' BEBKEIEY LI3RARY UNIVESilTY OF CALIFORNIA i FAMILY PORTRAITS l^= -y VV J V V V ) i m. !A J I t> M.WM A J J) V \y j & s I 1 * 4 V TIIE HOLY BIBLE, TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN VULGATE: DILIGENTLY COMPARED WITH THE HEBREW, GREEK, AND OTHER EDITIONS, IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES. THE OLD TESTAMENT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY THE ENGLISH COLLEGE AT DO WAY, A. D. 1609: AND THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY TIIE ENGLISH COLLEGE AT RHEIMS, A. D. 1532. WITH ANNOTATIONS, BY THE REV. DR. CHALLONER; TOGETHER WITH REFERENCES, AND AN HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX. REVISED AND CORRECTED ACCORDING TO THE CLEMENTINE EDITION OP THE SCRIlTtTREi. PHILADELPHIA: JOHN KELLY 614 & 617 8ANSOM ST. 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Duaci, 8 Novembris, 1009. Gulielmus Estius, Sacra Theologies Doctor, et in Academia Duacensi Professor. Bartholomjeus Petrus, Sacra Theologia Doctor, et in Universitate Duacensi Professor. Georgius Colvenerius, S. Theologies Doctor, et ejusdem in Academia Duacena Professor. APPROBATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY THE UNIVERSITY OF RHEIMS. Cum hujus versionis ac editionis Authores, nobis de fide et eruditione sint probe cogniti, aliique S. Theologiae et linguae Anglicanae peritissimi viri contestati sint, nihil in hoc opere reperiri, quod non sit Catholicae Ecclesiae doctrinae et pietati consentaneum, vel quod ullo modo potestati ac paci civili repugnet, sed omnia potius veram fidem, Reip. bonum, vitaeque ac morum probitatem promovere : ex ipsorum fide censemus ista utiliter excudi et publicari posse. Petrus Remigus, Archidiaconus major Metropolitanas insignis Ecclesia Rhemensis, Juris Canonici Doctor, Archi- episcopatus. Rhemensis generalis Vicarius. Hubertus Morus, Rhemensis Ecclesia Decanus, et Ecclesiastes, in sacratissima Theologies, facilitate Doctor. Joannes le Besgue, Canonicus Rhemensis, Doctor Theologus, et Cancellarius Academia Rhemensis. Gulielmus Balbus, Theologiae Professor, Collegii Rhemensis Archimagister. A TRANSLATION OF THE DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT, CONCERNING THE CANONICAL SCRIPTURES. SESSION IV. The holy Oecumenick and general Council of Trent, in the Holy Ghost lawfully assembled, the three aforesaid Le- gates of the Apostolic See presiding therein, having always this in view, that all errors being taken away, the purity of the Gospel should be preserved in the Church ; that Gospel,* before promised by the Prophets in the Holy Scriptures, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, first promulgated with his own mouth ; and afterwards commanded his Apos- tles to preach the same to allf nations, as the source of every saving truth, and moral discipline : and the Synod clearly seeing that this truth and discipline is contained in the Written Word, and in the unwritten Traditions, which the Apostles received from the mouth of Christ himself, or from the J Apostles themselves, being the dictate of the Holy Ghost to them, and delivered as it were from hand to hand, came down to us : following the examples of the Orthodox Fathers, with due veneration and piety receiving all the books as well of the Old as of the New Testament, seeing that God is the immediate Author of both, and also receiving these Traditions, appertaining to Faith and Morals, as coming from the mouth of Christ, or dictated by the Holy Ghost, and held in the Catholic Church by a con- tinued succession. The Synod, therefore, thought proper to annex to this decree a catalogue of the Sacred Books, lest any doubt might arise concerning those that were approved of. They are the following : Of the Old Testament, the live books of Moses, that is, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy ; Josue, Judges, Ruth, the four books of Kings, two of Paralipomenon, first and second of Esdras, which is called Nehemias, Tobias, Judith, Esther, Job, the Psalter of David, in number one hundred and fifty Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Canticle of Can- ticles, Wisdom, Ecclesiastic us, Isaias, Jeremias, with Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, the twelve minor Prophets, that is, Osee, Joel, Amos, Abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Habacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharias, Malachias, two books of the Machabees, first and second. Of the New Testament, four Gospels, according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, The Acts of the Apostles written by Luke the Evangelist : the fourteen Epistles of Paul the Apostle : to the Romans, two to the Corinthians, to the Galatians, to the Ephesians, to the Philippians, to the Colossians, two to the Thessalo- nians, two to Timothy, to Titus, to Philemon, to the Hebrews: two Epistles of Peter the Apostle, three of John the Apostle, one of James the Apostle, one of Jude the Apostle, and the Apocalypse of John the Apostle. Now if any one, reading over these books in all their parts, as they are usually read in the Catholic Church, and being in the Latin Vulgate Edition, does not hold them Sacred and Canonical, and knowing the aforesaid traditions, does indi* triously contemn them, let him be Anathema. • Jeremias, chap. xxxi. ver. 33. t Mark, chap. xri. yer. 15. 1 2 Thesaaloniana, chap. ii. ver. 14. 3 f J0 The following lstlrr of His Holiness Pica thb Sixth, to the Most Rrv. Antiioky Maktini, note Archbishop of Florence, on Ai'j Trmr** liiium of the Holy Bible into Italian, ihowM the betuJU which the faithful may reap from their having the Holy Scriptures in Jfcl Vulvar Tongue. POPE PIUS THE SIXTH. Dclovkd So*, Health and Apostolical Benediction. At a time that a vast number of bad books, which most grossly attack the Catholic Religion, are circulated, even anion? the tm learned, to the great destruction of souls, you judge exceedingly well, that the faithful should bo excited to the reading of the Hob Scripture*. For these are the roost abundant sources which ought to be left open to every one, to draw from them puritv of morals and oi' ilex trine, tc eradicate the errors which arc so widely disseminated in those corrupt times: This you have seasonably effected, as you declare, by pub- ig the Sacred Writings in the language of your country, suitable to every one's capacity: especially when you show and set forth, N*J lmve added explanatory notes, winch bang extracted from the Holy fathers, preclude every possible danger of abuse: Thus you have not swerved either from the laws of the Congregation of the Index, or from the Constitution published on this subject by 1!km:hht xiv. that immortal Pope, our predecessor in the Pontificate, and formerly when We held a place near his person, our excellent Master ir Scclesiasticnl learning; circumstances which We mention as honourable to Us, We therefore applaud your eminent learning, joined with your extraordinary piety, and We return you our duo acknowledgement for the books you have transmitted to Us, and which, when con- venient, We will read over. In the mean time, as a token of our Pontifical benevolence, receive our Apostolical benediction, which to you, beloved Bon, We very affectionately impart. Given at Home, on the Calends of April, 177^, the fourth year of our Pontificate. W belated mm, PHILIP 1JUONAMICL Latin Secretary. Anthony Martini, at Turin. ADMONITION. Th« Scriptures, in which are contained the Revealed Mysteries of Divine Faith, arc undoubtedly the most excellent of all writings; they were a rittcn by men divinely inspired, and are not the Wortls of men, but the Word of OW, which MM save our souls, 1 Thess. ii. !•'<, end James i. - J1 ; bat then they OOgfat to be read, even by the learned, with the spirit of humility, and with a fear of mistaking the true ■, as many have done. This we learn from the scripture itself; where St. Peter says, that in the Epistles of St. Paul there are some I ear* H be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own perdition, \i P t. m. 18. To prevent and remedy this abuse, and to guard against error, it was judged necessary to forbid the reading of the Scriptures in the vulgar languages, without the advice and permission of the Pastors and spiritual Guides whom God has appointed to govern his Church, 28. ( 3mat himself declaring : He that will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican. Matt, xviii. 16. Nun is this due submission to the Catholic Church {The pillar and ground of truth, 1 Tim. iii. 15,) to be understood of the ignorant and unlearned only, but also of men accomplished in all kinds oi learning: the ignorant fall into errors for want of knowledge, and Uie learned tliroui.'h priil-- and self-sufficiency. Tih:kv;h>iu: let every reader of the Sacred Writings, who pretends to be a competent judge of the sense, and of the truths revealed in JWm, reflect on the words which be finds in Isaias, chap. lv. 8, 9. My thoughts arc not as your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, taiih the Lord; for as the heavens are exalted above tlie earth, even so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts. How then shall any one, by his private reason, pretend to judge, to know, to demonstrate, the incomprehensible and unsearch- able ways of God 1 A PRAYER BEFORE THE READING OF ANY PART OF THE HOLY SCRIFrURE. Cone, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts and minds of thy faithful servants, and inflame them with the fire of thy divine love. L t us pray. — ( ) God, who by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, didst instruct the hearts of thy faithful servants ; grant us in the samo Spirit, to discern what is right, and enjoy his comfort for ever: Through our Lord Jesus Christ, who livcth and reigneth one God, with thM ■nd the same Spirit, world without end. Amen. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Gnneehi • • • doe • » • • • LevuicM » • • • • Numbers -•••-- Deuteronomy • • - • Josue - • • » Judges .... Kiith I. Kings, alias, I. Samuel • • II. Kings, alias, II. Samuel • • III. Kings IV. K I. Paralipnmcndh, alias, L Chronicles II. Paralipomeoon, alias, IL Chronicle* -is II. End rax, alias, Nehcraias as Judith Esther iob - - Psalms Proverbs --.-•• fcr»iisstf ■•••-■ Chapters. • 60 40 . 27 36 ■ . 34 24 • 21 4 . 31 24 . . 22 - 25 . - 29 36 . Ill ta . ii M . M - ISO u Cnnticlc of Canticles Wisdom Ecclesiasticus lsaias Jeremiaa I -amenta tiocs IJaruch ... iiel 1 - . Osee • • • Joel Amos Abdias Jonas - Michael Nuhum ■iic Sophonius AirireuB ■ • Malacmas II. Chapten. . 8 19 - 51 66 • 52 5 - - 6 1- - • 11 14 - - 3 9 - 1 4 . - 7 8 • 3 :i • % 14 • 4 18 . - U THE BOOK OF GENESIS. 7"^ts hot)* is 50 called from its treating of the Generation. that, is, of the creation, and the beginning of the world. The Heb'ews call it BKREsrrn,/rw» the word with which it begins. It contains not only the history of the creation of the world, but also an account of its progress during the space of 2369 years, that is, until the death of Joseph. CHAP. I. ilod treateth heaven and earth, and all things therein, in six days. IN the beginning God created heaven and earth. 2 And the earth was void and empty, and dark- ness was u[>on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved over the waters. 3 And God said: Be light made. And light was made. 4 And God saw the light that it was good : and he divided the light from the darkness. 5 And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night : and there was evening and morning one day. 6 And God said : Let there be a firmament* made amidst the waters : and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those tnat vtere above the firmamenr. And it was so. 8 And God called the firmament, Heaven : and the evening and morning were the second day. 9 God also said : Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place : and let the dry land appear. And it was so done. 10 And God called the dry land, Earth: and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 1 1 And he said : Let the earth bring forth the green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done. 12 And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit, having seed each one according to its 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 lights made in * Jt firmament. By this name is here understood the whole space between the earth and the highest stars. The lower part of which divideth the waters that are upon the earth, from those that are above in the clouds. f Two great lights. God created on the first day light, which being moved from east to west, by its rising and setting made morning and evening. But on the fourth day he ordered and distributed this light, B the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons and for days and years : 15 To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done. 16 And God made two great lights :f a greater light to rule the day, and a lesser light to rule the night : and the stars. 17 And he set them in the firmament of heaven, to shine upon the earth. 18 And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw- that it was good. 19 And the evening and morning were the fourth day. 20 God also said : Let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may 'fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven. 21 And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, every winged fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And he blessed them, saying : Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea : and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth. 23 And the evening and morning were the fifth day. 24 And God said : Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so done. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth ac cording to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good. 26 And he said : Let us make man to our imagej and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth. 27 And God created man to his own image : to the image of God he created him : male and female he created them. 28 And God blessed them, saying : Increase and made the sun, moon and stars. The moon, though much less than the stars, is here called a great light, from its giving a far greater light to the earth than any of thern. \ Let us make man to our image. This image of God in man, is not in the body, but in the soul ; which is a spiritual substance, endued with understanding and free-will. God speaketh here in the plural nam i ber, to insinuate the plurality of persons in the Deity. 9 GENESIS. and multiply,* and fill the earth, and subdue it. ;uul rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth. \iid God -..lid : Behold I have given you everj berl) having seed u|x>n the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, u> be your meat : 30 And to all beasts of the earth, and to even (owl of the •&, and to all that move upon the earth. and wherein there is lite, that tiny maj have to feed upon. And it was so clone. U And (iod saw all the things that he had made, and they wi re very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day. chap: II. God rt f: the tree of life! also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge^ of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise, w Inch from thence is divided into four heads. 1 1 The name of the one is Phison : that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth. I 1 And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium and the onyx stone. • Inrrrau md multiply. Tliii ii not a prrrcpr, (W name pmtoMant conlrorcrtnt. would hare it, but a bl oderlng Ibcm fruitful : for OoJ had sail! tlir .nine word* to t!ic/uAr», and 6irJ,, (n r. -•.'.) who m <-ivinp a pr> ■ t llrrutti, .V .t.im-.I t«. ,nak ■ or I niu TbaOgb, a* our Lord d IN iih, Jnhn r. 17. Ih still ■ 10 13 And the name (/the second liver isGchon: the same is it that compa.-st th all the land ol Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Tigris; the same passeth along DJ the Assyrians. And tin: fourth river i> Euphrates. 15 And the Lord God look man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to (Less ii and to kcv.p it. lli And he commanded him, saving : Of oery tree of paradise thou shall eat: 17 lint of the tree of know ledge of good and evil thou shall not eat. lor in what day cuvcr thou shall eat of it, thou shalt die the death. 18 And the Lord (iod said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a ^elp like unto himself. 19 Anfl the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the low Is of the air, brought them to Adam to see what lie would call ihem: lor whatsoever Adam called any living creature, the same is its name. 20 And Adam called all the heasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not found a helper like himself. J I Then the Lord (iod cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was last asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it. -I And the Lord (iod built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her io Adam. I And Adam said : This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man. 1\ Wherefore a man shall leave father and mo- ther, and shall cleave to bis wife: and they shall lie two in one flesh. -'•') And thej wore both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed. CHAP. III. The sirjunt's- rrnft. The foil of our first parents. Their punishment. The promise of a redtiiiur. NOW tin- serpent was more subtle than anj of the beasts of the earth which the Lord (iod had made. And he said to the woman: \\ hv hath God commanded you, that yon should not eat of ever] tree of paradise ? 2 And (he woman answered him. sai/inn: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise, we do eat : .1 Bui of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat: and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die. •V And the serpent said to the woman : No, you shall not die the death. J The Irtt of lift. So railed, became il hail tlial .jiiility. tliat by ratinp ot the fruit of it, man would I prcMTVed in a wa» pleated to ^ DAM AND EVE DRIVEN OUT OF EDEN CHAP. IV. 5 For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened : *nd you shall be as sods, knowing good and evil. 6 And the woman saw that the tree was good to cat, and fair to the eves, and delightful to behold : and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gav '. to her husband, who did eat. 7 And the eyes* of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig-leaves and made them- selves aprons. 8 And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise. 9 And the Lord God called Adam, and said to hi in : Where art thou ? 10 And he said : I heard thy voice in paradise ; and I was afraid, because I was naked, and 1 hid myself. 11 And he said, to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat ? 12 And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The ser- pent deceived me, and I did eat. 14 And the Lord God said to the serpent: lie- cause thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and beasrs of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. 15 1 will put enmities between thee and the wo- man, and thy seed "and her seed: she shall crushf thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel. 1G To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions : in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee. 17 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work : with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. 13 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth. 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken : for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return. * Jlndthe eyes, &c. Not tliat they wore blind before (for the xromm taw that the tree was fair to the eyes, ver. fi.) nor yet that their eyes were tpened to any more perfect knowledge of good ; bat only to the un- happy experience of having kwl the good of original grace and inno- cence, and incurred the dreadful evil of sin. From whence followed a shame of their being naked ; which they minded not before; be- came being now strict of original (Trace," they quickly began to be subject to the shameful rebellions of the flesh. f She shall crush. Ipso, the woman : so divers of the fathers read 20 And Adam called the name of his »vife Eve ■ because she was the mother of all the living. 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and his wile garments of skins, and clothed them. 22 And he said : Behold, Adamf is become as one of us, know ing good and evil: now therefore lest perhaps he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live lor ever. 23 And the Lord God sent him out of the para- dise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken. 24 And he cast out Adam : and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning ev°-vy way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAP IV. The history of Cain and Abel. \ ND Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived -£*- and brought forth Cain, saying : I have gotten a man through God. 2 And again she brought forth his brother Abe',. