babylon: but Daniel sat third kingdom of brass, which shall in the gate of the king, bear rule over all the earth. CHAP. III. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king be strong as iron: forasınuch as iron made an image of gold, whose breaketh in pieces and subdueth all height was threescore cubits, and the things; and as iron that breaketh all breadth thereof six cubits; he set it these, shall it break in pieces and up in the plain of Dura, in the prov- bruise. ince of Babylon. 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, 41. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the the iron mixed with miry clay. provinces,to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and 3 Then the princes, the governors, partly broken. the captains, the judges, the treasur 43 And whereas thou sawest iron ers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and mixed with miry clay, they shall all the rulers of the provinces, were mingle themselves with the seed of gathered together unto the dedication men; out they shall not cleave one of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the to another, even as iron is not mixed king had set up; and they stood before with clay. the image that Nebuchadnezzar had 44 And in the days of these kings set up. shall the God of heaven set up a king- 4 Then a herald cried aloud, To you dom, which shall never be destroyed: it is commanded, O people, nations, and the kingdom shall not be left to and languages, of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up : 6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. other people, but it shall break in 5 That at what time ye hear the pieces and consume all these king-sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sack- doins, and it shall stand for ever. but, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver. and the gold; the great God uath made known to the king what shall come to pass hercafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpreta- 7 Therefore at that time, when all tion thereof sure. the people heard the sound of the cor 46 T Then the king Nebuchadnezzar net, flute, harp,sackbut, psaltery, and fell upon his face, and worshipped all kinds of music, all the people, the Daniel, and commanded that they nations, and the languages, fell down should offer an oblation and sweet and worshipped the golden image that odours unto him. Nebochaduezzar the king had set up. 47 The king answered unto Daniel] 9 ¶ Wherefore at that time certain 797 DANIEL. Shadrach, &c. cast into the fiery furnace. Chaldeaus came near, and accused the, 20 And he commanded the most Jews. mighty men that were in his army to 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their bats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 9 They spake and said to the king|bind Sbadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever, nego, and to cast them into the burn 10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, ing fiery furnace. that every man that shall bear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sack- out, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image. 11 Aud whoso falleth not down and 22 Therefore because the king's com worshippeth, that he should be cast mandment was urgent, and the fur- into the inidst of a burning fiery furnace exceeding bot, the flame of the fire slew those inen that took up Shad nace. 12 There are certain Jews whom rach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, thou hast set over the affairs of the 23 And these three men, Shadrach, province of Babylon, Shadrach, Me-Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down shach, and Abed-nego; these men, O bound into the midst of the burning king, have not regarded thee: they fiery furnace. serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thon hast set up. 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, nud Abednego, Then they brought these men before the king. 24 T Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsel- lors, Did not we cast three men hound into the midst of the fire? They au- swered and said unto the king, True, O king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said 25 He answered and said, Lo, I see unto them, Is it true, O'Shadrach, Me-four men loose, walking in the midst shach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and my gods, nor worship the golden im- the form of the fourth is like the Son nge which I have set up? of God. 15 Now if ye be ready that at what 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came time ye hear the sound of the cornet, near to the mouth of the burning fiery flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dul-furnace, and spake, and said, "Shad cimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall rach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye ser down and worship the image which I vants of the most high God,come forth, have made, well : but if ye worship and come hither, Then Shadrach, not, ye shall be cast the same hour into Meshach, and Abed-nego, came fortli the midst of a burning fiery furnace; of the midst of the fire. and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? 27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-ne-being gathered together, saw these go, answered and said to the king, O men, upon whose bodies the fire had Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will de- liver us out of thy hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 19 T Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, neither were their conts chan- ged, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. 29 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who bath sent his angel, and delivered his ser- vants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god,except their own God. 29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Mechacli, and 798 CHAP. IV. Daniel interpreteth Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and had shadow under it, and the fowls of their houses shall be made a dunghill: the heaven dwelt in the boughs there because there is no other God that can [of, and all flesh was fed of it. deliver after this sort. 13 I saw in the visions of my head 30 Then the king promotedShadrach, upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher Mesbach, and Abed-nego, in the prov-and a lioly one came down from hea- jue of Babylon. NEBUCH CHAP. IV. [EBUCHADNEZZAR the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth, Peace be multiplied unto you. 2 I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the bigh God hath wrought toward me. ven; 14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it,and the fowls from his branches : 15 Nevertheless leave the stump of bis roots in the earth, even with a band of iron aud brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his 3 How great are his signs! and how nighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his do- minion is from generation to genera-portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. tion. 4 1 1 Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace. 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. 16 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. Therefore made La decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto ine the interpretation of the dream. 7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnez- Boothsayers: and I told the dream zar have seen. Now thou, O Belte before them; but they did not make shazzar, declare the intrepretation known unto me the interpretation thereof, fornsmuch as all the wise thereof. men of my kingdom are not able to 8 T But at the last Daniel came in make known unto me the interpreta- before me, whose name was Belte-tion: but thou art able; for the spirit shazzar, according to the name of my of the holy gods is in thec. god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and before him I told the dream, saying, 19 ¶ Then Dauiel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him 9 O Belteshazzar, master of the ma- The king spake, and said, Belteshaz- gicians, because I know that the spirit zar, let not the dream, or the interpre- of the holy gods is in thee, and no se-ſtation thereof,trouble thee. Belteshaz- cret troubleth thee, tell me the visions zar answered and said, My lord, the of my dream that I have seen,and the dream be to them that hate thee, and interpretation thereof. the interpretation thereof to thine en- [cmies. 10. Thus were the visions of my head in my bed; 1 saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. 11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: 20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; 21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the 12 The leaves thereof were fair, and [field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fruit thereof much, and in it was the fowls of the heaven had their hab- meat for all: the beasts of the field|itation : 799 Belshazzar's DANIEL. impious feast. 22 It is thou, O king, that art grown thou know that the Most High ruleth and become strong for thy greatness in the kingdom of men, and giveth it grown, and reacheth unto heaven, to whomsoever he will. and thy dommion to the end of the earth. is 33 The same hour was the thing fur filled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, aud his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. 34 And at the end of the days 1 Neb- uchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding re- turned unto me,and 1 blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to genera tion: 23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven,and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven,and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him ; 24 This is the mterpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king; 25 That they shall drive thee from| 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth men, and thy dwelling shall be with are reputed as nothing: and he doeth the beasts of the field," and they shall according to his will in the army of make thee to eat grass as oxen, and heaven, and among the inhabitants of they shall wet thee with the dew of the earth; and none can stay his hand, heaven, and seven times shall pass or say unto him, What doest thou? over thee, till thou know that the 36 At the same time my reason re- Most High ruleth in the kingdom of turned unto me; and for the glory of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he my kingdom, mine honour and bright ness returned unto me; and my coun sellors and my lords sought uŭto me; and I was established in my kingdom; and excellent majesty was added unto will. 26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots: thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the me. heavens do rule. 27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel ne acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 28 ¶ All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise, and extol, and honour the king of hea ven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. CHAP. V. BE › ELSHAZZAR the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thou- sand. 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden 30 The king spake and said, Is not and silver vessels which his father this great Babylon, that I have built Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the for the house of the kingdom, by the temple which was in Jerusalem; that might of my power, and for the hon-the king and his princes, his wives and our of my majesty? his concubines, might drink therein. 31 While the word was in the king's 3 Then they brought the golden ves- mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, sels that were taken out of the temple saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to of the house of God which was at Je thee it is spoken; The kingdom is de-rusalem; and the king and his princes, parted from thee. his wives and his concubines, drank 32 And they shall drive thee from in them. men, and thy dwelling shall be with 4 They drank wine, and praised the the beasts of the field: they shall gods of gold, and of silver, of brass,ol make thee to eat grass as oxen, and iron, of wood, and of stone. seven times shall pass over thee, until 5 T In the same hour came forth. 800 Daniel reproveth CHAP. V. Belshazzar. fingers of a man's hand, and wrote 15 And now the wise men, the as- over against the candlestick upon the trologers, have been brought in before plaster of the wall of the king's palme,that they should read this writing, ace; and the king saw the part of the and make known unto me the inter- hand that wrote. 6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. pretation thereof; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing: 16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shall be the third ruler in the king- dom. 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the me the interpretation thereof, thou astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Who soever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, 17 T Then Daniel answered and said shall be clothed with scarlet, and have before the king,Let thy gifts be to thy- a chain of gold about his neck, and sell, and give thy rewards to another; shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. yet I will read the writing onto the 8 Then came in all the king's wise king, and make known to him the in- men: but they could not read the terpretation. writing, nor make known to the king 18 0 thou king, the most high God the interpretation thereof. gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonished. 19 And for the majesty that he gave him,all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew; and whom be would be kept alive; and whom he would be set up; and whom he would he put down. 10T Now the queen,by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet-house; and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 20 But when his heart was lifted up, 11. There is a man in thy kingdom, infand his mind hardened in pride, lie whom is the spirit of the holy gods; was deposed from his kingly throne, and in the days of thy father, light, and they took his glory from him. and understanding, and wisdom, like 21 And he was driven from the sons the wisdom of the gods, was found in of meu; and his heart was made like him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar the beasts, and his dwelling was with thy father, the king, Isay, thy father, the wild asses: they fed him with made master of the magicians, astrol-grass like oxen, and his body was wet ogers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers: with the dew of heaven; till he knew 12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, that the most high God ruled in the and knowledge, and understanding, kingdom of men, and that he appoir interpreting of dreams, and showing teth over it whomsoever he will. of hard seutences, and dissolving of] 22 And thou his son, O BelshazzaM", doubts, were found in the same Dan-bast not humbled thy heart, though iel, whom the king named Belteshaz- thou knewest all this; zar: now let Daniel be called, and he 23 But hast lifted up thyself against will show the interpretation. the Lord of heaven; and they have 13 Then was Daniel brought in before brought the vessels of his house be the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, drt thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the cap tivity of Judab, whom the king niy father brought out of Jewry? 14 1have even heard of thee,that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom, is found in thee. fore thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose re all thy ways, hast thou not glori lied: 3 E 801 DANIEL. 47 conspiracy against Danicl. 24 Then was the part of the band jany god or mam for thirty days, save sent from him; and this writing was of thee, O king, be shall be cast into written. the den of lious. 25 T And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 8 Now, Ú king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. 27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 10 T Now when Daniel knew that 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, the writing was signed, he went into and given to the Medes and Persians. his house; and, his windows being 29 Then commanded Belshazzar,and open in his chamber toward Jerusa they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and lem, he kneeled upon his knees three put a chain of gold about his neck, times a day, and prayed, and gave and made a proclamation concerning thanks before his God, as he did afore him, that he should be the third ruler tine. in the kingdom. 30 ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. CHAP. VI. I T pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; ' 11 Then these men assembled, 2nd found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask apeti tion of any god or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not, 13 Then answered they and said be. fore the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Ju 3 Then this Daniel was preferred dah, regardeth not thee, O King, por above the presidents and princes, be- the decree that thou hast signed, but cause an excellent spirit was in him;maketh his petition three times a day, and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 2 And over these three presidents, of whom Daniel was first; that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with 4 Then the presidents and princes hituself, and set his heart on Daniel to sought to find occasion against Daniel deliver him; and he laboured till the concerning the kingdom; but they going down of the sun to deliver him, could find none occasion nor fault; 15 Then these men assembled unto forasinuch as he was faithful, neither the king, and said unto the king, was there any error or fault found in Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establish- eth may be changed. bun. 6 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concern- ing the law of his God. 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him in- to the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God, whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, 17 And a stone was brought, and laid the governors, and the prices, the upou the mouth of the den; and the counsellors, and the captains, have king sealed it with his own signet,and consulted together to establish a royal with the signet of his lords; that the statute, and to make a firm decree, purpose might not be changed con that whosoever shall ask a petition of [cerning Daniel. 802 His vision CHAP. VII. of the four beasts. 18 Then the king went to his pal-then he wrote the dream, and told the ace, and passed the night fasting: nei- sum of the matters. ther were instrumentsof music brought before him and his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste un- to the den of lions. 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from anoth- er. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto 4 The first was like a lion, and bad Daniel; and the king spake and said eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the thereof were plucked, and it was lift- living God, is thy God, whom thou fed up from the earth, and made stand servest continually, able to deliver thee from the Sons? 21 Then said Daniel unto the Ling, O king, live for ever. upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. 5 And behold another beast,a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself 22 My God hath sent bis angel, and on one side, and it had three ribs in hath shut the lions' mouths, that they the mouth of it between the teeth of have not hurt me: forasinuch as beit: and they said thus unto it, Arise, fore him innocency was found in me; devour much flesh. and also before thee, O king, have 1 done no hurt. 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. 21 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had ac- cused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. 6 After this I beheld, and lo, another like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and domin- ion was given to it. 7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast dreadful and terrrible, and strong exceedingly : and it had great iron teeth: it devou- ed and brake in pieces, aud stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it bad ten horns. 81 considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by 25 ¶ Then king Darius wrote unto the roots: and, behold, in this horn all people, nations, and languages, that were eyes like the eyes of man, and a dwell in all the earth; Peace be mul-mouth speaking great things. tiplied unto you. 9 T1 bebeld till the thrones were 26 Imake a decree, That in every cast down, and the Ancient of days dominion of my kingdom men trem-did sit, whose garment tras white as ble and fear before the God of Daniel: snow, and the hair of his head like for he is the living God, and stedfast the pure wool: his throne was like for ever, and his kingdom that which the fiery fiame, and his wheels as shall not be destroyed, and his domin-burning fire. um shall be even unto the end. 10 A fery stream issued and came 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and forth from before him: thousand thou- he worketh signs and wonders in hea-sands ministered unto him, and ten ven and in earth, who hath delivered thousand times ten thousand stood he- Daniel from the power of the lions. fore him: the judgment was set, and 28 So this Daniel prospered in the the books were opened. reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persiau. CHAP. VII. 11 1 beheld then, because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake; I beheld, even till the beast N the first year of Belshazzar king was slain, and his body destroyed,and of Babylon, Daniel had a dream given to the burning flame and vision of his head upon his bed ;/ 12 As concerning the rest of the 203 Daniel's vision of DANIEL. the ram, and he goat. beasts, they had their dominion taken them; and he shall be diverse from away: yet their lives were prolonged the first, and he shall subdue three for a season and time. 13 I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days,andthey brought him near before him. kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand, until a time and times and the dividing of time. 14 And there was given him domin- ion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should 26 But the judgment shall sit, and serve him: his dominion is an ever- they shall take away his dominion, to lasting dominion, which shall not pass consume and to destroy it unto the away, and his kingdom that which end. shall not be destroyed. 27 And the kingdom and dominion, 151 Daniel was grieved in my spirit and the greatness of the kingdom un- in the midst of my body, and the visder the whole heaven, shall be given ions of my head troubled me. to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 28 Hitherto is the end of the matter As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. CHAP. VIII. 18 But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess N the third year of the reign of possessing Belshazzar a vision appeared the_kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. unto me, even unto me Daniel, after 19 Then I would know the truth of that which appeared unto me at the the fourth beast, which was diverse|first. from all the others, exceeding dread-] 2 And I saw in a vision; (and it ful, whose teeth were of iron, and his came to pass, when I saw, that I was nails of brass ; which devoured, brake at Shushan in the palace, which is in in pieces, and stamped the residue the province of Elan;) and I saw in with his feet; a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and up, and before whom three fell; even saw, and behold, there stood before the of that horn that had eyes, and a river a ram which had two horns; and mouth that spake very great things, the two horns were high; but one was whose look was more stout than his higher than the other, and the higher fellows. came up last, 21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, 22 Until the Ancient of days came, neither was there any that could des and judgment was given to the saints liver out of his hand; but he did ac- of the Most High; and the time came cording to his will, and became great. that the saints possessed the kingdom. 5 And as I was considering, behold, 23 Thus he said, The fourth beast a he-goat came from the west, on the shall be the fourth kingdom upon face of the whole earth, and touched earth, which shall be diverse from all not the ground; and the goat had a kingdoms, and shall devour the whole notable horn between his eyes. earth, and shall tread it down, and 6 And he came to the ram that bad break it in pieces. two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise and another shall rise after 7 And I saw him come close unto the ፡ 1 804 Gabriel interpreteth CHAP. IX. the vision, ram, and he was moved with cholerjend of the indignation: for at the time against him, and smote the ram, and appointed the end shall be. brake his two horns; and there was 20 The ram which thou sawest bay- no power in the ram to stand before ing two horns are the kings of Media him, but he cast him down to the und Persia. ground, and stamped upon him; and 21 And the rough goat is the king of there was none that could deliver the|Grecia: and the great horn that is be. ram out of his hand. tween his eyes is the first king. 22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it,four kingdoms shali stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. 8 Therefore the he-goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones, toward the four winds of heaven. 23 And in the latter time of their 9. And out of one of them came forth | kingdom, when the transgressors arc a little horn, which waxed exceeding come to the full, a king of fierce coun- great toward the south, and toward tenance, and understanding dark sen- the east, and toward the pleasant land. teuces, shall stand up. 10. And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 11 Yea, he magnifiedhimself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 12. And a host was given him against the daily sucrifice by reason of trans gression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall des troy the mighty and the boly people 25 And through his policy also be shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall des troy many; he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without band. 26. And the vision of the evening and 13 ¶ Then I heard one saint speak-the morning which was told, is true: ing, and another saint said unto that wherefore shut thou up the vision; for certam saint which spake, How long it shall be for many days, CHAP. IX. shall be the vision concerning the dai 27 And 1 Daniel fainted, and was ly sacrifice, and the transgression of sick certain days; afterward 1 rose desolation,to give both the sanctuary [up, and did the king's business; and I and the host to be trodden under foot?|was astonished at the vision, but none 14. And he said unto me, Unto two understood it. thousand and three hundred days; then shalf the sanctuary be cleansed. 15 ¶ And it came to pass, when I, even 1 Damel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appear- ance of a man. 16 And 1 heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to un- derstand the visiou. 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, 1 was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end, shall be the visum. 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face to ward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright. 19. And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last IN N the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus,of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realmi of the Chaldeans; 2 In the first year of his reign, I Dan iel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem, 3 T And I set my face unto the Lord Goo, to seek by prayer and supplica tions, with fastings, and sackcloth,and ashes: 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O LORD, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that iove him, and to them that keep his commandments; 5 We have sinned, and have commi 805 · Daniel's confession DANIEL. and prayer. ted iniquity, and have done wickedly, righteousness, I beseech thee,let thine and have rebelled, even by departing anger and thy fury be turned away from thy precepts and from thy judg from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, aud ments: 6 Neither have we hearkened unto for the iniquities of our fathers, Jeru hy servants the prophets, which spake salem and thy people are become a re in thy name to our kings, our princes, proach to all that are about us. and our fathers, and to all the people 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear of the land. the prayer of thy servant, and his sup 7 O LORD, righteousness belongeth|plications, and cause thy face to shine unto thee, but unto us confusion of upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for faces, as at this day; to the men of the Lord's sake. Judah, and to the inhabitants of Je- 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and rusalem, and unto all Israel, that are hear; open thine eyes, and behold our near, and that are afar off, through all desolations, and the city which is call- the countries whither thou hast drivened by thy name: for we do not pre them, because of their trespass that sent our supplications before thee for they have trespassed against thee. our righteousnesses, but for thy great 8 O LORD, to us belongeth confusion mercies. of face, to our kings, to our princes, 19 O LORD, hear; O LORD, forgive; and to our fathers, because we have O LORD, hearken and do; defer not, sinned against thee. for thine own sake, O my God: for 9 To the Load our God belong mer-thy city and thy people are called by cies and forgiveness, though we have thy name. rebelled against him ; } 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 20 ↑ And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and pre· senting my supplications before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they 21 Yea, while I was speaking in might not obey thy voice; therefore prayer, even the man Gabriel, wlion the curse is poured upon us, and, the I had seen in the vision at the begin oath that is written in the law of Mo-ning, being caused to fly swiftly, Les the servant of God, because we touched me about the time of the eve bave sinned against him. ning oblation. 12. And he bath confirmed his words, 22 And he informed me, and talked which he spake against us, and against with me, and said, O Daniel, 1 am our judges that judged us, by bringing now come forth to give thee skill and upon us a great evil: for under the understanding. whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 23 At the beginning of thy supplica tions the commandment came forth, 13 As it is written in the law of Mo- and I am come to show thee; for thou ses, all this evil is come upon us: yet art greatly beloved: therefore under- made we not our prayer before the stand the matter, and consider the vis- LORD our God, that we might turnion. from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. 14 Therefore bath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. 24 Seventy weeks are determined, upon thy people and upon thy holy! city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make re- conciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophesy, and to anoiut the Most Holy. 15 And now, O Lond our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of 25 Know therefore and understand, the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, that from the going forth of the com and has gotten the renown,as at this mandment to restore and to build Je- day; we have sinned, we have done rusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, wickedly. shall be seven weeks, and threescore 16 ↑ Ó Lond, according to all thy and two weeks: the street shall be 806 He is comfortca CHAP. X. by an angel. built again, and the wall, even in, my face, and my face toward the troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy The city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. ground. 10 T And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this 27 And he shall confirmthe covenant word unto me, I stood trembling. 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, with many for one week and in the midst of the week he shall cause the Daniel: for from the first day that sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and thou didst set thy heart to understand, for the overspreading of abominations and to chasten thyself before thy God, ue shall make it desolate, even until thy words were heard, and I am come the consummation, and that determin- for thy words. ed shall be poured upon the desolate. CHAP. X. I a N the third year of Cyrus king of 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief Perait. princes, came to help me; and I re Daniel, whose naine was called Belte- 14 Now I am come to make thee un- shazzar; and the thing was true, but derstand what shall befall thy people the time appointed was long: and he in the latter days : for yet the vision is understood the thing, and had under-for many days. standing of the vision. 2 In those days I Daniel was mourn ing three full weeks. 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did 1 anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. 15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face towan! the ground, and I became dumb. 16 And, behold, one like the simili tude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood 4 And in the four and twentieth day before me, O my lord, by the vision of the first month, as I was by the side my sorrows are turned upon me, and of the great river, which is Hiddeke); I have retained no strength. 5 Then 1 lifted up mine eyes, and 17 For how can the servant of this looked, and behold a certain man my lord talk with this my lord? for clothed in linen, whose loins were giras for me, straightway there remained ded with fine gold of Uphaz: no strength in me, neither is there 6 His body also was like the bery],[breath left in me. and his face as the appearance of 18 Then there came again and touch- lightning, and his eyes as lamps of ed me one like the appearance of a fire, and his arms and his feet like in man, and lie strengthened me, colour to polished brass, and the voice 19 And said, O man greatly beloved. of his words like the voice of a mul- fear not; peace be unto thee,be strong, titude. 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. 20 Then said he, Knowest thon wherefore 1 come unto thee? and 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw now will I return to fight with the this great vision, and there remained prince of Persia: and when I am goue no strength in me for my comeliness forth, lo, the prince of Grecia sball was turned in me into corruption, and come. I retained no strength. 21 But I will show thee that which is 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: noted in the scripture of truth: and and when I heard the voice of his there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.. words, then was I in a deep sieep on 807 Leagues and conflicts CHAP. XI. DANIEL. between kings, fc. set forth a great multitude; but the ALSO I in the first year of Darius inultitude shall be given into his hand the Mede, ecen I,stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2 And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they ull: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. 3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strength- eued by it. 13 For the king of the north shall re- turn, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. 14 And in those times there shal. many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the 4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of hea ven; and not to his posterity, nor ac-¡vision; but they shall fall. cording to his dominion which be ru- led: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides those. 5 T And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. 6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agree- nient but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. 7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail : 15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities; and the arins of the south shall not withstand, nei- ther his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. 16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. 17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole king- dom, and upright ones with him; thus shall be do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupt- ing her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. 18 After this shall be turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. 8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of sil ver and of gold : and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. 20 Then shall stand up in his estate 9 So the king of the south shall come a raiser of taxes in the glory of the into his kingdom, and shall return into kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. 19 Then he shall turn his face to. ward the fort of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and not be [found. his own land. 10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great 21 And in his estate shall stand up a forces and one shall certainly come, vile person, to whom they shall not and overflow, and pass through: then give the honour of the kingdom: but shall he return, and be stirred up, even he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. to his fortress. 11. And the king of the south shall be| 22 And with the arms of a flood shall moved with choler, and shall come they be overflown from before hum, forth and fight with him, even with and shall be broken; yen, also the the king of the north; and he shall prince of the covenant. 808 The invasion and CHAP. XI. tyranny of the Romans 23 And after the league made with 34 Now when they shall fall, they him, he shall work deceitfully for shall be bolpen with a little help: but he shall come up, and shall become many shall cleave to them with flat- strong with a small people. teries. 2.1 He shall enter peaceably even 35 And some of them of understand upon the fattest places of the proving shall fall, to try them, and to ice; and he shall do that which his purge, and to make them white, even fathers have not done, nor his fathers' to the time of the end; because it is fathers; he shall scatter among them yet for a time appointed. the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, 36 And the king shall do according and he shall forecast his devices to his will; and he shall exalt him against the strong holds, even for a time. 25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall forecast devices against him. self, and magnify lumself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accom- plished: for that that is determined shall be done. 37 Neither shall be regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of wo- men, or regard any god; for he 26 Yea, they that feed of the portion shall maguify himself above all. of his meat shall destroy him, and his 38 But in his estate shall be honour army shall overtlow: aud many shall the god of forces: and a god whom fell down slain. his fathers knew not shall he bonour 27 And both these kings'hearts shall with gold, and silver, and with pre- be to do mischief, and they shall speak cious stones, and pleasant things. les at one table; but it shail not pros- 39 Thus shall he do in the most per: for yet the end shall be at the strong holds with a strange god, whom time appointed. he sball acknowledge and increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule_over many, and shall divide the land for gain. 28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and bis heart shall Ce against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his ɔwn land. 29. At the time appointed he shall re turu, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and 30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore be aball pass over. be grieved, and return, and have in 41 He shall enter also into the glo- dignation against the holy covenant:rious land, and many countries shall so shal, he do; he shall even return,[be overthrown: but these shall escape and have intelligence with them that out of his hand, even Edom, and Mo- forsake the holy covenant. ab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42 He shall stretch forth his hand al so upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. 43. But he shall have power over the 32 And such as do wickedly against treasures of gold and of silver, and the covenant shall be corrupt by flat-over all the precious things of Egypt: teries: but the people that do know and the Libyans and the Ethiopians their God shall be strong, and do ex- | shall be at his steps. 44 But tidings out of the east and out ploits. 33 And they that understand among of the north shall trouble him; there- the people shall instruct many: yet fore he shall go forth with great fury they shall fall by the sword, and by to destroy, and utterly to make away fame, by capurity, and by spoil, ma-many. ny days. 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles 809 Daniel informed HOSEA.. of the times, of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain: yet he shall come to his end, and noue shall help 7 And 1 heard the man clothed in nim. linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right CHAP. XII. AND at that time shall Michael hand and his left hand unto heaven, up, the great prince which and sware by him that liveth for standeth for the children of thy people; ever, that it shall be for a time, times, and there shall be a time of trouble, and a half; and when be shall have such as never was since there was a accomplished to scatter the power of nation, even to that same time; and at the holy people, all these things shal that time thy people shall be deliver-be finished. ed, every one that shall be found writ- ten in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. 8 And 1 heard, but I understood not: then said 1, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things ? 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the 11 And from the time that the daily time of the end: many shall run to sacrifice shall be taken away, and the and fro, and knowledge shall be in-abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hun creased. 5 T Then I Daniel looked, and, be-dred and ninety days. hold, there stood other two, the one 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and on this side of the bank of the river, cometh to the thousand three hundred and the other on that side of the bank and five and thirty days. of the river 13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in 6 And one said to the man clothed linen, which was upon the waters thy lot at the end of the days. THE CHAP. I T HOSEЛ. HE word of the LORD that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judali, aud in the days of Jeroboain the son of Joash, king of Israel. 2 The beginning of the word of the Lond by Hosea. And the Lond said lo Hosea, Go take unto thee a wife of whoredoms, and children of whore loms: for the land bath committed great whoredoms, departing from the LORD. 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceiv- ed, and bare him a son. to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 6. And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Isra el in the valley of Jezreel. 6 T And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lond their God, and will uot save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. 8 T Now when she had weaned Lo- ruhamah, she conceived and bare a And the Lord said unto bim, Callson. kis name Jezreel; for yet a little while,| 9 Then said God, Call his name Lo and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel[ammi: for ye are not my people, and upon the house of Jehu, and will cause I will not be your God. 810 Punishments CHAP. 11. for idolatry. 10 ¶ Yet the number of the children, cease, her feast-days, her new moons, of Israel shall be as the sand of the and her sabbaths, and all her solemn sea, which cannot be measured nor feasts. numbered; and it shall come to pass, 12 And I will destroy her vines and that in the place where it was said her fig-trees, whereof she hath said. unto them, Ye are not my people, These are my rewards that my lovers there it shall be said unto them, Ye are have given me; and I will make them the sons of the living God. a forest, and the beasts of the field 11 Then shall the children of Judah|shall eat them. and the children of Israel be gathered Together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel. CHAP. II. SAY ye unto your brethren, Ammi; 13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, aud she decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat ine, saith the Lord. T 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, 2 Plead with your mother, plead: for and speak comfortably unto her. she is not my wife, neither am I her 15 And I will give her her vineyards husband let her therefore put away from thence, and the valley of Achor her whoredoms out of her sight, and for a door of hope: and she shall sing her adulteries from between her there, as in the days of her youth,and breasts; as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. 4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. 6 For their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. 16 And it shall be at that day, Baith the LonD,that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. 17 For I will take away the names of Baalin out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of hea- ven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorus, and make a wall, that she shall not find her 19 And I will betroth thee unto me paths for ever; yea, 1 will betroth thee unto 7 And she shall follow after her lovme in righteousness, and in judgment, ers, but she shall not overtake them; and in loving-kindness, and in mer- and she shall seek them, but shall not}cies. find them: then shall she say, I will 20 I will even betroth thee unto me go and return to my first husband; for in faithfulness: and thou shalt know Then was it better with me than now, the Lond. 8 For she did not know that I gave 21 And it shall come to pass in that her corn, and wine, and oil, and mu]-[day, I will hear,saith the Loud, I wit tiplied her silver and gold, which they hear the heavens, and they shall hear prepared for Baal. the earth. 22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel, 9 Therefore wiil I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and I will recover my wool and my 23 And I will sow her unto me m flax given to cover her nakedness. the earth; and I will have mercy upon 10 And now will I discover her lewd-her that had not obtained mercy ; and ness in the sight of her lovers, and [1 will say to them which were not my none shall deliver her out of my hand. people, Thou art my people; and they 11 I will also cause all her mirth to shall say, Thou art my God 811 God's judgments CHAP. III. HOSEA. against the people. and they set their heart on their ini THEN said the LORD one offer quit yet, love a woman beloved of her 9 And there shall be, like people, friend, yet an adultress, according to like priest: and I will punish them the love of the Lono toward the chil-for their ways, and reward them their dren of Israel, who look to other gods, doings. and love flagons of wine. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, aud for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley: 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not] be for another man: so will I also be for thee. 10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whore- dom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lond. 11 Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart. 12 ¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto For the children of Israel shall them: for the spirit of whoredoms abide many days without a king, and hath caused them to err,and they have without a prince, and without a sacri-gone a whoring from under their God. fice, and without an image, and with- out an ephod, and withom teraphim : 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Load their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and bus goodness in the latter days. CHAP. IV. 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains,and burn inceuse upon the hills, under oaks, and poplars, and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14 I will not punish your daughters. EAR the word of the Lond, yel whenthey commit whoredom,nor your bath a controversy with the inhabit-for themselves are separated withi auts of the land, because there is no whores, and they sacrifice with har- truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of lots: therefore the people that doth God in the land. not understand shall fall. 2 By swearmg,and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 3 Therefore shall the land mouru, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. 15 T Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth 16 For Israel slideth back as a back- sliding heifer: now the Loup will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. 18 Their drink is sour; they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. 19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. CHAP. V. 6 My people are destroyed or lack TEAR ye this, O priests; and lackHerken, ye house of Israel; and of knowledge: because thou hast re- jected knowledge, I will also reject give ye ear, O house of the king; for thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against nie; therefore will change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, judgment is toward you, because ye have been a suare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2. And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, 812 CHAP. VI, VII. An exhortation 10 repentance. thou committest whoredom, and Isra- jis prepared as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the el is defiled. 4 They will not frame their doings latter and former rain unto the earth. to turn unto their God; for the spirit 4 TO Ephraim, what shall I do unto of whoredoms is in the midst of them, thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto and they have not known the LORD. thee? for your goodness is as a morn 6 And the pride of Israel doth testifying cloud, and as the early dew it goeth to his face; therefore shall Israel andļaway. Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah 5 Therefore have 1 hewed them by also small fall with them. the prophets; I have slain them by 6 They shall go with their flocks and the words of my mouth: and thy with their herds to seek the LORD; judgments are as the light that goeth but they shall not find him: he hath forth. withdrawn himself from them. 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacri- 7 They bave dealt treacherously fice; and the knowledge of God more against the LORD; for they have be-than burnt-offerings. 7 But they like men have transgress- gotten strange children; now shall a month devour them with their por-ed the covenant; there have they dealt tions. treacherously against me. 8 Blow ye the cornet iu Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud a Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. 9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests wurder in the way by consent; for they com mit jewdnesa. 10 1 have seen a horrible thing in 10 The princes of Judah were like the house of Israel: there is the them that remove the bound; there whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is de fore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and brok en in judgment, because be willingly walked after the commandment. 12 Therefore will I be uuto Ephraim filed. 11 Also, O Judah, he bath set a har vest for thee, when I returned the cap- tivity of my people. CHAP. VII. HEN I would have healed Is- as a moth, and to the house of Judah Wel, then the iniquity of Eph as rottennesa 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, raim was discovered, and the wicked- and Judah sai his wound, then wentness of Samaria: for they commit false Ephraim to the Assyrian, and seut to hood: and the thief cometh in, and king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, the troop of robbers spoileth with nor cure you of your wound. out. 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a 2 And they consider not in their tion, and as a young lion to the house hearts that I remember all their wick of Judah: 1, even I, will tear and goedness: now their own doings have away; I will take away, and none beset them about, they are before my shall rescue him. face. 15 TL will go and return to my place, 3 They make the king glad with till they acknowledge their offence, their wickedness, and their princes and seek my face: in their affliction|with their lies. they will seek me early. COME CHAP. VI, YOME, and let us return unto the Lonn: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 Aller two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 4 They are all adulterers, as an oven beated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneeded the dough, until it be leavened. 5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with botiles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. 6 For they have inade ready their 3. Then shall we know, if we follow heart like an oven, while they lie in on to know the LORD: his going forth wait: their baker sleepeth all the 813 Israelites threatened HOSEA. for their idolatry. night; in the morning it barneth as asthee off: mine anger is kindled against flaming fire. them how long will it be ere they at- tain to innocency? 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges: all their kings are fallen: there is none aunong them that calleth unto me. 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake uot turned. 6 For from Israel was it also: the workinan made it; therefore it is not God; but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath 9 Strangers have devoured his no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal : strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, [if so be it yield, the strangers shall grey hairs are bere and there upon swallow it up. him, yet he knoweth not. 10 And the pride of lsrael testifieth to his face; and they do not return to the Lond their God, nor seek him for all this. 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. 12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I[ will chastise them, as their congrega tion hath heard. 13 Wo unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! be cause they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against ine. 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble them selves for corn and wine, and they re- bel against me. 8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel whercin is no pleasure. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. 10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. 11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. 12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacri- fices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt. 14 For Israel hath forgotten his Ma 15 Though I have bound and strength.ker, and buildeth temples; and Judah ened their arms, yet do they imagine hath multiplied fenced cities: but I mischief against me. will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. CHAP. IX. 16 They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow Their prices shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. SET CHAP. VIII. : EJOICE not, O Israel, for joy, as Rother people: for thou hast gone a whoring froin thy God, thou hast loved a reward upɔn every corn-floor. 2 The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. ET the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lond, because they have 3 They shall not dwell in the Loan's transgressed my covenant, and tres-land; but Ephraim shall return to passed against my law. Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we kuow thee. 4 They shall not offer wine-offerings 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that to the Lono, neither shall they be is good: the enemy shall pursue him. pleasing unto him: their sacrifices They have set up kings, but not by shall be unto them as the bread of me: they have made princes, and I mourners; all that eat thereof shall knew it not: of their silver and their be polluted; for their bread for their gold bave they made them idols, that soul shall not come into the house of they may be cut off the LoRo. 5 Thy call, O Samaria, hath cast 6 What will ye do in the solema 814 Israel reproved CHAP. X. ona threatened. day, and in the day of the feast of the [cording to the multitude of his fruit he Lond? hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tabernacles. 7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is inad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. 2 Their heart is divided; now shal they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lono; what then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus 8 The watchman of Ephraim was judgment springeth up as hemlock in with my God; but the phrophet is a the furrows of the field. snare of a fowler in all his ways, and 5 The inhabitants of Samaria sbali batred in the house of bis God. fear because of the calves of Beth- 9 They have deeply corrupted them-aven: for the people thereof shall selves, as in the days of Gibéal; there mourn over it, and the priests thereof fore he will remember their iniquity, that rejoice on it, for the glory there The will visit their sins. lof, because it is departed from it. 6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. 7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. 8 The high places also of Aven, the 11 ds for Ephraim, their glory shall sin of Israel, shall be destroyed the fly away like a bird, from the birth, thorn and the thistle shall come up on and from the womb, and from the their altars; and they shall say to the conception. mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, 10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; andtheir abominations were according as they loved. 12 Though they bring up their chil-Fall on us. dren, yet will I bereave them, that 90 Israel, thou hast sinned from the there shall not be a man left: yea, wo days of Gibeah; there they stood: the also to them when I depart from them! tattle in Gibeah against the children 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is plant-ļof iniquity did not overtake them. ed in a pleasant paace: but Ephraim 10 It is in my desire that I should shall bring forth his children to the chastise them; and the people shall murderer. be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two 14 Give them, O Lond; what wit thou give? give them a miscarrying furrows. womb and dry breasts. 11 And Ephraim is as a heifer that 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: is taught, and loveth to tread out the for there 1 hated them: for the wick-corn, but I passed over upon her fair edness of their doings I will drive them neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; out of my house, I will love them no Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall more: all their princes are revolters. break his clods. 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is 12 Sow to yourselves in righteous- dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, ness, reap in mercy; break up your though they bring forth, yet will I slay fallow ground: for it is time to seek even the beloved fruit of their womb. the LORD, till he come and rain right- 17 My God will cast them away, be cousness upon you. cause they did not hearken unto him : and they shall be wanderers among the nations. JERA CHAP. X. 13 Ye have plowed wickedness, je have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. ERAEL is an empty vine, be bring- eth forth fruit unto himself; ac-1 14 Therefore shall a tummuk arise 815 Isract & ingratitude. HOSEA. A reproof of Ephraim. among thy people, and all thy fort, daily increaseth lies and desolation i sesses shall be spoiled, as Shalman and they do make a covenant with the spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of bat- Assyrians,and oil is carried into Egypt. tle: the mother was dashed in pieces 2 The LORD hath also a controversy upou her children. with Judah, and will punish Jacobac 15 So shall Beth-el do unto you be-cording to his ways; according to his cause of your great wickedness: in a doings will he recompeuse him. morning shall the king of Israel utter- 3 T He took his brother by the heel ly be cut off. in the womb, and by his strength he bad power with God: CHAP. XI. WHEN Larael was a child, then 11 Yea, he had power over the angel loved him, and called my son and prevailed: he wept, and made out of Egypt. supplication unto him; he found him 2 As they called them, so they went in Beth-el, and there he spake with us; from them: they sacrificeduntoBaalim, 6 Even the LORD God of hosts; the and burued incense to graven images. LORD is his memorial. 3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: them by their arms; but they knew keep mercy and judgment, and wait not that I healed them. on thy God continually, 4 I drew them with cords of a man, 7 He is a merchant, the balances of with bands of love: and I was to then deceit are in his hand he loveth to as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. 5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. 6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume lus branches, and devourthem, because of their own counsels. oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am be- come rich, I have found me out sub- stance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. 9 And I that am the Lono thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. 7 And my people, are bent to back- JÚ I have also spoken by the proph- sliding from ine: though they called ets, and I have multiplied visions, and them to the Most High, none at all used similitudes, by the ministry of the would exalt him. prophets. 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?||11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? sure- how shall I deliver thee, Israel? howly they are vanity: they sacrifice bul- shall I make thee as Adinali? how locks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are shall I set thee as Zeboim? my heart as heaps in the furrows of the fields. is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. 9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim; for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee; and I will not enter into the city. 10 They shall walk after the LORD; he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. 11 They shall tremble as a bird out 12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. 13 And by a prophet the Loadbrought Israel out of Egypt, and by a propliet was he preserved. 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lond return unto him. CHAP. XIII, of Egypt, and as a dove out of the hut WHEN of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD. 12 Ephrain compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. CHAP. XII. Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; bût when he offended in Baal, he died. 2 And now they ein more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, and the calves. followeth after the cast wind: be] 3 Therefore they shall be as the 816 God's promise CHAP. I. to Israel. morning cloud, and as the early dew,shall become dry, and his fountain that passeth away, as the chaff that is shall be dried up: be shall spoil the driven with the whirlwind out of the treasure of all pleasant vessels. floor, and as the smoke out of the 16 Samaria shall become desolate; chimney. for she bath rebelled against her God; 4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from [they shall fall by the sword: their in- the land of Egypt, and thou shalt fants shall be dashed in pieces, and know no God but ine: for there is no their women with child shall be rip- saviour besides me. 5 ¶ 1 did know thee in the wilder ness, in the land of great drought. 6. According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 7 Therefore will I be unto them as a lion. as a leopard by the way will 1 observe them. ped up. O CHAP. XIV. ISRAEL, return unto the Lond thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously so will we render the calves of our lips. 8 I will meet them as a bear that is] 3 Assnur shall not save us; we will bereaved of her whelps, and will rend not ride upon horses: neither will we the caul of their heart, and there will say any more to the work of our hands, I devour them like a lion; the wild Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatlı- beast shall tear them. Terless findeth mercy. 9 TO Israel, thou hast destroyed thy self; but in me is thy help. 10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou sridst, Give me a king and princes? 11 1 gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is bid. 4 T 1 will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine auger is turned away from him 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he sball grow as the lily,and cast fortu his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches eball spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, an·l his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow 13 The sorrows of a travailing wo-shall return; they shall revive as the mau shall come upon him; he is an corn, and grow as the vine: the scent unwise son; for he should not stay thereof shall be as the wine of Leba- long in the place of the breaking forth non. of children. 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I 14 1 will rausom them from the to do any more with idols? I have power of the grave; I will redeem heard him, and observed him: I am them from death: O death, I will be like a green fir-tree. From me is thy thy plagues ; Ò grave, I will be thy fruit found. destruction: repentance shall be hid 9 Who is wise, and he shall under- from mine eyes. stand these things? prudent, and he 15 T Though he be fruitful among shall know them? for the ways of the his brethren, an east wind shall come, LORD are right, and the just shall the wind of the Lord shall come up walk in them: but the transgressors from the wilderness, and his spring shall fall therein. ¶ JOEL. CHAP. I. HE word of the Loan that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. THE 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? your children tell their children, and their children another generation. 4 That which the paliner-worm hath left hath the locust eaten: and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the Tell ye your children of it, and let caterpillar eaten. 3 F 817 God's judgment JOEL. for sin. 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; the wilderness, and the flame hata and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, be-burned all the trees of the field. cause of the new wine; for it is cut 20 The beasts of the field cry also oll from your mouth. unto thee: for the rivers of waters are 6 For a nation is come up upon my dried up, and the tire hath devoured land, strong, and without number, the pastures of the wilderness. whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek-teeth of a great lion. CHAP. II. BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy moun- 7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree; he hath made it tain; let all the inhabitants of the land clean bare, and cast it away; the tremble; for the day of the LORD branches thereof are made white. cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 8 T Lament like a virgin girded with 2 A day of darkness and of gloomi sackcloth for the husband of her youth.ness, a day of clouds and of thick 9 The meat-offering and the drink-darkness, as the morning spread upon offering is cut off from the house of the mountains: a great people and a the LORD; the priests, the Lonu's strong; there hath not been ever the ministers, mouro. like, neither shall be any more after 10 The field is wasted, the land it, even to the years of many genera mourneth; for the corn is wasted:tions. the new wine is dried up, the oil lan- 3 A fire devoureth before them, and guisheth. behind them a flame burneth: the land 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husband is as the garden of Eden before them, men; howl, O ye vine dressers, for and behind them a desolate wilder the wheat and for the barley; because uess; yea, and nothing shall escape the harvest of the field is perished. them. 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig- 4 The appearance of them is as the tree languisheth; the pomegranate-appearance of horses; and as horse- tree, the palm-tree also,and the apple-men, so shall they run. tree, even all the trees of the field, are 6 Like the noise of chariots on the withered: because joy is withered tops of mountains shall they leap, like away from the sons of men, the noise of a flame of fire that de- voureth the stubble,as a strong people set in battle array. 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, 6 Before their face the people shall ye ministers of my God: for the meat-be much pained; all faces shall gather offering and the drink-offering is with-blackness. holden from the house of your God. 7 They shall run like mighty men; 14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn they shall climb the wall like men of assembly, gather the elders, and all war; and they shall march every one the inhabitants of the land, into the on his ways, and they shall not break house of the Lond your God, and cry |their ranks: unto the Lono, 8 Neither shall one thrust another; 15 Alas for the day! for the day of they shall walk every one in his path: the Lond is at hand, and as a destruc-and when they fall upon the sword, tion from the Almighty shall it come. they shall not be wounded. 16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the nouse of our God? 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate,the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. 9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble; the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining; 11. And the Lord shall utter his voice before bis army; for his camp is very 19 0 Lond. to thee will I cry: for great: for he is strong that executeth the fire hath devoured the pastures of This word: for the day of the Loan & 18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 818 A fast prescribca. CHAP. II. Zaon comforted great and very terrible; and who can down for you the rain, the formez abide it? rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 12 ¶ Therefore also now, saith the Lond, Turu ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning; 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat,and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. 13 And rend your heart,and not your 25 And I will restore to you the garments, and turn unto the LORD your years that the locust bath eaten, the God: for he is gracious and merciful, canker worm, and the caterpillar, and slow to auger, and of great kindness, the paliner-worm, my great army and repeuteth bin of the evil. which I sent among you. 14 Who knoweth if he will return 26 And ye shall eat in pleuty, and be and repent, and leave a blessing be-satisfied, and praise the name of the hind him: even a meat-offering, and LORD your God, that hath dealt won- a drink-offering, unto the LORD your drously with you: and my people shall God? never be ashamed. 15 ¶ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanc- tify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet: 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. 28 ¶ And it shall come to pass after- ward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions; 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare 29 And also upon the servants and thy people, O LORD, and give not thy upon the handmaids in those days heritage to reproach, that the heathen will I pour out my Spirit. should rule over them: wherefore 30 And I will show wonders in the should they say among the people, heavens and in the earth, blood, and Where is their God? fire, and pillars of smoke 18 ¶ Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19 Yea, the LORD will answer, and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you coru, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen ; 31 The sun shall be turned into dark ness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be 20 But I will remove far off from you deliverance, as the Lord hath said, the northern army, and will drive and in the remnant whom the LORD him into a land barren and desolate, shall call. with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea: and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. 21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice for the LonD will do great Lings. CHAP. III. FOR, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 21 will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scat- |tered among the nations, and parted 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilder uess do spring, for the tree beareth] my land. her fruit, the 6g-tree and the vine do yield their strength. 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a Be glad then, ye children of Zion, harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that an I rejoice in the LORD your God; for they might drink. he hath given you the former rain 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with nioderately, and he will cause to comelme, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the 819 God's blessing AMOS. upon the church coasts of Palestine? will ye render me the press is full, the fats overflow; for a recompense? and if ye recompense their wickedness is great. me, swiftly and speedily will I return 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the val your recompense upon your own head; ley of decision: for the day of the 5 Because ye have taken my silver Lono is near in the valley of decision. and my gold, and have carried into 15 The sun and the moon shall be your temples my goodly pleasant darkened, and the stars shall with- things: draw their shining. 6 The children also of Judah and the 16 The LonD also shall roar out of children of Jerusalem have ye sold Zion, and utter his voice from Jeru unto the Grecians, that ye might re-salem; and the heavens and the earth. move them far from their border. shall shake: but the Lond will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head; S And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. 17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her more. 18 T And it shall come to pass in [that day, that the mountains shall 9 T Prepare ye this among the Gen-[drop down new wine, and the hills tiles; Proclaim war, wake up the shall flow with milk, and all the riv- mighty men, let all the men of war ers of Judali shall flow with waters, draw near; let them come up: and a fountain shall come forth of the 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, house of the LonD, and shall water and your pruning-hooks into spears: the valley of Shittim. let the weak say, I am strong. 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. 12 Let the heathen he wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed in- nocent blood in their land. 20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to gen- cration. 21 For I will cleanse their blood that 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the har-I have not cleansed; for the LORD vest is ripe; come, get you down; forldwelleth in Zion. ¶ AMOS. CHAP. I. threshed Gilead with threshing instru ments of iron: THE HE words of Amos, who was 4 But I will send a fire into the house among the herdmen of Tekɔn, of Hazael, which shall devour the which he saw concerning Israel in palaces of Ben-hadad. the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and|| 5 I will break also the bar of Damas. in the days of Jeroboam the son of Jo-cus, and cut off the inhabitant from ash king of Israel, two years before the plain of Aven, and him that hold- the earthquake. eth the sceptre from the house of 2 And he said, The Load will roar Eden: and the people of Syria sball from Zion, and utter his voice from go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Jerusalem; and the habitations of the LORD. shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. 6 T Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, 3 Thus saith the Lonn; For three 1 will not turn away the punishment transgressions of Damascus, and for thereof: because they carried away four, I will not turn away the pun-captive the whole captivity, to deliver ishment ther of; because they have them up to Edom : 820 CHAP. 11, III. He complaineth of Israel's unthankfulness. 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of transgressions of Judah, and for four, Gaza, which shall devour the palaces I will not turn away the punishment thereof: thereof; because they have despised 8 And I will cut off the inhabitants the law of the LORD, and have not from Ashdod, and him that holdeth kept his commandments, and their lies the sceptre from Askelon, and I will caused them to err, after the which turn my hand against Ekron: and the their fathers have walked: remnant of the Philistines shall perish, exith the Lord God. 5. But I will send a fire upon Judal and it shall devour the palaces of Je rusalem. 9 Thus saith the LORD; For three trausgressions of Tyrus, and for four, 6 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three I will not turn away the punishment transgressions of Israel, and for four, thereof; because they delivered up the| I will not turn away the punishment whole captivity to Edom, and remem- thereof; because they sold the righte- bered not the brotherly covenant: ous for silver, and the poor for a pair 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of shoes; of Tyrus, which shall devour the pala- ces thereof. ever: 7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turu 11 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three aside the way of the meek; and a man transgressions of Edom, and for four, and his father will go in unto the same I will not turn away the punishment maid, to profane my holy name: thereof; because he did pursue his 8 And they lay themselves down upon brother with the sword, and did cast clothes laid to pledge by every altar off all pity, and his anger did tear per- and they drmk` the wine of the con petually, and he kept his wrath for demned in the house of their god. 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorites be- 12 But I will send a fire upon Te-}fore them, whose height was like the man, which shall devour the palaces height of the cedars,and he was strong of Bozrah. as the oak; yet I destroyed his fruit 13 T Thus saith the Lond; For three from above, and bis rootsfrom beneath. transgressions of the children of Am- 10 Also I brought you up from the mon, and for four,I will not turn away|land of Egypt, and led you forty years the punishment thereof; because they through the wilderness,to possess the have ripped up the women with child land of the Amorite. oi Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: of 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 15 And their king shall go into cap- tivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord. THUS CHAP. II. HUS saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the prunish- ment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kiri- oth; and Moab shall die with temult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 3 And I will cut off the judge from the mist ikaf, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. 11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men, for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O je children of Israel? saith the LORD. 12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. 13 Behold, I am pressed under you as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. 14 Therefore the flight shall perish. from the swift, and the strong sha not strengthen his force, neither sha the mighty deliver himself: 15 Neither shall he stand that hand leth the bow; and he that is swift ol foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall be that rideth the horse deliver himself. 16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lond. CHAP. III. HEAR this word that the LORD bath spoken against you, O chil Tus saith the LORD; For threejdren of Israel, against the whole fam 821 ferael reproved AMOS. ily which I brought up from the land o Egypt, saying, 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. 3 Can two walk together,except they be agreed? 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of lus den, if he have taken nothing? 5 Caŭ a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a share from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? H for incorrigibleness. CHAP. IV. “EAR this word, ye kine of Bas skan, that are in the mountai of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 2 The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 3 And ye shall go out at the breach- es, every cow at that which is before ber; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lond. 6 Sball a trumpet be blown in the 4 T Come to Beth-el,and transgress; city, and the people not be afraid Pat Gilgal multiply transgression; and shall, there be evil in a city, and the bring your sacrifices every morning, LORD hath not done it ? and your tithes after three years: 5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiv ing with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free-offerings; for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord Goo. 7 Surely the Lord God will do noth- ing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. 8 The hon bath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy ? 6 ¶ And I also have given you clean- ness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 9 ¶ Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and be hold the great tumults in the midst 7 And also I have withholden the thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof 10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversarythere shall be even round about the land; and he shall 8 So two or three cities wandered un- bring down thy strength from tice, to one city, to drink water; but they and thy palaces shall be spoiled. were not satisfied: yet have ye not 12 Thus saith the Lond; As the returned unto me, saith the LORD. shepherd taketh out of the mouth of 9 I bave smitten you with blasting the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; and mildew; when your gardens, and so eball the children of Israel be taken your vineyards, and your fig-trees, out that dwell in Samaria in the cor-and your olive-trees increased, the ner of a bed, and in Damascus in a palmer-worm devoured them; yet couch. have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God 10 I have sent among you the pesti of hosts, lence after the manner of Egypt: your 14 That in the day that I shall visit young men have I slain with the the transgressions of Israel upon him, sword, and have taken away your I will also visit the altars of Beth-el:]horses; and I bave made the stink of and the hornsof the altar shall be cut your camps to come up unto your nos- oll, and fall to the ground. trils: yet have ye not returned unto 15 And I will smite the winter-house me, saith the LORD. with the summer-house; and the bou-11 1 bave overthrown some of you, ses of ivory shall perish, and the great as God overthrew Sodom and Gomor- houses shall have an end, saith the rab, and ye were as a firebrand pluck- LORD. 'ed out of the burning; yet have ye not 822 An exhortation CHAP. V. to repentance. returned unto me, saith the Load.,gressions and your mighty sins: they 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, afflict the just, they take a bribe, and O Israel: and because I will do this they turn aside the poor in the gate unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, from their right. O Israel. 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep 13 For, lo, he that formeth the moun- silence in that time; for it is an evil tains and createth the wind, and de-time. careth unto man what is bis thought, 14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye that maketh the morningdarkness,and may live: and so the LORD, the God treadeth upon the high places of the of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, spoken. is is name. CHAP. V. HEAR ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamenta tion, O house of Israel. 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, |and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she 16 Therefore the LORD, the God of shall no more rise: she is forsaken hosts, the Lond, saith thus; Wailing upon her land: there is none to raise|shall be in all streets; and they shall her up. say in all the highways, Alas! alas! 3 For thus saith the Lord God; The and they shall call the husbandman to city tha, went out by a thousand shall mourning, and such as are skilful of leave a hundred, and that which went lamentation to wailing, forth by a hundred shall leave ten, to] 17 And in all vineyards shall be wail the house of Israel. ing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lond. 4T For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live. 5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal,and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought. 6 Seck the LonD, and ye shall live: lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. 18 Wo unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very 7 Ye who turn judgment to worm-dark, and no brightness in it? wood, and leave off righteousness in 21 TI hate, I despise your feast-days, the earth, and I will not smell in your solemn as. 8 Seck him that maketh the seven semblies. stars andOrion,and turneth theshadow 22 Though ye offer me burnt-offer- of death into the morning, and makethings and your meat-offerings, I will the day dark with night; that calleth not accept them: neither will I re- for the waters of the sea, and poureth gard the peace-offerings of your fat them out upon the face of the earth: beasts. The Loan is his name: shall come against the fortrese. 23 Take thou away from me the 9 That strengtheneth the spoiled noise of thy songs; for I will not hear against the strong, so that the spoiled the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment run down as 10 They hate him that rebuketh in waters, and righteousness as a mighty the gate, and they abhor him that stream. speaketh uprightly. 2 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 11Forasmuch therefore as yourtread- ing is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built 26 But ye have borne the tabernacle houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not of your Moloch and Chiun your im- dwell in them; ye have planted pleas-ages, the star of your god, which ye ant vineyards, but ye shall not drink made to yourselves. wine of them. 27 Therefore will I cause you to go 12 For I know your manifold trans-[into captivity beyond Damascus, saith 823 Israel's wantonness AMOS. shall be plagued. the Lone, whose name is The God of taken to us horns by ourown strength? bosts. 14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Ο CHAP. VI. Wo to them that are at ease in the LORD, the God of hosts; and they Zion,and trust in the mountain] shall afflict you from the entering in of Samaria, which are named chief of of Hamath unto the river of the wii the nations, to whom the house of Is-derness. rael came! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and sce; and from thence go ye to Hamath_the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? 3 Ye that put far away the evd day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; Y 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David; CHAP. VII. US hath the Lord God showed THUS me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 2 And it caine to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Gon, forgive, I beseech thee; by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small, 3 The LonD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LonU. 4 Thus bath the Lord God showed 6 That drink wine in bowls, and unto me; and, behold, the Lord God anout themselves with the chief oint-called to contend by fire, and it de- ments: but they are not grieved for the voured the great deep, and did eat up affliction of Joseph. a part. 7 T Therefore now shall they go cap- tive with the first that go captive, and The banquet of thein that stretched themselves shall be removed. 5 Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee? by whom shall Jacob arise ? for he is small. 6 The LORD repented for this: This 8 The Lord God hath sworn by him-[also shall not be, saith the Lord Gọn, self, saith the Load the God of hosts, 7 ¶ Thus he showed me; and,behold, 1 abbor the excellency of Jacob, and the Lord stood upon a wall made by hate his palaces: therefore will I de-a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his liver up the city with all that is there-band. in. 8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos · 9 And it shall come to pass, if there what seest thou? And I said, A plumb · remain ten men in one house, that line. Then said the LORD, Behold, I they shall die. will set a plumb-line in the midst of 10. And a man's uncle shall take him my people Israel: 1 will not again up, and be that burneth him, to bring pass by them any more : out the bones out of the house, and 9 And the high places of Isaac shall shall say unto him that is by the sides be desolate, and the sanctuaries of 18- of the house, Is there yet any with|raelshall be laid waste; and I will rise thee? and he shall say, No. Then against the house of Jeroboam with shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we the sword. may not make mention of the name of the LORD. 10 T Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam king of Is 11 For, behold, the LORD command-rael, saying, Amos hath conspired eth, and he will smite the great house against thee in the midst of the house with breaches, and the little house of Israel: the land is not able to bear with clefts. all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shal! surely be led away captive out of their own land. 12 T Shall horses run upon the rock ? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into liemlock: 13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O nought, which say, Have we not thou seer, go, fire thee away into the 824 Oppression reproved. CHAP. VIII, IX. Desolation certain. land of Judah, and there eat bread, as a flood; and it shall be cast out and and prophesy there: 13 But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 9. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, aud 1 will darken the earth in the clear day: 14 ¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was 1 a propbet's son; but 1 was a 10 And 1 will turn your feasts into herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore- mourning, and all your songs into fruit: lamentation: and I will bring up sack- 15 And the LORD took me as I fol-cloth upon all Ivins, and baldness up- lowed the flock, and the LORD said on every head; and 1 will make it as into me, Go, prophesy unto ny peo-the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. ple Israel. 16 ¶ Now therefore bear thou the word of the Lono; Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. 11 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Gon, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, noż a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD, 12 And they shall wander from sea Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, to sea, and from the north even to the and thy sons and thy daughters shall east; they shall run to and fro to seek fall by the sword, and thy land shall the word of the LORD, and shall not 'e divided by line; and thou shalt die find it. na polluted land: and Israel shall erely go into captivity forth of his land. CHAP. VIII. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. 14 They that swear by the sin of Sa- maria, and say, Thy God, O Dan, liv- HUS hath the Lord God showed eth; and, the manner of Beer-sheba summer-fruit. 2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of sum- mer-fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. 3 And the songs of the temple shall be bowlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shali be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, rise up again. they fall, CHAP. IX. SAW the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posis may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down : 6 Saying, When will the new-moon 3 And though they bide themselves be gone, that we may sell corn? and in the top of Carmel, I will search and the sabbath, that we may set forth take them out thence; and thought wheat, making the ephah small, and they be hid from my sight in the bot- the shekel great, and falsifying_the[tom of the sea, thence will I command balances by deceit ? the serpent, and he shall bite them: 6 That we may buy the poor for sil- 4 And though they go into captivity ver, and the needy for a pair of shoes: before their enemies, thence will yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat ?[command the sword, and it shall slay 7 The Lord hath sworn by the ex-[them: and 1 will set mine eyes upon celleucy of Jacob, Surely I will never them for evil, and not for good. forget any of their works. 5 And the Lord God of hosts is he 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, that toucheth the land, and it shall and every one mourn that dwelleth melt, and all that dwell therein shall therein? and it shall rise up wholly mourn: and it shall rise up wholly 825 Edom's destruction, for their pride, fc OBADIAH. like a flood; and shall be drowned, as shall_not overtake nor prevent us by the tlood of Egypt. 11 T In that day will I raise up the 6 It is he that buildeth his stories in tabernacle of David that is fallen, and the heaven, and hath founded his troop close up the breaches thereof; and 1 10 the earth; he that calleth for the will raise up his ruins, and 1 will waters of the sea, and poureth them build it as in the days of old: out upon the face of the earth: The Lono is his name. 12 That they may possess the rem nant of Edom, and of all the heatben, which are called by my name, saith 7 Are ye not as children of the Ethi- opians unto me, O children of Israel? the LORD that doeth this. saith the LORD. Have not I brought| 13 Behold, the days come, anith the up Israel out of the land of Egypt?| LORD, that the plowman shall over- and the Philistines from Caphtor, aud the Syrians from Kir? S Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord. take the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the bills shall melt. 14 And I will bring again the cap- tivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inbal - it them: and they shall plant vineyards, 9 For, lo, I will command, and 1 will and drink the wine thereof; thej sha. sift the house of Israel among all na-jalso make gardens, and eat the fruit of tions, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, them. yet shall not the least grain fall upon 15 Aud I will plant them upon their the earth. Hand, and they shall no more be pulled 10 All the sinners of my people shall up out of their land which I have giv die by the sword, which say, The evil en them, saith the Lord thy God. THE TOBADIAH.. HE vision of Obadiah. Thus the men that were at peace with thee saith the Lord God concerning have deceived thee, and prevailed Edom; We have heard a rumour against ther; they that cat thy bread from the Lord, and an ambassador is have laid a wound under thee: there sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and is done understanding in him. let us up against her in battle. 2 Behold, I have made thee small Among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 8 Shall I not in that day, saith the Long, even destroy the wise men out of Edom,and understanding out of the mount of Esau ? 3 The pride of thy heart hath de- 9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, ceived thee, thou that dwellest in the shall be dismayed, to the end that ev- clefts of the rock, whose habitationery one of the mount of Esau may be is high; that saith in his heart, Who cut off by slaughter. shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lond. 10 1 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob,shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the 6 If thieves came to thee, if robbers strangers carried away captive bis by night, (low art thou cut off!) forces, and foreignero entered into his would they not have stolen till they gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, had enough? if the grape gatherers even thou wast as one of them. came to thee, would they not leave 12 But thou shouldest not have looked some grapes? on the day of thy brother,in the day that 6 How are the things of Esau search-he became a stranger; neiber should ed out! how are his hidden things est thou have rejoiced over the chil sought up! dren of Judah in the day of their de 7 All the men of thy confederacy struction; neither shouldest thou have have brought thee even to the border: spoken proudly in the day of distress. 826 Jonah sent CHAP. I. to Ninevah. 13 Thou shouldest not have enteredness; and the abuse of Jacob shall into the gate of my people in the day possess their possessions. of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a not have looked on their affliction in fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, the day of their calamity, nor have and the house of Esau for stubble,and laid hands on their substance in the they shall kindle in them, and devour day of their calamity; them; and there shall not be any re- maining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of bis that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did reman in the day of distress. 19. And they of the south shall pos sess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 15 For the day of the LORD is near upou all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own 20 And the captivity of tins host of heal. the children of Israel shull possess that 16 For as ye have drunk upon my of the Canaanites, even unto Zare- holy mountain, so shall all the heathen phath; and the captivity of Jerusa- drink continually, yea, they shall lem, which is in Sepharad,shall possess drink, and they aliall swallow down, the cities of the south. and they shall be as though they had¦ 21 And saviours shall come up on not been. mount Zion to judge the mouit of 17 T But upon mount Zion shall be Esau; and the kingdom shall be the deliverance, and there shall be holi-Lono's. CHAP. 1. ↑ JONAH. 7. And they said every one to his fel- NOW the word of the Lord came low, Come, and let us cast lots, that unto Jonah the son of Ammittai, sas mg, we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots,and the lot fell upon Jonah. 8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us? What is thine occu pation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? 2 Arise, go to Ninevah, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness ie come up before ine. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tar- shish, from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went 9 And he said unto them, I am a down into it, to go with them unto Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the Tarshish from the presence of the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. Lond. ¶ But the Lono sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken, 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said uuto him, Why hast thou done this? (for the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lono, because he had told them.) 11 T Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee,that the sea may calm unto us? (for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.) 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea,to lighten it of them.jbe But Jouah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. 6 So the shipmaster came to him,and said unto him, What meanest thou,O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us,that we perish not. 12 And he said unto tliem, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you : for 1 know that for my sake this great tem- pest is upon you. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard Ito bring it to the land; but they could 827 JONAH. The prayer of Jonah, not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. Ninevites repenu. city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 14 Wherefore they cried unto the 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD, we beseech thee, let us not LORD. (Now Nineveh was an excecd- perish for this man's life, and lay not ing great city of three day's journey.) uçon us innocent blood: for thou, 0] 4 And Jonah began to enter into the LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. city a day's journey, and he cried and 15 So they took up Joual, and cast said, Yet forty days,and Nineveh shall him forth into the sea; and the sea be overthrown. crased from ber raging. 16 Then the men feared the Lono exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. 17 T Now the Lono had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonali. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. CHAP. II. THEN Jonah prayed unto the Lo&D his God out of the fish's belly, 2. And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried and thou heardest my voice. 5 So the people of Nineveh believ ed God,and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth,from the greatest of them leven to the least of them. 6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh,and ne arose from his throne, and be laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh, (by the decree of the king and his nobles,) saying, Let neither mau nor beast, I,herd nor flock,taste any thing; let theni not feed, nor drink water: 3 For thou hadst cast ine into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the doods compassed me about all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of thy eight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped] about my head. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the vio- lence that is in their bands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and repeat, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 10 ¶ And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto thein, CHAP. IV. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the fand he did it not. mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou, brought up my life from corruption, BUT it displeased Jonal exceed- O ingly, and he was very angry. Loup my God. 2. And he prayed unto the LORD, and 7 When my soul fainted within me said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not 1 remembered the LORD; and my this ny saying when I was yet in my prayer came in unto thee, into thy ho-country ? therefore I fled before unto ly temple. 8 They that observe lying vanlties forsake their own mercy. 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. 10 T And the Lono spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonal upon the dry land. CHAP. II. Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and re- pentest thee of the evil. 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live. 4 Then said the LORD,Doest thou well to be angry? 5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and ND the word of the LORD came tuere made him a booth, and sat under saying, might see would become of the city. 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great 6 And the LORD God prepared a 828 Jacob threatened for idolatry. 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, EVEN unto death. CHAP. I, II. gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehe- inent east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, I is better for me to die than to live. CHAP. I. 10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither mades it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherin are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannoc discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also inuch cattle? T MICAH. is come unto Judalı; he is come unto THE Word of Gashite in the le THE word of the Lord that came the gate of my people, even to Jerusa days of Jothan, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 10 T Declare ye it not at Gath, weep kings of Judah, which he saw concern ye not at all: in the house of Apurah ing Samaria and Jerusalem. roll thyself in the dust. 2 Hear, all ye people: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is; and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Load from his holy temple. 3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. 4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. 11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the morning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing. 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth wait ed carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. 13 0 thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daugh ter of Zion :" for the transgressious of Israel were found in thee. 5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house] 14 Therefore shalt thou give presents of Israel. What is the transgression to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Ach- of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what|zib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. ure the high places of Judah? are they | 15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, not Jerusalem? 6 Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the etones thereof into the valley, aud will discover the foundations thereof 7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with thei fire, and all the idols thereof will ay desolate: for she gathered it of the nire of a harlot, and they shall return to the hire of a barlot. & Therefore will I wail and howl, 1 will go stripped aud naked; I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. 9 For her wound is incurable; for it O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. 16. Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are goue muito captivity from thee. W CHAP. II. O to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds when the morning is light, they prac- tise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: 80 they oppress a man and his house, even a man ano his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; 829 The fulschood MICAH. 3 Who also eat the 'flesh of my peo ple, and flay their skin from oll them; and they break their bones, and chop them in peices, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. of the prophets. Behold, against this family do I devise of them, and their flesh from off their an evil, from which ye shall not re-bones: move your necks; neither shall ye go naughtily: for this time is evil. 4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful Tamentation, and say, We be atterly spoiled; be bath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away be hath divided our fields. 4 Then shall they cry unto the Lonn, but he will not hear them. he will even bide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves none fill in their doings. 5 Therefore thou shalt have that shalt cast a cord by lot in the con- gregation of the Lord. 5 Prophesy ve not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not proph esy to them, that they shall not take shame. 7 ¶ O thou that art named The house of Jacob, is the Spirit of the Lond straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? 8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. 9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. 5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not intʊ their mouths, they even prepare war against him: 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. S T But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of judg ment, and of might, to declare unfo Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the 11 If a man walking in the spirit and house of Israel, that abhor judgment, falsehood do lie, saying, I will proph-and pervert all equity. esy unto thee of wine and of strong 10 They build up Zion with blood, drink; he shall even be the prophet and Jerusalem with iuiquity, of this people. 11 The heads thereof judge for re 12 TT will surely assemble, O Jacob, ward, and the priests thereof teach all of thee; I will surely gather the for hire, and the prophets thereof remnant of Israel; I will put them divine for money: yet wall they lean together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the upon the Loan, and say, Is not the flock in the midst of their fold: they Lond among us? none evil can come shall make great uoise by reason of Jupon us. the multitude of men. 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake 13 The breaker is come up before be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem them: they have broken up, and have shall become heaps, and the mountain passed through the gate, and are gone of the house as the bigh places of the out by it: and their King shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them. CHAP. III. ND I said, Hear, I pray you, O beads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you o know judgment? forest. CHAP. IV. UT in the last days it shall come B to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Load shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2 Who hate the good, and love the 2 And many nations shall come, and vil; who pluck off their skin from¦say, Come, and let us go up to the 830 The glory of CHAP. V the Church. mountain of the Lonr, and to the and I will consecrate their gain untó house of the God of Jacob; and he the LORD, and their substance unto will teach us of his ways, and we will the Lord of the whole earth. walk in bis paths: for the w sball CHAP. V. go forth of Zion, and the word of the NOW gather thyself in troops, LORD from Jerusalem. daughter of troops: he hathi Inid 3 T And he shal! judge among many siege against us: they shall smite the people, and rebuke strong nations afar Judge of Israel with a rod upon the "off"; and they shall beat their swords cheek. juto plowshares, and their spears into 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratali, pruning-hooks: nation ehalt not lift though thou be little among the thou up a sword against nation, neither sands of Judah, yet out of thee shall shall they learn war any more. be come forth unto me, that is to be But they shall sit every man under Ruler in Israel; whose goings forth his vine and under bis fig-tree; and have been from of old, from everlast- none shall make them afraid for the ing. mouth of the LonD of hosts bath 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travail- spoken it. 5 For all people will walk every one eth hath brought forth: then the rem- in the name of his god, and we will nant of his brethren shall return unto walk in the name of the Lond our the children of Israel. God for ever and ever. 6. In that day, saith the Lond, will assemble her that halfeth, and 1 will gather her that is driven out, and her that I bave afflicted; 7 And I will make her that balted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Loup shall reign over them in mount Zion from benceforth, even for ever. ST And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. 4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LonD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. 5 And this man shall be the peace when the Assyrians shall come irto our land; and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, aud eight princi pal men. 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: 9. Now why dost thou cry out aloud ? thus shall be deliver us from the As- is there no king in thee? is thy coun-syrian, when he cometh into our land, scilor perished? for pangs have taken and when he treadeth within our bor thee as a woman in travail. ders. 10 Be in pain, and labour to bring| 7. And the remuant of Jacob shall forth, O daughter of Zion, like a wo-be in the midst of many people as a man in travail: for now shalt thou goldew from the LORD, as the showers forth out of the city, and thou shalt upon the grass, that tarrieth not for dwell in the field, and thou shalt go man, nor waiteih for the sons of men, evento Babylon ;there shalt thou be de- 8 T And the remnant of Jacob shall livered; there the LORD shall redeem be among the Gentiles in the midst of thee from the band of thine enemies. many people as a lion among the beaste 11 ¶ Now also many nations are gath-of the forest, as a young lion among ered against thee, that say, Let her the flocks of sheep: who, if he ga be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. 12 But they knew not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thy horn iron, and 1 will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people:] through, both treadeth down, and tear- eth in pieces, and none can deliver, 9 Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine ene mies shall be cut off. 10. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: 11 And I will cut off the cities of thy 831 The church's MICAH. complaint. land, and throw down all thy strong and the scant measure that is aboinin holds: 12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand: and thou shalt bave no more soothsayers: 13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands. able ? with the 11 Shall I count them wicked balances, and with the bag of pure deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are ful! of violence, and the inhabitants there- of have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 14 And I will pluck up thy groves 13 Therefore also will I make thee out of the midst of thee: so will I de-sick in smiting thee, in making thee stroy thy cities. desolate because of thy sins. 15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard. 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which EAR ye now what the LORD thou deliverest will I give up to the saith; Arise, contend thou be-sword. HEA CHAP. VI. fore the mountains, and let the hills 15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth; for the LORD bath a controversy with his people, and be will plead with Israel. 3 O my people, what have I done un- to thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. -- reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. 16 T For the statues of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Aliab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: 4 For 1 brought thee up out of the therefore ye shall bear the reproach of land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out my people. of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. CHAP. VII. 5 O my people, remember now wint Wis me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer- Balak king of Moab.consulted, and fruit, as the grape-gleanings of the what Balaam the sonof Beor answered vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that soul desired the first-ripe fruit. ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every mau his broth- 6 ¶ Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and how myself before the high God? shall I come before himer with a net. with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old ? 3 T That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and 7 Will the LORD be pleased with the judge asketh for a reward; and the thousands of rams, or with ten thou-great man, he uttereth his mischiev sands of rivera of oil? shall I give my ous desire: so they wrap it up. first-born for my transgression, the 4 The best of them is as a brier: the fruit of my body for the sin of my sou!? 8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD re- quire of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. 5 T Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 9 The Lond's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, thy name hear ye the rod, and who the daughter riseth up against her hath appointed it. mother, the daughter-in-law against 10 T Are there yet the treasures of her mother-in-law; a man's enemies wickedness in the house of the wicked,' are the men of his own house. 832 God's goodness CHAP. L to his people. 