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husband- man. 3 And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord. 4 Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat : and the Lord had respect^ to Abel and to his offerings. 5 But to Cain, and his offerings he had no* respect : and Cain was exceeding angry, and his countenance fell. 6 And the Lord said to him : Why art thou an- gry? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door ? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it. 8 And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him. 9 And the Lord said to Cain : Where is thy brother Abel ? And he answered : I know not ; am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth. 1 1 Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand. 12 When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit : a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth. this place, comformably to the Latin : others read it ipsum, viz. tho seed. The sense is the* same: for it is by her seed, Jesus Christ, that the woman crushes the serpent's head. J JJehuld, .htam, fee. This was spoken by way of reproaching: him with his pride, in affecting a knowledge that might make him like to God. i Had respect, &c. That is, shewed his acceptance of his sacrifice (as coming from a heart full of devotion): and that, as we may suppose, bv some visible token, such as sending fire from heaven upon his offerings. 11 GENESIS. 13 And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that 1 may deserve pardon. 14 Behold thou dost cast iiir out tins day from tin- bee of the earth : everj one therefore that find- oth me. shall kill inc.* 15 And tin' Lord said to dim : No ? it shall not so be: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished seven-told. And the Lord set a markf upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him. lb' And Cain went out from the faee of the Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth at the BUSt side of Kden. 17 And Cain knew his wife, J and she conceived. and brought forth Henoch: and he built a city, § and called tf Henoch called the name thereof by the name a an. ol his son 18 And Henoch begot had, and Irad begot Ma- viacl, and Ma\iad begot Malhusael, and Mathusael begot Lamech. 19 Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella. Jit And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen. 21 And his brothel's name was Jubal: he wis the father of them that play upon the harp am! the organs. 22 Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Nocma. 23 And Lamech said to his wives Ada anil Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech. hearken to my speech: fori have slain a man|| to the w omitting of myself, and a Stripling to my own bruising. 24 Seven-fold vengeance shall be taken for Cain : but for Lamech seventy times seven-fold. 25 Adam also knew his wife again : and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, say- ing: God hath given me another seed for Abel whom Cain slew. 26 But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos: this man began to call uponll the name of the Lord. CHAPTER V. The genealogy, age and death of the Patrim chsfrom Adam to Not. The translation of Henoch. THIS is the l>ook of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of (iod. 1 He created them male and female; and blessed • Every ont thatfimlelk me that! kill me. His guilty conscience made him fear his own bnr | •phew s: of whom, bv this time, there might be m good numl>er ■fioaj the earth; which had now endured Dear 130 years; as may he gathered from Gen. r. 3. compared with Chap. ir. SS. though in the compendious account given in the scrip- ture only Cain and Abel are mentioned. ♦ 8tt t mmk, kr. The more common opinion of the interpreters of holy writ, suppose* this mark to hare been a trembling of the body ; or a horror and consternation in his rountcnai ■ J Hii wife, kr. She was a daughter of A. tain, and < ain's own sist,. r : lispensing with such marriages in the lx ginning of the world, as I could uot otherwise be propagated. IS them : anfl railed their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son to bis own image and likeness, and called bis name Seth. 4 And the davs of Adam, after he begot Seth. were eight hundred years: and he begot sons and daughters. 5 And all the time that Adam lived, came to nine hundred and thirty years, and be died. 6 Seth also lived a hundred and live yean and begot Enos. 7 And Seth lived after be begot Enos, eight hun- dred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. 8 And all the days <>l Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and be died. 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and besot Cainan. 10 After whose birth he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters. 11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died. • 12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Malaleel. 13 And Cainan lived after he begot Malaleel, eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters. 1 l And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. 15 And .Malaleel lived sixty-five years, and begot .lared. 1G And Malaleel lived after he begot Jared. eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daugh- ters. 17 And all the days of Malaleel were eight hun- dred and ninety- live years, and he died. 18 And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Henoch. 19 And Jared lived after he begot Henoch, eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he dietl. 21 And Henoch lived sixty-live years, and begot Mathusala. 22 And Henoch walked with God: and lived after he begot Mathusala, three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. 23 And all the days of Henoch were three hun- dred and sixty-five years. 21 And he walked with God, and was seen no more: because (iod took him. 25 And Mathusala lived a hundred and eighty- seven years, and begot Launch. 1 He built a city, viz. In process of time, when his race was mul- tiplied, so as to be numerous enough to people it. For in tha man* hundred years he lived, his race might be multiplied even to million". | / hart slain a man, kr. It is the trail it ion of the Hebrews, that Lamech. in hunting, slew Cain, mistaking him for a wild beast: and that having discovered what he had done, he t>rat so unmercifully the youth, hv whom he was led into that mistake, that he died of the hlows. t Regan to rati upon. kr. Not that Adam and Seth had not .-ailed upon God, before the birth of Enos; hut that F.nos used more so leinnit) in the worship and invocation of (iod. CHAP. VI, VII. 26 And Mathusala lived after he begot Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begot sons and daughters. 27 And all the days of Mathusala were nine hun- dred and sixty-nine years, and he died. 28 And Lantech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begot a son. 29 And lie called his name Noe, saying : This same shall comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth, which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begot Noe, five hundred and ninety-five years, and begot sons and daughters. 31 And all the days of Lamech came to seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died. And Noe, when he was five hundred years old, begot Sein, Cham, and Japheth. CHAP. VI. Man's sin is the cause of the deluge. Noe is commanded to build the ark. AND after that men began to be multiplied upon • the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 The sons of God* seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose. 3 And God said : My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall bef a hundred and twenty years. 4 Now giantsf were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown. 5 And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times, 6 It repented him§ that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sor- row of heart, 7 He said: I will destroy man, whom I have cre- ated, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noe found grace before the Lord. 9 These are the generations of Noe: Noe was a just and perfect man in his generations, he walked with God. * The sons of God. The descendants of Seth and Enos are here ca'!ed jon» of God from their religion and piety : whereas the ungodh race of Cain, who by their carnal affections lav grovelling upon the earth, are called the children of men. The unhappy consequence of the former marrying with the latter, ought to be a warning to Christians to be very circumspect in their marriages; and not to suffer themselves to be determined in choice by their carnal passion, to the prejudice of virtue or religion. f Hit days shall be, &c. The meaning is. that man's days, which before the flood were usually 900 years, should now be reduced to 120 years. Or rather, that" God would allow men this term of 120 years, for their repentance and conversion, before he would send the deluge. t Giants. It is likely the generality of men before the flood were of a gigantic stature in comparison with what men now are. But these here spoken of are called giants, as being not only tall in stature, 10 And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. 1 1 And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity. 12 And when God had seen that the earth was rorrupfed (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth), 13 He said to Noe: The end of all flesh is come before me, the earth is filled with iniquity through them, and I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of timber planks: thou shalt make little rooms in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without. 15 And thus shalt thou make it. The length ol the ark shall be three hundred cubits :|| the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 Thou shalt make a window in the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish the top of it : and the door ol the ark thou shalt set in the side: with lower, middle chambers, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 Behold I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed. 18 And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou and thy soils, and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons with thee. 19 And of ev«ry living creature of all flesh, thou shalt bring two of a sort into the ark, that they may live with thee : of the male sex, and the female. 20 Of fowls according to their kind, and of beasts in their kind and of every thing that creepeth on the earth according to its kind : two of every sort shall go in with thee, that they may live. 21 Thou shalt take unto thee of all food that may be eaten, and thou shalt lay it up with thee : and it shall be food for thee and them. 22 And Noe did all things which God com- manded him. CHAP. VII. Noe with his family go into the ark. The deluge overflows the earth. AND the Lord said to him : Go in, thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation. 2 Of all clean 11 beasts take seven and seven, the male and the female. but violent and savage in their dispositions, and mere monsters of cruelty and lust. I // repented him, &c. God, who is unchangeable, is not capable of repentance, grief, or any other passion. Hut these expressions are used to declare the enormity of the sins of men, which was so provoking as to determine their Creator to destroy these his creatines, whom before be had so much favoured. || Three hundred cubits, &c. The ark, according to the dimensions here set down, contained four hundred and fifty thousand sonant cubits ; which was more than enough to contain all the hinds of living 1 creatures, with all necessary provisions: even supposing the cubits here spoken of to have been only a foot and a half each, which was the least kind of cubits. If Of all clean, tic. The distinction of clean and unclean beasts appears to have been made before the law of Moses, which was not promulgated till the year of the world 2514. GENESIS. 3 Hut of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male ami the female. Of the fowli also of tin- air seven and seven, the male and the female : that aged awj !><■ aired upon the lace of the whole earth. 4 For yet a while, and after seven days, I will rata upon the earth fort} days and (org nights: and I will destroy every substance that 1 have made, from the face of the earth. 5 And Noe did all things which the Lord had commanded bim. 6 And he was m hundred years old, when the waters of the Rood overflowed the earth. 7 And Noe Went in and his M >ns. |,i^ vsife ;in ,| the Wires of his sons with him into the ark, be- cause of the waters of the tlood. !I And of beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of ever] thing that moreth upon the earth. 9 Two and two vrenl in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as the Lord had commanded Noe. 10 And alter the seven days were pasted, the waters of the llood overflowed the earth. 1 1 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep wore broken up, and the llood gates of heaven were opened : 1 I And the rain fell ii|>on the earth forty days and forty nights. Id In the self-same day Noe. and Sent, and Cham, andJapheth his sons: his wile, and the three wives Ot* his sons with them, went into the ark: I i- They and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and every thing that moveth upon the earth according to its kind, and ever] fowl according to its kind, all birds, and all that By, 15 Went in to Noe into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein was the breath of life. It! And thev that went in, went in male and female of all llesh, as (iod hail commanded him: and the Lord shut him in on the outside. 17 And the llood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth. 18 For they overflowed exceedingly: and filled all on the face of the earth: and the ark was carried upon the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed beyond measure ujkhi the earth: and all the hid) mountains under tin- whole heaven were covered. J I The water was fifteen cuhits higher than the mountains which it covered. 21 And all liesh was destroyed that moved upon the earth, ImiiIi of low I, and of cattle, and of beast-.. mid of all creeping things that creep upon the earth : and all men. I \nd all things wherein there is the breath of life on the earth, dii 1. Ind be destroyed all the substance that was BBJfl the earth, from man even to beast, and the • IHi*nt rrlurn. The rarci did ii"t rrtiirn into the ark : hut (a* it imjr be gatbered from tl»< Hebrew) trent It mUJn ; KJimlimc creeping things and fowls of the air: and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noe only remained, and they that were with him in the ark. _' i And the waters prevailed u|>oii the earth a hundred and fifty days. chap viii The deluge ceaseth. Tioc gwth nut of the arl; and ofmth a sacrifice. (Soft • "''» nunt t<> him. A ND God remembered Noe, and all the living ■*-*- creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and bvOUghl a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated. 2 The fountains also of the deep, and the flood gates of hea\en. wt re -hut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained. 3 And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days. 4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia. 5 And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared. 6 And after that forty days were passed, Noe Opening the window of the ark, w Inch he had made, sent forth a raven : 7 Which went forth and did not return,* till the waters were dried up upon the earth. 8 He sent forth also a dove alter him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth. !> Hut she not finding where her foot might rest, returned to him into the ark : for the waters were upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and caught her. and brought her into the ark. 10 And harms waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth toe dove out of the ark. 11 And she came to him in the evening earning a bough of tin olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood thai the waters wore ceased u|m>ii the earth. 12 And he staved yet other seven days: and he sent forth the uove. which returned not any more unto him. Id Therefore in the 8ix hundredth and first year, the fust month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe Opening the covering of the ark. looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried. 14 In the second month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth was dried. 15 And < iod spoke to Noe. savins: It! Go out of the ark, thou and thj wife thywwjg and the wives of thy sons with thee. 17 All living things thai are with thee of all flesh, as well in low Is as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep mioii the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply ii|hiii it. In tin- mmntaint, wlxro it found carcaae* to feed on | ami otlu-r lime* returning;, to n.i u|»>n tin Mf>of ilic ark. THE DELUGE. 18 So Noc wont out, he and his sons and the wives of his sons with him. 19 And all living things, and cattle, and creeping things that creep upon the earth, according to their kinds, went out of the ark. 20 And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and lakins of all cattle and fowls that were clean, of- fered holocausts* upon the altar. 21 And the Lord smelledf a sweet savour, and said : I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man : for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore 1 will no more destroy every living soul as I have done. 21 All the days of the earth, seed-time and har- vest, cold and heat, summer and whiter, night and da\\ shall not cease. CHAP. IX, X his wife, and promixrth never The blessing of Sew CHAP. IX. God blrxseth Noe ; forbiddeth blood ; more Jo destroy the world by water, and Japhcth. AND God hlessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them : Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 And let the fear and dread of you be upon all the beasts of the earth, and upon all the fowls of the air, and all that move upon the earth : all the fishes of the sea are delivered into your hand. 3 And every thing that moveth, and liveth shall he meat for you : even as the green herbs have I delivered them all to you : 4 Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat. 5 For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man. 6 Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God. 7 But increase you and multiply, and go upon the earth, and fill it. 8 Thus also said God to Noe, and to his sons with him: 9 Behold I will establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you: 10 And with every living soul, that is with you, as well in all birds, as in cattle and heasts of the earth, that are come forth out of the ark, and in all the beasts of the earth. 11 I will establish my covenant with yon, and all flesh shall be no more destroyed with the waters of a flood, neither shall there be from henceforth a flood to waste the earth. 12 And God said : This is the sign of the covenant * Holocaust*, or whole burnt offerings. In which the whole victim was consumed by fire upon God's altar, and no part was reserved for the OM of priest or people. t Smelted, fee. A figurative expression, denoting; that God was pleased with the sacrifices which his servant offered. { Drunk. Noe by the jndjrmenl of the fathers was not frailty of sin. in being overcome by wine ; because he knew not the strength of it which I give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual genera- tions. 13 I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me and between the earth. 14 And when I shall cover the sky with clouds, my bow shall appear in the clouds : 15 And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that beareth flesh: and there shall no more be waters of a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the clouds, and I shall see it, and shall remember the everlasting covenant, that was made between God and every living soul of all flesh which is upon the earth'. 1 7 And God said to Noe : This shall be the sign of the covenant, which I have established, between me and all flesh upon the earth. 1 8 And the sons of Noe, who came out of the ark, were Sen), Cham, and Japheth: and Cham is the father of Chanaan. 19 These three are the sons of Noe: and from these was all mankind spread over the whole earth. 20 And Noe a husbandman began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard. 21 And drinking of the wine was made drunk.J and was uncovered in his tent. 22 Which when Cham, the father of Chanaan had seen, to wit, that his father's nakedness was unco- vered, he told it to his two brethren without. 23 But Sem and Japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders, and going backward, covered the naked- ness of their father : and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noe awaking from the wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him, 25 He said : Cursed be Chanaan^ a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said : Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, be Chanaan his servant. 27 May God enlarge Japhcth, and may he dwell in the tents of Sem, and Chanaan be his servant. 28 AndNoe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all his days were in the whole nine hun- dred and fifty years : and he died. CHAP. X. The genealogy of the children of Noe, by whom the world was peopled after the flood. T^IIESE are the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Japheth : and unto them sons were born after the flood. } Cursed be Chanaan. The mm as well as the blessings, of the patriarchs were projihetical : And this in particular is here recorded hy Moses, for the children of Israel, who were to possess the land of Chanaan. But why should Chanaan be cursed for his father's fault? The Hebrews answer that he being then a boy was the first that saw his grandfather's nakedness, and told his father Cham of it ; and joined with him in laughing at it : which drew upon him, rather than upon the rest of the children of Cham, this prophetical curse. 16 (; i:\ksis. 2 The sons of Japheih: Corner, and \f agog, and Madai, and Javan, ami Thubal, and Mosoch, an. I Thiras* 3 And the sons of Comer : Ascencz and Hipbath and Thogorma. 4 And the SOUS of Ja\;tii: VAW.i and Tharsis,Cct- thini and I )<>danim. .j By these wen di v id ed the islands* of the ( ientiles ill their lands, every one a< eordiug to his tongue and their families in their nations. 6 And the MM of Chan : Chus, and Mesraim, and Phuth. and Chanaan. 7 And the sons of Chus : Saba, and Hevila, and Sahatha, and Regma, and Snhatacha. The sons of na : Saba, and Dadan. 8 Now Chus begot Nemrad : he began to be Blighty oi) the earth. 9 And he was a stout luintcrf before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nimrod the stout hunter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Baby* lon, and Araeh, and Aehad, and thalamic in the land of Sennaar. 11 Out of that land came forth Assur, and built Niiiive.md the streets of the city, and (hale. 12 Hesen also between Niuhreand Chale : this is the ftreat city. 13 And Mesraim be^ot Ludim, and Anamiin, and Laabiro, Nepbtutm, 14 And I'hetrusun, and Cbasluim; of whom Came forth the Philistines, and the Caphtorim. 15 And Chanaan begot Sidon his first-born, the llethite. 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite, and the Gergesite, 17 The Hevite and Aracite : the Smite, 18 And the Aradian, the Samarite, and the lla- mathite : and afterwards the families of the Chanan- ites were spread abroad. 19 And the limits of Chanaan were from Sidon as one cornea to Gerara, even to Gasa, until thou enter Sodom and ( ioinorrha, and Adama, and Se- lio'un. even to Lesa. 20 These are the children of Cham in their kin- dled* and tongues, and generations and lands, and nations. '21 Of Sen also the father of all the children of Heber, the elder brother of .laphcth, sons were born. The sons of Sem: Elan and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud. and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram: Cs, and Hull, and Cellar: and MeSt 2V But Arphaxad Ix'sot Sab , of whom was liorn Heber. 23 And to Heber were horn two sons: the name of the one was Phaleg, because in bisdaji was the earth divided : and his brother's name Jet tan. ♦ TV idanit. So the Hebrews called all the remote cmintriea, In winch the) went by ihipa from Judca, a* Greece, Italy, Sp:.., v.. Not of beasts but of mm ; 16 whom by violence i Which Jectan l>egot Elmodad, and Saleph and Asarmoth, .hire, * And Aduiain, and l'/.al, and I >« < l.i. And Lbal, and Ahimacl, Saba, 1 And Ophir. and llt-viln, and Jobab. All these were the sons of .leetail. 30 And their dwelling was from Al s we go on as far as Sephar, a mountain in the east. 31 These are the children of Sem according to their kindreds and tongues, and countries in their nations. .' These are the families of Not*, according to their people and nations. Hv these were the nations divided on the earth after the Hood. CHAP. XL The tower of BnM. The ronfurion of tongues. The genealogy of Sem down to Abrum. \ ND the earth was of one tongue, and of the -^*- same speech. 2 And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the iand of Sennaar. and dwelt in it. 3 And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and hake them With fire. And thev had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar. ■I And thev said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our names famous before wc he scat- tered abroad into all lands. 5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam wen' building. 6 And he said : Behold, it is one people, and all have one loimuc : and thev have begun to do this, neither will they leave off in their designs, till ihej accomplish them in i\vvi\. 7 Come ye therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 And so the Lord scattered them fiom that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city. 9 And therefore the name thereof was called Ba- bel,} because there the language of the whole earth was confounded^ and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face ol all countries. 10 These are the generations of Sem : Sem was a hundred yean "Id when he bftgOt Arphaxad, two yean after the Hood. 11 And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived thiii.v-live years, and ■! Sale. 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Sale, three hundred and threeyeanuand begot sons and daughters. 14 Sale also lived thirtv years, and begot Heber. 15 And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hun- dred and three years : and begot sons and daughters. and tyranny lir brought under his dominion. And inch a» he wa», illy m il»' opinion of men, but btfort tht Lord, that i», in Ins sight wlio . [ BabeL That it, ctmftuion. chap, xn, xin. 16 And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phalt*. 17 And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years : and begot sons and daughters. 18 Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu. 19 And Phaleg lived after he begot lieu, two hun- dred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug. 21 And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hun- dred and seven years: and begot sons and daughters. 22 And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Na- ehor. 23 And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years : and begot sons and daughters. 24 And Nachor lived nhie and twenty years, and begot Tliare. 25 And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years : and begot sons and daughters. 20 And- Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abrani, and Nachor, and Aran. 27 And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot. 28 And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of Naehor's wife.Melcha the daughter of Aran father of Melcha, and father of Jescha. 30 And Sarai was barren, and had no children. 31 And Thare took Abram his son, and Lot the «>n of Aran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter- in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Thare were two hundred and five years, and he died in Haran. CHAP. XII. The call of Abram and the promise made, to him. He so- jovmelh it: Chanaan ; and thin, by mcasion of a famine, gotth dow to Egypt. \ ND the Lord said to Abram : Go forth out of •^*- thy country, and from thy kindred, and out M* thy father's house, and come into the land which 1 shall show thee. 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. 3 I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed : 4 So Abram went out as the Lord had command- ed him, and Lot went with him : Abram was seventy- five years old when he went forth from Haran. * My sister. This was no lie ; because she was his niece, being daughter to his brother Aran, and therefore, in the style of the He- 5 And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his bro- ther's son, and all the substance which they had gathered, and the souls which they had gotten in Haran: and they went out to go into the land of Chanaan. And when they were come into it, 6 Abram passed through the country unto the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale : now tho Chananite was at that time in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him : To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 And passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east : he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name. 9 And Abram went forward, going and proceed ing on to the south. 10 And there came a famine in the country: and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land. 1 1 And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife : I know that thou art a beautiful woman : 12 And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife : and they will kill me, and keep thee. 13 Say therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister :* that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake. 14 And when Abram was come, into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beau- tiful. 15 And the princes told Pharao, and praised her before him : and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao. 16 And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen and he-asses, and men-ser- vants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. 17 But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai Abram's wife. 18 And Pharao called Abram, and said to him : What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 19 For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her Jo my wife? Now there- fore there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram : and they led him away and his .wife, and all that he had. CHAP. XIII. Abram and Lot part from each other. God's promise to Abram. AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him into the south. 2 And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver. Drews, sne nii'jht trulv lie called hi*, sisfer ; as Lot is called Abra- ham s brother, Gen. xiv. 14. See Gin. xx. 12. c; i:\ks is. 3 Ami be returned by the irn thai be came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and llai: ■4- In the place of the altar which he had made l>e- fore, and there he called upon the name of the Lord. 5 But Lot ilno who was with Abram, had (locks of sheep, and herds of beasts, and lints. 6 Neither was the land ahle to hear them, that they might dwell together: lor their substance was great, and they could not dwell together. i W hereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chananite and the I'herc/.ite dwelled in that country. 8 Ahram therefore said to Lot: Let there he no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for We are brethren. 9 Behold the whole land is before thee : depart from me, I pray thee: if (lion \y ill go to the left hand, I will take the right : if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left. 10 And Lot lifting up his eyes. >-aw all the coun- try about the Jordan, which was w atercd throughout before the Lord destroyed Sodom and (.iomorrhn as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comrs to Segor. 1 1 And Lot chose to himself the country about tin- Jordan, and he deputed from the east : and they were separated one brother from the other. 12 Ahram dwelt in the land of Chanaan : and Lot abode in the towns, that were about the Jor- dan, and dwelt in Sodom. 13 And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the I ,ord beyond measure. 1 V And the Lord said to Abram, alter Lot was separated from him: Lift up thy eyes, and look from the place, wherein thou DOW art, to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west. 15 All the land, which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for eyer. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : if any man Ihj able to number the dust of the earth, he shall l>e able to number thy seed also. 17 Arise and walk through the land in the length, and in the breadth thereof: for I will gWe it to thee. If! So Abram removing his tent, came, and dwell by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord. CHAP. XIV. The expedition of the four kings : the rirtory of Abram ; he it UcKsrtl by Mektuedick. \ ND it came to pass at that time, that Amraphel -**- kfalg of Senuaar. and Arioch king of I'ontus. and ( 'hodorlahomor King of the Elamites, and Thadal king of nations. 2 Made war against I5ara kin^ of Sodom, and against Bern, k'm^ of Gornorrha, and against Sen lb kin- of Adauia. and against S.iiteber king of Seboim, and against the kin- of Bala, which is Segor. 18 3 All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea. 4 For they had served (hodorlahomor twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they revolted from him. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chodorla- homor, and the kins* that wen- with him: and they smote the Kaphaim in Astarothcarnaiin. and the Zii/im with them, and the Emim in Save of C'ariathaim. 6 And the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, even to the plains of Tharan, which is in the wd- denn s.. 7 And they returned, and came to the fountain ofMisphat, the same is Cades: and they smote all the country of the Amalecites, and the Amoirhean that dwelt in Asasonthamar. 8 And the king of Sodom, and the king of Go* morrha, and the king of Adauia. and the kins of Seboim. and the kin:: of Bela. w Inch is Setor. w cut out: and they set themsehes against them in battle array in the woodland vale: 9 To wit, against (hodorlahomor kins of the 111 unites, and Thadal kinu. of nations, and Amra- phel kins of Sennaar, and Arioch kiug of PontOS : lour k i i > ii s against live. 10 Now the woodland vale had many pits of slime.* And the kins of Sodom, and the kins «>f Gomotrha turned their hacks and were overthrown there: and they that remained Bed to the mountain. 11 And they took all the substance of the So- domites, and Gomorrbitcs, and all their victuals, and went their way : 1 J And Lot also, the son of Abram's brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his substance. 13 And behold one, thai had escaped, told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt in the vale of Mambre the Amorrhite, the brother of Escol, and the brother of Aner: for these had made a league with Abram. 14 Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the ser- vants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen well appointed: and pursued them to Dan. 15 And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night: and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hoba, which is on the left hand of I Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the substance, and Lot his brother with his substance, the women abo and the people. 17 And the kins of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of ( 'hodorlaho- mor, and Of the kin^s that Were with him in the vale of Sa\e, which is the kind's rale. 18 But Melchisedech the kins of Salem, bring- ing forth bread and wine, for he was the I'ricst ol the most high ( iod, 1!) Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, w ho created heaven and earth. * Of ilime. Mtumtni. Tbfa wan n kind of pitch, wlnrli wired for mortar in tin ImildiiiR of Babel, Got. xi. 3. and wu wed by No* in |.|ii Mag llii- : the patriarchs ; which allowance seems to have continued during serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amonhitcs are not at the full until this present time. 17 And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace, and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions. IB That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will 1 give this land from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates. 19 The Cineans, and Cenezites, the Cedmonites, 20 And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also, 21 And the Amorrhites and the Chananites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites. CHAP. XVI. Abram marrieth Agar, who bringelh forth Ismael. "TVTOW Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought -L ^ forth no children : but having a handmaid an Egyptian named Agar, 2 She said to her husband : Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing : go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request, 3 She took Agar, the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dweh in the land of Cha- naan, and gave her to her husband to wife.* 4 And he went in to her. But she perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress. 5 And Sarai said to Abram : Thou doest unjustly with me: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and she perceiving herself to be with child, despiseth me. The Lord judge between me and thee. 6 And Abram made answer and said to her: Behold thy handmaid is in thy awn hand, use her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she ran away. 7 And the Angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert, 8 He said to her: Agar, handmaid of Sarai, whence comest thou ? and whither goest thou ? And she answered : I flee from the face of Sarai my mistress. 9 And the Angel of the Lord said to her: Return to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand. 10 And again he said : I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for mul- titude. 1 1 And again : Behold, said he, thou art with child, and thou shalt bring forth a son : and thou shalt call his name Ismael, because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. 12 He shall be a wild man : his hand will be the time of the law of Moses, tint Christ our Lord reduced marriage to its primitive institution. St. Malt. xix. 19 GLNESIS. against ;ill men, and all men's hands auainst him : and In- shall pitch his Lenta over-agauuil all his brethren. 1.) And she called the name of the Lord that s[>uke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily here have 1 seen the hinder parti of him thai seech me. 14 Therefore she called that well, the well nf him that liveth and seeth me. The same is be- tween ( adt s and Barad. '0 And Agar brought forth a son to Ahrain : who called his name Ismael. 1G Ahram was fourscore and six years old when Agar brought him forth Ismael. CHAP. XVII. The covenant of circumcision. AND after he began to be ninety and nine fears old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect. 2 And 1 will make mv covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 Ahram fell flat on his face. V And God said to him : 1 am, and my cove- nant is with thee, and thou shah be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name be railed any more Ahram : but thou shalt be called Abraham :* he- cause I have made thee a father of many nations. 6 And I will make thee increase exceedingly] 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 between thy seed after thee in their generations, In a perpetual covenant : to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give to thee, and to thy seed the laud of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God. 9 Again God said to Abraham: And thon there- fore shalt keep my covenant, and thy seed after thee in their venerations. 10 This is my covenant which you shall observe between me and yon, and thv seed after thee: AH the male-kind of you shall Ik* circumcised : 11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 An infant of eight days old shall be circum- cised annum J OU, every man-child in your genera- tions: he that is born in the house. ;is well as the bottghf servant shall be circumcised, and whoso- evi r is not of vonr stock : 13 And my covenant shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant. 14 The male, whose flesh of his foreskin shall not Ik." circumcised, thai soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken mv covenant. • .Ibrahim. Abrmm in llif llclinw, >.i[riiifii»« n high father ■ but Abra- ham llir fnthtr of the mulhludt ; Sunt signifies my ImiIh, but Sam abso- lutely Udf. SO 15 (iod said also to Abraham. Sarai thv wife, thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara. It! And I will bless her, and of her I will give tlni a son. whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him. 17 Abraham fell Upon bis face, and laughed, Hy- ing in his heart: shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred \ears old ? and shall Sara that is ninety years old, bring forth.'' 