7 Therefore 1 will look unto the, 14 T Feed thy people with thy rod, LORD; I will wait for the God of my the flock of thy heritage, which dwell salvation: my God will hear me. solitary in the wood, in the midst of 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and enemy: when I fall, 1 shall arise; Gilead, as in the days of old. when I sit in darkness, the Lond shall 15 According to the days of thy com- be a light unto me. ing out of the land of Egypt will 1 9 I will bear the indignation of the show unto him marvellous things. LORD, because I have sinned against 16 T The nations shall see and be him, until he plead my cause, and ex-confounded at all their might: they ecute judgment for me; he will bring shall lay their hand upon their mouth, me forth to the light, and I shall be their ears shall be deaf. hold his righteousness. 10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall be- hold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. 11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lond our God, and shall fear because of thee. 18 Who is a God like unto thee,that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not bis anger for eter, because he delighteth in mercy, 12 In that day also he shall come 19 He will turn again, he will have even to thee from Assyria, and from compassion upon us; he will subdue the fortified cities, and from the fort-Jour iniquities; and thou wilt cast al. ress even to the river, and from sea to their sius into the depths of the sea. sea, and from mountain to mountain. 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to 13 Notwithstanding the land shall be Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, desolate because of them that dwell which thou hast sworn unto our fa therein, for the fruit of their doings. thers from the days of old. CHAP. I. T NAHUM. out like fire, and the rocks are thrown book down by him. THE burden of Nineveh the The Lomp is good, a strong hold in koshite. 2 God is jealous, and the LORD re-them that trust in him. vengeth; the Load revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. the day of trouble; and be knoweth 8 But with an over-running flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and 9 What do ye imagine against the great in power, and will not at all ac-LORD? he will make an utter end: quit the wicked: the LORD hath his affliction shall not rise up the second way in the whirlwind and in the time. storm, and the clouds are the dust of iis feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5 The mountams quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is one come out of thee that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor. 12 Thus saith the LORD,Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall 6 Who can stand before his indigna-pass through. Though I have afflicted tion? and who can abide in the fierce. thee, 1 wili afflict thee no more. cess of his anger? his fury is poured| 13 For now will I break his yoke 3G 833 The miserable ruin NAHUM. of Nineveh. from off thee, and will burst thy bonds 11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, in sunder. and the feeding place of the young 14 And the LORD hath given a com- lions, where the lion, even the old mandment concerning thee, that nojlion, walked, and the lion's whelp, more of thy name be sown out of and none made them afraid ? the house of thy gods will I cut off the 12 The lion did tear in pieces enough graven image, and the molten image: for his whelps, and strangled for his I will make thy grave; for thou art lionesses, and filled his holes with vile. prey, and his dens with ravin. 13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn ber chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and í will cut of thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall [no more be heard. 15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut ofl: CHAP. II. W CHAP. III. O to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; HE that dasheth in pieces is come НЕ up before thy face: keep the mu- nition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. 2 For the LORDhath turned away the 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise excellency of Jacob as the excellency of the rattling of the wheels, and of of Israel: for the emptiers have emp-the prancing horses, and of the jump tied them out, and marred their vine-ing chariots. 3 The horsemen lifteth up both the branches. 3 The shield of his mighty men is brigot sword and the glittering spear: made red, the valiant men are in and there is a multitude of slain, and a scarlet: the chariots shall be with great number of carcases; and there is flaming torches in the day of his none end of their corpses; they stun preparation, and the fir-trees shall be ble upon their corpses: terribly shaken. 4 Because of the multitude of the The chariots shall rage in the whoredoms of the well-favoured har- streets, they shall justle one against lot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that another in the broad ways: they shall selleth nations through her whore- seem like torches, they shall run like doms, and families through her witch- the lightnings. 5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. 6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dis- Bolved. crafts. 5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discov. er thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. 6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and 7 And Huzzab shall be led away cap-will set thee as a gazing-stock. tive, she shall be brought up, and her 7 And it shall come to pass, that all maids shall lead her as with the voice they that look upon thee shall flee of doves, tabering upon their breasts. from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid 8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of waste: who will bemoan her? whence water; yet they shall flec away. Stand, shall I seek comforters for thee? stand, shall they cry; but none shall 8 Art thou better than populous No, look back. that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. 10 She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness, 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite: Put and Lubiin were thy helpers 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young chil dren also were dashed in pieces at the 834 The fearful vengeance CHAP. I. by the Chaldeans top of all the streets: and they cast worm, make thyself many as the lo lots for her honourable men, and all custs. her great men were bound in chains. away. 16 Thou hast multiplied thy mer 11 Thou also shall be drunken: thou chants above the stars of heaven shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek the cauker worm spoileth, ani neeth strength because of the enemy. 12 All thy strong bolds shall be like fig-trees with the first ripe figs: il they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies the fire shall devour thy bars. 17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grass hoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day; but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. 18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust thy people is scattered upon. the mountains, and no man gathereth them. 14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the 19 There is no healing of thy bruise; brick-kiln. thy wound is grievous: all that bear 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the bruit of thee shall clap the bands the sword shall cut thee off, it shall over thee: for upon whom hath eat thee up like the canker-worm: not thy wickedness passed continu make thyself many as the canker-lally? THE CHAP. I. THABAKKUK. men shall spread themselves, and their HE burden whichHabbakkuk the horsemen shall come from far; they prophet did see. shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to and 2 0 Lono, how long shall I cry, thon wilt not hearl even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 3 Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance ? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. • eat 9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the capti- vity as the sand 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they eball deride every strong bold; for they shall heap dust, and 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and take it. judgment doth never go forth for 11 Then shall his mind change, and the wicked doth compass about the he shall pass over, and offend, impua- righteous; therefore wrong judgmenting this his power unto his god. proceedeth. 12 ¶ Art thou not from everlasting, 5 Behold ye among the heathen, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we and regard, and wonder marvellously: 'shall not die. O Lord, thou hast or- for I will work a work in your days, duined them for judgment; and, o which ye will not believe, though it mighty God, thou hast established be told you. them for correction. 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to that bitter and hasty nation, which behold evil, and canst not look on in- shall march through the breadth of the iquity; wherefore lookest thou upon land, to possess the dwelling-places them that deal treacherously, and that are not theirs. holdest thy tongue when the wicked 7 They are terrible and dreadfu : devoureth the man that is more right- their judgment and their dignity shall eous than be ? proceed of themselves. Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horse- 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 15 They take up all of them with 835 Judgment against HABAKKUK. the Chaldeans. the angle, they catch them in their wall, and the beam out of the timber net, and gather them in their drag: shall answer it. therefore they rejoice and are glad. 12 Wo to him that buildeth a town 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their with blood, and establisheth a city by net and burn incense unto their drag; iniquity! because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? CHAP. II. WILL stand upon my watch, and 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. I vet me stood then tower, and will 15 9 Wo u te trs cover the sua his watch to see what he will say unto neighbour drink, that puttest thy bot- me, and what I shall answer when Itle to him, and makest him drunken am reproved. also, that thou mayest look on their 2 And the LORD answered me, and nakedness! said, Write the vision, and make it 16 Thou art filled with shame for plain upon tables, that he may run glory: drink thou also, and let thy that readeth it. foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the 3 For the vision is yet for an appoin- | Lonɔ's right hand shall be turned unto ted time, but at the end it shall speak, thee, and shameful spewing shall be and not lie: though it tarry, wait for on thy glory. it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith. 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 5 Yea also, because be transgress eth by wine, he is a proud man, nei 18 T What profiteth the graven im- ther keepeth at home, who enlargeth age that the maker thereof liath graven his desire as hell, and is as death, and it; the molten image, and a teacher cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto of lies, that the maker of this work him all nations, and heapeth unto him trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? all people: 19 Wo unto him that saith to the 6 Shall not all these take up a para-wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, ble against hin, and a taunting prov-Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is erb against hin, and say, Wo to him laid over with gold and silver, and that increaseth that which is not his! there is no breath at all in the midst bow long? and to him that ladeth of it. himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peo- ple shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9 Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set bis nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the 20 But the LORD is in his holy tem- ple: let all the earth keep silence be- fore him. CHAP. III. A PRAYER of Habakkuk the pro phet upon Shigionoth. 2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. is glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, 836 Judgments against CHAP. 1. Judah foretold. and burning coals went forth at his with thine anointed: thou woundedst feet. the head out of the house of the wick- 5 He stood, and measured the earth: ed, by discovering the foundation unto ne beheld, and drove asunder the na-the neck. Selah. tions; and the everlasting mountains 14 Thou didst strike through with his were scattered, the perpetual hills did staves the head of his villages: they bow: his ways are everlasting. came out as a whirlwind to scatter 7 I saw the tents of Cushian in affic-me: their rejoicing was as to devour tion: and the curtains of the land of the poor secretly. Midian did tremble. 16 Thou didst walk through the sea with thy horses, through the heap of great waters. 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the 16 When 1 heard, my belly trembled; sea, that thou didst ride upon thy my lips quivered at the voice: rot- horses and thy chariots of salvation? tenness entered into my bones, aud I 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, trembled in myself, that I might rest according to the oaths of the tribes, in the day of trouble: when he com even thy word. Selah. Thou didst eth up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they 17 T Although the fig-tree shall not trembled: the overflowing of the wa-blossom, neither shall fruit be in the ter passed by: the deep uttered his vines; the labour of the olive sball voice, and liſted up his hands on high. 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. 12 Thou didst march through the land indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. 13 Thou wentest forth for the salva- tion of thy people, even for salvation CHAP. I. fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no berd in the stalls. 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I willjoy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LonD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' Sect, and he will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. T ZEPHANIAH. THE word of the LORD of Cushi, the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; Lord which came 6 And them that are turned back unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, from the LORD; and those that have the son of Gedaliah, the son of Ama-not sought the LORD, nor inquired for riah, the son of Hizkiab, in the days him. of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah. 21 will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. 3 I will consume man and beast, 1 will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stum bling blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD, 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD bath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all euch as are clothed with strange apparel 4 I will also stretch out my hand 9 In the same day also will I punish upon Judah, and upon all the inhab-all those that leap on the threshold, itants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off which All their masters' houses with the remnant of Baal from this place, violence and deceit. and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 6 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and that swear by 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lond, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish-gate, and a howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. 837 Judgment of ZEPHANIAH. the Philistines, &c. 11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh,; 5T Wo unto the inhabitants of the for all the merchant-people are cuti sea-coasts, the nation of the Chereth- down; all they that bear silver are ites! the word of the LORD is against cut off. you; O Canaan, the land of the Phil 12 And it shall come to pass at that istines, I will even destroy thee, that time, that I will search Jerusalem there shall be no inhabitant. with candles, and punish the men 6 And the sea-coast shall be dwell that are settled on their lees: that sayings and cottages for shepherds, and in their heart, The Lono will not do folds for flocks. good, neither will he do evil. 7 And the coasts shall be for the rem- 13 Therefore their goods shall be-nant of the house of Judah; they shall come a booty and their houses a des-feed thereupon: in the houses of Ash olation they shall also build houses, kelon shall they lie down in the even- but not inhabit them; and they shall ing: for the LORD their God shall plant vineyards, but not drink the visit them, and turn away their cap- wine thereof. tivity. 14 The great day of the LORD is near, 8 I have heard the reproach of it is near, and hasteth greatly, even Moab, and the revilings of the chil the voice of the day of the LORD: the dren of Ammon, whereby they have mighty man shall cry there bitterly. reproached my people, and magified 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day themselves against their border. of trouble and distress, a day of waste- 9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lono ness and desolation, a day of darkness of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely and gloominess, a day of clouds and Moab shall be as Sodom, and the chil- thick darkness, dren of Ammon as Gomorrahı, even 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm the breeding of nettles, and salt-pits, against the fenced cities, and against and a perpetual desolation: the resi- the high towers. due of my people shall spoil thein, 17 And I will bring distress upon and the remnant of my people shall inen, that they shall walk like blind possess them. men, because they have sinned against||~ 10 This shall they have for their the LORD and their blood shall be pride, because they have reproached poured out as dust, and their flesh as and magnified themselves against the the dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Louv's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. CHAP. II. ATHER yourselves together,yea, people of the LORD of hosts. 11 The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. 12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword, 13 T And he will stretch out his hand against the north,and destroy Assyria ; and will make Nineveh a desolation, Gather together, Vestagen and will a sired; 14 And flocks shall lie down in the 2 Before the decree bring forth, be-midst of her, all the beasts of the na- fore the day pass as the chiaff, before tions; both the cormorant and the the fierce anger of the LORD come bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels upon you, before the day of the LORD's of it; their voice shall sing in the funger come upon you. windows; desolation shall be in the 3 Seek ye the Louo, all ye meek of thresholds: for he shall uncover the the earth, which have wrought his cedar-work. judgment; seek righteousness, seek 15 This is the rejoicing city that ineekness: it may be ye shall be bid dwelt carelessly, that said in her in the day of the LORD's anger. heart, I am, and there is pone besides 4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and me: how is she become a desolation, Ashkelon a desolation: they shall a place for beasts to lie down in! drive out Ashdod at the noon-day, and every one that passeth by her shall Ekron shall be rooted up. Thiss, and wag his band. 838 The restoration W CHAP. III. CHAP. I. of Israel. ashamed for all thy doings, wherein O to her that is filthy and pol- thou hast transgressed against me; 2 She obeyed not the voice; she re-midst of thee them that rejoice in thy ceived not correction ; she trusted not pride; and thou shalt no more be in the Lond; she drew not near to berhaughty because of my holy mountain. God. 12 I will also leave in the midst of 3 Her princes within her are roaring thee an afflicted and poor people, and lions; her judges are evening wolves; they shall trust in the name of the they gnaw not the bones till the mor- LORD. row. 13 The remnant of Israel shall not 4 Her propbets are light and treach-do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither erous persons: her priests have pol-shall a deceitful tongue be found in luted the sanctuary, they have done their mouth: for they shall feed and violence to the law. lie down, and none shall make them 5 The just LORD is in the midst there-afraid. of; he will not do iniquity: every 14 T Sing, O daughter of Zion; morning doth he bring his judgment shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust with all the heart, O daughter of Je- knoweth no shame. rusalem. 6 I have cut off the nations: their 15 The LORD hath taken away thy towers are desolate; I made their judgments, he hath cast out thine streets waste, that none passeth by Jenemy: the King of Israel, even the their cities are destroyed, so that therej Lono, is in the midst of thee: thou is, no man, that there is none inhabit-shalt not one evil any more. ant. 16 In that day it shall be said to Je- 7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, rusalem, Fear thou not; and to Zion, thou wilt receive instruction; so their Let not thy hands be slack. dwelling should not be cut off, how90- 17 The LORD thy God in the midst ever I punished them: but they rose of thee is mighty; he will save, he early, and corrupted all their doings.will rejoice over thee with joy; he 8 T Therefore wait ye upon me, will rest in his love; be will joy over saith the LORD, until the day that thee with singing. rise up to the prey; for my determi- nation is to gather the nations, that may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethi- opia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine of sering. 18 1 will gather them that are sor rowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to ichom the reproach of it was a burden. 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. 20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise arrong all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity be ! In that day shalt thou not belfore your eyes, saith the LORD. CHAP. I. THAGGAI, the second year of Darius the son ofJosedech,the high priest,saying 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, Iking, in the sixth month, in the saying, This people say, The time is first day of the mouth, came the word not come, the time that the LORD'S of the LORD by Haggai the prophet house should be built. unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 3 Then came the word of the Lonv governor of Judah, and to Joshua the] by Haggai the prophet, saying, 839 Haggai inciteth HAGGAL the people to work. 4 Is it time for you. O ye, to dwell came the word of the LORD by the in your ceiled houses, and this house prophet Haggai, saying, lie waste? 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with 3 Who is left among you that saw drink; ye clothe you, but there is this house in her first glory? and how none warin; and he that earneth wa-do ye see it now? is it not in your ges, earueth wages to put it into a bag eyes in comparison of it as nothing? with holes. 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, 7 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; saith the LORD; and be strong, O Consider your ways. Joshua, son of Josedech, the ligh 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring priest; and be strong, all ye people of wood, and build the house; and I will the land, saith the LORD, and work : take pleasure in it, and I will be glo- for I am with you, saith the Load o rified, saith the LORD. hosts. 9 Ye looked for much, and lo, it 5 According to the word that I cov- came to little; and when ye brought[enanted with you when ye came sut it home, I did blow upon it. Why? of Egypt, so my Spirit remaineth saith the LORD of hosts. Because of among you; fear ye not. my house that is waste, and ye ruu every man unto his own house. 10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. 6 For thus saith the LonD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7 And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold 19 mine, saith the Loan of hosts. 11 And I called for a draught upon the land, and upon the mountains,and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith 12 T Then Zerubbabel the son of the Lond of hosts: and in this place Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jose-will I give peace, saith the Loko of dech, the high priest, with all the rem-hosts. the labour of the hauds. nant of the people, obeyed the voice] 10 T In the four and twentieth day of the LORD their God, and the words of the ninth month, in the second of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD year of Darius, came the word of the their God had sent him, and the peo-Lonn by Haggai the prophet, saying, ple did fear before the Lond. 13 Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD & message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, 12. If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do 14 And the Lond stirred up the spirit touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, foil, or any meat, shall it be holy? governor of Judah, and the spirit of And the priests answered and said, Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the rem nant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Long of hosts, their God, 15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. CHAP. II. IN No. 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. 14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Loup; and so is N the seventh month, in the one every work of their hands; and that and twentieth day of the month,'which they offer there is unclean. $40 The vision of CHAP. 1. the horses. 15 And now, I pray you, consider, hath not brought forth: from this day from this day and upward, from be-will I bless you, fore a stone was laid upon a stone in 20 ¶ And again the word of the LORD the temple of the Lund: 16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the press-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press,there were bu twenty. came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judali, saying, I will shake the hea vens and the earth; 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the 17 I smote you with blasting and strength of the kingdoms of the hea with mildew and with hail in all the then; and I will overthrow the char- labours of your hands; yet ye turned[iots, and those that ride in them; and not to me, saith the LORD. the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. 18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider it. 23 In that day, saith the Lond of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, eaith 19 is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the Lonv, and will make thee as a as yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the pomegranate, and the clive-tree, the LonD of hosts. CHAP. I. ¶ ZECHARIAII. IN the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lond unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah,the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of two the prophet, saying, 8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and be stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. 9 Then said I, O'my lord, what are 3 Therefore say thou unto them, these? And the angel that talked with Thus saith the Lono of hosts; Turu¡me said unto me, I will show thee ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, what these be. and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 The Lord hath been sore displeas- ed with your fathers. 10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said,These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. 11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle- trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and,bebold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. 12 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD an- swered and said, O LORD of hosts,how 6 But my words and my statutes, long wilt thou not have mercy on Je- which I commanded my servants the rusalem and on the cities of Judah, prophets, did they not take hold of against which thou hast had indigna your fathers? and they returned and ſtion these threescore and ten years? said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought|| 13 And the Lond answered the angel to do unto us, according to our ways, that talked with me with good words and according to our doings, so hath and comfortable words. 4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lond of hosts;| Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings; but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord. 5 Your fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live for ever? he dealt with us. 14 So the angel that communed with 7 Upon the four and twentieth day me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, of the eleventh month, which is the Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am month Sebat, in the second yearof Da- jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion rius, came the word of the LORD unto with a great jealousy 841 Christ the Branch ZECHARIAH. is promised. 15 And I am very sore displeased, the nations which spoiled you; for he with the heathen that are at ease; for that toucheth you toucheth the apple I was but a little displeased, and they of his eye. helped forward the affliction. 9 For, bebold, I will shake my hand 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I upon them, and they shall be a spoil am returned to Jerusalem with mer-to their servants: and ye shall know cies: my house shall be built in it, that the LORD of hosts bath sent me. saith the LORD of hosts, and a line 10 T Sing and rejoice, O daughter of shall be stretched forth upon Jerusa-Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell lem. 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, My cities through pros- perity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. 18 ff Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. 19 Aud I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judalı, Israel, and Jerusalem. 20 And the LORD showed me four carpenters. 21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scatteredJudah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. CHAP. II. in the midst of thee, saith the Lond. 11. And many nations shall be jomed to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 12 And the LORD snall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. 13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lond: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. CHAP. III. AND he showed me Joshua the lugh priest standing before the ange! of the LORD,and Satan standing at his right band to resist him. 2 And the LORD said unto Satan,The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lono that hath cliosen Jerusalem re buke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire ? 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy I LIFTED up mine eyes again, and garments, and stood before the angel. looked, and behold a man with a measuring-line in his band. And be answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? Take away the filthy garments from And he said unto me, To measure him. And unto him në said, Behold, Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth I have caused thine miquity to pass thereof, and what is the length thereof.[from thee, and I will clothe thee with 3 And, behold, the angel that talked change of raiment. with me went forth, and another angel 5 And I said, Let them set a fair went out to meet him, 4. And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. 6 T Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lono: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. 6 ¶ And the angel of the Lond pro- tested unto Joshua, saying, 7 Thus saith the Loud of hosts, If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thon shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep iny courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. 8 ¶ Hear now, O Joshua the high 7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwell-priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit est with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus saith the Loan of hosts: After the glory hath he sent me unto before thee; for they are men wonder ed at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. 842 The vision of the CHAP. IV, v. 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. golden candlestick, &c. 9 For behold the stone that I have golden pipes, empty the golden oil ont laid before Joshua; upon one stone of themselves? shall be seven eyes: behold, I willen- grave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10 In that day, saith the Lond of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. CHAP. IV. 14 Then said be, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lond of the whole earth. CHAP. V. T HEN I turned, and liſted mine up eyes, and looked, and behold a AND the angel that talked with me flying roll. came again and waked me, as a 2 And be said unto me, What seest man that is wakened out of his sleep, thou? And Ianswered,Isee aflying roll, 2 And said unto me,What seest thou? the length thereof is twenty cubits, And I said, I have looked, and behold and the breadth thereof ten cubits. a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl 3 Then said he unto me, This is the upon the top of it, and his seven lamps curse that goeth forth over the face of thereon, and seven pipes to the seven the whole earth: for every one that lamps, which are upon the top thereof: stealeth shall be cut off as on this side, 3 And two olive-trees by it, one upon according to it; and every one that the right side of the bowl, and the sweareth shall be cut off as on that other upon the left side thereof. side according to it. 4 So I answered and spake to the an- gel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? 5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Kuowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 4 I will bring it forth,saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the 5 ¶ Then the angel that talked with LORD unto Zerubbabel,saying, Not by me went forth, and said unto me, Lift might, nor by power, but by iny Spir-up now thine eyes, and see what is it, saith the LORD of hosts. this that goeth forth. 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? 6 And I said, What is it? And he before Zerubbabel thou shalt become said,This is an epbah that goeth forth. a plain: and he shall bring forth the He said moreover, This is their re- head stone thereof with shoutings,cry-semblance through all the earth. ing, Grace, grace, unto it. 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a 8 Moreover the word of the LORD talent of lead; and this is a woman came unto me, saying, 9 The hands of Zerrubbabel have| laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it: and thou shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. that sitteth in the midst of the ephal. 8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and be cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and 10. For who hath despised the day of looked, aud, behold, there came out small things? for they shall rejoice, two women, and the wind was in and shall see the plummet in the hand] their wings; for they had wings like of Zerrubbabel with those seven; they the wings of a stork; and they lifted are the eyes of the Lond, which run up the ephah between the earth and to and fro through the whole earth. the heaven. 11 T Then answered 1, and said unto 10 Then said I to the angel that talk him, What are these two olive-trees ed with me, Whither do these bear upon the right side of the candlestick, the ephah? and upon the left side thereof? 11 And he said unto me, To build it 12 And I answered again, and said a house in the land of Shinar: and it unto him, What be these two olive-shall be established, and set there up- branches which, through the two on her own base. 843 The temple and A ZECHARIAH. kingdom of Christ. CHAP. VI. Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a me- ND I turned, and lifted up mine morial in the temple of the LORD. eyes, and looked, and behold, 15 And they that are far off shall there came four chariots out from be-¡come and build in the temple of the tween two mountains; and the moun-LORD: and ye shall know that the tains were mountains of brass. LonD of hosts hath sent me unto you. 2 In the first chariot were red horses; And this shall come to pass, if ye will und in the second chariot black horses; diligently obey the voice of the LORD 3 And in the third chariot white your God. horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. 4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? 5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth. CHAP. VII. AND it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zecha rial in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the Lond, 6 The black horses which are therein 3 And to speak unto the priests go forth into the north country; and which were in the house of the Lond the white go forth after them; and of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, the grisled go forth toward the south Should I weep in the fifth month, sep country. arating myself,as I have done these so many years? 7 And the bay went forth,and sought to go, that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earthi. S Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country, 9 T And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 10 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Baby- lon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speakest the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The: BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD; 13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lond; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throue; and he shall be a priest upon bis throne and the counsel of peace ohall be between them both. 4 Then came the word of the LonD of hosts unto me, saying, 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests,saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for your selves, and drink for yourselves? 7 Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhab- fited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? 8 T And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stop- ped their ears, that they should not hear, 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should 14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, bear the law, and the words which and to Tobijali, and to Jedaiab,and to the LORD of hosts hath sent in his 844 The restoration CHAP. VIu of Jerusalem. Spirit by the former prophets: thereof the affliction: for I set all men eve- fore came a great wrath from the ry one against his neighbour. LORD of hosts. 11 But now I will not be unto the 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that residue of this people as in the former as he cried, and they would not hear; days, saith the Load of hoste, Fo they cried, and I would not bear, 12 For the seed shall be prosperous; saith the LORD of hosts: the vine shall give her fruit, and the 14 But I scattered them with a whirl-ground shall give her increase,and the wind among all the nations whom they heavens shall give their dew; and 1 knew not. Thus the land was deso-will cause the renmant of this people late after them, that no man passed to possess all these things, through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate. CHAP. VIII. GAIN the word of the Lond of hosts came to me, saying, AGAIN 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah,and house of Israel: so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands. be strong. 2 Thus saith the LonD of hosts; I 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; was jealous for Zion with great jeal-As I thought to punish you, when ousy, and I was jealous for her with your fathers provoked me to wrath, great fury. saith the LORD of hosts, and I repent- 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am re-ed not: turned unto Zion, and will dwell in 15 So again have I thought in these the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusa-days to do well unto Jerusalem and to lem shall be called, A city of truth; the house of Judalı: fear ye not. and the mountain of the LORD of 16 These are the things that ye hosts, The holy mountain. shall do; Speak ye every man the gates: 4 Thus saith the LonD of hosts; truth to his neighbour; execute the There shall yet old men and old wo-judgment of truth and peace in your men dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate,saith the LORD. 18 T And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 19 Thus saith the Lond of hosta · The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; shall be to the house of Judah joy and Behold, I will save my people from gladness, and cheerful feasts; there- the east country, and from the west fore love the truth and peace. country; 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. S And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days the words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LonD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many people and strong na- tions shall come to seek the LORD Oľ hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 10 For before these days there was 23 Thus saith the Lead of hosts ; In no hire for man, nor any hire for those days it shall come to pass, that beast; neither was there any peace to ten men shall take hold out of all lan- him that went out or came in because¦gnages of the nations, even shall take 845 God's promises of ZECHARIAH. victory and defence. bold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, [declare that I will render double unto saying, We will go with you; for we thee. have heard that God is with you. CHAP. IX. 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephrain, and rais HE burden of the word of the fed up thy sons, O Zion, against thy Tot in the land of Fadrach, sons, O Greece, and made thee as the aud Damascusshall be the rest thereof; sword of a mighty man. when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. 14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 2 And Hamath also shall border thereby Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. 15 The Lond of hosts shall defend 3 AndTyrus did build herself a strong them; and they shall devour, and sub- hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, due with sling-stones: and they shall and fine gold as the mire of the street. drink, and make a noise as through 4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, wine; and they shall be filled like and he will smite her power in the bowls, and as the corners of the altar, sea; and sire shall be devoured with 16 And the Load their God shall fire. save them in that day as the flock of 6 Askelon shall see it, and fear; his people: for they shall be as the Gaza also shall see it, and be very sor-stones of a crown, lifted up as an en- rowful and Ekrou; for her expecta-sign upon his land. tion & all be ashamed; and the king 17 For how great is his goodness,and shall perish from Gaza, and Askelon how great is bis beauty! Corn shall shall not be inhabited. make the young men cheerful, and 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ash-[new wine the maids, dod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. CHAP. X. ASK se of the LORD rain in the time 7. And I will take away his blood out of the latter rain: so the LORD of his mouth, and his abominations shall make bright clouds, and give from between his teeth: but he that them showers of rain, to every one remaineth, even he, shall be for our grass in the field. • God, and he shall be as a governor in| 2 For the idols have spoken vanity, udah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. and the diviners have seen a lie, and 8 And I will encamp about my house have told false dreams; they comfort because of the army, because of him in vain: therefore they went their that passeth by, and because of him way as a flock, they were troubled,be- that returneth: and no oppressor shall cause there was no shepherd. pass through them any more: for now 3 T Mine anger was kindled against have I seen with mine eyes. the shepherds, and I punished the 9 Rejoice greatly,O daughter of Zion: goats: for the LouD of hosts hath shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: be-visited his flock the house of Judah, hold, thy King cometh unto thee: he and hath made them as his goodly just, and having salvation; lowly, horse in the battle. and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle-bow, out of him every oppres 10 Aud I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusa-sor together. em, and the battle-bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. 11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy orisoners out of the pit wherein is no 5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemics in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because the Lond is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to 12 Turn you to the strong hold,ye place them: for I have mercy upou prisoners of hope: even to-day do them; and they shall be as though I water. 846 The destruction CHAP. XI, XIL bad not cast them off: for 1 am the LouD their God, and will hear them, 7. And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lond. 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redɛenied them; and they shall increase as they have in creased. of Jerusaler. one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 9 Then said I, 1 will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. 10 TAnd I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that wait- ed upon mé knew that it was the word of the LORD. 12 And 1 said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my 9 And I will sow them among the people and they shall remember me a far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. 101 will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; price thirty pieces of silver. and place shall not be found for them. 13 And the Lord said unto me, Cast 11 And he shall pass through the sea it unto the potter: a goodly price that with affliction, and shall smite the I was prized at of them. And I took waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the thirty pieces of silver, and castthem the river shall dry up; and the pride to the potter in the house of the LORD of Assyria shall be brought down,and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD. CHAP. XI. PEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff,even Bands,that I might break the brotherliood betweenJudah and Israel. 15 T And the Lond said unto me Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd: 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd OPEN Othy Cedars, in the land, which shall not visit these 2 How), fir-tree, for the cedar is that be cut off, neither shall seek the fallen; because the mighty are spoil-young one, nor heal that that is broken. ed: bowl, O ye oaks of Bashan, for nor feed that that standeth still; but the forest of the vintage is come down, he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and 3. There is a voice of the howling of tear their claws in pieces. the shepherds; for their glory is spoil 17 Wo to the idol shepherd that leav ed: a voice of the roaring of young li-eth the flock! the sword shall be upon ons; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. his arm, and upon his right eye: hie 4 T Thus saith the Lord my God, arm shall be clean dried up, and his Feed the flock of the slaughter; right eye shall be utterly darkened. 6 Whose possessors slay them, and CHAP. XII, hold themselves not guilty and they FHE burden of the word of the that sell them say, Blessed be the Load for Israel, saith the LORD, LORD; for I am rich; and their own which stretcheth forth the heavens, shepherds pity them not. and layeth the foundation of the earth 6 For I will no more pity the inhab- and formeth the spirit of man within itants of the land, saith the LORD; but,|him. THE lo, I will deliver the men every one 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a into his neighbour's band, and into the cup of trembling unto all the people band of his king; and they shall smite round about, when they shall be in the the land, and out of their band I will siege both against Judah and against not deliver them. Jerusalem. * 7 And I will feed the flock of slaugh-] ter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the ouc I called Beauty, and the other 1 called Bands; and, I fed the flock. 3. And in that day will I make Jeru- salem a burdensome stone for all peo- ple: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered to Three shepherds also I cut off in gether against it. 847 The repentance ZECHARIAH. of Jerusalem. 4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin smite every horse with astonishment, and for uncleanness. and his rider with madness: and I 2 T And it shall come to pass in that will open mine eyes upon the house of day, saith the LORD of hosts, that 1 Judali, and will smite every horse of will cut off the name of the idols out the people with blindness. of the land, and they shall no more ve 5 And the governors of Judah shall]remembered: and also I will cause the say in their heart, The inhabitants of prophets and the uncleanspirits to pass Jerusalem shall be my strength in the out of the land. LouD of hosts their God. 3 And it shall come to pass, that 6¶ In that day will I make the gov-when any shall yet prophesy, then his ernors of Judahy like a hearth of fire father and his mother that begat him among the wood, and like a torch of shall say unto him, Thou shalt not fire in a sheaf'; and they shall devour live; for thou speakest lies in the all the people round about, on the right|name of the LORD: and his father hand and on the left: and Jerusalem and his mother that begat him shall shall be inhabited again in her own thrust him through when he prophe- place, even in Jerusalem. sieth. 7 The Lono also shall save the tents 4 And it shall come to pass in that of Judah first, that the glory of the day,that the prophets shall be ashamed bouse of David and the glory of the every one of his visiou, when he hath inhabitants of Jerusalem do not mag-prophesied; neither shall they wear a nify themselves against Judah. 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and be that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. rough garment to deceive; 5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, 1 am a husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. 6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thy hands? Then be shall answer, Those with which I 9 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that was wounded in the house of my day, that I will seek to destroy all the friends. nations that come against Jerusalem. 7 ¶ Awake, O sword, against my 20 And I will pour upon the house of Shepherd, and against the man that is David, and upon the inhabitants of Je-my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts. rusalem, the spirit of grace and of sup-sinite the Shepherd, and the sheep plications: and they shall look upon shall be scattered: and I will turn my me whom they have pierced, and they band upon the little ones. shall moum for him, as one mourneth 8 Amd it shall come to pass, that in for his only son, and shall be in bitter all the land, saith the LORD, two parts ness for him, as one that is in bitter-therein shall be cut off and die; but ness for his first-born. the third shall be left therein. 11 In that day shall there be a great 9 And I will bring the third part mourning in Jerusalein, as the mourn-through the fire, and will refine thein mg of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of las silver is refined, and will try them Megiddon. as gold is tried: they shall call on my 12 And the land shall mourn, every naine, and I will hear them: 1 will family apart; the family of the house say, it is my people: and they shall of David apart, and their wives apart; say, The LORD is my God. the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; CHAP. XIV. 13 The family of the bouse of Levi BEHOLD, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be apart, and their wives apart; the fam-[divided in the midst of thee. ily of Shimei apart, and their wives 2 For I will gather all nations against apart; Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and balf of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cu 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. CHAP. XIIL N that day there shall be a fountain off from the city. I house Loup go forth, unu 848 The plagues of CHAP. I. fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. Jerusalem's enetraca and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall con- sume away in their mouth. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tunult from the Lond shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the band of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neigh- bour. 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereoftoward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 14 And Judah also shall fight at Je- 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of rusalem; and the wealth of all the the mountains; for the valley of the heathen round about shall be gathered mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, together, gold, and silver, and apparel, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from bein great abundance. fore the earthquake in the days of 15 And so shall be the plague of the Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lone horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. 16 1 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, sball 7 But it shall be one day which shall even go up from year to year to wor- be known to the LORD, not day, nor ship the King, the LORD of hosts, and night: but it shall come to pass, that to keep the feast of tabernacles. at evening time it shall be light. my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: 17 And it shall be, that whoso will 8 And it shall be in that day,_that not come up of all the families of the living waters shall go out from Jeru-earth unto Jerusalem to worship the salem; half of them toward the for- King, the LORD of hosts, even upon mer sea, and half of them toward the them shall be no rain. binder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. 9 And the Lord shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. : 10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Beu- jamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Havaneel unto the king's wine-presses. 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain ; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the hentben that come not up to keep the feast of tab- ernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all na tions that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 20 ¶ In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in 11 And men shall dwell in it, and the Lour's house shall be like the there shall be no more utter destruc-bowls before the altar. tion; but Jerusalem shall be safely in- 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and nabited. in Judah shall be holiness unto the 12 T And this shall be the plague LORD of hosts: and all they that sa- wherewith the LORD will smite all crifice shall come and take of them, the people that have fought against and seethe therein and in that day Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume there shall be no more the Canaanite away while they stand upon their feet, in the house of the LORD of hosts. CHAP. I. ¶ MALACHI. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved HE burden of the word of the us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, Tonto Israel by Malachi. 2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his 3 ]] 849 The priests MALACHI. sharply reproved. mountains and his heritage waste for] 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which the dragons of the wilderness. hath in his flock a male, and voweth, 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are im-and sacrificeth unto the LORD a cor- poverished, but we will return and rupt thing: for I am a great King, build the desolate places; thus saith saith the LORD of hosts, and my name the LORD of hosts, They shall build, is dreadful among the heathen. but I will throw down; and they shall CHAP. II. call them, 'The border of wickedness, ove and, The people against whom the AND now, O ye priests, this com the mandment is for you. LORD bath indiguation for ever. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye wil not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, 1 will even send a curse upon you, and 5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be maguified from the border of Israel. 6 ¶ A son honoureth his father, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I aservant his master: if then I be a fa-have cursed them already, because je ther, where is mine honour? and if I do not lay it to heart. be a master, where is my fear? saith 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, and spread dung upon your faces, that despise my name. And ye say, even the dung of your solemn feasts; Wherein have we despised thy name? and one shall take you away with it. 7 Ye offer polluted_bread upon mine 4 And ye shall know that I have sent altar; and ye say, Wherein have we this commandment unto you, that my polluted thee? In that ye say, The covenant might be with Levi, saith table of the LORD is contemptible. the LORD of hosts. 8 And if ye offer the blind for sacri- 5 My covenant was with him of life fice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the and peace; and I gave them to him lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it for the fear wherewith he feared me, now unto thy governor; will he beland was afraid before my name. pleased with thee, or accept thy per- gon? saith the LonD of hosts. 9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he re- gard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the 10 Who is there even among you that law at his mouth: for he is the mes would shut the doors for nought? nei-senger of the LORD of hosts. ther do y'e kindle fire on mine altar for 8 But ye are departed out of the way Į nought. I have no pleasure in you, ye have caused many to stumble at saith the LORD of hosts, neither will the law; ye have corrupted the cove- 1 accept an offering at your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun, even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LonD of hosts. 12 But ye have profaned it, io that ye say, The table of the LORD is pol- luted; and the fruit thereof, even his neat, is contemptible. naut of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts, 9 Therefore have 1 also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against i his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 ¶ Judah bath dealt treacherously and au abomination is committed in 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a wea-Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah riness is it ! and ye have enuffed at it, hath profaned the holiness of the Lons saith the LORD of hosts; and ye which he loved, and hath married the brought that which was torn, and the daughter of a strange god. lume, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your band? saith the Load. 12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Ja- 850 The majesty and CHAP. III grace of Christ. cob, and him that offereth an offering hireling in his wages, the widow, and unto the LORD of hosts. the fatherless, and that turn aside the 13. And this have ye done again, cov stranger from his right, and fear not ering the altar of the Lond with tears, me, saith the LORD of hosts. with weeping, and with crying out, 6 For I am the LORD, I change not; insomuch that be regardeth not the therefore ye sons of Jacob are not offering any more, or receiveth it with consumed. good will at your hand. 7 ¶ Even from the days of your fa- 14 ¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because thers ye are gone away from mine the LORD bath been witness between ordinances, and have not kept them. thee and the wife of thy youth,sgainst Return unto me, and 1 will return un- whom thou hast dealt treacherously: to you, saith the Long of hosts. But yet is she thy companion, and the ye said, Wherein shall we return ? wife of thy covenant. 8 T Will a man rob God? yet ye 15 And did not he make one? Yet have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein had he the residue of the Spirit. And have we robbed thee? In tithes and wherefore one? That he might seek offerings. a godly seed. Therefore take heed to 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye your spirit,and let none deal treacher- bave robbed me, even this whole na- ously against the wife of his youth. tion. 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the saith that he hateth putting away:store-house, that there may be meat in for one covereth violence with bis gar- my house, and prove me now here- ment, saith the LORD of hosts: there-with, saith the LonD of hosts, if I will fore take heed to your spirit, that ye not open you the windows of heaven, deal not treacherously. and pour you out a blessing that there 17 Ye have wearied the Lond with shall not be room enough to receive it. your words. Yet ye say, Wherein 11 And 1 will rebuke the devourer have we wearied him? When ye say, for your sakes,and he shall not destroy Every one that doeth evil is good in the fruits of your ground; neither shall the eight of the LORD, and he delight-your vine cast her fruit before the time eth in them; or,Where is the God of in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. judgment? 12 And all nations shall call you bless- ed; for ye shall be a delightsome land, CHAP. III. BEHOLD, I will send my messen- saith the LORD of hosts ger, and he shall prepare the way 13Your words have been stout against before me and the LORD, whom yelme, saith the LORD: yet ye say, What seek, shall suddenly come to his tem-have we spoken so much against thee? ple, even the messenger of the cove- 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve nant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: eousness. God; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? 15 And now we call the proud happy ; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and be shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as 16 ¶ Then they that feared the LORD gold and silver, that they may offer spake often one to another; and the unto the LORD an offering in right- LORD hearkened, and heard it; and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD,and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth kim, Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. 5 And I will come near to you to judginent; and I will be a swift wit- ness against the sorcerers, and against che adulterers,and against false swear ers,and against those that oppress the 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; 851 MALACHI. Elijah's coming and office between him that serveth God, and 3 And ye shall tread down the wick him that serveth him not. ed; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet, in the day that I CHAP. IV. FOR, behold, the day cometh that shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts. burn as an oven; and all the 4 T Remember ye the law of Moses proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, my servant, which I commanded unto shall be stubble: and the day that him in Horeb for all Israel, with the cometh shall burn them up, saith the statutes and judgments. LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stail, 5 1 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse 852 THE END OF THE PROPHETS. Corbould CHRIST WALKING ON THE WATER. Matt. XIV 25 Mark VI_47 John VI. 16. JP.Neagle NEW TESTAMENT bebould The return of the Prodigal to his Fathers House. Luke XV 18. THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO. PHILADELPHIA. THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, TRANSLATED OUT OF The Original Greek; AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED Philadelphia: THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO. 253 MARKET STREET. 1844. 1 The Books of the NEW TESTAMENT. MATTHEW hath Chapters. _ATTHEW hath Chapters. 281. Timothy hath Chapters, Mark, Luke, John, • • The Acts of the Apostles, The Epistle to the Romans, 1. Corinthians, II. Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, • • 1. Thessalonians, II. Thessalonians, 21 Titus, 16 11. Timothy, • · 21 Philemon, 28 Hebrews, • 16 The Epistle of James, 16 I. Peter, '13 II. Peter, 61. John, . 611. John, 4111. John, 4 Jude, 6 Revelation, g 3 13 } 22 ¶ The GOSPEL according to St. MATTHEW. CHAP. I. Ifore they came together, she was found Tas Christ, the son of David, the HE book of the generation of Je-with child of the Holy Ghost 809 son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren, 3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar, and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram, 4 And Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson, and Naas son begat Salinon, 6 And Salmon begat Booz of Ra- chab, and Booz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, 6 And Jesse begat David the king, and David the king begat Solomon of ber that had been the wife of Urias, 7 And Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa, 8 And Asa begat Josaphat, and Jo- saphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias, 9 And Ozias begat Joatham, and Jo- atham begat Achaz, and Achaz begat Ezek ias, 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Loun appeared unto him in a dream, say- ing, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it night be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which, being interpreted, is, God with us. 24 Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife; 10 Aud Ezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon 25 And knew her not till she had pegat Josias, brought forth her first-born son: and 11 And Josias begat Jechonias and he called his name JESUS, nis brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: CHAP. II. 12 And after they were brought to NW,when Jesus was born in Beth- Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabe, 13 And Zorobabel begat Abid, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, lehem of Juden, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 14 And Azorbegat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, 3 When Herod the king had heard 15 And Eliud begat Eleazar, and El-these things, he was troubled, and all eazar begat Matthan, and Matthan Jerusalem with him. begat Jacob, 16 And Jacob begat Joseph the bus- band of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 17 So all the generations from Abra- 5. And they said unto him, In Beth- ham to David, are fourteen genera-|lehem of Judea; for thus it is written tions; and from David, until the car-by the prophet, rying away into Babylon,are fourteen 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land generations; and from the carrying of Juda, art not the least among the away into Babylon unto Christ, are princes of Juda : for out of thee shall fourteen generations. come a Governor, that shall rule my 18 T Now the birth of Jesus Christ people Israel. was on this wise: When as his moth-7 Then Herod, when he had privily er Mary was espoused to Joseph, be-¡called the wise men, mquired of them 3 Infancy of Jesus. S. MATTHEW. Ministry of Jonr diligently what time the star appeared. child and his rother, and go into the 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, land of Israel: for they are dead which and said, Go and search diligently for sought the young child's life. the young child; and when ye bave fɔund him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. 21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 9 When they had heard the king, 22 But when he heard that Archelaus they departed; and, lo, the star, which did reign in Judea in the room of his they saw in the east, went before them, father Herod, he was afraid to go till it came and stood over where the thither: notwithstanding, being warn- young child was. ed of God in a dream, he turned aside 10 When they saw the star, they re-into the parts of Galilee: Joiced with exceeding great joy. 23 And he came and dwelt in a city 11 T And when they were come into called Nazareth; that it might be ful the house, they saw the young child filled which was spoken by the proph with Mary his mother, and fell down ets, He shall be called a Nazarene. and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they pre-TN those days came John the Baptist, sented unto him gifts; gold, and frank- incense, and myrrh. 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. dea, CHAP. III. preaching in the wilderness of Ju 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The 13 T And when they were departed, roice of one crying in the wilderness, behold, the angel of the Lord appear Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make eth to Joseph in a dream, saying, his paths straight. Arise, and take the young child and 4 And the same John had his raiment his mother, and flee into Egypt, and of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle be thou there until I bring thee word: about his loins: and his meat was lo for Herod will seek the young child custs and wild honey. to destroy bin. 14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt; 15 And was there until the death of Herod : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. 5 ¶ Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan, 6 And were baptized of him in Jor- dan, confessing their sins. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O gene- ration of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 16 ¶ Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in 9 And think not to say within your- Bethlehem, and in all the coasts there sclves, We have Abraham to our fa- of, from two years old and under, ac-|ther: for I say unto you, that God is cording to the time which he had dil-able of these stones to raise up chil- igently inquired of the wise men. dren unto Abraham, 17 Then was fulfilled that which] 10 And now also the axe is laid unto was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, 18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. 19 ¶ But when Herod was dead, be- hold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 Saying, Arise, and take the young the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is nightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 2 Whose fan is in his hand, and he 4 Baptism, Temptation, CHAP. IV und Ministry of Jesus. wi thoroughly purge his floor, and Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God gather bis wheat into the garner; but and him only shalt thou serve. he will burn up the chall with un- quenchable fire. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered 13 T Then cometh Jesus from Gali-unto him. .ee to Jordan unto John, to be baptiz-12 T Now, when Jesus had heard ed of him. that John was cast into prison, he de- 14 But John forbade him, saying, 1 parted into Galilee; have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15 And Jesus answering, said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteous-] ness. Then he suffered him. 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea-coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim; 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, saying, went up straightway out of the water: 15 The land of Zabulon, and the land and, lo, the heavens were opened unto of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, him, and he saw the Spirit of God de-beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gen. scending like a dove, and lighting up-tiles; on him: 17 And, lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. CHAP. IV THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward a hungered 3 And when the tempter caine to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceed eth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, aud setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee; and in their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up in- to an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 16 The people which sat in dark- ness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up. 17 | From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedce, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mend ing their nets; and he called them. 22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed bim. 23 ¶ And Jesus went about all Gali- lee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease, among the people. 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with di- vers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get 25 And there followed him great Chee hence, Satan; for it is written, multitudes of people from Galilee, 5 Who are happy. S. MATTHEW. The Law of God. and from Decapolis, and from Jeru-] 19 Whosoever therefore shall break Bein, and from Judea, and from be one of these least commandments, and yond Jordan. shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven, A CHAP. V. ND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain; and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 20 For I say unto you, That except 2 And he opened his outh, and your righteousness shall exceed the taught them, saying, 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful; for they ahall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. righteousness of the scribes and Phar- isees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whoso ever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judg ment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 9 Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shall be called the children of 23 Therefore, if the bring thy gift God. to the altar, and there rememberest 10 Blessed are they which are per-that thy brother hath aught against secuted for righteousness' sake: for thee, theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven: for 80 persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be recou ciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 25 Agree with thine adversary quick- ly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 13 T Ye are the salt of the earth: but If the salt have lost his savour, where- 26 Verily I say unto thee,Thou shalt with shall it be salted? it is thence-by no means come out thence, till forth good for nothing, but to be cast thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. out, and to be trodden under foot of 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a bill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 17 T Think not that I am come to de- stroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil, 28 But I say unto you, That whoso- ever looketh on a woman to lust alter her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it 18 For verily I say unto you, Tillis profitable for thee that one of thy heaven and earth pass, one jot or one members should perish, and not that tittle shall in no wise pass from the thy whole body should be cast into law, till all be fulfilled. Thell. 6 Love to enemies. CHAP. VI. Attention to ow motives. 31. It hath been said, Whosoever shall 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as put away his wife, let him give her a your Father which is in heaven is writing of divorcement: 32 But I say unto you, That whoeo- perfect. 'CHAP. VI. ever shall put away his wife, saving alms before men, to be seen of for the cause of fornication, causethi her to commit adultery: and whoso- them; otherwise ye have no reward ever shall marry her that is divorced of your Father which is in heaven. committeth adultery. 33 T Again, ye have heard that it nath beeŭ said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine Oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King: 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your cominunication be Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. 38 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall snite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee the law, and take away thy coat, him have thy cloak also. at let 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a inile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee; and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 2 Therefore, when thou doest thing alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the syn- agogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth; 4 That thine alms may be in secret and thy Father, which seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee openly. 5 T And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the syna- gogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, ente. into thy closet; and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father, which seeih in secret, shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. S Be not ye therefore like unto thein: for your Father kuoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven; 43 T Ye have heard that it bath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, hallowed be thy name. and hate thine enemy: 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 44 But I say unto you, Love your en-done in earth, as it is in heaven. emics, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14 ¶ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16 Moreover, when ye fast, be not, Jas the hypocrites, of a sad counte Heavenly mindedness. S. MATTHEW. The golden ruie. nance; for they disfigure their faces, ing, What shall we eat? or, What shall that they may appear unto men to fast. we druk ? or, Wherewithal shall we Verily I say unto you, They have their be clothed? reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which secth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 19 ¶ Lay not up for yourselves treas- ures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles scek :) for your heavenly Fa ther knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Suf ficient unto the day is the evil thereof. CHAP. VII. JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. with what judgment ye 2 20 But lay up for yourselves treas- ures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there measured to you again. will your heart be also. judge, ye shall be judged and with what measure ye mete, it shall be 3 And why beholdest thou the mote 22 T The light of the body is the that is in thy brother's eye, but con eye; if therefore thine eye be single, siderest not the beum that is in thine thy whole body shall be full of light. Town eye? 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy broth- whole body shall be full of darkness. er, Let me pull out the mote out of If therefore the light that is in thee thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in be darkness, how great is that dark-thine own eye? ness! 6 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the 24 ¶ No man can serve two masters:beam out of thine own eye; and then for either he will bate the one, and shalt thou see clearly to cast out the love the other; or else he will hold mote out of thy brother's eye. to the one, and despise the other. Ye 6 T Give not that which is holy unto cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shali eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7 T Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for 8 For every one that ask cth, receiv they sow not, neither do they reap, eth; and he that seeketh, findeth: nor gather into borns; yet your heav-and to him that knocketh, it shall be enly Father feedeth them. Are ye opened. not much better than they? 27 Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for rai- ment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent ? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, 29 And yet I say unto you, That even how much more shall your Father Solomon, in all his glory, was not ar-which is in heaven give good things to rayed like one of these. them that ask him ? 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, Û ye of little faith? 13 T Enter ye in at the straight gate, 31 Therefore take no thought, say-[for wide is the gate, and broad is the I 8 Obedience our Wisdom. CHAP. VIII. The centurion's faith 2 And, behold, there came a leper. and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereal: 14 Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth un- to life, and few there be that find it. 15 T Beware of false prophets,which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou 16 Ye shall know them by their tell no man; but go thy way, show fruits. Do men gather grapes of thyself to the priest, and offer the gift thoms, or figs of thistles? that Moses commanded, for a testi 17 Even so every good tree bringeth mony unto them. forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit; neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. S The centuriou answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say 22 Many will say to me in that day, to this man, Go, and he goeth; and Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied to another, Come, and he cometh, in thy name? and in thy name have laud to my servant, Do this, and he cast out devils? and in thy name done doeth it, many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 T Therefore, whosoever neareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell; and great was the fall of it. 28 T And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. CHAP. VIII. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvel- led, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west,and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: 12 But the children of the kingdora shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and guashing of teeth. 15 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believ ed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the self-same- hour. 14 ¶ And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's moth- er laid, and sick of a fever. 15 And lie touched her hand, and the fever left her: aud she arose, and min istered unto them. 16 T When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were WHEN he was come down from possessed with devils: and he cast our the mountain, great multitudes the spirits with his word, and healed. all that were sick: followed hun. 0 On following Christ. S. MATTHEW. His power to forgive. 17 That it might be fulfilled which every thing, and what was befallen to was spoken by Esaias the prophet, the possessed of the devils. saying, Himself took our infirmities, 34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. and bare our sicknesses. 18 Now, when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave com- mandment to depart unto the other side. 19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. CHAP. IX. AND he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2 And, behold, they brought to hlin a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow 4 And Jesus,knowing their thoughts, me; and let the dead bury their dead. said, Wherefore think ye evil in your 23 ¶ And when he was entered into hearts? a ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. 6 For whether is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk ? 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thy house. 7 And he arose, and departed to lis house. 8 But when the multitude saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that men. even the winds and the sea obey him! 9 T And as Jesus passed forth from 28 T And when he was come to the thence, he saw a man, named Mat- other side, into the country of the Ger-thew, sitting at the receipt of custom: gesencs, there met him two possessed and he saith unto him, Follow me. with devils, coming out of the tombs, And he arose, and followed him. exceeding fierce, so that no man might 10T And it came to pass, as Jesus sat pass by that way. at meat in the house, behold, many 29 And, behold, they cried out, say-publicans und sinners came and sat ing, What have we to do with thee, down with him and his disciples. Jesus, thou Son of God ? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? 30 And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples. Why eat- eth your Master with publicans and sinners ? 12 But when Jesus heard that, be 31 So the devils besought him, say-said unto them, They that be whole ing, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go need not a physician, but they that away into the herd of swine. are sick. 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine; and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. 13 But go ye and learn what that and not meaneth, I will have mercy, sacrifice: for1 am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast off, but thy disciples fast 33 And they that kept them ficd, and went their ways into the city, and told | not? 10 Jairus' daughter. CHAP. X. 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber moum, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. 16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Prayer for ministers 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 31 But they, when they were depart- ed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. 32 ¶ As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb inan possessed with a devil. 33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake; and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles; else the bottles break, jand the wine runneth out,and the bot- 34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth tles perish: but they put new wine out devils through the prince of the into new bottles, and both are pre-devils. served. 35 And Jesus went about all the cities 18 ¶ While he spake these things and villages, teaching in their syna- unto them, behold, there came a cer-gogues, and preaching the gospel of tain ruler, and worshipped him, say- the kingdom, and healing every sick- ing, My daughter is even now dead:ness, and every disease, among the but come and lay thy hand upon her, people. and she shall live. 19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 36 T But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having nɔ shepherd. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few : 20 T (And, behold, a woman, which was deceased with an issue of blood swelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the whole. harvest, that he will send forth labour 22 But Jesus turned him about; and|ers into his harvest. when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith bath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.) 23 ¶ And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, CHAP. X. AND when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal ali man- ner of sickness, aud all manner of dis- ease. 24 He said unto them, Give place; 2 Now the names of the twelve apos- for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.tles are these; The first, Simon, who And they laughed him to scorn. 25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, aud took her by the band, and the maid arose. 25 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 27 ¶ And when Jesus departedthence, two blind inen followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them,Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto hùn, Yea, Lord. 23 Then touched he their eyes, say. ing, According to your faith be it unto 700 is called Peter, and Andrew his broth- er; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not; 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at band. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers. ]] Charge to the Twelve S. MATTHEW. П'hom we should fear. raise the dead, cast out devils: frcely | 25 It is enough for the disciple that ye have received, freely give. he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household ? 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, in your purses: 10 Nor scrip for your journey, nei- their two coats, neither shoes, nor yet stares: for the workman is worthy of bis meat. 11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide ull ye go thence. 12 And when ye come into a house, salute it. 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the house-tops. 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your bead are all numbered. 15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom] and Gomorrahi in the day of judgment, more value than many sparrows. than for that city. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of 32 Whosoever therefore shall confess 16 T Behold, I send you forth as me before men, him will 1 confess sheep in the midst of wolves: be yelalso before my Father which is in therefore wise as serpents, and harm-heaven. less as doves. 17 But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their syna- gogues: 33 But whosoever shall deny me be- fore men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven, 34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for 35 For I am come to set a man at vari- a testimony against them and the Gen-lance against his father, and the daugh ter against her mother, and the daugh ter-in-law against her mother-in-law, 36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. tiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same bour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speak eth in you. 21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 And ye shall be bated of all men for my name's sake: but he that en- dureth to the end shall be saved. 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. 38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it. 40 T He that receiveth you, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiv eth him that sent me. 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for 41 He that receiveth a prophet in verily I say unto you, Ye shall not the name of a prophet, shall receive a have gone over the cities of Israel, prophet's reward; and he that receiv till the Son of man be come. eth a righteous man in the name of a 24 The disciple is not above his mas-righteous man, shall receive a right ter nor the servant above his lord. Içous man's reward. 12 · Testimony to John. CHAP. XI. Guilt of not repenting 12 And whosoever shall give to drink, 16 T But whereunto shall I liken this unto one of these little ones a cup of generation? It is like unto children cold water only, in the name of a dis-sitting in the markets, and calling un- ciple, verily I say unto you, He shall to their fellows, in no wise lose his reward. CHAP. XI. 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not l- ND it to when mented. And in came to pass, Mom Jenue for John came neither eating ing his twelve disciples, he departed nor drinking, and they say, He hath a thence, to teach and to preach in their devil. cities. 2 Now, when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sintiers: butWisdom is justified of her children. 20 ¶ Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they re- pented not. 21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe 5 The blind receive their sight, and unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty the lame walk; the lepers are cleans-works which were done in you had ed, and the deaf hear; the dead are been done in Tyre and Sidon, they raised up, and the poor have the gos- would have repented long ago in sack pel preached to them. cloth and ashes. 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. 7 And as they departed, Jesus be- gan to say unto the multitudes con- cerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have Be- remained until this day. 8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? nold, they that wear soft clothing in kings' houses. are 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. 24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. 25 T At that time Jesus answered 10 For this is he of whom it is writ-and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord ten, Behold, I send my messenger be- of heaven and earth, because thou fore thy face, which shall prepare thy hast hid these things from the wise way before thec. and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist; notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he, 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the vi- olent take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. 15 He that hath eaus to hear, let him bran 26 Even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father; and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither know- eth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 28 T Come unto me, all ye that la bour and are heavy laden, and 1 will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and low- ly in heart: and ye shall find rest uĖ- to your souls. 31 13 Doing good on the Sabbath. S. MATTHEW Unpardonable an 30 For my yoke is easy, and my bur- [was spoken by Esaias the prophet, den is light. saying, CHAP. XII. 18 Behold my servant, whom I have T that time Jesus went on the sab-chosen; my beloved, in whom my Ath Lbath-day through the corn; and his soul is well pleased: I will put my disciples were a hungered, and began Spirit upon him, and he shall show 30 pluck the cars of corn, and to eat. judgment to the Gentiles. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; nei- they said unto him, Behold, thy dis-ther shall any man hear his voice in ciples do that which is not lawful to the streets. do upon the sabbath-day. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not and smoking flax shall he not quench, read what David did when he was a till he send forth judgment unto vic- hungered, and they that were with him:tory. How he entered into the house of 21. And in his name shall the Gen- God, and did eat the show-bread, tiles trust. which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? 5. Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the temple profane the sab bath, and are blameless? 6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. 7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemn- ed the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath-day, 9 T And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-days? that they might accuse hin. 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do wed on the sabbath-days. 13 Then saith he to the mai, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 22 T Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and be healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David ? 21 But when the Pharisees heard ¿, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand; 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; bow shall then his kingdom stand? 27 And if 1 by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 29 Or else, how can one enter inton strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. 30 He that is not with ine, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad, 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All 14 Then the Pharisees went out, manner of sin and blasphemy shall be and held a council against him, how forgiven unto men: but the blasphe- they might destroy him. my against the Holy Ghost shall not 15 But when Jesus knew it, he with-be forgiven uuto men, drew himself from thence: and great 32 And whosoever speaketh a word multitudes followed him, and he heal-Jagainst the Son of man, it shall be for- ed them all; given him: but whosoever speaketh 16 And charged them that they should against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be not make him known: forgiven him, neither in this world, 17 That it might be fulfilled which fucilber in the world to come. 14 Idle words. CHAP XIII. Who are acar to Christ. 33 Either make the tree good, and 46 ¶ While he yet talked to the peo bis fruit good; or else make the tree|ple, behold, his mother and his breth corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the ren stood without, desiring to speak tree is known by his fruit. with him. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things: and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, 'That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words, thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he auswered and said unto him that told him, Who is my moth- er ? and who are my brethren ? 49 And he stretched forth his band toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. THE side. CHAP. XIII. HE same day went Jesus out of the bouse, and sat by the sea- 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Mas- 2 And great multitudes were gather- ter, we would see a sigu from thee. ed together unto him, so that he went 39 But he answered and said unto into a ship, and sat; and the whole them, An evil and adulterous genera-multitude stood on the shore. tion secketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold a sower went forth to sow: 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and forth- with they sprung up, because they had 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, no deepness of earth: and shall condemn it: because they 6 And when the sun was up, they repented at the preaching of Jonas; were scorched; and because they had and, behold, a greater than Jonus is no root, they withered away: 7 And some fell among thorns; and 42 The queen of the south shall rise the thorus sprung up and choked up in the judgment with this genera-them: here. tion, and shalt condemn it: for she 8 But other fell into good ground, and came from the uttermost parts of the brought forth fruit, some a hundred- earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; fold, some sixty-fold, some thirty-fold. and, behold, a greater than Solomon 9 Who hath cars to hear, let him is here. hear. 43 When the unclean spirit is gone] 10 T And the disciples came, and said out of a man, he walketh through dry unto him, Why epeakest thou unto places, seeking rest, and findeth none. them in parables ? 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he fiudeth it empty, swept and garnished. 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of hea ven, but to them it is not given. 44 Then goeth he, and taketh with 12 For whosoever bath, to him shall himself seven other spirits more wick-be given, and he shall have more ed than himself, and they enter in and abundance; but whosoever bath not, dwell there: and the last state of that from him shall be taken away even uan is worse than the first, Even so that he hath. shall it be also unto this wicked gene- ration 13 Therefore speak I to them in par- ables: because they seeing, sec not; 15 Parable of inc sower. S MATTHEW. Parable of the tares. and hearing, they hear not; neither do 27 So the servants of the householder they understand. came and said unto him, Sir, didst not 14 And in them is fulfilled the proph-thou sow good seed in thy field? from ecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing whence then hath it tares? · ye shall hear, and shall not under stand and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hear- ing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they eee; and your ears, for they hear. 28 He said unto them, An enemy bath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said, Nay; lest, while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest ; and in the time of harvest 1 will say to the reapers, Gather ye to- gether first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn. 17 For verily I say unto you, That 31 T Another parable put he forth many prophets and righteous men unto them, saying, The kingdom of have desired to see those things which heaven is like to a grain of mustard- ye see, and have not seen them; and seed, which a man took and sowed in to hear those things which ye hear, his field: and have not heard them. 32 Which indeed is the least of all 18 Hear ye therefore the parable of seeds; but when it is grown, it is the the sower. greatest among herbs, and becometh 19 When any one heareth the word a tree, so that the birds of the air of the kingdom, and understandeth it come and lodge in the branchcз there- not, then cometh the wicked one, and of catcheth away that which was sown 33 T Another parable spake he unto in his heart. This is he which re-them; The kingdom of heaven is like ceived seed by the way-side. unto leaven, which a woman took and 20 But he that received the seed into bid in three measures of meal, till the Etony places, the same is he that hear-whole was leavened. eth the word, and anon with joy re- ceiveth it: 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and with- 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, out a parable spake he not unto them: but dureth for a while; for when 35 That it might be fulfilled which tribulation or persecution ariseth be- was spoken by the prophet, saying, I cause of the word, by and by he is of will open my mouth in parables; 1 fended. will utter things which have been 22 He also that received seed among kept secret from the foundation of the the thorns is he that heareth the word;] world. and the care of this world, and the 36 T Then Jesus sent the multitude deceitfulness of riches, choke the away, and went into the house; and word, and he becometh unfruitfu bis disciples came unto him, saying, 23 But he that received seed into the Declare unto us the parable of the good ground is he that heareth the tares of the field. word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundred-fold,some sixty,some thirty. 24 Another parable put be forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field; 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 25 But while men slept, his enemy 39 The enemy that sowed them is came, and sowed tares among the the devil; the harvest is the end of wbeat, and went his way. the world; and the reapers are the angels. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then ap peared the tares also. 40 As therefore the tares are gath ered and burned in the fire; 80 16 Parable of the net. CHAP. XIV. Martyrdom of Jonn. shall it be in the end of this world. 66 And his sisters, are they not all 41 The Son of man shall send forth with us? Whence then bath this man his angels, and they shall gather out all these things? of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;- 42 And shall cast them into a fur- nace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kinguom of their father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. 68 And be did not many mighty works there, because of their unbeliel CHAP. XIV. T that time Herod tetrarch et in Again, the kingdom of heaven Ahead of the rod the tetr is like unto treasure hid in a field; 2 And said unto his servants, This is the which when a man hath found, be John the Baptist: he is risen from the hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and dead; and therefore mighty works do selleth all that he hath, and buyeth show forth themselves in him. that field. 3 ¶ For Herod had laid bold on John, 45 ¶ Again, The kingdom of heaven and bound him, and put him in prison is like unto a merchant-man seeking for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's goodly pearls: wife. 46 Who, when he hath found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. 47 T Again, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but ast the bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, be- cause they counted him as a prophet. 6 But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. 8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. . 60 And shall cast them into the fur-9 And the king was sorry: never nace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 61 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him Yea, Lord. theless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he com- manded it to be given her, 10 And be sent, and beheaded John in the prison. 52 Then said he unto them, There- 11 And his head was brought in a fore every scribe, which is instructed charger, and given to the damsel: and unto the kingdom of heaven, is like she brought it to her mother. unto a man that is a householder, 12 And his disciples came and took which bringeth forth out of bis treas-up the body, and buried it, and went ure things new and old. and told Jesus. 53 T And it came to pass, that when 13T When Jesus heard of it, he de Jesus had finished these parables, he parted thence by ship into a desert departed thence, place apart: and when the people 54 And when he was come into his had heard thereof; they followed him own country, he taught them in theirfon foot out of the cities. synagogue, insomuch that they were 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a astonished, and said, Whence hath this great multitude, and was moved with man this wisdom, and these mighty compassion toward them, and he heal works? ed their sick. 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? 15 ¶ And when it was evening, not his mother called Mary? and disciples came to him, saying, This is bis brethren, James, and Joses, and a desert place, and the time is now Simon, and Judas? past: send the multitude away, that 2 17 Jesus walk, on the Sca. S. MATTHEW. they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. Human traditions vain came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. 34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were dis 16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to cat. 17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the eased; five loaves, and the two fishes, and,] 36 Aud besought him that they might looking up to heaven, he blessed, and only touch the hem of his garment: brake, and gave the loaves to his dis- and as many as touched were mads ciples, and the disciples to the multi-perfectly whole. tude. TH CHAP. XV. 20 And they did all eat, and were HEN came to Jesus scribes and filled and they took up of the frag- Pharisees, which were of Jeru- ments that remained twelve baskets|salem, saying, full. 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the 21 And they that had eaten were traditions of the elders? for they washı about five thousand men, besides wo- not their hands when they eat bread. inen and children. 3 But he answered and said unto 22TAnd straightway Jesus constrain-them, Why do ye also transgress the ed his disciples to get into a ship, and commandment of God by your tradi to go before him unto the other side, tion? while he sent the multitudes away. 4 For God commanded, saying, lon 23 And when he bad sent the multi-four thy father and mother: and, He tudes away, he went up into a moun-that curseth father or mother, let him tain apart to pray: and when the die the death. evening was come, he was there alone 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw bim walking on the sea, they were trou- bled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer: it is 1; be not afraid. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gilt, by whatsoever thou mightest be profit- ed by me, 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their neart is far from me. 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the command- 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come un-meats of men. to thee on the water. 10 T And he called the multitude and said unto them, Hear, and under- stand: 29 And be said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship,. he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 11 Not that which goeth into the 30 But when he saw the wind bois-mouth defileth a man; but that which terous, he was afraid; and, beginning cometh out of the mouth, this defileth to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save a man. mie. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind coased. 33 Then they that were in the ship] 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Phar isees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hatiy not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alon, they be blind 18 CHAP. XVI. Inat defiles a man. Second miracle of loaves, leaders of the blind. And if the blind speak, the maimed to be whole, the lead the blind, both shall fall into the lame to walk, and the blind to see. ditch. and they glorified the God of Israel 15 Then answered Peter, and said 32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, Declare unto us this parable. unto him, and said, I have compassion 16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet on the multitude, because they con without understanding? [tinue with me now three days, and 17 Do not ye yet understand, that have nothing to cat: and I will not whatsoever entereth in at the mouth send them away fasting, lest they faint goeth into the belly and is cast out in the way. into the draught? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill ar great a multitude? 19 For out of the heart proceed evil ~31 And Jesus saith unto them, How thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornica- many loaves have ye? And they said, tions, thefts, false witness, blasphe-Seven, and a few little fishes. nies: 20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen bands defileth not a man. 21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And be took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37 And they did all cat, and were 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan filled; and they took up of the broken came out of the same coasts, and cried meet that was left, seven baskets full. unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, 38 And they that did eat were four O Lord, the son of David; my daugh-thousand men, besides women and ter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she cricth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to doga 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. children. 39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. TH CHAP. XVI HE Pharisees also,and the Saddu cees, came, and, tempting, desir ed him that he would show them 2 sigu from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather; for the sky is red: 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day; for the sky is red and lowering. Oye hypocrites, ye car discern the face of the sky; but can 28 Then Jesus answered and said ye not discern the signs of the times? unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: 4 A wicked and adulterous genera- be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And tion seeketh after a sign; and there her daughter was made whole from shall no sign be given unto it, but the that very hour. sign of the prophet Jonas. And he 29 T And Jesus departed from thence, left them, and departed. and came nigh unto the sea of Gali-] 5 ¶ And when his disciples were lee; and went up into a mountain, come to the other side, they had for and sat down there. gotten to take bread. 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet, and he healed them; 6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take beed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, 7 And they reasoned among them selves, saying, It is because we have 31. Insomuch that the multitude won-taken no bread. dered, when they saw the dumb to 8 Which when Jesus perceived, he · 19 Jecus the Son of God. 9. MATTHEW. Value of the Soul. said unto them, O ye of little faith, 23 But he turned, and said unto why reason ye ainong yourselves, be- cause ye have brought no bread? 9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and bow many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves, of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offence unto me: for thou savouvest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 24 T Then said Jesus unto his dia- ciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life I How is it that we do not under-shall lose it; and whosoever will lose stand that I spake it not to you con-his life for my sake shall find it. cerning bread, that ye should beware 26 For what is a man profited, if he of the leaven of the Pharisees and of shall gain the whole world, and lose the Sadducees? his own soul? or what shall a man 12 Then understood they how that give in exchange for his soul? he bade them not beware of the leav.27 For the Son of man shall come en of bread, but of the doctrine of the in the glory of his Father, with his Pharisees and of the Sadducees. angels; and then he shall reward 13f When Jesus came into the coasts every man according to his works. of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his dis- 28 Verily I say unto you, There be ciples, saying, Whom do men say that some standing here which shall not 1, the Son of man, am? taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. CHAP. XVII. ND after six days, Jesus takeil er, and bringeth them up into a highi mountain apart, 2 And was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with 17 And Jesus answered and said unto bim, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is him. In heaven. 4 Then answered Peter, and said 18 And I say also unto thee, That unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to thou art Peter; and upon this rock Ibe here: if thou wilt, let us make will build my church, and the gates here three tabernacles; one for thee, of hell shall not prevail against it. and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 19 And I will give unto thee the 5 While he yet spake, behold, a keys of the kingdom of heaven: and bright cloud overshadowed them: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth behold a voice out of the cloud, which shall be bound in heaven; and what-said, This is my beloved Son, in whom soever thou shalt loose on earth shall I am well pleased; hear ye him. be loosed in heaven. 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. 20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. 7 And Jesus came and touched them, 21 From that time forth began Jesus and said, Arise, and be not afraid. to show unto his disciples, how that 8 And when they had lifted up their he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus many things of the elders, and chief only. priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying. 22 Then Peter took him, and began Tell the vision to no man, until the to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from Son of man be risen again from the thee, Lord: this shall not be unto dead. tliee. 10 T And his disciples, asked him, 20 Unbelief distressing CHAP. XVIII. Danger of temptations. 26 Peter said unto him, of strangers. Of Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? 11 And Jesus answered and said unto thein, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and 12 But I say unto you, That Eling is cast a hook, and take up the fish that come already, and they knew him first cometh up; and when thou hast not, but have done unto him whatso-opened his mouth, thou shalt find & ever they listed: likewise shall also piece of money: that take, and give the Son of man suffer of them. unto them for me and thee. CHAP. XVIII. 13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of Join the ATthe same time came the dis 14 T And when they were come to the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? the multitude, there came to bin a 2 And Jesus called a little child unto certain man, kneeling down to him, him, and set him in the midst of them, and saying, 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son; for Except ye be converted, and become he is a lunatic, and sore vexed: for oft-as little children, ye shall not enter times he falleth into the fire, and oft into the kingdom of heaven. into the water. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble 16 And I brought him to thy disci-himself as this little child, the same ples, and they could not cure him. is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 17 Then Jesus answered and said, 5 And whoso shall receive one such O faithless and perverse generation, little child in my name, receiveth me. how long shail I be with you? how 6 But whoso shall offend one of these long shall I suller you? Bring me cues which believe in me, it hither to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to youder place, and it shall remove; and noth- ing shall be impossible unto you. 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 7 Wo unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that of fences come; but woe to that man by whom the oflence cometh ! 8 Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or mained, rather than having two hands, or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire. 9. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee; it is bet 22 T And, while they abode in Gali-ter for thee to enter into life with one lee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of eye, rather than having two eyes to man shall be betrayed into the hands be cast into hell-fire. of men; 23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. 24 T And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received trib- ute-money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your Master pay tribute? 25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? 10 T Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. 11 For the Sou of man is come to save that which was lost. 12 How think ye? If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? 13 And if so be that he find it, verily 21 Christian discipline. S. MATTHEW Duty of forgiveness. I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of and found one of his fellow servants, that sheep, than of the niuety and nine which owed him a hundred pence; which went not astray. and he laid hands on him, and took 14 Even so it is not the will of your[him by the throat, saying, Pay me Father which is in heaven, that one of that thou owest. these little ones should perish. 15 T Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and lim alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 29 And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saymg, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 30 And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that 31 So when his fellow servants saw in the mouth of two or three witness-what was done, they were very sorry, es every word may be established. and came and told unto their lord all 17 And if he shall neglect to hear that was done. them, tell it unto the church: but if oc neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. 32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatso- 33 Shouldest not thou also have had ever ye shall bind on earth shall be compassion on thy fellow-servant, bound in heaven: and whatsoever pejeven as I had pity on thee? shall loose on earth shall be loosed in 34 And his lord was wroth, and de- heaven. 19 Again I say unto you,That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 20 For where two or thưrge are gath-4 ered together in my name, there an I in the midst of them. 21 T Then came Peter to him, and livered him to the tormentois, til he should pay all that was due unto him. 25 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. CHAP. XIX. AND it came to pass, that, when Jesus had finished these sayings, said, Lord, how oft shall my brother he departed from Galilee, and came sin against me, and I forgive him into the coasts of Judea beyond Jor till seven times? dan; not 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say 2 Aud great multitudes followed him; unto thee, Until seven times; but, and he lealed them there. Until seventy times seven. 3 T The Pharisees also came unto 23 T Therefore is the kingdom of bim, tempting him, and saying unto heaven likened unto a certain king, him, Is it lawful for a man to put which would take account of his ser-away his wife for every cause? 4 And be answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made the male and female; vants. 24 And when he had begun to reck- on, one was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents: 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 6 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 65 Wherefore they are no more twain, 26 The servant therefore fell down but one flesh. What therefore God and worshipped him, saying, Lord, hath joined together, let not man put bave patience with me, and I will pay asunder. thee all. 27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed h.m, and forgave him the debt. 7 They say unto him, Why did Mo ses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? 8 He saith unto them, Moses, because 28 But the sam? servant went out, jof the hardness of your hearts, suiler 22 Regard to children. CHAP. XX. Danger of riches ed you to put away your wives: but, 23 T Then said Jesus unto his discl from the beginning it was not so. ples, Verily I say unto you, That a 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever rich man shall hardly enter into the shall put away his wife, except it be kingdom of heaven. for fornication, and shall marry an- 24 And again I say unto you, It is other, committeth adultery: and who-easier for a camel to go through the so marrieth her which is put away eye of a needle, than for a rich man doth commit adultery. to enter into the kingdom of God. 25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying Who then can be saved ? 10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with lus wife, it is not good to marry. 11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. 26 But Jesus bebeld them, and said unto them, With inen this is impossi ble; but with God all things are pos 12 Forthere are some eunuchs,which|sible. were so born from their mother's 27 T Then answered Peter, and said womb; and there are some eunuchs, unto him, Behold, we have forsaken which were made eunuchs of men; all, and followed thee; what shall and there be eunuchs, which have we have therefore? made themselves eunuchs for the 23 And Jesus said unto them, Verily kingdom of heaven's sake. He that I say unto you, That ye which have me in the regeneration, is able to receive it, let him receive it, followed 13 Then were there brought unto when the Son of man shall sit in the him little children, that he should put throne of his glory, ye also shall sit his hands on them, and pray; and the upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little chil- dren, and forbid them not, to come unto me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. 16 T And, behold, one came and said| unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may bave eter- nal life? 17 And he said unto bim, Why call- est thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the command- ments. 29 And every one that hath forsaker. houses, or brethren, or sisters, or fa- ther, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall re- ceive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. 30 But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first. CHAP. XX. OR the kingdom of heaven is like which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny ã-day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou| shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false the market-place, witness, 4 And said unto them, Go ye also 19 Honour thy father and thy moth-into the vineyard; and whatsoever is er: and, Thou shalt love thy neigh-right I will give you. And they went bour as thyself. their way. 20 The young man saith unto him, 5 Again he went out about the sixth All these things have I kept from my and uinth hour, and did likewise. youth up: what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me. 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. 6 And about the eleventh hour be went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them. Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye rẻ - ceive. 23 Ambition mortified. S. MATTHEW. True greatness 8 So when even was come, the lord drink indeed of my cup, and be bap of the vineyard saith unto his steward, tized with the baptism that 1 am bup- Call the labourers, and give them their tized with; but to sit on my right hire, beginning from the last unto the hand, and on my left, is not mine to first. give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. 24 And when the ten beard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they| received every man a penny. 10 But when the first came, they sup- posed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the good man of the house, 12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne Ine burden and heat of the day. 13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? 14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine cye evil because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last for many be called, but few chosen. 17 T And Jesus going up to Jerusa lem, took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem: and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death. 19 And shall deliver him to the Gen- 'iles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him and the third day he shall rise again. 20 T Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a cer- tain thing of him. 21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sous may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the lest, in thy kingdom. 25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But it shall not be so ainong you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many, 29 T And as they departed from Jeri- cho, a great multitude followed him. 30 And, behold, two blind men sit- ting by the way-side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. 31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that 1 shall do unto you? 33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immedi- ately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. CHAP. XXI. AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2 Saying unto them, Go into the vil lage over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye 3 And if any man say aught unto know not what, ask. Are ye able you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need to drink of the cup that I shall drink of them; and straightway he wil of, and to be baptized with the bap-send them. tism that I am baptized with? They 4 All this was done, that it might be say unto him, We are able. fulfilled which was spoken by the 23. And he saith unto them, Ye shall prophet, saying, 24 Hosannas to Christ. CHAP. XXI. Parable of the two Sons. 6 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Be- they mai velled, saying, How soon is hold, thy king cometh unto thee, the fig-tree withered away! meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way. 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, I say unto you, if ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shar not only do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive, 9 And the multitudes that went be- 23 T And when he was come into fore, and that followed, cried, saying, the temple, the chief priests and the Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed elders of the people came unto him as is he that cometh in the name of the he was teaching, and said, By what Lord; Hosanna in the highest authority doest thou these things? and 10 And when he was come into Je-who gave thee this authority? rusalem, all the city was moved, say-] 24 And Jesus answered and said unto ing, Who is this? them, I also will ask you one thing, 11 And the multitude sad, This is which if ye tell me, I in like wise Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of will tell you by what authority I do Galilee. these things. 12 T And Jesus went into the temple 25 The baptism of Jolin, whence of God, and cast out all them that was it? from heaven, or of men? sold and bought in the temple, and And they reasoned with themselves, overthrew the tables of the money-saying, if we shall say, From heaven; changers, and the seats of them that he will say unto us, Why did ye not sold doves, then believe him? 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. lõ ¶ And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore dis- pleased, 26 But if we shall say Of men; we fear the people; for alt hold Join as a prophet. 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 28 T But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to- day in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented, and went. 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto 30 And he came to the second, and them, Yea, have ye never read, Out said likewise. And he answered and of the mouth of babes and sucklings said, I go, sir, and went not. thou hast perfected praise? 17 T And he left thein, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodg- ed there. 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the pub- 1 relicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 18 Now in the morning, as he turned into the city, he hungered. 19 And when be saw a fig-tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. 20 And when the disciples saw it, 32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repanted not afterward, that ve might believe him. 33 ↑ Hear another parable; There 25 Parable of the Vineyard. S. MATTHEW. The wedding feast. was a certain householder, which 2 The kingdom of heaven is like planted a vineyard, and hedged it unto a certain king, which made a round about, and digged a wine-press marriage for his son, in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the ausbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed enother, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wed- ding: and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, an- other to his merchandise: 6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 7 But when the king heard the eof, 38 But when the husbandmen saw he was wroth: and he sent forth his the son, they said among themselves, armies, and destroyed those murder This is the heir; come, let us killers, and burned up their city. him, and let us seize on his inherit-8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which 39 And they caught him, and cast were bidden were not worthy. him out of the vineyard, and slew him. ance. 10 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together They say unto him, He will mis-all, as inany as they found, both bad Frably destroy those wicked inen, aud and good: and the wedding was fur will let out his vineyard unto other nished with guests. husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the cor- ner: This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take hito away and cast him into outer dark- ness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few are 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whom-chosen. soever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 15 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 15 T Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, 46 But when they sought to lay Master, we know that thou art true, hands on lum, they feared the mul-and teachest the way of God in truth, Litude, because they took him for aneither carest thou for any man; for prophet. thou regardest not the person of men 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest CHAP XXII. AND Jesus auswered, and spake unto them again by parables, and said, thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wicked 26 The future state. CHAP. ness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye uypocrites? 19 Show me the tribute-money. And they brought unto him a penny. 20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? 21 They say unto him, Cesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. 22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. 23 ¶ The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, 24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother. XXII. The two great commands. heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy muid. 38 This is the first and great com mandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy (self. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 41 T While the Pliarisees were gath- ered together, Jesus asked them, 42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto bin, The son of David. 43 He saith unto them, How the a doth David in Spirit call him Lord, saying, Sit 44 The LORD said unto my Lord, thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 45 If David then call him Lord, bow is he his son? 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had 46 And no man was able to answer married a wife, deccased; and, hav-him a word; neither durst any man, ing no issue, left his wife, unto his from that day forth, ask him any more brother: questions. 26 Likewise the second also, and the Third, unto the seventh. 27 And last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? or they all had ber. 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they nei- ther marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in hea- ven. ΤΗ CHAP XXIII. IIEN spake Jesus to the mull- tude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Phari- sees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which 5 But all their works they do for to was spoken unto you by God, saying, be seen of men: they make broad 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the their phylacteries, and enlarge the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? borders of their garments, God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doc- trine. 31 ¶ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempt- ing him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the great coin- niandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the syn Jagogues, 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 But be notye called Rabbi: for one is your master, even Christ; and ail ye are brethren. 9. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 27 Marks of hypocrisy, S. MATTHEW. Punishment of hypocrisy, 12 And whosoever shall exalt him-ter, that the outside of them may be self shall be abased; and be that shall clean also. humble himself shall be exalted. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Plan 13 T But woe unto you, scribes and sees, hypocrites! for ye are like m Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up to whited sepulchres, which indeed the kingdom of heaven against men: appear beautiful outward, but are for ye neither go in yourselves, neither within full of dead men's bones, and suffer ye them that are entering, to of all uncleanness. go in. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Phar-righteous unto men, but within ye are isees, hypocrites! for ye devour wid-full of hypocrisy and iniquity. ows' houses, and for a pretence make 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari long prayer: therefore ye shall receive sees, hypocrites! because ye build the the greater damnation. tombs of the prophets, and garuish 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari- the sepulchres of the righteous, sees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea 30 And say, If we had been in the and land to make one proselyte; and days of our fathers, we would not when he is made, ye make him two-have been partakers with them in the fold more the child of hell than your-blood of the prophets. selves. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, yourselves, that ye are the children of which say, Whosoever shall swear by them which killed the prophets. the temple, it is nothing; but whoso- 32 Fill ye up then the measure of ever shall swear by the gold of the your fathers. temple, he is a debtor ! 33 le serpents, ye generation of vi 17 Ye fools, and blind! for whether pers, how can ye escape the damna Is greater, the gold, or the temple thatftion of hell? sanctifieth the gold? 31 ¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto 18 And, whosoever shall swear by you prophets, and wise men, and the altar, it is nothing; but whoso-scribes; and some of them ye shall ever sweareth by the gift that is upon kill and crucify; and some of them it, he is guilty. shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Bara- chias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 19 Ye Tools, and blind! for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 22 And he that shall swear by hea 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou ven, sweareth by the throne of God, that killest the prophets, and stonest and by him that sitteth thereon. them which are sent unto thee, how 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari-often would I have gathered thy chi- sees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of dren together, even as a hen gathereth mint, and annise, and cummin, and her chickens under her wings, and ye have omitted the weightier matters of would not! the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari- sees, hypocrites! for ye make clean The outside of the cup and of the plat ter, but within they are full of extor- tion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and plat- 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall, not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. CHAP. XXIV. AND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disci- ples came to him, for to show him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye 28 Judgment on the Jews. CHAP. XXIV. Christ's second coming not all these things? Verily I say unto not in the winter, neither on the sab you, There shall not be left here one bath-day: stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you: 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 21 For then shall be great tribula tion, such as was not since the begin ning of the world to this time, no nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; be- lieve it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shal deceive the very clect. 6 And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars; see that ye be not troubled for all these things must 25 Behold, I have told you before. come to pass, but the end is not yet. 26 Wherefore, if they shall say unto 7 For nation shall rise against na-you, Behold, he is in the desert; go tion, and kingdom against kingdom: not forth: behold, he is in the secret and there shall be famines, and pes-chambers; believe it not. tilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrowS 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my naine's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many, 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth let him understand,) 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is there will the eagles be gathered to gether. 29 T Immediately after the tribula- tion of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the bea vens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his clect from the four winds, from one end of hea ven to the other. 32 T Now learn a parable of the fig-tree: When his branch is yet ten 16 Then let them which be in Judealder, and putteth forth leaves, ye know Dee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the house- top not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the Geld return back to take his clothes, 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall sec all these things,know that it is near, even at the doors. 31 Verily I say unto you, This gene ration shall not pass, til all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earths ill pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 3 K 29 Peparation necessary. S. MATTHEW. Danger of carcæsiness. 36 T But of that day and hour know-which took their lamps, and went eth no man, no, not the angels of hea- forth to meet the bridegroom. ven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Noc were, so shall also the coming of the Son of 2 And five of them were wise, and live were foolish. 3 They that werc foolish took their man be. lamps, and took no oil with them: 38 For as in the days that were bc-4 But the wise took oil in their ves- sels with their lamps. fore the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in mar- iage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom coni eth; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them 42 ¶ Watch therefore; for ye know that sell, and buy for yourselves. not what hour your Lord doth come. 10 And while they went to buy, the 43 But know this, that if the good bridegroom came; and they that were man of the house had known in what ready went in with bim to the mar watch the thief would come, he riage: and the door was shut. would have watched, and would not 11 Afterward came also the other have suffered his house to be broken virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for such an hour as ye think not, the| Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming: 49 And shall begin to amite his fel- low, servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 14 T For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and de- livered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not his lord's money. aware of, 10 After a long time the lord of 51 And shall cut him asunder, and those servants cometh, and reckoneth appoint him his portion with the hyp-with them. ocrites: there shall be weeping and 20 And so he that had received five gnashing of teeth. CHAP. XXV. talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have Then be likened into ten virgins, 31 His lord said unto him, Well done, HEN shall the kingdom of hea-gained besides them five talents more 30 Sins of omission, CHAP. XXVL The last Judgment. thou good and faithful servant; thou gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye hast been faithful over a few things, gave ine drink: 1 was a stranger, and I will make thee ruler over many ye took me in: things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou de- liveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents besides the. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou bast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and cloth- ed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and 24 Then he which had received the say unto them, Verily I say unto you, one talent came and said, Lord, 1|Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one knew thee that thou art a hard man,jof the least of these my brethren, ye reaping where thou hast not sown, have done il unto me. and gathering where thou hast not strewed: 25. And I was afraid, and went and Aid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was a hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thon wicked and slothful serye gave me no drink: vant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have aot strewed; 43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited ins not. 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and 44 Then shall they also answer him, then at my coming I should have re-saying, Lord, when saw we thee a ‹eived mine own with usury. hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or 28 Take therefore the talent from naked, or sick, or in prison, and did him, and give it unto him which hath not minister unto thee? ten talents. 45 Then shall be answer them, say- 29 For unto every one that hath shalling, Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch be given,and he shall have abundance: as ye did it not to one of the least ol but, from him that hath not, shall be these, ye did it not to mc. taken away even that which he bath. 46 And these shall go away into 30 And cast ye the unprofitable ser-everlasting punishment: but the right- vaut into outer darkness; there shall eous into life eternal. be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CHAP. XXVI. 31 When the Son of man shall had finished all these sayings, he ND it came to pass, when Jesus come in his glory, and all the holy on the throne of his glory: angels with him, then shall he sit up-said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the 32 And before him shail be gathered feast of the passover, and the Son of all nations; and he shall separate man is betrayed to be crucified. them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the world: 3 T Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said,not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar among tha 35 For i was a hungered, and ye]people, 31 Gratitude commended. S. MATTHEW. The Lord's supper 6 ¶ Now, when Jesus was in Beth-man by whom the Son of man is be any, in the house of Simon the leper, trayed it had been good for that man 7 There came unto him a woman if he had not been born. having an alabaster-box of very pre- cious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 9 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what pur- pose is this waste? 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it 12 He said unto him, Thou hast said. 26 T And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to thein, saying, 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the wo-Drink ye all of it: man? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for iny burial. 13 Verily I say unto you, Whereso- ever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 14 ¶ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for may for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 30 And when they had sung a hymu, they went out into the mount of Olives. 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 32 But after I ain risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended be cause of thee, yet will I never be of fended. 34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say 17 T Now, the first day of the feast junto thee, That this night, before the of unleavened bread, the disciples cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. came to Jesus, saying unto him, 36 Peter said unto him, Though I Where wilt thou that we prepare for should die with thee, yet will I not thee to eat the passover? deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. 18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 20 Now, when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 21 And as they did eat, he said, Veri- ly I say unto you, That one of you shall betray me. 22 And they were exceeding sor- rowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the lish, the same shall betray me. 24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that 36 T Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even uuto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou urll. 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What! could ye not watch with me one hour? 32 Jesus betrayed. CHAP. XXVI. 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. 44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, say- ing the same words. 45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep ou now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is be- trayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. 47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 Now, he that betrayed bim gave them a sign,saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; hold him fast. 49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master; and kissed him. 60 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. 51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and smote of his ear. 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Peter s denial of him. Jesus led him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 58 But Peter followed him afar of unto the high priest's palace,and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false wit-- ness against Jesus, to put him to death; 60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false wit nesses. 61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. 62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless, I say unto you Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He bath sroken blas- phemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye haze heard his blasphemy. 6C What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, 68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now 69 T Now Peter sat without in the pray to my Father, and he shall pres-palace; and a damsel came unto him, ently give me more than twelve le- jaaying, Thou also wast with Jesus gions of angels? lof Galilee. 54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 56 In that same bour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no bold on me. 56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples for- sook him, and fled. 57 T And they that had laid hold on 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. 71 And when be was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Naza reth. 72 Aud again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. 73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. 3 33 Remorse of Judas. S. MATTHEW. 16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Injustice of Pilase 74 Then bega, be to curse and to was wont to release unto the people s swear, saying, 1 know not the mau. prisoner, whom they would. And immediately the cock crew. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. CHAP. XXVIL. 17 Therefore, when they were gath cred together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? WHEN the morning was come, 18 For he knew that for envy they prices and elders had delivered him. of the people took counsel against 19 When he was set down on the Jesus to put him to death. judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, 2 And when they had bound him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with they led him away, and delivered luni that just man: for I have suffered to Pontius Pilate the governor. many things this day in a dream be- 3 ¶ Then Judas, which had betrayed cause of him. him, when he saw that he was con- 20 But the chief priests and elders demned, repented himself, and brought persuaded the multitude that they again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I have sinned in that 1 have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? Bee thou to that. 5 And he cast down the pieces of ailver in the temple, and departed, and went and banged himself. should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twair. will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let 6 And the chief priests took the si-him be crucified. ver pieces, and said, It is not lawful 23 And the governor said, Why? for to put them into the treasury, be-what evil hath be done? But they cause it is the price of blood. cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. " And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. 8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tu- mult was made, be took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, 9 Then was fulfilled that which was saying, 1 am innocent of the blood of spoken by Jeremy the prophet, say-this just person; see ye to it. ing, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value ; 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. 11 T And Jesus stood before the governor and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou Bayest. 26 Then answered all the people. and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. 26 ¶ Then released he Barabbas unto them; and when he had scourged Je- sus, he delivered him to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common ball,aud gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 1 And when they had platted a crown of thorus, they put it upon his 12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then saith Pilate unto him, Hear-head, and a reed in his right hand: est thou not how many things they and they bowed the kuce before him, witness against thee? and mocked him, saying, Hail, King 14 And he answered him to never a of the Jews! word; insomuch that the governor 30 And they spit upon him, and marvelled greatly. took the reed, and smete him on the 15 Now at that least the governor head. 34 Crucifixion of Jesus. CHAP. XXVII. His burial. 31 And after that they had mocked/ vinegar, and put it on a reed, and him, they took the robe off from him, gave him to druik. and put his own raiment on him, and ed him away to crucify him. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. 50 T Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: aim they compelled to bear his cross. ghost. 33 T And when they were come unto 51 And, behold, the veil of the tem a place called Golgotha, that is to say,ple was rent in twain from the top to A place of a scull, the bottom; and the earth did quake. and the rocks rent: 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and part- ed his garments, casting lots: that it 53 And came out of the graves after might be fulfilled which was spoken his resurrection, and went into the by the prophet, They parted my gar-holy city, and appeared unto many. ments among them, and upon my 54 Now, when the centurion, and vesture did they cast lots. they that were with him watching 36 And, sitting down, they watched Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those him there; things that were done, they feared 37 And set up over his head his accu-greatly, saying, Truly this was the sation written, THIS IS JESUS THE Son of God. KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then were there two thieves cru- cified with him; one on the right hand, and another on the left. 39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 10 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 55 And many women were there, beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him; 56 Among which was Mary Magda lene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebe dee's children. 57 TT When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' 41 Likewise also the chief priests, disciple: mocking him, with the scribes and 68 He went to Pilate, and begged the elders, said, body of Jesus. Then Pilate command- 42 He saved others, himself he can-ed the body to be delivered. not save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliv-] er him now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. 45 Now, from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 Ánd laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against - the sepulchre. 62 T Now the next day, that follow. ed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came to- gether unto Pilate, 46 And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that My God, my God, why hast thou for-that deceiver said, while he was yet saken me? alive, After three days 1 will rise again. 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. 48. And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with 64 Command therefore that the sep- ulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the 35 His resurrection. S. MARK. the last error shall be worse than the first. The Gospel Commiss Im- people, He is risen from the dead: sojing, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. 10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid; go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. 65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can. 66 So they went, and made the sep- 11 T Now, when they were going, ulchre sure, sealing the stone, and set-behold, some of the watch came into ting a watch. CHAP. XXVIII. In end of the arst day of the "N the end of the sabbath, as it began week, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. the city, and showed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. with the elders, and bad taken coun 12 And when they were assembled sel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole hun away while we slept, 14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, aud se- 15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. 3 His countenance was like light-cure you. ning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. 5 And the angel auswered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye scek Jesus, which was crucilied. 16 T Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. 18 ¶ And Jesus came and spake unto 7 And go quickly, and tell his dis-them, saying, All power is given unto ciples that he is risen from the dead;|me in heaven and in earth. 6 He is not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay: and, behold, he goeth before you into 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all na- Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, Itions, baptizing them in the naine of have told you. the Father, and of the Son, and of the 8 And they departed quickly from Holy Ghost. the sepulchre with fear and great joy, 20 Teaching them to observe all and did run to bring his disciples word. things whatsoever I have commanded 9 ¶ And as they went to tell his dis-you; and, lo, I am with you always, ciples, behold, Jesus met them, say-leven unto the end of the world. Amen. ¶ The GOSPEL according to St. MARK. CHAP. I. HE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. salem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan,confessing their sins. 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 7 And preached, saying, There com- 3 The voice of one crying in the wil-eth one mightier than I after me, the derness, Prepare ye the way of the latchet of whose shoes I am not wor Lord, make his paths straight. thy to stoop down and unloose. 81 indeed have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, 5. And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jeru- 9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of 26 CHAP. L. Christ's authority. His carly miracles. Galilee, and was baptized of Joba in much that they questioned among Jordan. themselves, saying, What thing is this? 10 And straightway coming up out of what new doctrine is this? for with the water, he saw the heavens opened, authority commandeth he even the and the Spirit, like a dove, descending unclean spirits, and they do obey him. 28 And immediately his fame spread upon him: il And there came a voice from hea-abroad throughout all the region round ven, saying, Thou art my beloved about Galilee. Son, in whom I am well pleased. 29 And forthwith, when they were 12 T And immediately the Spirit come out of the synagogue, they enter driveth him into the wilderness. ed into the house of Simon aud An- 13 And he was there in the wilder-drew, with Jaines and John. ness forty days tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts: and the angels ministered unto him. 14 ¶ Now, after that John was put in prison,Jesus came into Galilee,preach- ing the gospel of the kingdom of God. 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand :| repent ye, and believe the gospel. 16 Now, as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew nis brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers: 17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. 19 And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. 20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedeo in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. 30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and anon they tell him of her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and inmedi- ately the fever left her, and she min- istered unto them. 32 T And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was gathered to- gether at the door, 34 And he healed many that were sick of divers discases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. 35 And in the morning, rising up o great while before day, he went out, and departed into asolitary place, and there prayed. 36 And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him. 37 Aud when they bad found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee. 38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. 39 And he preached in their syna- gogues throughout all Galilee, and cas out devils. 21 And they went into Capernaum;| and straightway on the sabbath-day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. 22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. 40 ¶ And there came a leper to hun, 23 T And there was in their syna-beseeching him, and kneeling down gogue a man with an unclean epirit; to him, and saying unto him, If thou and he cried out, wilt, thou canst make me clean. 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have 41 And Jesus, moved with compas. we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Naz-sion, put forth his hand, and touched areth? art thou come to destroy us? him, and saith unto him, I will; be I know thee who thou art, the Holy thou clean. One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 26 And when the unclean spirit had toru him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, inso 42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. 43 And he straightly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way 37 Paratytic healed. S. MARK. Sinners need a Saviour. show thyself to the priest, and offer sea-side; and all the multitude resort- for thy cleansing those things which ed unto him, and he taught them. Moses commanded, for a testimony 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi unto them. the son of Alpheus sitting at the re ceipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And be arose and fol- lowed him. 45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter. CHAP. II. 15 T And it came to pass, that, ag Jesus sat at meat in his house, many [publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him, AND again he entered into Caper. 16 And when the scribes and Phari- nees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? naum arter some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway many were gath- ered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so 17 When Jesus heard it, he saith much as about the door: and he unto them, They that are whole have preached the word unto them. no need of the physician, but they that 3 ¶ And they come unto him, bring-|are sick: I came not to call the right- ing one sick of the palsy, which was eous, but sinners to repentance. borne of four. 18 And the disciples of John and of 4 And when they could not come the Pharisees used to fast; and they nigh unto him for the press, they un-coine aud say unto him, Why do the covered the roof where he was: and disciples of John and of the Pharisees when they had broken it up, they let fast, but thy disciples fast not? down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy eins be forgiven thee. 6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those 7 Why doth this man thus speak days. blasphemies? who can forgive sins 21 No man also seweth a piece of new but God only ? cloth on an old garment; else the new 8 And immediately when Jesus per-piece that filled it up taketh away from ceived in his spirit that they so rea-the old, and the rent is made worse. soned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sina be forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? 10 But that ye may know that the Son of man liath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) 11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thy house. 12 And immediately be arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. 13 T And he went forth again by the 22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred; but new wine must be put into new bottles. 23 ¶ And it came to pass, that he went through the corn-fields on the sabbath-day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said unto hiin, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful ? 25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when be had need, and was a hungered, he, and they that were with him? 26 How he went into the house of God, in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the show-bread, 38 The apostles ordained. CHAP. ILL. which is not lawful to cat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? 27 And he said unto them, The sab- Anxiety of his : elazions. 15 And to have power to heal sick nesses, and to cast out devils. 16 And Simon be suroamed Peter: 17 And James, the son of Zebedee, bath was made for man, and not manjand John the brother of James; (and for the sabbath: he surnamed them Boanerges, which 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord is. The sons of thunder;) also of the sabbath. A CHAP. III. 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and ND he entered again into the Thomas, and James the son of Alphe- synagogue; and there was a man us, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Ca there which bad a withered hand. naquite, 2 And they watched him, whether 19 And Judas Iscariot, which also he would heal him on the sabbath-betrayed bim: and they went into a day; that they might accuse him. house. 3 And he saith unto the man which 20 T And the multitude comedi to- ad the withered hand, Stand forth. gether again, so that they could not so 4 And he saith unto them, Is it law-much as eat bread. ful to do good on the sabbath-days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. 21 And when his friends heard of it they went out to lay bold on him; for they said, He is beside himself. 5 And when he had looked round 22 T And the scribes which came about on them with anger, being down from Jerusalem said, He hath grieved for the hardness of their Beelzebub, and by the prince of the hearts, be saith unto the man, Stretch devils casteth he out devils. forth thy hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. 6. And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. 7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilce followed him, and from Judea, 3 And from Jerusalem, and from Idu mea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto bim. 9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him be- cause of the multitude, lest they should throng him: 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parabies, How can Satan cast out Satan ? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stamil. 26 And if Satan rise up against him seff, and be divided, he cannot stand, but bath an end. 27 No man can enter into a stroug man's house, and spoil his goods, ex- cept he will first bind the strong man ; and then he will spoil his house. 28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blaspliemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29 But he that shall blaspheme agamst 10 For he had healed many; inso-the Holy Ghost hath never forgive- much that they pressed upon him for ness, but is in danger of eternal dam- to touch him, as many as had plagues.nation: 11 And unclean spirits, when they 30 Because they said, He hath an un- saw bim, fell down before him, and clean spirit. cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. 13 And he goeth up into a moun tain, and calleih unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he night send them forth to preach, 31 T There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. 32 And the inultitude sat about hum ; and they said unto bim, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren ? 34 And he looked round about ou 39 Reason for parables. S. MARK. How to hear the gospel. them which sat about him, and said, Jare sown o. stony ground; who, when Behold my mother and my brethren! they have heard the word, immedi 35 For whosoever shall do the willately receive it with gladness;' of Gud, the same is my brother, and niy sister, and mother. CHAP. IV. ND he began again to teach by the sea-side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea, on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 17 And have no root in themselves. aud so endure but for a time: after ward, when alllction or persecution. ariseth for the word's sake, immedi ately they are offended, 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful 20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as bear And it came to pass, as he sowed, the word, and receive it, and bring some fell by the way-side, and the forth fruit, some thirty-fold, some six- fowls of the air came and devoured it|ty, and some a hundred. 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: up. 21 And he said unto them, Is a 5 And some fell on stony ground, candle brought to be put under a where it had not much earth; and bushel, or under a bed? and not to be unmediately it sprang up, because it set on a candlestick ? had no depth of earth: 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, leg him hear. 24 And he saith unto them, Take 8 And other fell on good ground, and heed what ye hear: with what meas- did yield fruit that sprang up and in-ure ye mect, it shall be measured to creased, and brought forth,some thirty, you; and unto you that hear shall and some sixty, and some a hundred. more be given. 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 T And when he was alone, they that were about him, with the twelve, asked of him the parable. 11. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: 12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand: "lest at any time they should be converted, and their sius should be forgiven them. 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? 25 For be that hath, to him shall be given; and he that hath not, from bim shall be taken even that which he hath. 26 ¶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is coine. 30 T And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we com- 14 T The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way-[pare it? side, where the word is sown; but, 31 It is like a grain of mustard-seed, when they have beard, Satan cometh which, when it is sown in the earth, unmediately, and taketh away the is less than all the seeds that be in the word that was sown in their hearts. earth: 16 And these are they likewise which] 32 But when it is sown, it groweth 40 The tempest stilled. CHAP. V. Legion cast out. up, and becometh greater than all God? I adjure thee by God, that thou herbs, and shooteth out great branch- torment me not. es; so that the fowls of the air may 'odge under the shadow of it. 33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. 34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. 35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full, 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow; and they awake him, and say unto him, Mas- ter, carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 8 (For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.) 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? and be answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. 10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 11 Now there was there, nigh unto the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding. 12 Aud all the devils besought him, that saying, Send us into the swine, we may enter into them. 13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine; and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand,) and were choked in the sea 14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, aud in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. 15 And they come to Jesus, and ser him that was possessed with the devil, 40 And he said unto them, Why are and had the legion, sitting, and cloth ye so fearful? bow is it that ye haveled, and in his right mind: and they ao faith? were afraid. 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? CHAP. V. 16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to bim that was possess- ed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. 17 And they began to pray him to AND they came over unto the other depart out of their coasts. side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the enip, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chaing: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the lettera broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 6. And always night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High 18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. 19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not; but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath bad compassion on thee. 20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. 21 ¶ And when Jesus was passed over again by ship un*^ the other side. muck people gathered unto him; and he was nigh unto the sea. 22 And, bebold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 23 And besought him greatly, saying 41 Blonay issue healed S. MARK. Astonishing unbelief. My little daughter heth at the point taketh the father and the mother of of death: Ipray thee, come and lay the damsel, and them that were with thy hands on her, that she may be him, and entereth in where the dam healed; and she shall live. sel was lying. 24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. 41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha-cumi; which is, being interpreted, Dansel, (I say unto thee,) arise. 25 ¶ And a certain woman, which nau an issue of blood twelve years, 42 And straightway the damselarose, 26 And bad sullered many things of and walked; for she was of the age many physicians, and had spent all of twelve years. And they were as that she had, and was nothing better-tonished with a great astonishment. ed, but rathergrew worse, 43 And he charged them straitly that 27 When she had heard of Jesus, no man should know it; and com- caune in the press behind, and touched manded that something should be giv his garment: 28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. en her to cat.- CHAP. VI. AND he went out from thence, and 29 And straightway the fountain of | A oame into his own country; and her blood was dried up; and she felt his disciples follow him. in her body that she was healed of that] 2 And when the sabbath day wag plague. 30 And Jesus immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, aud said, Who touched my clothes? 31. And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging ther,andsayest thou, Who touched me? 32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. 33 But the woman, fearing and trem- bling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth, 34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. 35 ¶ While he yet spake, there came froin the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daugh- ter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? 36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, be saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. 37 And he suffered no man to follow hin, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. come, he began to teach in the syna- gogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wis- dom is this which is given unto him, that even auch mighty works are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses. and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. 4 But Jesus said unto them, A proph- et is not without honour, but in bis own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. 5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his bands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. 6 And he marvelled because of their unbeef. And he went round about the villages teaching. 7 T And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two: and gave them power over unclean spirits; 3 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 9 But be shod with sandals; and not 38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wail-put on two coats. ed greatly. 10 And he said unto them, In whaɩ 39 And when he was come in, he place soever ye enter into a house, saith unto them, Why make ye this there abide till ye depart from that ado, and weep? the damsel is not place. dead, but sleepeth. 14 And whosoever shall not receive 40 And they laughed him to scorn. you, nor hear you, when ye depart But when he had put them all out, he thence, shake off the dust under you 42 Herod's alarm. CHAP. VI. Five thousand fea. fect for a testimony against them. their sakes which sat with him, he Verily I say unto you, It shall be more would not reject her. tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. 12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. T 27 And iminediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. 29 Aad when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dea, and therefore 30 And the apostles gathered them mighty works do show forth themselves together untoJesus,and told him selves in him. all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 15 Others said,That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as me of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded ne is risen from the dead. ried her. ► 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yeurselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his 33 And the people saw them depart- brother Philip's wife; for he had mar-Jing, and many knew him, and ran a-foot thither out of all cities, and out- 18 For John had said unto Herod, It went them, and came together unio is not lawful for thee to have thy him. brother's wife. 34 And Jesus, when he came out, 19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel saw much people, and was moved with against him, and would have killed compassion toward them,because they him; but she could not: were as sheep not having a shepherd 20 For Herod feared John, knowing and he began to teach them mans that he was a just man, and a holy, and observed him; and when he heard bim, he did many things, and heard him gladly. things. 35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert plece, and 21. And when a convenient day was now the time is far passed; come, that Herod, on his birth-day, 36 Send them away, that they may made a supper to his lords, high cap-go into the country round about, and tains, and chief estates of Galilee; into the villages, and buy themselves 22 And when the daughter of the bread: for they have nothing to eat. said Herodias came in, and danced, 37 He answered and said unto them, and pleased Herod, and them that sat Give ye them to eat. And they say with him, the king said unto the dam-unto him, Shall we go and buy two sel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, hundred pennyworth of bread, and and I will give it thee, give them to eat? 39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 23 And he sware unto her, Whatso-| 38 He saith unto them how many ever thou shalt ask of me, 1 will give loaves have ye? go and see. And ic thee, unto the half of my kingdoni. when they knew, they say, Five, and 24 And she went forth, and said unto two fishes. her mother, What shall I ask? And she said,The Head of John the Baptist. 25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked,saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger, the head of John the 41 And when he had taken the five Baptist. loaves and the two fishes, he looked 26 And the king was exceeding sor-up to heaven, and blessed, and brake ry; yet for his oath's sake, and for the loaves, and gave them to his dis 40 And they sat down in ranke, by hundreds, and by lifties. 43 sus walks on the sea. S. MARK. Traditions condemned. ciples to set before them; and the 2 And when they saw some of his two fishes divided he among them all. disciples eat bread with defiled (that 42 And they did all eat, and were is to say, with unwashen) hands, they filled. found fault. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. 44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. 3 For the Phariseee,and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, bolding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the 45 And straightway he constrained market, except they wash, they eat his disciples to get into the ship, and not. And many other things there be to go to the other side before unto which they have received to bold, as Bethsaida, while he sent away the the washing of cups, and pots, and people. brasen vessels, and tables. 46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. 47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and lie alone on the land. 5 Then the Pharisees and subes asked him, Why walk not thy disci- ples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? 6 He answered and said unto them, 48 And he saw them toiling in row-Well hath Esaias prophesied of you ng: (for the wind was contrary unto hypocrites, as it is written, This peo- them.) and about the fourth watch of ple honoureth me with their lips, but the night he cometh unto them, walk-their heart is far from me. ing upon the sea, and would have 7 Howbeit in vain do they worship passed by them. me, teaching for doctrines the com mandments of men. 49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: 50 (For they all saw him, and were troubled :) and immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer; it is 1; be not afraid. 8 For, laying aside the command ment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, 61 And he went up unto them into that ye may keep your own tradition. the ship; and the wind ceased: and 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father they were sore amazed in themselves and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth beyond measure, and wondered. father or mother, let him die the 52 For they considered not the mira-[death: cle of the loaves; for their heart was hardened. 63 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. 54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him, 11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother: 13 Making the word of God of none 55 And ran through that whole region effect through your tradition, which round about, and began to carry about ye have delivered: and many such in beds those that were sick, where like things do ye. they heard he was. 66 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and be- sought him that they might touch if it were but the border of bis garment: And as many as touched him were made whole. THE CHAP. VII. HEN came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile bim; but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 17 And when he was entered mto 44 Syrophenician Woman. OMAP. VUL Four thousand jed the house from the people, his dis-sighed, and saith unto him, Ephpha ciples asked him concerning the par- tha, that is, Be opened. جرا را برد 35 And straightway his ears were 18 And he saith unto them, Are yejopened, and the string of his tongue so without understanding also? Do ye was loosed, and he spake plain. uot perceive, that whatsoever thing 36 And he charged them that thes from without entereth into the man, should tell no man: but the more be it cannot defile him; charged them, so much the inore a 19 because it entereth not into his great deal they published is ; heart, but into the belly, and goeth out| 37 And were beyond measure aston- into the draught, purging all meats? ished, saying, He hath done all things 20 And he said, That which cometh well: he maketh both the deal to out of the man, that defileth the man, | hear, and the dumb to speak. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adul- teries, fornications, CHAP. VIII. N those days, the multitude IN Heron, Cotons, surd, Wickedness, Ivery ercat, and having nothing to 22 Thefts, covetousness, neceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. 24 T And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. eat, Jesus called his disciples unte him, and said unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multi- tude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to cat; 3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way for divers of them came from afar. 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, 4 And his disciples answered him, heard of him, and caine and fell at his From whence can a man satisfy these feet; men with bread here in the wilder- 26 (The woman was a Greek, a Sy-ness? copheniciau by nation;) and she be 5 And he asked them, How many sought him that he would cast forth loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. the devil out of her daughter. 6 And he commanded the people to 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the sit dowu on the ground: and he took children first be filled: for it is not the seren loaves, and gave thanks, meet to take the children's bread, and and brake, and gave to his disciples to cast it unto the dogs. to set before them; and they did set them before the people. 28 And she answered and said unto bin, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. 31 T And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an inpediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 7 And they had a few small fishes: and be blessed, and commanded to set them also before thêm. S So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken mcat that was left, seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. 10 T And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spir 33 And he took bim aside from the it, and saith, Why doth this genera multitude, and put his fingers into histion seek after a sign? Verily I say ears, and he spit, and touched bis unto you, There shall no sigu be tongue; uuto this generation. 34 And, looking up to heaven, he given 13 And he left them, and, entering 3 L 45 Cure of a blind man. S. MARK. into the ship again, departed to the, other side, Christian rewards. 31 T And he began to teach them. that the Son of man must suffer many 14 Now the disciples had forgotten things, and be rejected of the elders, to take bread, neither had they in the and of the chief priests, and scribes, ship with them more than one loaf. and be killed, and after three days 15 And be charged them,saying,Take rise again. beed, beware of the leaven of the 32 And he spake that saying openly Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. And Peter took him, and began to re- 16 And they reasoned among them-buke him. selves, saying, It is because we have Do bread. 17 And wheu Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? 33 But when he had turned about, and looked on his disciples, he re- buked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. 34 ↑ And when he had called the 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and hav-people unto him, with his disciples ing cars, hear ye not? and do ye not also, he said unto them, Whosoever remember? will come 19 When I brake the five loaves himself, and take up his cross, and after me, let him deny among five thousand, how many bas-follow me. kets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. 20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. 21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? 22 ¶ And he cometh to Bethsaida; fund they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the band, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in ex- change for his soul? 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of ine, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels. CHAP. IX. 25 After that, he put his hands again AND be said unto them, Verily I say upon his eyes, and made him look up ; and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. 2 T And after six days, Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James,and John, 27 ¶ And Jesus went out and his dis-and leadeth them up into a high moun- ciples into the towns of Cesarea Phil-tain apart by themselves: and he was ppi: and by the way he asked his transfigured before them. disciples, saying unto them, Who do 3 And his raiment became shining, men say that I anı ? exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. 4 And there appeared unto them: Elins with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Peter answer- eth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no mau of him. 5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us it be here: and let us make three taberna- cles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 46 The transfiguration. CHAP. IX. The distressed futher. 6 For he wist not what to say; for long is it ago since this came unto they were sore afraid. him? And he said, Of a child. 7 And there was a cloud that over- 22 And oft-times it hath cast him into shadowed them and a voice came the fire, and into the waters, to de- out of the cloud, saying, This is my stroy him: but if thou canst do any beloved Son; hear him. thing, bave compassion on us, and S And suddenly, when they had look-help us. ed round about, they saw no man 23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst any more, save Jesus only with them-believe, all things are possible to hun selves. that believeth. 9 And as they came down from the 21 And straightway the father al mountain, he charged them that they the child cried out, and said with should tell no man what things they tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine Inud seen, till the Son of man were unbelief. risen from the dead. 10 And they kept that saying themselves, questioning one another what the rising from dead should mean. 25 When Jesus saw that the people with came running together, he rebuked the with foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou the dumb and deaf spirit, 1 charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 11 ¶ And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elius must first come? 12. And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him; and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. 27 But Jesus took bim by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. 23 And when he was come into the 13 But I say unto you, That Elias is house, his disciples asked him private. indeed come, and they have done untoly, Why could not we cast him out? nim "whatsoever they listed, as it is 29 And he said unto them, This kind written of him. can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. 14 T And when he came to his dis ciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and, running to him, saluted 30 T And they departed theuce, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know i 31 For he taught his disciples, aud said unto them, The Son of man is de livered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; aud after that he is 16 And he asked the scribes, What killed, he shall rise the third day. question ye with them? 32 But they understood not that say 17 And one of the multitude auswering, and were afraid to ask him. ed and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit: bim. 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him; and he foameth, and guasheth with his teeth, and pineth away and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. 19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation! how long shall be with you? how long shall I suffer you? Bring him unto me. 33 T And he came to Capernaum: and, being in the house, he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves who should be the greatest 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shail be last of all, and servant of all. 36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when be bad taken him in his armis, he said unto them, 20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare hio; and he fell on 37 Whosoever shall receive one of the ground, and wallowed, foaming. such children in my name, receiveth 21 And he asked his father, How me; and whosoever shall receive me, 47 Sin worse thim death. S. MARK. receiveth not me, but him that sent me. Divorce is adultery. 3 And he answered and said unte them, What did Moses command you? 4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put 38 ¶ And John answered him, say- ing, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth her away. not us; and we forbade him, because 5 And Jesus answered and said unto he followeth not us. them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept: 39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. 40 For he that is not against us is on our part. 6 But from the beginning of the cre ation God made them male and fe- inale. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in ny name, 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: because ye belong to Christ, verily Iso then they are no more twain, but say unto you, He shall not lose his one flesh. reward. 42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44 Where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched; 46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if thine eye offend the2, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire; 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. CHAP. X. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. 11 And he saith unto them, Whoso. ever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to an other, she committeth adultery. 13 And they brought young chil dren to him, that he should touch them; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Sulfer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. 17 T And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that Ĭ may inherit eternal life? 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good ? there is none good but one, that is, God. AND be arose from thence, and 19 Thou knowest the command- meats, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. cometn into the coast of Judea, by the further side of Jordan; and the people resort unto him again: and, as he was wont, he taught them again. 2 ¶ And the Pharisees came to him,] 20. And he answered and said unto and asked him, Is it lawful for a man him, Master, all thesc have 1 observed to put away his wife? tempting him. from my youth. 48 The young Ruler. CHAP. X. To the serviceable. 21 Then Jesus, beholding him, loved 34 And they shall mock him, and him, and said unto him, One thing shall scourge him, and shall spit upon thou lackest: go thy way, sell what-bim, and shall kill him; and the Evever thou hast, and give to the poor, third day he shall rise again. and thou shalt have treasure in hea ven; and come, take up the cross, and follow me. 22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. 35 ¶ And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. 36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us, that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. 23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 24 And the disciples were astonished 38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye at his words. But Jesus answereth know not what ye ask; can ye drink again, and saith unto them, Children, of the cup that I drink of? and be how hard is it for them that trust in baptized with the baptism that 1 an riches toenter intothe kingdom of God! baptized with? 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? 27 And Jesus, looking upon them, saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. 28 Then Peter began to say unto hun, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall in- deed drink of the cup that I drink of, jand with the baptism that I am bap- tized withal shall ye be baptized: 10 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whou it is prepared. 41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John, 42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. 43 But so shall it not be among you : but whosoever will be great among 30 But he shall receive a hundred-you, shall be your minister; fold now in this time, houses, and 44 And whosoever of you will be the brethren, and sisters, and mothers, chiefest, shall be servait of all. and children, and lands, with perse- cutions and in the world to come, eternal life. 31 But many that are first shall be Inst; and the last first. 32 ¶ And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went be fore them and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and| began to tell them what things should happen unto him, 45 For even the Son of man came not to bo ministered unto, but to min- ister, and to give bis life a ransom for many. 46 T And they came to Jericho : and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples, and a great number of peo- ple, blind Bartimeus, the son of Ti ineus, sat by the highway-side begging. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, 33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Je-bave mercy on me. rusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall con- demn him to death, and shall deliver bim to the Gentiles: 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. 19 And Jesus stood still, and com· 4 49 Entry into Jerusalem. S. MARK. The blasted free. manded him to be called. And they were come from Belliany, he was call the blind man, saying unto him, hungry : Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off hav- thee. 50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my Bight. 52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way. CHAP. XI. A ND when they came nigh to Je rusalem unto Bethpliage and Bethany at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. 4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door with- out, in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on hin; and he sat upon him. ing leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when ne came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. forever. 15 T And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; 16 And would not suffer that any mau should carry any vessel through the temple. 17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the bouse of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. IS And the scribes and chief priests beard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, be- cause all the people was astonished at his doctrine. 19 And when even was come, he went out of the city. 20 T And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter, calling to remem brance, saith unto him, Master, be hold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 22 And Jesus answering, saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this moun- 8 And many spread their garments tain, Be thou removed, and be thou in the way; and others cut down cast into the sea; and shall not doubt branches off the trees, and strewed in his heart, but shall believe that them in the way. those things which he saith shall come 9 And they that went before, and to pass; he shall have whatsoever he they that followed, cried, saying, Ho-saith. sanna; Blessed is be that cometh in the name of the Lord: 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our fa- ther David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. 11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalen, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the even-tide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. 12 ¶ And on the morrow, when they] 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 25 And when ye stand praying, for- give, if ye have aught against any; that your Father also which is in ben- ven may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 27 ¶ And they come again to Jerusa- 50 Farable of the vineyard. CHAP. XII. Obedience to rulers. lem and as he was walking in the destroy the husbandmen, and will give temple, there come to him the chief the vineyard unto others. : priests, and the scribes, and the elders, 10 And have ye not read this scrip. 23 And say unto him, By what au-ture, The stone which the builders thority doest thou these things? and rejected is become the head of the who gave thee this authority to do corner! these things? 11 This was the Lord's doing, and it 29 And Jesus answered and said unto his marvellous in our eyes? them, I will also ask of you one ques- tion, and answer mic, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and 13 ¶ And they send unto him certain 30 The baptism of Jolin, was it from went their way. heaven, or of men? answer me. 31 And they reasoned with them-of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, selves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. 33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus an- swering, saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. CHAP. XIL to catch him in his words. 14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not? 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypoc risy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see AND he began to speak unto them. by parables. A certain man 16 And they brought it. And he sait!: planted a vineyard, and set a hedge unto them, Whose is this image an ubout it, and digged a place for the superscription? And they said unto wine fat, and built a tower, and let it hun, Cesar's. out to husbandmen, and went into a 17 And Jesus answering, said unto fur country. 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might eceive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. them, Render to Cesarthe things that jare Cesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him. 18 T Then came unto him the Saddu- cees, which say there is no resurrec beat|tion; and they asked him, saying, 3 And they caught him, and him, and sent him away empty. 4 And again he sent unto them other servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully han dled. 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a an-man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. 6 Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will rever- ence my son. 7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the beir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. 8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and 20 Now, there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. 21 And the second took her,and died, neither left he any seed; and the third likewise. 22. And the seven had ber, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. 23 In the resurrection, therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had ber to wife. 24 And Jesus answering, said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 51 Messiah's dignity, S. MARK. The widow's mite. 25 For when they shall rise from the love to go in long clothing, and love dead, they neither marry, nor are salutations in the market-places. given in marriage; but are as the an- 39 And the chief seats in the syna gela which are in heaven. gogues, and the uppermost rooms at 26 And as touching the dead, that feasts; they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye there fore do greatly err. 28 T And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning to gether, and perceiving that he had an- swered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The Grst of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment, 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other com- mandment greater than these. 40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. 41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury and many that were rich cast in much. 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 43 And he called unto him his dis- ciples, and saith unto them, Verily 1 say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the treasury; 44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. CHAP. XIII. AND as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto hun, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! And Jesus answering, said unta him, Seest thou these great buildings? 32 And the scribe said unto him, there shall not be left one stone upon Well, Master, thou hast said the truth:another, that shall not be thrown for there is one God; and there is down. none other but he : 3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, over against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, asked him privately, 33 And to love him with all the beart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as 4 Tell us, when shall these things himself, is more than all whole burnt-be? and what shall be the sign when offerings and sacrifices. all these things shall be fulfilled ? 34 And when Jesus saw that he an- 5 And Jesus answering them, began swered discreetly, he said unto him, to say, Take heed lest any man de- Thou art not far from the kingdom of ceive you: Gud. And no man after that durst ask him any question. 35 T And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? 36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 7 And when ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars, be ye not troul. bled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. 8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; these are the beginnings of sorrows. 37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladi. 9 T But take heed to yourselves: for 38 ¶ And he said unto them in his they shall deliver you up to councils; doctrine, Beware of the scribes,which] and in the synagogues ye shall be 52 CHAP. XIV. Desolation of the Jews. beaten : and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. 10 And the gospel must first be pub- lished among all nations. Christ's coming snaden. 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be sbaken. 26 And then they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with great power and glory. 11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought 27 Aud then shall be send his angels, beforehand what ye shall speak, nei-and shall gather together his elect ther do ye premeditate; but whatso-from the four winds, from the utter- ever shall be given you in that hour, most part of the earth to the uttermost that speak ye: for it is not ye that part of heaven. speak, but the Holy Ghost. 12 Now, the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake; but he that shall endure unto the end, the same sball be saved. 14 T But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (iet him that readeth un- derstand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains: 28 Now, learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29 So ye, in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass. know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30 Verily I say unto you, That this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away. 32 ¶ But of that day, and that hour, knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, 15 Aud let him that is ou the house-but the Father. nei- top not go down into the house, ther enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: 16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. 17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! 18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. 3 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his ser vants, and tõ every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore; for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morn 36 Lest, coming suddenly, be find you sleeping. 19 For in those days shall be afflic-ing; tion, such as was not from the begin ning of the creation which God cre- ated unto thus time, neither shall be. 20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath short: ened the days. 21 And then, if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not; 37 And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch. CHAP. XIV, AFTER two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast-day, 22 For false Christs and false proph-lest there be an uproar of the people. ets shall rise, and shall show signs 3 T And being in Bethany, in the and wonders, to seduce, if it were house of Simon the leper, as he sat at possible, even the elect. meat, there came a woman, having an 23 But take ye heed: behold, I have alabaster-box of ointment of spike. foretold you all things. nard, very precious; and she brake 24 ¶ But in those days, after that trib-the box, and poured it on his head. ulation, the sun shall be darkened, and 4 And there were some that had the moon shall not give her light, indignation within themselves, and 53 The poor always with us S. MARK. Christ's agony. said, Why was this waste of the oint-that dippeth with me in the dish. Ient made? 21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is be trayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. 5 For it might have peen sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 22 T And as they did eat, Jesus took 6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a bread, and blessed, and brake it, and good work on me. gave to them, and said, Take,eat: this is my body. 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye nay do them good: but me ye have not always. 8 She hath done what she could: she| s come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. 23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which in shed for many. 9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever 25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink 'his gospel shall be preached through- no more of the fruit of the vine, until but the whole world, this also that she that day that I drink it new in the ath done shall be spoken of for a me-kingdom of God. morial of her. 10 ¶ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him noney And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. 26 ¶ And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 27 And Jesus saith unto them, All yc shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 12 T And the first day of unleavened 28 But after that I am risen, 1 will bread, when they killed the passover, go before you into Galilee. his disciples said unto him, Where 29 But Peter said unto him, Although wilt thou that we go and prepare that all shall be offended, yet will not 1. thou mayest eat the passover? 30 And Jesus saith unto bim, Verily 1 say unto thee, That this day, even ju this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shall deny me thrice. 13 And he sendetli forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a nian bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. 31 But he spake the more vehement ly, If I should die with thee, I will 14 And wheresoever he shall go in, not deny thee in any wise. Likewise say ye to the good man of the house, also said they all. The Master saith, Where is the guest-32 T And they came to a place which chamber, where I shall eat the pass-was named Gethsemane: and he saith over with my disciples? to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I 15 And he will show you a large shall pray. upper-room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. 16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as be had said unto them and they made ready the passover. 17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. 18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. 19. And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it 1 and another said, Is it I ? 33 And he taketh with him, Peter, and James, and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heary; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is [exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry fye here, and watch. 35 And be went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt. 20 And he answered and said un- 37 And he cometh, and findeth them to them, It is one of the twelvejsleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, 54 Arrest of Jesus. CHAP. XIV. His mock trial, alcepeat thou? couldest not thou watch | Jesus to put him to death; and found one hour? 38 Watch ye, and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. 39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. 40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again; (for their eyes were heavy;) neither wist they what to auswer him. none: 66 For many bare false witness against him; but their witness agreed not together. 57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, 63 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build an other made without hands. 59 But neither so did their witness agree together. 41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the 60 And the high priest stood up in bour is come; behold, the Son of man the midst, and asked Jesus, saying is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Answerest thou nothing? what is i 42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that be-which these witness against thee? trayeth me is at hand. 61 But he held his peace, and answer 43 T And immediately, while he ed nothing. Again the high priest yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the asked him, and said unto him, Art twelve, and with him a great multi-thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? tude, with swords and staves, from 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye sball the chief priests, and the scribes, and see the Son of man sitting on the right the elders. hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomso- ever I shall kiss,that same is he; take him, and icad him away safely. 45. And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, Master; and kissed him. 46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him. 47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. a 48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against thief, with swords and with staves to take me? 491 was daily with you in the tem- ple, teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. 50 And they all forsook him, and fled. 51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on bim: 52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. 63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? 64 Ye have heard the blasphemy what think ye? And they all con demned him to be guilty of death. 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. 66 T Aud as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: 67 And when she saw Peter warn- ing himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew, 69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them, 53 T And they led Jesus away to the 70 And he denied it again. And a high priest and with him were as-little after, they that stood by said sembled all the chief priests, and the again to Peter, Surely thou art one of elders, and the scribes. them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. 54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against :| 71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. 72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the 55 S. MARK His silent meckness. His crucifixion. word that Jesus said unto him, Before ple, and platted a crown of thorns, the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny and put it about his head, me thrice. And when he thought 18 And began to salute him, Hail, thereon, he wept. King of the Jews! CHAP. XV. ND straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consulta tion with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried ham away, and delivered in to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he an- swering, said unto him, Thou sayest it. 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things; but he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, say- mig, Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. 19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and, bowing their knees, worshipped him. 20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from liim, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. 21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexan- der and Rufus, to bear his cross. 22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a scull. 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh; but he received it not. 24 And when they had crucified him, 6 ¶ Now at that feast he released they parted bis garments, casting lots unto them one prisoner, whomsoever upon them, what every man should they desired. take. 25 And it was the third hour; and 7 And there was one named Barab- bas, which lay bound with them that they crucified him. had made insurrection with him, who 26 And the superscription of his ac bad committed murder in the insur-cusation was written over, THE rection. KING OF THE JEWS. 9 And the multitude crying aloud, began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. 9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. 11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. 12 And Pibute answered and said ngain unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? 13 And they cried out again, Crucify hun. 27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. 28 And the scriptures was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. - 29¶ And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and say- ing, Ah, thou that destroyest the tem. ple, and buildest it in three days, 30 Save thyself and come down from the cross. 31 Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, said among themselves, with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. 32 Let Christ the King of Israel de- 14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why? [scend now from the cross, that we what evil hath he douc? And they may see and believe. And they that cried out the more exceedingly, Cru- were crucified with him reviled him. cify him. 15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band. 17 And they clothed him with pur-] 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama, sabacthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why bast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of them that stood by 50 Witnesses of his death CHAP. XVI. when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 36 And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave bun to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. 37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bot- tom. 39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, be said, Truly this man was the Son of God. and resurrection. 3 And tney said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the Sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white gar- ment; and they were affrighted. 6. And he saith unto them, Be not aflrighted. Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid bim. 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. 40 There were also women looking on afar off; among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of 8 And they went out quickly, and Jaines the less and of Joses, and Sa- fled from the sepulchre; for they trein- lome; bled and were amazed; neither said 41 (Who also, when he was in Gali-they any thing to any man; for they lee, followed him, and ministered were afraid. unto him;) and many other women 9 Now, when Jesus was risen which came up with him unto Jeru-early the first day of the week, he salem. appeared first to Mary Magdalene, 42 ¶ And now, when the even was out of whom he had cast seven devils. come, (because it was the preparation, 10 And she went and told them that that is, the day before the sabbath,) had been with him, as they mourned 43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honour-and wept. nble counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and, calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45. And when he knew it of the cen- turion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepul- chre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. 47 And Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Jesus, beheld where he was laid. CHAP. XVI. AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. 12 T After that, be appeared in an other form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. 13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. 14 ¶ Afterward he appeared unto the cleven, as they sat at meat and up- braided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believ ed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye intʊ all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe: la my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 13 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 57 History of Zachariah S. LUKE. 19 T So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. and Elisabeth. 20 And they went forth,and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following, Amen ¶ The GOSPEL according to St. LUKE. CHAP. I. 15 For he shall be great in the sight FORASMUCH as many have taken of the Lord, and shall drink neither in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word; wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb, 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people pre- 3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things fron the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, pared for the Lord. That thou mightest know the cer- 18 And Zacharias said unto the an- tainty of those things wherein thou gel, Whereby shall I know this? for hast been instructed. I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. 5 ¶ THERE was, in the days of THerod the king of Judea, a Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of he daughters of Aaron, and her name vas Elisabeth. 19 And the angel auswering, said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent te speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad tidings. 6 And they were both righteous be- 20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, fore God, walking in all the cominand-and not able to speak, until the day ments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren; and they both were now well stricken in years. 8 And it came to pass, that, while he executed the priest's office before God, in the order of his course, that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. 21 And the people waited for Zacha rias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. 22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they per- 9 According to the custom of the ceived that he had seen a vision in the priest's office, his lot was to burn in-temple; for he beckoned unto them, cense when he went into the temple and remained speechless. of the Lord. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the Lime of incense. 11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of iacense. 23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. 24 And after those days his wife Elis- abeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, 12 And when Zacharias saw him, be 25 Thus bath the Lord dealt with me was troubled, and fear fell upon him. in the days wherein he looked on me, 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear to take away my reproach among men. not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is 26 T And in the sixth month the an- heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall gel Gabriel was sent from God unto a bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his city of Galilee, named Nazareth, naine John. 27 To a virgin espoused to a man, 14 And thou shalt have joy and glad-whose name was Joseph, of the house ness; and many shall rejoice at his of David; and the virgin's name was birth. Mary. 58 The Annunciation. CHAP. I. Birth of John. 28 And the angel came in unto her, 45 And blessed is sùe that believed· nud said, Hail, thou that art highly for there shall be a performance of lavoured, the Lord is with thee: bless- those things which were told her ed art thou among women. from the Lord. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her nind what manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David : 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man ? 16 T And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 48 For he bath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 49 For he that is mighty hath done tc me great things; and holy is his nanie. 50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. 51 He hath showed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52 He hath put down the mighty from their scats, and exalted them of low degree. 53 He bath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hata sent empty away. 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come! upon thee,and the power of the High-in est shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing, which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. 36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, the hath also conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren: 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. 54 He bath holpen his servant Israe), remembrance of his mercy : 55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abrabam, and to bis seed for ever. 56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. 67 ¶ Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. 58 And her neighbours and her cous- ins heard how the Lord had showed 38 And Mary said, Behold the hand-great mercy upon her; and they re maid of the Lord; be it unto me ac- joiced with her. cording to thy word. And the angel departed from her. 39 T And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill-country with baste, into a city of Judea; TO And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 11 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou! among women, and blessed is the frut of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, Lie babe leaped in my womb for joy, 69 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zach- arias, after the name of his father. 60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. 63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is Jolin. And they marvelled all. 64 And his mouth was opened im- mediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. 65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them; and all these say- ings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea, 59 Song of Zacharias, S. LUKE. Birth of Jesus. 66 And all they that heard them laid he was of the house and lineage of them up in their hearts, saying, What David,) manner of child shall this be! And 5 To be taxed with Mary his espous· the hand of the Lord was with him. 67 ¶ And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and proph esied, ed wife, being great with child. 6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplish- ed, that she should be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her first- 68 he the Lord God of Is- rael; for he hath visited and redeem-born son, and wrapped him in swad- ed his people, dling clothes, and laid him in a man- 69 And hath raised up a hom of sal-ger; because there was no room for vation for us in the house of his ser- them in the inn. vant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began; 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of ah that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, 73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, ST And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; 75 Iu holiness and righteousness be-Ye shall find the babe wrapped in fore him, all the days of our life. 76 And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the remission of their sins, 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the day-spring from on high bath visited us, 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. 80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of bis showing unto Israel. CHAP. II. AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made whenCyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15 And it came to pass, as the angelo were gone away from them into hea- yen, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethleheır, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 16 And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. ed 18 And all they that beard it wonder- at those things which were tola them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart, 20 And the shepherds returned, glo rifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, 4 And Joseph also went up from as it was told unto them. Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, 21 ¶ And when eight days were ac into Judea, unto the city of David, complished for the circumcising of the which is called Bethlehem, (because child, his name was called JESUS, 60 Song of Simeon. CHAP. III. Childhood of Jesus. which was so named of the angel be-, 38 And she, coming in that instant, fore he was conceived in the womb. gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, 22 And when the days of her purifi-and spake of him to all them that look- cation, according to the law of Moses, ed for redemption in Jerusalem. were accomplished, they brought him 39 And when they had performed all to Jerusalem, to present him to the things, according to the law of the Lord: Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. 23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord ;) 24 And to offer a sacrifice, according] to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons. 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him. 41 T Now his parents went to Jeru- salem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years 25 T And, behold, there was a man old, they went up to Jerusalem, after in Jerusalem, whose name was Sime-the custom of the feast. on; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 26. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that be should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy sal vation, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Jo seph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem seeking him. 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the tem- ple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. 47 And all that heard him were as tonished at his understanding and au swers. 48 And when they saw him, they 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, were amazed : and his mother said unto and the glory of thy people Israel. him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt 33 And Joseph and his mother mar-with us? behold, thy father and I have velled at those things which were spoken of him. 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising agajo of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; 35(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thine own soul also ;) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. sought thee sorrowing. 49 And be said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? 50 And they understood not the say ing which he spake unto them. 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was sub- ject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 36 T And there was one Anna, a 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, and stature, and in favour with God of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great and inan. age, and bad lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; 37 And she was a widow of about CHAP. III. fourscore and four years, which de NOW, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontiua parted not from the temple, but served Pilate being governor of Judea, and God with fastings and prayers night! Herod being tetrarch of Galilee and and day. ¡his brother Philip_tetrarch of Iturea 3 M 61 S. LUKE Ministry of John. Lineage of Jesus. and of the region of Trachonitis, and, latchet of whose shoes I am not wor Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, thy to unloose: he shall baptize you 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: priests, the word of God came unto 17 Whose fun is in his hand, and he John, the son of Zacharias, in the wil-will thoroughly purge his floor, and derness. will gather the wheat into his garner; 2 And be came into all the country but the chaff he will burn with fire about Jordan, preaching the baptism unquenchable. of repentance for the remission of sins; 18 And many other things, in his ex- 4 As it is written in the book of the hortation,preached he unto the people. words of Esaias the prophet, saying, 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being 'The voice of one crying in the wilder-reproved by him for Herodias his ness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, brother Philip's wife, and for all the make bis paths straight. evils which Herod bad done, 20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up Jobu in prison. 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be 21 T Now, when all the people were made straight, and the rough ways baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus shall be made smooth; also being baptized, and praying, the 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation|heaven was opened. of God. 7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to fice from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree there- fore which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire 10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that heth none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. 12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape, like a dove, upon him; and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. 23 T Aud Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed)the sonof Joseph,which was the son of Heli, 24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the so11 of Janna,which was the son of Joseph, 25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Judah, 27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which 13 And he said unto them, Exact no was the son of Zorobabel, which was more than that which is appointed you. the son of Salathiel, which was the 14 And the soldiers likewise demand-[son of Neri, jed of him, saying, Aud what shall we 28 Which was the son of Meleni, do? And he said unto them, Do vio- which was the son of Addi, which lence to no man, neither accuse any was the son of Cosam, which was the falsely; and be content with your son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, wages. 15 And as the people were in ex- pectation, and all men mused in their hearts of Jolin, whether he were the Christ, or not; 16 John answered, saying unto them] all, 1 indced baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the 29 Which was the son of Jose which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son 0. Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the 62 The temptation. CHAP IV. Ilis car'y ministry. son of Jonan, which was the son of] 6 And the devil said unto him, All Eliakim, 31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, 32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, 33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, 34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Malelcel, which was the son of Cainan, 28 Which was the son of Enos,which was the son of Setb, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. CHAP IV. ANDO ND Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit, into the wilder- ness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. : 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a mo- ment of time this power will I give thee, and the glory of them; for that is delivered to me; and to whomsoever I will, I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind ine, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the tem ple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee; 11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering, said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him [for a season. 