18 And he said to God : O that Ismael may live before thee. 1!» And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish mv covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed alter him. 20 And as for Ismael I have also beard thee. Heboid, I will bless him. and increase, and multiply him exceedingly : he shall bevel tWi he chiefs, and I w ill make him a great nation. 21 Tint my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year. 22 And when he had left off speaking with him, God went up from Abraham. -'.! And Abraham took Ismael his son, and all that were horn in his house: and all whom he had bought, every male among tie men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin forth- with the ven same day, as God had commanded him. J I Abraham was ninety and nine vears old, when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ismael his BOO was full thirteen years old at the time of his circumcision. 2(> Tin- self same day was Abraham circumcised and Ismael his BOD. 27 And all the men of his house, as well they that were born in his house, as the Itoiidit servants and strangers were circumcised w it 1 1 him. CHAP. XVIII. Angels ore entertained by Abraham They foretel (he birth qf hiwr. Abraham's prayer far the nan uf Sorltirn. AM) the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Membra :' s bfl was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day. 2 And when he had lifted up his eye** there np- peared to him three men Standing near him : and as B0O0 as he saw them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground. 3 And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy Sight, pass not away from thv servant: 4 Hut I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree. 5 And I will set a morsel of bread, and strength- en ye your heart, afterwards von shall pass on: for therefore are ye COme aside to vonr servant. And mid : I »o as r In ill hast spoken.. 6 Abraham made haste into the tent to Sara, and said to her: Make haste, temper together CHAP. XIX. tlnee measures of flour, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man: who made haste and hoi led it. 8 He took also hotter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree. 9 And when they had eaten, they said to him : Where is Sara thy wife ? He answered : Lo she is in the tent. 10 And he said to him : I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying, and Sara thy wife shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent. 1 1 Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women. 12 And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my Lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure ? 13 And the Lord said to Abraham : Why did Sara laugh, saying : Shall I who am an old woman bear a child indeed ? 14 Is there any thing hard to God? according to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son. 15 Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay: but thou didst laugh. 16 And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom : and Abraham walked with them, bringing them on the way. 17 And the Lord said : Can I hide from Abra- ham what I am about to do : 1 8 Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be- blessed ? 19 For I know that he will command his chil- dren, and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him. 20 And the Lord said : The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous. 21 I will go down* and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to ma : or whether it be not so, that I may know. 22 And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom : but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord. 23 And drawing nigh he said : Wilt thou de- stroy the just with the wicked ? 24 If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal ? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein ? 25 Far be it from thee, to do this thing, and * I will go rfoicn, &c. The Lord here accommodates his discourse to the way of speaking 1 and acting amongst men : for lie knoweth all things, and needeth not to go any where for information. Note to slay the just with the wicked, and for the pari to be in like case as the wicked, this is not be- seeming thee: thou who judgest all the earfK, wilt not make this judgment. 26 And the Lord said to him : If I find in So- dom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake. 27 And Abraham answered, and said : Seeing I have once begun, 1 will speak to my Lord, where- as I am dust and ashes. 28 What if there be five less than fifty just per- sons: wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city ? And he said : I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty. 29 And again he said to him : But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do ? He said : I will not destroy it for the sake of forty. 30 Lord, saith he, be not angry I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord : What if twenty be found there ? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. 32 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more : What if ten shall be found there ? And he said : I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. 33 And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham : and Abraham returned to his place. CHAP. XIX. Lot entertaining anerels in hist house, is delivered from Sodom, which is destroyed: his wije fur luoking back is turned into a statue of salt. AND the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate ol the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them : and worshipped prostrate to the ground, 2 And said : I beseech you, my lords, turn in to the house of your servant, and lodge there : wash your feet, and in the morning you shall go on your way. And they said : No, but we will abide in the street. 3 He pressed them very much to turn in unto him : and when they were come into his house, he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate : 4 But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house both young and old, all the people together. 5 And they called Lot, and said to him : Where are the men that came in to thee at night ? bring them out hither that we may know them : 6 Lot went out to them, and shut the door after him, and said : 7 Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil. here, that two of the three angels went away immediately for Sodom ; whilst the third, who represented the Lord, remained wi'U Abraham. 21 <;i:m>is. have not yon, and ■I \<-t out to you, so that you they arc come in thither. Ami m a stranger, 8 I ha\t> two daughters who known man : 1 will bring them khttte you them as it shall |)h asr da no evil to these men, becan te unrlet the shadow of my roof. But the) .saul : Gel thee hack u : Thou earnest in, said they, was it to be a judge? therefore we will afflict thee more than them. And thev pressed v. iv violently upon Lot : and they were even at the point of breaking open the dooi 10 And behold the men put out their hand, and drew in Lot unto them, and shut the door. 11 And them, thai were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not (hid the door. 12 And thev said to Lot : Hast thou here an\ oi thine.' son-in-law, or sons, or daughters, all that are thine bring them out of this i i t \ : M For we will destroy this place, because their cry is crown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them. 1 I So l-i't went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law that were to have his daughters, and said: Arise: gel you out of this place, because the Lord will destroy this city. And he seemed to them to speak as it were in jest. 15 And w hen it was morning the angels pressed him, Bayiag: Arise, take thy wife, and the two daughters which thou hast: lest thou also perish in the wickedness of the city. \G And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, be- cause the Lord spared him. 17 And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him. Baying: Save thy life: look not hark, neither stay thou in all the country ahout : hut save thyself in the mountain, lest thou he also consumed. If! And Lot said to them: I beseech thee, my Lord, 1!) Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy men v, which thou hast shown to me. in saving my life : and 1 cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me. and I die. There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee, it is a little one, and 1 shall he Bared in n sli all live : is it not a little one, and my sou 21 And he said to him: Behold also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken. Make haste, and he saved there: beCSUM I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. There- fore the name of that city was called Segor.* I'lie sun was risen Upon the earth and Lot entered into Segor. 24 And tin- Lord rained upon Sodom and Go- morrha hrimstone and lire from the Lord out of heaven. • 8tpr. That ii, <■ Hill* ont. * And kit utft. Ai a »Ui*linc im-monal to the servants of it 25 And he destroyed these cities, and all the country about, all the inhabitants of the cities, and all things that spring from the earth. 26 And his wifef looking behind hi r, was turned into a statue of salt. 27 Ami Abraham got up early in the morning, and in the place where he had stood before with ih' Lord. Jl! He looked towards Sodom and (iomorrha, ami the whole land of that, count r\ : and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace. J!' .Now when God destroyed the cities ol that country, remembering Aliraham, he delivered Lot OUt of the destruction of the cities wht rein he had dwelt. 30 And Lot went up out of Segor, and abode in the mountain, and his two daughters with him (for he was afraid to stay in Segor) ami he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him. 31 And the elder said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth. • 12 Come, let us make liini drunk with wine, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed ot our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the elder went in, and lay with her fattier: hut he, perceived not, neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up. 94 And the next day the elder said to the younger: Behold. I Ia\ last night with mi lather; let us make him drink wine also to night, and thou shall lie with him, that we may sa\c seed of our father. 35 They made their lather drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay with him: and neither then did he perceive w heu she lay down, nor when she rose up. 3b' So the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 37 And the elder bore a son, and she called his name Moah: he is the father of the Moahitcs unto this day. 38 The vounger also bora a son, and she called his name Amnion, that is, the son o! my people: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day. CHAP. XX. Ahrnham tojmtrnrth in drrarn. Sum it talcrn into king Ahimt h i It's hoitm . 6/// by (ioil's rnmmtindmi nl it rrstorrd untout hi il. south Sur: and sojourned in Gerara. 2 And he said of Sara his wile: She is my sister. So Abimelech the kin:: ot ( reran sent, and took her. .; \nd (lod came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shah die for the woman that tlipu hast taken : lor she hath a husband. 4 Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he ABRAHAM removed from theme to the country, and dwelt between Cades and God to proceed in virtue, and not to look back to vice or its allureim-nU. CHAP. XXI said : Lord, wilt thou s>lay a nation that is ignorant and just? 5 Did not he say to me : She is my sister: and she say: He is my hrothei ? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done tliis. 6 And God said to him : And 1 know that thou didst it with a sincere heart : and therefore 1 with- held thee from sinning against me, and 1 suffered thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet : and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live : but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine. 8 And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants : and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were ex- ceedingly afraid. 9 And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him : What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin ? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do. 10 And again he expostulated with him, and said : What savvest thou, that thou hast done this ? 11 Abraham answered : I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife: 12 Howbeit, otherwise also slie is truly my sis- ter, the daughter of my father, and not the daugh- ter of my mother, and I took her to wife. 13 And after God brought me out of my father's house, I said to her : Thou shalt do me this kind- ness : In every place, to which we shall come, thou shalt say that I am thy brother. 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and servants, and handmaids, and gave to Abraham : and restored to him Sara his wife, 15 And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee. 16 And to Sara he said: Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go : and remember thou wast taken. 17 And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children : 1 8 For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech on account of Sara, Abra- ham's wife. CHAP. XXI. Isaac is born. Agar and hmarl are cast forth. \ ND the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: -^*- and fulfilled what he had spoken. 2 And she conceived and bore a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold her. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac* 4 And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him, * Isaac. This word signifies laughter. 5 When he was a hundred years old: for at tb:s age of his father, was Isaac born. 6 And Sara said : God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me. 7 And again she said : Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore to hiin in his old age ? 8 And the child grew, and was weaned : and Abra- ham made a great feast on the day of his weaning. 9 And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac her son, she said to Abraham ; 10 Cast out this bond-woman, and her son: for the son of the bond-woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac. 1 1 Abraham took this grievously for his son. 12 And God said to him : Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bond-woman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13 But I will make the son also of the bond- woman a«great nation, because he is thy seed. 14 So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee. 15 And.when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees, that were there. 16 And she went her wav. and sat over-against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for she said : I will not see the boy die : and sitting over- against, she lifted Uf) her voice and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the boy: and an Angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not: for God hath heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein he is. 18 Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand : for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes: and she saw a well of water, and went and filled the bottle, and gave the boy to drink. 20 And God was with him : and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt. 22 At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou doest. 23 Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: butaccord- ing to the kindness, that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger. 21 And Abraham said: I will swear. 25 And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force. 26 And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not of it till to-day. 23 GKNKSIS. 27 Then Abraham took sheep and oxen, and paw tlii'in lo Aliiincli-cli : ami litilli of them made a league. \nd Ahraham set apart seven ewe-lambs of ih.- ftoek, \nd Abiaielech nud to liim : What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou bast tel apart? 30 Jim he said: Thou shak take screen e w e - ja mbs at m\ hand: that thev ma\ he a lesiunom lor me. that 1 dig this well. il Therefore that place was called Bersabee:* lUSe there both of them did swear. \nd they made a league for the well of oath. 33 And Aliimeleeh. and I'hieolthe general of his army arose and returned to the land of die Palestine's. Hut Ahraham plantedagrore in Bersabee, and there called npon the name of the Lord God eternal. \nd he w is a sojourner in the land of the Palestines main days. CHAP. XXII. Tlie faith nntt obedirnrr of Abraham is proved in *hir rradim I •. to taerifere hit mm Isaac, lit- is- ttajft \nd he said to his voung men: Stay yon here with the ass: I and the hoy will go with speed as far as yonder, and after we ha\e worshipped, will return to yon. 6 And he took the Wtood for the holocaust, and laid it upon Isaac his son: and he himself carried in his hands lire and a sword. And as they two went on together. 7 Isaac said to his father : My father. And he answered : W hat wilt thou, son ? Beheld, na&th he, tire and woixl: where is the victim for the holo- caust - 8 And Ahraham Bid: (iod will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together. '.• lad they cane to the place which God had shown him. where he limit an altar, and laid the i\ood in order upon it : and when he had hound Naac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood. • Berfott. That il. Iht trill of oath. t (iod lewtfttd, tir.. f.'«l Irmiilrlh no man In ml, JaflMl 1.13. Hill b) trial and i \\* iriineut makctli knim n tu tin: world, and In OUIMlIri -. M 10 And he put forth his hand, and took the sw ord, lo sacrifice his mhi. 11 And behold an Angel oTthe Lord from hea- \en called 10 him. Baying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered : I leu I am. I .' And he said to him : Ln\ not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing lo linn : now I know that thou tea rest God, and hast not span d tin only-begotten son for my sake. I.) Ahraham lilted up his eyes, and saw behind liis hack a ram amongst the briers sticking fast by the hoi us, w Inch he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son. 14 And he called the name of that place, The Lord teeth. \\ hereupon even lo this daj it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see. 15 And the Angel of the Lord called to Abra- ham a second time from heaven, saying: l<> Hy my own sell have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only-begotten son for m\ sake : 17 I will bless thee, and I will multiply thj seed as the stars of In a\cn. and as the sand that is by the sea shore: thy seed shall possess the &alcs of their enemies. 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth he Messed, because thou hast obeyed m\ roice. 19 Abraham returned to his young men. and tin y went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there. 20 After these things, h was told Abraham that Melcba also had horn children to Nachor his brother. 21 litis the fust-horn, and Bus his brother, and Camucl the father of the Syrians. JJ And Cased, and A/.au, and Phcldas, and Jedlaph, 23 And (While) of whom was horn Hehecca : these eight did Melcha hear, to Nachor Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, named Iionta. bore Ta- bee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maucha. CHAP. XXIII. Sara's death and burial in thi fit Id Imueht of Ephron. AM) Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven -£*- years. 2 And she died in the city of Arhee which is Hebron, in the laud of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn, and weep for her. 3 And alter he rose up from the funeral obse- quies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying; 4 I am a stranger and sojourner among you: ewe me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury ni\ dead. 5 The children of Heth answered, saying: 6 My lord hear us, thou art a prime of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepul- chres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in bis sepulchre. tn are, a« hen by tlii* trial the lingular faith and obedience ol ban »a» made manic CHAP. XXIV. 7 Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people* of the land, to wit, the children of Ileth. 8 And said to them : If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor, 9 That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field: for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a possession of a burying place. 10 Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the chil- dren of Heth. And Ephron made answer to Abra- ham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city, saying : 1 1 Let it not be so, mv lord, but do thou rather hearken to what I say : The field I deliver to thee and the cave that is therein, in the presence of the children of my people ; bury thy dead. 12 Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. 