14 T And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and there went out a fame of him through al the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 T And he came to Nazareth,where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, be went into the syna- gogue on the sabbath-day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias: and when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 03 S. LUKE. Miraculous draught. His life in danger. 22 And all bare aim witness, and into every place of the country round wondered at the gracious words which about. proceeded out of his mouth. And they 38 T And he arose out of the syna- said, Is not this Joseph's son? gogue,and entered into Simon's house: 23 And he said unto them, Ye will and Simon's wife's mother was taken Burely say unto me this proverb, Phy-with a great fever; and they besought sician, heal thyself: whatsoever we him for her. have heard done in Capernaum, do 39 And he stood over her, and re- also here in thy country. buked the fever; and it left her. And 24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, immediately she arose, and ministered No prophet is accepted in his own unto them. country. 25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great lamine was throughout all the land; 40 ¶ Now, when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers discases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. 41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art 26 But unto none of them was Elias Christ, the Son of God. And he, re- eent,save unto Sarepta,a city of Sidon, buking them, suffered them not to unto a woman that was a widow. speak for they knew that he was 27 And many lepers were in Israel Christ. In the time of Eliseus the prophet; 42 And when it was day, he departed, and none of them was cleansed,saving and went into a desert place; and the Naaman the Syrian. people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that be shonli not depart from them. 23 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was bilt, that they might cast him down headlong. 30 But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way, 31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the Sabbath-days, $2 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. 43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also; for therefore am I sent. 41 And he preached in the syna gogues of Galilee. CHAP. V. AND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of thein, and were washing their nets. 3 And he entered into one of the 33 And in the synagogue there was ships, which was Simon's, and prayed a man which had a spirit of an unclean him that he would thrust out a little devil, and cried out with a loud voice, from the land. And he sat down, and 34 Saying, Let us alone; what have taught the people out of the ship. we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Naz- 4 Now, when he had left speaking, areth? art thou come to destroy us? he said unto Simon, Launch out into 1 know thee who thou art; the Holy the deep, and let down your nets for a One of God. draught. 35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. 5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing; never- theless, at thy word I will let down the net. 6 And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their net brake. 36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves,saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean] 7 And they beckoned unto their part spirits, and they come out. ners, which were in the other ship, 37 And the fine of him went out that they should come and help them 64 His spirit of prayer. CHAP. V. Call of Levi. And they came, and filled both the, which speaketh blasphemies? Who ships, so that they began to sink. can forgive sins but God alone? 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell 22 But when Jesus perceived their down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart thoughts, he, answering, said unto from ine; for I am a sinful man, Othem, What reason ye in your hearts? Lord. 23 Whether is easier to say, Thy sù's be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: 24 But that ye may know that the 20. And so was also James and John, Son of man hath power upon earth to the sons of Zebedee, which were part-forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of ners with Simon. And Jesus said unto the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and Simon, Fear not: from henceforth take up thy couch, and go into thy thou shalt catch men. house. 11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. 12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy; who, seeing Jesus, fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 25 And immediately he rose up be- fore them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. 26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day. 27 ¶ And after these things he went 13 And he put forth his hand, and forth, and saw a publican, named touched him, saying, I will; be thou Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: clean. And immediately the leprosy and he said unto him, Follow me. departed from him. 28. And he left all, rose up, and foi lowed him. 14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show thyself to the 29 ¶ And Levi made nim a great priest, and offer for thy cleansing, ac-feast in his own house and there was cording as Moses commanded, for a great company of publicans and of bestimony unto them. 15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him; and great mu]-[ titudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16 ¶ And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. 17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 18 T And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. 19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the house-top, and let him down through the tiling, with his couch, into the midst before Jesus. 20. And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are for given thee. others that sat down with them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees. murmured against his disciples, say ing, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering, said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 33 T And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the dis- ciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink ? 34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bride-chai- ber fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 35 1 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old: if otherwise, then both the new maketh - 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees a rent, and the piece that was taken: began to reason, saying, Who is this out of the new agreeth not with the old. 5 65 The Sabbath for good. S. LUKE. Who are miserable. 37 Aad no man putteth new wine, 13 And when it was day, he called mto old bottles; else the new wine unto him his disciples: and of them will burst the bottles, and be spilled, he chose twelve, whom also he named and the bottles shall perish. Apostles; 38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. 39 No man also, having drank old wine, straightway desireth new; for he saith, The old is better. CHAP. VI. 14 Simon (whom be also named Pe- ter) and Andrew his brother, Janes and John, Philip and Bartholomew, 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, AND it came to pass, on the second 16 And Judas the brother of James, sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn-fields; and his disciples plucked the cars of corn, and did cat, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days? 3 And Jesus, answering them, said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was a hungered, and they which were with him; + How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the show- bread, and gave also to them that were with him; which is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. 17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain; and the com- pany of his disciples, and a great mul- [titude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear bim, and to be healed of their diseases; 18 And they that were vexed with un- clean spirits and they were healed. 19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. 20 T And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. : 6 And he said unto them, That the 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye 6 T And it came to pass also on an- that weep now; for ye shall laugh. cther sabbath, that he entered into the 22 Blessed are ye when men shall synagogue and taught: and there was hate you, and when they shall sepa a man whose right hand was withered. rate you from their company, and 7 And the scribes and Pharisees shall reproach you, and cast out your watched him, whether he would heal name as evil, for the Son of man's on the sabbath-day; that they might sake. find an accusation against him. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap 8 But he knew their thoughts, and for joy; for, behold, your reward is said to the man which had the with-great in heaven: for in the like man ered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in ner did their fathers unto the prophets. the midst. And he arose, and stood forth. 9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath-days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? 24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. 25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 26 Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their father3 to the false prophets. 27 T But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them 10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy band. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. 11 And they were filled with mad-which hate you; ness; and communed one with an- other what they might do to Jesus. 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use 12 T And it came to pass, in those you. days, that he went out into a mountain| 29 And unto him that smiteth thee to pray, and continued all night in on the one check, oller also the prayer to God. other; and him that taketh away thy 66 Christian maxims. CHAP. VIL The foolish hearer. cloak, forbid not to take thy coat gather figs, nor of a oramble bush also. gather they grapes. 30 Give to every man that asketh of 45 A good man, out of the good treas thee; and of him that taketh away ure of his heart, bringeth forth that thy goods, ask them not again. which is good; and an evil man, our 31 And as ye would that men should of the evil treasure of his heart, bring do to you, do ye also to then likewise.|eth forth that which is evil: for of 32 For if ye love them which love the abundance of the heart his mout you, what thank have ye? for sinners speaketh. also love those that love them. say? 46 T And why call ye me, Lord, 33 And if ye do good to them which Lord, and do not the things which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. 34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: 43 He is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the 35 But love ye your enemies, and do foundation on a rock; and when the good, and lend, hoping for nothing flood arose, the stream beat vehe again; and your reward shall be great, mently upon that house, and could and ye shall be the children of the not shake it; for it was founded upon Highest; for he is kind unto the un-ja rock. thankful and to the evil. 49 But he that heareth,and doeth not, 36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your is like a man that, without a founda- Father also is merciful. tion, built a house upon the earth; 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be against which the stream did beat judged condeinn not, and ye shall vehemently, and immediately it fell; not be condemned: forgive, and ye and the ruin of that house was great. shall be forgiven: CHAP. VII. 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, NOW; when he had ended all bis sayings in the audience of the and shaken together, and running people, he entered into Capernaum over, shall men give into your bosom. 2 And a certain centurion's servant, For with the same measure that ye who was dear unto him, was sick, and mete withal, it shall be measured to ready to die. you again. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 10 The disciple is not above his mas ter; but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. 41. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but per- ceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is m thine own eye? Thou bypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. 3 And when be heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom lie should do this: 5 For he loveth our nation, and he bath built us a synagogue. 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: 7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers; and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; 44 For every tree is known by his and to my servant, Do this, and le own fruit; for of thorns men do notj doeth it. 13 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 67 The widow of Nain. 9. LUKE Sinners wilfra When Jesus heard these things, he speak unto the people concerning marvelled at him, and turned him Jolm, What went ye out into the wil about, and said unto the people that derness for to see? A reed shaken followed bin, 1 say unto you, I have with the wind? not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Be- 10 And they that were sent, return-hold, they which are gorgeously ap ing to the house, found the servant parelled, and live delicately, are 10 whole that had been sick. king's courts. 11 T And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, 1 say unto you, and much more than a prophet. 27 This is he of whom it is written, 12 Now, when he came nigh to the Behold, I send my messenger before gate of the city, behold, there was althy face, which shall prepare thy way dead man carried out, the only son of before thee. his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, be had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 14 And he came and touched the bier; and they that bare hin stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. 25 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Bap- tist: but he that is least in the king- dom of God, is greater than he. 29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the council of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. 31 T And the Lord said, Whereunto 16 And there came a fear on all: then shall I liken the men of this gen and they glorified God, saying, That aeration ? and to what are they like? great prophet is risen up among us; 32 They are like unto children sitting and, That God hath visited his people. in the market-place, and calling one 17 And this rumour of him went forth to another, and saying, We have throughout all Judea, and throughout|piped_unto you, and ye have not all the region round about. danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 15 And be that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. 18. And the disciples of Jolin showed him of all these things. 19 And Jobo, calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. 34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! 35 But Wisdom is justified of all her children. 36 T And one of the Pharisees de aired him that he would eat with him And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. 22 Then Jesus answering, said unto 37 And, benoid, a woman in the city, them, Go your way, and tell John which was a sinner, when she knew what things ye have seen and heard;¦ that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's how that the blind see, the lame walk,house, brought an alabaster box of the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, ointment, the dead are raised, to the poor the 38 And stood at his feet behind him gospel is preached. weeping, and began to wash his feet 23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall with tears, and did wipe them with not be offended in nie. the hairs of her head, and kissed his 24 T And when the messengers of feet, and anointed them with the John were departed, he began to ointment. 68 น The tivo debtors. CHAP. VIII. How we should hear. 39 Now, when the Pharisee which gathered together, and were come to nad hidden him saw it, he spake with-him out of every city, he spake by a in himself, saying, This man, if be parable: 5 A sower went out to sow bis seed: were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this and as he sowed, some fell by the way is that toucheth him; for she is a sin-side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. ner. 40 And Jesus answering, said unto 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as him, Simon, I have somewhat to say soon as it was sprung up, it withered unto thee. And he saith,Master,say on.[away, because it lacked inoisture. A1 There was a certain creditor 7 And some fell among thorns, and which had two debtors; the one owed the thorns sprang up with it, and five hundred pence, and the other fifty. choked it. 12 And when they had nothing to 8 And other fell on good ground, and pay, he frankly forgave them both. sprang up, and bare fruit 1 hundred Tell me therefore, which of them will föld. And when he had said these love him most? things, he cried, He that hath ears to ? 43 Simon answered and said, I sup-hear, let him bear. pose that he to whom he forgave most. 9 T´And his disciples asked him, say- And he said unto him, Thou hast right-ing, What might this parable be? ly judged. 10 And he said, Unto you it is given 44 And he turned to the woman, and to know the mysteries of the kingdom said unto Simon, Seest thou this wo-of God; but to others in parables: man? I entered into thy house, thou that seeing they might not see, and gavest me no water for ny feet: but hearing they might not understand. she hath washed my feet with tears, 11 T Now the parable is this: The and wiped them with the hairs of her seed is the word of God. head. 45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 12 Those by the way-side are they that bear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13 They on the rock are they which, when they hear, receive the word with 47 Wherefore, I say unto thee, Herjoy; and these have no root, which for sine, which are many, are forgiven;|a while believe, and in time of temp- for she loved much: but to whom tation fall away. little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 14 And that which fell among thorns 48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are they, which, when they have are forgiven. heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 15 But that on the good ground are they, which, in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience. ND it came to pass afterward, 16 T No man, when he hath lighted that he went throughout every a candle, covereth it with a vessel, rity and village, preaching and show-putteth it under a ped; but setteth it ing the glad tidings of the kingdom of on a candlestick, that they which en- God: and the twelve were with him, ter in may see the light. 49 And they that sat at meat with him, began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. CHAP. VIII. or 2 And certain women, which had 17 For nothing is secret, that shall been healed of evil spirits and infrin-not be made manifest; neither any ities, Mary called Magdalene, out of thing hid, that shall not be known whom went seven devils, and come abroad. 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto bum of their substance. 4 And when much people were 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. 69 The elements obey S. LUKE. Terror of the Gadarencs. 19 T Then came to him his mother and they besought him that he would and his brethren, and could not come suffer them to enter into them. And at hun for the press. he suffered them. 20 And it was told him by certain,| 33 Then went the devils out of the which said, Thy mother and thy breth-man, and entered into the swine: and ren stand without, desiring to see thee. the herd ran violently down a steep 21 And he answered and said unto place into the lake, and were choked. then, My mother and my brethren 34 When they that fed them saw are these which hear the word of God, what was done, they fled, and went and do it. and told it in the city and in the country. 22 ¶ Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 But as they sailed, he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. 36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, Master, we per- 37 T Then the whole multitude of ish! Then be arose, and rebuked the the country of the Gadarenes round wind and the raging of the water; about besought him to depart from and they ceased, and there was a calm. them; for they were taken with great 25 And he said unto them, Where is fear. And he went up into the ship, your faith? And they, being afraid, and returned back again. wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and wa- ter, and they obey him. 26 ¶ And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. 27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. 33 Now the man, out of whom the devils were departed, besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 Return to thine own house, and show how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto bim. 40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all wait ing for him. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice, said, What have I to do ¶ And, behold, there came a man with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God named Jairus, and he was a ruler of most high? I beseech thee, torment the synagogue; and he fell down at me not. Jesus's feet, and besought him that he 29 (For he bad commanded the un-would come into his house: clean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains, and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) 30 And Jesus asked him, saymg, What is thy name? And he said, Le gion: because many devils were en- tered into him. 42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. 43 T And a woman, having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and inme- diately her issue of blood staunched 45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter, and they 32 And there was there a herd of that were with him, gail, Master, many swine feeding on the mountain: the multitude throng thee, and press 31 And he besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. 70 The daughter of Jairus. CHAP. IX. The apostles retire. thee,and sayest thou, Who touched me? all that was done by him: and he was 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath perplexed, because it was said of some touched me: for I perceive that virtue that John was risen from the dead; is gone out of me. 8 And of some, that Ehas had appear- ed; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 9 And Herod said, John have I be. beaded: but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him. 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she de- clared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 48 And he said unto her, Daughter, 10 T And the apostles, when they be of good comfort: thy faith hath were returned, told him all that they made thee whole; go in peace. had done. And he took them, and 19 T While he yet spake, there com- went aside privately into a desert eth one from the ruler of the syna-place belonging to the city called gouge's house, saying to him, Thy Bethsaida. laughter is dead; trouble not the 11 And the people, when they knew. it, followed him: and he received Master. 50 But when Jesus heard it, he an-them, and spake unto them of the swered him, saying, Fear not: believe kingdom of God, and healed them only, and she shall be made whole. that had need of healing. 51 And when he came into the house, 12 T And when the day began to he suffered no man to go in, save Pe-wear away, then came the twelve, ter, and James and John, and the fa-and said unto him, Send the multitude ther and the mother of the maiden. 52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. 54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. them to eat. 13 But he said unto them, Give ye And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. 55 And her spirit came again, and 14 (For they were about five thousand she arose straightway; and he com-men.) And he said to his disciples, manded to give her meat. Make them sit down by fifties in a 56 And her parents were astonish-company. ed: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. CHAP. IX. HEN he called his twelve disci- ples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 15 And they did so, and made them all sit down. 16 Then he took the five loaves, and the two fishes; and, looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. 2 And he sent them to preach the 17 And they did eat, and were all kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. filled: and there was taken up of 3 And he said unto them, Take noth-fragments that remained to them ing for your journey, neither staves, twelve baskets. nor scrip, neither bread, neither mon- cy; neither have two coats apiece. And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. 5 And whosoever will not receive you,when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. 6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gos- pel, and healing every where. 7 T Now Herod the tetrarch heard of 18 T And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with bim: and he asked them, saying, Who say the people that I am? 19 They answering, said, John the Baptist; but some way, Elias; and others say, that one of the old proph ets is risen again 20 He said unto them, But who say ye that I ain? Peter answering, said, The Christ of God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and 71 S. LUKE. The daily cross. commanded them to tell no man that thing; 22 Saying, The Son of inan must suf- fer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. 23 T And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let bim deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. A solemn prediction. kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. 37 ¶ And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him. 38 And, behold, a man of the com- pany cried cut, saying, Master, 1 be seech thee, look upon my son; for he is mine only child": 39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him, that he foameth again; and, bruis ing him, hardly departeth from him. 40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. 41 And Jesus answering, said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. 42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered 27 But I tell you of a truth, There be some standing here, which shall him again to his father. not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. 28 And it came to pass, about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter, and John, and James, and went up into a mouutain to pray. 43 ¶ And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But, while they wondered every one at all thinge which Jesus did, he said unto hie dio- ciples, 44 Let these sayings sink down into 29 And, as he prayed, the fashion of your ears; for the Son of man shall be his countenance was altered, and his delivered into the hands of men. raiment was white and glistering. 45 But they understood not this say 30 And, behold, there talked withing, and it was hid from them, that him two inen, which were Moses and they perceived it not: and they feared Elias; to ask him of that saying. 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake 46 ¶ Then there arose a reasoning of his decease which he should accom-jamong them, which of them should plish at Jerusalem. be greatest. 32 But Peter and they that were with 47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought him were heavy with sleep: and when of their heart, took a child, and set they were awake, they saw his glory, him by him, and the two men that stood with him. 48 And said unto them, Whosoever 33 And it came to pass, as they de-shall receive this child in my ramie, parted from bim, Peter said unto receiveth me; and whosoever shall Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be receive me, receiveth him that sent here: and let us make three taberna-me: for he that is least among you all, cles; one for thee, and one for Moses, the same shall be great. and one for Elias: not knowing what 49 ¶ And John answered and said, he said. Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and we forbade him, be- cause he followed not with us. 34 While he thus spal´e, there came a cloud and overshadowed them; and they feared as they entered into the cloud. 35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son;| hear him. 60 And Jesus said unto him, Forbidd him not: for he that is not against us in for us. 51 ¶ Aud it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be re- 36 And when the voice was past,ceived up, he stedfastly set his face to Jesus was found alone. And they go to Jerusalem, 72 Strung tempest rebuked. CHAP. X. The heavenly register 52 And sent messengera before his your peace shall rest upon it; if not, face: and they went, and entered into it shall turn to you again. a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. 53 And they did not receive him, be cause bs face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples Jumes and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume then, even as Elias did ? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another vil- lage. t 7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire Go not from house to house. S And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you; 9 And heal the sick that are therein; and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, 11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe of against you: notwithstanding, he ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God 57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certaiu_man said unto him, Lord, I will follow is come nigh unto you thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have boles, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, sufler me| first to go and bury my father, Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead; but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 12 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sod- om, than for that city. 13 ¶ Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works bad been done iu Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment,than 61 And another also said, Lord, 1for you. will follow thee; but let nie first go hid them farewell which are at home at my house. 15 Aud thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, 16 He that heareth you, heareth me: having put his hand to the plough, and he that despiseth you, despiseth and looking back, is fit for the king-me; and he that despiseth me, des- dom of God. piseth him that sent uie. CHAP. X. 17 ¶ And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils AFTER these things the Lord apare subject unto us through, I nebet pointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face, into every city and place whither he himself would come. 18 And he said unto beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Rehold, I give power unto you to tread cu serpents and scorpions, and 2 Therefore said he unto them, The over all the power of the enemy; and harvest truly is great, but the labour-nothing shall by any means hurt you. ers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 20 Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven, 21 T la that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, 1 thank thee, O Fa ther, Lord of heaven and earth, that 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes; and salute no man by the way. 5 And into whatsoever house ye en-thou hast hid these things from the ter, first say, Peace be to this house. wise and prudent, and hast revealed 6 And if the son of peace be there, them unto babes: even so, Father: 73 The good Samaritan. S. LUKE. The heavenly register. 36 Which now of these three, think- est thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among thieves? for so it seemed good in thy sight. ever thou spendest more, when I come 22 All things are delivered to me of again, I will repay thee. my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 23 ¶ And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that y'e see: 37 And he said, He that showed mer- cy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise, 38 T Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain 24 For I tell you, That many proph-village: and a certain woman named ets and kings have desired to see those Martha received him into her house. things which ye sec, and have not 39 And she had a sister called Mary, seen them; and to hear those things which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard which ye hear, and have not heard his word. them. 10 But Martha was cumbered about 25 T And, behold, a certain lawyer much serving, and came to him, and stood up, and tempted him, saying, said, Lord, dost thou not care that my Master, what shall I do to inherit sister hath left me to serve alone? bid eternal life? her therefore that she help me. 26 He said unto him, What is written] 41 And Jesus answered and said unto in the law? how readest thou? her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things; 42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from 27 And he answering, said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 25. And he said unto him, Thou bast her. answered right; this do, and thou shalt A Eve. 23 But he, willing to justify himself, said into Jesus, And who is my neigh- bour? CHAP. XI. ND it came to pass, that as be was praying in a certam place, when be ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 30 And Jesus answering, said, A cer- 2 And he said unto them, When ye tala man went down from Jerusalem pray, say, Our Father which art in to Jericho, and fell among thieves, heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy which stripped him of his raiment, kingdom come. Thy will be done, as and wounded him, and departed, leavin heaven, so in earth. ing him half dead. 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. 6 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? 7 And he from within shall answer 31 And went to him, and bound up and say, Trouble me not: the door is his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, now shut, and my children are with and set him on his own beast, and me in bed ; I cannot rise and give thee. brought him to an inn, and took care 8 I say unto you, Though he will not of him. rise and give him, because he is his 35. And on the morrow, when he de-friend, yet because of his importunity parted, he took out two ponce, and he will rise and givo bim as many as gave them to the host, and said unto he needeth. bim, Take care of him, and whatso- 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it 74 Eficacy of prayer. unto you. CHAP. XI. An evil generation. shall be given you; seek, and ye shall, 26 Then gorth he, and taketh to him find; knock, and it shall be opened seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwel 10 For every one that asketh, receiv-there: and the last state of that man eth; and he that seeketh, findeth; is worse than the first. and to him that knocketb, it shall be opened. Il If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will be give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will be for a fish give him a serpent ? 2 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your beavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 27 ¶ And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 28 But he said, Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. 29 ¶ And when the people were gath ered thick together, be began to say. This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sigu be given 14 ¶ Aud he was casting out a devil, it, but the sigu of Jonas the prophet. and it was dumb. And it came to 30 For as Jonas was a sign into the pass, when the devil was gone out, Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man the dumb spake; and the people be to this generation. wondered. 15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. 16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 31 The queen of the South shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them; for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solo .non; and, behold, a greater than Sol- omon is here. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom di 32 The men of Nineve shall rise up vided against itself is brought to deso-in the judgment with this generation, lation; and a house divided against a and shall condemn it; for they repent- house falleth. ed at the preaching of Jonas; and, 18 If Satau also be divided against behold, a greater than Jonas is here. himself, how shall his kingdom stand? 33 No mau, when he hath lighted a because ye say that I cast out devils candle, putteth it in a secret place, through Beelzebub, neither under a bushel, but on a can- dlestick, that they which come in may see the light. 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you, 34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light, but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 21 When a strong man armed keep- 35 Take heed therefore that the light eth his palace, his goods are in peace: which is in thee be not darkness. 22 But when a stronger than lie shall 36 If thy whole body therefore be come upon him, and overcome him, he [full of light, having no part dark, the taketh from him all his armour where-whole shall be full of light; as when in he trusted, and divideth his spoils. the bright shining of a candle doth 23 He that is not with me is against give thee light. me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and, finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. 25 And when he cometh, he findeth swept and garnished. 37 T And as he spake, a certain Phar- isee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, be marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the out side of the cup and the platter; but 75 S. LUKE. ues to Hypocrites. Your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. N Christian Herolsın. CHAP. XII. the mean time, when there were 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that I gathered together an innumerable which is without, make that which is multitude of people, insomuch that within also? they trode one upon another, he began 41 But rather give alms of such to say unto his disciples first of all, things as ye have; and, behold, all Beware ye of the leaven of the Phari things are clean unto you. sees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue, and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: These ought ye to 3 Therefore, whatsoever ye have have done, and not to leave the other spoken in darkness shall be heard in undone. the light; and that which ye have 43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye spoken in the ear in closets shall be love the uppermost seats in the syna-proclaimed upon the house-tops. gogues, and greetings in the markets. 4. And I say unto you, my friends, 44 Woe unto you,scribes and Phari-Be not afraid of them that kill the sees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves body, and after that, have no more which appear not, and the men that that they can do: walk over them are not aware of them. 5 But I will forewarn ye whom ye 45 Then answered one of the law-shall fear: Fear him, which after be yers, and said unto him, Master, thus bath killed, hath power to cast into saying thou reproachest us also. hell; yea, 1 say unto you, Fear him. 46 And he said, Woe unto you also, 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two ye lawyers! for ye lade inen with farthings, and not one of them is for- burdens grievous to be borne, and ye gotten before God? yourselves touch not the burdens with 7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. one of your fingers. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly yo bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, 1 will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute. 8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shad the Son of man also confess before the (angels of God: 9 But he that depieth me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God. 10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall 50 That the blood of all the proph-be forgiven him: but unto him that ets, which was shed from the founda-blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, tion of the world, may be required of it shall not be forgiven. 11 And when they bring you unto this generation; 51 From the blood of Abel, unto the the synagogues, and unto magistrates, blood of Zacharias, which perished and powers, take ye no thought how between the altar and the temple: or what thing ye shall answer, or verily I say unto you, It shall be re-what ye shall say: quired of this generation. 52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken awaythe key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. 53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things; 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made ne a judge or a divider over you? 15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abwi 76 Two kinds of riches. CHAP. XII. Readiness for Heaven. dance of the things which he pos- 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your sceseth. Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain ricli 33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; man brought forth plentifully; provide yourselves bags which wax 17 And he thought within himself, not old, a treasure in the heavens that saying, What shall I do,because I have faileth not, where no thief approach Jo room where to bestow my fruits?eth, neither moth corrupteth. 18 And he said, This will I do: 131 For where your treasure is, there will pull down my barns, and build will your heart be also. greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning ; 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, 36 And ye yourselves like unto men thou hast much goods laid up for ina-that wait for their lord, when he will ny years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? 21 So is be that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward Gol. 22 T And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye sball put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. return from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. $7 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching: verily I say unto you, That he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 And this know, that if the good man of the house had known what 24 Consider the ravens: for they nei-hour the thief would come, he would ther sow nor reap; which neither have have watched, and not have suffered storehouse norbarn; and God feedeth his house to be broken through. them: how much more are ye better 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for than the fowls? the Son of man cometh at an hour 25 And which of you, with taking when ye think not. thought, can add to his stature onë cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, That Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom hie lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing, 28 If then God so clothe the grass which is to-day in the field, and to- 44 Of a truth I say unto you, That norrow is cast into the oven, how he will make him ruler over all that much more will he clothe yɔu, O ye of little faith? 29 And seck not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. he bath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the men-ser- vants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunken; 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Fa- ther knoweth that ye have need of these things. 31 But rather seek ye the kingdom and will cut him in sunder, and will of God; and all these things shall be appoint him his portion with the uir added unto you. believers. 3N 77 Fruitless fig-tree, Opposition to be expected. S. LUKL. 47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not him self, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of humall men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3 1 tell you, Nay; but, except ye re pent, ye shall all likewise perisli. 1 Or those eighteen, upon whoin the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them think ye that they were sinners above 19 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will 1, if it be already kindled? 50 But I have a baptism to be bap- tized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! 5 1 tell you, Nay; but, except ye re- pent, ye shall all likewise perish. 6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought frist thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years. I come seeking fruit on this lig-tree 51 Suppose ye that I am come to give and find none: cut it down; why cum- peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but | bereth it the ground? And he answering, ather division henceforth there shall ford, but it alone thing, said unto him be five in one house divided, three shall dig about it, and dung it : against two, and two against three. 9 And if it bear fruit, well; and if 53 The father shall be divided against not, then after that thou shalt cut i the son, and the son against the father; down. the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in- law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-kaw. 10 T And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eigh teen years, and was bowed together, 5-1 ¶ And he said also to the people, and could in no wise lift up herself. When ye see a cloud rise out of the 12 And when Jesus saw her, he call- west, straightway ye say, There com-ed her to him, and said unto her, Wo- eth a shower; and so it is. man, thou art loosed from thine in- 55 And when ye see the south wind |ürmity. blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 Tehypocrites, ye can discem the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time ? 13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath- 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves day, and said unto the people, There judge ye not what is right? are six days in which men ought to 58 ¶ When thou goest with thine ad-work: in them therefore come and versary to the magistrate, as thin art be healed, and not on the sabbath-day. in the way, give diligence that thou 15 The Lord then answered him, and mayest be delivered from him; lest he said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each bale thee to the judge, and the judge one of you on the sabbath loose his ox deliver thee to the officer, and the of for his ass from the stall, and lead him ficer cast thee into prison. away to watering? 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite. THE 16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sab CHAP. XIII.. HERE were present at that sea-bath-day? son some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering, said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans 17And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glo- rious things that were done by him. 18 Then said he, Unto what is the 78 CHAP. XIV. rfow to be saved. How to make a feast kingdom of God like? And where-that are sent unto thee; how often untɔ̃ shall I resemble it? would I have gathered thy children 19 It is like a grain of mustard-seed, together, as a hen doth gather her which a man took, and cast into his brood under her wings, and ye would garden; and it grew, and waxed a not! great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 20 1 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, CHAP. XIV. 22 And be went through the cities AND it came to pass, as he went and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 T Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, the house one chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath- day, that they watched bim. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. 24 Strive to enter in at the strait 3 And Jesus answering, spake unto gate; for many, I say unto you, will the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, la seek to enter in, and shall not be able. [it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day? 25 When once the Master of the 4 And they held their peace. And house is risen up, and bath shut to the he took him, and healed him, and let door, and ye begin to stand without, him go; and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall an- swer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are : 5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath-day? 6 And they could not answer hin again to these things. 7 T And be put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We nave eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 93 There shall be weeping and gnash- 8 When thou art bidden of any man ing of teeth, when ye shall see Abra-to a wedding, sit not down in the ham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the highest room, lest a more honourable prophets, in the kingdom of God, and man than thou be bidden of him; you yourselves thrust out. 9 And he that bade thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up 31 The same day there came cer-higber: then shalt thou have worship tain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, in the presence of them that sit at Get tnce out, and depart hence: for meat with thee. Herod will kill thee. 11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 32 And he said unto them, Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, 12 T Then said he also to him that and the third day I shall be perfected. bade him, When thou makest a dinner 33 Nevertheless, I must walk to-day, or a supper, call not thy friends, nor and to-morrow, and the day following: thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, for it cannot be that a prophet perish nor thy rich neighbours; lest they out of Jerusalem. (also bid thee again, and a recompense 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which jbe made thee. killest the prophets, and stonest them 13 But when thou makest a feast, 79 S. LUKE. Pain excuses. Joy in Heaven. call the poor, the maimed, the lame,, all that behold it begin to mock him, the blind; 30 Saying, This man began to build, 14 And thou shalt be blessed; for and was not able to finish. they cannot recompense thee: for 31 Or what king, going to make war thou shalt be recompensed at the res-against another king, sitteth not down urrection of the just. first, and consulteth, whether he be 15 ¶ And when one of them that satjable with ten thousand to meet hin at meat with him heard these things, that cometh against him with twenty he said unto him, Blessed is ae that thousand? shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade 32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambas- sage, and desireth conditions of peace. 33 So likewise, whosoever he be of 17 And sent his servants at supper-you that forsaketh not all that he hath, time to say to them that were bladen, he cannot be my disciple. many: Come; for all things are now ready, 34 Salt is good; but if the salt have 18 And they all with one consent¦lost his savour, wherewith shall it be began to make excuse. The first said seasoned? unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the doughill; but men cast it out. He that bath ears to hear, let him bear. CHAP. XV. THEN drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and 1 go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 20 And another said, I have married' a wife; and therefore I cannot come.[him. 21 So that servant came, and showed 2 And the Pharisees and scribes mur- his lord these things. Then the mas-nured, saying, This man receiveth ter of the house, being angry, eaid to sinners, and eateth with them. his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in bither the poor, and the maimed,] and the halt, and the blind. 22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room, 23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sis- ters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he Lave sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, 31 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 What man of you, having a hun- dred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he lay eth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neigh bours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost 7 I say unto you, That likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no re pentance. Sff Either what woman, having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find itº 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10 Likewise, I say unto you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of 80 The prodigal Sım. CHAP. XVI How to use ucalt'… God over one sinner that repenteth. the fatted calf, because he hath receiv- 11 T And he said, A certain man haded him safe and sound. two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country,and there wasted his substancewith riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. 29 And he answering, said to his fa ther, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends : 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 15 And he went and joined himself 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou to a citizen of that country; and heart ever with me, and all that I have sent him into his fields to feed swine. is thine. 16 And he would fain have filled his 32 It was meet that we should make belly with the husks that the swingmerry, and be glad: for this thy broth. did eat and no man gave unto him. er was dead, and is alive again; and 17 And when he came to himself, he was lost, and is found. said, How many hired scrvants of my father's have bread enough, and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And be arose, and came to his fa- ther. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said unto him, Fa- ther, I have sinned against Heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 21 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25 Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. A CHAP. XVI. ND he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within bim- self, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the steward- ship, they may receive me into their houses. 5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 8 And the lord commended the un just steward, because he had dong 26 And he called one of the ser-wisely: for the children of this world vants, and asked what these things are in their generation wiser than the children of light. meant. 27 And he said unto him, Thy broth- er is come; and thy father bath killed 9 And I say unto you, Make to your. selves friends of the mammon of wi 6 81 Rich man and Lazarus. S. LUKE To avoid offence. righteousness; that, when ye fail, they send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip may receive you into everlasting hab- of his finger in water, and cool my itations. tongue; for I am tormented in this 10 He that is faithful in that which flame. s least, is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches ? 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 14 T And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, beard all these things; and they derided him. 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abcmination in the sight of God. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot ; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27 Then he said, I pray thee there- fore, father, that thou wouldest scud him to my father's house: 23 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent: 31. And he said unto him, If they bear 16 The law and the prophets were not Moses and the prophets, ucither until John: since that time the king-will they be persuaded though one dom of God is preached, and every rose from the dead. man presseth into it. CHAP. XVII. HEN said he unto the disciples, 17 And it is easier for heaven and It is impossible but that offences carth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery. 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at bis gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores will come: but woe unto him through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a mill- stone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 T Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. 5 T And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might 22 And it came to pass, that the beg-say unto this sycamine-tree, Be thou gar died, and was carried by the angels plucked up by the root, and be thou into Abraham's bosom: the rich man planted in the sea; and it should obey also died, and was buried; [you. 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, 7 But which of you, having a ser being in torments, and seeth Abraham vant plowing or feeding cattle, will alar oli, and Lazarus in his bosom. say unto him by and by, when he is 24 And he cried and said, Father come from the Geld, Go and sit down Abraham, have mercy on me, and to eat? 82 Merit impossible. CHAP. XVIII. Remember Lot's wife. S And will not rather say unto him, 25 But first must he suffer many Make ready wherewith I may sup, things; and be rejected of this gene- ration. und gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and after- ward thou shalt eat and drink ? 9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were command- ed him? I trow not. 10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprof itable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. 11 ¶ And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12. And as be entered into a certain village, there met bim ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering, said,Were there not ten cleansed ? but where are the nine? 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe enter- ed into the ark, and the Blood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also, as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brim- stone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the house-top, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shal! be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 18 There are not found that returned o give glory toGod,save this stranger. 36 Two men shall be in the field; the 19 And he said unto him, Arise, go one shall be taken, and the other left. thy way; thy faith hath made thee 37 And they answered and said unte whole. him, Where, Lord? And he said unto 20 ¶ And when he was demanded of them,Wheresoever the body is, thither the Pharisees when the kingdom of will the eagles be gathered together. God should come, he answered them, and said, The kingdom of God comethi not with observation. 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 ¶ And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you, See here! or, see therel go not after them, nor follow them. 24 For as the lightning, that lighten- eth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under hea- ven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. CHAP. XVIII. AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought al- ways to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regard- ed man; 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 83 ✰ Pharisce and Publican, S. LUKE. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? 9 T And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others. 10 Two men went up into the tem- ple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. II The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, 1 thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extor-| tioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this man went down to nis house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them unto him,| and said, Sufler little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 17 Verily I say unto you, Whoso- ever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therem. 18 ¶ And a certain ruler asked lum, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good,] save one, that is, God. 20 Thou knowest the command- ments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. 21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. 22 Now, when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet læckest Leaving all for Christ. thou one thing; sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. 24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? 27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. 28 ¶ Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. 29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or paren.s, or breth- ren, or wife, or children, for the king- dom of God's sake, 30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. 31 T Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets con cerning the Son of man shall be ac- complished. 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spittedon: 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death; and the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. 35 T And it came to pass, that, as lie was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way-side begging. 36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. 37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. 39 And they which went before re- buked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me, 40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, 84 Conversion of Zaccheus. CHAP. XIX. 41 Saying, What wilt thou that shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. 42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight thy faith hath saved thee. 43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. CHAP. XIX. ND Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Parable of the Punds. he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gau- ed by trading. 16 Then came the first, saying,Lord, thy pound bath gained ten pounds. 17 Then he said unto him, Well,thou good servant: because thou hast been [faithful in a very little, have thou as- thority over ten cities. 18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 20 And another came, saying, Lord, 3 And he sought to see Jesus who he behold, here is thy pound, which 1 was; and could not for the press, be-[have kept laid up in a napkin : cause he was little of stature. 21 For I feared thee, because thou 4 And he ran before, and climbed up art on austere man; thou takest up into a sycamore tree to see him: for that thou lyest not down, and reap- he was to pass that way. est that thou didst not sow. 5 And when Jesus came to the place,] 22 And he saith unto him, Out of he looked up, and saw him, and said thine own mouth will I judge thee, unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and thou wicked servant. Thou knowest come down; for to-day I must abide that I was an austere nian, taking up at thy house. that I laid not down, and reaping that 6 And he made haste, and came|I did not sow: down, and received him joyfully. 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou 7 And when they saw it, they all my money into the bank, that at my murmured, saying, That he was gone coming I might have required mine to be guest with a mao that is a sinner. own with usury? S And Zaccheus stood, and said unto 24 And he said unto them that stoor the Lord, Behold, Lord,the half of my by, Take from him the pound, and goods I give to the poor; and if I have¦give it to him that hath tea pounds. taken any thing from any man by indse 25 (And they said unto hun, Lor!, accusation, I restore him four-fold. he hath ten pounds.) 9 And Jesus said unto him,This day) 26 For I say unto you, That unto is salvation come to this house, foras-every one which hath shall be given; much as he also is a son of Abraham, Jand from him that bath not, even that 10 For the Son of man is come to he hath shall be taken away from him. seek and to save that which was lost. 27 But those mine enemies, which 11 T And as they heard these things, would not that I should reign over he added and spake a parable, because them, bring hither, and slay them be- he was nigh to Jerusalem, aud because fore ine, they thought that the kingdom of God] 28 ¶ And when he had thus spoken, should iminediately appear. he went before, ascending up to Je- 12 He said therefore, À certain noble-[rusalem. man went into a far country to receive] 29 And it came to pass, when he was for himself a kingdom, and to return. come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, 13 And he called his ten servants, at the mount called the mount of and delivered them ten pounds, and Olives, he sent two of his disciples, said unto them, Occupy till I come. 30 Saying, Go ye into the village over 14 But his citizens hated him, and against you in the which, at your sent a message after him, saying, We entering, se shall find a colt tied, will not have this man to reign whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. over us. 15. And it came to pass, that, when 31 And if any man ask you, Why he was returned, having received the do ye loose him ? thus shall ye say kingdom, then he commanded these unto him, Because the Lord hath need eervants to be called unto hùm towhom] of him. $5 Jesus weeps over Jerusalem. S. LUKE. Parable of the vineyard. 32 And they that were sent went ple in the temple, and preached the their way, and found even as he had gospel, the chief priests and the scribes said unto them. came upon him, with the elders, 2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority? 33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? 34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him. 35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon: 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. 37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works, that they had seen, 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 4 The paptisin of John, was it from heaven or of men? 5 And theyreasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven' he will say, Why then believe ye him not? 6 But and if we say, Of men; ail the people will stone us: for they beper suaded that John was a prophet. 7 And they answered, That they could not tell whence it was. 8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 9 T Then began he to speak to the 40 And he answered and said unto people this parable; A certain man them, I tell you that, if these should planted a vineyard, and let it forth to hold their peace, the stones would im-husbandmen, and went into a fa mediately cry out. country for a long time. 41 T And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, U thou hadst known,even thou, at least in this thy day,the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thec, that thine enemics shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round,and keep thee in on every side : 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold there- in, and them that bought: 46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ve have made it a den of thieves. 47 And he taught daily in the tem- ple. But the chief priests, and the scribes, and the chief of the people, sought to destroy him; 48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him, CHAP. XX. 10 And at the season he sent a ser vant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen bea* him, and sent him away empty. 11 And again he sent another ser vant; and they beat him also, and en treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. 13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my be loved son: it may be they will rever jence him when they see him. 14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 15 So they cast him out of the vine. yard, and killed him. What therefor shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? 16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vine. yard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. AND it came to pass, that on one of 17 And he held them, and sa those days, as he taught the peo-What is this then that is written, T) g 86 The scribes silenced- CHAP. XXI. The Sadducces silenced. stone which the builders rejected, the them, The children of this world mar game is become the head of the corner? ry, and are given in marriage: 18 Whosoever shall fall upon that 35 But they which shall be accounted stone shall be broken; but on whom-worthy to obtain that world, and the soever it shall fall, it will grind him resurrection from the dead, neither to powder. marry, nor are given in marriage: 36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. 37 Now, that the dead are raised, when even loses showed at the bush, he calleth the Lord the God of Abra liam, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign them- selves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and au- thority of the governor. 38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto 21 And they asked him, saying, Mas-hin. ter, we know that thou sayest and 39 Then certain of the scribes an- teachest rightly, neither acceptest thon swering, said, Master, thou hast well the person of ony, but teachest the said. way of God truly ; 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no? 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye. me? 24 Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They an- swered and said, Cesar's. 25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. 26 And they could not take bold of nis words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace. 27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked hiin, 40 And after that, they durst not ask him any question at all. 41 T And he said unto them,How say they that Christ is David's son? 42 And David himself snith in the book of Psalms, The Lono said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right band, 43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son? 45 T Then, in the audience of all the people, he said unto his disciples, 16 Beware of the scribes, which de sure to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the high est seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 47 WEich devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers · the same sball receive greater danna tion CHAP. XXI. 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, AND he looked up, and saw the rich that his brother should take his wife, men casting their gifts into the and raise up seed unto his brother. treasury. 29 There were therefore seven breth-2 And he saw also a certain poor reu: and the first took a wife, and widow casting in thither two mites. died without children. 30. And the second took her to wife, and he died childless, 31 And the third took ber; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cas in more than they all, 4 For all these have of their abun dance cast in unto the offerings of God but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. 32 Last of all the woman died also. 33 Therefore in the resurrection | 6 ¶ And as some spake of the temple, whose wife of them is she? for seven how it was adorned with goodly stɔnes had her to wife. and gifts, be said, 34 And Jesus answering, said unto! 6. As for these things which ye be $7 Promises in persecution. S. LUKE. Watchfulness enjoinea. hold, the days will come, in the child, and to them that give suck, in which there shall not be left one those days! for there shall be great stone upon another, that shall not be distress in the land, and wrath upon thrown down. this people. 7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be, when these things shall come to pass? 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. 9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass: but the end is not by and by. 10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away cap tive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be ful- filled. 25 T And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be sha- ken. Il Aud great earthquakes shall be in 27 And then shall they see the Son of divers places, and famines, and pesti-man coming in a cloud, with power lences; and fearful sights and great and great glory. signs shall there be from heaven. 28 And when these things begin to 12 But before all these, they shall lay come to pass, then look up and lift their hands on you, and persecute you, up your heads; for your redemption delivering you up to the synagogues, draweth nigh. an into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my nanie's sake. 13 And it shall turn to you for a tes- timony. 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my naine's sake. 18 But there shall not a hair of your head perish. 19 In your patience possess ye your -souls. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judea Alee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart] out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe unto them that are with 29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32 Verily I say unto you, This gene- ration shall not pass away till all be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away. 34 ¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be over- charged with surfeiting, and drunken- ness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a s. are shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 37 And in the day-time he was teach- ing in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. 38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him. 88 The passover prepared. W CHAP. XXII. CHAP XXII. Satun's desire. them, saying, This is my body, which Now the feast of unleavened bread is given for you: this do in remem- drew nigh, which is called the brance of me. Passover. 20 Likewise also the cup after sup- 2 And the chief priests and scribes per, saying, This cup is the new testa Bought how they might kill him; for ment in my blood, which is shed for they feared the people. you. 3 Then entered Satan into Judas 21 T But, behold, the band of him surnamed Iscariot, being of the num-that betrayeth me is with me on the ber of the twelve. table. 4 And he went his way, and com- 22 And truly the Son of man goeth, muned with the chief priests and cap-as it was determined: but woe unto hat man by whom he is betrayed! 23 And they began to inquire among tains, how he might betray him unto them. 5 And they were glad, and covenant-themselves, which of them it was that ed to give him money. should do this thing. 6 And he promised, and sought op- portunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. 24 T And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 7 ¶ Then came the day of unleavened 25 And he said unto them, The kinge bread, when the passover must be of the Gentiles exercise lordship over killed. them; and they that exercise authority 8 And he sent Peter and Jolin, say-Jupon them are called benefactors. ing, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 19 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 27 For whether is greater, be that sit.eth at meat, or he that serveth F is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. 28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations: 11 And ye shall say unto the good oran of the house, The Master saith 29 And I appoint unto you a king- unto thee, Where is the guest-cham-[dom, as my Father hath appointed ber, where I shall eat the passover unto me; with my disciples ? 30 That ye may eat and drink at 12 And he shall show you a large my table in my kingdom, and sit on upper room furnished: there make thrones, judging the twelve tribes of ready. Israel. 13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 14 And when the hour was come, be sat down,and the twelve apostles with bim, 31 ¶ And the Lord said, Simon, Si- mon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But1 bave prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and when thou art 15 And he said unto them, With de-converted, strengthen thy brethren. sire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more cat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: 18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into pris- on, and to death. 34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. 35 T And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 19 ¶ And he took bread, and gave| 36 Then said he unto them, But now, thanks, and brake it, and gave unto he that hath a purse, let him take it, 89 • Angelic a d. S LUKE. Peter's repentance. and likewise his scrip: and he that the temple, ye stretched forth no hath no sword, let him sell his gar-hands against me: but this is your hour, ment, and buy one. and the power of darkness. 37 For I say unto you, that this that 54 T Then took they him, and lea is written must yet be accomplished him, and brought him into the high in me, And he was reckoned among priest's house. And Peter followed the transgressors: for the things con-afar off. cerning me have an end. 55 And when they had kindled a fire 38 And they said, Lord, behold, here in the midst of the hall, and were set are two swords. And he said unto] down together, Peter sat down among hem, It is enough. 39 П And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not ioto temptation. 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, them. 56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire,and.earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 67 And he denied him, saying, Wo- man, I know him not. 58 And, after a little while, another saw himn, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am 42 Saying, Father, if thou be will-not. ing, remove this cup from me: never- theless, not my will, but thine, be done. 43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, 46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 47 ¶ And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. 18 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? 49 When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? 59 And about the space of one hour after, another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with liim; for he is a Galilean. 60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. 61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter: and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. 63 T And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. 64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? 65 And many other things blasphe- mously spake they against him. 66 T And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people, and the chief priests, and the scribes, came together and led him into their council, 67 Saying, Art thou the Christ? tell And he said unto them, If I tell 50 T And one of them smote a ser-us. vant of the high priest, and cut off his you, ye will not believe : right ear. 68 And if I also ask you, ye will not 51 And Jesus answered and said.Suf-answer me, nor let me go. fer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. 62 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? 53 When I was daily with you in 69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. 70 Then said they ali, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unte them, Ye say that I am. 71 And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. 90 Herod mocks Jesus. CHAP. XXIII. CHAP. XXIII. AND the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow pervert ng the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that he him- self is Christ, a King. Pilate gives him up. 18 And they cried out all at once saying, Away with this man, and re- lease unto us Barabbas: 19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. 3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayestit.] 22 And he said unto them the third 4Then said Pilate to the chief priests time, Why? what evil hath he done? and to the people, I find no fault in I bave found no cause of death in him; I will therefore chastise him, and let 5 And they were the more fierce, him go. saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, begin-voices, ning from Galilee to this place. this man. 6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Gali- lean. 7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. 8 T And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desi- rous to see him of a long season, be- cause he had heard many things of bim! and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. 9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. 10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. 11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, aud sent him again to Pilate. 12 ¶ And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before they were at enmity be- tween themselves. 13 ↑ And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people, 23 And they were instant with loud requiring that he might be crucified: and the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 24 And Pilate gave sentence that if should be as they required. 25 T And be released unto them lum that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. 27 ¶ And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed aud lamented him. 28 But Jesus, turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. 30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the bills, Cover us. death. 31 For if they do these things in a green 14 Said unto them, Ye have brought|tree, what shall be done in the dry? this man unto me, as one that pervert- 32 ¶ And there were also two others, eth the people; and, behold, I, having malefactors, led with him to be put to examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those 33 And when they were come to the things whereof ye accuse him : place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefac- tors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 15 No, uor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him: 16 I will therefore chastise him, release him, and 341 Then said Jesus,Father, forgive them; for they know not what they 17 (For of necessity he must release do. And they parted his raiment, and ne unto them at the feast.) casf lots. 91 The pentent thief. S. LUKE. Visits to the sepulchre 35 T And the people stood beholding: 52 This man went unto Pilate, and and the rulers also with them derided begged the body of Jesus. him, saying, He saved others; let him 53 And he took it down, and wrap- save himself, if he be Christ, the cho-ped it in linen, and laid it in a sepul sen of God.' chre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vin egar. 37 And saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself. 64 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. 65 ¶ And the woman also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 66 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath-day, according to the com 38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 T And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, mandment. saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself CHAP. XXIV. upon the of 40 very early in the morning, him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, they came unto the sepulchre, bring seeing thou art in the same condem-ing the spices which they had prepar- ed, and certain others with them. and usut the other answering, rebuked N week, per tar fist day on tuge uation? 41 And we indeed justly; for we re- ceive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, re-the body of the Lord Jesus. member me when thou commest iuto thy kingdom. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3 And they entered in, and found not 4 And it came to pass, as they were nuch perplexed thereabout, bebold, 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily two men stood by them in shining I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be garments: with me in paradise. 6 And as they were afraid, and bow 44 And it was about the sixth hour,fed down their faces to the earth, they and there was darkness over all the said unto them, Why seek ye the liv earth until the ninth hour. ing among the dead? 45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the inidst. 6 He is not here, but is risen: re- member how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 46 T And when Jesus had cried with 7 Saying, the Son of man must be a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy delivered into the hands of sinful men. hands I commend my spirit: and hav-and be crucified, and the third day ing said thus, he gave up the ghost. rise again. 47 ↑ Now, when the centurion saw 8 And they remembered his words, what was done, he glorified God, say- 9 And returned from the sepulchre, ing, Certainly this was a righteous man. and told all these things unto the 13 And all the people that came to-cleven, and to all the rest. gether to that sight, bebolding the 10 1t was Mary Magdalene, and To- things which were done, sinote their breasts, and returned. 19 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Guli- lee, stood afar off, beholding these things. 50 T And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he 10as a good man, and a just: auna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. 11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. 12 T Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, 51 (The same had not consented to he behield the linen clothes laid by the counsel and deed of them :) he was themselves, and departed, wondering of Arimathca, a city of the Jews; in himself at that which was come to who also himself waited for the king-pass. dom of God. 13 ¶ And, behold, two of them went 92 The walk to Emmaus. CHAP XXIV. The Lord risen indeed. that same day to a village called Em-Abide with us; for it is toward even- maus, which was from Jerusalem [ing, and the day is far spent. And he about threescore furlongs. went in to tarry with them. 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15 And it came to pass, that, while theycommuned together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out 16 But their eyes were holden, that of their sight. they should not know him. 39 And they said one to another, Did 17 And he said unto them, What|not our heart burn within us, while manner of communications are these he talked with us by the way, and that ye have one to another, as ye while he opened to us the scriptures ? walk, and are sad? 33 And they rose up the same hour, 18 And the one of them, whose name and returned to Jerusalem, and found was Cleopas, answering, said unto the eleven gathered together, and then him, Art thou only a stranger in Jeru-that were with them, salem, and hast not known the things 34 Saying, The Lord is riseu indeed, which are come to pass there in these and bath appeared to Simon. days? 35 And they told what things accre 19 And he said unto them, What done in the way, and how he was things? And they said unto him, Con-known of them in breaking of bread. cerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was 36 T And as they thus spake, Jesus a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: 20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be con demued to death, and have crucified ain. himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them,Peacebe unto you. 37 But they were terrified and af frighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. 33 And he said unto them, Why are 21 But we trusted that it had been ye troubled? and why do thoughts be which should have redeemed Is-arise in your hearts ? rael: and besides all this, to-day is 39 Behold my hands and my feet, the third day since these thngs were that it is I myself: handle me, audi done. see; for a spirit bath not flesli and bones, as ye see we have. 22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre ; 23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. 24 And ce tain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. 25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Ought 1 of Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 40 And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and kis ¦fect. 41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? 42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of a honey-comb. 43 And he took it, and did eat before them. 44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, con cerning me. 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, be expounded unto them 45 Then opened he their understand in all the scriptu, as the things concerning, that they might understand the ing himself. {scriptures, 28 And they dre v nigh unto the vil- 46 And said unto them, Thus it is lage whither they vent: and he made written, and thus it behoved Christ to us thougn he would, ave gone further. sutter, and to rise from the dead the 29 But they constrated him, saying, third day: 30 93 John's testimony S. JOHN. of Christ. 47 And that repentance and remis-1 50 T And he ea them out as far as to sion of sins should be preached in his Bethany; and he lifted up his hands, name among all nations, beginning at and blessed them. Jerusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these things. 49 T And, behold, 1 send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshipped him, and re- turned to Jerusalem with great joy ; 53 And were continually in the tem- ple, praising and blessing God. Amen ¶ The GOSPEL according to St. JOHN. CHAP. I. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. N the beginning was the Word, and 17 For the law was given by Moses, Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was inade. 4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6 ¶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. & He was not that Light, but was sent to hear witness of that Light. Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 19 T And this is the record of Jolm, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and denied uot; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, 1 ard not. Art thou that prophet? And ho answered, No. 22 Then said they unto him, Whe art thou that we may give an answer 9 That was the true Light, which to them that sent us: what sayest thou lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the Bons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. of thyself? 23 He said, I am the voice of one cry ing in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the proph- et Esaias. 21 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; 14 ¶ And the Word was made flesh, 27 He it is, who coming after me, is and dwelt among us, (and we beheld preferred before me, whose shoe's his glory, the glory as of the only be-latchet am not worthy to unloose. gotten of the Father,) full of grace 28 These things were done in Beth- abara beyond Jordan,where John was baptizing. and truth. 15 ¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom Ispake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for he was be- fore me, 29 T The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Brholt the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world! 94 Disciples follow Christ. CHAP. II. Marriage in Cana. 20 This is he of whom I said, After Nazareth? Philip saith unto bin, me cometh a man which is preferred Come and see. before me; for he was before me. 31. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Is raelite indeed, in whom is no guile ! 48 Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me?Jesus answered and 32 And John bare record, saying, I said unto him, Before that Philip call- saw the Spirit descending from heaed thee, when thou wast under the ven like a dove, and it abode upon fig-tree, I saw thee. water. him. 49 Nuthanael answered and saith 33 And I knew him not: but he that unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of sent me to baptize with water, the God; thou art the King of Israei. same said unto me, Upon whom thou 50 Jesus answered and said unto shalt see the Spirit descending, and him, Because I said unto thee, I saw remaining on him, the same is he thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? which baptizeth with the loly Ghost, thou shalt see greater things than 34 And I saw, and bare record that these. this is the Son of God. 35 T Again, the next day after, John stood, and two of his disciples; 36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! 51 And be saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending up. on the Son of man. CHAP. II. 37 And the two disciples heard him AND the third day there was a mar speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? 39 He saith unto them, Come and nee. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day for it was about the tenth hour. 40 One of the two which heard John speak,and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. mother of Jesus was there. 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him,They have no wine. 4 Jesus saith unto her,Woman,what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. 5 His mother saith unto the servants. Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 6 And there were set there six water- 41 He first findeth bis own brother pots of stone, after the manner of the Simon, and saith unto him, We have purifying of the Jews, containing two found the Messias, which is, being in-or three firkins apiece. terpreted, the Christ. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the wa- 42 And he brought him to Jesus.ter-pots with water. And they filled And when Jesus beheld him, he said, them up to the brim. Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou] shalt be called Cephas, which is, by interpretation, A stone. 43 T The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. 44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 3 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the servants which drew the water knew,) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 45 Philip findeth Nathanacl, and 10 And saith unto him, Every man saith unto him, We have found him at the beginning doth set forth good o whom Moses in the law, and the wine; and when men have well prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, drunk, then that which is worse: but the son of Joseph. thou hast kept the good wine until 46 And Nathanael said unto him, now. Can there any good thing come out of 11 This beginning of miracles did 95 Many believe on Christ. S. JOHN. His answer to Nicodemus. Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and mani- 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, fested forth his glory; and his disci- Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except ples believed on him. a man be born again, he cannot see 12 T After this he went down to the kingdom of God. Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and they continued there not many days. 13 ¶ And the Jews' passover was at and;and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the changers of money, sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born ? 6 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be bora of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thy house bath caten me up. 18 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. S The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered and said un- to him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and tes tify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness, 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and 12 If I have told you earthly things, six years was this temple in building, and ye believe not, how shall ye be- and wilt thou rear it up in three days? lieve if I tell you of heavenly things? 21 But he spake of the temple of 13 Audno man hath ascended up to his body. beaven, but he that came down from 22 When therefore he was risen heaven, eren the Son of man which is from the dead, his disciples remem-in heaven. bered that he had said this unto them; 14 ¶ And as Moses lifted up the ser- and they believed the scripture, and pent in the wilderness, even so must the word which Jesus had said. the Son of man be lifted up; 23 Now, when he was in Jerusa- 15 That whosoever believeth in him lem at the passover, in the feast-day, should not perish,- but have etcrual many believed in his name, when life. they saw the miracles which he did. 16 For God so loved the world, that 24 But Jesus did not commit himself he gave his only begotten Son, that unto them, because he knew all men. whosoever believeth in him should not 25 And needed not that any should perish, but have everlasting life testify of man: for he knew what was ni man. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. HERE was a man of the Phari- 18 THe that believeth on him is not CHAP. III. ler of the Jews: is condemned already,because he bath 2 The same came to Jesus by night, not believed in the name of the only and said unto him, Rabbi, we know begotten Son of God. that thou art a teacher come from 19 And tais is the condemnation,that God: for no man can do these mira-light is come into the world, and men cles that thou doest, except God be loved darkness rather than light, be- with him. [canse their deeds were evil. 96 John baptizing. CHAP. IV. The woman of Sunara. CHAP. IV. 20 For every one taat doeth evil, hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be re- proved. WHEN therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees bad heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought not, but his disciples,) 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized in God. 3 He left Judea, and departed again 22 T After these things came Jesus into Galilee. and his disciples into the land of Ju-] 4 And he must needs go through Sa- dea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 ¶ And John also was baptizing in non, near to Salim, because there was much water there; and they came, and were baptized: 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 Then there arose a question be- tween some of John's disciples and the Jews, about purifying. maria. 5 Then cometh he to a city of Sama- ria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesug therefore, being wearied with his jour- ney, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Sama- ria to draw water. Jesus saith unto 26 And they came unto John, and her, Give me to drink. said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with 8 (For his disciples were gone away thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou unto the city to buy meat.) barest witness, behold, the same bap 9 Tllen saith the woman of Samaria tizeth, and all men come to him. unto him, How is it that thou, being a 27 John answered and said, A man Jew, askest drink of me, which am a can receive nothing, except it be giv-woman of Samaria? (for the Jews en him from heaven. have no dealings with the Samaritans.) 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, that I said, I am not the Christ, but If thou knewest the gift of God, and that I am sent before him. who it is that saith to thee, Give me 29 He that hath the bride is the bride-to drink; thou wouldest have asked groom: but the friend of the bride-of him, and he would have given thee groom, which standeth and heareth living water. bim, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must de crease. 11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water ? 12 Art thou greater than our father 31 He that cometh from above is Jacob, which gave us the well, and above all: he that is of the earth isdrank thereof himself, and his chil- earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he dren, and his cattle ? that cometh from heaven is above all. 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, 32 And what he hath secn and heard, Whosoever drinketh of this water that he testifieth; and no man receiv- shall thirst again: eth his testimony. crue. 14 But whosoever drinketh of the 33 He that hath received his testi-water that I shall give him shall never mony hath set to his seal that God is thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 15 The woman saith unto him, Str, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto kim. 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath cverlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 17 The woman answered and said, |I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 97 Fields white unto harvest. S. JOHN. Nobleman's son healed. 18 For thou hast had five husbands; eternal; that both he that soweth and and he whom thou now bast is not he that reapeth may rejoice together. hy husband: in that saidst thou truly. 37 And herein is that sɔying true, 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, One soweth, and another reapeth. I perceive that thou art a prophet. 38 I sent you to reap that whereon 20 Our fathers worshipped in this ye bestowed no labour: other men mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusa- laboured, and ye are entered into their lem is the place where men ought to labours. worship. 39 ¶ Aud many of the Samaritans of 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, be- that city believed on him for the say- lieve me, the bour cometh, when yeing of the woman, which testified, He shall neither in this mountain, nor yet told me all that ever I did. at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 40 So when the Samaritans were 22 Ye worship ye know not what: come unto him, they besought him we know what we worship: for sal-that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. vation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, 41 And many more believed because when the true worshippers shall wor-of his own word; ship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. 25 The woman saith unto him, know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. 42 And said unto the woinan, Now we believe, not because of thy saying; for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. 43 T Now, after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee: 44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his oWD country. 45 Then, when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, 27 And upon this came his disci-baving seen all the things that he did ples, and marvel ed that he talked at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also with the woman; yet no man said, went unto the feast. What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? 28 The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. 31 T In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. 32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of 33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat? 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, aud then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life] 46 So Jesus came agaiu into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain noble- man, whose son was sick at Caper- naum. 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his sou: for he was at the point of death. 48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and be went his way. 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. 52 Then inquired he of them the And hour when he began to amend. they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. 63 So the father knew that it was at 98 Poot of Bethesda. CHAP. V The resurrection. the same hour in the which Jesus said, Jews that it was Jesus which had unto him, Thy son liveth; and hun-made him whole. self believed, and his whole house. 54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. CHAP. V. FTER this there was a feast of 16 And therefore did the Jews per secute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day. 17 ¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and 1 work. 13 Therefore the Jews sought the A fire je to, and Je was went up to more to kill him, because be not only Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem, by the sheep-market, a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, hav- ng five porches. had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making him- self equal with God. 19 T Then answered Jesus and sai uuto them, Verily, verily, I say unto 3 In these lay a great multitude of you, The Son can do nothing of him- Impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, self, but what he seeth the Father do: waiting for the moving of the water. for what things soever he doeth, these 4 For an angel went down at a cer-also doeth the Son likewise. tain season into the pool, and troubled 20 For the Father loveth the Son, the water: whosoever then first, after and showeth bin all things that him- the troubling of the water, stepped in, self doeth; and he will show him was made whole of whatsoever dis- greater works than these, that ye may ease be had. inarvel. 5 And a certain man was there, which| 21 For as the Father raiseth up the had an infirmity thirty and eight years. dead, and quickeneth them; even so 6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew the Son quickeneth whom he will. that he had been now a long time in 22 For the Father judgeth no man that case, he saith unto him, Wilt but hath committed all judgment uuto thou be made whole? the Son; 7 The impotent man answered him, 23 That all men should honour the Sir, I have no man, when the water Son, even as they honour the Father. is troubled, to put me into the pool: He that honoureth not the Son, hon- but while I am coming, another step-oureth not the Father which hath peth down befor me. sent him. 8 Jesus saith r .to him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked; and on the same day was the sabbath. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, lle that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condem nation; but is passed from death wito life. 10 ¶ The Jews therefore said unto 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, him that was cured, It is the sabbath-The hour is coming, and now is, day; it is not lawful for thee to carry when the dead shall hear the voice of thy bed. the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. 11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk: 12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? 13 And he that was healed wist not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. 15 The man departed, and told the 26 For as the Father hath life in him self, so hath he given to the Son tʊ have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall bear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection. of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. 301 can of mine own self do noth 99 S. JOHN. Search the scriptures. Loaves and fishes. ing: as I hear, I judge and my judg-him, because they saw his miracles ment is just; because I seek not mine which he did on them that were dis- own will, but the will of the Father eased. which hath sent ine. 31 ¶ If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from inan; but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36 T But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish. the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto bin, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat ? 6 (And this he said to prove him; for he himself knew what he would do.) 7 Philip answered him, Two hun- dred penny-worth of bread is not suf- ficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Si. mon Peter's brother, saith unto him, 9 There is a lad here, which bath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? 10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 38 And ye have not his word abiding! 11 And Jesus took the loaves; and in you: for whom he hath sent, him when he had given thanks, he distrib ye believe not. uted to the disciples, and the disciples 39 Search the scriptures; for into them that were set down; and like- them ye think ye have eternal life: wise of the fishes as much as they and they are they which testify of me. would. 40 And ye will not come to me, that 12 When they were filled, he said ye might have life. unto his disciples, Gather up the frag 41 TI receive not honour from men.ments that remain, that nothing be 42 But I know you, that ye have not lost. the love of God in you. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, which re- ceive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. 46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed ine: for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? CHAP. VI. 13 Therefore they gathered them to- gether, and filled twelve baskets with the fraginents of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. 14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world. 15 ¶ When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he de parted again into a mountain himself alone. 16 Aud when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, 17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum: and it was now dark, and Jesus was not AFTER these things, Jesus went come to them. over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed! 18 And the sea arose, by reason of a great wind that blew. 19 So when they had rowed about 100 Jesus walking on the sea. CHAP. VI. Christ the bread of life. five and twenty or thirty furlongs,they 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, see Jesus walking on the sea, and evermore give us this bread. drawing nigh unto the ship; and they were afraid. 20 But he saith unto them, It is 1; be not afraid. 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 21 Then they willingly received him 36 But I said unto you, That ye also into the ship, and immediately the ship have seen me, and believe not. was at the land whither they went, 37 All that the Father giveth me shall 22 The day following, when the come to ine; and hún that cometh to people, which stood on the other side me I will in no wise cast out. of the sea, saw that there was none 38 For I came down from beaven, other boat there, save that one where-not to do mine own will, but the will into his disciples were entered, and of him that sent me. that Jesus went not with his disciples 39 And this is the Father's will into the boat, but that his disciples which hath sent me, that of all which were gone away alone ; The hath given me I should lose noth- 23 (Howbeit there came other boats ing, but should raise it up again at the from Tiberias, nigh unto the place last day. where they did eat bread, after that 40 And this is the will of him that the Lord had given thanks ;) sent me, that every one which seeth 24 When the people therefore saw the Son, and believeth on him, may that Jesus was not there, neither his have everlasting life; and I will raise disciples, they also took shipping, and him up at the last day. came to Capernaum,seeking for Jesus. 25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither ? 26 Jesus answered them, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seck nie, not because ye saw the miracles, out because ye did eat of the loaves, and were fified. 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which en- dureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work ? 31. Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them] bread from heaven to eat. 41 The Jews then murmured at bim, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? bow is it then that he saith, I came down from hes- ven? 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. 44 No man can come to me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 1t is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlast- ing life. 43 1 am that bread of life. 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the 32 Then Jesus said unto thein, Veri-wilderness, and are dead, ly, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave 50 This is the bread which cometh you not that bread from heaven; but down from heaven, that a man may my Father giveth you the true bread eat thereof and not die. from heaven. 51 I am the living bread which came 33 For the bread of God is he which] down from heaven. If any man eat cometh down from heaven, and giveth of this bread, he shall live for ever: life unto the world and the bread that 1 will give is ny 101 Bread from heaven. S. JOHN. Feast of tabernacles, flesh, which I will give for the life of 71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son the world. of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. CHAP. VII. 52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves,saying, How can this man eat? FTER give us his less toiduunto them, Veri-A Gitese things Jesus walked ly, verily, I say unto you, Except ye walk in Jewry, because the Jews eat the flesh of the Son of man, and sought to kill him. drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 2 Now the Jews' feast of taberna 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drink-cles was at hand. eth my blood, hath eternal life; and 1 will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh,and drink- eth my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me even he shall live by me. 3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence,and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. 4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret,and he himself seeketh to be known openly: if thou do these things, show thysell to the world. 5 For neither did his brethren be- lieve in him. 58 This is that bread which came, Then Jesus said unto them, My down from heaven: not as your fathers time is not yet come: but your time is did eat manna, and are dead: be that always ready. 8 Go ye up unto this feast : I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is uot yet full come. eateth of this bread shall live forever. 7 The world cannot hate you; but 59 These things said he in the syn-me it hateth, because I testify of it, agogue, as he taught in Capernaum. that the works thereof are evil. 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? 61 When Jesus knew in himself that nie disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? 52 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 63 It is the Spirit that quickeneth the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you they are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believ- ed not, and who should betray him. 65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of iny Father. 9 When he had said these words un to them, he abode still in Galilee. 10 ¶ But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly,but as it were in secret. 11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? 12 And there was much murmuring among the people, concerning him for some said, He is a good man. others said, Nay; but be deceiveth the people. 13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the JewB. 14 T Now, about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, 66 ¶ From that time many of his dis-and taught. ciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away ? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, hav- ing never learned ? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he 69 And we believe, and are sure, shall know of the doctrine, whether that thou art that Christ, the Son of it be of God, or whether I speak of the living God. 70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you 19a devil P myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seek- eth his own glory; but he that seeketh Jhis glory that sent him, the same is 102 The Jews seck CHAP. VIIL to kill Christ true, and no unrighteousness is in him. the dispersed among the Gentiles,and 19 Did not Moses give you the law, teach the Gentiles ? and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? 20 The people answered and Thou hast a devil: who goeth to kill thee? 36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, aud shall not find me? and where I am, thither ye cannot come? said, about 37 In the last day, that great day of unto the feast,Jesus stood and cried,saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 21 Jesus answered and said them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. 22 Moses therefore gave unto you 38 He that believeth on me, as the circumcision; (not because it is of scripture hath said, out of his belly Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on shall flow rivers of living water. the sabbath-day, circumcise a man. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, 23 If a man on the sabbath-day re-which they that believe on him should ceive circumcision, that the law of receive: for the Holy Ghost was nɔt Moses should not be broken; are ye yet given; because that Jesus was not angry at me, because I have made a yet glorified.) man every whit whole on the sabbath day? 40 T Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, of 24 Judge not according to the appear-ja truth this is the Prophet. ance, but judge righteous judgment. 41 Others said, This is the Christ. 25 Then said some of them of Jeru-But some said, Shall Christ come out salem, Is not this he whom they seek of Galilee? to kill? 26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? 27 Howbeit, we know this man whence be is: but when Christ com. eth, no man knoweth whence he is. 28 Then cried Jesus in the temple, as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. 29 But I know him: for 1 am from him, and he hath sent me. 30 ¶ Then they sought to take him: but no man laid bands on him, because his hour was not yet come. 32 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ com- eth, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done. 32 T The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things con- cerning him; and the Pharisees and] the chief priests sent officers to take him. a 33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. 34 Ye shall scek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. 35 Then said the Jews among them-j selves, Whither will he go, that we 42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of Dazid, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was ? 43 So there was a division among the people because of him. 44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. 45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? 46 The officers answered, Never man apake like this man. 47 Then answered them the Phari- sees, Are ye also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees, believed on him? 49 But this people, who knoweth not the law, are cursed. 50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) 51 Doth our law judge any man be- fore it hear him, and know what he doeth? 62 They answered and said uuto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth nɔ prophet. 53 And every man went unto his own house. CHAP. VII. shall not find him? will he go unto/ESUS went unto the mount of 103 Light of the world. S. JOIN I am from above. 2 And early in the morning he came, that the testimony of two men is true. again into the temple, and all the peo- 18 I am one that bear witness of my- ple came unto him; and he sat down, self, and the Father that sent me bear- and taught them. cth witness of me. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees! 19 Then said they unto him, Where brought unto him a woman taken in is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye adultery; and when they had set her neither know me, nor my Father: if in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. known my Father also. ad kuown me, ye should have 20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but his hour was not yet come. what sayest thou? 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, 6 This they said, tempting him, that I go my way, and ye shall seek me, they might have to accuse him. But and shall die in your sins: whither 1 Jesus stooped down, and with his go, ye cannot come. finger wrote on the ground, as though 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill he heard them not. himself? because he saith, Whither 1 7 So, when they continued asking go, ye cannot come. him, he lifted up himself, and said 23 And he said unto them, Ye arc unto them, He that is without sin from beneath; 1 am from above: ye among you, let him first cast a stone are of this world; I am not of this at her. world. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the 25 Then said they unto him, Who eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus art thou? Aud Jesus eaith unto them, was left alone, and the woman stand-Even the same that I said unto you mg in the midst. from the beginuing. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemn ed thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I con- demn thee: go and sin no more. 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world he that followeth nie shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. I 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto bim, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence 1 come, and whither I go. 16 Ye judge after the flesh; 1 judge no man. 16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I au the Father that sent nie. 17 It is also written in your law, 1ļ 26 I have many things to say and to judge of you; but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. 27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. 28 Then said Jesus unto them,When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father bath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. 30 As he spake these words, many believed on hun. 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 T They auswered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 104 Four father the devil. CHAP. IX. Bling restored, ver ja man keep my saying, he shall never 24 Jesus answered them, Verily, ily, I say unto you, Whosoever com-see death. mitteth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever; but the Sou abideth ever. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 37 I know that ye are Abraham's sred: but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my father; and ye do that which ye have secu with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 62 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead; whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I honour my- self, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God. 55 Yet ye have not known him; but 1 know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but 1 know him, and keep bis saying. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which 1 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to have heard of God: this did not Abra-sec my day; and he saw it, and was ham. glad. 41 Ye do the dreds of your father. 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Then said they to him, We be not] Thou art not yet fifty years old, and born of fornication; we have one hast thou seen Abraham? Father, even God. 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, ver 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were[ily, I say unto you, Before Abraban your Father,ye would love me: for 1 was, I ain. proceeded forth and came from God;| 59 Then took they up stones to cas neither came I of myself, but be sent jat him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through 43 Why do ye not understand my the midst of them, and so passed by speech ? even because ye cannot hear me. my word. CHAP. IX. be Ye are of your father the devil. AND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his and the lusts of your father ye will do:birth. he was a murderer from the begin- 2 And his disciples asked him, say- ning, and abode not in the truth, being, Master, who did sin, this man, or cause there is no truth in bun. When his parents, that be was born blind? he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his 3 Jesue answered, Neither hath this own: for he is a liar, and the father of man sinned, nor his parents: but that iL. the works of God should be made manifest in him. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convinceth me of ein? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 18 T Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 7 And said unto him, Go, wash in 49 Jesus answered, I have not a the pool of Siloam, (which is, by ir. devil: but I honour my Father, and terpretation, Sent.) He went his way ye do dishonour me. therefore, and washed, and camo see- ing. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 61 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ST The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that 105 The blind man. S. JOHN. he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9 Some said, This is he; others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. 10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? Cast out of the synagogue. 25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know wɔt; one thing I know, that, whereas I was |blind, now I see. 26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? 11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and 27 He answered them, I have told anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, you already, and ye did not hear: Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash wherefore would ye hear it again? and I went and washed, and I receiv-will ye also be his disciples ? ed sight. 12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. 13 T They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 And it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. 29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. 30 The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein is a marvellous 15 Then again the Pharisees also thing, that ye know not from whence asked him how he had received his he is, and yet he hath opened mine sight. He said unto them, He put eyes. clay upon mine eyes, and 1 washed, 31 Now we know that God hearetu and do see. not sinners: but if any man be a wor- 16 Therefore said some of the Phar-shipper of God, and doeth his will isees, This man is not of God,because him he heareth. he keepeth not the sabbath-day. Oth-] 32 Since the world began was it not ers said, How can a man that is a sin-beard that any man opened the eyes ner do such miracles? And there was of one that was born blind. a division among them. 17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him? that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. 33 If this man were not of God, be could do nothing. 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they 18 But the Jews did not believe con-cast him out. cerning him, that he had been blind, 35 ¶ Jesus heard that they had cast and received his sight, until they call him out; and when he had found ed the parents of him that had receiv-[him, he said unto him, Dost thou be ed his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? 20 His parents answered them, and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind : 21 But by what meaus he now seeth, we kuow not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age, ask him; he shall speak for himself. 22 These words, spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, be should be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age, ask him. lieve on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talked with thee. 33 And he said, Lord, I believe Aud he worshipped him. 30 T And Jesus said, For judgment? am come into this world; that they which see not might see, and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin; but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin 24 Then again called they the man remaineth. that was blind, and said unto him, VERI СНАР. Х. Give God the praise: we know that VERILY, verily, I say unto you,lle thal entereth not by the door into this man is a sinner 106 The good shepherd. CHAP. X. They stone lini. the sheepfold, but climbeth up some take it again. This commandment other way, the same is a thief and a bave I received of my Father. robber. 19 T There was a division therefore 2 But he that entereth in by the door again among the Jews for these say is the shepherd of the sheep. eth them out. ings. 3 To him the porter openeth; and 20 And many of them said,He hatha the sheep hear his voice: and he call-devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? eth his own sheep by name, and lead-| 21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil; can a devil open the eyes of the blind? 22 ¶And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple, 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not fol-in Solomon's porch. low, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. 6 This parable spake Jesus unto them but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them 7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abun- dantly. 21 Then came the Jews round about him and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plaioly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that 1 do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me: 26 But ye believe not,because ye are not of my sheep,asIsaid unto you. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me : 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand 29 My Father, which gave them me is greater than all; and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one. 31 T Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. مجھو 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sleep. 32 Jesus answered them, Many good 12 But he that is a hireling, and not works have I showed you from my the shepherd, whose own the sheep Father; for which of those works do are not, seeth the wolf coming, and ye stone me? leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the 33 The Jews answered him, saying, wolf catcheth them, and scattereth | For a good work we stone thee not, the sheep. but for blasphemy; and because that 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is thou,being a man,makest thyself God. a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not 14 I am the good shepherd, and know written in your law, I said, Ye are my sheep, and am known of mine. gods ? 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself: I have power to lay it down, and 1 have power to 35 If he called them gods unto whom the word of God came, and the scrip- ture cannot be broken; 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? 37 If I do not the works of my Fa ther, believe me not. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him. 39 T Therefore they sought again to 10 Lazarus, S. JOHN. of Bethany. take him; but he escaped out of their Let us also go, that we may die with hand, him. 40 And went away again beyond Jor- dan, into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle; but all things that John spake of this man were true. 42 And many believed on him there. NOW CHAP. XI. 17 Then,when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. 18 (Now Bethany was nigh unto Jr- rusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: ) 19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, 2 (It was that Mary which anointed Lord, if thou hadst been here, my the Lord with ointment, and wiped brother had not died. his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto hito, saying, Lord, behold, be whom thou lovest is sick. 22 But 1 know, that even now,what- soever thou wilt ask of God,God will give it thee. 23 Jesus saith unto her,Thy brother shall rise again. When Jesus heard that, he said, 24 Martha saith unto him, I know This sickness is not unto death,but for that be shall rise again in the resur- the glory of God, that the Son of God|rection at the last day. might be glorified thereby. 6 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her eister, and Lazarus. 6 When he had heard therefore that be was sick, be abode two days still on the same place where he was. 7 Then after that eaith he to his dis- ciples, Let us go into Judea again. 8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, be stumbleth not, be- cause he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth,because there is no light in him. 11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go,that I may awake him out of sleep. 12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he sball do well. 25 Jesus saith unto her,I am the res urrection, and the life: he that believ eth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth, and believ eth in me, shall never die. Believest thou this? 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : 1 believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. 28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, aud came unto him. 30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. 31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken weep there. of taking of rest in sleep. 14 Then said Jesus unto them ly, Lazarus is dead. 32 Then when Mary was come plain-where Jesus was, and saw him, ane fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. 33 When Jesus therefore saw ber weeping, and the Jews also weeping 16 Then said Thomas, which is call-which came with her, he groaned in ed Didymus,unto his fellow-disciples, the spirit, and was troubled, 108 Luzarus raised. CHAP. XII. 34 And said, Where Lave ye laid nim? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Christ's feet anointed. people, and that the whole nation per ish not. 51. And this spake be not of himself· but being high priest that year, he prophecied that Jesus should die for that nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. 53 Then, from that day forth, they took council together for to put him to death. 39 Jesus said, Take ye away the 64 Jesus therefore walked no more stone. Martha, the sister of him that openly among the Jews; but went was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by thence into a country near to the wil this time he stinketh: for he hath derness, into a city called Ephraim, been dead four days. and there continued with his disciples. 55 ¶ And the Jews' passover waj 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest be-nigh at hand; and many went out of lieve, thou shouldest see the glory of the country up to Jerusalem before God? the passover, to purify themselves. 56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves,as they stood in the temple, What think ye? that he will not come to the feast? 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard ine. 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 43 And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command- ment, that, if any man knew where be were, he should show it, that they might take him. TH CHAP. XII. 44 And he that was dead came forth, HEN Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where bound hand and foot with grave-Lazarus was which had been deal, clothes; and his face was bound about|whom he raised from the dead. with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, 2 There they made him a supper: Loose hun, and let him go. and Martha served: but Lazarus was 45 Then many of the Jews which one of them that sat at the table with came to Mary, and had seen the him. things which Jesus did, believed on him. оп 46 But some of then went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. 47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him; and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. 3 Then took Mary a pound of oint- ment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the oint- ment. 4 Then said one of his disciples. Judas Iscariot, Simou's son, which should betray hin, 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 6 This he said, not that he cared for 49And one of them,named Caiaphas, the poor; but because he was a thief, being the high priest that same year, and had the bag, and bare what was said unto them, Ye know nothing at put therein. all, 7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: 50 Nor consider that it is expedient against the day of my burying bath for us, that one man should die for these kept this. 3 P 109 Christ rideth S. JOHN. into Jerusalem. 8 For the poor always ye have with if it die, it bringeth forth inuch fruit, you; but me ye have not always. 25 He that loveth his life shall lose 3 T Much people of the Jews there-it; and he that hateth his life in this fore knew that he was there: and world shall keep it unto life eterna). they came not for Jesus' sake only, 26 If any man serve me, let him fol- but that they might see Lazarus also, low me; and where I am, there shall whom he had raised from the dead. also my servant be: if any man serve 10 But the chief priests consulted me, him will my Father honour. that they might put Lazarus also to 27 Now is my soul troubled; and death; what shall I say? Father, save mo from this hour: but for this cause 11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and became I unto this hour. lieved on Jesus. 12 T On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm-trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Is- rael that cometh in the name of the Lord. Then 28 Father, glorify thy name. came there a voice from heaven, sau - ing, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 29 The people therefore that stood by, and heard it, said that it thunder- ed: others said, Au augel spake to him. 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. 14 And Jesus, when he had found a 31 Now is the judgment of this young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, world: now shall the prince of this 15 Fear not, daughter of Zion: be-world be cast out. hold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass' colt. 32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. 33 (This he said, signifying what death he should die.) 16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they 34 The people answered him, We that these things were written of hiin, have heard out of the law that Christ and that they had done these things abideth for ever; and bow sayest thou, unto him. The Son of man must be lifted up? 17 The people therefore that was who is the Son of man? with him when he called Lazarus out! 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. 18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. little while is the light with you: walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 19 The Pharisees therefore said 36 While ye bave light, believe lu among themselves, Perceive ye how the light, that ye inay be the children ye prevail nothing? behold, the of light. These things spake Jesus, world is gone after him. and departed, and did hide himself from them. 20 T And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: 37 T But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed 21 The same came therefore to Phil-not on him: ip, which was of Bethsaida of Gali- 38 That the saying of Esaias the loe, and desired him, saying, Sir, we prophet might be fulfilled, which he would see Jésus. spake, Lord, who hath believed our 22 Philip cometh and telleth An-report? and to whom hath the arm of drew and again Andrew and Philip the Lord been revealed? tell Jesus. 23 ¶ And Jesus answered them, say- ing, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 21 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but 39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. 110 Christ washes CHAP. XIII. but his disciples fect 41 These things said Esaias, when he] What I do thou knowest not now; saw his glory, and spake of him. thou shalt know hereafter. 42 T Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue : 43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. 4 Jesus cried, and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that seut me. 8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. 9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. 10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not, save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye 45 And he that seeth me, seeth him are clean, but not all. that sent me. 16 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth On me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. 12 So, after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you ? 13 Ye call me Master and Lord; and 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiv-ye say well; for so I am eth not my words, hath one that judg-|| 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, eth him: the word that I have spoken, have washed your feet, y'e also ought the same shall judge him in the last to wash one another's feet. day. 15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 49 For I have not spoken of myself: but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should! The servant is not greater than his say, and what I should speak. lord; neither he that is sent greater 50 And I know that his command-than he that sent him. ment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak, therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. 17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. CHAP. XIII. 18 I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen: but, that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that Now, before the feast of the pass- eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he, over, when Jesus knew that his bour was come that he should depart| out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 2 And supper being ended, (the devil that receiveth whomsoever I send, re- having now put into the heart of Judas ceiveth me; and he that receiveth me, Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,)|receiveth him that sent me. 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was given all things into his hands, and that he was coine from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. 5. After that, he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' fest, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. 6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet ? 7 Jesus auswered and said unto bim, troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, That one of you shall betray me. 2 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. 23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Je sus loved. 24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to bin, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. 25 He then, lying on Jesus' breast, saith unto him, Lord, who is it? 26 Jesus answered, He it is to whom 111 Brotherly love commanded. S. JUHN. I shall give a sop, when I have dipped, it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 And after the sop Satan entered mto him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. The comforter promised 4 And whither I go ye know, the way ye know. and 6 T Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the be; no man cometh unto the Father, but by 28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.me. 29 For some of them thought,because 7 If ye had known me, ye should Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said have known my Father also: and unto him, Buy those things that we from henceforth ye know him, and have need of against the feast; or, have seen him. that he should give something to the poor. 30 He then, having received the sop, went immediately out; and it was night. 31 T Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said,Now is the Son of inan glorified, and God is glorified in bin. 32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: und as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. 34 A new commandinent I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 36 ↑ Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus an- swered bin, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. 37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. 38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. CHAP. XIV. LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if i were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself: that where I am, there ye may be also. S T Philip saith unto him, Lord, jshow us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself: but the Father, that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Fa ther, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that 1 do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because 1 go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Fa- ther may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. 15 If ye love me, keep iny com- mandments: 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; who the world cannot receive, because .. seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless; will come to you. I 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye sec me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21 He that bath my commandments, and keepeth them, be it is that lovetli ne; and he that loveth me shall be 112 Christ the truc vine. CHAP. XV. Brotherly love commanaea. loved of my Father, and I will love for without me ye can do nothing him, and will manifest myself to him. 6 If a man abide not in me, he le 22 Judas saith unto him, (not Isca-cast forth as a branch, and is withered; riot,) Lord, how is it that thou wilt and men gather them, and cast them manifest thyself unto us, and not un-into the fire, and they are burned. to the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and inake our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. 25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 7 If ye abide in me, and my worde abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, v. shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments,and abide in his love. 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, when the Father wiu 11 These things have I spoken unto send in my name, he shall teach you you, that my joy might remain in you, all things, and bring all things to yourjand that your joy might be full remembrance, whatsoever I have said 12 ¶ This is my commandment, That unto you. ye love one another, as I bave loved you. 27 ↑ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let t be afraid. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for bis friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do w bat soever I command you. 23 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; you. If ye loved me, ye would re-for the servant knoweth not what his joice, because I said, I go unto the Falord doeth; but I have called you ther: for my Father is greater than 1.friends; for all things that I have 29 And now I have told you before beard of my Father have I made it come to pass, that, when it is come known unto you. to pass, ye might believe. 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. CHAP. XV. I is the busivandman. AM the true vine, and my Father 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit, 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear frun of itself, ex- cept it abide in the vine; no more can je, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit;} 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever yo shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things I command you, That ye love one another. 18 ¶ If the world bate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 21˚ But all these things will they de unto you for my name's sake, because they ka w not him that sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken unte 8 113 The Comforter promised. S. JOHN. them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin. 23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin. but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. The disciples' sorrow. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth; for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me; for he shal receive of mine, and shall show it un- to you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore, said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you. 26 But when the Comforter is come, 16 A little while, and ye shall not whom I will send unto you from the see me; and again a little while, and Father, even the Spirit of truth, which ye shall see me; because I go to the proceedeth from the Father, he shall Father. testify of me; 17 Then said some of his disciples 27 And ye also shall bear witness, among themselves, What is this that because ye have been with me from he saith unto us, A little while, and ye the beginning. shall not see me and again, A little while, and ye shall sce me: and, Be- CHAP. XVI. THESE things have I spoken unto cause I go to the Father? you, that ye should not be of 18 They said therefore, What is this fended. that he saith, A little while? we cannot 2 They shall put you out of the syn-tell what he saith. agogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me and again, A little while, and ye shall see me? 4 But these things have I told you, 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that, when the time shall come, ye That ye shall weep and lament, but may remember that I told you of the world shall rejoice; and ye shal them. And these things I said not be sorrowful, but your sorrows shal. unto you at the beginning, because I be turned into joy. was with you. 6 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more 6 But because I have said these things the anguish, for joy that a man is börn unto you,sorrow hath filled your heart. [into the world. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; 22 And ye now therefore have sor It is expedient for you that I go away: row; but I will see you again, ane for if I go not away, the Comforter your heart shall rejoice, and your joy will not come unto you; but if I de-no man taketh from you. part, I will send him unto you. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me 8 And when he is come, he will re-nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto prove the world of sin, and of right- you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Fa- eousness, and of judginent: ther in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 9 Olsin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and y'e see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you 12 I have yet many things to say in proverbs, but I shall show you unto you, but ye cannot bear them plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my now. 114 Christ prayeth CHAP. XVIL name; and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you ; for his disciples. 9 I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have 10 And all mine are thine, and thine believed that I came out from God. are mine; and I am glorified in them. 28 I came forth from the Father,and | 11 And now I am no more in the am come into the world: again, I world; but these are in the world,and Holy Father, keep eave the world, and go to the Father. I come to thee. 29 THis disciples said unto him, Lo, through thine own name, those whom now speakest thou plainly, and speak-thou hast given me, that they may be est no proverb. jone, as we are. 30 Now are we sure that thou know- est all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we be Leve that thou camest forth from God. 31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alune, be cause the Father is with me. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scriptures might be fulfilled. 13 And now come 1 to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them thy word; and 33 These things 1 have spoken unto the world bath bated them, because you, that in me ye might have peace.[they are not of the world, even as 1 In the world ye shall bave tribulation:[am not of the world. But be of good cheer; I have over- come the world. CHAP. XVII. THESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and eid, Father, the hour is come; glo- rify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 41 have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world; thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they bave kept] thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things, whatsoever thou hast given me, are of thee: 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil, 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19. And for their sakes I sanctify my- self, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 20 ¶ Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe (on me through their word; 21 That they all may be une; as thou, Father, art in me, and i in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 8 For I have given unto them the 24 Father, I will that they also whom words which thou gavest me; and thou hast given me be with me where they have received them, and have I am; that they may behold my glory, known surely that I came out from which thou hast given me for tho thre, and they have believed that thou lovedst me before the foundation of didst send me ¡the world. 115 Christ is betrayed by Judas; S. JOHN. denied by l'eter; 25 O righteous Father, the world dient that one man should die for the hath not known thee: but I have people. known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. That dis- ciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the pai ace of the high priest. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved ine may be in them, and I in them. 16 But Peter stood at the door with CHAP. XVIII. out. Then went out that other disci- HEN Jesus had spoken thes? ple, which was known unto the high the door, and brought in Peter. W his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place; for Jesus of times resorted thither with his dis- ciples. and 17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, 1 am not. 18And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; 3 Judas then, having received a (for it was cold; and they warmed band of men and officers from the themselves: and Peter stood with chief priests and Pharisees, cometh them, and warmed himself. thither with lanterns, and torches,and weapons. 4 Jesus therefore,knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? 5They answered him,Jesus of Naza reth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. 7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he. If therefore ye seek ine, let these go their way: 9 That the saying might be fulfilled which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. 19 T The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. 20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. 21 Why askest thou me ? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. 22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by, struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me ? 24 (Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.) 25 And Simon Peterstood and warm- 10 Then Simon Peter, having a led himself. They said therefore unto sword, drew it, and smote the high him, Art not thou also one of bis priest's servant, and cut off his right disciples? He denied it, and said, I ear.The servant's name was Malchus. Jam not. 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it ? 12 T Then the band,and the captain, and officers of the Jews, took Jesus, and bound bùn, 26 One of the servants of the high priest (being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off)saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? 27 Peter then denied again; and im- mediately the cock crew. 28 ¶ Then led they Jesus from Caia- 13And led him away to Annas first: phas unto the hall of judgment: and (for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, it was early; and they themselves which was the high priest that same went not into the judgment-hall, lest year.) they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover, 29 Pilate then went out unto them, 14 Now Caiaphas was he which gave counsel to the Jews,that it was expe-] 116 Christ brought to Pilate, CHAP. XIX. is condemned and crucified. him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. and said, What accusation bring ye 9gainst this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, 6 Then came Jesus forth, wearing If he were not a malefactor, we would the crown of thorns, and the purple not have delivered him up unto thee. [robe. And Pilate saith unto thein, 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Takel Behold the man! ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: 32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. 6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. a 7 The Jews answered him, We have 33 Then Pilate entered into the judg- law, and by our law he ought to die, ment-ball again, and called Jesus, and because he made himself the Son of said unto him, Art thou the King of God. the Jews? 34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? 8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; 9. And went again into the judgment- ball, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speak- 35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation, and the chief priests, have delivered thee unto me:jest thou not unto me? kuowest thou what hast thou done? 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be de- livered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? 11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, ex- cept it were given thee from above; therefore he that delivered me unte thee bath the greater sin. 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, 12 And from thenceforth Pilate Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, sought to release him; but the Jews Thou sayest that I am a king. To this cried out, saying, If thou let this man end was I born, and for this cause came go, thou art not Cesar's friend: who- I into the world, that I should bear soever maketh himself a king speaketb witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth, beareth my voice. 38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. 39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? Not this man, but Barabbas. Barabbas was a robber. against Cesar. 13 T When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judginent-seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 15 But they cried out, Away with 40 Then cried they all again, saying, him, away with him, crucify him. Now Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answer- ed, We have no king but Cesar. 16 Then delivered he him therefore And they CHAP. XIX. T 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they] ut on him a purple robe. HEN Pilate therefore took Jesus, unto them to be crucified. and scourged him. took Jesus, and led him away. 17 T Aud he bearing his cross, went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha : 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote him with their hands. 4 ¶ Pilate therefore went forth again, nd saith unto them, Behold, I bring 18 Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 117 S. JOHN. Jesus dies, as buried; rises 19 ¶ And Pilate wrote a title, and the legs of the first, and of the other put it on the cross. And the writing which was crucified with him. was, JESUS OF NAZARETHTHF 33 But when they came to Jesus,and KING OF THE JEWS. saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 20 This title then read many of the Jews; for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith: came there out blood and water. 35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true; and he know eth that he saith true, that ye might believe. 36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. 23 T Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the 38 T And after this, Joseph of Ari- coat was without seam, woven from mathen, (being a disciple of "Jesus, but the top throughout. secretly for fear of the Jews,) besought 24 They said therefore among them-Pilate that he might take away the selves, let us not rend it, but cast lots body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him for it, whose it shall be: that the scrip-leave. He came therefore, and took ture might be fulfilled, which saith, the body of Jesus. They parted my raiment among them, 39 And there came also Nicodemus, and for my vesture they did cast lots. (which at the first came to Jesus by These things therefore the soldiers did. night,) and brought a mixture of 25 Now there stood by the cross of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Jesus, his mother, and his mother's pounds weight. sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas,and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his nother, Woman, behold thy son! 27 Then saith lie to the disciple, Be- hold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. 23 T After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, swith, I thirst. 29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus therefore had receiv- ed the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day, (for that sabbath-day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, land wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 42 There laid they Jesus therefore, because of the Jews' preparation-day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. CHAP. XX. Magdalene carte THE first day of the week cometh was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. 3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. 4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. 119 Appears to his disciples. CHAP. XXI. Thomas convinced. 5 And he stooping down, and look-¡midst, and saith unto them, Peace be ing in, saw the linen clothes lying; unto you. yet went he not in. 20 And when he had so said, he 6 Then cometh Simon Peter follow-showed unto them his hands and his ing him, and went into the sepulchre, side. Then were the disciples glad and seeth the linen clothes lie; when they saw the Lord. 7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itsel. 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father bath sent me, even so send 1 you. 22 And when he had said this, he 8 Then went in also that other disci-breathed on them, and saith unto ple which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. 9 For as yet they knew not the scrip- ture, that he must rise again from the dead. 10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own bome. 11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and, as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 12 And seeth two angels in white, sitting, the one at the lead, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus bad lain. 13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto hem, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. 14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are re- tained. 24 T But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Dydymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of his nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. 26 T And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus, the doors being shut, aud stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and bebold my bands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 30 T And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me 31 But these are written, that ye not; for I am not yet ascended to my might believe that Jesus is the Christ, Father: but go to my brethren, and the Son of God; and that believing ye say unto them, I ascend unto my Fa- might have life through his name. ther, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto ber. CHAP. XXI. FTER these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise showed he himself. 19 T Then the same day at evening, 2 There were together Simon Peter. being the first day of the week, when and Thomas called Didymus, and Na- the doors were shut where the disci-thanael of Cana in Galilee, and the ples were assembled for fear of the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his Jews, came Jesus, and stood in the disciples. t 119 Draught of fishes. ACTS. Christ's charge to Peter. 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go) knowest that I love thee. He saitli fishing. They say unto him, We unto him, Feed my lambs. also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. 4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore; but the disciples knew not that it was Je- Aus. 16 He saith unto him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 17 He saith unto kim the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? 5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Chil-Peterwas grieved because he said unto dren, have ye any meat? They au-him the third time, Lovest thou me? swered him, No. And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore; and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. I 18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest 7 Therefore that disciple whom Je-thyself, and walkedst whither thou sus loved saith unto Peter, It is the wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, Lord. Now, when Simon Peter beard thou shalt stretch forth thy bands, and that it was the Lord; he girt his fish- anothersball gird thee, and carry thee er's coat unto him,(for be was naked,)] whither thou wouldest not. and did cast himself into the sea. 19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith un- 8 And the other disciples came in a little ship, (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cu-fhim, Folkw me. bits,) dragging the net with fishes. 9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. 10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. 11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three; and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. 12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst nsk him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. 20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved follow- ing; which also leaned on his breasc at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? 21 Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do ? 22 Jesus saith unto him, 1f 1 will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me, 23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not un- to him, He shall not die; but, 151 will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? 13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish like-24 This is the disciple which testifieth wise. of these things, and wrote these things: 14 This is now the third time that and we knowthat his testimony is true. Jesus showed himself to his disciples 25 And there are also many other after that he was risen from the dead. things which Jesus did, the which, if 15 ¶ So, when they had dined, Jesus they should be written every one, 1 saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of suppose that even the world itsel Jonas,lovest thou me more than these? could notcontain the books that should le saitu unto him, Yea, Lord; thoulbe written. Amen. ¶ The ACTS of the APOSTLES. CHAP. I. taken up, after that he through the Theophilus, of all that Jesus unto the apostlesgive HE former treatise have I made, Holy Ghost had given commandments began both to do and teach. 3 To whom also he showed himse!! 2 Until the day in which he was alive after his passion by many infal 120 Prayer for the Spirit. CHAP. II. Matthias made an Apostle. lible proofs, being seen of them borty 16 Men and brethren, this scripture days, and speaking of the things per-must needs bave been fulfilled, which taining to the kingdom of God: the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of Da- 4 And, being assembled together with vid, spake before concerning Judas, them, commanded them that they which was guide to them that took should not depart from Jerusalem, but Jesus. wait for the promise of the Father, 17 For he was numbered with us, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.Land had obtained part of this ministry 5 For John truly baptized with wa- ter; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and fall ing beadlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. 19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons,¿field of blood. which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalein, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let bis habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and, His bishopric let another take. 21 Wherefore, of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordain ed to be a witness with us of his resur- 10 T And, while they looked sted-rection. fast.y toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white appare!; 23 And they appointed two, Josepņ called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Mattluas. 11 Which also said, Ye men of Gali- 24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, lee, why stand ye gazing up into hea-Lord, which knowest the hearts of ali ven? this same Jesus, which is taken|men, show whether of these two thou up from you into heaven, shall so hast chosen. come in like manner as ye have seen 25 That he may take part of this him go into heaven. ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. 12 Then returned they unto Jerusa- lem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbatli- day's journey. 13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, 26 And they gave forth their lots: and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. CHAP. II. fully come, they were all ND when the day of Pentecost there abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, with one accord in one place. James the son of Alpneus, and Simon 2 Aud suddenly there came a sound Zelotes, and Judas the brother of from heaven, as of a rushing mighty Jamica, wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 14 These all continued with one ac- cord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. 15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of the names to gether were about a hundred and twenty',)... 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it |sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5 And there were dwelling at Jeru 121 Efusion of the Spirit. ACTS. Christ exalted. salem Jews, devout men, out of every 21 And it shall come to pass that nation under heaven. whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these were confounded, because that every words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man ap- man heard them speak in his own proved of God among you by miracles, language. and wonders, and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 7 And they were all amazed, and marvelled, saying one to another, Be- hoid, are not all these which speak Galileans? S And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 23 Him, being delivered by the de- termined counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain; 24 Whom God hath raised up, hav 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elam-ing loosed the pains of death: because ites, and the dwellers in Mesopota- it was not possible that be should be mia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, holden of it. in Pontus, and Asia, 25 For David speaketh concerning 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in him, I foresaw the Lord always be- Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about fore my face; for he is on my right Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews hand, that I should not be moved: and proselytes, 11 Cretes, and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the won- derful works of God. 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this ? 12 Others mocking, said, These men are full of new wine. 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you; and hearken to my words: 16 For those are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel ; 26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also, my flesh shall rest in hope: 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. 29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. 30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, be would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 31 Hè, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, (saith God,) I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh: and your 32 This Jesus hath God raised up, sons and your daughters shall prophe-whereof we all are witnesses. sy, and your young men shall see vis- ions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having re- ceived of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and bear. 34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, 19 And I will show wonders in hea-The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou ven above, and signs in the earth be-on my right hand, 18 And on my servants, and on my hand-maidens, I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: neath; blood, and fire, and vapour of 35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. 36 Therefore let all the house of Is- smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into dark-rael know assuredly, that God hath ness, and the moon into blood, before inade that same Jesus, whom ye have that great and notable day of the Lord crucified, both Lord and Christ. 37 1 Now when they heard this, they Lonie: 122 Three thousand converted. CHAP. II. Apostolic testimony. were pricked in their heart, and said I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ auto Peter, and to the rest of the apos- of Nazareth, rise up and walk. tles, Men and brethren, what shall 7 And he took hun by the right hand, we do? and lifted him up; and immediately 38 Then Peter said unto them, Re-his feet and ancle-bones received pent, and be baptized every one of you strength. in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 8 And he, leaping up, stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, aud praising God: 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are 9 And all the people saw him walk- afar off, even as many as the Lord ouring, and praising God. God shall call. 10 And they knew that it was he 10 And with many other words did which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate he testify and exhort, saying, Save of the temple: and they were filled yourselves from this untoward gener-with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. atiou. 41 T Then they that gladly received 11 And as the lame man which was his word were baptized: and the same healed held Peter and John, all the day there were added unto them¦people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly about three thousand souls. 42 And they continued stedfastly in wondering. the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, 12 And when Peter saw it, he an- and in breaking of bread, and in pray-swered unto the people, Ye men of Is- ael, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so eamestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? ers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were togeth er, and had all things common ; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. L 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fa thers, hath glorified nis Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. 14 Eut ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and break- ing bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness aud granted unto you; singleness of heart, 15 And killed the Prince of life, 47 Praising God, and having favour whom God hath raised from the dead; with all the people. And the Lord whereof we are witnesses. added to the church daily such as should be saved. NOW CHAP. II. 16 And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom ye see and know; yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. 17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. OW Peter and John went up to- gether into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple 18 But those things, which God be- which is called Beautiful, to ask alms fore had showed by the mouth of all of them that entered into the temple; his prophets, that Christ should suffer, 3 Who, seeing Peter and John about | be bath so fulfilled. to go into the temple, asked an alms. 19 Repent ye therefore, and be con- 4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, sad, Look on us. And he gave heed unto them, ex- pecung to receive something of them. ← Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give] verted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you : 21 Whom the heaven must receive 123 Fwe thousand believe. ACTS. Sulvation only in Chris. nutil the times of restitution of all all the people of Israel. that by t´e things, which God hath spoken by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazaret)- mouth of all his holy prophets since whom ye crucified, whom God raised the world began. from the dead, even by him doth this 22 For Moses truly said unto the man stand bere before you whole. fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord your 11 This is the stone which was set at God ruse up unto you, of your breth-nought of you builders, which is he ren, like unto me; him shall ye hear come the head of the corner. in all things, whatsoever he shall say unto you. 23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. 24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. 25 Ye are the children of the proph- ets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first,God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. CHAP. IV. ND as they spake unto the people, 12 Neither is there salvation m any other: for there is none other naine under heaven given among nicu whereby we must be saved. 13 T Now, when they saw the bold. ness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they bad been with Jesus. 14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 15 But, when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable mira ele hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. A the priests, and the captain of 17 But, that spread no further temple, and the Sadducees, came upon :bem, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now even-tide. 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed: and the number of the men was about five thousand. 6 T And it came to pass on the mor- row, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered to gether at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 T Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 10 Be it known unto you all, and to] among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak hence forth to no man in this name. 18 And they called them, and com manded them not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 21 So, when they had further threat- ened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. 22 For the man was above forty years old on whom this miracle of healing was showed. 23 T And, being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art Goď which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant 124 Prosperity of the Church. CHAP. V. Hypocrisy punished. David hast said, Why did the heathen his wife also being privy to it, and age, and the people imagine vain brought a certain part, and laid it at things? the apostles' feet. 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Ho- ly Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land ? 27 For of a truth, against thy holy 4 While it remained, was it not thine child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, own? and after it was sold, was it not both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with in thine own power? Why hast thou the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, (conceived this thing in thy heart? were gathered together, thou hast not lied urto men, but 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand junto God. and thy counsel determined before to be done. 29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy ser- vants, that with all boldness they may epeak thy word, 30 By stretching forth thy hand to neal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy chill Jesus. 5 And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. 6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. 7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not know. ing what was done, came in. S And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. 31 ¶ And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all !ded with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it 32 And the multitude of them that that ye have agreed together to tempt believed were of one heart and of one the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the soul: neither said any of them that feet of them which have buried thy aught of the things which he possessed husband are at the door, and shall was his own; but they had all things carry thee out. Aommon. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessorsoflands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. 11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. 12 T And by the hands of the apos tles were many signs and wonders 35 And laid them down at the apos-wrought among the people; (and they tle's feet; and distribution was made were all with one accord in Solomon's unto every man according as he had porch. need. 13 And of the rest durst no man join 36 And Joses, who by the apostles himself to them: but the people mag was surnamed Barnabas, (which is,nified them. being interpreted, The son of consola- tion,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. CHAP. V. 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women ;) 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. BUT UT a certain man named Ananias, Dwith Sapphira his wife, soid a 16 There came also a multitude out possession, of the cities round about unto JeruSA- And kept back part of the price, 'lem, bringing sick folks, and theor 3Q 125 The Apostles arrested. ACTS. Counsel of Gamaliel. which were vexed with unclean spir-for to give repentance to Israel, and its and they were healed every one. forgiveness of sins. 17 T Then the high priest rose up,| 32 And we are his witnesses of these and all they that were with him, things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) whom God hath given to them that and were filled with indignation. obey him. 18 And laid their hands on the apos- tles, and put them in the common prison. 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison-doors, and brought them forth, and said, 20 Go, stund and speak in the tem ple to the people all the words of this life. 33 T When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took coun sel to slay then. 34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; 35 And said unto them, Ye men of 21 And when they heard that, they |Israel,take heed to yourselves what ye entered into the temple early in the intend to do as touching these men. morning, and taught. But the high 36 For before these days rose up priest caine, and they that were with Theudas, boasting himself to be some him, and called the council together, body; to whom a number of men, and all the senate of the children of about four hundred, joined them. Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they re- turned, and told, selves: who were slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the taxing, and 23 Saying, The prison truly found drew away much people after him. we shut with all safety, and the keep-he also perished; and all, even as ers standing without before the doors: but, when we had opened, we found no man within. 24 Now, when the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow 25 Then came one and told them, aying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: (for they feared the people, Jest they should have been stoned :) 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly com- mand you, that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled and in- tend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29 ¶ Then Peter and the other apos- tles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, and hanged on A tree: many as obeyed him, were dispersed 38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these inen, and let thera alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot over- throw it, lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. 40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 T And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. CHAP. VI. AND in those days, when the num ed, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, be cause their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 2 Then the twelve called the multi- tude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and gervs 31 Iim hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, tables. 126 Deacons ordained. CHAP. VII. Stephen's argument 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out, when he was in Mesopotamia, before among you seven men of honest re-he dwelt in Charran, port, full of the Holy Ghost and wis- 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of dom, whom we may appoint over this thy country, and from thy kindred, business. and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 But we will give ourselves contin- ually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. ¶ And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a muan full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nica- nor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch; 6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran ; and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. their hands on them. 7 And the word of God mereased; 6 And God spake on this wise, That and the number of the disciples mulbis seed should sojourn in a strange tiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a land; and that they should bring them great company of the priests were into bondage, and entreat them evil obedient to the faith. four hundred years. 8 T And Stephen, full of faith and 7 And the nation to whom they shall power, did great wonders and mira-be in boudage will I judge, said God; cles among the people. and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. 9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the syna 8 And he gave him the covenant of gogue of the Linertines, and Cyreni- circumcision: and so Abraham begat ans, and Alexandrians, and of them of Isaac, and circumcised him the eightl Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Ja Stephen. cob begat the twelve patriarchs. 10 And they were not able to resist 9 And the patriarchs, moved with the wisdom and the spirit by which envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but he spake. God was with him, II Then they suborned men, which 10 And delivered him out of all his said, We have heard him speak blas-afflictions, and gave him favour and phemous words against Moses, and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king against God. of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt, and all his house. 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, 13. And set up false witnesses,which said, This man ceaseth not to speak lasphemous words against this holy place, and the law; 11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 14 For we have heard him say, that 13 And at the second time Joseph this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy was made known to his brethren ; and vhis place, and shall change the cus-Joseph's kindred was made known toms which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in the council, hoking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. CHAP. VII. THEN said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and Fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared uute our father Abraham,j unto Pharaoh. 14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kin- dred, threescore and fifteen souls. 15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, 16 And were carried over intoSychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a suni of money of the sou of Emmor, the father of Sychem. 17 But when the time of the promise 127 Unbelief of the Javs, ACTS. in all ager arew nigh, which God had sworn to 34 I have seen, I have seen the allic- Abrahain, the people grew and multi-tion of my people which is m Egypt, plied in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and 18 Till another king arose, which am come down to deliver them. And knew not Joseph: now come, I will send thee into Egypt. 19 The same dealt subtilely with our 35 This Moses, whom they refused, kindred, and evil-entreated our fa-saying, Who made thee a ruler and a thers, so that they cast out their young judge? the same did God send to be a children, to the end they might not ruler and a deliverer, by the hand of live. the angel which appeared to him in 20 In which time Moses was born, the bush. and was exceeding fair, and nourished 36 He brought them out, after that up in his father's house three months: he had showed wonders and signs in 21 And when he was cast out, Pha-the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, raoh's daughter took him up, and and in the wilderness forty years. nourished him for her own son. 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. 23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian; 25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them; but they understood not. 26 And the next day he showed him self unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? 37 T This is that Moses which said unto the children of Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. 38 This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us; 39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned pack again into Egypt, 40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us goda to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 41 And they made a calf in those 27 But he that did his neighbour days, and offered sacrifice unto the wrong thrust him away, saying, Who idol, and rejoiced in the works of inade thee a ruler and a judge over us? their own hands. 28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst 42 Then God turned, and gave them the Egyptian yesterday? up to worship the host of heaven; as 29 Then fled Moses at this saying, it is written in the book of the proph and was a stranger in the land of Majets, O ye house of Israel, have ye of dian, where he begat two sons. fered to me slain beasts and sacrifices 30 And when forty years were ex-by the space of forty years in the pired, there appeared to him, in the wilderness? wilderness of mount Sina, an angel 43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, 32 Saying, I am the God of thy fa- thers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. 33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy stres from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. 44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen, 45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fa- [thers, unto the days of David; 128 Stephen's martyrdom. CHAP. VIII. Revival in Sumara. 46 Who found favour before God, 2 And devout men carried Stephen and desired to find a tabernacle for to his burial, and made great lament- the God of Jacob. ation over him. 47 But Solomon built him a house. 48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, 3 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and baling men and women, committed them to prison. 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth| 4 Therefore they that were scattered is my footstool: what house will ye abroad went every where preaching build me? saith the Lord; or what is the word. the place of my rest? 50 Hath not my hand made all these things? 5 T Then Philip went down to the city of Sainaria, and preached Christ unto them. 51 ¶ Ye stiff necked and uncircum- 6 And the people with one accord cised in heart and ears, ye do always gave heed unto those things which resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them : and many taken with palsies, and that 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and mur-lame, were bealed. derers: 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. wers 8 And there was great joy in that city. 9 T But there was a certain man, called Sinon, which beforetime in the 54 When they heard these things, same city used sorcery, and bewitch- they were cut to the heart, and they fed the people of Samaria, giving out guashed on him with their teeth. that himself was some great one: 55 But he, being full of the Holy 10 To whom they all gave heed, Guost, looked up stedfastly into hea-from the east to the greatest, saying, ren, and saw the glory of God, and This man is the great power of God. Jesus standing on the right hand of 11 And to him they had regard, be- God. cause that of long time he had be- And said, Behold, I see the hea-witched them with sorceries. vens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58. And cast him out of the city, and stoned him and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet whose name was Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. CHAP. VII. 12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Je- sus Christ, they were baptized, both men and woinen, 13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he contin- ued with Philip, and wondered, be- holding the miracles and signs which were done. 14 T Now, when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and Job. 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost. 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon AND Saul was consenting to his none of them; of the Lord's bap death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem: and theywere all scattered abroad through out the regions of Judea and Samaria, fxcept the apostles. tized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that throngh laying on of the apostles hands the 9 129 Conversion of the eunuch. money', ACT'S. Persecutim of Putt. Holy Ghost was given, he offered them, 34 And the cunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speak eth the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay haids, he may receive the Holy Ghost. 20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou nast thought that the gift of God may| be purchased with money. 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, If thou believest 22 Repent therefore of this thy wick-with all thy heart, thou mayest. And edness, and pray God, if perhaps the he answered and said, I believe that thought of thy heart may be forgiven Jesus Christ is the Son of God. thee. 23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. 24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. 38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down boili into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. 39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. 25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, 10 But Philip was found at Azotus: returned to Jerusalem, and preached and passing through, he preached in the gospel in many villages of the all the cities, till he came to Cesarea. Samaritans. CHAP. IX. 26 If And the angel of the Lord spake A ND Saul, yet breathing out threat- unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go to- enings and slaughter against die ward the south, unto the way that go-disciples of the Lord, went unto the eth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, high priest, which is desert. 27 And he arose and went: and, be- hold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, 23 Was returning; and sitting in his chariot, read Esaias the prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near,and join thyself tothischariot 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 32 The place of the scripture which be read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: 33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away; and who shall de- clare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. 2 And desired of him letters to Da- mascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 3 And as he journeyed,he came near Damascus ; and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord ? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And be, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. 7 And the men which journeyed with bim stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. 8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no inan: but they led liùm by the hand,and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without 130 Conversion of Paul. CHAP. IX. Persecution of Paul. sight, and neither did eat nor drink. fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill 10 ¶ And there was a certain disciple him: at Damascus, named Ananias; and to 21 But their laying wait was known im said the Lord in a vision, Ana-of Saul; and they watched the gales nias. And he said, Behold, I am here, day and night to kill b'm, Lord. 25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. 11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street, which is called Straight, and inquire in the 26 And when Saul was come to Jc- house of Judas for one called Saul of rusalem, he assayed to join himself to Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, the disciples: but they were all afraid 12 And hath seen in a vision a man of him, and believed not that he was named Ananias coming in, and putting a disciple. and his hand on him, that he might re- 27 But Barnabas took him, ceive his sight. brought him to the apostles, and de- 13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, Iclared unto them how he had seen have heard by many of this man, how the Lord in the way, and that he had much evil he hath done to thy saints spoken to him, and how he had at Jerusalem: preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. 14 And here be hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go] thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. 29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus,and disputed against the Grecians; but they went about to slay him. 30 Which when the brethren knew, 16 For I will show him how great they brought him down to Cesarea, things he must suffer for my name's and sent him forth to Tarsus. Bake. 31 Then had the churches rest 17 And Ananias went his way, and throughout all Judea, and Galilee, entered into the house; and putting and Samaria, and were edified; and his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, walking in the fear of the Lord, aud the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, unto thee in the way as thou camest, were multiplied. hath sent me, that thou mightest re- 32 ¶ And it came to pass, as Peter ceive thy sight, and be filled with the passed throughout all quarters, he Holy Ghost. came down also to the saints which 18 And immediately there fell from dwelt at Lydda. uis eyes as it bad been scales; and he| 33 And there he found a certain man received sight forthwith, and arose, named Eneas, which had kept his bed and was baptized. 19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. 20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. 21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? 22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. 23 ¶ And after that many days were eight years, and was sick of the palsy 34 And Peter said unto him, Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. 35 And all that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him,and turned to the Lord. 36 Now there was at Joppa a cer- tain disciple named Tabitha, which, by interpretation, is called Dorcas. this woman was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. 37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. 33 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent 131 ACTS. Revival in Joppa Peter's call to Cornelius. bnto him two mẹn, desiring him that 10 And he became very hungry, and be would not delay to come to them. would have eaten: but, while, they Then Peter arose, and went with made ready, he fell into a trance, them. When he was coine, they 11 And saw heaven opened, and a brought him into the upper chamber: certain vessel descending unto him, as and all the widows stood by him it had been a great sheet knit at the weeping, and showing the coats and four corners, and let down to the garments which Dorcas made while earth; she was with them. 12 Wherem were all manner of four- 40 But Peter put them all forth, and footed beasts of the earth, and wild kneeled down, and prayed; and, turn-beasts, and creeping things, and fowls ing him to the body, said, Tabitha, of the air. arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she raw Peter, she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted ber up; and when he had called the saints and widows, he presented her alive. 42 And it was known throughont all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. 43 And it came to pass, that he tar- ried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. T CHAP. X. 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is coinmon or unclean. 15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hati cleansed, that call not thou common. 16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. 17 Now, while Peter doubted m HERE was a certain man in Ce-himself what this vision which he had sarea, called Cornelius, a centu-seen should mean, behold, the men zion of the band called the Italian which were sent from Cornelius had band, made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, 2 a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always: 3 He saw in a vision evidently, about the ninth bour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him. Cornelius. 18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. 19 ¶ While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Be- hold, three men seek thee. 20 Arise therefore, and get thee And when he .ooked on him, be down, and go with them, doubting vas afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? nothing; for I have sent them. And he said unto him, Thy prayers 21 Then Peter went down to the aud thine alms are come up for a ine-men which were sent unto him from norial before God. Cornelius, and said, Behold, I am he 5 And now send men to Joppa, and whom ye seek: what is the cause call for one Simon, whose surname is wherefore ye are come ? Peter; 22 And they said, Cornelius the cen- 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tau-turion, a just man, and one that fear- her, whose house is by the sea-side:eth God, and of good report among all he shall tell thee what thou oughtest the nation of the Jews, was warned to do. from God by a holy angel to send for thec into his house, and to hear words of thee, 7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; 8 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Juppa. 23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and cer- tain brethren from Joppa accompani- ed him. 24 And the morrow after they enter 9 T Ou the morrow, as they went on ed into Cesarea. And Cornelius waite their journey and drew nugh unto the for them, and had called together his city, Peter went up upon the house-kinsmen and near friends. top to pray about the sixth hour: 25 And as Peter was coining in,Cor 132 Gentiles cangelized. CHAP. XI. uelius met him, and fell down at his feet and worshipped him. 26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. 27 And as he talked with him, be went in, and found many that were come together. Gentiles converted. 41 Not to all the people, but unta witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with bin after he rose from the dead. 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. 23 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a 43 To him give all the prophets wit- man that is a Jew to keep company,ness, that through his name, whoso- or come unto one of another nation; ever believeth in him shall receive re- but God hath showed me that I should mission of sins. not call any man common or unclean. 29 Therefore came I unto you with out gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 Aud said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in re- membrance in the sight of God. 44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 19 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then au- swered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as wel 48 And he commanded them to be 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call bither Simon, whose surname is Pe-as we? ter; he is lodged in the bouse of one Simon a tanner, by the sea-side; who, baptized in the name of the Lord when he cometh, shah speak unto thee. Then prayed they him to tarry certai 33 Immediately therefore 1 sent to days. thee; and thou hast well done that thou art cone. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. 31 ¶ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: CHAP. XI. ND the apostles and brethren that tiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up ta Jerusalem, they that were of the cir- cumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men 35 But in every nation, he that fear-Juncircumcised, and didst eat with eth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ; (he is Lord of all ;) 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: 37 That word, I say, ye know, which and in a trance I saw a vision, A cer- was published throughout all Judea, tain vessel descending, as it had been and began from Galilee, after the bap-a great sheet, let down from heaven tism which John preached; by four corners; and it came even to 38 How God anointed Jesus of Naz-me: areth with the Holy Ghost, and with 6 Upon the which when I had fast- power; who went about doing good, jened mine eyes, I considered, and saw and healing all that were oppressed of four-footed beasts of the earth, and the devil; for God was with him. wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew, and hanged on a tree. 40 Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly; 7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. 8 But I said, Not so, Loid; for noth- ing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. 133 Revival in Antioch. ACTS. Persecution by Hero 9 But the voice answered me again] 24 For he was a good man, and full from heaven, What God hath cleaus-[of the Holy Ghost, and of faith; and ed, that call not thou common. 10 And this was done three times; and all were drawn up again into heaven. 11 And, behold, immediately there were thrée men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea unto me. much people was added unto the Lord. 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: 26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the dis- ciples were called Christians first in Antioch. 12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover, these six brethren accompanied me, 27 ¶ And in these days came proph and we entered into the man's house:ets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 13 And he showed us how he had 23 And there stood up one of them, seen an angel in his house, which stood named Agabus, and signified by the and said unto him, Send men to Jop- Spirit that there should be great dearth pa, and call for Simon whose surname throughout all the world: which came is Peter; to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar. 29 Then the disciples, every man ac- cording to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea: 14 Who shall tell thee words, where- by thou and all thy house shall be saved. 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the be- ginning. 16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John in- with water, 30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. CHAP. XII. thed baptized with water; but ye shall Not retched forth his hands be baptized with the Holy Ghost. 17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who be- lieved on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. [OW, about that time, Herod the king vex certain of the church. 2 And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) 4 Aud when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and deliv 19 Now they which were scattered ered him to four quaternions of soldiers abroad upon the persecution that arose to keep him; intending after Easter about Stephen, travelled as far as Phe-to bring him forth to the people. nice,and Cyprus, and Antioch, preach- 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison; ng the word to none but unto the but prayer was made without ceasing Jews only. of the church unto God for him. 20 And some of them were men of 6 And when Herod would have Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they brought him forth, the same night were come to Antioch, spake unto the Peter was sleeping between two sol- Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. [diers, bound with two chains; and the 21 And the hand of the Lord was keepers before the door kept the with them: and a great number be-prison. lieved, and turned unto the Lord. 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord 22 T Then tidings of these things came upon him, and a light shined in came unto the ears of the church which the prison: and he smote Peter on the was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth side, and raised him up, saying, Arise Barnabas, that he should go as far as up quickly. And his chains fell ofl' Antioch: from his hands. Gird 23 Who, when he came, and had seen 3 And the angel said unto him, the grace of God, was glad, and exhort- thyself, and bind on thy sandals; and ed them all, that with purpose of heart so he did And he saith unto him, Cast they would cleave unto the Lord. [thy garinert about thre, and follow me 134 Pete" liberated, CHAP. XIUI. Mission from Antioco 9 And he went out, and followed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, him; and wist not that it was true and made an oration unto them. which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. 10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own ac- cord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. 11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. 22 And the people gave a shout, say ing, It is the voice of a god, and nut of a nan. 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 24 ¶ But the word of God multiplied. grew and 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had ful- filled their ministry, and took with them John, whose sumame was Mark. CHAP. XIII. NOW there were in the church that Antioch certain prophets 12 And when he bad considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary and teachers; as Barnabas,and Simeon the mother of John, whose surmaine that was called Niger, and Lucius of was Mark; where many were gath-Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been ered together praying. brought up with Herod the tetrarch, 13 And as Peter knocked at the door and Saul. of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, Gamed Rhoda. 14And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but rân in, and told how Peter stood before the gale. 15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that t was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. 16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Sepa- [rate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto 1 have called them. 3 And when they bad fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4 T So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed into Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. 17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared 6 And when they had gone through into them how the Lord had brought the isle unto Paphos, they found a cer- him out of the prison. And he said, Go tain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, show these things unto James, and to whose name was Bar-jesus; the brethren. And he departed, and] 7 Which was with the deputy of the went into another place. 18 Now, as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. 19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Ceserea, and there abode. country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for 80 is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. 9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, 20 ¶ And Herod was highly displeas ed with them of Tyre and Sidon: but 10 And said, O full of subtilty they came with one accord to him, and all mischief, thou child of the aud, having made Blastus the king's devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, chamberlain their friend, desired wilt thou not cease to pervert the peace; because their country was right ways of the Lord? nourished by the king's country, 11 And now, behold, the hand of the 21 And upon a set day,Herod,arrayed Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be 135 Sergius Paulus belicvés. ACTS. Preaching in Pisidia. blud, not seeing the sun for a season. he saith, Who think ye that I am? I And immediately there fell on him a am not he: but, behold, there cometh a mist and a darkness; and he went one after me, whose shoes of his feet about seeking some to lead him by the I am not worthy to loose. hand. 26 Men and brethren, children of 12 Then the deputy, when he saw the stock of Abraham, and whosoever what was done, believed, being aston-among you feareth God, to you is the ished at the doctrine of the Lord. word of this salvation sent. 13 Now when Paul and his company 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, loosed from Paphos, they came to and their rulers, because they knew Perga in Pamphylia: and John de-him not, nor yet the voices of the parting from them, returned to Jeru-prophets which are read every sab- salem. bath-day, they have fulfilled them in 14 But when they departed from condemning him. Perga, they came to Antioch in 28 And though they found no cause Pisidia, and weut into the synagogue of death in him, yet desired they Pi- on the sabbath-day, and sat down. late that he should be slain. 15 And after the reading of the law 29 And when they had fulfilled all and the prophets, the rulers of the that was written of him, they took synagogue sent unto them, saying, Yehim down from the tree, and laid hin men and brethren, if ye have any in a sepulchre. word of exhortation for the people, 30 But God raised him from the dead: say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckon- 31 And he was seen many days of ing with his hand, said, Men of Is-them which came up with him from rael, and ye that fear God, give au- Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his dience. witnesses unto the people. 32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought be them out of it. 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath rais- ed up Jesus again; as it is also written 78 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wil-in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, derness. this day have I begotten thee. 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. 20 And after that, he gave unto them judges, about the space of four hun-of David. dred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. 35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 36 For David, after he had served 21 And afterward they desired aking: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benja-jhis own generation by the will of min, by the space of forty years. 22 And when he had removed him, ne raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found Da-¦ vid the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 23 Of this man's seed hath God, ac- cording to his promise, raised unto Is rael a Saviour, Jesus: 24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of re- pentance to all the people of Israel. 25. And as John fulfilled his course, God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. 33 T Beit known unto you therefore men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the förgive- ness of sins: 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken of in the prophets; 126 Reception of the Gospel. CHAP XIV. Preaching at Lystra. 11 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder,, up the Gentiles, and made their minds and perish: for I work a work in your evil-affected against the brethren. days, a work which ye shall in no 3 Long time therefore abode they wise believe, though a man declare it speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. unto you. 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. 43 Now, when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and re- gious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. 44 T And the next sabbath-day came almost the whole city together to hear the word. -15 But when the Jews saw the mul- titudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed hold, and said. It was necessary that the word of God should first bave been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves un worthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles: 4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jewe, and part with the apostles. 5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews, with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, 6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Ly caouia, and unto the region that lieth round about: 7 And there they preached the gospel. 8 T And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak; who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiv ing that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand up- right on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 11 And when the people saw what 47 For so bath the Lord commanded Paul had done, they lifted up their us, saying, I have set thee to be a voices, saying in the speech of Lyca- light of the Gentiles, that thou should-onia, The gods are come down to us est be for salvation unto the ends of in the likeness of men, the earth. 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life, believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecu- tion against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. A CHAP. XIV. ND it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks be- loved. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred 12 And they called Barnabas, Jupi ter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. 13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates,and would bave done sacritice with the people. 14 Which when the apostles, Barna bas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like pas- sions with you, and preach unto you, that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made hea- ven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein; 16 Who in tinies past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. 17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, auf fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. 18 And with these sayings scarce re 137 Return of the Missionaries. ACTS. Council at Jerusalem. strained they the people, that taey had|rusalem, they were received of the not done sacrifice unto them. church, and ofthe apostles and elders, 19 T And there came thithercertain and they declared all things that God Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who had done with them. persuaded the people, and having 5 1 But there rose up certain of the stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. 20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city and the next day he de- parted with Barnabas to Derbe. sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to cir cumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 21. And when they had preached the 7 And when there had been much gospel to that city, and had taught disputing, Peter rose up, and said un- many, they returned again to Lystra, to them, Men and brethren, ye know and to Iconium, and to Autioch, how that a good while ago God made 22 Confirming the souls of the dis- choice among us, that the Gentiles by ciples, and exhorting them to contin-my mouth should hear the word of the the faith, and that we must gospel, and believe. through much tribulation enter into 8 And God, which knoweth the the kingdom of God. hearts, bare them witness, giving 23 And when they had ordained them the Holy Ghost, even as he did them elders in every church, and had unto us; prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they be lieved. ne in 24 And after they had passed through- out Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. 25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. 10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fa thers nor we were able to bear? 11 But we believe that, through the 26 And thence sailed to Antioch, grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we from whence they had been recoin-[shall be saved, even as they, ended to the grace of God for the 12 T Then all the multitude kept work which they fulfilled. silence, and gave audience to Barna- bas aud Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door] of faith unto the Gentiles. 28 And there they abode long time with the disciples. CHAP. XV. 13 T And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto ine: 14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take AND certain men, which came out of them a people for his name. down from Judea, taught the 15 And to this agree the words of brethren, and said, Except ye be cir-the prophets; as it is written, cumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had nosmall dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and 1 will set it up; 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gen- tiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. 3 And being brought on their way oy the church, they passed through 18 Known unto God are all his works Phenice and Samaria, declaring the from the beginning of the world. conversion of the Gentiles: and they 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that caused great joy unto all the brethren. we trouble not them which trot 4 And when they were come to Je-Jamong the Gentiles are turned to God 135 Decisione of the Council. CHAP. XVI. The second Mission. 20 But that we write unto them, that 35 Paul also and Barnabas continued they abstain from pollutions of idols, in Antioch, teaching and preaching the and from fornication,and from things word of the Lord, with many others also. strangled, and from blood. 21 For Moaes of old time hath m 36 T And some days after,Paul sad every city them that preach him,being unto Barnabas, Let us go again and read in the synagogues every sabbath-visit our brethren in every city where day. we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do. 37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was 22 ¶ Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Mark. namely,Judas surnamed Barsabas,and 38 But Paul thought not good to take Silas, chief men among the brethren: him with them, who departed from 23 And they wrote letters by them them from Pamphylia, and went not after this manner; The apostles, and with them to the work. elders, and brethren, send greeting 39 And the contention was so sharp unto the brethren which are of the between them, that they departed Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and asunder one from the other: and so Cilicia: Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto 24 Forasmuch as we have heard,that] Cyprus; certain which went out from us have 40 And Paul chose Silas, and depart troubled you with words, subverting ed, being recommended by the breth your souls, saying, Ye must be circum-ren unto the grace of God. cised, and keep the law; to whom we 41 And he went through Syria and gave no such commandment; Cilicia, confirming the churches. CHAP. XVI. 25 It seemed good unto us, being as- sembled with one accord, to send cho.THEN came he to Derbe and Lys Barnabas and Paul; ple was there, named Timotheus 26 Men that have hazarded their the son of a certain woman, which lives for the name of our Lord Jesus was a Jewess, and believed; but bis Christ. father was a Greek : 27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; 29 That ye abstain from meats offer- ed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled,and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye enall do well. Fare ye well. 2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circuncised him, because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew ali that his father was a Greek. 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apos- tles and elders which were at Jerusa- 30 So when they were dismissedlem. they came to Antioch; and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle : 31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation, 32 And Judas and Sils, being proph- ets also themselves,exhorted the breth ren with many words, and confirmed them. 33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles. 34 Notwithstanding, it pleased Silas to abide there still. 5 And so were the churches estab- lished in the faith, and increased in number daily. 6 Now, when they had gone through- out Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, 7 After they were come to Mysia. they assayed to go into Bithynia ; but the Spirit sullered them not. $ And they, passing by Mysia, came down to Troes. 9 T And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There stood a inan of Mace 139 ACTS. They enter Europe. Events at Philippi. donia, and prayed him, saying, Comej stripes upon them, they cast them into over into Macedonia, and help us. prison, charging the jailer to keep 10 And after he had seen the vision, them safely: immediately we endeavoured to go 24 Who having received such a into Macedonia, assuredly gathering charge, thrust them into the inner that the Lord had called us for to prison, and made their feet fast in the preach the gospel unto them. stocks. 11 Therefore loosing from Troas,we 25 1 And at midnight Paul and Silas caine with a straight course to Samo- prayed, and sang praises unto God. thracia, and the next day to Neapolis. and the prisoners heard them. 12 And from thence to Philippi, 26 And suddenly there was a great which is the chief city of that part of earthquake, so that the foundations of Macedonia, and a colony: and we the prison were shaken: and imme were in that city abiding certain days. [diately all the doors were opened,and 13 And on the sabbatli we went out every one's bands were loosed. of the city by a river-side, where 27 And the keeper of the prison prayer was wont to be made; and we awaking out of his sleep, and seeing sat down, and spake unto the women the prison-doors open, he drew out his which resorted thither. sword, and would have killed himself, 14 T And a certain woman named supposing that the prisoners had been Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city fled. of Thyatira, which worshipped God, 28 But Paul cried with aloud voice, beard is: whose heart the Lord open-saying, Do thyself no harm; for we ed, that she attended unto the things are all here. which were spoken of Paul. 29 Then he called for a light, and 15 And when she was baptized, and sprang in, and came trembling, and her household, she besought us, say-fell down before Paul and Silas; ing, If ye have judged me to be faith- 30 And brought them out, and said, ful to the Lord, come into my house, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? and abide there. And she constrain- 31 And they said, Believe on the ed us. Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 26 T And it came to pass,as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination net us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, be and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house,he set meat before them, and rejoiced,believing in God with all his house. 35 And when it was day, the magis trates sent the serjeants, saying, Le those men go. 18 And this she did many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned, and said to the spirit, I command thece, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And he came out the sauce hour. 19 T And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they 36 And the keeper of the prison tol caught Paul and Silas, and drew them this saying to Paul, The magistrates into the market-place unto the rulers. have sent to let you go: now therefo 20 And brought them to the magis-depart, and go in peace. frates, saying, These men, being Jews, 37 But Paut said unto them, They do exceedingly trouble our city. have beaten us openly uncondemned, 21 And teach customs,which are not being Romans, and have cast us into awful for us to receive, neither to prison; and now do they thrust 03 observe, being Romans. out privily? nay, verily; but let them 22. And the inultitude rose up togeth-come themselves and fetch us out. er against them; and the magistrates 38 And the serjeants told these words rent of theirclothes,and cominanded unto the inagistrates; and they fear to beat them. rd, when they heard that they were 23 And when they had laid many Ronans. 140 At Thessalonica, CHAP. XVII Berea and Athens. 39 And they came and besought 13 1 But when the Jews of Thessa them, and brought them out, and de-lonica had knowledge that the werd sired them to depart out of the city. of God was preached of Paul at Berea, 40 And they went out of the prison, they came thither also, and stirred up and entered into the house of Lydia: the people. and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. CHAP. XVII. 14 And then immediately the breth ren sent away Paul, to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus NOW, when they had passed abode there still. through Amphipolis and Apol- onia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 Aud Paul,as his manner was, went an unto them, and three sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the scrip- tures; 3 Opening and alleging that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiv- ing a commandment uuto Silas aud Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. 16 T Now, while Paul waited for them at Aunens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17 Therefore disputed he in the syna- gogue with the Jews, and with the derout persons, and in the market 4 And some of them believed, and daily with them that met with him. consorted with Paul and Silas; and 18 Then certain philosophers of the of the devout Greeks a great multi-Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encoun tude, and of the chief women not altered him. And some sail, What will few. 5 ¶ But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason,and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world up-| bide down are come hither also; 7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, That there is another king, one Jesus. 8 And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. them go. this babbler say? other some, He secni- eth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. 19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, where- of thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and stran gera which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22 T Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. UN. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld 9 And when they had taken security your devotions, I found an altar with of Jason, and of the other, they let this inscription, TO THE KNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye 10 And the brethren immediately ignorantly worship, him declare 1 un/ sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berca: who, coming thither, 24 God, that made the world, and all went into the synagogue of the Jews. things therein, seeing that he is Lord 11 These were more noble than those of heaven and earthi, dwelleth not in In Thessalonica, in that they received temples made with hands; to you. the word with all readiness of mind,| 25 Neither is worshipped with men's and searched the scriptures daily, hands, as though he needed any thing, whether those things were so. seeing he giveth to all life, and breath 12 Therefore many of them believ-and all things; ed; also of honourable women which 26 And hath made of one buood all were Greeks, and of men, not a few. Inations of men for to dwell on all the R3 141 Great opposition ACTS and suceess in Coradh. face of the earth, and bath determined blood be upon your own heads; I am the times before appointed, and the clean: from henceforth I will nounds of their habitations; the Gentiles. 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us : go unto T And he departed thence, a entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the your own poets have said, For we are synagogue, believed on the Lord with also his ollspring. all his house; and many of the Co 29 Forasmuch then as we are the off-rinthiaus hearing believed, and were spring of God, we ought not to think baptized. that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and au's device. 9 ¶ Then spake the Lord to Paulia the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and bold not thy peace: 30 And the times of this ignorance 10 For I am with thee, and no man God winked at ; but now commandeth|shall set on thee to hurt thee; for I ail men every where to repent: have much people in this city. 31 Because be hath appointed a day, 11 And he continued there a year in the which he will judge the world and six months, teaching the word of in righteousness by that man whom God among them. be bath ordained; whereof he hath 12 T And when Gallio was the dep- given assurance unto all men, in that uty of Achaia, the Jews made insur he hath raised him from the dead. rection with one accord against Paul, 32 T And when they heard of the and brought him to the judgment- resurrection of the dead, some mock-seat, ed: and others said, We will hear 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth thee again of thie matter. men to worship God contrary to the 33 So Paul departed from anong law. them. 14 And when Paul was now about 34 Howbeit certain men clave unto to open his mouth, Gallio said unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Dainaris, and others with them. the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, Oye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: 15 But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye AFTER these things Paul departed to it: for I will be no judge of such. CHAP. XVIII. from Athens, and came to Co-matters. rinth; 16 And he drave them from the judg 2 And found a certain Jew, named ment-seat. Aquila, boru in Pontus, lately come 17 Then all the Greeks took Sos- from Italy, with his wife Priscilia, thenes, the chief ruler of the syna- (because that Claudius had command-gogue, and beat him before the judg ed all Jews to depart from Rome,) and [ment-seat; and Gallio cared for none came unto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft,he abode with them,and wrought: (for by their occupation they were Lent-makers.) 4 And Ire reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 3 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. of those things. 18 T And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea; for he had a row. 