13 And he spoke to Ephron, in the presence of the people :• 1 beseech thee to hear me : I will give money for the field : take it, and so I will bury my dead in it. 14 And Ephron answered : 15 My lord, hear me : the ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sides of silver : this is the price between me and thee : but what is this ? bury thy dead. 16 And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money, that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver of common current money. 17 And the field that before was Ephron's, wherein was the double cave, looking towards Mambre, both it and the cave, and all the trees thereof in all its limits round about, 18 Was made sure to Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the children of Heth, and of all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And so Abraham buried Sara his wife, in the double cave of the field, that looked towards Mam- bre ; this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan. 20 And the field was made sure to Abraham, and the cave that was in it, for a possession to bury in, by the children of Heth. CHAP. XXIV. Abraham's servant sent by him into Mesopotamia, bringelh from thence Rebecca, who is married to Isaac. TVTOW Abraham was old, and advanced in age: -*- ' and the Lord had blessed him in all things. 2 And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh, 3 That I may make thee swear by the Lord the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chananites, among whom I dwell : * Bowed down to the people. Adoravit, literally adored. Tint this word here, as well as in many other places in the Latin scriptures, is used to signify on'y an inferior honour and reverence paid to men, express- ed by a bownij dowu of the body. 4 But that thou go to my own country and kin dred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac. 5 The servant answered : If the woman will not come with me into this land, must I bring thy son back again to the. place, from whence thou earnest out ? 6 And Abraham said : Beware thou never I ring my son back again thither. 7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me out of my father's house, and out of my native country, who spoke to me, and swore to me, saying: lo thy seed will I give this land : he will send his Angel before thee,f and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son. . 8 But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath : only bring not my son back thither again. 9 The servant therefore put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and swore to him upon this word. 1 And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Meso- potamia to the city of Nachor. 1 1 And when he had made the camels lie down without the town near a weil of water in the even- ing, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said : 12 O Lord the God of my master Abraham, meet me to-day, I beseech thee, and show kind- ness to my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I stand nigh the spring of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants oi the city, will come out to draw water. 14 Now theiefore the maid, to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that I may drink : and she shall answer : Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant Isaac : and by this I shall understand, that thou hast shown kindness to my master. 15 He had not vet ended these words within him- self, and behold, Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bathuel, son of Melcha, wife to Nachor the brother of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder : 1 6 An exceeding comely maid, and a most beau- tiful virgin, and not known to man : and she went down to the spring, and filled her pitcher, and was coming back. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said : Give me a hrtle water to drink of thy pitcher. 18 And she answered: Drink, my lord. And quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him drink. 19 And when he had drunk, she said: I will draw water for thy camels also, till they all drink. 20 And pouring out the pitcher into 'he troughs, she ran back to the well to draw water : and hav- ing drawn, she gave to all the camels. 21 But he, musing, beheld her with silence, + He will send his Angel before thee. This shows tliat the He- brews believed that God gave them Guardian Angels for thcil I protection. 25 GENESIS. desirous to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not. 22 And uter thai the camels had drank, the man took out golden ear-rings, weighing two odes, and as main bracelet! of ten sides Weight 23 And he said to her : Whose daughter art thou? tell me : is there any plate in thy lather's house to rOdgl ? 24 And she answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of RleJcha, whom she bore to Naeltor. \ ml she said, moreover, to him: We have good store both of straw and hay, and a large place to lodge in. 26 The man bowed himself down, and adored the Lord, 27 Savins : Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not taken away his mercy and truth from im master, and hath brought DM the straight way into the house of my master's brother. 28 Then the maid ran, and told in her mother's bouse all that she had heard. 29 And Rebecca had a brother named Laban, w ho went out in haste to the man, to the well. 30 And when he had seen the ear-rings and bracelets in his sister's hands, and had heard all that she related, saying, Thus and thus the man 8|>oke to me: became to the man who stood by the camels, and near to the spring of water, 31 And said to him: Dome in, thou blessed of the Lord : why standeth thou without? I have pre- pared the house, and a place for the camels. 32 And he brought him in into his lodging: and he unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and hay, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were come with him. 33 And bread was set before him. But he said : I will not eat, till I tell my message. He answered him : Speak. 31 And Ik; said : 1 am the servant of Abraham : 35 And the Lord hath blessed my master won- derfully, and he is Income great : and he hath given him sheep, and oxen, silver and gold, men-servants and women-servants, camels, and asses. 36 And Sara my master's wife hath borne my master a son in her old age, and he hath given him all that he had. ^ 37 And my master niade me swear, saying : Thou shah not take a wife for my son of the Cha- nanites. in whose land I dwell : 38 But thou shah go to my father's house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred tor my son : 39 But I answered my master s What if the wo- man will not come with me ? 40 The Lord, said he. in whose light I walk, will send his aiHtel with thee, and will direct ths way : and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my own kiudre. I, and of my father's house. 41 But thou shalt he clear from my curse, when thou shalt come to my kindred, if they will not give thee one. 42 And 1 came to-day to the well of water, ami M said : O Lord God of my master Abraham, If thou hast prospered my way, wherein I now walk, X'< Behold, I stand by the well of water, and the virgin, that shall come OUt tO draw water, who shall hear DM MB : (Sire me a little water to drink ol thy pitcher : 44 And shall say ST me: Both drink thou, and I will also draw lor tin camels : let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath prepared for my master's son. 45 And whilst I pondered these things secretly with myself. Jielncca appeared coming with a pitcher, whkh she carried Ol her shoulder: and she went down to the well, and drew water. And I said to her : Give me a little to drink. 46 And she speedily let down the pitcher from her shoulder, ami said to me: Both drink thou, and to tfaj camels 1 will give drink. I drank, ami she watered the camels. 47 And I asked her, and said : Whose daughter art thou? And she answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him. So I put car-rings on her to adorn her face, and I put bracelets on her hands. 48 And falling down I adored the Lord, blessing the Lord God of m\ master Abraham, who hath brought DM i he straight way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son. 49 Wherefore if you do according to mercy and truth with my master, tell me: but il it please you otherwise, tell me that also, that I may go to the right hand, or to the left. 60 Then Laban and Bathuel answered : The word hath proceeded from the Lord : we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure. 51 Behold, Bebecca is before thee, take her and go thy way, and let her be the wife of thy master's son, as the Lord hath spoken. 52 Which when Abraham's servant heard, falling down to the ground he adored the Lord. 53 And bringing forth vessels of silver, and gold, and garments, he gave them to Rebecca for a pre- sent. He offered gifts also to her brothers, and to her mother. 54 And a banquet was made, and they ate and drank together, and lodged there. And in the mom ing the servant arose, and said: Let me depart, that I may go to my master. 55 And her brother and mother answered: Let the maid sta\ at least ten days with us, and after- wards she. shall depart. 66 Stay me not, said lie, because the Lord hath prospered ni\ way : send me away that I may co to my master. 57 And they said: Let us call the maid, and ask her will.* 58 And they called her, and when she ami come, they asked: Wilt thou go with this man? She said : I will go. * I.tl ui call tkt maid, and mtk her irill. Not n» lo her marriage, aa aba had alreadj eooamtod, but of tier quilting her parent*, and going to her husband. CHAP. XXV. 59 So they sent her away, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his company : 60 Wishing prosperity to their sister, and say- ing : Thou art our sister, niayst thou increase to thousands of thousands, and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies. 61 So Rebecca and her maids being set upon camels followed the man: who with speed returned to his master. 62 At the same time Isaac was walking along the way to the well which is called Of the living and the seeing: for he dwelt in the south country: 63 And he was gone forth to meditate in the field, the day being now well spent ; and when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming afar off. 64 Rebecca also, when she saw Isaac, lighted off the camel, 65 And said to the servant : Who is that man who cometh towards us along the field ? And he said to her: That man is my master. But she quickly took her cloak and covered herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all that he had done: 67 Who brought her into the tent of Sara his mother, and took her to wife : and he loved her so much, that it moderated the sorrow which was oc- casioned by his mother's death. CHAP. XXV. Abraham'.? children by Cetura ; his death, and thai of Ismail. Isaac hath Esau and Jacob, twins. Esau scllcth his first birth-right to Jacob. AND Abraham married another wife named Cetura: 2 Who bore him Zamran, and Jecsan, and Ma- dan, and Madian, and Jesboc, and Sue. 3 Jecsan also begot Saba and Dadan. The chil- dren of Dadan were Assurim, and Latusim and Loomim. 4 But of Madian was born Epha, and Opher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa: all these were the children of Cetura. 5 And Abraham gave all his possessions to Isaac : 6 And to the children of the concubines* he gave gifts, and separated them from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, to the east country. 7 And the days of Abraham's life were a hun- dred and seventy-five years. 8 And decaying he died in a good old age, and having lived a long time, and being full of days : and was gathered to his people. 9 And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the double cave, which was situated in the field of Ephron the son of Seor the Hethite, over-against Mambre, 10 Which he had bought of the children of Heth : there was he buried, and Sara his wife. 11 And after his death, God blessed Isaac his son, who dwelt by the well named Of the living and seeing. + Concubines. Ajjar and Cetura are here called concubines (though U>ey were lawful wives, and in other places ate so called) because 12 These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara's ser- vant, bore unto him : 13 And these are the names of his children ac- cording to their calling and generations. The first-born of Ismael was Nabajoth, then Cedar, and Ad heel, and Mabsam, 14 And Masma, and Duma, and Massa, 15 Hadar, and Thema, and Jethur, and Naphis, and Cedma. 16 These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their trihes. 17 And the years of Ismael's life were a hun- dred and thirty-seven, and decaying he died, and was gathered unto his people. 18 And he dwelt from Hevila as far as Sur, which looketh towards Egypt, to them that go to- wards the Assyrians. He died in the presence of all his brethren. 19 These also are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham : Abraham begot Isaac : 20 Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban. 21 And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren : and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive. 22 But the children struggled in her womb: and she said : If it were to be so with me, what need was there to conceive ? And she went to consult the Lord. 23 And he answering, said : Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger. 24 And when her time was come to be delivered, behold, twins were found in her womb. 25 He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Im- mediately the other coming forth, held his brother's foot in his hand: and therefore he was called Jacoh. 26 Isaac was threescore years old when the chil- dren were born unto him. 27 And when they were grown up, Esau became a skilful hunter, and a husbandman : but Jacob a plain man dwelt in tents. 28 Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his hunt- ing : and Rebecca loved Jacob. 29 And Jacob boiled pottage : to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field, 30 Said : Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom. 31 And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birth-right. 32 He answered: Lo, I die: what will the first birth-right avail me? 33 Jacob said : Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright. they were of an inferior degree; and such in scripture are usually called concubines. 27 GLWT.SIS. 34 And so taking bread and the pottage rf len- tils, be ate. and drank, and went his way ; making little account of having sold his fir si birth-right. CHAP. XXVI. Isaac sojourneth in (Icrara, trhcre thui rennrrth to him the prnmitr made to Abraham. King Abimeleeh muketh league with him. AND when a famine CMM in tlio land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days a!" Abraham, Isaac went to Abunelech king of the Palestines to Gerara. 2 And the Lord appeared to him and said; Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I Shall tell thee. 3 And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will Mess thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfil the oath which 1 swore to Abraham thy lather. 4 And 1 will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven : and I will give to thy posterity all these countries : and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth he blessed. 5 Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed my ceremonies and laws. 6 So Isaac abode in Gerara. 7 And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning; his wife, he answered: She is my sister, for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would kill him because of her beauty. 8 And when very many days were passed, and he abode there, Altimeleeh king of the Palestines. looking out through a window, saw him playing with Rebecca his wife. 9 And calling for him, he said: It is evident she is thy w ile: w hv didst thou feign her to be thy sister? heanswend: I feared lest 1 should die for her sake. 10 And Abimeleeh said: Why hast thou deceived us? Some man of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin. And he commanded all the people, saying: 11 He that shall touch this man's wife, shall surely be nut to death. 12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundred-fold: and the Lord bless- ed him. 13 And the man was enriched, and he went on prospering and increasing, till he became exceed- ing ^reat: I V And he bad possessions of sheep and of herds and a very great family. Wherefore the Palestines envying him, 15 Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father Abraham had digged, filling them up with earth : l<> Insomuch that Abimeleeh himself said to '• : Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we. • Torrent. That it, a channel where toraetime* a torrent, or vio- lent stream, had run. 17 So he departed, and came to the torrent* of Gerara, to dwell there: 18 And he digged again other wells, which the servants of his lather Abraham had digged, and which, after his death, the Philistines had of old Stopped IH>: and he called them bv the same namcii b\ which his father before had called them. 19 And they digged in the. torrent, and found living water : 20 lint there also the herdsmen of Gerara strove against the herdsmen of Isaac, saying: It is our wa- ter. Wherefore he called the name of the well, on occasion of that which had happened, Calumny. 21 And they digged also another ; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity. 22 Going forward from thence he digged another well, for which they contended not : therefore he called the name thereof, Latitude.f saying: Now hath the Lord given us room, and made us to in- crease upon the earth. 23 And he went up from that place to Bersabee, 24 Where the Lord appeared to him that same night, saying: I am the God of Abraham thy father, do not fear, for I am with thee: I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he built there an altar: and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent: and commanded bis servants to dig a well. 26 To which place when Abimeleeh, and Ocho- zath his friend, and l'hicol chief captain of his sol- diers came from Gerara, 27 Isaac said to them : Why are ye come to me a man w horn you hate, and have thrust out from you ? 28 And they answered : We saw that the Lord is with thee, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us make a covenant, 29 That thou do us no harm, as we on our part have touched nothing of thine, nor have done any thing to hurt thee: but with peace have sent thee away increased with the blessing of the Lord. 30 And he made them a feast, and after they had eaten and drunk : 31 Arising in the morning, they swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home. 32 And behold, the same day the servants Of Isaac came, telling him of a well which they had digged, and saying: vVe have found water. 33 Whereupon be called it Abundance: and the name of the city was railed Bersabee, even to this day. i And Esau being forty years old married wives, Judith the daughter of Been the llcthite, and Baaemath the daughter of Lion of the same place. 35 And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebecca. f LatUudt. That it, widencu, or room. CHAP. XXVII. CHAP. XXVII. Iamb, by his mother's counsel, obtaineth his father's bless- ing, instead of Esau. And by her is advised to fly to his uncle. Laban. TVTOW Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, •*- ' and he could not see : and he called Esau his elder son, and said to him : My son. And he answered : Here I am. 2 And his father said to him: Thou seest that I am old, and know not the day of my death. 3 Take thy arms, thy quiver, an I bow, and go abroad : and when thou hast taken something by hunting, 4 Make me savoury meat thereof, as thou know- est I like, and bring it that I may eat, and my soul may bless thee before I die. 5 And when Rebecca had heard this, and he was gone into the field to fulfil his father's com- mandment, 6 She said to her son Jacob : I heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, and saying to him : 7 Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats that I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the Lord, before I die. 8 Now therefore, my son, follow my counsel : 9 And go thy way to the flock, bring me two kids of the best, that I may make of them meat for thy father, such as he gladly eateth : 10 Which when thou hast brought in, and he hath eaten, he may bless thee before he die. ^ 11 And he answered her: Thou knowest that Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am smooth : 12 If my father shall feel me, and perceive it, I fear lest he will think I would have mocked him, and I shall bring upon me a curse instead of a olessing. 13 And his mother said to him: Upon me be this curse, my son : only hear thou my voice, and go, fetch me the things which I have said. 14 He went, and brought, and gave them to his mother. She dressed meats, such as she knew his father liked. 15 And she put on him very good garments of Esau, which she had at home with her: 16 And the little skins of the kids she put about his hands, and covered the bare of his neck. 17 And she gave him the savoury meat, and de- livered him bread that she had baked. 18 Which when he had carried in, he said : My father. But he answered: I hear. Who art thou, my son ? 19 And Jacob said : I am Esau thy first-born :* I have done as thou didst command me : arise, sit, and eat o'' my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said to his son : How couldst thou find it so quickly, my son ? He answered : It was ♦ lam Eton thy first-born. St. Augustine (L. Contra mcndncium c. 10.) treating- at large upon this place, excuseth Jacob' from a lie, be- cause this whole passage was mysterious, as relating to the preference which was afterwards to be given to the Gentiles before the carnal Jews, which Jacob by prophetic light might understand. So far the will of God that what I sought came quickly in my way : 21 And Isaac said : Come hither, that I may feel thee, my son, and may prove whether thou lie my son Esau, or no. 22 He came near to his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said : The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob; but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 And he knew him not, because his hairy hands made him like to the elder. Then blessing him, 24 He said : Art thou my son Esau ? He an- swered : I am. 25 Then he said : Bring me the meats of thy hunting, my son, that my soul may bless thee. And when they were brought, and he had eaten, he offer- ed him wine also, which after he had drunk, 26 He said to him : Come near me, and give me a kiss, my son. 27 He came near, and kissed him. And imme- diately as he smelled the fragrant smell of his gar- ments, blessing him, he said : Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a plentiful field, which the Lord hath blessed. 28 God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine. 29 And let peoples serve thee, and tribes wor- ship thee : be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother's children bow down before thee. Coned be he that curseth thee : and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings. 30 Isaac had scarce ended his words, when Ja- cob being now gone out abroad, Esau came, 31 And brought in to his father meats made ol what he had taken in hunting, saying : Arise, my father, and eat of thy son's venison ; that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac said to him: Why! who art thou? He answered : I am thy first-born son Esau. 33 Isaac was struck with fear, and astonished exceedingly ; and wondering beyond what can be believed, said : Who is he then that even now brought me venison that he had taken, and I ate of all before thou earnest? and 1 have blessed him, and he shall be blessed. 34 Esau having heard his father's words, roared out with a great cry: and being in a consternation, said : Bless me also, my father. 35 And he said : Thy brother came deceitfully and got thy blessing. 36 But he said again: Rightly is his name called Jacob :f for he hath supplanted me lo this second time: my first birth-right he took away before, and now this second time he hath stolen away my bless- ing. And again he said to his father : Hast thou not reserved me also a blessing ? 37 Isaac answered : I have appointed him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants : I is certain, that the first birth-right, both by divine election, and by Esau's free cession belonged to Jacob : so that if there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than an officious and re- nial one. f Jacob. That is, a supplanler. 29 GLNKSIS. have established him with corn snd trine, ami after tJiis, what shall I do mori- for thee, mi >*»m ? 38 Ami Esau siiil to him : lla>t thou only one blessing, father? I beseech thee bless me also. And whin be wept with a loud en. 39 Isaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from shore, 40 Shall thy blessing be. Thou shall live by the SWOrd, and shall serve thy brother: and the time shall come, when thon shalt shake oil', and loose his yoke from thy neck. il I'.- in therefore always hated Jacob for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him: and he said in his heart : The days will come of the mourning tor my lather, ami I will kill my brother Jacob. 42 These things were told to Rebecca: and she sent and called Jacob her von. and said to him: Be- hold. Esau thy brother threateneth to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, mj son, hear mj voice, arise and Bee io Laban my brother to Haran: 44 And thon shalt dwell with him a few days, till the wrath of thy brother be assuaged, }.") And his indignation cease, and be forget the things thon bast done to him : afterwards I will send, and bring thee from thence hither. \\ by shall I be deprived of both my sons in one day? 16 And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth : if Jacob take a w ilc ol the stock of this land, I choose not to live. CHAP. XXVIII. Jacob'* journey to Mesopotamia : his vision and vow. AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him. and charged him, saying : Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan: 2 But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel thv mother's lather, and take tin e a w ilc thence of ihedaiiiihtersof J /a ban thy uncle. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase, and murtiplythee: that thon mayst be a multitude of people. 4 And give the blessings of Abraham to thee, and toth\ seed after thee: that thon mavst possess the land of thy sojournment, which he promised to thy grandfather. "> \nd when Isaac had senl him away, lie took his journey and went to Mesopotamia of Syria to I ,ahan the son of Bathuel the Syrian, brother to Rebecca his mother. 6 And Esau seeing that his father had bit Jacob, and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Sy- ria, to mam a w ife thence; and that after the bles- sing he had charged him, saying: Thon shall not take a w ife of the daughters of ( !hanaan : ; \ud that Jacob obeying bis paieiits was gone into S\ria: cperiencing also that his father was not wt I! ed with the daughters of Chanaan: '.I lie Wi lit tO iMliael. and took to W ife. besides them he had before. M aheleth the daughter Of Is- uie I, Abraham's son. the sister of Nalmjoth. 10 But Jacob being departed from Bersabee, went on to Haran. 1 1 And when he was come to a certain place, and would rest in it alter SUA set, be took of thfr stones that lay then', and putting under his head, in the same place. 12 And be saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth, and the ton thereof touching hea- ven : the Angels also of God ascending and descend in- by it. I.I And the Lord leaning upon the ladder. Baying to him: 1 am the Lord God of Abraham tin la- ther, and the God of Isaac: The land wherein thon steepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed. 1 I And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth : thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and i.n TREK and thy seed all the tribes of the earth shall BE RLESSED. 15 And I will be thy keeper whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land: nei- ther will I leave thee, till 1 shall have accomplished all that I have said. 16 And w hen Jacob aw aked out of sleep, he said : Indeed the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. 17 And trembling he said : How terrible is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob arising in the morning, took the stone, which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title,* pouring oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of the city Bethel,'} which before was called Lu/a. 20 And he made a vow . saying : If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way. by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 And I shall return prosperously to my lather's house : the Lord shall be inv God: 22 And this stone, which 1 have set up for a title, shall be called Tin- house of God: and of all things that thou shalt give tome, 1 will offer tithes to thee. CHAP. XXIX Jamh .-rrritli Isthan *< veil years fur Rttrhrl ; but is drcrir-'d with Lia ; he afterwards marrieth Rachel. Lia bears htm four son*. THIEN Jacob went on in his journey, and came into the east country. 2 And he saw a well in the field, and three flocks of sheep lying by it : for the beasts vveie wnti red out of it, and the mouth thereof was closed with a great stone. 3 And the custom was, when all the sheep w ere gathered together, to roll awaj the stone, and after the sheep wen watered, to put it on tin- mouth of the well again. 4 And he said to the shepherds: Brethren, whence are you ? Thej answered: of Haran. * «J title. That in, a pillar, or immimic nt , BtthtL Thi» name tignific* the bons« of God. chap. xxx. 5 And he asked them, saying : Know you Laban the son of Nachor ? They said : We know him. 6 He said : Is he in health ? He is in health, say they : and behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with his flock. 7 And Jacob said: There is yet much day re- maining, neither is it time to bring the flocks into the folds again : first give the sheep drink, and so lead them back to feed. 8 They answered : We cannot, till all the cattle be gathered together, and we remove the stone from the well's mouth, that we may water the flocks. 9 They were yet speaking, and behold, Rachel came with her father's sheep : for she fed the flock. 10 And when Jacob saw her, and knew her to be his cousin german, and that they were the sheep of Laban his uncle, he removed the stone wherewith the well was closed. 1 1 And having watered the flock, he kissed her : and lifting up his voice wept. : 12 And he told her that he was her father's bro- ther, and the son of Rebecca : but she went in haste and told her father. 13 Who, when he heard that Jacob his sister's son was come, ran forth to meet him : and embra- cing him, and heartily kissing him, brought him into his house. And when he had heard the causes of his journey, 14 He answered : Thou art my bone and my flesh. And after the days of one month were expired, 15 He said to him : Because thou art my brother, Bhalt thou serve me without wages ? Tell me what wages thou wilt have. 16 Now he had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lia : and the younger was called Rachel. 17 But Lia was blear-eyed: Rachel was well favoured, and of a beautiful countenance. 18 And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 Laban answered : It is better that I give her to thee than to another man ; stay with me. 20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days because of the great- ness of his love. 21 And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 22 And he, having invited a great number of his friends to the feast, made the marriage. 23 And at night he brought in Lia his daughter to him, 24 Giving his daughter a handmaid, named Zel- pha. Now when Jacob had gone in to her Record- ing to custom, when morning was come, he saw it ions Lia : 25 And he said to his father-in-law : What is it that thou didst mean to do? did not 1 serve thee for Rachel? why hast thou deceived me? 26 Laban answered: It is not the custom in this place, to give the younger in marriage first. 27 Make up the week of days of this match : and I will give thee her also, for the service that thou shall render me other seven years. 28 He yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel: 29 To whom her father gave Bala for her ser- vant. 30 And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other se- ven years. 31 And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia, opened her womb; but her sister remained barren. 32 And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Ruben, saying : The Lord saw my afflic- tion : now my husband will love me. 33 And again she conceived and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard that I was despised, he hath given this also to me : and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived the third time, and bore another son: and said : Now also my husband will be joined to me, because 1 have borne him three sons : and therefore she called his name Levi. 35 The fourth time she conceived and bore a son, and said: Now will I praise the Lord: and for this she called him Juda. And she left bearing. CHAP. XXX. Rachel being barren, delivereth her handmaid to Jacob : she bearetk two sons. Lia ceasing to bear, giveth also her handmaid, and she, beareth two more. Then Lia beareth two other sons and one daughter. Rachel beareth Joseph. Jacob desirous to return home, is hired to stay for a certain part of the stock's increase, whereby he becometh exceeding rich. \ ND Rachel, seeing herself without children, -^- envied her sister, and said to her husband r Give me children, otherwise I shall die. 2 And Jacob being angry with her, answered : Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb ? 3 But she said : I have here my servant Bala : go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her. 4 And she gave him Bala in marriage : who, 5 When her husband had gone in unto her, con- ceived and bore a son. 6 And Rachel said : The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son ; and therefore she called his name Dan. 7 And again Bala conceived, and bore another, 8 For whom Rachel said : God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed : and she called him Nephtali. 9 Lia perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband. 10 And when she had conceived and brought forth a son, 11 She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad. 12 Zelpha also bore anolher. 13 And Lia said : This is for my happiness: foi women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser. 14 And Ruben going out in the time of the wheat harvest into the field, found mandrakes : which he 31 brought to his mother I. in. And Rachel said me part of thv son's maudraki 15 She answered: Dost tliou think it a small matter, that thou hast taken mv husband from me. unless thou take also mv son's mandrakes- Rachel said: He shall sleep with thee this sight, lor thy son's mandrakes. It) And when Jacob returned at e\en from the field, Lia went out to meet him, and said : Thou shall come in unto me, be ca ab ci 1 hate hired thee for mv sun's mandrakes. And he slept with her diat night 17 And God heard her prayers: and she con- < • i\ed, and bore the fifth son, 18 And said: God hath given me a reward, be- canse I ^ave mv handmaid to my hiishand. Ami she called Ids name Issachar. 19 And Lia eoneeived again, and bore the sixth son, Jit And said : God hath endowed me with a good dowry: this turn also my husband will be with me, because I have borne him six sons: and therefore she called his name Zabnlon. J I Alter whom she bore a daughter, named Pina. 22 The Lord aiso remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb. 29 And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach. J I \nd she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son. 25 And when .Joseph was born, Jacob said to his father-in-law: Send me away that 1 may return into mv country, and to my land. 26 Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I hare served thee, that I mav depart: thou Miowest i he service that I have rendered thee. 27 Laban said to him : Let me find favour in thy sidit : I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake: 28 Appoint thy wages which I shall dre thee. 29 Rut he answered: Thou know est how I have >enei| thee, and how great thy possession bath neeli qj my hands. 30 Thou hadst but little before I came to thee. and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath hlessed thee at mv coming. It is reasonable therefore that I should now provide also for mv own boUSO. 31 And Laban said: What shall I give thee? I » 1 1 1 he said : I require nothing: but if thou wilt do what I demand. I w ill {\ct\ and keen thy sheep again. • Jo round through all tin flocks, and sepa- rate all the sheep of divers colours, and speckled : and all that is brown and spotted, and of divers colours, as well among the sheep, as anion.; the its, shall he mv wages. 33 And ii in justice shall answer for me to-mor- row before thee when the time of the bargain shall come: and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among die goats, shall accuse me of theft. \nd Laban said: I like well what thou de- lesc. 35 And he separated the s ,, m ,| i\ the she-goats, GENE (ii\e and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted : and all the flock of one colour, that is. ot white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons. 36 And be set the space of three da\ s journey betwixt himself and his son-in-law, who fed the rest of his (lock. , And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part : so when the liark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole, remained green: and by this means the colour was divers. 38 And he put them in the troughs where the water was poured out; that when the flocks should come to drink, they might have the rods before their eyes, and in the Sight of them might conceive. 39 And it came to pass that in the very heat of coition, the sheen beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled. 40 And Jacob separated the lock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eves ot the rams: and all the white and the black were Laban's: and the rest were Jacob's, when the llocks were sepa- rate. I one from the other. 41 So when the ewes went first to ram. Jacob put the rods in the troughs of Water before the eves of the nuns, and of the ewes, that they might con- ceive while they were baking upon them : I _' lint when the later coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not pot them. And those that were lateward, became Laban's; and they of the first time, Jacob's. 43 And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many ilocks, maid-servants and iwii-m r- vants, camels and ass. s. CHAP. XXXI. Jacob 1 ! departure: he is purmird and overtaken by habnn. I'/n m mate « m unit. "13 UT after that he heard the words of the sons -*-* Of Laban, Baying: Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's, and being enriched b\ his Substance is become great : 2 And perceiving also thai Laban's countenance v as not tow arils him as vesterdav and the other day. 3 Especially the Lord saying to him: Return into the land of tin fathers and to thy kindred, and I will be with tliee. 4 lie sent, and called Rachel and Lia into the field. W here he fed the llocks. .') \n.l said to them: I see vour father's counte- nance is not towards me as yesterday and the other .lav : but the God of mv father hath been with me ti And voii know that I have served vour lathei to the uttermost of my power. 7 Yea, your father also hath over-reached ni", and hath changed mv wages ten times: and vi God hath not suffered him to hint inc. If at au\ time be said: The speckled shall be ihv 9 ill tin' sheep brought forth speckle I: but when he sai I on the contrary: Thou shall take CHAP. XXXI. all the white ones for thy wages: all the flocks brought forth white ours. 9 And God hath taken your father's substance, and given it to me. 10 For after the time came of the ewes conceiv- ing, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in my sleep that the males which leaped upon the females were of divers colours, and spotted, and speckled. 11 And the Angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob? And I answered: Here I am. 12 And he said: Lift up thy eyes, and see that all the males leaping upon the females, are of divers colours, spotted and speckled. For I have seen all that Laban hath done to thee. 13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst anoint the stone, and make a vow to me. Now therefore arise, and go out of this land, and return into thy native country. 14 And Rachel and Lia answered: Have we any thing left among the goods and inheritance of our father's house ? 15 Hath he not counted us as strangers, and sold us, and eaten up the price of us ? 16 But God hath taken our father's riches, and delivered them to. us, and to our children: where- fore do all that God hath commanded thee. 17 Then Jacob rose up, and having set his chil- dren, and wives upon camels, went his way. 18 And he took all his substance, and flocks, and whatsoever he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and went forward to Isaac his father to the land of Chanaan. 19 At that time Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole away her father's idols.