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consenteu And when they opposed thein- relves, and blasphemed, he shook his not; rament and said unto thein, Your] 21 But bade them farewell, saying, I 142 Apollos joins them. CHAP. XIX. Success in Ephesus. must by all means keep this feast that; 7 And all the men were about twelve cometh in Jerusalem: but I will re- 8 And he went into the synagogue, turn again unto you, if God will. And and spake boldly for the space of three he sailed from Ephesus. months, disputing and persuading the 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, be de- parted from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 22 And when he had landed at Ce-things concerning the kingdom of God. sarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch, 23 And after he had spent some time there, be departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples. 24 And a certain Jew, named Apol los, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia beard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 11 And God wrought special miracles 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and, being fervent by the hands of Paul: in the spirit, he spake and taught dili- 12 So that from his body were gently the things of the Lord, know-brought unto the sick handkerchiefs ing only the baptism of John." 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquilla and Priscilla had heard, they took him into them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. CHAP. XIX. or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them, 13 ¶ Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? 16 And the man in whom the evil AND it came to pass, that, while spirit was, leaped on them, and over- Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, came them, and prevailed against having passed through the upper them, so that they fled out of that coasts, came to Ephesus: and finding house naked and wounded. certain disciples, 17 And this was known to all the 2 He said unto them, Have ye re- Jews and Greeks also dwelling at ceived the Holy Ghost since ye believ-Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, ed? And they said unto him, We and the name of the Lord Jesus was have not so much as heard whether inagnified, there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized?' And they said, Unto John's baptism. 18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their deeds. 19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books to- 4 Then said Paul, John verily bap-gether, and burned them before all tized with the baptism of repentance, men and they counted the price of saying unto the people, That they them, and found it fifty thousand should believe on him which should pieces of silver. come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 20 So mightily grew the word of 5 When they heard this, they were God, and prevailed. baptized in the name of the Lord 21 T After these things were ended, Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After 1 have been there, I must also see Rome. 143 Tumult at Ephesus ACTS Paul at Troas. 22 Sʊ de sent into Macedonia two of of Ephesus, what man is there that *hem that ministered unto him, Timo- knoweth not how that the city of the theus and Erastus; but he himself Ephesians is a worshipper of the great stayed in Asia for a season. goddess Diana,and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? 23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 36 Seeing then that these things can- 24 For a certain man named Deme-not be spoken against, ye ought to be rius, a silversmith, which made sil-quiet, and to do nothing rashly. ver shrines for Diana, brought no 37 For ye have brought hither these small gain unto the craftsmen; men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. 25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth: 38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have 26 Moreover, ye see and bear, that a matter against any man, the law is not alone at Ephesus, but almost open, and there are deputies; let them throughout all Asia, this Paul hath implead one another. persuaded and turned away much 39 But if ye inquire any thing con- people, saying, that they be no gods cerning other matters, it shall be de. which are made with bands: termined in a lawful assembly. 27 So that not only this our craft is 40 For we are in danger to be called in danger to be set at nought; but also in question for this day's uproar, there that the temple of the great goddess being no cause whereby we may give Diana should be despised, and her an account of this concourse. magnificence should be destroyed, 41 And when he had thus spoken, he whom all Asia and the world wor-dismissed the assembly, shippeth. 25 And when they heard these say. ings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. CHAP. XX. Al called unto him the disci- ND after the uproar was ceased, ples,and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. 29 And the whole city was filled 2 And when he had goue over those with confusion: and, having caught parts, and bad given them much ex- Gains and Aristarchus, men of Mace- hortation, he came into Greece, donia, Paul's companions in travel, 3 And there abode three months: they rushed with one accord into the and when the Jews laid wait for him, theatre. as he was about to sail into Syria, be 30 And when Paul would have enter-purposed to return through Macedonia. ed in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. 31. And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto hun, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. 4 And there accompanied him into Asia, Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus andSccun- dus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timo- theus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5 These going before, tarried for us 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly at Troas. was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come Logether. 6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, land came unto them to Troas in five 33 And they drew Alexander out of days; where we abode seven days. the multitude, the Jews putting him 7 T And upon the first day of the forward. And Alexander beckoned week, when the disciples came to with the hand, and would have made gether to break bread, Paul preached mis defence unto the people. unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. 3-4 But when they knew that be was a Jew, all with one voice, about the space of two bours, cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 35 And when the town-clerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men 8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gath- ered together. 9 And there sat in a window a cer- 144 Charge at Miletus CHAP. XXI. Tender farewell. tain young man named Eutychus, self, so that I might finish my courses being fallen into a deep sleep: and as with joy, and the ministry which I l'auf was long preaching, he sunk have received of the Lord Jesus, tu down with sleep, and fell down from testify the gospel of the grace of God, the third loft, and was taken up dead. 25 And now, behold, I know that ye 10 And Paul went down, and fell on all, among whom I have gone preach- him, and, embracing him, said, Trou-ing the kingdom of God, shall see my ble not yourselves; for his life is in face no more. him. 11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eat- en, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. 12. And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. 13 T And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appoint ed, minding himself to go afoot. 14 And when he met with us at As- sos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. 15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. 15 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia; for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. 17 ¶ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19 Serving the Lord with all bumili- ty of mind, and with many tears and temptations, which befel me by the lying in wait of the Jews; 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declarc unto you all the counsel of God. 28 T Take beed therefore unto your selves, and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my de parting shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that, by the space of three years, 1 ceased not to wam every one night and day with tears. 32 And now, brethren, I commerad you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. 33 1 have coveted no man's silver, ot gold, or apparel. 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35 I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is 20 And how I kept back nothing more blessed to give than to receive. that was profitable unto you, but have 36 ¶ And when he had thus spoken, showed you, and have taught you pub-he kneeled down, and prayed witli licly, and from house to house, 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit untoJerusalem,not knowing the things that shall befall me there: 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witness- them all. 37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him; 38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. CHAP. XXI. oth in every city, saying, that bonds AND it came to pass, that, after wa and afflictions abide me. were gotten from them, and had 24 But none of these things move me, launched, we came with a straight neither count I my life dear unto my-course unto Coos, and the day follow- 10 145 A trial at Cesarca. ACTS. Paul at Jerusalem. ing unto Rhodes, and from thence of the disciples of Ceserca,and brought unto Patara; with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an 2 And finding a ship sailing over old disciple, with whom we should unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and lodge. set forth. 17 And when we were come to Jeru- 3 Now, when we had discovered salem, the brethren received us gladly Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, 18 And the day following Paul went and sailed into Syria, and landed at in with us unto James; and all the Tyre: for there the ship was to un-elders were present. lade her burden. 4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days; who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed, and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till ve were out of the city: and we kneel- ed down on the shore, and prayed. 6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again. 7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptole- mais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. 19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they glo- rified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thou- sands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law; 21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews wbieli are among the Gentiles to forsake Mo- ses, saying, That they ought not to circumcise their children, aeither to walk after the customs. 22 What is it therefore? the multi tude must needs come together; fur they will hear that thou art come. 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them. 8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Cesarea; and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, 24 Them take, and purify thyself (which was one of the seven,) and with them, and be at charges with abode with him. them, that they may shave their heads: 9 And the same man had four daugh-and all may know that those things, ters, virgins, which did prophesy. 10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. whereof they were informed concern ing thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. 11 And when he was come unto us, 25 As touching the Gentiles which he took Paul's girdle, and bound his believe, we have written and con- own hands and feet, and said, Thus cluded that they observe no such thing, saith the Holy Ghost,So shall the Jews save only that they keep themselves at Jerusalem bind the man that own- from things offered to idols, and from eth this girdle, and shall deliver him blood, and from strangled, and from into the bands of the Gentiles. fornication. 12. And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, be sought him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, What, mean ye to weep, and to break my heart? for I am ready uot to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 26 Then Paul took the m en, and the next day purifying himself with thein entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purifi- cation, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. 27 T And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of 14 And when he would not be per-Asia, when they saw him in the tem suaded, we ceased, saying, The will ple, stirred up all the people, and laid of the Lord be done. hands on him, 15 And after those days we took up 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help our carriages, and went up to Jeru-This is the man that teacheth all men salem. every where against the people, and 16 There went with us also certain]the law, and this place: and further 146 Popular tumult. CHAP. XXII Paul's defence. brought Greeks also into the temple,] 2 (And when they heard that he and hath polluted this holy place. spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, 29 (For they had seen before with they kept the more silence: and he him in the city, Trophimus an Ephe-saitb,) sian, whom they supposed that Paul 31 am verily a man which am a had brought into the temple.) Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, 30 And all the city was moved, and yet brought up in this city at the feet the people ran together; and they of Gamaliel, and taught according to took Paul, and drew him out of the the perfect manner of the law of the temple and forthwith the doors were fathers, and was zealous toward God, shut. as ye all are this day. 31 And as they went about to kill 4 And I persecuted this way unto the him, tidings came unto the chief cap-death, binding and delivering into tain of the band, that all Jerusalem prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear was in an uproar: 32 Who inmediately took soldiers me witness, and all the estate of the and centurious, and ran down unto elders: from whom also I received them. And when they saw the chief letters unto the brethren, and went to captain and the soldiers, they left beat- Damascus, to bring them which were ing of Paul. there bound unto Jerusalem, for to 33 Then the chief captain came near, be punished. and took him, aud commanded him | 6 And it came to pass, that, as I made to be bound with two chains and de-my journey, and was come nigh unto manded who he was, and what he Damascus about noon, suddenly there nad done. shone from heaven a great light round about me. 34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. 35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. 36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him. 37 ¶ And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief cap- tain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? 7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, 1 ain Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou per secutest. 9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. 10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and 38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which there it shall be told thee of all things before these days madest an uproar, which are appointed for thee to do. and leddest out into the wilderness 11 And when I could not see for the four thousand men that were murder-glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, 1 ers ? there, 39 But Paul said, I am a man which came into Damascus. am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia,|| 12 And one Ananias, a devout man a citizen of no mean city and, I be-according to the law, having a good seech thee, suller me to speak unto report of all the Jews which dwelt the people. 40 "And when he had given him li- 13 Came unto me, and stood, and cense, Paul stood on the stairs, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive beckoned with the hand unto the peo-thy sight. And the same hour I looked ple. And when there was made a up upon him. great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, CHẤP XÂM 14 And he said, The God of our fa- thers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear Just One, and shouldest hear the voice ye my defence which I make of his mouth. now unto you. 15 For thou shalt be his witness un- 14 Jewish pride and envy. ACTS. Pau. defore Ananiat. to all men of what thou hast seen and have known the certainty wherefore beard. 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. 17 And it came to pass, that, when 1 come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; was he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them. A CHAP. XXIII. ND Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. 2 And the high priest Ananias com- manded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. 18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not re- ceive thy testimony concerning me. 19 And I said, Lord, they know that 1 imprisoned and beat in every syna- 3 Then said Paul unto him, God gogue them that believed on thee: shall smite thee, thou whited wall: 20 And when the blood of thy mar- for sittest thou to judge me after the tyr Stephen was shed, I also was stan- [law, and commandest me to be smitten ding by, and counsenting unto his death, contrary to the law? and kept the raiment of them that slew him. 21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. 22 T And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live. 23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, 4 And they that stood by said, Revil est thou God's high priest? 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, breth- ren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. 24 The chief captain commanded 7 And when he had so said, there him to be brought into the castle, and arose a dissension between the Phari bade that he should be examined by sees and the Sadducees: and the mul Scourging; that he might know where-titude was divided. fore they cried so against him. 25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned ? 26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. 27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. 8 For the Sadducces say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both 9 And there arose a great cry; and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit of an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. 10 And when there arose a great dis- sension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go 28 And the chief captain answered, down, and to take him by force from With a great sum obtained I this free-among them, and to bring him into dom. And Paul said, But I was free-the castle. born. 11 Aud the night following the Lord 29 Then straightway they departed stood by him, and said, Be of good from him which should bave examin-cheer, l'aul; for as thou hast testified ed him and the chief captain also of me in Jerusalem, so inust thou was afraid, after he knew that he was bear witness also at Rome. a Roman, and because he had bound him. : 30 On the morrow, because he would 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that 148 Horrible conspiracy. Paul befire Felix. 25 And he wrote a letter after this CITAP XXIV. they would neither eat nor drink till iney had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. manner: 26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix, sendeth greeting. 27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them; then came I with an army, and rescu. ed him, having understood that he 14 And they came to the chief prieste and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. 15 Now therefore ye with the coun-was a Roman. cil signify to the chief captain that he 23 And when I would have known bring him down unto you to-morrow, the cause wherefore they accused him, as though ye would inquire something I brought him forth into their council; more perfectly concerning him: and 29 Whom I perceived to be accused we, or ever he come near, are ready of questions of their law, but to have to kill him. nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. 16And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and 30 And when it was told me how entered into the castle, and told Paul. that the Jews laid wait for the man, I 17 Then Paul called one of the cen-sent straightway to thee, and gave turions unto him, and said, Bring this commandment to bis accusers also to young man unto the chief captain; for say before thee what they had against he hath a certain thing to tell him. bim. Farewell. 18 So he took him, and brought him 31 Then the soldiers, as it was com- to the chief captain, and said, Paul|manded them, took Paul, and brought the prisoner called me unto him, and him by night to Antipatris. prayed me to bring this young man | 32 On the morrow they left the horse- unto thee, who hath something to say men to go with him, and returned to unto thee. 19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? the castle; 33 Who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the epistle to the gor- ernor, presented Paul also before him. 34 And when the governor had read 20 And he said, The Jews have the letter,-be asked of what province And when he understood agreed to desire thee that thou would he was. est bring down Paul to-morrow into that he was of Cilicia; the council, as though they would in- 35 I will hear thec, said he, whei quire somewhat of him more per-thine accusers are also come. And he fectly. commanded him to be kept in Herod's CHAP. XXIV. 21 But do not thou yield unto them;judgment-ball. for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, the AND after five days, Ananias the high priest descended with the certain oracor they will neither eat nor drink till elders, and with a they have killed him: and now are named Tertullus, who informed the they ready, looking for a promise governor against Paul. from thee. 22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast showed these things to me. 2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus begun to accuse him, say- ing, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy 23 And he called unto him two cen-[providence, turions, saying, Make ready two hun- 3 We accept it always, and in all dred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and places, most noble Felix, with all horsemen threescore and ten, and thankfulness. spearmen two hundred, at the third nour of the night; 21 And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. 4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. 5 For we have found this man a pès- 149 Paul's noble defence. ACTS. He preaches to F'elis. tient feline, and a mover o sedition |I am called in question by you this day Among all the Jews throughout the 22 ¶ And when Felix heard thess world, and a ringleader of the sect of things, having more perfect knowl- the Nazarenes: edge of that way, he deferred them, 6 Who also hath gone about to pro-aud said, When Lysias the chief cap- fane the temple; whom we took, and tam shall come down, I will know would have judged according to our the uttermost of your matter. law: 23 And be commanded a centurion 7 But the chief captain Lysias came to keep Paul,and to let him have liber- upon us, and with great violence took ty, and that he should forbid none of him away out of our hands, his acquaintance to minister or come unto him. 8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whoin, 24 And after certain days, when thyself mayest take knowledge of all Felix came with his wife Drusilla, these things whereof we accuse him. which was a Jewess, be sent for Paul, 9 And the Jews also assented, say-and heard him concerning the faith ing that these things were so. in Christ. 10 T Then Paul, after that the gov- 25 And as he reasoned of righteous- ernor had beckoned unto him to speak, ness, temperance, and judgment to answered, Forasmuch as 1 know that come, Felix trembled, and answered, thou hast been of many years a judge Go thy way for this time; when I unto this nation, I do the more cheer-have a convenient season 1 will call fully answer for myself: for thee. 11 Because that thou mayest under- stand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. 12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, nei- ther raising up the people, neither in the synagogue, nor in the city: 13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. 14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written ɔn the law and in the prophets: 26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. 27 But after two years, Porcius Fes- tus came into Felix' room and Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. CHAP. XXV. OW when Festus was come into ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem. 2 Then the high priest, and the chief of the Jews, informed him against Paul, and besought hin, 15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, 3 And desired favour against him, that there shall be a resurrection of that he would send for him to Jerusa the dead, both of the just and unjust. lem, laying wait in the way to kill 16. And herein do I exercise myself, bim. to have always a conscience void of 4 But Festus answered, that Paul offence toward God, and toward men. Įshould be kept at Cesarea, and that he 17 Now, after many years, I came to himself would depart shortly thither. bring alms to my nation, and offerings. 5 Let them therefore, said he, which 18 Whereupon certain Jews from among you are able, go down with Asia found me purified in the temple, me, and accuse this man, if there be neither with multitude, nor with tu-any wickedness in hin. mult: 19 Who ought to have been here be fore thee, and object, if they had aught against me. 20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found an evil-doing in me, while I stood before the council, 6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cesarea; and the next day, sitting on the judgment-seat, com- manded Paul to be brought. 7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem 21 Except it be for this one voice, stood round about, and laid many and that I cried, standing among them, grievous complaints against Pan Touching the resurrection of the dead which they could not prove: 150 CHAP. XXVI, Paul before dgrippa. Paul before Festus. 8 While he answered for himself, I commanded him to be kept till I Neither against the law of the Jews, might send him to Cesar. neither against the temple, nor yet 22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, against Cesar, have 1 offended any I would also hear the man myself thing at all. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear there be judged of these things before 9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews him. a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, 23 And on the morrow, when Agrip Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and pa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains and principal men of the city, at Fes- tus commandment Paul was brought forth. ine ? 7 24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whoi all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem,anc also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. 10 Then said Paul,I stand at Cesar's judginent-seat, where I ought to be judged; to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest. 11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar. 12 T Then Festus,when be had con- 25 But when I found that he had ferred with the council, answered, committed nothing worthy of death, Hast thou appealed unto Cesar? unto and that he himself hath appealed to Cesar shalt thou go. Augustus, I have determined to send 13 And after certain days king Agrip-|bim. pa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to 26. Of whom I have no certain thing salute Festug. to write unto my lord. Wherefore 14 And when they had been there have brought him forth before you, many days, Festus declared Paul's and specially before thee, O king cause unto the king, saying, There is Agrippa, that, after examination had a certain man left in bonds by Felix; I might have somewhat to write. 15 About whom, when 1 was at Je- 27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable rusalem, the chief priests and the el-to send a prisoner, and not withal to ders of the Jews informed me,desiring signify the crimes laid against him. to have judgment against him. 16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have license to answer for bimself concerning the crime laid against him. TH CHAP. XXVI. HEN Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to peak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 2 I think myself happy, king Agrip- pa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee, touching all the 17 Therefore, when they were come things whereof I an accused of the hither, without any delay on the mor- Jews; row I sat on the judgment-seat, and 3 Especially because I know thee to I commanded the man to be brought be expert in all customs and questions forth; which are among the Jews: where 18 Against whom,when the accusers fore I beseech thee to hear me pa stood up,they brought none accusation tiently. of such things as I supposed: 4 My manner of life from my youth, 19 But had certain questions against which was at the first among mine him of their own superstition, and of own nation at Jerusalem, know all one Jesus, which was dead, whom the Jews: Paul affirmed to be alive. 5 Which knew me from the begin- 20 And because I doubted of such ning, (if they would testify,) that after manner of questions, I asked him the most straitest sect of our religion, whether be would go to Jerusalem,[1 lived a Pharisee. and there be judged of these matters. 6. And now I stand and am judged for 21 But when Paul had appealed to be the hope of the promise made of God reserved unto the hearing ofAugustus, unto our fathers: 151 Paul's experience. ACTS. Agrippa's astonis rment. 7 Unto which promise our twelve the Gentiles, that they should repent tribes, instantly serving God day and and turn to God, and do works meet night, hope to come: for which hope's for repentance. sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. 8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? 91 verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusa- lem: and many of the saints did 1 shut up in prison, having received author- ity from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. 22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, wit- nessing both to small and great,saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Ger tiles. 11 And I punished them oft in every 24 T And as he thus spake for him synagogue, and compelled them to self, Festus said with a loud voice, blaspheme: and, being exceedingly Paul, thou art beside thyself; much mad against them, I persecuted them learning doth make thee mad. even unto strange cities. 12 Whereupon, as I went to Damas- cus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 At mid day, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me, and them which journeyed with me. 25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. 26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for 1 am persuaded that hone of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner 27 King Agrippa, believest thou the 14 And when we were all fallen to prophets? I know that thou believest. the earth, I heard a voice speaking 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, unto me, and saying, in the Hebrew Almost thou persuadest me to be à tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest Christian. thoŭ me? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet; 30 T And when he had thus spoken, for I have appeared unto thee for this the king rose up, and the governor, purpose, to make thee a minister and and Bernice, and they that sat with a witness both of these things which them. thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee: 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom of death, or of bonds. now I send thee, 31 T And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, say ing, This man doeth nothing worthy 32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn This man might have been set at lib. them from darkness to light, and from erty, if he had not appealed unto the power of Satan unto God,that they Cesar. may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. CHAP. XXVII. 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, 1 AND when it was determmed that was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 But showed first unto them of Da- mascus,and atJerusalem,and through- out all the coasts of Judea,and then to we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul, and certain other prisoners, unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. 2 And, entering into a ship of Adra myttiuni, we launched, meaning us 152 Paul's voyage to Rome. CHAP. XXVII. Storm and shipwreck sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aris-into the quick sauds, strake sail, and so tarchus, a Macedonian of Thessaloni-were driven. ca, being with us. 18 And we being exceedingly tossed 3 And the next day we touched at with a tempest, the next day they Sidon. AndJulius courteously entreat-lightened the ship; ed Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh lumself. 4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, be- cause the winds were contrary. 5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. 19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. 20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. 21 T But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, aud to have gained this harm 7 And when we had sailed slowly many days,and scarce were come over and loss. against Cnidus, the wind not suffering 22 And now I exhort you to be of us, we sailed under Crete, over against good cheer: for there shall be no loss Salmone; [of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called, the Fair Ha- vens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. 9¶ Now,when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, 1) And said unto them, Sirs, 1 per- ceive that this voyage will be with burt and much damage, not only of the Jading and ship, but also of our lives. 11 Nevertheless the centurion be- lieved the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul, 12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if | by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is a haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south-west and north-west. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am and whom I aerve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told ine. 26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. 27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; 28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathomis. 29 Then fearing lest they should have 13. And when the south wind blew fallen upon rocks, they cast four an softly, supposing that they had obtain-chors out of the stern, and wished for ed their purpose, loosing thence, they the day. sailed close by Crete. 30 And as the shipmen were about 14 But not long after there arose to flee out of the ship, when they had against it a tempestuous wind, called let down the boat into the sea, under Euroclydon. colour as though they would have cast 15 And when the ship was caught, anchors out of the foreship, and could not bear up into the wind,] 31 Paul said to the centurion and to we let her drive. the soldiers, Except these abide in the 16 And running under a certain is-ship, ye cannot be saved. and which is called Clauda, we had 32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes inuch work to come by the boat: of the boat, and let her fall off. 17 Which when they had taken up,] 33 And while the day was coming they used helps, undergirding the on, Paul besought them all to take ship; and, fearing lest they should fall meat,saying,This day is the fourteenu 153 Escapt to Mielita. ACTS. Arrival at Roiz. day that ye have tarried and continued venomous beast hang on bis hand, they fasting, having taken nothing. said among themselves, No doubt this 31 Wherefore I pray you to take some man is a murderer, whom, though he meat; for this is for your health: for bath escaped the sea, yet vengeance there shall not a hair fall from the suffereth not to live. head of any of you. 35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. 36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. 37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. 39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. 5 And he shook off the beast into the fire and felt no harm. 6 Howbeit, they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but, after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god. 7 In the same quarters were posses- sions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who re- ceived us, and lodged us three days courteously. 8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever, and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. 10 And when they had taken up the 9 So when this was done,others also, anchors, they committed themselves which had diseases in the island,came, unto the sea, and loosed the rudder-and were healed: bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to 10 Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were the wind, and made toward shore. 41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground:uecessary. and the fore-part stuck fast, and re- mained unmoveable, but the hindered in a ship of Alexandria, which had part was broken with the violence of wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. the waves. 11 And after three months we depart 12 And landing at Syracuse, we tar- fried there three days. 12 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. 13 And from thence we fetched a 43 But the centurion, willing to save compass, and came to Rhegium: and Paul, kept them from their purpose, fafter one day, the south wind blew, and commanded that they which could (and we came the next day to Puteoli; swin should cast themselves first into 14 Where we found brethren, and the sea, and get to land: were desired to tarry with them seven 44 And the rest, some on boards, and ¡days: and so we went toward Rome. some on broken pieces of the ship. 15 And from thence, when the breth- And so it came to pass, that they es-ren heard of us, they came to meet us caped all safe to laid. as far as Appii Forum, and the Three Taverns; whom when Paul saw, he CHAP. XXVIII AND when they were escaped, then thanked God, and took courage. they knew that the island was called Melita. 16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to 2 And the barbarous people showed the captain of the guard: but Paul was us no little kindness: for they kindled suffered to dwell by himself with a a fire and received us every one, be-soldier that kept him. cause of the present rain, and because of the cold. 3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his band. 4 And when the barbarians saw the 17 And it came to pass, that after three days, Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them,Men and brethren, though I have commit- ted nothing against the people or cus- tons of our fathers, yet was 1 deliver 154 Paul's prism labours. CHAP. I. His feelings. ed prisoner from Jerusalem into thef which were spoken, and some believ Lands of the Romans: ed not. 18 Who when they had examined] 25 And when they agreed not among me, would have let me go, because themselves, they departed, after that there was no cause of death in me. Paul had spoken one word, Well 19 But when the Jews spake against spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the it, I was constrained to appeal unto prophet unto our fathers, Cesar; not that I had aught to accuse my nation of. 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and sball 20 For this cause therefore have Ijuot understand; and seeing ye shail called for you, to see you, and to see, and not perceive: speak with you: because that for the 27 For the heart of this people is hope of Israel I am bound with this waxed gross, and their ears are duf chain. of hearing, and their eyes have they 21 And they said unto him, We nei- closed ; lest they should see with their ther received letters out of Judea con-eyes, and hear with their ears, and cerning thee, neither any of the breth- understand with their heart, and ren that came showed or spake any harm of thee. 22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. should be converted, and I should heal them. 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. 29 And when he had said these 23 And when they had appointed words, the Jews departed, and had him a day, there came many to him great reasoning among themselves. into his lodging; to whom he ex- 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years pounded and testified the kingdom of in his own hired house, and received God, persuading them concerning Je-all that came in unto him, aus, both out of the law of Moses, and 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, ma of the prophets, from morning till and teaching those things which con evening. cern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all 24 And some believed the things confidence, no man forbidding him. ¶ The Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the CHAP. I. ROMANS. Jesus Christ for you all, that your AUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, faith is spoken of throughout the Pculled to be an apostle, separated whole world. unto the gospel of God, 9 For God is my witness, whom 1 2 (Which be bad promised afore by serve with my spirit in the gospel of nis prophets in the holy scriptures,) his Son, that without ceasing I make 3 Concerning bis Son Jesus Christinention of you always in my prayers ; our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; 10 Making request (if by any means now at length I might have a prosper ous journey by the will of God) to come unto you. 11 For 1 long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; 12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you, by the mutual 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name; 6 Among whom are ye also the call-faith of both you and me. ed of Jesus Christ: 13 Now 1 would not have you igno- 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of rant, brethren, that oftentimes God, called to be saints: Grace to you: posed to come unto you, (but was let and peace, from God our Father, and hitherto,) that I might have some fruit the Lord Jesus Christ. among you also, even as among other 8 First, I thank my God through) Gentiles. pur 155 Guilt of the Gentiles ROMANS. God an impartial Judge. 14 I am debtor both to the Greeks gave them over to a reprobate mind and to the barbarians, both to the to do those things which are not con wise and to the unwise. venient: I am 15 So, as much as in me is, 29 Being filled with all unrighteous ready to preach the gospel to you that ness, fornication, wickedness, covet are at Rome also. ousness, maliciousness; full of envy 16 For I am not ashamed of the gos-murder, debate, deceit, malignity pel of Christ: for it is the power of whisperers, God unto salvation to every one that 30 Backbiters, haters of God, des- believeth; to the Jew first, and also piteful, proud, boasters, inventers of to the Greek. evil things, disobedient to parents, 17 For therein is the righteousness of 31 Without understanding,covenant- God revealed from faith to faith: as it breakers, without natural affection, is written, The just shall live by faith. implacable, unmerciful, 18 For the wrath of God is revealed 32 Who, knowing the judgment of from heaven against all ungodliness God, that they which commit such and unrighteousness of men, who things are worthy of death, not only bold the truth in unrighteousness ; do the same, but have pleasure in 19 Because that which may be known them that do them. of God is manifest in them: for God hath showed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse : 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, TUR CHAP. II. HEREFORE thou art mexcusa- ble, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest docst thesame things. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to the truth against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his 23 And changed the glory of the un-goodness, and forbearance, and long- corruptible God into an image made suffering; not knowing that the good. like to corruptible man, and to birds, uessof God leadeth thee to repentance? and four-footed beasts, and creeping 5 But, after thy hardness and impem things. tent heart, treasurest up unto thysell wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use in- to that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leav- ing the natural use of the woman, burned in their lusts one toward an- other; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who, by patient continu ance in well-doing, seck for glory, and honour, and immortality, eternal life; 8 But unto them that are conten tious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upen every soul of man that doeth evu; of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile: 10 But glory, bonour, and peace, to every man that worketh good; to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of persons 23 And even as they did not like to with God. retain God in their knowledge, God] 12 For as many as have sinned with 156 Guilt of the Jews CHAP. III. put law, shall also perisa without law; and as many as have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law; 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified: 14 For when the Gentiles, which Objections answered. cision which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew which is one in wardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. CHAP. III. have not the law, do by nature the WA Por what profit is there of HAT advantange then hath the things contained in the law, these, Jew? having not the law, are a law unto circumcision? themselves; 2 Much every way: chiefly, because 15 Which show the work of the law that unto them were committed the written in their hearts, their con-oracles of God. science also bearing witness, and their 3 For what if some did not believe? thoughts the meanwhile accusing or shall their unbelief make the faith of else excusing one another;) God without effect? 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5 But if or unrighteousness com- 18 And knowest his will, and ap-mend the righteousness of God, what provest the things that are more excel-shall we say? Is God unnghteous who lent, being instructed out of the law; taketh vengeance? (1 speak as a mau,) 19 And art confident that thou thy-| 6 God forbid: for then how shall self art a guide of the blind, a light of God judge the world? them which are in darkness, 7 For if the truth of God hath more 20 An instructor of the foolish, a abounded through my lie unto us teacher of babes, which hast the form glory; why yet ain I also judged as a of knowledge and of the truth in the sinner? jaw. 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou com init adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dis- honourest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blas- phemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 8 Aud not rather, (as we be slander- ously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil that good may come? whose damnation is just 9 What then? are we better than they ? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth there is none that seeketh after God, 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is uone that doeth good, no, not one. 25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre : a breaker of the law, toy circumci- with their tongues they have used de- sion is made uncircumcision. ceit: the poison of asps is under their lips: 25 Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be count ed for circumcision? 27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thre, who by the letter and cir- cumcision dost transgress the law? 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 16 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways; 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before 28 For he is not a Jew which is one outwardly; neither is that circum- their eyes. 3S 157 No Justification by works, ROMANS. Si Dy faar in Christ, 19 Now we know, that what things ungodly, his faith is counted for soever the law saith, it saith to thein righteousness. who are under the law; that every 6 Even as David also describeth the mouth may be stopped, and all the blessedness of the man, unto whom world may become guilty before God. God imputeth righteousness without 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law works, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the rightcousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe; for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncir- cumcision? Not in circumcision, but 24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is infin uncircumcision. Christ Jesus: 11. And be received the sign of cir- 25. Whom God hath set forth to be a cumcision, a seal of the righteousness propitiation through faith in his of the faith which he had yet being blood, to declare his righteousness for uncircumcised; that he might be the the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, Isay, at this time his righteousness; that be might be just, and the justifier of him which believ- eth in Jesus. father of all them that believe, though [they be not circumcised; that right- cousness might be imputed unto them also: 12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circum- 27 Where is boasting then? It is ex-cision only, but who also walk in the luded. By what law? of works? Nay; but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30 Seeing it is one God which shall justify the circumcision by faith, uncircumcision through faith. steps of that faith of our father Abra- hain, which he had being yet uncir- cumcised 13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if they which are of the law and be heirs, faith is male void, and the promise made of none effect. 31 Do we then make void the law 15 Because the law worketh wrath: through faith?, God forbid: yea, we establish the law. WHAT CHAP. IV. HAT shall we then say that Abrabam, our father as pertain- .ng to the flesh, hath found ? 2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God. 3 For what saith the scripture? Abra- hain believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but lieyeth on him that justifieth the for where no law is, there is no traus- gression. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that i might be by grace to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed: not to that only which is of the law but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us jall, even 17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) be fore him whom he believed, God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not, as though they were; 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that lie might become the fathe 158 Privileges of believers. CHAP. V, VI. Reign of Sin and Grace of many nations, according to that in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, which was spoken,So shall thy seed be, by whom we have now received the 19 And being not weak in faith, he atonement. considered not his own body now 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin en- dead, when he was about a hundred tered into the world, and death by sin; years old, neither yet the deadness ofjand so death passed upon all men, foi Sara's womb : 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God: 21 And being fully persuaded, that what he had promised he was able also to perform, 22 And therefore it was imputed to nim for righteousness. 23 Now, it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to hin; 24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25 Who was delivered for our of fences, and was raised again for our justification. CHAP. V. that all have sinned: 13 (For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not simed after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the fig ure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead; much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16. And not as it was by one that sin- ned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto jus- tilication. THEREFORE, being justified by 17 For if by one man's offence death faith, we have peace with God, reigned by one; much more they through our Lord Jesus Christ : which receive abundance of grace, 2 By whom also we bave access by and of the gift of righteousness, shall faith into this grace wherein we stand, reign in life by one, Jesus Christ :) nd rejoice in hope of the glory of 18 Therefore, as by the offence of God. one judgment came upon all men to 3 Aud not only so, but we glory in condemnation; even so by the right- tribulation also: knowing that tribu-eousness of one the free gift came lation worketh patience; upon all men unto justification of life 4 And patience, experience; and ex- 19 For as by one man's disobedience. perience, hope: many were made sinners; so by the obedience of one shall many be made 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad | righteous. in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 20 Moreover, the law entered, that the offence might abound: but where 6 For when we were yet without sin abounded, grace did much more strength, in due time Christ died for abound; the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet peradventure_for a good man some would even dare to die. S But God commendeth his love to- ward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justi-| fed by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness uuto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord, CHAP. VI. W HAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ,were baptized into his death? 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more, being 4 Therefore we are buried with him reconciled, we shall be saved by hislite, [by baptism into death; that like as 11. And not only so, but we also joy]Christ was raised up from the dead by 159 Christian sanctification. ROMANS. Law inefficacious the glory of the Father, even so we things whereof ye are now asnamed also should walk in newness of life. for the end of those things is death. 5 For if we have been planted 22 But now, being made free from together in the likeness of his death, sin, and become servants to God, ye we shall be also in the likeness of his have your fruit unto holiness, and the resurrection. end everlasting life. 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that hence- forth we should not serve sin. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now, if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. CHAP. VII. KNOW ve not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) now that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? 3 So then if, while her husband liv- 2 For the woman which bath a hus- band is bound by the law to her hus band so long as he liveth: but if the 10 For in that he died, he died unto husband be dead, she is loosed from sin once: but in that he liveth,he liv-the law of her husband. eth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also your-eth, she be married to another man, selves to be dead indeed unto sin, but she shall be called an adulteress: but alive unto God through Jesus Christ if her husband be dead, she is free our Lord. from that law; so that she is no adul teress, though she be married to another man. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof: Wherefore, my brethren, ye also 13 Neither yield ye your members as are become dead to the law by the Instruments of unrighteousness unto body of Christ; that ye should be sin: but yield yourselves unto God,as married to another, even to him who those that are alive from the dead,and is raised from the dead,that we should your members as instruments of right- bring forth fruit unto God. eousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion ver you. for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 6 For when we were in the flesh,the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. 15 What then? shall we sin,because 6 But now we are delivered from the we are not under the law, but under law, that being dead wherein we grace? God forbid. were held; that we should serve iu 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye newness of spirit, and not in the old- yield yourselves servants to obey, hisness of the letter. servants ye are to whom ye obey; 7 What shall we say then? Is the whether of sin unto death, or of obe-law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not dience unto righteousness? known sin but by the law: for I had 17 But God be thanked, that ye were not known lust, except the law had the servants of sin: but ye have obey-said, Thou shalt not covet. ed from the heart that form of doc 8 But sin, taking occasion by the trine which was delivered you. commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For with- out the law sin was dead. 18 Being then made free from sin,ye became the servants of righteousness. 19 I speak after the manuer of men,] 9 For I was alive without the law because of the infirmity of your flesh; once; but when the commandinent for as ye have yielded your members came, sin revived, and I died. servants to uncleanness and to iniquity, 10 And the commandment which unto iniquity; even so now yield your was ordained to life, 1 found to be members servants to righteousness, unto death. unto holiness. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandinent, deceived me and by it 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. slew me. 21 What fruit had ye then in those 12 Wherefore the low is holy, and 160 Efficacy of the gospel. CHAP. VIII. the commandment boly, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment inight become exceeding sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spir- itual; but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I bate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would aot, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not. 19 For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now, if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my mem- bers warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 () wretched man that I am! who aball deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. CHAP. VIII. THERE is therefore now no con- demnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Agency of the spirit. might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace : 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your inortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are dest ors, not to the flesh, to live after the desh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spir- it of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the soirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, where · by we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the chil- dren of God: 17 And if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time arɛ not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the like ness of sinful flesh, and for sin con-in hope; demned sin in the flesh ; 21 Because, the creature itself also 4 That the righteousness of the law Ishall be delivered from the bondage of 11 161 Grounds of assurance. the children of God. ROMANS. Grief for unbelievers. corruption into the glorious liberty of jare killed all the day long; we ar accounted as sheep for the slaughter) 37 Nay, m all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us. 22 For we know that the whole cre- ation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now: 23 And not only they, but ourselves 38 For I am persuaded, that neither also, which have the first-fruits of the death, nor life, nor angele, nor princi- Spirit; even we ourselves groan with-palities, nor powers, nor things pres- in ourselves, waiting for the adoption, ent, nor things to come, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen, is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for ? 25 But if we hope for that we see 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to sepa- rate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. CHAP. IX. not, then do we with patience witI SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, for it. 26 Likewise also the Spirit helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. my conscience also bearing me wit ness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom per 27 And he that searcheth the hearts taineth the adoption, and the glory, knoweth what is the mind of the Spir-and the covenants, and the giving of it, because he maketh intercession for the law, and the service of "God, and the saints according to the will of God. the promises; 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he 6 Not as though the word of God also did predestinate to be conformed | hath taken none effect. For they are to the image of his Son, that he might not all Israel, which are of Israel: be the first born among many brethren. 7 Neither because they are the seed 30 Moreover, whom he did predes-of Abraham, are they all children · tinate, them he also called; and whom but, In Isaac shall thy seed be caller: he called, them he also justified; and 8 That is, They which are the chil whom he justified, them be also glori-dren of the flesh, these are not the fied. 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?. It is God that justifieth. children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shali have a son. 10. And not only this, but when Re- becca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, 11. (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,) 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right 12 It was said unto her, The elder hand of God, who also maketh inter-shall serve the younger. cession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword P 36 (As it is written, For thy sake we 13 As it is written, Jacob hare I loved, but Esau bave 1 hated. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God?God forbid 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, 162 Comfort in God's sovereignty. CHAP. X. Why sinners perish, and I will have compassion on whom eousness,even the righteousnesswhich 1 will have compassion. is of faith; 16 So then, it is not of lum that will eth, nor of him that rummeth, but of God that showeth mercy. 17 For the scriptures saith unto Pha- raoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. 31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law: for they stuinbled at that stumbling-stone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone, and rock of 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom offence: aud whosoever believeth on be will have mercy, and whom he will him shall not be ashamed. be bardeneth. CHAP. X. 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? for who hau BRETHREN,inyheart's resisted his will? desireand prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For 1 bear them record, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 20 Nay but, Oman, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ? 3 For they, being ignorant of God's 21 Hath not the potter power over righteousness, and going about to es- the clay, of the same lump to make tablish their own righteousness, one vessel unto honour, and another not submitted themselves unto unto dishonour? righteousness of God. have the 22 What if God, willing to show his 4 For Christ is the end of the law wrath, and to make his power known, for righteousness to every one that be- endured with much long-suffering the lieveth. vessels of wrath fitted to destruction; 5 For Moses describeth the right- 23 And that he might make known cousness which is of the law, That the riches of his glory on the vessels the man which doeth those things of mercy, which he had afore prepar-shall live by them. ed unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them My people, which were not my people; and her Beloved, which was not beloved. 6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into bea- ven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above ;) 7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 26 And it shall come to pass, that in 8 But what saith it? The word is the place where it was said unto them, nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in Ye are not my people; there shall thy heart: that is, the word of faith they be called the children of the liv-which we preach; fag God. 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy 27 Esaias also crieth concerning Is-mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt be- rael, Though the number of the chil- lieve in thy heart that God hath raised dren of Israel be as the sand of the him from the dead,thou shalt be saved. sea, a remnant shall be saved: 10 For with the heart man believ- 28 For he will finish the work, and eth unto righteousness; and with the cut it short in righteousness; because mouth confession is made unto salva- a short work will the Lord make upon|tion. the earth. 29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrla. 11 For the scripture saith, Whoso ever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek; for the saine 30 What shall we say then? That Lord over all is rich unto all that call the Gentiles, which followed not after upon him. righteousness, have attained to right-13 For whosoever shall call upon 163 Electing grace. ROMANS. Severity and goodness of God. the name of the Lord shall le saved, election hath obtained it, and the rest 14 How then shall they call on him were blinded, n whom they have not believed? and 8 (According as it is written, God how shall they believe in him of hath given them the spirit of slumber, whom they have not heard? and how eyes that they should not see, and ears shall they bear without a preacher? that theyshould not bear)unto this day 15 And how shall they preach, except 9 And David saith, Let their table they be sent ? as it is written, How be made a snare and a trap, and a beautiful are the feet of them that stumbling-block, and a recompense preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel: for Esaias saith, Lord, who bath believed our report? 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. IS But I say, Have they not heard? Yea, verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid : but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now, it the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminish 19 But I say, Did not Israel know?jing of them the riches of the Gentiles, First, Moses saith, I will provoke you how much more their fulness ? to jealousy by them that are no peo- 13 For 1 speak to you Gentiles, inas- ple, and by a foolish nation I will much as I am the apostle of the Gen- anger you, tiles, I magnity mine office; 20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. 21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. CHAP. XI. I people at forbid fast away luis SAY then, Hath God cast away his an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 16 For if the first-fruit be holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root be holy, so are the brauches. 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert graffed in anong 2 God hath not cast away his people them, and with them partakest of the which he foreknew. Wot ye not what root and fatness of the oüve-tree ; the scriptures saith of Elias? how he 18 Boast not against the branches: maketh intercession to God against|but if thou boast, thou bearest not the Israel, saying, root, but the root thee. 3 Lord, they have killed thy proph- 19 Thou wilt say then, The branch- 129, and digged down thine altars; and es were broken off, that I might be I am left alone, and they seek my life? grailed in. 4 But what saith the answer of God |"20 Well; because of unbelief they unto him? I have reserved to myself were broken off, and thou standest by seven thousand men, who have not faith. Be not high-minded, but fear: bowed the knee to the image of Baal. | 21 For if God spared not the natural 5 Even so then at this present time branches, take heed lest he also spare also there is a remnant according to not thee. the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace; otherwise work is no more work. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; oth- erwise thou shalt be cut off, 23 And they also, if they abide not 7 What then? Israel bath not obtain-still io unbelief, shall be grafled in: ed that which he seeketh for; but the for God is able to graff then in again. 164 Perfection of God's designs. CHAP. XII, XIII. Evangelical dutics. 24 For if thou wert cut out of the you, not to think of himself more high- olive-tree, which is wild by nature, ly than he ought to think; but to think and wert graffed contrary to nature soberly, according as God hath dealt into a good olive-tree; bow much to every man the measure of faith. more shall these, which be the natural 4 For as we have many members in branches, be graffed into their own one body, and all members have not olive-tree? the same office; 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits,) that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 6 Having then gifts differing accord- ing to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy ac- cording to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or be that teacheth, on teaching; 27 For this is my covenant unto them, 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhorta- when I shall take away their sins. tion: he that giveth, let him do it with 28 As concerning the gospel, they are simplicity; he that ruleth, with dili enemies for your sakes: but as touch-gence; be that showeth mercy, with ing the election, they are beloved for cheerfulness. the fathers' sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 30 For as ye in times past have not 10 Be kindly atlectioned one to an- believed God, yet have now obtained|other with brotherly love; in honour mercy through their unbelief; preferring one another; 31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who bath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in trib ulation; continuing instant in prayer; 13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 14 Bless them which persecute you; bless, and curse not. 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth Amen. in you, live peaceably with all men CHAP XII. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not your- BESEECH you therefore,brethren, selves; but rather give place unto by the mercies of God, that ye pre-wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is sent your bodies a living sacrifice, mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. holy, acceptable unto God, which is 20 Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, your reasonable service. feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: 2 And be not conformed to this world; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals but be ye transformed by the renew-of fire on his head. ing of your mind, that ye may prove 21 Be not overcome of evil, but over- what is that good, and acceptable, and come evil with good. perfect will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among] CHAP. XIII. ET every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no 165 Day of christian activity. ROMANS. Mutual forbearance. power hut of God: the powers that 2 For one believeth that he may eat be are ordained of God. all things: another, who is weak, eat- 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth theeth herbs. power, resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not, judge him that catéth: for God bath received him. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master be standeth or falleth: yea, he shall be holden up; for God is able to make him stand. 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that 5 Que man esteemeth one day above which is evil, be afraid; for he bear-another: another esteemeth every day eth not the sword in vain: for he is alike. Let every man be fully per- the minister of God, a revenger to ex-suaded in his own mind. ecute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 6 He that regardeth the day, regard. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be sub-leth it unto the Lord; and he that re- ject, not only for wrath, but also for gardeth not the day, to the Lord he conscience' sake. doth not regard it. He that eateth, 6 For, for this cause pay ye tribute aleateth to the Lord, for he giveth God so; for theyare God's ministers,attend- thanks; and he that eateth not, to the ing continually upon this very thing. Lord he eateth not, and giveth God 7 Render therefore to all their dues:thanks. tribute to whom tribute is due; custom 7 For none of us liveth to himself, to whom custom; fear to whom fear; and no man dieth to himself. honour to whom nonour. 8 For whether we live, we live unto 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love the Lord; and whether we die, we one another: for he that loveth an-die unto the Lord: whether we live other hath fulfilled the law. therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit 9 For to this end Christ. both died, adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou and rose, and revived, that he might shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear be Lord both of the dead and living flse witness, Thou shalt not covet; 10 But why dost thou judge thy and if there be any other command-brother?or why dost thou set at nought ment, it is briefly comprehended in thy brother? for we shall all stand be- this saying, namely, Thou shalt love fore the judgment-seat of Christ. thy neighbour as thyself. 11 For it is written, de I live, saith. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neigh-the Lord,every knee shall bow to me, bour: therefore love is the fulfilling of and every tongue shall confess to God. the law. 12 So then every one of us sball give account of himself to God. 11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying: 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. CHAP. XIV. Hceive a 13 Let us not therefore judge one an other any more; but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall, in his brother's way. 141 know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing un- clean of itself: but to him that esteem- eth any thing to be unclean, to him ¿c is uncleau. 15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not char- itably. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died. 16 Let not then your good be evil re-spoken of: IM that is weak in the faith ceive ye, but not to doubtful dis- putations. 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, 166 Felionship of Jews CHAP. XV. and Gentiles fireald, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 12 And again Esaias saith, Thers 18 For he that in these things serv-shall be a root of Jesse, and he that eth Christ is acceptable to God, and shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. approved of men. 19 Let us therefore follow after the 13 Now, the God of hope fill you things which make for peace, and with all joy and peace in believing, things wherewith one may edify an-that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. other. 20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumblet, or is offended, or is made weak. 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are fuil of goodness, filled with all know- ledge, able also to admonish one an- an- otlier. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have [written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind be cause of the grace that is given to me 22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that con-of God, demneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. CHAP. XV. 16 That 1 should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, minister- ing the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 17 I have therefore whereof I may WE When ciatiunities of the weak, things which pertain to God. E then that are strong ought to glory through Jesus Christ, in those and not to please ourselves. 18 For I will not dare to speak of 2 Let every one of us please his neigh-Jany of those things which Christ bath bour for his good to edification. 3 Foreven Christ pleased not himself; out, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. 4 For, whatsoever things were writ ten aforetime were written for our learning; that we, through patience and comfort of the scriptures, night have hope. not wrought by me, to make the Gen tiles obedient, by word and deed, 19 Through mighty signs and wou ders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalemn, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 Yea, so bave I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was 5 Now the God of patience and con-named, lest I should build upon an solation grant you to be like minded other man's foundation: one toward another, according to 21 But as it is written, To whom he Christ Jesus; was not spoken of, they shall see: and 6 That ye may with one mind and[they that have not heard shall under- oue mouth glorify God, even the Fa-stand. ther of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Wherefore receiv ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. 8 Now I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. 10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. 22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.- 23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great de- sire these many years to come unto you; 24 Whensoever I take my journey iuto Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company, 25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. 26 For it hath pleased them of Mace donia and Achaia to make a certais 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye contribution for the poor saints which Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. lare at Jerusalem. 167 Special prayer entreated. Heretics to be avoided. 12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, For if the who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. ROMANS. 27 It bath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. 28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them the fruit, I will come by you into Spain. 13 Salute Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. 14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Her- mas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the breth- ren which are with them. 15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Ne- reus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. 16 Salute one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute 29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. 30 Now, I besech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to you. God for me; 17 Now, I beseech you, brethren, 31 That I may be delivered from mark them which cause divisions and them that do not believe in Judea; and offences contrary to the doctrine which that my service which I have for Jeru-ye have learned; and avoid them. salem may be accepted of the saints; 13 For they that are such serve not 32 That I may come unto you with our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own joy by the will of God, and may with belly; and by good words and fair you be refreshed. speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. I CHAP. XVI. COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea; 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself alsɔ. 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquilla, my helpers in Christ Jesus; 4(Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the church- es of the Gentiles:) 19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and sim ple concerning evil. 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. 21 Timotheus my work-fellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsinan, salute yon. 22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in t e Lord. 23 Gaius my host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus, the 5 Likewise greet the church that is chamberlain of the city, saluteth you, In their house. Salute my well-be- Jand Quartus a brother. loved Eprnetus, who is the first-fruits of Achaia unto Cbrist. 6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. 7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. S Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Loril. 9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. 10 Salute Apelles, approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household. I Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household. at Narcissus, which are in the Lord.] 24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 25 Now, to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, accord- ing to the commandment of the ever lasting God, made known to all na tions for the obedience of faith;) 27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Ainen. Written to the Romans from Co- rinthus, and sent by Phebe, servant of the church at Cenchrea. 168 The First Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the CORINTHIANS. CHAP. I. Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God. PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 Únto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified 19 For it is written, I will destroy in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, the wisdom of the wise, and will with all that in every place call up-bring to nothing the understanding of on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, the prudent. both theirs and ours: 3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 41 thank my God always on your hehalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 5 That in every thing ye are enrich- ed by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 So that ye come behing in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of bis son Jesus Christ our Lord. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of thus world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, und the Grecks seek after wisdom: 23 Eut we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the pow er of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men ; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 10 Now, I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and 27 But God hath chosen the foolish that there be no divisions among you; things of the world to confound the but that ye be perfectly joined togeth-wise; and God hath chosen the weak er in the same mind, and in the same things of the world to confound the judgment. things which are mighty; 11 For it hath been declared unto me' of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are ; 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul, and I of Apol los, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ. 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul cru-who of God is made unto us wisdom, cified for you? or were ye baptized in and righteousness, and sanctification, the name of Paul? and redemption; 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius ; 15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. 31 That, according as it is written,He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. CHAP. IL ANDI, brethren, when I came to 16 And I baptized also the household you, came not with excellency of of Stephanas: besides, I know not speech, or of wisdom, declaring unto whether 1 baptized any other. you the testimony of God: 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize,|| 2 For I determined not to know any but to preach the gospel: not with thing among you, save Jesus Christ wisdom" or words, lest the cross of land bim crucified. 169 Influence of the Spirit. 1. CORINTHIANS. Danger of divisions. 3 And I was with you in weakness, junto carnal, even as unto babes in and in fear, and in much trembling.. Christ. 4 And my speech aud my preaching 2 I have fed you with milk, and not was not with enticing words of man's with meat: for hitherto ye were not wisdom, but in demonstration of the able to bear it, neither yet now are ye Spirit and of power; able. 5 That your faith should not stand 3 For ye are yeteamal; for whereas in the wisdom of men, but in the pow-there is among you envying, and strife, er of God. and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory; 5 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it,] they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written, Eye hath not seeu, nor car heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal ? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then, either is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and every man shall receive his own reward, accord. ing to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with 10 But God hath revealed them unto God: ye are God's husbandry; ye are us by his Spirit: for the Spirit search-God's building. eth all things, yea, the deep things of 10 According to the grace of God God. which is given unto me, as a wise 11 For what man knoweth the things master-builder, I have laid the founda of a man, save the spirit of man tion, and another buildeth thereon. which is in him? even so the things But let every man take heed how be of God knoweth no man, but the buildeth thereupon. Spirit of God. 19 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Which things also we speak, not 13 Every man's work shall be made in the words which man's wisdom manifest: for the day shall declare it, teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost because it shall be revealed by fire; teacheth; comparing spiritual things and the fire shall try every man's with spiritual. work, of what sort it is. 14 But the natural man receiveth not 14 If any man's work abide which the things of the Spirit of God: for he hath built thereupon, he shall re they are foolishness unto him; neither|ceive a reward. can be know them, because they are 15 Ifany man's work shall be burn- spiritually discerned. fed, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of uo Wan. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct bim ? But we gave the mind of Christ. A CHAP. IIL ND I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as 16 Know ye not that ye are the tem- ple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 18 Let no man deceive himself, If 170 Ministers stewards. CHAP. IV, V. Church disciphne. Any man among you seemeth to be but ye are strong: ye are honourable, wise in this world, let him become a but we are despised. fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craft- Juess. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 21 Therefore let no man glory in men: for all things are yours; 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are na- ked, and are bufleted, and have no certain dwelling-place; 12 And labour, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suller it; 13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the off-scouring of all things unto 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Ce-this day. phas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. L CHAP. IV. ET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stew- ards of the mysterics of God. 2 Moreover, it is required in stew rds that a man be found faithful. 3. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of n's judgment; yea, I judge not mine own self; 4 For I know nothing by myself; yet an I not hereby justified: but he that Judgeth me is the Lord, 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the comsels of the hearts; and then shall every man lave praise of God. 6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for yoursakes: that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against an- other. 7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now, if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ÿ 8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us; and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 14 I write not these things to shame 1 ward you, but, as my beloved sons, you. 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel, 16 Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as ) teach every where in every church.. 18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not he speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? IT CHAP. V. T is reported commonly that thert is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning 9 For I think that God bath set forth him that hath so done this deed, us the apostles last, as it were appoint- 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus ed to death; for we are made a specia-Christ, when ye are gathered togeth- cle unto the world, and to angels, and er, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, to men. 10We are fools for Christ's sake, but 5 To deliver such a one unto Satan ye are wiso in Christ: we are weak,[for the destruction of the flesh, that 171 Langation forbidden. 1. CORINTHIANS. the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Fornication forbidden. 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor e that ye may be a new lump, as ye are feminate, nor abusers of themselves unleavened. For even Christ our with mankind, passover is sacrificed for us : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortion with old leaven, neither with the lea-ers, shall inherit the kingdom of God. ven of malice and wickedness: but 11 And such were some of you: but with the unleavened bread of sinceri-ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, ty and truth. but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the forni- 12 All things arc lawful unto me, but cators of this world, or with the coy all things are not expedient, all things etous, or extortioners, or with idola-are lawful for me, but I will not be ters; for then must ye needs go out of brought under the power of any. the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one, no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye Judge them that are within? 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then 13 But them that are without, God take the members of Christ, and make judgeth. Therefore put away from them the members of a harlot? God anong yourselves that wicked person. forbid. CHAP. VI. DARE any of you, having a matter 16 What! know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? for two (saith he) shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world 18 Flée fornication. Every sin that shall be judged by you, are ye unwor-a man doeth is without the body: but thy to judge the smallest matters? he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life? 19 What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which 4 If then ye have judgements of things is in you, which ye have of God, and pertaining to this life, set them to ye are not your own? church. judge who are least esteemed in the 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, 6 I speak to your shame. Is it so. that and in your spirit, which are God's there is not a wise man among you? CHAP. VII. no, not one that shall be able to judge NOW,concerning the things where between his brethren? 6 But brother goeth to law with for a man not to touch a woman, brother, and that before the unbe- 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, lievers. let every man have his own wife, and 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault let every woman have her own hus among you, because ye go to law one band. with another: why do ye not rather 3 Let the husband render unto vis take wrong? why do ye not rather wife due benevolence; and likewies ver yourselves to be defrauded? also the wife unto the husband. 172 The marriage relation. CHAP. VII Worldly cares wrong 4 The wife hath not power of her circumcision is nothing, but the keep own body, but the husband; and like-ing of the commandments of God. wise also the husband bath not power 20 Let every man abide in the same of his own body, but the wife. calling wherein he was called. 21. Art thou called, being a servant? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, ex- cept it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your inconti- nency. 6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free man likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24 Brethren, let every inan, wherein 7 For I would that all men were even] as I myself: but every man hath his proper gift of God, one atter this man-he is called, therein abide with God. ner, and another after that. 25 Now concerning virgins, 1 have 8 I say therefore to the unmarried no commandment of the Lord: yetl and widows, It is good for them if they give my judgment, as one that bath abide even as 1. obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. 10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord; Let not the vife depart from her husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her re- nain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord; If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and if she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put, ber away. 13 And the woman which hath aj husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress; I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh; but I spare you. 29 But this I say, brethren, The time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none ; 30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they 14 For the unbelieving husband is that buy, as though they possessed not; sanctified by the wife, and the unbe- 31 And they that use this world, as lieving wife is sauctified by the bus-not abusing it for the fashion of this band: else were your children un-world passeth away. clean; but now are they holy. 15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. 16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, wheth er thou shalt save thy wife ? 32 But 1 would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarrien 17 But as God hath distributed to woman careth for the things of the every man, as the Lord hath called Lord, that she may be holy both in every one, so let him walk and so body and in spirit: but she that is ordain 1 in all churches. married caret for the things of the 18 Is any man called being circum-world, how she may please her hus cised? let him not become uncircum band. cised: is any called in uncircumcision? 35 And this I speak for your own let him not be circumcised. profit; not that I may cast a snare 19 Circumcision is nothing, and un-[upon yon, but for that which is come- 3T 173 On 1aol offerings. 1. CORINTHIANS. Rights yielded for love. ly, and that ye may attend upon the bling-block to them that are weak. Lord without distraction. 10 For if any man see thee which 36 But if any man think that he be- hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's haveth himself uncomely toward his temple, shall not the conscience of virgin, if she pass the flower of her him which is weak be emboldened to rge, and need so require, let him do eat those things which are offered to what he will, he sinneth not; let them jidols; marry. 11 And through thy knowledge shall 37 Nevertheless, he that standeth the weak brother perish, for whom otedfast in his heart, having no neces-Christ died ? sity, but hath power over his own 12 But when ye sin so against the will, and hath so decreed in his heart brethren, and wound their weak con- that he will keep his virgin, doeth science, ye sin against Christ. well. 38 So then be that giveth her in mar- riage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be 13 Wherefore, it meat make my brother to ollend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. CHAP. IX. married to whom she will; only in the AM I not an apostle? am I not free? Lord. 40 But she is happter if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. Now CHAP. VIII. OW, as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up; but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth no- thing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord ? are not ye my work in the Lord ? 2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. 3 Mine answer to them that do ex- amine me is this; 4 Have we not power to eat and tɔ drink ? 5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas ? 4 As concerning therefore the eating 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not of those things that are offered in sa-we power to forbear working? crifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many',) 6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in hin; and one Lord Jesus Christ, oy who are all things, and we by him. 7 Who goeth a warfare at any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and cateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also ? 9 For it is written in the law of Mo- ses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the com. Doth God take care for oxen ? : 10 Or saith he it altogether for our 7 Howbeit there isnot in every man sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is that knowledge: for some, with con-written: that he that ploweth should lence of the idol unto this hour, cat plow in hope; and that he that thresh- as a thing offered unto an idol: and eth in hope should be partaker of his heir conscience being weak is defiled. hope. 8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we cat not, are we the worse. 1 If we have sown unto you spirit- ual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things ? 12 If others be partakers of this pow- 9 But take heed, lest by any means er over you, are not we rather? Never - this liberty of yours become a stum-theless we have not used this power; 174 Sacrifices for the gospel. CHAP. X. Dan ms of idolatry. but suffer all things, lest we should bring it into subjection; lest that by hinder the gospel of Christ. any means, when I bave preached to others, I myself should be a castaway CHAP. X. 13 Do ye not know, that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with MOREOVER, brethren, I would altar? not that ye should be ignorant, 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained, how that all our fathers were under that they which preach the gospel the cloud, and all passed through the should live of the gospel. 15 But I have used none of these things; neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spirit- ual drink : (for they drank of that 16 For though I preach the gospel, spiritual Rock that followed them; I have nothing to glory of: for neces-and that Rock was Cbrist :) sity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I bave a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is com- mitted unto me. 18 What is my reward then? Ferily, that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. 19 For though 1 be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are with out law. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all meaus save some. 23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. 6 But with many of theni God was not well pleased; for they were over- thrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things were our exam ples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were de stroyed of the destroyer. 11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suf- fer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the tempta- Ition also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what 1 say. 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the prize ?So run, that ye may obtain. 25˚ And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible 16 The cup of blessing which we crown, but we an incorruptible. bless, is it not the communion of the 26. I therefore so run, not as uncer-blood of Christ? the bread which we ramly; so fight 1, not as one that beat-break, is it not the communion of the th the air: body of Christ ? 27. But I keep under my body, and] 17 For we, being many, are out 175 Finai àrections. 1. CORINTHIANS, Female decorum. bread, and one body: for we are all, 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that partakers of that one bread. ye remember me in all things, and 18 Behold Isruel after the flesh. Are keep the ordinances, as I delivered not they which eat of the sacrifices them to you. partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing? or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the mang and the head of Christ is God. 20 But I say, that the things which + Every man praying or prophesy the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice tofing, having his head covered, dishon- devils, and not to God: and I would oureth bis bead. not that ye should have fellowship 5 But every woman that prayeth or with devils. prophesieth with her head uncovered, 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the dishonoureth her head: for that is Lord, and the cup of devils: ye can-leven all one as if she were shaven. not be partakers of the Lord's table, 6 For if the woman be not covered, and of the table of devils. let her also be shor: but if it be a 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jeal-shame for a woman to be shom or ousy? are we stronger than he? shaven, let her be covered. 23˚ All things are lawful for me, but 7 For a man indeed ought not to all things are not expedient: all things cover his head, forasmuch as he is the are lawful for nie, but all things edify image and glory of God: but the wo- man is the glory of the man. not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the sham- bles, that eat, asking no question for conscience' sake: 25 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feust, and ye be disposed to go, whatsoever is set before you eat,asking no questionsfor conscience suke. 3 For the man is not of the womau; but the woman of the man. 9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head, because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, neither the wo- man without the man, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the wo man; but all things of God. 13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncov- ered? 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 14 Doth not even nature itself teach 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, you, that, if a man have long hair, it but of the other: for why is my lib-is a shaine unto him? erty judged of another man's cou- science? 30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, ut the profit of many, that they may be saved. B CHAP. XI. 15. But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be con- tentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. 17 Now in this that I declare unto you, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. 18 For first of all, when ye come to gether in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are ap- Eye followers of me, even as Iſproved may be inade manifest among also am of Christ you. 176 The Lord's supper CHAP. Mil. On the gifts of the spirit. 20 When ye come together therefore, 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, into one place, this is not to eat the that no man speaking by the Spirit of Lord's supper. God calleth Jesus accursed; and that 21 For in eating every one taketh be-no man can say that Jesus is the fore other his own supper: and one is Lord, but by the Holy Ghost hungry, and another is drunken. 22 What! bave ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church; of God, and shame them that have no.? What shall I say to you?! shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. 23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread: 24 And, when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of ine. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. 27 Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, und so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of ad- ministrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of opera- tions, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 7 But the manifestations of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit, to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of mira- cles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the in- terpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all bap tized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond 29 For he that eateth and drinketh or free; and have been all made to onworthily, eateth and drinketh dam-drink into one Spirit. nation to himself, not disceruing the Lord's body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for unother. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the car shall say, Because 1 am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body ? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the bearing? if the whole eere hearing, where were the smell- ling? 34 And if any man hunger, let him 18 But now hath God set the mem- eat at home; that ye come not togeth-bers every one of them in the body as er unto condemnation. And the rest it hath pleased him. will I set in order when I come. CHAP. XII. TOW, concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the 2 Y know that ye were Gentiles, hand, I have no need of thee; nor carried away unto these dumo dols, again the head to the feet, 1 have no even as ye were led. Ineed of you. 12 177 Excellence of love. * CORINTHIANS. Uses of various gifts. 22 Nay, much more those members things, hopeth all things, endureth of the body, which seem to be more all things. feeble, are necessary: 8 Charity never faileth: but wheth 23 And those members of the body, er there be prophecies, they shall faii; which we think to be less honorable, whether there be tongues, they shal upon these we bestow more abundant cease; whether there be knowledge, honour, and our uncomely parts have it shall vanish away. more abundant comeliness. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall 24 For our comely parts have no need; but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: be done away. 25 That there should pe no schism in the body; but that the members child, I understood as a child, I thought should have the same care one for another. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a as a child; but when I became a man, 1 put away childish things. 26 And whether one member suffer, 12 For now we see through a glass, all the members suffer with it; or one darkly; but then face to face: now } member be honoured, all the mem-know in part; but then shall I know bers rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the body of Christ,] and members in particular. 28 And God hath set some in the church; first, apostles; secondarily, prophets; thirdly, teachers; after that miracles; then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29 Are all apostles are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, char- ity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. CHAP. XIV. spiritual gifts, but rather that ye OLLOW after charity, and desire may prophesy. 2 For he that speaketh in anun«nown. tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth 30 Have all the gifts of healing? do him; howbeit in the spirit he speak all speak with tongues? do all inter-eth mysteries. pret? 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet show I unto you a more ex cellent way. CHAP. XIII. 3 But be that prophesieth, speaketh unto men to edification, and exhorta tion, and comfort. 4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that THO Howen and d angels, and have HOUGH Ispeakwith the tongues prophesieth edifieth the church. 5 I would that ye all epake with not charity, I am become as sounding tongues,but rather that ye prophesied: orass, or a tinkling cymbal. for greater is he that propesieth 2 And though I have the gift of than he that speaketh with tongues, prophecy, and understand all inyste except he interpret, that the church ries, and all knowledge; and though may receive edifying. I have all faith, so that I could re- 6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you move mountains, and have not chari- speaking with tongues, what shall 1 ty', I am nothing. profit you, except I shall speak to you 3 And though I bestow all my goods either by revelation, or by knowledge, to feed the poor, and though I give or by propesying, or by doctrine? my body to be burned, and have not 7 And even things without life giving charity, it profiteth me nothing.. sound, whether pipe or harp, except 4 Charity suffereth long, and is they give a distinction in the sounds, kind; charity envieth not; charity bow shall it be known what is piped vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, or harped? 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, 8 For if the trumpet give an uncer seeketh not her own, is not easily protain sound, who shall prepare himself voked, thinketh no evil, to the battle P : 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but re- joiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be under- stood, how shall it be known what is 178 CHAP. XF Örder în the Cha ch. Excel to edification. spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. ¡made manifest; and so, falzug down 10 There are, it may be, so many on his face, he will worship God, kinds of voices in the world, and none report that God is in you of a truth. of them is without signification. 26 How is it then, brethren? when and 11 Therefore, if I know not the mean-ye coine together, every one of you ing of the voice, I shall be unto him bath a psalm, hath a doctrine, bath a that speaketh a barbarian, and he that tongue, hath a revelation, hath an iu- speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.terpretation Let all things be done 12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are unto edifying. zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye 27 If any man speak in an unknown may excel to the edifying of the church. tongue, let it be by two, or at the mos 13 Wherefore, let him that speaketh by three, and that by course; and let in an unknown tongue, pray that he one interpret. may interpret. 28 But if there be no interpreter, let 14 For if I pray in an unknown him keep silence in the church; an! tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my un-let him speak to himself, and to God. derstanding is unfruitful. 29 Let the prophets speak two o 15 What is it then? I will pray with three, and let the other judge. the spirit, and I will pray with the 30 If any thing be revealed to an understanding also; I will sing with other that sitteth by, let the first hold the spirit, and I will sing with the un- his peace. derstanding also. 31 For ye may all prophesy one by 16 Else, when thou shalt bless with one, that all may learn, and all may the spirit, how shall he that occupieth be comforted. the room of the unlearned say Amen 32 And the spirits of the prophets at thy giving of thanks, seeing he un-are subject to the prophets. derstandetli not what thou sayeth? 33 For God is not the author of con- 17 For thou verily givest thanks well, fusion, but of peace, as in all churches but the other is not edified. of the saints. 18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted 19 Yet in the church I had rather unto them to speak; but they are com- speak five words with my understand-manded to be under obedience, as also ing, that by my voice I might teach saith the law. others also, than ten thousand words 35 And if they will learn any thing, in an unknown tongue. let them ask their husbands at bome; 20 Brethren, be not children in un-for it is a shame for women to speak derstanding: howbeit in malice be ye in the church. children, but in understanding be men. 36 What! came the word of God out 21 In the law it is written, With from you? or came it unto yoù only ? men of other tongues and other lips | 37 If any man think himself to be a will I speak unto this people; and yet prophet, or spiritual, let him acknow for all that will they not hear me,ledge that the things that I write unto saith the Lord. you are the commandments of the Lord. 22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying servath not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. 23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbe- lievers, will they not say that ye are mad ? 24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all; 25 And thus are the secrets of his heart 39 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be doue decently, and in order. MORE CHAP. XV. TOREOVER, brethren, I declare toren, Wecht & preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain· 179 Evidence of our I. CORINTHIANS. For1delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures ; 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. future resurrection. 23 But every man in his own order; Christ the first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be de- stroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all thingy are put under him, it is manifesta: he is excepted which did put all things under him. S And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 9 Forlam the least of the apostles, that 28 And when all things shall be sut am not meet to be called an apostle,be-dued unto him, then shall the Son also cause I persecuted the church of God. himself be subject unto him that put 10 But by the grace of God I am all things under him, that God may be what I am; and his grace which was all in all. bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore, whether it were I or they, so we preached, and so ye be lieved. 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some anong you that there is no resurrec- tion of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen. 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, aud your faith is also vain. 29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the drad rise not at all? why are they then baptiz- ed for the dead? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, 1 die daily. 32 If after the manner of men 1 have fought with beasts at Ephesus,what ad vantageth it me,if the dead rise not? le: us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die 33 Be not deceived; Evil communi cations corrupt good manners. 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin 15 Yea, and we are found false wit-not; for some have not the knowledge nesses of God; because we have testi- of God: I speak this to your shame. fied of God that he raised up Christ: 35 But some man will say, How are whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead raised up? and with what the dead rise not. body do they come? 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised ; 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sins.sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: ¹7 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain: ye are yet in your 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 if in this life only we have hope] in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 32 For as in Adam all die, even so Christ shall all be made alive. 38 But God giveth it a body as it hatn pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, av other flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies,ang bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 180 Glory of the resurrection. CHAP. XVI. Christian stedfastness. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and abounding in the work of the Lord, another glory of the moon,and another forasmuch as ye know that your lu clory of the stars; for one star differ-bour is not in vain in the Lord. eth from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the CHAP. XVI. dead; it is sown in ccrruption, it is NOW concerning the collection for raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishor our, it is raised in glory: it is sown ir weakness, it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. 3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality un to Jerusalem. 4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. 45 And so it is written,The first man Adam wa as made a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 5 Now1 will come unto you, when ! 47 The first man is of the earth, shall pass through Macedonia; (for 1 earthy; the second man is the Lord do pass through Macedonia:) from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 19 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the snage of the heavenly. 6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whitbersoev- er I go. 7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while willi you, if the Lord permit. 8 But I will tarry at Epliesus until 50 Now this I say, brethren, that Pentecost. flesh and blood cannot inherit the 9 For a great door and effectual is Kingdom of God; neither doth cor-opened unto me, and there are many ruption inherit incorruption. adversaries. 