* 20 And Jacob would not confess to his father- in-law that he was flying away. 21 And when he was gone, together with all that belonged to him, and having passed the river, was going on towards mount Galaad, 22 It was told Laban on the third day, that Ja- cob lied. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pur- sued after him seven days : and overtook him in the mount of Galaad. 24 And he saw in a dream God saying to him : Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob. 25 Now Jacob had pitched histent in the mountain: and when he with his brethren had overtaken him, he pitched his tent in the same mount of Galaad. 26 And he said to Jacob : Why hast thou done thus, to carry away, without my knowledge, my daughters, as captures taken with the sword ? 27 Why wouldst thou run away privately, and not acquaint me, that I might have brought thee on the way with joy, and with songs, and with tim- brels, and with harps ? 28 Thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and daughters : thou hast done foolishly : and now indeed, 29 It is in my power to return thee evil : but the * Her falker's idols. By tliis il appear*, that La-ban was an idola- ter: and some of (.he fathers are of opinion, lliat Rachel stole away God of your father said to me yesterday : Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob. 30 Suppose, thou didst desire to go to thy friends, and hadst a longing after thy father's house: why hast thou stolen away my gods ? 31 Jacob answered : That I departed unknown to thee, it teas for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force. 32 But whereas thou chargest me with theft : with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, let him be slain before our brethren. Search, and if thou find any of thy things with me, take them away. Now when he said this, he knew not that Rachel had stolen the idols. 33 So Laban went into the tent of Jacob, and or Lia, and of both the handmaids, and found them not. And when he was entered into Rachel's tent, 34 She in haste hid the idols under the camel's furniture, and sat upon them : and when he had searched all the tent, and found nothing, 35 She said : Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee, because it has now hap- pened to me according to the custom of women So his careful search was in vain. 36 And Jacob being angry, said in a chiding manner : For what fault of mine, and for what of- fence on my part hast thou so hotly pursued me, 37 And searched all my household-stuff'? What hast thou found of all the substance of thy house ? lay it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and let them judge between me and thee. 38 Have I therefore been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams o( thy flocks I did not eat. 39 Neither did 1 show thee that which the beast had torn, I made good all the damage : whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me : 40 Day and night was I parched with heat, and with frost, and sleep departed from my eyes. 41 And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times. 42 Unless the God of my father Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had stood by me, peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked: God beheld my affliction, and the labour of my hands, and re- buked thee yesterday. 43 Laban answered, him : The daughters are mine and the children, and thy flocks, and all things that thou seest are mine: what can I do to my chil- dren, and grandchildren ? 44 Come therefore, let us enter into a league ■ that it may be for a testimony between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title : 46 And he said to his brethren : Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it. 47 And Laban called it The witness heap : and Umm idols to withdraw him from idclatry, by removing the oc- casion of his sin. 33 (iKNKsis. Jacoli, The billock of testimony ; each of then ac- cording t<> the propriety of Ilia language. 48 Ami Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee tins day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, thai it, The wit- m m heap. 49 The Lord beboU and judge between us when we shall be gone one from the other. 60 If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou bring in other wives <»v d. » 2 ". . and aented the person of the Son of Co,!. Toil HI — 1 li ny, in arWetl J ■ Wa it ed by God, wasamalcu far an Aflfai, was so ordered [l M 10 I am not worthy of the least of all thv mer- cies, and of thy (ruth which thou hast fulfilled to thy servant. With my staff I passed over this Jor- dan: and now 1 return with two comnanies. 1 1 Deliver me from the hand of mj brother Esau, for I am greatly afraid of him : lest perhaps he come and kill the mother with the children. 12 Thou didst say that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply m\ seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot he numbered for multitude. \3 And when he had slept there that night, he set apart, of the things which he had, presents for his brother I'.sau, 14 Two hundred she-^oats, twentv he -goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rains, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten of their foals. 16 And he sent them by the hands of his ser- vants, every drove In itself, and said to his servants : (io before me, and let there be a space between drove and drove. 17 And he eonimanded the first, saying : If thou meet my brother I'.sau, and he ask thee: Whose art thou ? or w hither goest thou ? or w hose arc these before thee? 18 Thou shah answer: Thy servant Jacob's: he hath sent them as a present to my lord Esau : and he cometh after US. 19 In like manner he commanded the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, say- ing: Speak ye the same words Io Esau, when ye find him. Jo And ye shall add : Thy servant Jacob himself also foUoweth alter us; for he said: I will appease him with (he presents that go before, and aftcrw ards I will see him, perhaps he w ill be gracious to me. 21 So the presents went before him, but himst li lodged that night in the camp. 22 And rising early he took his two wives, and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jaboc. 23 And when all things were brought over that belonged to him, 2) lie remained alone: and behold, a man* wres- th (1 w ith him till rnoraiag. i And when he saw that he could not o\ ercoine him. lie touched the sinew of his thigh, and forth- with it shrank. 26 And be said to him : Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered : 1 will not let thee go, ex- cept thou bless me. J'/ bad he said: What is thy name: I ll •■uisw ercd: Jacob. But be said: 'Thy name shall not be called Jacob. Inn Israel : for if thou hast been strong against God. how much more shah thou prevail against men? 29 Jacob a^ked him: Tell me by what name ili:il lie mifflit Irani hy this ex|«-rinn nl of the dnini ;i»i-i.u:it, that r I. -.>ii. nor an, other m;in, should haTe power to hurt him. It waa ako spiritual. a« IpptMat by lu« earnest prayer, urging and at last obtaining the Anjei'. blessing. CHAP. XXXIII, XXXIV. art thou called ? He answered : Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the lame place. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Pha- nucl,* saying: : I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved. 31 And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he was past Phamiel ; but he halted on his foot. 32 Therefore the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob's thigh: because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank. CHAP. XXXIII. Jacob and Esau meet : Jacob goeth to Salem, where he raiseth an altar. AND Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau com- ing, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids: 2 And he put both the handmaids and their chil- dren foremost : and Lia and her children in the second place : and Rachel, and Joseph last. 3 And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times, until his brother came near. 4 Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and em- braced him ; and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept. 5 And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? and do they belong to thee? He answered : They are the children which God hath given to me thy servant. 6 Then the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves. 7 Lia also with her children came near, and oowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph and Rachel bowed down. 8 And Esau said : What are the droves that I met ? He answered : That I might find favour be- fore my lord. 9 But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself. 10 And Jacob said: Do not so, I beseech thee, but if I have found favour in thy eyes, receive a little present at my hands : for I have seen thy face, as if I should have seen the countenance ol God ; be gracious to me, 11 And take the blessing, which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother's earnest pressing him, 12 And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey. 13 And Jacob said : My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young; which if 1 should cause to be over- driven, in one day all the flocks will die. * Phanutl. This word signifies the face of God, or, the sight, or, seeing of God. 14 May it please my lord to go before his ser- vant; and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir. 15 Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said : There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favour, my lord, in thy sight. 16 So Esau returned, that day, the way that he came, to Seir. 17 And Jacob came to Socoth ; where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents. 18 And he passed over to Salem a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria : and h'$ dwelt by the town. 19 And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem, for a hundred lambs. 20 And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel. CHAP. XXXIV. Ditto, is ravished, for which the Sichemites are destroyed. AND Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country. 2 And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hivite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her; and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin. 3 And his soul was fast knit unto her, and whereas she was sad, he comforted her vv ith sweet words. 4 And going to Hemor his father, he said : Get me this damsel to wife. 5 But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held his peace till they came back. 6 And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob, 7 Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding an- gry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter. 8 And Hemor spoke to them : The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter ; give her him to wife. 9 And let us contract marriages one with ano- ther; give us your daughters, and take you our daughters. 10 And dwell with us: the land is at your com- mand, till, trade, and possess it. 1 1 Sichem also said to her father and to her bre- thren: Let me find favour in your sight: and what- soever you shall appoint I will give ; 12 Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand ; only give me this damsel to wife. 13 The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his 05 GENESIS. Hie clillow. i father deceitfully,* being enraged at ing of their sister ; 14 vVe cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised ; w hiili w ith us i> unlaw t'ul and abominable. 15 Hut in this we may he allied with you, il \ on will Ik? like us, and all the male sex among JTOU he circumcised ; 1(5 Then will we mutually rive and take your daughters, and ours; and we will dwell with you, and will he one people : 17 Hut it you will not he circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart. 18 Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son : I! 1 \nil (he young mai made no delay, hut forth- with fulfilled what was required; lor be loved the damsel exceedingly, and he was the greatest man in all his lather's house. 20 And going into the gate of the city, they spoke to the people : 21 These men are peaceable, and are willing to dwell with us: let them trade in flie land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it : we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours. One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred : We must circumcise every male among us, following the maimer of the nation. 23 And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall he ours: only in this let us con- descend, and by dwelling together, we shall make i ne people. 2-1 And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males. 5 And behold, the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two or the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Lei i the brothers of Ding, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city, and slew all the men : 26 And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina, out of Sichem's house. 27 And when they were cone out, the Other 8008 of Jacob came upon the slain ; and plundered the cit\ in revenge OI the rape. 28 And they took their sheep and their herds and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in the fields. 29 And their children, and wives the\ took cap- tive. 30 And when they had holdh perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: !fou have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chananites, and Phen Kites the inhabitants of this land. We are few : they will gather themslevei together and kill me: and both I, and my house shall be destroyed. 31 The\ answered: Snould tney abuse our sister ns a strumpet? ( MM'. WW. • DumMUSJ. The «oni- occasion, were (fuilty of a (jriovoin «in, an well ti\ fa! 'm? rilirion, a« by i •f tii«-ir icraofa, Ttmn gainst »o Coal ■•> • rime was commendable. M Jacob purgrth his family from idols : gorth by f$o4?$ rommantf no ni tn Hi (In I. mill there buildetA an altar. Ood appi arnu again to Jacob bk at r t k him. and dumgttk kUmome into I* mi I. Km hi I iliith in rhilil-hirt/i. hour nltn ilirth. I \ the mean time God said to.Jacoh: Arise, and *- j:<> up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee whin thou didst flee from Esau thy brother. 2 And Jacob having called together all his house- hold, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and he cleansed and change your gar- ments. 3 Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to (iod; who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey. 4 So they pave him all the strange gods they had, and the ear-rim:'* which were in their ears : and he buried them under the turpentine-tree, that is behind the city of Sichem. 5 And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue alter them as they went awa\. 6 And Jacob came to Iai/.a, which is in the land of ( hanaan. siirnamed Bethel ; be and all the people that were w ith him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the name of 'hat place, The house of God : for there God appeared to him when he lied from his brother. 8 At the same time Debora the nurse of Kcbccca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping. 9 And God appeared again to Jacob after he re- turned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he bleated him. 10 Saying: Thou shalt not be called any mor.) Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel. f 11 And said to him : I am God Almighty, in- crease thou and he multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall he from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins. 12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and to tin seed alter thee. 13 \ud he departed from him. I V Bui be set up a monument of stone, in the place when- God had spoken to him; pouring drink-offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon; 15 And calling the name of that place Bethel. 16 And gOHlg forth from theme, he came in the spring time to the land which leadeth to Ephrata' wherein when Rachel was in travail, labour, she began to be 1 i ar not, 17 \U reason of her hard in danger, and the midwife said to her for thou shall have thi s son also. 18 And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she Called the name of her son lieuoni, that is r '1 he son of m\ pain* t hrotl. Tliit name tignifWth one that prcrailcth with Qod. CHAP. XXXVI. but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son of the right hand. 19 So Rachel died, and was buried in the high- way that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem. 20 And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre : this is the pillar of Rachel's monument, to this day. 21 Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock toufr. 22 And when he dwelt in that country : Ruben went, and slept with Bala the concubine* of his father : which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23 The sons of Lia: Ruben the first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zabulon. 2i The sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin. 25 The sons of Bala, Rachel's handmaid : Dan and Nephtali. 26 The sons of Zelpha, Lia'e handmaid : Gad and Aser : these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria. 27 And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron : whereinAbraluim and Isaac sojourned. f 28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years. 29 And being spent with age he died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days : and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. CHAP. XXXVI. Esau with his wives and children parteth from Jacob. An account of his descendants, and of the first kings of Edom. A ND these are the generations of Esau, the -**- same is Edom. 2 Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan : Adaf the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Ooli- bama the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite : 3 And Basemath, the daughter of Ismael, sister )f Nabajoth. 4 And Ada bore Eliphaz : Basemath bore Rahuel : 5 Oolibama bore Jehus and Ihelon and Core. These are the sons of Esau, that were born to him in the land of Chanaan. 6 And Esau took his wives and his sons and daughters, and every soul of his house, and his sub- stance, and cattle, and all that he was able to ac- quire in the land of Chanaan: and went into another country, and departed from his brother Jacob. 7 For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together : neither was the land in which they sojourned, able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks. 8 And Esau dwelt inMount Seir: he is Edom. 9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of Edom in Mount Seir. 10 And these the names of his sons: Eliphaz the son of Ada the wife of Esau: and Rahuel the son of Basemath his wife. * The concubine. She was his lawful wife; but according- to the •tyle of the Hebrews, is called concubine, because of her servile ex- traction. 1 1 And Eliphaz had sons : Theman, Omar, Sepho, and Gat ham and Cenez. 12 And Thamna was the concubine of Eliphaz the son of Esau: and she bore him Amalech. These are the sons of Ada the wife of Esau. 13 And the sons of Rahuel: were Nahath and Zara, Samma and Meza. These were the sons ol Basemath the wife of Esau. 14 And these were the sons of Oolibama, (no daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon, the wife of Esau, whom she bore to him, Jehus, and Ihelon, and Core. 15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau : the sons of Eliphaz the first-born of Esau : duke The- man, duke Omar, duke Sepho, duke Cenez, 16 Duke Core, Duke Gatham, duke Amalech : these are the sons of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and these the sons of Ada. 17 And these were the sons of Rahuel, the son of Esau : duke Nahath, duke Zara, duke Samma, duke Meza. And these are the dukes of Rahuel, in the land of Edom : these the sons of Basemath the wife of Esau. 18 And these the sons of Oolibama the wife of Esau: duke Jehus, duke Ihelon, duke Core. These are the dukes of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, and wife of Esau. 19 These are the sons of Esau, and these the dukes of them : the same is Edom, 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horrite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Sobal, and Se- beon, and Ana, 21 And Dison, and Eser, and Disan. These are dukes of the Horrites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And Lotan had sons : Hori and Heman. And the sister of Lotan, was Thamna. 23 And these the sons of Sobal : Alvan and Manahat, and Ebal, and Sepho and Oman. 24 And these the sons of Sebeon: Aia and Ana. This is Ana that found the hot waters in the wilder- ness, when he fed the asses of Sebeon his father: 25 And he had a sou Dison, and a daughter Oolibama. 