51 Behold, I show you a mystery; 10 Now, ifTimotheus come, see that We shall not all sleep, but we shall be may be with you without fear: for all be changed, he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. 62 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; (for the trumpet shall sound;) and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put ou incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 11 Let no man therefore despise him; but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for bim with the brethren. 1 13. As touching our brother Apollos, greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to rome at this time; but he will come when he shall have conve- nient time. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this nortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the say 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, ing that is written, Death is swallow-quit you like men, be strong. ed up in victory. 14 Let all your things be done with charity. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin iş the law. 57 But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 151 beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the mini- istry of the saints,) 16 That ye submit yourselves unto 68 Therefore, my beloved brethren, such, and to every one that helpeth Le ye stedfast, unmoveable, always with us and laboureth. 181 Paul's comforts. 11. CORINTHIANS. His purportS. 17 I am glad of the coming of Ste- 21 The salutation of me Paul with phanus, and Fortunatus, and Achai-mine own hand. cus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. 18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours; therefore acknowledge ye them that are such. 19 The churches of Asia salute you: Aquilla and Priscilla salute you much m the Lord, with the church that is in their house. 20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with a holy kiss. 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let hun be Anathema, Maran-atha. 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. T The first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, by Ste- planas, and Fortunatus, andAchai cus, and Timotheus. T The Second Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the CORINTHIANS. CHAP. I. 11 Ye also helping together by prayer UL,an apostle of Jesus Christ,by for us, that, for the gift bestowed upon brother, unto the church of God which thanks may be given by many on our 19 at Corinth, with all the saints which |behalf. are in all Achaia: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of inercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our trib. ulation, that we may be able to com- fort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we our- selves are comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sullerings which we also suf- fer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testi- mony of our conscience, that in sim- plicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. 13 For we write none other things unto you than what ye read or ac knowledge, and I trust ye shall ac knowledge even to the end; 14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus, 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 And to pass by you into Macedo- fnia, and to come again out of Macedo- nia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judea. 17 When I therefore was thus mind- ed, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do 1 purpose according 8 For we would not, brethren, have to the flesh, that with me there should you ignorant of our trouble which came be yea, yea, and nay, nay? to us in Asia, that we were pressed 18 But as God is true, our word to- out of measure, above strength, insoward you was not yea and nay. much that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead; 10 Who delivered us from so great n death, and doth deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver tís: 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us even by me, and Silvanus, and Timu theus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. 29 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us 182 His anxious love. CHAP. II, III. Glorious ministry 21 Now he which establisheth us his knowledge by us in every place. with you in Christ, aud hath anointed 15 For we are unto God a sweet sa- us, is God; vour of Christ, in them that are saved 22 Who hath also sealed us, and givenjand in them that perish. the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 23 Moreover, I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. 16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life: and who is sufficient for these things? 24 Not for that we bave dominion 17 For we are not as inany, which over your faith, but are belpers of sour joy: for by faith ye stand. BUT CHAP. II. UT I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. D% CHAP. 11L O we begin agaiu to commend ourselves? or need we, as some 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he others, epistles of commendation to then that maketh me glad, but the you, or litters of commendation Trum same which is made sorry by me? you? 3 And I wrote this same unto you, 2 Ye are our epistle written in our lest, when I came, I should have sor-hearts, known and read of all men: row from them of whom I ought to 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestiy rejoice; having confidence in you all, declared to be the epistle of Christ, that my joy is the joy of you all. ministered by us, written not with ink, 4 For out of much affliction and an-but with the Spirit of the living God; guish of heart I wrote unto you with not in tables of stone, but in fleshly many tears; not that ye should be tables of the heart. grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you. 5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part; that 1 may not overcharge you all. 4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward : 5 Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our. selves; but our sufficiency is of God; 6 Who also bath made us able min- 6 Sufficient to such a man is this pun-isters of the new testament; not of ishment, which was in flicted of many. [the letter, but of the spirit: for the let 7 So that contrariwise,ye ought rather ter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. to forgive him, and comfort him, lest 7 But if the ministration of death, perhaps such a one should be swallow-written and engraven in stones, was ed up with overmuch sorrow. 8 Wherefore 1 beseech you, that ye would confirm your love toward him. 9 For to this end also did I write,that I might know the proof of you, wheth- er ye be obedient in all things. 10 To whom ye forgive any thing, 1 forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; 11 Lest Satan should get an advan tage of us for we are not ignorant of his devices. a 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and door was opened unto me of the Lord, 13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but, taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away; 8 How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of condem- nation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. 10 For even that which was mane glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. il For T that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainess of speech; 13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: 14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of 14 But their minds were blinded: for 183 Paul's weakness. 1. CORINTHIANS. His supporta. until this day remaineth the same veil¡ 12. So then death worketh in us, but untaken away in the reading of the old life in you. festament; which veil is done away] 13 We having the same spirit of futh, in Christ. according as it is written, I believed, 15 But even unto this day, when and therefore have I spoken; we also Moses is read, the veil is upon their believe, and therefore speak ; beart. 16 Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall !** taken away. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might,through thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God. 18 But we all with open face behold-the ing as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. CHAP. IV. 16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is HEREFORE, seeing we have but for a moment, worketh for us a fa this ministry, as we have recei-more exceeding and eternal weight of ved mercy, we faint not; glory; 2 But have renounced the hidden 18 While we look not at the things things of dishonesty, not walking in which are seen, but at the things craftiness, nor handling the word of which are not seen: for the things God deceitfully; but, by manifestation which are seen are temporal; out the of the trath, commending ourselves to things which are not seen are eternal. every man's conscience in the sight of CHAP. V. God. 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: we know, that if our earth.y house of this tabernacle were dis- solved, we have a building cf God, a 4 In whom the god of this world house not made with hands, eternal in hath blinded the minds of them which the heavens. believe not, lest the light of the glori-2 For in this we groan, earnestly de ous gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God,who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath elined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earth- en vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made man- ifest in our body. siring to be clothed upon with our bouse which is from heaven; 3 If so be that being clothed, we shall [not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swal- lowed up of life. 5 Now he that bath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also bath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 We are confident, I say, and will- ing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that, wheth 11 For we which live are always deer present or absent, we may be ac- livered unto death for Jesus' sake, that cepted of him. the life also of Jesus might be made 10 For we must all appear before the manifest in our mortal flesh. judgment-seat of Christ, that every 184 Dis faithfulness. CHAP. VI, VII. Christian purity. one may receive the things done in his 4 But all things approving our hody, according to that he hath done, selves as the ministers of God, in Innca whether it be good or bad. patience, in afflictions, in necessities, 11 Knowing therefore the terror of in distresses, the Lord, we persuade men; but we 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in are made manifest unto God; and tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; trust also are made manifest in your consciences. 12 For we commend not ourselves agam unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat 10 answer them which glory in appearance, and uot in heart. 13 For whether we be beside our- selves, it is to God; or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteous. ness on the right band and on the left, 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers and yet true; 14 For the love of Christ constrain- 9 As unknown, and yet well known; eth us; because we thus judge, that if as dying, and, behold, we live; as one died for all, then were all dead: chastened, and not killed; 15 And that he died for all, that they 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoic- which live should not henceforth liveling; as poor, yet making many rich; unto themselves, but unto him which as having nothing, and yet possessing died for them, and rose again. all things. 16 Wherefore, henceforth know we no man after the flesh; yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 17 Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who bath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the min- istry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 11 Oye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarges. 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. 13 Now, for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children) be ye also enlarged. 1 Be ye not unequally yoked togeth er with unbelievers; for what fellow ship bath righteousness with unright- eousness ? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part bath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols ? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore, come out from among 21 For he hath made him to be sin them, and be ye separate, saith the for us, who knew no sin; that we Lord,and touch not the unclean thing; might be made the righteousness of and I will receive you, God in him. 20 Now when we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. CHAP. VI. 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sous and daugh ters, saith the Lord Almighty. CHAP. VII. E then,as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.AVING therefore these promises, 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of sal- vation have I succoured thee: bebold, now is the accepted time; behold, Low is the day of salvation.) 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blained: dearly beloved, let us cleans, ourselves from all flthiness of the Besh and spirit, perfecting holiness i.. the fear of God. 2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, w have defrauded po man. 185 Godly sorro¡U. II. CORINTHIANS. Liberality. 3 I speak not this to condemn you: abundant toward you, whilst he re for I have said before, that ye are in membereth the obedience of you all, our hearts to die and live with you. how with fear and trembling ye re 4 Great is my boldness of speech to-ceived him. ward you, great is my glorying of you: 16 1 rejoice therefore that I have I am filled with comfort, I am exceed- confidence in you in all things. ang joyful in all our tribulation. CHAP. VIII. for, when we were come into Ma-t of the grace of God be- OREOVER, brethren, we do you cedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without stowed on the churches of Macedonia; score figh'ngs, within were fears. 2 How that in a great trial of alllic- 6 Neverueless God, that comforteth tion, the abundance of their joy, and those that are cast down, comforted|their deep poverty, abounded unto us by the coming of Titus; the riches of their liberality. 7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind towards me ; so that I rejoiced the more. 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did] repent: for I perceive that the same epistle bath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. 3 For to their power, (I bear rec ord,) yea, and beyond their power, they were willing of themselves; 4 Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5. And this they did, not as we hoped, bot first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God: 16 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. 7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and 10 For godly sorrow worketh re- in your love to us, see that ye abound pentance to salvation not to be re-m this grace also. 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. pented of: but the sorrow of the 8 I speak not by commandment, but world worketh death. by occasion of the forwardness of 11 For, behold, this self-same thing, others, and to prove the sincerity of that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, your love. what carefuluess it wrought in you,|| 9 For ye know the grace ofour Lord yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, yet for your sakes he became poor, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal,] that ye through his poverty might be yea, what revenge! In all things ye rich. have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unio you. 10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. 11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. 13 Therefore we were comforted in 12 For if there be first a willing your comfort: yea, and exceedingly mind, it is accepted according to that the more joyed we for the joy of Ti-a man hath, and not according to that tus, because his spirit was refreshed he hath not. by you all. 14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. 15 Aud his inward affection is more 13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened; 14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abun dance also may be a supply for your want; that there may be equality: 156 Principles of Loerality. CHAP. IX, X. Its happy effecti- 15. As it is written, He that had gath-|notice before, that the same might be cred much had nothing over; and he ready, as a matter of bounty, and not that had gathered little had no lack. as of covetousness. 16 But thanks be to God, which put 6 But this I say, He which soweth the same earnest care into the heart of sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully shali Titus for you. 17 For indeed be accepted the exhort-reap also bountifully. ation; but, being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. 18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches; 7 Every man according as he pur- poseth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8-And God is able to make all grace 19 And not that only, but who was abound toward you; that ye, always also chosen of the churches to travel having all sufficiency in all things, with us with this grace, which is ad-may abound to every good work : ministered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind: 20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us : 21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence whien Ihave in you. 23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellow-helper concerning you; or our brethren be inquired of they arethe messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. 24 Wherefore show ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. CHAP. IX. 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor. his righteousness remaineth for ever. 10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower, both minister bread for your food, and multiply your secd sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:) Il Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. 12 For the administration of this ser vice not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; 13 While by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel or Christ, and for your liberal distribu- tion unto them, and unto all men; 14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceed ing grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be unto God for his un Fthe saints, it is superfluous for me OR as touching the ministering to speakable gift. to write to you: Now CHAP. X. TOWI Paul myself beseech you by 2 For I know the forwardness of the meekness and gentleness of your mind, for which I boast of you Christ, who in presence am base to them of Macedonia, that Achaia among you, but being absent am bold was ready a year ago; and your zeal toward you: hath provoked very many. 2 But I beseech you, that I may not 3 Yet have 1 sent the brethren, lest be bold when I am present with that our boasting of you should be in vain confidence wherewith I think to be in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may bold against some, which think of us be ready: as if we walked according to the flesh. 4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia] 3 For though we walk in the flesh, coine with me, and find you unpre-we do not wär after the flesh; pared, we (that we say not, yc) should 4 (For the weapons of our warfare be ashamed in this same confident are not carnal, but mighty through boasting. God to the pulling down of strong 5 Therefore I thought it necessary to holds :) exhort the brethren, that they would 5 Casting down imaginations, and go before unto you, and make up be-every high thing that exalteth itsell forehand your bounty, whereof ye had lagainst the knowledge of God, and 187 ► II. CORINTHIANS. Apostolic authority. False pretenders ringing into captivity every thought| 2 For I am jealous over you with to the obedience of Christ; godly jealousy: for I bave espoused 6. And having in a readiness to re- you to one husband, that I may pre renge all disobedience, when your sent you as a chaste virgin to Christ. obedience is fulfilled. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as 7 Do ye look on things after the out-the serpent beguiled Eve through his ward appearance? If any man trust subtilty, so your minds should be cor o himself that he is Christ's, let him rupted from the simplicity which is in of himself think this again, that, as he Christ. is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. For if he that cometh preacheth 8 For though I should boast some-Janother Jesus, whom we have not what more of our authority, which preached, or if ye receive another the Lord hath given us for edification, spirit, which ye have not received, or and not for your destruction, I should another gospel, which ye have not ac not be ashamed; cepted, ye might well bear with him. 5 For I suppose I was not a whit be hind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge: but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 10 For his letters (say they) are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech con- temptible. Il Let such a one think this, that 7 Have I committed an offence in such as we are in word by letters abasing myself that ye might be ex- when we are absent, such will we be alted, because I have preached to you also in deed when we are present. the gospel of God freely? 12 For we dare not make ourselves 8 I robbed other churches, taking of the number, or compare ourselves wages of them, to do you service. with some that commend themselves: 9 And when I was present with you, but they, measuring themselves hyjand wanted, I was chargeable to no themselves, and comparing themselves man: for that which was lacking to among themselves, are not wise. me the brethren which came from 13 But we will not boast of things Macedonia supplied; and in all things without our measure, but according I have kept myself from being bur to the me, sure of the rule which God densome unto you, and so will I keep hath distributed to us, a measure to myself. reach even unto you. 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no 14 For we stretch not ourselves be- man shall stop me of this boasting in yond our measure, as though we the regions of Achaia. reached not unto you; for we are 11 Wherefore? because I love you come as far as to you also in preach-not? God knoweth. ing the gospel of Christ: 12 But what I do, that I will do, that 15 Not boasting of things without I may cut off occasion from them our measure, that is, of other men's which desire occasion; that wherein ahours; but having hope, when your they glory, they may be found even aith is increased, that we shall be as we. enlarged by you, according to our rule 13 For such are false apostles, deceit abundantly, ful workers, transforming themselves 16 To preach the gospel in the re-into the apostles of Christ. gions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. 17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 14. And no marvel; for Satan himself. is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose 18 For not he that commendeth bim-end shall be according to their works. self is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. CHAP. XI. WOULDtoGod y'e could bear with me a little in my folly: and in- dred bear with me. 16 Isay again, Let no man think me a fool: if otherwise, yet as a fool re- ceive me, that I may boast myself a little. 17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were 183 Paul's sufferings. CHAP. XII. Occasion of his glorying. foolishly,in this confidence of boasting. | 2 I knew a man in Christ above four 18 Seeing that many glory after the teen years ago, (whether in the body, flesh, I will glory also. I cannot tell; or whether out of the 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing body, I cannot tell: God knoweth ;) ye yourselves are wise. such a one caught up to the third bea- ven. 20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if 3 And I knew such a man, (whether a man take of you, if a man exalt in the body, or out of the body, I cau himself, if a man smite you on the face. not tell: God knoweth :) 21 I speak as concerning reproach, 4 How that he was caught up into as though we had been weak. How-paradise, and heard unspeakable beit, whereinsoever any is bold, (I words, which it is not lawful for a speak foolishly,) I am bɔld also. man to utter. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are 5 Of such a one will I glory: yet of they Israelites? so am I. Are they the myself I will not glory, but in mine seed of Abraham? so am I. infirmities. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (1 speak as a fool,) I am more: in la- bours more abundant, in stripes above ineasure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths of. I 6 For though 1 would desire to glory, shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth 24 of the Jews five times received I of me. forty stripes save one. 7 And lest I should be exalted above 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, measure through the abundance of the once was I stoned, thrice I suffered revelations, there was given to me a shipwreck, a night and a day I have thorn in the flesh, the messenger of been in the deep; Satan to buffet me, lest I should be ex- alted above measure. 26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils 8 For this thing I besought the Lord by mine own countrymen, in perils thrice that it might depart from me. oy the heathen, in perils in the city, 9 And he said unto me, My grace is in perils in the wilderness, in perils sufficient for thee; for my strength is in the sea, in perils among false breth-made perfect in weakness. Most glad. ly therefore will I rather glory in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. ren; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, u fastings often, in cold and naked- uc99. 28 Besides those things that are with out, that which cometh upon me daily, ile care of all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirin. ities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to 30 If I must needs glory, I will glory have been commended of you; for in of the things which concern mine in-nothing am 1 behind the very chiefest firmities. apostles, though I be nothing. 31 The God and Father of our Lord 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were Jesus Christ, which is blessed for ever more, knoweth that I lie not. 32 In Demascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me; wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. 33 And through a window in a bas- 14 Behold, the third time I am ready Ret was I let down by the wall, and to come to you; and i will not be escaped his hands. CHAP. XII. me, doublend T is not expedient for me doubtless It is not revelations of the Lord. burdensome to you; for I scek not parents for the children yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but Ūk: 15 And I will very gladly spend aud SU 189 P GALATIANS. Earnest prayers. Solemn reproofs be spent for you; though the more speaking in me, which to you-ward is abundantly I love you, the less I be not weak, but is mighty in you. 4 For though he was crucified through 16 But be it so, I did not burden you: weakness, yet be liveth by the power nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. loved. 17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? 18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother; did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps? 19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not; lest there be debates, envymgs, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: 21 And Test, when I came again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shal bewai! many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, which they have committed. CHAP. XIII. HIS is the third time I am coming three witnesses shall every word be established. of God: for we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. 5 Examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. 7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear ap- proved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we are glad when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present a should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. kiss 13 All the saints salute you. 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, 2 I told you before, and foretell you, and the love of God, and the commu- as if I were present the second time; [nion of the Holy Ghost, be with you and being absent, now I write to them all. Amen. thians which heretofore have sinned, and to T The second epistle to the Corin- all others, that if I come again, I will was written from Philippi, not spare: a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas. 3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ] T The Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the GALATIANS. CHAP. I. jevil world, according to the will of AUL, an apostle, (not of men, nei-[God and our Father; PAUL ther by man, but by Jesus Christ, 5 To whom be glory for ever and and God the Father, who raised him ever. Amen. from the dead,) 2 And all the brethren which are with me unto the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace be to you, and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that ne might deliver us from this present 6 I marvel that ye are so soon remov- ed from him that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto 1 190 Paul's gospel divine. CHAP. II. His defence of the you than that which we have preach-(communicated unto them that gospe ed unto you, iet him he accursed. which I preach among the Gentiles, 9 As we said before, so say I now but privately to them which were of again, If any man preach any other reputation, lest by any means I should gospel unto you than that ye have re-run, or had run, in vain. crived, let him be accursed. 3 But neither Titus, who was with 10 For do I now persuade men, or me, being a Greek, was compelled to God? or do I seek to please men? for oe circumcised: if 1 yet pleased men, I should not be 4 And that because of false brethren the servant of Christ. Junawares brought in, who came in 11 But I certify you, brethren, that privily to spy out our liberty which the gospel which was preached of me we have in Christ Jesus, that they is not after man. might bring us into bondage: 12 For I neither received it of man, 5 To whom we gave place by sub neither was I taught it, but by the rev-jection, no, not for an hour; that the clation of Jesus Christ. truth of the gospel might continue 13 For ye have heard of my conver- with you. sation in time past in the Jews' reli- 6 But of those who seemed to be gion, how that beyond measure I per somewhat, whatsoever they were, it secuted the church of God, and wast-maketh no matter to me: God accepí- cd it; 14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many mine equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zeal- ous of the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; inmediately I conferred not with flesh and blood. eth no man's person; for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: r; 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel- of the circumcision was unto Peter 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circum- cision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles :) 9 And when James, Cephas, and 17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem John, who seemed to be pillars, per to them which were apostles before [ceived the grace that was given unto ine; but I went into Arabia, aud re-me, they gave to me and Barnabas the turned again unto Damascus. right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. 18 Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days, 19 But other of the apostles saw 1 none, save James the Lord's brother. 20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, befor, God, I lie not. 21 Afterwards came into the re- gions of Syria and Cilicia; 22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judea which were in Christ: 23 But they had heard only, that he which persecuted us in times past, now preacheth the faith which once he de- stroyed. 24 And they glorified God in me. CHAP. IL 10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. 11 But when Peter was come to An tioch, I withstood bim to the face, be cause he was to be blained. 12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he with- drew, and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; mgomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before HEN, fourteen years after, Iwent them all, if thou, being a Jew, livest up again to Jerusalem with Bar-after the manner of Gentiles, and not nabas, and took Titus with me also. as do the Jews, why compellest thou 2. And I went up by revelation, and the Gentiles to live as do the Jews ? TH 191 Justificatim by faith GALATIANS. in Christ's redemption 15 We who are Jews by nature, and of the law are under the curse: for not sinners of the Gentiles, is writter, Cursed is every one that 16 Knowing that a man is not justifi- continuet not in all things which are ed by the works of the law, but by written in the book of the law to do the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have them. believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 17 But if, while we seek to be justi- fied by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. 20 I am crucified with Christ: nev- ertheless I live; yet not 1, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. CHAP. III. FOOLISH Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you ? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish ? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh ? 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain ? if it be yet in vain. 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just ehall live by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on tree: 14 That the blessing of Abraliam might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet ifit be confirmed,no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith as of many; but as not, And to seeds, of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17 And this I say, That the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hun dred and thirty years after, cannot dis annul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 19 Wherefore then servest the law? Itwas added becauseof transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it 10as cr- dained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator among you, doth he it by the works of one; but God is one. of the aw, or by the hearing of faith? 21 Is the law then against the prom· 6 Even as Abrahan believed God,|ises of God? God forbid: for if there aid it was accounted to him for right- cousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 8 And the scripture, foresceing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto 23 But before faith came, we were Abraham, saying, In thee shall all na-kept under the law, ehut up unto the tions be blessed. faith which should afterwards be re- 9 So then they which be of faith are vealed. blessed wita faithful Abraham. 24 Wherefore the law was OUT 10 For as many as are of the works schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ. 192 His precious fruits. CHAP. IV, V Legality reproved. that we might be justified by faith. if it had been possible, ye would have 25 But after that faith is come, we plucked out your own eyes, and have are no longer under a schoolmaster. given them to me. 26 For ye are all the children of God oy faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. CHAP. IV. 16 Am I therefore become your ene- iny, because I tell you the truth? 17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. 18 But it is good to be zealously af fected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I OW I say, That the heir, as long stand in doubt of you. Now! the red dothing zu Tell me, ye that desire to be un- from a servant, though he be lordofall; der the law, do ye not hear the law ? 2 But is under tutors and governors 22 For it is written, that Abraham until the time appomted of the father. had two sons; the one by a bond 3 Even so we, when we were chil-maid, the other by a free-woman. dren, were in bondage under the ele- 23 But he who was of the bond-wo- ments of the world: man was born after the flesh; but he 4 But when the fulness of the time of the free-woman was by promise. was come, God sent forth bis Son, 24 Which things are an allegory: for made of a woman, made under the law, these are the two covenants; the one 5 To redeem them that were under from the mount Sinai, which gender- the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a ser- vant, but a son; and if a son, then an beir of God through Christ. 8 Howbeit then,when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? 10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. eth to bondage, which is Agar 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai u Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which bath a husband. 28 Now, we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless, what saith the scrip be-ture? Cast out the bond-woman and her son: for the son of the bond-wo- man shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have stowed upon you labour in vain. 12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. 31 So then brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of 13 Ye know, how through infirmity of the flesh, I preached the gospel un-the free. to you at the first. 14 And my temptation whicn was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; CHAP. V. but received me as an angel of God,AY AND fast therefore in the liberty even as Christ Jesus. wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with 15 Where is then the blessedness ye the yoke of bondage. apake of? for 1 hear you record, that] 2 Behold, I Paul, say unto you, that 13 193 The spiritual conflict. GALATIANS. Christian rewards. il ye be circumcised, Christ shall I tell you before, as I have also told profit you nothing. you in time past, that they which 3 For I testify again to every man do such things shall not inherit the that is circumcised, that he is a debtor kingdom of God. to do the whole law. 23 Meekness, temperance: agains* such there is no law. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, you, whosoever of you are justified by goodness, faith, the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circum- cision availeth any thing, nor uncir- cumcision; but faith which worketh by love. 24 And they that are Clirist's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let u also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vam. glory, provoking one another, envying 7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you, that ye should not obey the truth? 8 This persuasion cometh not of him one another. that calleth you. 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 10 I have confidence in you through CHAP. VI. BRETHREN, if a man be over- the Lord, that ye will be none other-spiritual restore such a one in the wise minded. but he that troubleth spirit of meekness; considering thy- you shall bear his judgment, whoso- self, lest thou also be tempted. ever he be. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer per- secution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. 12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you. 3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4 But let every man prove his own. work, and then shall he have rejoicing 13 For, brethren, ye have been call-in himself alone, and not in another." ed unto liberty; only use not liberty 5 For every man shall bear his own for an occasion to the flesh, but by burden. love serve one of another. 6 Let him that is taught in the word 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one communicate unto him that teacheth word, even in this, Thou shalt love in all good things. thy neighbour as thyself. 7 Be not deceived; God is not mock- 15 But if ye bite and devour one an-ed: for whatsoever a man soweth, other, take heed that ye be not con- sumed one of another. 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. ness, that eball he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well- doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. 19 Now the works of the flesh are 11 Ye see how large a letter I have manifest, which are these; Adultery, written unto you with mine own hand. fornication, uncleanness, lascivious- 12 As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you 20 Ídolatry, witchcraft, hatred, vari- to be circumcised; only lest they ance, emulations, wrath, strife, sedi-should suffer persecution for the cross tions, heresies, of Christ. 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, 13 For neither they themselves who revellings, and such like, of the which are circumcised keep the law; but 194 Blessings of election. CHAP. 1, 11. I, Work of the Spirat desire to have you circumcised, that to this rule, peace be on them, and they may glory in your flesh. mercy, and upon the Israel of God. sdam 14 But God forbid that I should glory, 17 From henceforth let no man trov. save in the cross of our Lord Jesus ble ine: for I bear in my boẩv Christ, by whom the world is crucifi-|marks of the Lord Jesus. ed unto me and I unto the world. 18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord 15 For in Christ Jesus neither cir-Jesus Christ be with your spirit. cumcision availeth any thing, nor un-Amen. circumcision, but a new creature. Unto the Galatians, written from 16 And as many as walk according] Rome. PAUL, The Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the EPHESIANS. CHAP. I. an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath bless- ed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ; According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inher itance, until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praias of his glory. 15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know 6 To the praise of the glory of his what is the hope of his calling, and grace, wherein he hath made us ac-what the riches of the glory of his in cepted in the Beloved: heritance in the saints, Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleas ure as will, 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his, good pleasure, which he hath purpos- ed in himself; 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times, he might gather to- gether in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are ou cartb, even in him: 19 And what is the exceeding great ness of his power to us-ward who be lieve, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right band in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only ir this world, but also in that which is to come; 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head 11 In whom also we have obtained over all things to the church, an inheritance, being predestinated 23 Which is his body, the fulness of according to the purpose of him who him that filleth all in all, worketh all things after the counsel of his own will; CHAP. 11. AND you hath he quickened, who 12 That we should be to the praise of bisglory, who first trusted in Christ. 2 were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked 195 EPHESIANS Salvation by grace. Gentiles fellong heirs. according to the course of this world, jaccess by one Spirit unto the Father according to the prince of the power 19 Now therefore ye are no more of the air, the spirit that now worketh strangers and foreigners, but fellow in the children of disobedience: citizens with the saints, and of the 3 Among whom also we all had our household of God; conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy,for his great love wherewith be loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ; (by grace ye are saved ;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus; 7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should Joast. 20 And are built upon the foundation. of the apostes and prophets, Jesue Christ himself being the chief corner- stone ; 21 In whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye also are builded to gether for a habitation of God through the Spirit. OR CHAP. III. of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, this cause, I Paul, the prisoner 2 If ye have heard of the dispensa tion of the grace of God which is giv en me to you-ward . 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; as 1 wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mys 10 For we are his workmanship, tery of Christ, Created in Christ Jesus unto good 5 Which in other ages was not made works, which God hath before or-known unto the sons of men, as it ia Jained that we should walk in them. now revealed unto his holy apostles 11 Wherefore remember, that ye be- and prophets by the Spirit; ing in time past Gentiles in the flesh, 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow- who are called Uncircumcision by heirs, and of the same body, and par- that which is called the Circuncision takers of his promise in Christ by the in the flesh made by hands; gospel: 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the common- wealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now, in Christ Jesus, ye,who sometime were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between Us 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of command- ment, contained in ordinances; for to nake in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby; 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them tuat were nigh. 18 For through him we both have 7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gen- tiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God,who created all things by Jesus Christ; 10 To the intent that now, unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places, might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint 196 Christian unity. CHAP. IV. Christian wall. not at my tribulations for you, which 12 For the perfecting of the saints, your glory. for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the ful- 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, accord-ness of Christ: ing to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner œan; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and beight; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of 14 That we henceforth se so more children tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up unto him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted bythat which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the meas- 20 Now, unto him that is able to do ure of every part, maketh increase in exceeding abundantly above all that the body, unto the edifying of itself of we ask or think, according to the pow-love. er that worketh in us, God. 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. CHAP. IV. I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one haptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the meayare of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he as- cended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descendea first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up farabove all heavens, that he might fill all things. 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord,that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind; 18 Having the understanding darken- ed, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over unto lascivious- uess, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If so be that ye have heard him. and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off, concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt according to the de ceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind ; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in right eousness and true holiness. 25 Wherefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neigh- bour: for we are members one of another. 26 Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath; 27 Neither give place to the devil. 11 And he gave some, apostles; and 28 Let him that stole steal no more; sone, prophets; and some,evangelists; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is wid some, pastors and teachers, 197 Fruit of the Spirit. EPHESIANS. Relative duties. good, that he may have to give to him that sleepest, and arise from the dead, that needeth. and Christ shall give thee light. 15 See then that ye walk circum spectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are scaled unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speak- ing be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath for- given you. CHAP. V. Eye therefore followers of God, as dear children; BE 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, sing- ing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto hath loved us, and hath given himself your own husbands, as unto the Lord. for us an offering and a sacrifice to 23 For the husband is the head of God for a sweet-smelling savour. the wife, even as Christ is the Head 3But fornication, and alluncleanness, of the church; and he is the Saviour or covetousness, let it not be once of the body. named among you,as becometh saints; 24 Therefore, as the church is sub 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talk-ject unto Christ, so let the wives be to ing, nor jesting, which are not conve-their own husbands in every thing. nient: but rather giving of thanks. 25 Husbands, love your wives, ever 5 For this ye know, that no whore-as Christ also loved the church, and monger, nor unclean person, nor cov-gave himself for it; etous man, who is an idolater, hath 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse any inheritance in the kingdom of it with the washing of water by the Clirist and of God. word; 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light; 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth ;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rath- er reprove them. 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. 27 That he might present it to him self a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherish- eth it, even as the Lord the church: 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but 1 speak concerning Christ and the church. 13 But all things that are reproved are 33 Nevertheless, let every one of you mnade manifest by the light: for what-in particular so love his wife even ae suever doth make manifest is light. himself; and the wife see that sho 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou reverence her husband 198 Claristian heroism. CHAP. VI. CHAP. I. The habit of prayer be whole armour of God that ye may CHILDREN, obey your parents in able to withstand in the evil days and the Lord for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment with promise,) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shed with the pre paration of the gospel of peace: 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quenchall thefiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation. 6 Servants, be obedient to them that and the sword of the Spirit, which 3 are your masters according to the the word of God: flesh, with fear and trembling, in sin- 18 Praying always with all prayer gleness of your heart, as unto Christ; and supplication in the Spirit, and 6 Not with eye-service, as men-pleas-watching thereunto with all persever·' ers; but as the servants of Christ, ance and supplication for all saints; doing the will of God from the heart; 19 And for me, that utterance may 7 With good will doing service, as be given unto me that I may open my to the Lord, and not to men: mouth boldly, to make known the 8 Knowing that whatsoever good mystery of the gospel, thing any man doeth, the same shall] he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therem 1 may speak bold- ly, as I ought to speak. 9 And, ye masters,do the same things 21 But that ye also may know my anto them, forbearing threatening: affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a be- Knowing that your Master also is infloved brother and faithful minister in eaven; neither is there respect of the Lord, shall make known to you all things: persons with him. 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his 'night. II Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the of 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all them that for: our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity Amen. ¶ Written from Rome unto the Ephe- sians, by Tychicus. T The Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the PHILIPPIANS. CHAP. I. 5 For your fellowship in the gospel, from the first day until now; PAUL, ththe sants that he which hath began a good work AUL,and Timotheus, the servants 6 Being confident of this very thing, in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, in you, will perform it unul the day with the bishops and deacons: of Jesus Christ: 2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my 3 I thank my God upon every re-bonds, and in the defence and confir membrance of you, mation of the gospel, ye all are par takers of my grace. 8 For God is my record, how greatly 4 Always m every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 199 Preaching Christ. PIIILLIPPIANS. I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere, and without offence, till the day of Christ; Mind of Christ 26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me, by my coming to you again. 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ; that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, 1 may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the 11 Being filled with the fruits of faith of the gospel; righteousness, which are by Jesus 28 And in nothing terrified by your Christ, unto the glory and praise of adversaries: which is to them an evi God. dent token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. 12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which hap- pened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; 14. And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife, and some also of good will: 16 The one preach Christ of conten- tion, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my houds: 17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. 18 What then ? notwithstanding, eve- ry way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I there- in do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. 19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 According to my earnest expect ation and my hope, that in nothing 1 shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be inagnified in my body, wheth- er it be by life, or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live in the flash, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better: 24 Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith; 29 For unto you it is given, in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. CHAP. II. TF there be therefore any consolation Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory; but in .owliness of mind let each esteem cther better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon bim the form of a ser vant, and was made in the likeness of men; 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cros8. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given bim a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth: 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in in 200 Blinisterial care. CHAP. II. Christ's woTEIL preserve only, but now much more in life, to supply your lack of service w my absence, work out your own sal-ward me. vation with fear and trembling: 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: FI CHAP. III. INALLY, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil 15 That ye may be blameless and workers, beware of the concision. harmless, the sons of God, without 3 For we are the circumcision, rebuke, in the midst of a crooked which worship God in the Spirit, and and perverse nation, among whom ye rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; Though I might also have confi that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, dence in the flesh. If any other man that I have not run in vain, neither thinketh that he bath whereof be aboured in vain. might trust in the flesh, I more: 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy and rejoice with me. confidence in the flesh. 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benja- min, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort when 17 But what things were gain to me, know your state. 20 For I have no man like-minded, who will naturally care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count a!! things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith; 10 That 1 may know him, and the 25 Yet I supposed it necessary to power of his resurrection, and the send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellowship of his sufferings, being and companion in labour, and fellow-made conformable unto his death; soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. 26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead: 12 Not as though I had already at- tained, either were already perfect; but I follow after, if that I may appre hend that for which also 1 am appre- bended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 28 1 sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may 14 I press toward the mark, for the be the less sorrowful. prize of the high calling of God iu Christ Jesus. 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: 30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shalf reveal even this unto you. 201 Heavenly hopes, PHILIPPIANS. and contentment. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have if there be any praise, think on these already attained, let us walk by the things. same rule, let us mind the saine thing. 9 Those things which ye have both 17 Brethren, be followers together of learned, and received, and heard, and me, and mark them which walk so seen in me, do: and the God of peace as ye have us for an ensample. Ishall be with you. 18 (For many walk, of whom I have 10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, told you often, and now tell you even that now at the last your care of me weeping, that they are the enemies of hath flourished again; wherein ye the cross of Christ: were also careful, but ye lacked op- portunity. 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the work- ing whereby lie is able even to subdue all things unto himself. THE 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatso- everstate I am,therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where, and in all things, I am in structed, both to be full and to be hun- gry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. CHAP. IV. \HEREFORE,nybrethren,dear- 15 Now, ye Philippians, know also, ly beloved and longed for, my that in the beginning of the gospel, joy and crown, so stand fast in the when I departed from Macedonia, no Lord, my dearly beloved. church communicated with me, as 2 1 beseech Euodias, and beseech concerning giving and receiving, but Syntyche, that they be of the same ye ouly. und in the Lord. 16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent 3 And 1 entreat thee also, true yoke-Jonce and again unto my necessity. fellow, help those women which la- 17 Not because I desire a gift; but I boured with me in the gospel, with desire fruit that may abound to your Clement also, and with other my fel-account. low-labourers, whose names are in the book of life. 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again 1 say, Rejoice. 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be careful for nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be inade known unto God. 18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God. 19 But my God shall supply all your need, according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever aud ever. Amen. 21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you. 7 And the peace of God,which páss- eth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally,brethren,whatsoever things 22 All the saints salute you, chiefly are true,whatsoever things are honest, they that are of Cesar's household. whatsoever things are just, whatsoever 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus things are pure, whatsoever things are Christ be with you all. Amen. lovely, whatsoever things are of good ¶ It was written to the Philippians sport; if there be any virtue, all from Rome, by Epaphroditus. ! 202 T The Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the COLOSSIANS. *CHAP. I. Jin earth, visible and invisible, whetr PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by er they be thrones, or dominions, or the will of God, and Timotheus principalities, or powers; all things our brother, were created by him, and for him; 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist; 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, pray- ing always for you, 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints; 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-emi- nence: 19 For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fullness dwell: 20 And, having made peace through 5 For the hope which is laid up for the blood of his cross, by bin to re- you in heaven, whereof ye heard be-concile all things unto himself; by fore in the word of the truth of the him, I say, whether they be things in gospel; 6 Which is come unto you, as it is] in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: 7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; 8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. earth, or things in beaven. 21 And you, that were sometimes ali- enated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now bath he re conciled, 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you boly, and un- blameable, and unreproveable in his sight; 23 If ye continue in the faith ground- ed and settled, and be not moved away 9 For this cause we also, since the from the hope of the gospel, which ye day we heard it, do not cease to pray have heard, and which was preached for you, and to desire that ye might to every creature which is under bea- be filled with the knowledge of his ven; whereof 1 Paul am made a min- will in all wisdom and spiritual un-ister; derstanding; 24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings 10 That ye might walk worthy of for you, and fill up that which is be- the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruit-hind of the afflictions of Christ in my ful in every good work, and increas-flesh for his body's sake, which is the ing in the knowledge of God; church: 11 Strengthened with all might, ac- 25 Whereof I am made a minister, cording to his glorious power, unto all according to the dispensation of God patience and long-suffering with joy-which is given to me for you, to fulfil fulness; the word of God; 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be par- takers of the inheritance of the saints in light; 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath trans- lated us into the kinkgom of his dear Son; 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgive- ness of sing: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature: 16 For by him were all things cre- ated that are in heaven, and that are 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from genera. tions, but now is made manifest to his saints: 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory : 28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in alt wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which work- eth in me mightily. 203 Fullness of Christ. FOR CHAP. II. COLOSSIANS. Heavenly mind. Ja holy-day, or of the new-moon, or of the sabbath days; NOR I would that ye knew what 17 Which are a shadow of things to great conflict I have for you, and come: but the body is of Christ. forthem at Laodicea, and foras many 18 Let no man beguile you of your as have not seen my face in the flesh; reward in a voluntary humility and 2 That their hearts might be com- worshipping of angels, intruding into forted, being knit together in love, and those things which he hath not seen, unto all riches of the full assurance of vainly pulled up by his fleshly mind; understanding, to the acknowledgment 19 And not holding the Head, from of the mystery of God, and of the Fa-which all the body by joints and bands ther, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4. And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the in- crease of God. 20 Wherefore, if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, world, why, as though living in the yet I am with you in the spirit, joy-world, are ye subject to ordinances, ing and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him ; 7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ: 9 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power; 21 (Touch not, taste not, handle not, 22 Which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and doctrines of men? 23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship and hu mility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. CHAP. III. TF ye then be risen with Christ. seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the righ hand of God. 2 Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall 11 In whom also ye are circumcised appear, then shall ye also with the circumcision made without him in glory. appear with hands, in putting off the body of the 6 Mortify therefore your members eins of the flesh by the circumcision which are upon the earth; fornication, of Christ; uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil 12 Buried with him in baptism, jconcupiscence, and covetousness, wherein also ye are risen with him which is idolatry; through the faith of the operation of 6 For which things' sake the wrathi God, who hath raised him from the of God cometh on the children of dis- dead. obedience. 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the band writing of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, fil thy communication outof your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 15 And, having spoiled principalities 10 And have put on the new man, and powers, he made a show of them which is renewed in knowledge after openly, triumphing over them in it. the image of nim that created him: 16 Let no man therefore judge you 11 Where there is neither Greek not in meat, or in drink, or in respect of Jew,circumcision nor uncircumcision 204 • CHAP. IV. Relative duties. Walking in wisdom Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free:Jutterai e, to speak the mystery of but Christ is all, and in all. Christ, or which I am also in boude : 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of 4 That I may make it manifest as I God, holy and beloved, bowels of mer-ought to speak. cies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and for giving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every inan. 1 And above all these things put on 7 All my state shall Tychicus declare charity, which is the bond of perfect-unto you, who is a beloved brother, ness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. and a faithful minister and fellow- servant in the Lord: 8 Whom 1 have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in hearts; you richly in all wisdom; teaching 9 With Onesimus, a fautiful and be and admonishing one another in loved brother, who is one of you: they psalins, and hymns, and spiritual shall make known unto you all things songs, singing with grace in your which are done here. nearts to the Lord. 10 Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son deed, do all in the name of the Lord to Barabas; (touching whom ye re- Jesus, giving thanks to God and the ceived commandments; if he come Father by him. unto you, receive him ;) 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord. 11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow-workers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, 21 Fathers, provoke not your chil-that ye may stand perfect and com- dren to anger,lest they be discouraged. plete in all the will of God. 22 Servants, obey in all things your 13 For I bear him record, that Le masters according to the flesh; not hath a great zeal for you, and them with eye-service, as men-pleasers; that are in Laodicea, and them in but in singleness of heart, fearing God: Hierapolis. 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. 15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his bonse. 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheri tance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. 16 And when this epistle is read 25 But he that doeth wrong, shall among you, cause that it be read also receive for the wrong which he hath m the church of the Laodiceans; and done: and there is no respect of per-that ye Ekewise read the epistle from Laodicea. Bong. CHAP. IV. 17 And say to Archippus, Take heed MASTERS, give unto your servants to the ministry which thou hast re that which is just and equal;]ceived in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. knowing that ye also have a Master 18 The salutation by the hand of me in heaven. Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in¦be with you. Amen. the same with thanksgiving; 3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of Written from Rome to the Colon. sians, by Tychicus and Onesimus 3 X 205 the Apostle, to ¶ The First Epistle of PAUL, the THESSALONIANS. PAU CHAP. I. 5 For neither at any time used we AUL, and Silvanus, and Timothe-flattering words, as ye know, nor a us, unto the church of the Thes-cloak of covetousness; God is witness. salonians which is in God the Father, 6 Nor of men sought we glory, nei- and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace ther of you, nor yet of others, when be unto you,and peace, from God our we might have been burdensome, Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. the apostles of Christ. 2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; A3 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her chil- dren: 3 Remembering without ceasing 8 So, being affectionately desirous of your work of faith, and labour of love, you, we were willing to have impart and patience of hope in our Lord ed unto you, not the gospel of God Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and only, but also our own souls, because our Father; ye were dear unto us. 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail : for labouring 5 For our gospel came not unto you night and day, because we would not in word only, but also in power, and be chargeable unto any of you, we in the Holy Ghost, and in much assur- preached unto you the gospel of God ance as ye know what manner of 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, men we were among you for your sake. how holily, and justly, and unblume- 6 And ye became followers of us,ably, we behaved ourselves among and of the Lord, having received the you that believe : word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged, every one of you, (as a father doth his children,) 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. & For from you sounded out the word of the Lord,not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your 13 For this cause also thank we God, faith to God-ward is spread abroad; without ceasing, because, when ye re- so that we need not to speak any thing.ceived the word of God which ye 9 For they themselves show of us|heard of us, ye received it not as the what manner of entering in we had word of men, but (as it is in truth) unto you, and how ye turned to God the word of God, which effectually from idols, to serve the living and worketh also in you that believe. true God, 14 For ye, brethren, became follow- 10 And to wait for his Son from hea-ers of the churches of God which in ven, whom he raised from the dead, Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also even Jesus, which delivered us from have suffered like things of your own the wrath to come. countrymen, even as they have of the Jews; FOR CHAP. II. OR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have per- secuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men ; 2 But even after that we had suffered before and were shamefully entreated, 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gen- as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold tiles, that they might be saved, to fill in our God to speak unto you the gos-up their sins always: for the wrath is pel of God with much contention. 3 For our exhortation was not of de- ceit,nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. come upon them to the uttermost. 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. 18 Wherefore we would have come 206 Tender solicitudes. CHAP. III, IV. anto you (even 1 Paul) once and again; but Satan hindered us. 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 20 For ye are our glory and joy. CHAP. III. HEREFORE, when we could How to please God. CHAP. IV. FURTHERMORE then, we bet seech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound inore and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. ever your sanctification, that ye should ab stain from fornication: good to be left at Athens alone; 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow labourer in the gospel of Christ, to es- tablish you, and to comfort you con-tion and honour; cerning your faith; 3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass and ye know, 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctica 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know nof God: 6 That no man go beyond and de fraud his brother in any matter; be cause that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forwarned you and testified. 5 For this cause, when I could no 7 For God hath not called us unto longer forbear, I sent to know your uncleanness, but unto holiness. faith, lest by some means the tempter 8 He therefore that despiseth, despis have tempted you, and our labour beeth not man, but God, who hath also in vain. given unto us his Holy Spirit. 6 But now, when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see yon: 9 But as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia · 7 Therefore, brethren, we were com-but we beseech you, brethren, that ye forted over you, in all our affliction increase more and more; and distress by your faith : 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and & For now we live, if ye stand fast to do your own business, and to work in the Lord. with your own hands,as we command- 9 For what thanks can we render to fed you; God again for you, for all the joy 12 That ye may walk honestly to- wherewith we joy for your sakes be-ward them that are without, and that fore our God; 10 Night and day praying exceed- ingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? 11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward an- other, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: ye may have lack of nothing. 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, even so them als which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent thei 13 To the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before which are asleep. God, even our Father, at the coming 16 For the Lord himself shall descena of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his from heaven with a shout, with the saints. Iyoice of the archangel, and with the 207 + Day of the Lord. I. THESSALONIANS. trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; 17 Then we which are alive and re- main shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Christian maxims. 12 And we beseech you, brethren,te know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and ad monish you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. 18 Wherefore, comfort one another 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, with these words. B CHAP. V. UT of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety,then sudden destruction cometh | upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in dark-| ness,that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. S Therefore let us not sleep, as do | others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunken, arc drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love; and for a helimet the hope of salvation: 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live to- gether with him. 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves to- gether, and edify one another, even as also ye do. warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 15 So that none render evil for evil unto any men; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves. and to all men. 16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you, 19 Quench not the Spirit. 20 Despise not prophesyings. 21 Prove all things: bold fast that which is good. 22 Abstain form all appearance of levil. 23 And the very God of peace sancti fy you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 25 Brethren, pray for us. 26 Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. 27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy breth- ren. 28 The grace of our Lord JesusChrist. be with you. Amen. T The first epistle unto the Thessalo nians was written from Athens. T The Second Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the THESSALONIANS. PAUL CHAP. I. |ingly, and the charity of every one of and Silvanus, and Timo-you all toward each other aboundetig theus, unto the church of the 4 So that we ourselves glory in you Thessalonians in God our Father, and in the churches of God, for your pa the Lord Jesus Christ: tience and faith in all your persecu tions and tribulations that ye endure; 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye 3 We are bound to thank God always may be countedworthy of the kingdom for you, brethren, as it is inect, be-jof God, for which ye also suffer: cause that your faith groweth exceed 6 Seeing.it is a righteous thing with 2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 208 Grand Apostacy. CHAP. II, I. God's electing love. God to recompense tribulation to them destroy with the brightness a his that trouble you; [coming: 9 Even him, whose coining is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, I 7. And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 10 And with all "deceivableness of 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on u arighteousness in them that perish; them that know not God, and thatfoecause they received not the love of obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus the truth, that they might be saved. Christ: II And for this cause God shall send 9 Who shall be punished with ever-them strong delusion, that they should lasting destruction from the presence believe a lie; power; of the Lord, and from the glory of his 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth but had 10 When he shall come to be glori-pleasure m unrighteousness. fied in his saints, and to be admired 13 But we are bound to give thanks in all them that believe (because our always to God for you, brethren bc- testimony among you was believed) in ioved of the Lord, because God hath that day. from the begining chosen you to sal- vation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth: 11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all 14 Whereunto be called you by our the good pleasure of his goodness,and the work of faith with power; 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. CHAP. II. TOW we beseech you, brethren, Now woning of our Lord Jesus by Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye havé been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ him- sell, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us ever- lasting consolation, and good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and estab ish you in every good word and work CHAP. III. F 3 Let no man deceive you by any INALLY, brethren, pray for us, means: for that day shall not come, that the word of the Lord may except there come a falling away have free course, and be glorified, first, and that man of sin be revealed, even as it is with you; the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth him- self above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. 4 And we have confidence in the 5 Remember ye not, that, when I Lord touching you, that ye both do was yet with you, I told you these land will do the things which we com- things? mard you, 6. And now ye know what withhold-| 5 And the Lord direct your heart. eth that he might be revealed in his into the love of God, and into the time. patient waiting for Christ. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth| 6 Now we command you, brethren, already work: only he who now let-in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, tethwill let, until he be taken out of that ye withdraw yourselves from: the way: every brother that walketh disorderly 8 And then shall that Wicked be re-fand not after the traditions which he vealed, whom the Lord shall consume received of us. with the spirit of his mouth, and shall 7 For yourselves know how ye ought 14 209 End of the Gospel. I. TIMOTHY. to follow us: for we behaved not our selves disorderly among you; The faithful saying. Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with well-doing. Jabour and travail night and day, that 14 And if any man obey not ove we might not be chargeable to any word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that of you: 9 Not because we have not power, he may be ashamed. but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if uny would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busy bodies. 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means, The Lord be with you all 17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write. is The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 12 Now them that are such we com-¶ The second epistle to the Thessalo mand and exhort by our Lord Jesus! nians was written from Athens. T The First Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to TIMOTHY. PAUL, CHAP. I. defile themselves with mankind, for AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ men-stealers, for liars, for perjured oy the commandment of God our persons, and if there be any other Saviour, and Lord JesusChrist,which thingthat iscontrary to sound doctrine 11 According to the glorious gospe. of the blessed God, which was com mitted to my trust. is our hope; 2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the fuith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father, aud Jesus Christ our Lord. 3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedo- nia, that thou mightest charge soine that they teach no other doctrine, 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and injurious; but obtained mercy, because I did it igno- rantly in unbelief. 4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying 14 And the grace of our Lord was which is in faith; so do. exceeding abundant with faith and 5 Now, the end of the commandment love which is in Christ Jesus. is charity, out of a pure heart, and of 15 This is a faithful saying, and a good conscience, and of faith un-worthy of all acceptation, that Christ feigned; Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 6 From which some having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling;| 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ understanding neither what they say, might show forth all long-suffering, nor whereof they affirm. for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life ever- lasting. 8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 9 Knowing this, that the law is not 17 Now, unto the King eternal, im- made for a righteous man, but for the mortal, invisible, the only wise God, Jawless and disobedient, for the un-be honour and glory for ever and ever. godly and for sinuers, for unholy and Amen. profane, for murderers of fathers and 18 This charge I commit unto thee, murderers of mothers, for man-slayers, son Timothy, according to the proph 10 For whoremongers, for them that ccies which went before on thee, that 210 Christian worship. CHAP. 11, 111, IV. Church officers thou by them nightest war a good 2 A bishop then must be blameless, warfare; the husband of one wife, vigilant, 19 Holding faith and a good con-Isober, of good behaviour, given to science; which some having put hospitality, apt to teach ; away, concerning faith have made 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not shipwreck: greedy of thy lucre; but patient, 20 Of whom isHymeneus and Alexan-not a brawler, not covetous; der; whom I have delivered untoSatan,¦ 4 One that ruleth well his that they may learn not to blaspheme. house, having his children in subjec tion with all gravity; CHAP. II. Own EXHORT therefore, that, first of 5 (For if a man know not how to 1 all, supplications, prayers, inter-rule his own house, how shall be take cessions, and giving of thanks, be care of the church of God?) made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one me- diator between God and men, the inan Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 6 Not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemna- tion of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must have a good re- port of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given: to much wine, not greedy of Bilthy lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 Aud let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a dea- 7 Whereunto I am ordained a preach-con, being found blameless. er, and an apostle, (1 speak the truth 11 Even 50 must their wires be m Christ, and lie net,) a teacher of grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful the Gentiles in faith and verity. in all things. 8 I will therefore that men pray 12 Let the deacons be the husbands every where, lifting up holy hands, of one wife, ruling their children and without wrath and doubting. their own houses well. 9 In like manner aso, that women 13 For they that have used the office adorn themselves in modest apparel, of a deacon well, purchase to them- with shamefacedness and sobriety; selves a good degree, and great bold- not with broidered hair, or gold, or ness in the faith which is in Christ pearls, or costly array; Jesus. 10 But(which becometh women pro- fessing godliness) with good works. 11 Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding, she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they con tinue in faith, and charity, and holi ness, with sobriety. THI CHAP. III. 14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 15 But if I tarry long, that thou may- est know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pil- lar and ground of the truth. 16. And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. CHAP. IV. NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly; in the latter times some depart from the faith, giving heed to THIS is a truc saying, If a man de- seducing spirits, and doctrines of eire the office of a bishop, be de-devils; sireth a good work. 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having 211 Ministerial Zutier. I. TIMOTHY Poor of the Churen. their conscience seared with a hot piety at home, and to requite their iron; parents: for that is good and accept- 3 Forbidding to marry, and com-able before God. manding to abstain from meats, 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, which God hath created to be recand desolate, trusteth in God, and ed with thanksgiving of them w. continueth in supplications and pray- believe and know the truth. ers night and day. 4 For every creature of God is good, 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is and nothing to be refused, if it be re-dead while she liveth. ceived with thanksgiving: 7 And these things give in charge, 5 For it is sanctified by the word of that they may be blameless. God and prayer. 8 But if any provide not for his own, 6 If thou put the brethren in remem-and especially for those of his own orance of these things, thou shalt be a house, he hath denied the faith, and is good minister of Jesus Christ, nour-worse than an infidel. ished up in the words of faith and of 9 Let not a widow be taken into the good doctrine, whereunto thou hast number under threescore years old, attained. having been the wife of one man, 7 But refuse profane and old wives' 10 Well reported of for good works; fables, and exercise thyself rather un-if she have brought up children, if she to godliness. have lodged strangers, if she have 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little; washed the saints' feet, if she have re- but godliness is profitable unto all lieved the afflicted, if she have dili- things, having promise of the life that gently followed every good work. now is, and of that which is to come. 11 But the younger widows refuse 9 This is a faithful saying, and wor-for when they have begun to wax thy of all acceptation. wanton against Christ, they will marry; 10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that be- lieve. 11 These things command and teach. 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 12 Having damnation, because they bave cast off their first faith. 13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 14 1 will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guid: the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. 15 For some are already turned asid- after Satan. 16 If any man or woman that believ eth have widows, let them relieve 15 Meditate upon these things; give them, and let not the church be charg thyself wholly to them; that thy prof-ed; that it may relieve them that ar iting may appear to all, widows indeed. 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thy self, and them that hear thee. CHAP. V. 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, es pecially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith,Thou shal REBUKE not an elder, but entreat not muzzle the ox that treadth out him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show the corn. And, The labourer is wor thy of his reward. 19 Against an elder receive not ar accusation, but before two or three witnesses. 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. 21 I charge thee before God, and the 212 Impartiality. CHAI. 1. Somn charge. Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect an- drown men in destruction and per gels, that thou observe these things, dition. without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some coveted 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, 'after, they have erred from the faith, neither be partaker of other men's and pierced themselves through with sins keep thyself pure. 23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities. 24 Some men's sins are open before- hand, going before to judginent; and some men they follow after. 25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid. CHAP. VI. LET ET as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blas- phemed. 2 And they that have believing mas- ters, let them not despise them, be- cause they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and ex- hort. If any man teach otherwise, and Cousent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, many sorrows. 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after rigi.teousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meek- ness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and bast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pon- tius Pilatewitnessed a good confession. 14 That thou keep this command- ment without spot,unrebuk cable, until the appearing of our Lord JesusChrist. 15 Which in his times he shali show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16 Who only hath immortality,dwell- ing in the light which no man can ap proach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-rized, nor trust in uncertain riches, sut in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18 They that do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distrib ute, willing to communicate; 5 Perverse disputings of men of cor- 19 Laying up in store for themselves rupt minds, and destitute of the truth, 'a good foundation against the time to supposing that gain is godliness: from come, that they may lay hold on eter- such withdraw thyself. nal life. 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding pro- 7 For we brought nothing into this fane and vain babblings, and opposi- world, and it is certain we can carry¸tions of science falsely so called: nothing out. 21 Which some professing, have er- 3 And having food and raiment, let 'red concerning the faith. Grace be us be therewith content. with thee. Amen. 10 But they that will be rich fall into T The first to Timothy was written temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which from Laodicea, which is the chief- est city of Phrygia Pacatiana. ¶ The Second Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to PAUL, CHAP. I. TIMOTHY an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to [the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved 213 Christian courage IL TIMOTHY. and fortitude. sou: Grace, mercy, and peace, from freshied me, and was not ashamed of God the Father, and Christ Jesus our my chaiu: Lord. 3 1 thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remem- brance of thee in my prayers night and day; 4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 5 When I call to remembrance the 17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. 18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day; and in how many things he min- istered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. CHAP. II. HOU therefore,my son, be strong unfeigned faith that is in thee, which in the grace that is in Christ Je dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. sus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard 6 Wherefore I put thee in remem- of me among many witnesses, the brance that thou stir up the gift of same commit thou to faithful men, God, which is in thee by the putting who shall be able to teach others also. on of my hands. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath cho- sen him to be a soldier. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, aud of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel, according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to nur works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world vegan; 10 But is now made manifest by the kppearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hathi brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: 11 hereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teach- er of the Gentiles. 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have com- mitted unto him against that day. 13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 5 And if a man also strive for maste ries, yet is be not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 6 The husbandınan that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. 7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. 8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David, was raised from the dead, according to my gospel: 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil-doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 13 If we believe not, yet be abideth faithful; he cannot deny himself. 14 Of these things put them in re- 14 That good thing which was com-membrance, charging them before the mitted unto thee keep by the Holy Lord that they strive not about words Ghost which dwelleth in us. to no profit, but to the subverting of 15 This thou knowest, that all they the bearers. which are in Asia be turned away 15 Study to show thyself approved from me; of whom are Phygellus unto God, a workman that needeth und Hermogenes. not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of nesiphorus: for he oft re 16 But shun profane end vain bal- 214 How to treat opposers. CHAP. III. Use of the scripturee. blings; for they will increase unto silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts; inore ungodliness. 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus, and Pbiletus; 18 Who concerning the truth have erred, eaying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. S Now as Jaines and Jambres with. stood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, repro bate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest untc all men, as theirs also was. 10 But thou hast fully known my doc trine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, charity, patience. 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endur- ed; but out of them all the Lord de livered me. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but fol-being deceived. low righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord but of a pure heart. 23 But foolish and unlearned ques tions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient; 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thos hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou bast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus 16 All scripture is given by inspira- 25 In meekness instructing those that tion of God, and is profitable for doc- oppose themselves; if God peradven-trine, for reproof, for correction, for ture will give them repentence to the instruction in righteousness; acknowledging of the truth; 17 That the man of God may be 26 And that they may recover them-perfect, thoroughly furnished unto al selves out of the snare of the devil, good works. who are taken captive by him at hist will. CHAP. III. HIS know also, that in the last Tdas beeix also, that in the las 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, I CHAP. IV. CHARGE thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in sea- son, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they 3 Without natural affection, truce- will not endure sound doctrine; but breakers, false accusers, incontinent, after their own lusts shall they heap fierce, despisers of those that are good, to themselves teachers, having itching 4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovears; ers of pleasures more than lovers of 4 And they shall turn away their ears God; from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 6 Having & form of godliness, but denging the power thereof: from such turn away. 5 But watch thou in all things, en- dure aflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive ministry. 215 Immortal hopes. TITUS - Of ordination. 6 For I am now ready to be offered, 16 At my first answer no man stond and the time of my departure is at with me, but all men forsook me: I band. pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. 7I have fought a good fight, I have anished my course, I have kept the faith: 17 Notwithstanding, the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give nie at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his 18 And the Lord shall deliver me appearing. from every evil work, and will pre- | 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly serve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. unto me: 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, hav-Amen. ing loved this present world, and is 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens household of Onesiphorus. to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Tro- 11 Ouly Luke is with me. Take phimus, have I left at Miletum sick. Mark, and bring him with thee: for 21 Do thy diligence to come before he is profitable to me for the ministry. winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and 12 And Tychicus have I sent to Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and Ephesus. all the brethren. 13 The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but espe- cially the parchments. 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; the Lord reward him according to his works: 15 of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. 1 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. T The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was writ ten from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time. The Epistle of PAUL, to TITUS. CHAP. I. PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; 3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me, according to the commandment of God our Saviour; 4 To Titus, mine own son after the common faith; Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to w´e, no striker, not given to filthy lucle; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, tem- perate; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision; 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for Althy lucre's sake. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain 12 One of themselves, even a proph- elders in every city, as I had appoint-Jet of their own, said, The Cretians are ed thee: always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 6 If any be blameless, the husband 13 This witness is true: wherefore 216 Christian morals. CHAP. II, III. Christian truth. Let rebuke them sharply, that they may] 15 These things speak, and exbort be sound in the faith; and rebuke with all authority no man despise thee. 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of mer, that turn from the truth. 15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and un- believing is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient,and unto every good work reprobate. CHAP. II. UT speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: BUT 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holi- ness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their hus- bands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at bone, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded. CHAP. III. PUT them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good werk, 2 To speak evil of no man, tɔ be nɔ brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men. 3 For we ourselves also were some- times foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, liv ing in malice and envy, "hateful, and hating one another. 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man ap peared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That, being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constant ly, that they which have believed in 7 In all things showing thyself a pat- God might be careful to maintain good tern of good works: in doctrine show-works. These things are good and ing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, profitable unto men. 8 Sound speech, that cannot be con- 9 But avoid foolish questions, and demned; that he that is of the contra- genealogies, and contentions, and striv ry part may be ashamed, having nofings about the law; for they are un evil thing to say of you. profitable and vain. 9 Exhortservants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; 10 Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 10 A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject; 11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being con- demued of himself. 12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis; for I have de- termined there to winter. 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation bath appeared to all men, 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apol 12 Teaching us, that, denying ungodlos on their journey diligently, that liness and worldly lusts, we should nothing be wanting unto them. live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world ; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from ali iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 14 And let ours also learn to main- tain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. 15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith Grace be with you all. Amen. ¶ It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cre tiane, from Nicopolis of Macedonia. 217 The Epistle of PAUL, to PHILEMON. PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, with me, that in thy stead he might રી and Timothy our brother, unto have ministered unto me in the bonds Philemon our dearly beloved, and fel- of the gospel: low-labourer, 2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house: 3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 14 But without thy mind wouki I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldėst re- ceive him for ever; 16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especial- 5 Hearing of thy love and faith, ly to me, but how much more unto which thou hast toward the Lord Je-thee, both in the flesh, and in the sus, and toward all saints; Lord ? 6 That the communication of thy 17 If thou count me therefore a part- faith may become effectual by the ac-uer, receive him as myself. knowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. 7 For we have great joy and conso- lation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, Jesus Christ. 18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee aught, put that on mine account; 19 I Paul bare written it with mine own hand, I will repay it; albeit. I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. 9 Yet, for love's sake, I rather be 21 Having confidence in thy obedi- seech thee, being such a one as Paulence I wrote unto thee, knowing that the aged, and now also a prisoner of thou wilt also do more than I say. 22 But withal prepare me also a 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesi-lodging: for I trust that through your inus, whom I have begotten in my prayers I shall be given unto you. bonds: 23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus ; 24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lu cas, my fellow-labourers. II Which in time past was to thee profitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13 Whom I would have retained 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Ainen, Written from Rome to Plulemon, by Onesimus a servant. T The Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the HEBREWS. CHAP. I. Jon the right hand of the Majesty on who at sundry times, and in G divers manners, spake in time Being made so much better than past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his son, whom he hath appoint- ed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds ; the angels, as he bath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said The at any time, Thou art my Son, this 3 Who, being the brightness of his day have 1 begotten thee? And again, giory, and the express image of his I will be to hin a Father, and be chall person, and upholding all things by be to me a Son? The word of his power, when he had 6 And again, when he bringeth in by himself purged our sins, sat down [the first begotten into the world, he 213 Glory of Messiah. CHAP. II, IIL Design of His death. saith, And let all the angels of God 8 Thou hast put all things in subjec worship him. tion under his feet. For in that he 7 And of the angels he saith, Who put all in subjection under bin, he left maketh his angels spirits, and his nothing that is not put under him. ministers a flame of fire. But now we see not yet all things put 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy[under him: throne, O God, is for ever and ever; 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a sceptre of righteousness is the scep-a little lower than the angels for the tre of thy kingdom. suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that be by the grace of God should taste death for every man. 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, 10 And, Thon, Lord, in the begin-in bringing many sous unto glory, to ning hast laid the foundation of the make the Captain of their salvation earth; and the heavens are the works perfect through sufferings. of thy hands: 9 Thou hast loved righteousness,and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 11 They shall perish, but thou re- mainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment: 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the church will I sing praises unto thee. 13 And again, I will put my trust io 13 But to which of the angels said him. And again, Behold, I and the he at any time, Sit on my right hand, children which God hath given me. until I make thine enemies thy foot- 14 Forasmuch then as the children stool? are partakers of flesh and blood, be 14 Are they not all ministering spir-jalso himself likewise took part of the ta, sent forth to minister for them same; that through death he might who shall be heirs of salvation ? destroy him that hath the power of death, that is, the devil; CHAP. II. \HEREFORE we ought to give things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just re- compence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that beard him; 15 And deliver them who through subject to bondage. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faith- ful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people: 18 For in that he himself hath suf 4 God also bearing them witness, fered, being tempted, he is able to suc both with signs and wonders, and cour them that are tempted. with divers miracles, and gifts of the CHAP. III. Holy Ghost, according to his own will? WHEREFORE, holy brethren, 6 For unto the angels hath he not partakers of the heavenly call- put in subjection the world to come, ing, consider the Apostle and High whereof we speak. Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; 6 But one in a certain place testified, 2 Who was faithful to him that ap- saying, What is man, that thou art pointed him, as also Moses was faith- mindful of him? or the son of man, ful in all his house. 3 For this man was counted worthy that thou visitest him? 7 Thou madest him a little lower of more glory than Moses, inasmuch than the angels: thou crownedst him as he who hath builded the house hath with glory and honour, and didst set more honour than the house, bu over the works of thy hands: 4. For every house is builded by some 219 Hear God to-day. HEBREWS. Heavenly rest man; but he that built all things is enter into rest, as he said, As I have God. sworn in my wrath, if they shall en- 6 And Moses verily was faithful inter into my rest: although the works all his house, as a servant, for a testi- were finished from the foundation of mony of those things which were to the world. be spoken after; 4 For he spake in a certain place of 6 But Christ as a Son over his own the seventh day on this wise, And house; whose house are we, if we God did rest the seventh day from all hold fast the confidence and the re-his works. joicing of the hope firm unto the end. 7 Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, To-day, if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness; 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their beart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. 5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because ol' unbelief: 7 (Again, he limited a certain day, saying in David, To-day, after so long a time; as it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterwards have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God, 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be 10 For he that is entered into his in any of you an evil heart of unbe-rest, he also hath ceased from his lief, in departing from the living God. Jown works, as God did from kis.) 13 But exhort one another daily, 11 Let us labour therefore to enter while it is called To-day; lest any of into that rest, lest any man fall after you be hardened through the deceit- the same example of unbelief. fulness of sin. 12 For the word of God is quick, and 14 For we are made partakers of powerful, and sharper than any two- Christ, if we hold the beginning of edged sword, piercing even to the di- our confidence stedfast unto the end;viding asunder of soul and spirit, and 15 While it is said, To-day if ye will of the joints and marrow, and is a dis- hear his voice, harden not your hearts, cerner of the thoughts and intents of as in the provocation. the heart. 16 For some, when they had heard,| did provoke; howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? 19 So we see that they could not ter in because of unbelief. CHAP. IV. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do 14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the en-feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. LET us therefore fear, lest, & prom. ise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may ob- tain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. CHAP. V. OR every high priest, taken from among men, is ordained for men 2 For unto us was the gospel preach- ed, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them in things pertaining to God, that he that heard it. may offer both gifts and sacrifices fo 3 For we which have believed dolsins: 220 Priesthood of Christ. CHAP VI. Danger of the superficial. were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that ne himself also is compassed with infirmity. 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to 3 And by reason hereof he ought as for the people, so also for himself, to come, oller for sins. 6 If they shall fall away, to renew 4 And no man taketh this honour un-them again unto repentance; seeing to himself, but he that is called of they crucify to themselves the Son of God, as was Aaron. God afresh, and put him to an open 6 So also Christ glorified not himself shame. to be made a high priest; but he that 7 For the earth, which drinketh in said unto him, Thou art my Son, to-the rain that cometh oft upon it, aud day have I begotten thee. bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, recciveth blessing from God : 6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. 8 But that which beareth thorns and 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when briers is rejected, and is nigh unto he had offered up prayers and suppli- cursing; whose end is to be burned. cations, with strong crying and tears, 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded unto him that was able to save him better things of you, and things that from death, and was heard in that he accompany salvation, though we thus feared: speak. 8 Though he were a Son, yet learn-10 For God is not unrighteous,to for- ed he obedience by the things which get your work and labour of love, he suffered; which ye have showed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; 10 Called of God a high priest, after the order of Melchisedec. 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness; for he is a babe. 11 And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but fol lowers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself. 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently en dured, be obtained the promise. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them 16 For men verily swear by the great- that are of full age, even those who by er: and an oath for confirmation is to reason of use have their senses exer-them an end of ail strife. cised to discern both good and evil. 17 Wherein God, willing more abun ! CHAP. VI. dantly to show unto the heirs of prom- į THEREFORE, leaving the princiise the immutability of his counsel, ples of the doctrine of Christ, let[confirmed it by an oath ; us go on unto perfection; not lay-18 That by two immutable things, in ing again the foundation of repentance which it was impossible for God to from dead works, and of faith toward lie, we might have a strong consolà God, tion, who have fled for refuge to lay 2 of the doctrine 91 baptisms, and of hold upon the hope set before us: laying on of hands, and of resurrec- 19 Which hope we have as an anchor tion of the dead, and of eternal judg-of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within' the ment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 4. For it is unpossible for those who veil ; 20 Whither the forerunner is for us Whithe Br 221 Aleicnicedec, HEBREWS. a type of Christ. entered, even Jesus, made a high priest, 15 And it is yet far more evident: for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. for that after the similitude of Mel- chisedec there ariseth another priest, OR this Melchisedec, king of Sa- 16 Who is made not after the law of CHAP. VII. who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being, by inter- pretation, King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; 3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither be ginning of days, nor end of life; but, made like unto the Son of God, abideth a priest continually. power of an endless life. 17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchise dec. 18 For there is verily a disannuling of the commandment going before, for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. 20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest : 4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch 21 (For those priests were made Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. without an oath; but this with an 5 And verily they that are of the sons oath by him that said unto him, The of Levi, who receive the office of the Lord sware, and will not repent,Thou priesthood, have a commandnient to art a priest for ever after the order of take tithes of the people, according to Melchisedec :) the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: 22 By so much was Jesus made u surety of a better testament. 23 And they truly were many priests, 6 But be, whose descent is not count-because they were not suffered to cou ed from them, received tithes of Abra-tinue by reason of death; ham, and blessed him that had the 24 But this mun, because he contin promises. ueth ever, hath an unchangeable 7 And without all contradiction the priesthood. less is blessed of the better. 8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 9 And, as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. 25 Wherefore he is able also to eave them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. 26 For such a high priest became us, cho is lioly, harmless, undefiled, sep. arate from sinners, aud made higher than the heavens; 10 For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedec met him. 27 Who needeth not daily, as those 11 If therefore perfection were by the high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first Levitical priesthood, (for under it the for his own sins, and then for the peo- people received the law,) what fur-ple's: for this he did once, when he ther need was there that another priest offered up himself. should rise after the order of Melchis- 28 For the law maketh men high edec, and not be called after the order priests which have infirmity; but the of Aaron ? word of the oath, which was since 12 For the priesthood being changed the law, maketh thie Son, who is con there is made of necessity a change secrated for evermore. also of the law. 13 For he of whom these things are CHAP. VIII. spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of NW of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have which no man gave attendance at the such a high priest, who is set on the altar. right hand of the throne of the Ma 14 For it is evident that our Lordjesty in the heavens ; sprang out of Judah; of which tribe] 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of Moses spake nothing concerning the true tabernacle, which the Lond priesthood pitched, and not mân. 292 CHAP. IX, New covenant. First covenant, For every high priest is ordained and the table, and the show-breaɑ. to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore which is called the Sanctuary. it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to oller. 4 For if he were on earth he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to ile law; 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See (saith he) that thou make all thingsaccording to the pattern showed to thee in the mount. 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also tie is the mediator of a better cove nant, which was established upon bet- ter promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place ùave been sought for the second. 8 For, finding fault with them, be saith, Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new cove nant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; be- cause they continued not in my cove nant, and Iregarded them not, saith the Lord. 16 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, After those days, saith the Lord, 1 will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 1 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man bis brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 3 And after the second veil, the tal- ernacle which is called the Holiest of all ; 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein 10as the golden pot that had mauna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 6 And over it the cherubime of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. 6 Now, when these things were thus ordained, the priest went always inte the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God: 7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, and with- fout blood, which he offered for him- self, and for the errors of the people: 8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of i was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing 9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washing, and car- nal ordinances, imposed on them un- til the time of reformation. 11 But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he en- tered in once into the holy place, bav ing obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprink- ling the unclean, sanctifieth to the 12 For 1 will be merciful to their un-purifying of the flesh; righteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant| he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. CHAP. IX. 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot te God, purge your conscience from dear works to serve the living God? 15 And for this cause he is the medi- ator of the new testament, that by HEN verily the first covenant had means of death, for the redemption of and a worldly sanctuary. first testament, they which are called For there was a tabernacle made; might receive the promise of eternal the first, wherein was the candlestick, inlieritance. 223 Christ the only HEBREWS. true Mediator, 16 For where a testament is, there 3 But in those sacrifices there is a re must also of necessity be the death of membrance again made of sins every the testator 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first testa- ment was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover, he sprinkled likewise with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with bet- ter sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into the boly places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us : 25 Nor yet that he should offer him- self often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 26 (For then must he often have auffered since the foundation of the world;) but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared, to put away sin by the sacritice of himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judg- ment; 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many: and unto them that look for him shall he appear the sec- ond time, without sin, unto salvation. CHAP. X. year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of gouts should take [away sins. 5 Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifices and of fering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt-olierings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure: 7 Then said I, Lo, 1 come (in the jvolume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above, when he said, Sacrifice and oflering, and burnt-offerings, and offering for sin, thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; (which are offered by the law;) 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sancti- fied, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering, and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice forsins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God; 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he hath per fected for ever them that are sanctified; 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them, After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 17 And their sins and iniquitics wil! I remember no more. 18 Now, where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. 19 Having therefore, brethren, boid- NOR the law having a sbadow of¦ness to enter into the holiest by the good things to come, and not the blood of Jesus, FOR very image of the things, can never 20 By a new and living way, which with those sacrifices, which they of he hath consecrated for us through the fered year by year continually, make jveil, that is to say, bis flesh; the comers thereunto perfect: 2 For then would they not have ceas- ed to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had nɔ more conscience of si is 21 And having a nigh priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, hav ing our hearts sprinkled from wi evi 224 Dunger of unbelief. CHAP XL. Parth explained. Conscience, and our bodies washed, but if any man draw back, iny sou with pure water. shall have no pleasure in him. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another, to provoke unto love, and to do good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and en much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. CHAP. XI. hoped for, the evidence of things TOWfaith is the substance of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God; so that things which are seen. were not made of things which do appear. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a 27 But a certain fearful looking for more excellent sacrifice than Cain,by of judgment and fiery indignation, which he obtained witness that he which shall devour the adversaries. was righteous, God testifying of his 28 He that despised Moses' law died gifts; and by it he, being dead, yet without mercy under two or three speaketh. witnesses; 5 By faith Enoch was translated that 29 Of how much sorer punisament, he should not see death; and was hot suppose ye,shall he be thought worthy found, because God bad translated him. who bath trodden under foot the Son for before his translation he had this of God, and hath counted the blood of testimony, that he pleased God. the covenant, wherewith he was sanc- 6 But without faith it is impossible tified, an unholy thing, and hath done to please him: for he that cometh to despite unto the Spirit of grace? God must believe that he is, and that 30 For we know him that hath said, he is a rewarder of them that diligent- Vengeance belongeth unto me, I willly seek him. recompense, saith the Lord. And 7 By Canh Noah, being warned of again, The Lord shall judge his people. God of things not seen as yet, moved 31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the with fear, prepared an ark to the hands of the living God. saving of his house; by the which he 2 But call to remembrance the for- condemned the world, and became mer days, in which, after ye were heir of the righteousness which is by illuminated, ye endured a great fight faith. of aflictions; 8 By faith Abraham, when he was 33 Partly, while ye were made a called to go out into a place which he gazing-stock both by reproaches and should after receive for an inheritance, àflictions; and partly, whilst ye be-Jobeyed; and he went out, not know- came companions of them that were ing whither he went. 60 used. 34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoil ing of your goods, knowing in your selves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. 9 By faith he sojourned in the laud of promise, as in a stange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which 35 Cast not away therefore your con-bath foundations, whose builder and fidence, which hath great recompence of reward. 36 For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry 39 Now the just shall live by faith: maker is God. 11 Through faith also Sara berself received strength to conceive seed,and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him. faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, 15 225 Faith exemplified, HEBREWS and urgco. and as the sand which is by the sea-jhe that destroyed the first-born should sbore innumerable. touch them. 13 These all died in faith, not having 29 By faith they passed through the received the promises,but having seen Red sea as by dry land; which the them afar off, and were persuaded of Egyptians assaying to do were drown- them,and embraced them,and confesa-led." ed that they were strangers and pil 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell grims on the earth. down, after they were compasseu 14 For they that say such things de-about seven days. clare plainly that they seek a country. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perish. 15 And truly, if they had been mind-fed not with them that believed not. ful of that country from whence they when she had received the spies with came out, they might have had oppor-peace. tunity to have returned: 32 And what shall I more say? for 16 But now they desire a better coun- the time would fail me to tell of Ge try, that is, a heavenly: wherefore deon, and of Barak, and of Samson, God is not ashamed to be called their and of Jephthae; of David also, and God; for he hath prepared for them Samuel, and of the prophets: a city. 33 Who through faith subdued king 17 By faith Abraham, when he was doms, wrought righteousness, obtaii- tried, offered up Isaac: and he that ed promises, stopped the mouths of had received the promises offered up lions, his only-begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That Isaac shall thy seed be called : in 19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying,blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his stall: 34 Quenched the violence of fire,es- caped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to light the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead rais ed to life again: and others were tor tured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36 And others bad trial of crue! mockings and scourgings, yea, more- lover of bonds and imprisonment: 37 They were stoned,they were sawn 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, asunder, were tempted, were elain made mention of the departing of the with the sword: they wandered about children of Israel; and gave com-in sheep-skins and goat-skins; being mandment concerning his bones. destitute, afflicted, tormented; 23 By faith Moses, when he was 38 (Of whom the world was not born, was hid three months of his pa-worthy:) they wandered in deserts, rents, because they saw he was aand in mountains, and in dens and proper chill; and they were not afraid caves of the earth. of the king's commandment. 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater richies than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. 39 And these all, having obtained at good report through faith, received not the promise; WE 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. CHAP. XII. A/HEREFORE,seeingwealsoare compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who, for the joy 28 Through faith he kept the pass-that was set before him, endured the over, and the sprinkling of blood, lest cross, despising the shame, and is set 27 By faith be forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisi- ble. 226 Patience enforced CHAP. XII. and encouraged. Jown at the right hand of the throne burned with fire, nor unto blackness, of God. and darkness, and tempest, 3 For consider him that endured such 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and contradiction of sinners against him- the voice of words; which voice they self, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any + Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, more: striving against sin. 20 (For they could not endure that And if so 5 And ye have forgotten the exhor- which was commanded. tation which speaketh unto you as much as a beast touch the mountain. unto children, My son, despise not it shall be stoned, or thrust through thou the chastening of the Lord, nor with a dart: faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God deal eth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth net? 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an in- numerable company of angels, 23 To the general assembly and But if ye be without chastisement, church of the firet-born, which are hereof all are partakers, then are ye written in heaven, and to God the bastards, and not sons. Judge of all, and to the spirits of just 9 Furthermore, we have had father's men made perfect, of our flesh which corrected us, and] 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the we gave them, reverence: shall we new covenant, and to the blood of not much rather be in subjection unto sprinkling, that speaketh better things the Father of spirits, and live ? than that of Abel. 10 For they verily for a few days 25 See that ye refuse not him that chastened us after their own pleasure; speaketh; for if they escaped not who but he for our profit, that we might be refused him that spake on earth, much partakers of his holiness. more shall not we escape, if we turn 11 Now, no chastening for the pres-away from him that speaketh from ent seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:|heaven; nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the 26 Whose voice then shook the earthy peaceable fruit of righteousness unto but now he hath promised, saying, Them which are exercised thereby. Yet once more I shake not the car!]i 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knces; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. 14 Follow peace with all men, and boliness, without which no man shall sce the Lord: 15 Looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled: 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. only, but also heaven. 27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 23 Wherefore, we receiving a king- dom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire. CHAP. XIII. LET brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertai strangers: for thereby some bave en- tertained angels unawares. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected; for he 3 Remember them that are in bonds, found no place of repentance, though as bound with thein; and them which he sought it carefully with tears. suffer adversity as being yourselves also in the body. 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and 227 Christian precepts, JAMES. and prayi:8. die bed undefiled; but whoremongers that is, the fruit of our lips, giving and adulterers God will judge. thanks to his name. 5 Let your conversation be without 16 But to do good, and to communi covetousness; and be content with cate, forget not; for with such sacri such things as ye have: for he hath ffices God is well pleased. said, I will never leave thee, nor for- sake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me, 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God; whose faith fol- low, considering the end of their con- versation; 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever. 17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account; that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. 18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things will- ing to live honestly. 19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. 9 Be not carried about with divers 20 Now the God of peace, that and strange doctrines: for it is a good brought again from the dead, our thing that the heart be established Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of with grace; not with meats, which the sheep, through the blood of the tave not profited them that have been everlasting covenant, occupied therein. 10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. II For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanc- tuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, JA 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 22 And I beseech you, brethren, sut- fer the word of exhortation; for I have written a letter unto you in few words. 23 Know ye that our brother Tumo- thy is set at liberty; with whom, he come shortly, I will see you. 2-4 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. 25 Grace be with you all. Amen. T Written to the Hebrews, from Ita ly, by Timothy. ¶ The general Epistle of JAMES. CHAP. I. AMES, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and en- tire, wanting nothing. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering: for he that waverethi is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that ne shall receive any thing of the Lord. $ A double-minded inan is unstable in all his ways. 9 Let the brother of low degree re joice in that he is exalted ; 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass be shall pass away. SIC any of Усл lack wisdom, let him nsk of God, that giveth to all men 11 For the sun is no sooner rigen liberally, and upbraideth not; and with a burning heat, but it withereth it shall be given him. the grass, and the flower thereof ill- 223 On Temptation. CHAP. IL eth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisbeth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. Of partiality. CHAP. II. MY brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord 12 Blessed is the man that endureth of glory, with respect of persons. temptation: for when he is tried, he 2 For if there come unto your assem shall receive the crown of life, whichbly a man with a gold ring, in goodly the Lord hath promised to them that apparel, and there come in also a poor love him. man in vile rament ; 13 Let no man say, when he is 3 And ye bave respect to him that tempted, I am tempted of God: for weareth the gay clothing, and say unto God cannot be tempted with evil, nei-him, Sit thou here in a good place, Iber tempteth be any man; 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is froin above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom 13 no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4 Are ye not then partial in your selves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment-seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called ? 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 21 Wherefore, lay apart all filthi ness, and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with ineekness the in-point, he is guilty of all. grafted word, which is able to save your souls. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and zoeth his way, and straightway for gerteth what manner of màu lie was. 25 But whoso looketh into the per- fect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hear- er, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father, is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspot- ted from the world. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now, if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment with out mercy that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a inan may say, Thou hast futh, and I have works: show me thy 229 Of false faith. JAMES. faith without thy works, and I will Father; snow thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vaia man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father jus- tified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and be was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. CHAP. III. Abus of the tongue. erewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proccedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter ? 12 Can the fig-tree, my brethren. bear olive-berries ? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt wa ter and fresh. 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion, and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, Mbrethren, be not many masters, and without hypocrisy. knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. CHAP. IV. FROM whence come wars and fightings among you? come they 3 Behold, we put bits im the horses' not hence, even of your lusts that war mouths, that they may obey us; and in your members? we turn about their whole body. 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and 4 Behold also the ships, which desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye though they be so great, and are driven fight and war, yet ye have not, because of fierce winds, yet are they turned ye ask not. about with a very small helm, whith- crsoever the governor listeth. 5 Even so the tongue is a little mem ber, and boasteth great things. hold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume il upon your lusts. Be-4 Ye adulterers, and adulteresess, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of ❘ therefore will be a friend of the world iniquity: so is the tongue among our is the enemy of God. members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts and of Dirds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in ue lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Where- fore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will 9 Therewith bless we God, even the] draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands 230 Danger of riches. CHAP. V. Duties of the season. ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye 7 Be patient therefore, brethren,unto doul le-minded. the coming of the Lord. Behold, the 9 Le afflicted, and mourn, and weep: busbandman waiteth for the precious let your laughter be turned to mourn-fruit of the earth, and bath long pa ing, and your joy to heaviness. tience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, 9 Grudge not one against another, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth brethren, lest ye be condemned: be- the law: but if thou judge the law, hold, the Judge standeth before the thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgeth another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, To-day, or to-morrow, we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain; door. 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering af fliction, and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is 14 Whereas ye know not what shall very pitiful, and of tender mercy. be on the morrow: for what is your 12 But above all things, my brethren, life? It is even a vapour, that appear-swear not; neither by heaven, neither eth for a little time, and then vanish-by the earth, neither by any other eth away. oath: but let your yea be yea; and 15 For that ye ought to say, If the your nay, nay; lest ye fall into con- Lord will, we shall lire, and do this, demnation. or that. 13 1s any among you afflicted? let 16 But now ye rejoice in your boast-him pray. Is any merry? let him sing ings: ai such rejoicing is evil. psalms. 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it 18 sin. G CHAP. V. O to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shail eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers which have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent pray- er of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18-And he prayed again, and the hea- ven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 Let him know, that he which con- verteth the sinner from the error sĩ his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. 231 The First Epistle general of PETER. CHAP. L end, for the grace that is to be brought PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, unto you at the revelation of Jesus to the strangers scattered through- Christ: ut Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, 14 As obedient children, not fashiou Asia, and Bythinia, ing yourselves according to the former 2 Elect according to the foreknow- lusts in your ignorance: ledge of God the Father, through 15 But as he which hath called you sanctification of the Spirit, unto obe-is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of dience and sprinkling of the blood of conversation; Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of 17 And if ye call on the Father, who our Lord Jesus Christ,which, accord- without respect of persons judgethac- ing to his abundant mercy, hath be-cording to every man's work, pass the gotten us again unto a lively hope, by time of your sojourning here in fear: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye the dead, were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation, received by tradi tion from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though 20 Who verily was fore-ordained be- now for a season, (if need be) ye are fore the foundation of the world, buil in heaviness through manifold temp-was manifest in these last times for tations; 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise, and hon- our, and glory, at the appearing of Jesus Christ: you; 21 Who by him do believe in God that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit S Whom having not seen, ye love; in unto unfeigned love of the brethren, whom, though now ye see him not, see that ye love one another with a yet believing, ye rejoice with joy un-pure heart fervently: speakable, and full of glory : 23 Being born again, not of corrupt 9 Receiving the end of your faith, ible seed, but of incorruptible, by the even the salvation of your souls. word of God, which liveth and 10 of which salvation the prophets abideth for ever. have inquired and searched diligently, 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all who prophesied of the grace that the glory of man as the flower of should come unto you; grass. The grass withereth. and the 11 Searching what, or what mannerjÏlower thereof falleth away: of time, the Spirit of Christ which 25 But the word of the Lord endur was in them did signify, when it testi- eth for ever. And this is the word fied beforehand thesufferings of Christ, which by the gospel is preached unto and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that, you. CHAP. II. ´HEREFORE, laying aside all not unto themselves, but unto us, they malice, and all guile, and by not did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have pocrisies, and envies, and all evil- preached the gospel unto you, with speakings, the Holy Ghost sent down from hea- 2 As new-born babes, desire the sin ven; which things the angels desire cere milk of the word, that ye may to look into. grow thereby ; 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious: 232 Christ precious. CHAP. III. Christ our pattern. 4 To whom coming, as unto a living| 19 For this is thank-worthy, if a man stone, disallowed indeed of men, but for conscience toward God endure chosen of God, and precious. grief suffering wrongfully. 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, accept- able to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the huilders disallowed, the same is made the bead of the corner, 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it pa- tiently, this is acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto were ye call- ed; because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, re- viled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed him- 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a self to him that judgeth righteously. rock of offence, even to them which 24 Who his own self bare our sins stumble at the word, being disobedi- in his own body on the tree, that we, ent: whereunto also they were ap-being dead to sins, should live unto pointed. righteousness: by whose stripes ye 9 But ye are a chosen generation, were healed. a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a 25For ye were as sheep going astray; peculiar people; that ye should show but are now returned unto the Shep forth the praises of him who hath call-herd and Bishop of your souls. ed you out of darkness into his mar- veilous light 10 Which in time past were not a people,but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy 11 Dearly beloved, 1'beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles; that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may, by your good works which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. CHAP. III, JKEWISE ye wives be in sub- that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear : 3 Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden mau of the heart,in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of 13 Submit yourselves to every ordi-God of great price. nance of man for the Lord's sake: 6 For after this manner in the oid whether it be to the king, as supreme; time the holy women also, who trusted 14 Or unto governors, as unto them in God, adorned themselves, being in that are sent by him for the punish-subjection unto their own husbands; ment of evil-doers, and for the praise 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, of them that do well. calling him lord: whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well-doing he may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: unto the 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with 16 As free, and not using your lib-them according to knowledge, giving erty for a cloak of maliciousness, but honour unto the wife, as as the servants of God. weaker vessel, and as being heirs to- 17 Honour all men. Love the broth-gether of the grace of life; that you› erhood, Fear God. Honour the king, prayers be nothindered. 18 Servants, be subject to your mas- 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, hav ters with all fear; not only to the gooding compassion one of another, lovs ad gentle, but also to the froward. as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous ¿ 233 Motives to meekness L PETER. and self-denial. 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or rail-yourselves likewise with the same ing for railing: but contrariwise, blcs- mind: for he that hath suffered in the sing; knowing that ye are thereunto flesh hath ceased from sin; called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 2 That he no longer should live the 10 For he that will love life, and see rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts good days, let him refrain his tongue of men, but to the will of God. from evil, and his lips that they speak 3 For the time past of our life may no guile: suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in las- civiousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abomina- ble idolātries: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? 14 But and if ye suffer for righteous- ness' sake, happy are ye; and be not afraid of their terror, neither be trou- bled; 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear: 16 Having a good conscience, that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation .n Christ. 17 For it is better, if the will of God De so, that ye suffer for well-doing, Jian for evil-doing. 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same ex- cess of riot, speaking evil of you; 5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 6 For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the Spirit. 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 8 And, above all things, have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 9 Use hospitality one to another · without grudging. 10 As every man bath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the man ifold grace of God. 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God: if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be praise and domin 20 Which sometime were disobedi-ion for ever and ever. Ameu. ent, when once the long-suffering of 12 Beloved, think it not strange con- God waited in the days of Noah, cerning the fiery trial which is to try while the ark was a preparing, where-you, as though some strange thing in few, that is, eight souls, were saved happened unto you: by water. 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are 21 The like figure whereunto even partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, baptism doth also now save us, not when his glory shall be revealed, ye the putting away of the filth of the may be glad also with exceeding joy flesli, but the answer of a good con- 14 If ye be reproached for the name science toward God,) by the resurrec- of Christ, happy are ye; forthe Spir tion of Jesus Christ: it of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels, and authorities, and powers, being made subject unto him. CHAP. IV. 15 But let none of you suller as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil- doer, or as a busy-body in other men's bath|matters. FORASMUCH then as Christ, am 18 yet if any man suffer as a Chris 234 Pastoral duties. CHAP. I. Christian diligence. tian, let him not be ashamed; but let clothed with humility; for God resist- him glorify God on this behalf. eth the proud, and giveth grace to thie 17 For the time is come that judg- humble. ment must begin at the house of God: 6 Humble yourselves therefore under and if it first begin at us, what shall the mighty haud of God, that he may exalt you in due time ; the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear ? 7 Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring liun walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 19 Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator. knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that THE CHAP. V. HE elders which are among you I are in the world. exhort, who ani also an elder, 10 But the God of all grace, who and a witness of the sufferings of bath called us unto his eternal glory Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed : 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight there of, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's neritage, but being ensamples to the flock: 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit your- selves unto the elder; yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you: 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Ainen. 12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother Junto you, (as I suppose,) I have writ. ten briefly, exhorung, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. 13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteti you; and so doth Marcus my son. 14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that 'are in Christ Jesus. Amen. ¶ The Second Epistle general of PETER. CHAP. I. gence, add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; IMON PETER, a servant and an 6 And to knowledge, temperance; Sapostle of Jesus Christ, to them, and to temperance, patience, and to that have obtained like precious faith patience, godliness; with us, through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 7 And to godliness, brotherly kind- ness; and to brotherly kindness, char- ity. 8 For if these things be in you, and Jabound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and bath forgotten that he was purged from his 4Whereby are given unto us exceed-old sins. ing great and precious promises; that 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren. ny these ye might be partakers of the give diligence to make your calling divine nature, having escaped the cor-and election sure; for if ye do these raption that is in the world through things, ye shall never fall: 11 For so an entrance shall be minis 5 And besides this giving all dli-ltered unto you abundantly into the luat. 235 IL PETER. Christian certainty. Apostate teacher. everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and that sinned, but cast them down te Saviour Jesus Christ. hell, and delivered them into chains 12 Wherefore I will not be negligent of darkness, to be reserved unto judg to put you always in remembrance of ment; these things, though ye know them, 5 And spared not the old world, but and be established in the present truth. saved Noah, the eighth person, a 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I preacher of righteousness, bringing am in this tabernacle, to stir you up, in the flood upon the world of the by putting you in remembrance: ungodly; 14 Knowing that shortly 1 must put 6 And turning the cities of Sodoin off this my tabernacle, even as our and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me. them with an overthrow, making 15 Moreover, I will endeavour that them an ensample unto those that al ye may be able after my decease to ter should live ungodly ; have these things always in remem- brance. 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked. 16 For we have not followed cun- S (For that righteous man dwelling ningly-devised fables, when we made among them, in seeing and hearing, known unto you the power and com- vexed his righteous soul from day to ing of our Lord Jesus Christ, but day with their unlawful deeds :) were eye-witnesses of his majesty. 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver 17 For he received from God the Fathe godly out of temptations, and to ther honour and glory, when there reserve the unjust unto the day of came such a voice to him from the ex- judgment to be punished; cellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with nim in the holy mount. 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptu- ous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 19 We have also a more sure word 11 Whereas angels, which are greate of prophecy; whereunto ye do well in power and might, bring not ruling that ye take heed, as unto a light that accusation against them before the shineth in a dark place, until the day| Lord. dawn, and the day-star arise in your 12 But these, as natural brute beasts, hearts; made to be taken and destroyed,speak 20 Knowing this first, that no proph-evil of the things that they understand ecy of the scripture is of any private not, and shall utterly perish in their interpretation. own corruption; 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. BUT CHAP. II. 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting them selves with their own deceivings while they feast with you: UT there were false prophets also 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and among the people, even as there that cannot cease from sin; beguiling shall be false teachers among you, unstable souls: a heart they have ex- who privily shall bring in damnable ercised with covetous practices, curs- heresies, even denying the Lord that fed children : bought them, and bring upon them- 15 Which have forsaken the right selves swift destruction. way, and are gone astray, following 2 And many shall follow their per-the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, nicious ways; by reason of whom the who loved the wages of unrighteous- way of truth shall be evil spoken of │ness, 3 And through covetousness shall 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity; they with feigned words make mer the dumb ass, speaking with man's chandise of you: whose judgment voice, forbade the madness of the now of a long time lingereth not, and prophet. their damnation slumbereth not. 17 These are wells without water. 1 For if God spared not the angelsfclouds that are carried with a tempest, 230 ·↓ Scofers foretold. CHAP. III. The day of judgment. to whom the mist of darkness is re are kept in store, reserved unto fire served forever. against the day of judgment and per- 18 For when they speak great swell-dition of ungodly men. ing words of vanity, they allure 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of through the lusts of the flesh, through this one thing, that one day is with much wantonness, those that were the Lord as a thousand years, and a clean escaped from thein who live in thousand years as one day. error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is be brought in boudage. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning bis promise, as some men count slack- ness; but is long-suffering to us- ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come 20 For if, after they have escaped the as a thief in the night; in the which pollutions of the world, through the the heavens shall pass away with a kuowledge of the Lord and Saviour great noise, and the elements shall Jesus Christ, they are again entangled melt with fervent beat, the earth also, therein, and overcome, the latter end and the works that are therein, shall is worse with them than the begin-be burned up. ning. 11 Seeing then that all these things 21 For it had been better for them shall be dissolved, what manner of not to have known the way of right-[persons ought ye to be in all holy con eousness, than, after they have knownversation and godliness; it, to turn from the holy command-12 Looking for and hasting unto the nent delivered unto them. coming of the day of God, wherein the 22 But it is happened unto them ac-heavens being on fire shall be dissolv. cording to the true proverb, The dogled, and the clements shall melt with turned to his own vomit again; and fervent heat? the sow that was washed to her wal- owing in the mire. CHAP. III. THIS second epistle,beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance; 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth right- eousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless: 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by 15 And account that the long suffer the holy prophets, and of the coming of our Lord is salvation; even as mandment of us the apostles of the our beloved brother Paul also, accord- Lord and Saviour. ing to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you; 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last day's scoffers, walk- ing after their own lusts, 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are And saying, Where is the promise some things hard to be understood, of his coming? for since the fathers which they that are unlearned and fell asleep, all things continue as they unstable wrest, as they do also the were from the beginning of the cre-other scriptures, unto their own.de- ation. struction. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye of, that by the word of God the hea-know these things before, beware lest vens were of old, and the earth stand-ye also, being led away with the error ing out of the water and in the water: of the wicked, fall from your own 6 Whereby the world that then was, stedfastness: being overflowed with water, per 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour earth Jesus Christ. To him be glory Lothi word now and for ever. Amen. ished: 7 But the heavens and the which are now, by the same • 3Z 237 The First Epistle general of JOHN. CHAP. I. HAT which was from the begin-Jought himself also so to walk, even ning, which we have heard, as be walked. 6 He that saith he abideth in him, TH which we have seen with our eyes, 7 Brethren, I write no new com- which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the word of life; mandment unto you, but an old com- mandment which ye had from the be- ghuing. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and chow unto you that eternal life which 8 Again, a new commandinent I was with the Father, and was mani-write unto you, which thing is true in fested unto us ;) him and in you; because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth bis brother, is in darkness even until now. 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with bis son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all ein. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sina, be is faith- ful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is uot in us. M CHAP. 11. 10 He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is none occa- sion of stumbling in him: 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness bath blinded his eyes. 12 I write unto you, little children because yoursins are forgiven you lor his name's sake. 131 write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 14 1 have written unto you, fathers, because ye bave known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. Y little children, these things 15 Love not the world, neither the write I unto you, that ye sin not. things that are in the world. If any And if any man sin, we have an ad-man love the world, the love of the vocate with the Father, Jesus Christ Father is not in him. the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 3 And hereby we do know that we 17 And the world passeth away, and know him, if we keep his command-the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. ments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not bis commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in nim verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 18 Little children, it is the last time. and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but they 238 Antichristian teachers. CHAP. III. The test of our love. were not of us; for if they had been 5. And ye know that he was mant of us, they would no doubt have con-fested to take away our eins; and in tinued with us: but they went out, him is no sin. that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 6 Whosoever abideth in huu sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not secu him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness in righteous, even as he is righteous. 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21 I have not written unto you be cause ye know not the truth, but be- cause ye know it, and that no he is of 8 He that committeth sin is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is anti- christ, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.] devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Sou of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for bis seed remaia- eth in him; and be cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are 24 Let that therefore abide in you manifest, and the children of the dev- which ye have heard from the begin-il: whosoever doeth not righteousness ning. If that which ye have heard is not of God, neither he that loveth from the beginning shall remain in not his brother. you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he bath promised us, even eterual life. 26 These things have 1 written unto you concerning them that seduce you. 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you; and ye need not that any inan teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you cf all things, and is truth, and is no je, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doetli righteousness is born of hin CHAP. III. 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and bie brother's righteous. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. is 15 Whosoever hateth his brother, a murderer, and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in bim. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our BEHOLD what manner of love the lives for the brethren. Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God! therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 17 But whoso bath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, ard slutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 13 My little children, let us not lowe in word, neither in tongue; but n. deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure ou hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemn us, Go、 4 Whosoever committeth sin trans-is greater than our heart, and knowet p gresseth also the law; for sm is the all things. transgression of the law 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us 239 Trial of spirits. 1. JOHN Love our clement. not, then have we confidence toward in him, and he in us, because he hath God. given us of his Spirit. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we re- ceive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 14. And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shali confess that Je- 23 And this is his commandment, įsus is the Son of God, God dwelethin That we should believe on the name him, and he in God, of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one 16 And we have known and believed another, as he gave us commandment. the love that God hath to us. God is 24 Aud be that keepeth his com-love; and he that dwelleth in love, mandments, dwelleth in him, and he dwelleth in God, and God in him. in him. And hereby we know that 17 Hereu is our love made perfect, he abideth in us, by the Spirit which that we may have boldness in the day he hath given us. of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this workl. CHAP. IV. BELOVED, believe not every spir- it, but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God; Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God. And this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in world. 18 There is no fear in love; but per- feet love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is uot made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us. 20 1a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21. And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. CHAP. V. The work are of the world; therefore WHOEVER believeth that Je speak they of the world, and the jand every one that loveth him that world heareth thein. [begat, loveth him also that is begotter. of him. 6 We are of God: be that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God, heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is boru of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through bun, 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect- ed in us. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by wa- ter only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth wit- ness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear re- cord in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one. 13 Hereby know we that we dwell] 8 And there are three that bear wit- 240 Christian co cainties. II. JOHN. Vatue of Christian truth. Dess in earth, the spirit, and the water, whatsoever we ask, we know that we and the blood: and these three agree have the petitions that we desired of him. in one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10 He that believeth on the Son of God, bath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God, hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son, hath life; and he that bath not the Son of God, bath not life. 16 If any man see his brother ein a sin which is not unto death, he sball ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. 'There is a ein unto death: I do not say that be shall pray for it. 17 All unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not unto death. 18 We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not: but he that is be gotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an under- standing, that we may know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, aud eternal lite. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may be lieve on the name of the Son of God. 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. 21 Little children, keep yourselves 15 And if we know that he bear us, from idols. Amen. ¶ The Second Epistle of JOHN. HE elder unto the elect lady and into the world, who confess not that truth and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; 2 For the truth's sake, which dwell- eth in us, and shall be with us forever: 3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 4 I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though 1 wrote a new command- ment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we belie wrought, but that we receive a ful reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth,and abid- eth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doc- trine of Christ, he hath both the Fa- ther and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For be that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds. 12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink; but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy 6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should may be full. walk in it. 13 The children of thy elect sister 7 For many deceivers are entered greet thee. Amen. 16 241 ¶ The Thira Epistle of JOHN. HE elder unto the well-beloved trephes, who loveth to have the pre- Gaius, whom I love in the truth. eminence among them, receiveth ug 2 Beloved, I wish above all things uot. that thou mayest prosper and be in 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will re- health, even as thy soul prospereth. member his deeds which he doeth, 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the prating against us with malicious brethren came and testified of the words: and not content therewith, truth that is in thee, even as thou neither doth he himself receive the walkest in the truth. brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully what- soever thou docst to the brethren, and to strangers; 6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church; whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: 7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God; but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. 13 1 had many things to write, but 1 will not with pen and ink write untu thee: 8 We therefore ought to receive 14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, such, that we might be fellow-helpers and we shall speak face to face. Peace to the truth. be to thee. Our friends salute thee 9 I wrote unto the church; but Dio-Greet the friends by name. JUD ¶ The general Epistle of JUDE. UDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sauctified by God the Father, and Freserved in Jesus Christ, and called: 2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. 8 Likewise also these filthy dream- ers delile the flesh, despise dominic, and speak evil of dignities. lasting chains, under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day, 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrab, and the cities about them, in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set 3 Eeloved, when I gave all diligence forth for an example, suffering the to write unto you, of the common sal-vengeance of eternal fire. vation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you, that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when saints. contending with the devil, (he dis- 4 For there are certain men crept in puted about the body of Moses,) durst unawares, who were before of old or-not bring against bun a railing accu- dained to this condemnation, ungodly sation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. men, turning the grace of our God into 10 But these speak evil of those lasciviousness, and denying the only things which they know not: bul Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. what they know naturally, as brute ɓ I will therefore put you in remem-beasts, in those things they corrupt brance, though ye once knew this, themselves. how that the Lord, having saved the 11 Woe unto them! for they have people out of the land of Egypt, afgone in the way of Cain, and ran terwards destroyed them that believ greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsay- ed not. 6 And the angels which kept noting of Core. their first estate, but left their own 12 These are spots in your feasts of habitation, he hath reserved in ever-Jcharity, when they feast with you The day of juagment. CHAP. I. Christian preparatum. feeding themselves without fear words which were spoken before of clouds they are without water,carried the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; about of winds; trees whose fruit 18 How that they told you there withereth, without fruit, twice dead, should be mockers in the last time, plucked up by the roots; who should walk after their o'vn un 13 Raging waves of the sea,foaming godly lusts. out their own shame; wandering 19 These be they who separate them- stars, to whom is reserved the black-selves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 20 But ye, beloved, building up your ness of darkness for ever. 14 And Enoch also,the seventh from selves on your most holy faith, pray- Adam, prophesied of these, saying, ing in the Holy Ghost, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten 21 Keep yourselves in the love of thousand of his saints, God, looking for the mercy of our 15 To execute judginent upon all, Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. and to convince all that are ungodly 22 And of some have compassion, among them of all their ungodly making a difference: deeds which they have ungodly com- 23 And others save with fear, pull- mitted, and of all their hard speeches ing them out of the fire; hating even which ungodly sinners have spoken the garment spotted by the flesh. against him. 24 Now unto him that is able to 16 These are murmurers, complain-keep you from falling, and to present ers, walking after their own lusts; you faultless before the presence of and their mouth speaketh great swell-his glory with exceeding joy, ing words, having men's persons in 26 To the only wise God our Saviour, admiration because of advantage. be glory and majesty, dominion and 17 But, beloved, remember ye the power, both now and ever. Amen. ¶ The REVELATION of St. JOHN the Divine. TH CHAP. L HE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are writ- ten therein: for the time is at hand. JOHN 7 Behold, he cometh with clonda; and every eye aball see hun, and they also which pierced him; and all kin dreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the begin ning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and whichi is to come, the Almighty. 91 John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. OHN to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's and peace, from him which is, and day, and heard behind me a great which was, and which is to come;[voice, as of a trumpet, and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness, and the First-begot ten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us,and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6. And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and domixion for ever and ever. konen. 11 Saying, I an Alpha and Omegn, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyr na, and unto Pergamos, and unito Thyatira, and unto Sardis, aud unto Philadeipbia, and unto Laodicea. 12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And, being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 13 And in the midst of the ecven 243 REVELATION. Fision of Christ among his churches. candlesticks one like unto the Son of 7 He that hath an ear, let nii neut man, clothed with a garment down to what the Spirit saith unto the church- the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. es; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which 14 His head and his hairs were white is in the midst of the paradise of God like wool, as white as snow; and his] 8 And unto the angel of the church eyes were ns a flame of fire; in Smyrna write; These things sait 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, the first and the last, which was dead, as if they burned in a furnace: and and is alive; his voice as the sound of many waters. 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, 16 And he had in his right haud and poverty, (but thou art rich,) and seven stars; and out of his mouth I know the blasphemy of them which went a sharp two-edged sword; and say they are Jews, and are not, but his countenance was as the sun shin-are the synagogue of Satan. eth in his strength. 10 Fear none of those things which 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil feet as dead. And he laid his right shall cast some of you into prison,that hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear ye may be tried; and ye shall have not; I am the first and the last: tribulation ten days: be thou faithful 18 I am he that liveth, and was unto death, and I will give thee a dead; and, behold, I am alive for crown of life. evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the church- es; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 12 And to the angel of the church in 20 The mystery of the seven stars, Pergamos write; These things saith which thou sawest in my right hand, he which hath the sharp sword with and the seven golden candlesticks. two edges; The seven stars are the angels of the 13 1 know thy works, and where seven churches; and the seven can-thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat rilesticks which thou sawest are the is and thou holdest fast my name, seven churches. and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my CHAP. II. UNTO the angel of the church of faithful martyr, who was slain among Ephesus write; These things you, where Satan dwelleth. saith be that holdeth the seven stars. 14 But I have a few things against in his right hand who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy la bour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and last found them liars: thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which pa-thing I hate. 3 And hast borne, and hast tience, and for my name's sake hast laboured and hast not fainted. 4 Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the church- 5 Remember therefore from whence es; To him that overcometh will 1 thou art fallen, and repent, and do the give to eat of the hidden manna, and first works; or else I will come unto will give him a white stone, and in thee quickly, and will remove thy the stone a new name written, which candlestick out of his place, except no man knoweth saving he that re thou repent. ceiveth it. 6 But this thou hast, that thou batest] 18 And unto the angel of the church the deeds of the Nicolaitunes, whichlin Thyatira write; These things saith ▲ also hate. the Son of God, who bath his eyes like 244 Voice of the sparit CHAP. III. to the churches. unto a flame of fire, and his teet are not watch, I will come on thee as a tike fine brass ; 19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy pa- tience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with 20 Notwithstandnig, I have a few me in white: for they are worthy. things against thee, because thou suf 6 He that overcometh, the same shall ferest that woman Jezebel, which be clothed in white raiment; and I calleth herself a prophetess, to teach will not blot out his name out of the and to seduce my servants to commit book of life, but I will confess his fornication, and to eat things sacrific-name before my Father, and before ed unto idols. his angels. 21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which ecarcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. 6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that open- eth, and no mau shutteth; and shut teth, and no man openeth; 8 Í know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and 24 But into you I say, and unto the hast not denied my name. rest in Thyaura, As many as have not 9 Behold, I will make them of the this doctrine, and which have not synagogue of Satan, which say they Inown the depths of Satan, as they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; be. speak; I will put upon you none oth-hold, I will make thein to come and or burdeu; worship before thy feet, and to know 25 But that which ye have already, that I have loved thee. bold fast ull I come. 10 Because thou hast kept the word 26 And he that overcometh, and of my patience, I also will keep thee keepeth my works unto the end, to from the hour of temptation, which him will I give power over the na-shall come upon all the world, to try tions: them that dwell upon the earth. 27 And he shall rule them with a 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter that fas', which thou hast, that no mau shall they be broken to shivers; even take thy crown. as I received of my Father. 12 Him that overcometh will I make 23. And I will give him the morning a pillar in the temple oʻzy God, and star. The shall go no more out, and I will 29 He that bath an ear, let him hear write upon him the name of my God, what the Spirit saith unto the church- and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which com- eth down out of heaven from my God; es. CHAP. III. AND unto the angel of the church and I will write upon him my new Sardis These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; 1 know thy works, at thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. name. 13 He that hath sn var, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write : These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God ; 15 I know thy works, that thou art 3 Remember therefore how thou|neither cold nor hot: I would thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, wert cold or hot. and repent. If therefore thou shalt] 16 So then, because thou at luke- 245 Tierone of God. Volume of prophecy and the second Last like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a mar. and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. REVELATION warm, and neither cold nor hot, will spue thee out of my mouth : 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. 18 1 counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy,holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory, and honour, and thanks, to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and 10 The four and twenty elders fall chasten: be zealous therefore, and re-down before him that sat on the throne, (ent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock: If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. and worship him that liveth for eve: and ever, and cast their crowns be- fore the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to re- ceive glory, and honour, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thypleasure they are and were created. CHAP. V. 21 To him that overcometh will grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the church-sealed with seven seals. AND I saw in the right hand of eg. CHAP. IV him that sat on the throne a book written without and on the back side 2 And I saw a strong angel pro claiming with a loud voice, Who is AFTER this I looked, and, behold, worthy to open the book, and to loose a door was opened in heaven: the seals thereof? and the first voice which I heard was 3 And no man in heaven, nor in as it were of a trumpet talking with earth, neither under the earth, was me; which said, Come up hither, and able to open the book, neither to look I will show thee things which must be hereafter. thereon. 4 And 1 wept much, because no mai, was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. 2 And immediately I was in the Spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon Jike a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4 And round about the throne tuere 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst four and twenty seats: and upon the of the throne and of the four beasts, seats I saw four and twenty elders sit- and in the midst of the elders, stood ting, clothed in white raiment; and a Lamb as it had been slain, having they had on their beads crowns of gold. seven horns and seven eyes, which are 5 And out of the throne proceeded the seven Spirits of God sent forth lightnings, and thunderings,and voices: into all the earth. and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were ſour beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. S And when be had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lami, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 246 The Mediator adored CHAP. VI, VII. Opening of the scalz 9 And they sung a new song, saying, of barley for a peiny: and see thor Thou art worthy to take the book,and hurt not the oil and the wine. to open the seals thereof; for thou 7 And when he had opened the wast slain, and hast redeemed us to fourth seal, I heard the voice of the God by thy blood out of every kin-fourth beast say, Come and see. dred, and tongue, and people, and 8 And I looked, and behold a pale nation ; horse: and his name that sat on him 10 And hast made us unto our God was Death, and hell followed with kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. hin: and power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 11 And 1 beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts,and the elders: and the number of them was ten thou- 9 And when he bad opened the inh sand times ten thousand, and thou-seal, I saw under the altar the souls of sands of thousands; them that were slain for the word of 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy God, and for the testimony which they is the Lamb that was slain to receive held: power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, 11 And white robes were given unto and all that are in them, heard I say every one of them; and it was said ing, Blessing, and honour, and glory, unto them, that they should rest yet and power, be unto him that sitteth for a little season, until their fellow- upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, servants also, and their brethren, that for ever and ever. should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever, CHAP. VI. 12 And I beheld when be had opened the sixth seal, and, Jo, there was a great earthquake: and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the AND I saw when the lamb opened moon became as blood; one of the seals; and I beard, as 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto it were the noise of thunder, one of the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth the four beasts saying, Come and see. ber untimely figs, when she is shaken 2 And I saw, and behold a white of a mighty wind: horse: and he that sat on him had 14 And the heaven departed as a a bow; and a crown was given unto scroll when it is rolled together; and un: and he went forth conquering, every mountain and island were mov ed out of their places; and to conquer. 3 And when he had opened the sec- on seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty 4 And there went out another horse inen, and every bond-man, and every that was red; and power was given free-man, hid themselves in the dens, to him that sat thereon to take peace and in the rocks of the mountains: from the earth, and that they should 16 And said to the mountains and kill one another; and there was given rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from unto him a great sword. the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I bebeld, and, lo, a 17 For the great day of his wrath is black horse; and be that sat on him come; and who shall be able to stand? had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst CHAP. VIL of the four beasts say. A measure of AND after these things I saw four wheat for a penny, and three measures] angels standing on the four cor 247 Heaven unveiled. REVELATION, The seven trumpets. ners of the earth, holding the fourjare arrayed in white robes ? and winds of the earth, that the wind whence came they? should not blow on the earth, nor on 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tri- bulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sit teth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, nei ther thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were scaled a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the chil- 17 For the Lamb, which is in the dren of Israel. midst of the throne, shall feed then 5 of the tribe of Juda were scaled and shall lead then unto living foun- twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reu-tains of waters; and God shall wipe ben were sealed twelve thousand. Of laway all tears from their eyes. the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve] CHAP. VII. thousand. AND when he had opened the sev 6 of the tribe of Aser were sealed enth seal, there was silence in twelve thousand. Of the tribe of heaven about the space of half an Nephthalm were sealed twelve thou-hour. sand. Of the tribe of Manasses were 2. And I saw the seven angels which sealed twelve thousand. stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 7. Of the tribe of Simeou were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were scaled twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much mcense, that he should offer it with 8. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed the prayers of all saints upon the twelve thousand, Of the tribe of Jo-goklen altar which was before the seph were sealed twelve thousand. Offthrone. the tribe of Benjamin were sealed 4 And the smoke of the incense, twelve thousand. which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended´up before God out of the angel's band. 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast is into the earth and there were voices, and thunderings, and light- ninge, and an earthquake. 9 After this 1 bebeld, and, Jo, a great multitude, which no man could num- ber, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, say 6 And the seven angels, which had ing, Salvation to our God which sitteth the seven trumpets, prepared them- upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.jselves to sound. 11 And all the angels stood round 7 The first angel sounded, and there about the throne, and about the el-followed hail and fire mingled with ders and the four beasts, and fell before blood, and they were cast upon the the throne on their faces, and wor-earth; and the third part of trees was shipped God, burnt up, and all green grass was 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and burnt up. glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, 8 And the second angel sounded, and and honour, and power, and might, as it were a great mountain burning be unto our God for ever and ever. with fire was cast into the sea; and Amen. the third part of the sea became b1000: 13. And one of the elders answered, 9 And the third part of the creatures ayug unto me, What are these which] which were in the sea, and had life 248 The fifth trempel CHAP. IX. The sixth trumpet. died; and the third part of the ships] 8 And they had bair as the hair of were destroyed. women, and their teeth was an lás 10 And the third angel sounded, and teeth of lions. there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. 9 And they bad breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of the wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. JO And they had tails like unto scor- pious; and there were sungs in their tails: and their power was to hurt meu five months. 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottoniless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. 12 One woe is past: and, behold; there come two woes more hereafter. 13 And I beheld, and heard an angel 13 And the sixth angel sounded, aud flying through the midst of heaven, I heard a voice from the four horns of enying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, the golden altar which is before God, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth, by 14 Saying to the sixth angel which reason of the other voices of the trum-had the trumpet, Loose the four an- pet of the three angels, which are yet gels which are bound in the great riv · to sound! er Euphrates. CHAP. IX. 1 ND the fifth angel sounded, and A saw a star fall from bearen unto the earth; and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. a 16 And the number of the army of 2 And he opened the pottomless pit; the horsemen were two hundred thon And there arose a smoke out of the sand thousand; and 1 heard the num- pit, as the smoke of a great furnace;ber of them. and the sun and the air were darken- 17 And thus I saw the horses in the ed by reason of the smoke of the pit. vision, and them that sat on them, 3 And there came out of the smoke having breastplates of fire, and of ja locusts upon the earth; and unto them cinth and brimstone: and the heads was given power as the scorpions of of the horses were as the heads of the earth have power. lions; and out of their mouths issued 4 And it was commanded them that fire, and smoke, and brimstone. they should not hurt the grass of the 18 By these three was the third part earth, neither any green thing, neither of men killed, by the fire, and by the any tree; but only those men which smoke, and by the brimstone, which have not the seal of God in their fore-issued out of their mouths. beads. 5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it: and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were E the faces of men. 19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. 20 And the rest of the men, which were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and the idols of gold and silver, and brass and stone, and of wood; which neither can see, nor bear, nor walk: 21 Neither repented they of their inurders, nor of their sorceries, nor their fornication, nor of their thefts. 249 The seven thunders. AND CHAP. X. REVELATION. ND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was "pon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: The two witnesses. (temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out and measure it not ; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 2 And he had in his hand a little 3 And 1 will give power unto my book open: and he set his right foot two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three- [score days, clothed in sackcloth. upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from hea- ven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders ut- tered, and write them not. 4 These are the two olive-trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies; and it any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their 5 And the angel which I saw stand prophesy; and have power over wa- upon the sea and upon the earth, lift-ters to turn them to blood, and to ed up his hand to heaven, smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, 7 And when they shall have finished and the things that therein are, and their testimony, the beast that ascen- the earth and the things that therein deth out of the bottomless pit shall are, and the sea, and the things which make war against them, and shall are therein, that there should be time overcome them, and kill them. no longer: 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be nished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. 8 And their dead bodies shall lic m the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was cruciled. 9 And they of the people, and kind. reds, and tongues, and nations, shall 8 And the voice which 1 heard from see their dead bodies three days and heavenspake unto me again, and said; Ja half, and shall not suffer their dead Go, and take the little book which is bodies to be put in graves. open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel's band, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey; and as soon as I bad eaten it my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. CHAP. XI. 10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two proph ets tormented them that dwelt or earth. 11 And after three days and a half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. 12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to hea- ven in a cloud; and their enemies be- held them. 13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake and the tenth part AND there was given me a reed of the city fell, and in the earthquake like unto a rod: and the angel were slain of men seven thousand: stood, saying, Rise, and measure the land the remnant were affrighted, 250 The second series CHAP XII, XIIl. of prophetic symbols. and gave glory to the God of heaven. her there a thousand two hundred and 14 The second woe is past; and, be- threescore days. hold, the third woe cometh quickly. 7 And there was war in heaven: 15 And the seventh angel sounded; Michael and his angels fought against and there were great voices in hea- the dragon; and the dragon fought ven, saying, The kingdoms of this and his angels, world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he eball reign for ever and ever, 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, aud Satan which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, aud strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them, Woe to 19 And the temple of God was open- the inhabiters of the earth and of the ed in heaven, and there was seen in sea! for the devil is come down unto his temple the ark of his testament: you, having great wrath, because he and there were lightnings, and voices, knoweth that he hath but a short time. and thunderings, and an earthquake, 13 And when the dragon saw that and great hail. he was cast unto the earth, he perse- cuted the woman which brought forth the man-child. CHAP. XII. AND there appeared a great wonder 1. in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she, being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place; where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood, after the wo- 3 And there appeared another won-man, that he might cause her to be der in heaven; and behold a great red carried away of the flood. dragon, having seven heads and ten porns, and seven crowns upon his beads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth; and the dragon stood be- fore the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 And she brought forth a man-child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 16 And the earth helped the woman; and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. CHAP. XIII. AND I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and teu 6 And the woman fled into the wil-horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, derness, where she hath a place pre- and upon his heads the name of blas pured of God, that they should feed phemy. 251 The two beasts. REVELATION. The redeemea. 2 Aud the beast which I saw was should make an image to the beast like unto a leopard, and his feet were which had the wound by a sword, as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as and did live. the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, 3 And I saw one of his beads as it and cause that as many as would not were wounded to death; and his deadly worship the image of the beast should wound was healed: and all the world be killed. wondered after the beast. 16 And he causeth all, both small 4 And they worshipped the dragon and great, rich and poor, tree and which gave power unto the beast: bond, to receive a mark in their right and they worshipped the beast, saying, hand, or in their foreheads: Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him ? 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or tl:e name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies and power was given Let him that unto bim to continue forty and two bath understanding count the number months. of the beast, for it is the number of a 6 And he opened his mouth in blas-man; and his number is Six hundred phemy against God, to blaspheme his threescore and six. name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. CHAP. XIV. 7. And it was given unto him to make AND I looked and, lo e Larab war with the saints, and to overcome stood ou the mount Sion,and with them and power was given him bim a hundred forty and four thon- over all kindreds, and tongues, and sand, having his Father's name writ Autious. ten in their foreheads. · And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slui from the foundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear let him hear. 10 He that leadeth into captivity, shall go into captivity: he that killet with the sword, must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harpe : 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hun- dred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth 4 These are they which were not 11 Aud I beheld another beast com-[defiled with women; for they are ing up out out of the earth; and he had virgins. These are they which follow two horns like a lamb, and he spake the Lamb whithersoever be goeth. as a dragon. These were redeemed from ainorg the faith of the saints. 12 And be exerciseth all the power men, being the first-fruits unto God of the first beast before him, and and to the Lamb. causeth the earth, and them which 5 And, in their mouth was found no dwell therein, to worship the first guile for they are without fault be- beast, whose deadly wound was fore the throne of God. healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,. 6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlast- ing gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every na tion,, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 11 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear mirac.es which he had power to do in God, and give glory to him, for the the sight of the beast; saying to them hour of his judgment is come: and that dwell on the earth, that they worship him that made heaven, and 252 Fall of Babytom. of waters CHAP. XV, XVI. The song of triumph. carth, and the sea, and the fountains of the earth, and cast it into the great wine press of the wrath of God. 20 And the wine-press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the wine-prese, even unto the horse- bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. 8. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen that great city,because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his band. CHAP. XV. AND saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven an- gels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. 10 The same sball drink of the wine 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass of the wrath of God, which is poured mingled with fire; and them that had out without mixture into the cup of gotten the victory over the beast, and his indignation; and he shall be tor-over his image, and over his mark, and mented with fire and brimstone in the over the number of his name, stand on presence of the holy angels, and in the theseaof glass,baving the harps of God. presence of the Lamb: 3 And they sing the song of Moses 11 And the smoke of their torment the servant of God, and the song of ascendeth up for ever and ever: and the Lamb, saying, Great and marvel- they have no rest day or night, who lous are thy works, Lord God A¦- worship the beast and his image, and mighty; just and true are thy ways, whosoever receiveth the mark of his thou King of sainta name. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, 12 Here is the patience of the saints: and glorify thy name? for thou only here are they that keep the command-Jart holy; for all nations shall come ments of God, and the faith of Jesus. and worship before thee; for thy 13 And I heard a voice from heaven judgments are made manifest. saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. 14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on bis head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap: for the har- vest of the earth is ripe. 5 And after that I looked, and, be- hold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. 6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, whe liveth for ever and ever. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man Wag able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the fulfilled. earth was reaped. CHAP. XVI. 17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also ADI heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven having a sharp sickle. angels, Go your ways, and pour out 18 And another angel came out from the vials of the wrath of God upor the altar, which had power over fire; the earth. and cried with a loud cry to him that 2 And the first went, and pcured out had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust his vial upon the earth; and there fel! in thy sharp sickle, and gather the a noisome and grievous sore upon the clusters of the vine of the earth; for men which had the mark of the beast, her grapes are fully ripe. and upon them which worshipped his image. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine 3 And the second angel poured out 4 A 253 The seven vials. REVELATION Mystic Babylon. his vial upon the sea; and it became yea from the throne, saying, It is As the blood of a dead man: and done. 18 And there were voices, and thun- every living soul died in the sea. 4 And the third angel poured out his ders, and lightnings; and there was a vial upon the rivers and fountains of great earthquake, such as was not waters; and they became blood. since men were upon the earth, so 5 And I heard the angel of the wa-mighty an earthquake and so great. ters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,] 19 And the great city was divided which art, and wast, and shalt be, into three parts, and the cities of the because tliou bast judged thus: nations fell: and great Babylon came 6 For they have shed the blood of in remembrance before God, to give saints and prophets, and thou hast unto uer the cup of the wine of the given them blood to drink; for they fierceness of his wrath. are worthy. 20 And every island fled away, and 1 And I heard another out of the the mountains were not found. altar say, Even so,Lord God Almighty, 21 And there fell upon men a great true and righteous are thy judgments. hail out of heaven, every stone about 8 And the fourth angel poured out the weight of a talent: and men blas- bis vial upon the sun; and power was phemed God because of the plague of given unto him to scorch men with the hail; for the plague thereof was fire. exceeding great. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. CHAP. XVII. AND there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto nie, 10 And the fifth angel poured out his Come hither; I will show unto thee vial upon the seat of the beast; and his the judgment of the great whore that kingdom was full of darkness; and sitteth upon many waters; they gnawed their tongues for pain, 2 With whom the kings of the earth 11 And blasphemed the God of hea-have committed fornication, and the ven because of their pains and their inhabitants of the earth have been sores, and repented not of their made drunk with the wine of her for- deeds. nication. 12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphra tes; and the water thercof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a wo- man sit upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of nanies of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits 4 And the woman was arrayed in like frogs come out of the mouth of purple and scarlet colour, and decked the dragon, and out of the mouth of with gold and precious stones, and the beast, and out of the mouth of the pearls, having a golden cup in ber false prophet. hand full of abominations and filthi- 14 For they are the spirits of devils, ness of her fornication. working miracles, which go forth 5 And upon her forehead was a name BABYLON unto the kings of the earth and of the written, MYSTERY, whole world, to gather them to the THE GREAT, THE MOTHER battle of that great day of God Al-[OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINA- TIONS OF THE EARTH. mighty. 15¶ Behold, I come as a thief. Bless 6 And I saw the woman drunken ed is he that watchetb, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great adiniration. 7 And the angel said unto me, Where fore didst thou marvel? 1 will tell 17 And the seventh angel poured out thee the mystery of the woman, and fus vial into the air; and there came a of the beast that carrieth her, which great voice out of the temple of hea-hath the sevca beads and ten horrs. 254 The ten norns. CHAP. XVII Cage of Babylon's plagues. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, of every foul spirit, and and is not; and shall ascend out of the every unclean and hateful bird. bottomless pit, and go into perdition: 3 For all nations have drunk of the and they that dwell on the earth shall wine of the wrath of her fornication, wonder, (whose names were not writ-and the kings of the earth have com- ten in the book of life from the foun-mitted fornication with ber, and the dation of the world,) when they be- merchants of the earth are waxed hold the beast that was, and is not, rich through the abundance of her and yet is. delicacies. 9. And here is the mind which hath 4 And I heard another voice from wisdom. The seven beads are seven heaven, saying, Come out of her, my mountains, on which the woman sit-people, that ye be not partakers of her teth. sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues: 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, be must continue & short space. 6 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 11 And the beast that was, and is 6 Reward her even as she rewarded not, even he is the eighth, and is of you, and double unto her double; ac- the seven, and goeth into perdition. cording to her works: in the cup 12 And the ten horas which thou which she hath filled, fill to her sawest are ten kings, which have re-double. ceived no kingdom as yet; but receive 7 How much she hath glorified her power as kings one hour with the self and lived deliciously, so much beast. tormeat and sorrow give her: for she 13 These have one mind, and eballsaith in her heart, 1 sit a queen, and give their power and strength unto the am no widow, and shall see no sor beast. row. 14 These shall make war with the 8 Therefore shall her plagues come Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome in one day, death, and mourning, and them: for he is Lord of lords, and famine; and she shall be utterly burn King of kings; and they that are ed with fire: for strong is the Lord with him are called, and chosen, und God who judgeth her. faithful. 9 And the kings of the earth, who 15 And he saith unto me, The wa-have committed fornication and lived ters which thou sawest, where the deliciously with her, shall bewail her, whore sitteth, are peoples, and multi and lament for her, when they shall tudes, and nations, and tongues. see the smoke of her burning, 16 And the ten horns which thou 10 Standing afar off for the fear of suwest upon the beast, these shall hate her torment, saying, Alas, alas! that the whore, and shall make her deso-great city Babylon, that mighty city. late and naked, and shall eat her flesh, for in one hour is thy judgment come. and burn her with fire. 11 And the merchants of the earth 17 For God hath put in their hearts shall weep and mourn over her; for to fulfil his will, and to agree, and no man buyeth their merchandise any give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be ful filled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reign- eth over the kings of the earth. more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and sil- ver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyme wood, and all manoer vessels of ivory, and ail manner vessels of most precious wood, ND after these things I saw an-and of brass, and iron, and marble, CHAP. XVIII. ven, having great power; and the ointments, and frankincense, and earth was lightened with his glory. wine, and oil, and fine flour, and 2 And he cried mightily with a wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and strong voice, saying, Babylon the horses, and chariots, and slaves, and great is fallen, is fallen, and is become souls of men. the babitation of devils, and the hold] 14 And the fruits that thy soui lusteth 255 Martyr's avenged. find them no more at all. REVELATION. Christ victorious. after are departed from thee, and all 2 For true and righteous are his things which were dainty and goodly judgments, for he hath judged the are departed from thee, and thou shalt great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath 15 The merchants of these things, avenged the blood of his servants at which were made rich by her, shall her hand. stand afar off for the fear of her tor- ment, weeping and walling, 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And ber smoke rose up for ever and 16 And saying, Alas, alas! that great ever. city, that was clothed in fine lineo,| 4 And the four and twenty elders, and purple, and scarlet, and decked and the four beasts, fell down and with gold, and precious stones, and worshipped God that sat on the pearls! throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. 17 For in one hour so great riches is] 6 And a voice came out of the throne, come to nought. And every shipmas- saying, Praise our God, all ye his ser ter, and all the company in ships, and vants, and ye that fear him, both small sailors, and as many as trade by sea, and great. stood afar ofl, 6 And 1 heard as it were the voice 18 And cried, when they eaw the of a great multitude, and as the voice smoke of her burning, saying, What of many waters, and as the voice of city is like unto this great city? mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: 19 And they cast dust on their heads, | for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth and cried, weeping and wailing, say 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and ing, Alas, alas! that great city, where- give honour to him: for the marriage In were made rich all that had ships of the Lamb is come, and his wife in the sea by reason of her costliness!bath made herself ready. for in one hour is she made desolate. 8. And to her was granted that she 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and ye holy apostles and prophets; for and white: for the fine linen is the God hath avenged you on her. righteousness of saints. 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with vio- lence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb, And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 10. And I fell at his feet to worship 22 And the voice of harpers, and him. And he said unto me, See thou musicians, and of pipers, and trumpet-do it not; for I am thy fellow-servant, ers, shall be heard no more at all in and of thy brethren that have the tes thee; and no craftsmen, of whatso-timony of Jesus: worship God: for ever craft he be, shall be found any the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of more in thee; and the sound of a prophecy. millstone shall be heard no more at 11 And I saw heaven opened, and be all in thee; 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy mercbants were the great men of the earth; for by thy Gorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. CHAP. XIX. hold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head icere many crowne; and he had a name written that no man knew but be himself'; 13 And he was clothed with a ves- ture dipped in blood; and his name is called the Word of God. 14 And the armies which toere in ND after these things I heard a heaven followed him upon white A great voice of much people in horses, ciothed in fine linen, wote heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and clean. and glory, and honour, and power, 15 And out of his mouth goethe unto the Lord our God; sharp sword, that with it he should 256 The millenium. CHAP. XX, XXI. The last judgment. rmite the nations; and he shall rule beast, neither bis image, nether had them with a rod of iron: and he received his mark upon their fore- treadeth the wine-press of the fierce-heads, or in their hands; and they 3268 and wrath of Almighty God. lived and reigned with Christ a thou- 16 And be hath on his vesture, sand years. and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on sych the second death bath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle; the number of whoin is as the sand of the 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against sea. him that sat on the horse, and against 9 And they went up on the breadth his army. of the earth, and compassed the camp 20 And the beast was taken, and with of the saints about, and the beloved him the false prophet that wrought city; and fire came down from God miracles before him, with which he out of heaven and devoured them. deceived them that had received the 10 And the devil that deceived them mark of the beast and them that wor-was cast into the lake of fire and shipped his image. These both were brimstone, where the beast and the cast alive into a lake of fire burning false prophet are, and shall be tor with brimstone. mented day and night for ever and ever. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of nis mouth and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. : CHAP. XX. A ND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 11 And I saw a great white throne, and lum that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God: and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire, This is the second death. 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sut 15 And whosoever was not found upon them, and judgment was given written in the book of life was cast unto them: and I saw the souls of into the lake of fire. them that were beheaded for the wit- Dessol Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the A CHAP. XXI. ND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven 17 957 The lake of fire. REVELATION. The city of Got and the first earth were passed away; 14 And the wall of the city had and there was no more sea. twelve foundations, and in them the nanes of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down, from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and 3 And I heard a great voice out of the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle 16 And the city lieth four-square,and of God is with men, and he will dwell the length is as large as the breadth. with them, and they shall be his peo-And he measured the city with the ple, and God himself shall be with reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the them, and be their God. length, and the breadth, and the 4 And God shall wipe away all tears height of it are equal, from their eyes; and there shall be 17 And he measured the wall there-- no more death, neither sorrow, nor of, a hundred and forty and four crying, neither shall there be any cubits, according to the measure of a more pain: for the former things are man, that is, of the angel. passed away. 6 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all man- 6. And he said unto me, It is done. I ner of precious stones. The first foun - am Alpha and Omega, the beginning dation was jasper; the second, sap and the end: 1 will give unto him phire; the third, chalcedony; the that is athirst of the fountain of the fourth, an emerald; water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 20 The fb, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, S But the fearful, and unbelieving, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. and the abominable, and murderers, 21 And the twelve gates were twelve and whoremongers, and sorcerers,and pearls; every several gate was of one idolaters, and all liars, shall have their pearl: and the street of the city was part in the lake which burneth with pure gold, as it were transparent glass. fire and brimstone: which is the 22 And I saw no temple therein: for second death. the Lord God Almighty and the Lamk are the temple of it. 9. And there caine unto me one of the seven angels, which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God. and her light was like unto a stone inost pre- cious, even like a jasper-stone, clear as crystal; 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day; for there shall be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 27 And there shall in no wise enter 12 And had a wall great and high, into it any thing that defileth, neither and had twelve gates, and at the gates whatsoever worketh abomination, or twelve angels, and names written maketh a lie; but they which are thereon, which are the names of the written in the Lamb's book of life. twelve tribes of the children of Israel. 13 On the east, three gates; on the north; three gates; on the south, CHAP. XXII. be of gates; and on the west, three gates.AND he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, • 258 The prophecy sure. CHAP. XXIL The Lord is at hand. proceeding out of the throne of God righteous, let him be righteous still; and of the Lamb. and be that is holy, let him be holy still. 2 Iu the midst of the street of it,and ou either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every months and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 12 And,beboid,I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 131 am Alpha and Omega, the be- ginning and the end, the first and the last. 3 Aud there shall be no more curse: 14 Blessed are they that do his com- but the throne of God and of the Lamb! mandments, that they may have right shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him. .4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light| of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gate into the city. 16 For without are dogs,and sorcer- ers, and whoremongers, and murder ers, and Idolaters,and whosoever lov eth and maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the off spring of David, and the bright and morning star. 6 And he said unto me, These say ings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent 17 And the Spirit and the bride say his angel to show unto his servants Come. And let him that heareth say, the things which must shortlybe done. Come. And let him that is athirst 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed come. And whosoever will, let him is he that keepeth the sayings of the take the water of life freely. prophecy of this book. 8 And 1 John saw these things, and beard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship be- fore the feet of the angel which show ed me these things. 18 For I testify unto every man that beareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 9 Then saith he unto me,See thou do 19 And if any man shall take away i not: for I am thy fellow-servant, from the words of the book of this and of thy brethren the prophets, and prophecy, God shall take away his of them which keep the sayings of part out of the book of life, and out this book: worship God. of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this 20 He which testifieth these things book; for the time is at hand. saith, Surely I come quickly; Amen. 11 He that is unjust, let him be un-Even so, come, Lord Jesus. still: and be which is filthy, let 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus be By still: and he that is Christ be with you all. Amen. 259 THE END. CONTENTS OF THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. MATTHEW. The genealogy of Christ,. . chap. Christ's nativity, The preaching of John Baptist, Christ tempted, . Christ's sermon on the mount, Of alms and prayer, Rash judgment reproved, • Christ's miracles, Matthew called,. The apostles sent forth, John sendeth to Christ, Crucifixion of Christ, Resurrection of Christ, • chap. 15 • . 15 1 2 LUKE. • 3 • • 4 Christ's conception, 6 Christ's circumcision,. 6 John's testimony of Christ, 7 Christ tempted by Satan,. 8 Miraculous draught of fishes, 9 The twelve apostles chosen, . 10 Christ's testimony of John, 11 Jairus' daughter raised, Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, 12 How to attain eternal life, Parable of the sower, • John Baptist beheaded, The scribes reproved,. The sign of Jonas, . The transfiguration of Christ, Christ teacheth bumility, - Christ healeth the sick, The labourers in the vineyard, The big-tree cursed, • • • 13 Seventy disciples sent out, 14 A dumb devil cast out, 15 Covetousness to be avoided,. 16 The crooked woman healed, · • [1 • • 18 The prodigal son, 17 The great supper, • The marriage of the king's son, The Pharisees exposed, . 19 The unjust steward, 20 The power of faith,. The importunate widow, . Zaccheus called, • 21 . 22 · 23 Parable of the vineyard, The destruction of the temple fore- told.. Parable of ten virgins,. Judas betrayeth Christ, Christ crucified,. Christ's resurrection, . MARK., Baptism of Christ, Matthew called, • • The apostles chosen, Parable of the sower, • Christ healeth the bloody issue, Christ walketh on the sea, The Syrophenician woman, The multitude fed, . Jesus transfigured,. • • The widow's two mites, 24 Christ condemned,. 25 Christ's death and burial, 26 Christ's resurrection, • • 27 28 · • • JOHN. The divinity of Christ, . Water turned into wine, . 1 Necessity of regeneration, 2 The woman of Samaria, 3 The impotent man healed, 4 Five thousand fed, . 3 5 • 7 8 9 • 10 • • 11 • • 12 " 13 • · 14 15 16 17 18 • 19 • • 20 • 21 • 22 • • 23 2-1 6 Christ teacheth in the temple, 6 Christ's doctrine justified, 7 The blind healed, D 8 Christ the good shepherd, 9 Lazarus raised, · · 11 Christ's bumility, . 1 2 • 7 8 • 9 Children brought to Christ, The barren fig tree, The widow and her two mites,. The destruction of the temple fore- told,. Peter denieth Christ, 10 Christ foretelleth his death,. 12 The comforter promised, Christ the true vine, 10 • • • 11 12 • 13 • • 14 15 10 13 Christ warneth bis disciples of their .14 sufferings, 261 · Christ's prayer, Jesus betrayed,. CONTENTS OF THE BOOKS Christ's death and burial, Christ's resurrection, . • chap. 17|Christians are God's temple, chap. 3 18 Distinctions are from Göd,. 19 The incestuous person, 20 Law forbid brethren, • Christ appeareth to his disciples, . 21 Paul treateth of marriage, ACTS. Matthias chosen, Peter's sermon, • The lame healed, • Peter and Johm imprisoned, Ananias and Sapphira, Seven deacons chosen, Stephen stoned, . Philip planteth the church in Sa- maria, • • Saul's conversion, Peter's vision, Peter's defence, • • Herod killeth James, Paul preacheth at Antioch, Paul stoned, • Circumcision disputed, Timothy circumcised,. Paul persecuted, Paul preacheth at Corinth, Exorcists beaten, Eutychus raised to life, Paul goeth to Jerusalem, Paul's defence, Paul imprisoned, · Paul accused before Felix, Paul appealeth to Cesar,. • Of meats offered to Idols, Paul's zeal to gain converts, 1 Old examples, 2 Rules for divine worship, 3 Spiritual gifts are diverse, 4 Charity commended, 6 Of strange tongues, 6 Of Christ's resurrection,. 7 Paul commendeth Timothy, 8 • 9 D • * · • • · Paul declareth his life and conver- sion, Paul shipwrecked, • ► • 7 8 9 10 • 12 13 · · 11 16 ► • 16 II. CORINTHIANS. 10 Consolation in trouble, 11 Paul's success in preaching, 12 The excellency of the gospel, 13 The christian's paradox, 14 Paul assured of immortality, 16 Exhortations to purity, 16 Godly sorrow profitable, 17 Liberality extolled,. 18 Bounty praised, . 19 Paul's spiritual authority, 20 Paul's godly boasting,. • 6678 • 9 10 • 11 • 21 Paul's wonderful revelations, 12 22 Paul's charge, • 13 23 21 · 25 Of their leaving the gospel,. 1 • 26 Peter reproved, 2 • 27 Justification by faith, GALATIANS. A viper fasteneth on Paul's hand,. 28 Christ freeth us from the law, ROMANS. Paul greeteth the Romaus, I Who are justified, 2 Justification by faith,. 3 Abraham's faith acceptable, Sin and dying came by Adam, Dying to sin, The law not 8!0, • · Who are free from condemnation, The calling of the Gentiles, Paul's prayer for Israel, All Israel not cast off, + Holiness and conformity to God's will enjoined, Love the fulfilling of the law, How to use christian liberty, The intent of the scriptures, Paul's salutation, 1. CORINTHIANS. The wisdom of God, . Christ the foundation,. + • The liberty of the gospel, Lenity recommended,. EPHESIANS. 4 Of election and adoption, 5 Christ our peace, 6 The hidden mystery, 7 Exhortation to unity, 8 Exhortation to love, 9The christian armour, 10 11 * 1 મારા to • · 5 • PHILIPPIANS. 12 Faul's prayer to God, . 13 Exhortation to humility,. . 14 All loss for Christ, . 15 General exhortations, 16 } • 2 3 COLOSSIANS. 1 Christ's nature and office described, 1 2 Exhortation to constancy, . 2 262 Household duties, OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Praver recommended,. • chap. 3 The truly wise, 1. THESSALONIANS. • kap. 3 4 Against covetousness, The trial of faith,. • • }. History of their conversion, How the gospel was preached to the Thessalonians, • 1. PETER. Of God's spiritual graces, 2 Christ the Corner stone, 3 Duty of wives and husbands, • • • 4 Ofceasing from sin,. Paul's love in sending Timothy, Exhortations to godliness, Description of Christ's coming, II. THESSALONIANS. Comfort against persecution, Of steadfastness in the truth, . To avoid idleness, . a I. TIMOTHY. Paul's charge to Timothy, Prayers made for all men, Of bishops and deacons,. Apostacy foretold,. Ui widows and elders, The gain of godliness, · 11. TIMOTHY. Paul's love to Timothy, . Exhortation to Timothy, All scripture inspired, Qualification of ministers, TITUS. Qualification for ministers, Christians' duty, Paul directs what to teach and what not,. PHILEMON, • 6 The duty of elders,. 11. PETER. 1 Exhortation to duties, • 343 • • • 1 4 2 False teachers foretold, • • 3 Philemon's faith commended, . HEBREWS. Christ far above angels, Obedience due to Christ, Christ above Moses, The christian's rest, Of Christ's priesthood, The danger of apostacy, Melchisedec and Christ, A new covenant, • 3 Certainty of judgment, 1. JOHN. 1 Christ's person described, 2 Christ our advocate, 3 God's great love, 4Try the spirits, 5 The three witnesses, 1 2 IL JOHN. An elect lady exhorted, a 111. JOHN. 3 Gaius' piety commended, JUDE • • Of constancy in the faith,. 3 4 1 • • REVELATION, • Of the coming of Christ, 3 Balaam's doctrine,. The key of David, The vision of a throne, 1The book with seven seals, The seven seals opened, . The number of the sealed, 1 Seven angela with trumpets, 2 A star falleth from heaven, 3 The book eaten,. 4The two witnesses,. 5 The red dragon,. • 1 6 Of the beast with seven heads and 7 teu horns,. The harvest of the world,. 7 ३ 9 10 11 • 12 13 11 9 The seven angels with the seven last · • 10 The sacrifices of the law, Christ's perfect sacrifice,. The power of faith,. Divers exhortations, Obedience to spiritual rulers, JAMES. Wisdom to be sought of God, . Offaith and works,. • • • • plagues, 11 Of the vials of wrath, 12 The scarlet whore, . . 13 The fall of Babylon, • The Lamb's marriage, The first resurrection,. 1The heavenly Jerusalem describe The tree of life, • . 15 · . 16 • 17 18 19 20 263 Given Fr ~ to 黑黑 ​米 ​黑黑 ​米 ​黑糖 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​# 米 ​米 ​米 ​黑 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​来 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​池 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​就 ​米 ​米 ​来 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​# 米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​黑糖 ​米 ​米 ​# 米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​# 米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​# 米 ​# 米 ​米 ​米 ​黑黑 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​ 米 ​*.* 来 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​# 米 ​黑糖 ​米 ​黑黑 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​米 ​# A543238 # 米 ​米 ​黑黑​黑 ​米米米 ​75 汁 ​UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 3 9015 06360 8866 米 ​PT. 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