26 And these were the sons of Dison ; Hamdan, and Eseban, and Jethram, and Charan. 27 These also were the sons of Ezer : Balaan, and Zavan, and Acan. 28 And Disan had sons: Hus and Aram. 29 These were dukes of the Horrites : duke Lotan, duke Sobal, duke Sebeon, duke Ana, 30 Duke Dison, duke Eser, duke Disan : these were dukes of the Horrites that ruled in the land of Seir. 31 And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel bad a king, were these: 32 Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city Denaba. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zara of Bosra reigned in his stead. f Ada. These wives of Esau are called by other names, Gen. xxvi But it was very common amongst the ancients for the sajne persons to have two names, as Esau himself was also called Edom. 37 GENESIS. .T4 And when Jobab was dead, Ilusam of the land of the Tlicmaiiiit •> reigned in his stead. \nd after his death, Adad the boo of Badad nuncd in his siead, who defeated the Madiumteti in the < ■ t m 1 1 1 1 1 > til .Mn.ili: and the name oi his cilj Mad Av itli. Vnd when Adad was dead, than reigned in his stead Seinla of Masieca. And he being dead, Saul of the river Hoho- bothj reigned in hi* stead. \nd when lie also was dead, Halanau the sun nt' Achobor succeeded to the kingdom. 1 Tins man also being dead, Adar reigned in his |i|aee. and the name o| liis citv was IMiau: and his wile was called Meetabel, the daughter i>t .Ma- iled, daughter of Mexaab. 40 And iliese tin the names of the dukes of Esau in their kindreds, and places, and callings: duke Thamna, duke Alva, duke Jetheth, VI Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon, I enez, duke Themau, duke Mabsar, )•> Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram: these art tin dukes of Kdom dwelling in ibe land * >t" their govern- ment] the .same is Esau the lather of the Edouiites. (II IP. WWII. Joseph'* dreamt : hi ix sold hii hit brethren, and carried into /il. A.\D Jaeoh dwelt in the land of ( hanaan, w here- in his father sojourned. 2 And these are his generations : Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the nock with his brethren, being hut a bov : ami he was with the sons of Mala and ofZelphahis father's wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most w icked crime. ■ '< Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons. became he had him in his old age : and he made him a coat of divers colours. i And his brethren seeing that he was loved bj his father, more than all his sons, hated him, ami could not speak peaceably to him. ") Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream,* diat he had dreamed; which Occasioned them to hate him the more. <; Ami he said to them : Hear my dream which I dreamed. 7 1 thought we were binding sheaves in the field ; and my sheaf arose, as it were, and stood, and VOW sheaves Standingaboul bowed down before inv sheaf. 8 His brethren answered: Shalt thou lie our king? or shall we he subject to thy dominion.' There- fore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their env) and hatred. !» He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying : I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, ami eleven stars worship- ping me. ' .1 drr,im. Tl" ■-•■ dream, (if ■''•«'• "Ii wi'ir prophrli'-il, and will fr , 11 1 <>•»!; m wot iltn rhim ■hirh hi inti aixh UtllllUJJM (Jim mllv >.|k aUmir. U»' ol>-wrviii|jof dn'iurw H Condi iiiIIm-km mi- -lAiiliwii, ami miiIiiI. Bm Driil. win. I fwftrii*'-— r xxxiv. t, 3. J'.' 10 And when he bad told this to his father. |«d brethren, bis father rebuked him, and said: What meaneth ibis dream that thou has dreamed ? Shall I and th\ mother and thj brethren worship t tine ill on (lie earth. 11 His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself. 12 And when his brethren abodj in Siehem, feeding their lather's docks, 13 Israel said tO him : Thy brethren feed the sheep in Siehem : come, I will send thee to them. And w lieu he answ ci< d : 14 I am ready : ho said to him: Go, and see if all things be will with tin brethren, and the cattle; and brim: me word again what is doing. So beinf sent from the vale oi Hebron, he came to Siehem' 1.0 And a man found him there wandering in the held, and asked w hat he sought. 10 Bui he answered: I seek my brethren, tell me where they Iced the lloeks. 17 And the man said to him: Thej are departed from this place; for I heard them sav : Let us fio to Dothain. And Joseph went forward alter Ids' brethren, and found them in Dothain. l!! And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, thev thought to kill him; 19 And said one to another: Behold, the dream- er cometh. 20 Come, let Us kill him, and cast him into some old pit ; and We will say: Some evil least hath devoured him: and then it shall appeal what his dreams avail him. 21 And Ruben bearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said : 22 Do not takeaway his life, nor shed Ins blood ; but cast him into this pit, that is in the w ilderii. and keep your hands harmless: now he said this. being desirous to deliver him out of their hands, and to restore him to his father. 23 And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stripped him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours : 24 And cast him into an old pit where there was no water. 2o And sitting down to eat bread) they saw some Isinaelites on their way coming from (ialaad, with their camels, carrying spkes, and balm, and mvrrh to Egypt. 26 And Juda said to his brethren : \\ hat will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood ? , It is better thai he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled ; for he is 0111 bro- ther and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words. 28 And when the Madiauitc merchants passed bv , the} drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces ol silver: and thev led him into Egypt. ■f WnrMp. Tlii* word i» not lined here to signify dirint verskip, !iul .111 nijrrior rtrurnlion. expressed bj tlir tMiwinjr of llie tiod» . and llial a<> nriliiift to llie niaum r ol tin- eastern imIioiis. down to ilia •round. 1 t^ boa re keceo^ok© S CP fl. E C3) .irn |a • ftS of Ood. Hut (he yviic r.hti ill dn sort: l.ut either proere.l tlw ttatara) complexions and diapi "- . , or tho rminjj of tlisir imafi nations in tin- daj on mh-Ii objects as they are much 40 16 I or a proof therefore oi her fidelity,, she kept the garment, and showed it to her husband when he returned home : 17 And -aid: 'The lit brew servant, w horn thou hast brought, came to me to abuse me: 18 And when he heard me cry, he left the gar- ment which I held, and lied out. 19 His master bearing these things, and giving too much credit to his w ile'.s words, was verv an. 20 And cast Joseph into the prison, where the kind's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up. Jl But the Lord was with Joseph, and having mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison : .1 Who delivered into his hand all the prisoners that Were kept in custody: and whatsoever was done, was under him. 23 Neither did he himself know anv thine, hav ins committed all things to him : for the Lord was with him, and made all that he did to prosper. CHAP. XL. Joseph interpreted the dreams of tteo of Pharao's servants in prison : the ert nt ilrt hin tk tin intt rprttations to be true, bat Jnsi pit it forgotten. A FTER this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, **- the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord. 2 And Pharao being angrj with them (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker, 3 He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner 4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody. 5 And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves : 6 And when J o s ep h was come into them in the morning, and saw them sad, 7 He asked them, saving: Why is your counte- nance sadder to-day than usual .' 8 They answered : We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Jo- seph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God?] Tell me what you have dreamed: 9 The chief butler first told his dream : I saw before me a vine, 10 On which were three branches, which by lit- tle and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes ; 11 And the tup of Pharao was in my hand: ami I took the crapes, and pressed them into the cup which I held, and I nave the cup to Pharao. I 1 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches are yet three (lav > .itr«i-tril willi, or from their mind l«'inir disturbed with care* and trouble*., and niAn^cd wild bodily infirmities : or the) are Migv to fl. liter, or to terrify »i ;ik mtods | in (inter to c;iin belief, and no draw them into error or luparatHim ; or at leu. I to tiouhle them m their »lee|>. wlioin ttiev i iiiiiul MOM « hen they are awake: aothal the general rule, with ragari to dreams, » not to |ira un\ > mlit tu tin-in. CHAP. XLI. 13 After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place : and thou ehalt present him the cup according to thy oflice, as before thou wast wont to do. 14 Only remember me, when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness : to [tut Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison : 15 For 1 was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon. 16 The chief baker seeing that he had wisely in- terpreted the dream, said : lalso dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head : 17 And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of bak- ing, and that the birds ate out of it. 18 Joseph answered : This is the interpretation of the dream : The three baskets, are yet three days : 19 After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh. 20 The third day after this was the birth-day of Pharao : and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker. 21 And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup: 22 The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shown. 23 But the chief liutler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter. CHAP. XLI. Joseph interpreted the two dreams of Pharao : he is made ruler over all Egypt. AFTER two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river, 2 Out of which came up seven kine, very beau- tiful and fat : and they fed in marshy places. 3 Other seven also came up out of the river, ill- favoured, and lean fleshed : and they fed on the very bank of the river, in green places : 4 And they devoured them, whose bodies were very beautiful and well conditioned. So Pharao awoke. 5 He slept again, and dreamed another dream : Seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair : 6 Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted, 7 And devoured all the beauty of the former. Pharaoh awaked after his rest: 8 And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egvpt, md to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it. 9 Then at length the chief butler remembering, said: 1 confess my sin : 10 The king being angry with his servants, com- manded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of tl>» capt:* of the soldiers: F 11 Where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come. 12 There was there a young man a Hebrew, ser- vant to the same captain of the soldiers: to whom we told our dreams. 13 And we heard what afterwards the event of the thing proved to be so. For I was restored to my office: and he was hanged upon a gibbet. 14 Forthwith at the king's command, Joseph was brought out of the prison, and they shaved him; and changing his apparel, brought him in to him. 15 And he said to him : I have dreamed dreams, and there is no one that can expound them: Now I have heard that thou art very wise at interpreting them. 16 Joseph answered : Without me, God shall give Pharao a prosperous answer. 17 So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Me- thought I stood upon the bank of the river, 18 And seven kine came up out of the river, ex- ceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture. 19 And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill-favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt. 20 And they devoured and consumed the former, 21 And yet gave no mark of their being full : but were as lean and ill-favoured as before. I awoke, and then fell asleep again, 22 And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn grew up upon one st:dk, full and very fair. 23 Other seven also, thin and blasted, sprung of the stalk: 24 And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it. 25 Joseph answered : The king's dream is one : God hath shown to Pharao what he is about to do. 26 The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full ears are seven years of plenty: and both contain tht same meaning of the dream. 27 And the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them, and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of famine to come : 28 Which shall be fulfilled in this order. 29 Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt: 30 After which shall follow other seven vears of so great scarcity, that all the abundance before shall be forgotten: for the famine shallconsumeallthelaud, 31 And the greatness of the scarcity, shall destroy the greatness of the plenty. 32 And for that thou didst see the second time a dream pertaining to the same thing: it is a token of the certainty, and that the word of God comet h to pass, and is fulfilled speedily. 33 Now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and make him ruler over the land of Egypt: 34 That he may appoint overseers over all the countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful vears, 41 r; km:. sis. 35 That shall now presently ensue: and let all' the com l>e bid Dp, under Pharao's hands, and be rved in the cit'n \nd let it be in readiness, against the famine of seven yean to come, \\ bich shall oppress Egypt, and the land shall not Le consumed with scarcity. 37 The counsel pleased Pharao, and all his sen ants. 38 And he said to them: Can we find such an- other man, that is full of the Spirit ofGod? .>!> lie said therefore lo Joseph: Seeing God hath shown thee all that thou hast said, ean 1 find one Wiser and one like unto thee? 40 Thou shall be over my house, and at the commandment of thy mouth all the people shall obey: only in the kingly throne will I be above thee. 41 And again Pharao said to Joseph: Heboid, I have appointed thee over the whole land of Egypt M And he took his riim from his own hand, and ^a\e it into his hand: and he put upon him a robe of silk, and put a chain of gold al>out his neck. \\u\ he made him go up into hi-- second chariot, the crier proclaiming thai all should how their kiier before him, and thai they should know he was made governor over the whole land of Egypt 44 And the kin- said to Joseph: I am Pharao: without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt ■6 And he turned his name, and called him in the Egyptian tongue the Saviour of the world.* And he save him to wife As< ucth the daughter of Puti- phare priest of lleliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Kgypt: 46 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood before kiim Pharao) and he went round all the countries of Egypt 47 And the fruit fulness lof the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves was ga- thered together into the barns of Egypt. 48 And all the abundance of gram was laid up in wary city. 49 And there was so peal almndance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and tin- plenty exceeded PseastuwL 50 And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons horn : whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore unto him. 51 And he called the name of the first -liorii Ma- na>scs,t saying: God, hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father's house. ■'>! And he named the second Kphraim.t savin;;: God hath made me tOgTOW in the land of mv poverty. .').{ Now when the seven years of the plenty that had hern in EgJ pt were past : 64 The set en years of scarc it y, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed m the whole world, but tin iv was bread in all (In- land of Egypt \nd when there also thej began to be famished, * 7V Smitmr »fUu trorl I Z;t|ilniat)i naaoeub. .Vtnaffi. That l«, oMirton, or forrrlting. F.pkraim .'. "r frou-in*. S You mn tpitt. 1m In- taid by way of examining llu-m, to •bat they wnulJ antwer. 4S I the people cried to Pharao. for food. And he said tO them • ( lo to Joseph : and do all that he .shall to von. 56 And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph Opened all the barns, anil sold lo the Egyptians: toff the famine had oppressed them also. 57 And all provinces came into Egypt* to buy food and to seek some relief of their want. CHAP. XLII. Jacob sentleth hit ten sons lo buy corn in Egypt. Their treat' mint by Joseph. AND Jacob hearing thaUbod was sold in Egypt said tt> his sons: \\ by are ye can hss- 2 I have heard that wheat is sold in Egj pt : ( to J B down, and buy ns necessaries, that w e mav live, ami not be consumed with want. 3 So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buv corn in Egypt: 4 Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, w ho said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey. 5 And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of (hanaan. 6 And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him, 7 And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came vou' They answ end : From the land of (.'ha- naan, to buy necessaries of life. 8 And though he knew his brethren, he was not known by them. 9 And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies :§ you are come to view the weaker parts of the land. 10 Put they said: It is not so, nn lord, but thy servants are come to buy food. 11 We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil. 12 And he answered them : It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of ibis land. 13 Put they said : We thv servants are twelve bre- thren, the sons of one man in the land of ( hanaan : the youngest is with our father, the other is not liv ing. I l He sailh. This is ii that I said: You are spies. 15 I shall now present)] try what um arc: bv the health of Pharao vou shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come. 16 Send one of vou to fetch him: ami vou shall be in prison, till what you have said be provetl, whether it be true or false: or else, by the health ol Pharao, you are spies. || 17 So be put them ill prison three davs 18 And the third day he brought them out of D Or tit *j tkt kf-tltk 0/ Phmrat you off tpiti. Thai l», if tlir-r tl.inft ,\ t,,. proved talaa, you arc to bt hrld far rpitt for your l\in. -hall he trratwl a* Ma, JiiM-pb ilcall in tail mnnnrr will/ ln« bit) tl.r.'ii. to brim Ibein >>> (lie mean* of affliction to a aenae of (Ik it former iiii, .in.) a »n.t crc repentance for it. CHAP. XLIIT. imson, and said : Do as I have said, and you shall live: (or I fear God. 19 If you be peaceable men, let one of your bre- thren be bound in prison: and go ye jour ways, and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your bouses, 20 And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may find your words to be true, and you may not die. They did as he had said. 21 And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the aneuish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: there- fore is this affliction come upon us. 22 And Ruben, one of them. said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the hoy: and you would not hear me? Behold, his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning he spoke to them. 25 And taking Simeon, and binding him in their presence, he commanded his servants to fill their sacks with wheat, and to put every man's money again in their sacks, and to give them besides pro- visions for the way : and they did so. 26 But they having loaded their asses with the corn, went their way. 27 And one of them opening his sack, to give his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in the sack's mouth. 28 And said to his brethren, My money is given me again, behold, it is in the sack. And they were astonished and troubled, and said to one another: What is this that God hath done unto us ? 29 And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying: 30 The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country. 31 And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot. 32 We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan. 33 And he said to us : Hereby shall I know that you arc peaceable men : Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways 31 And hung your youngest brother to me, that I may know you are not spies: and you may receive this man again, that is kept in prison : and after- wards may have leave to buy u hat you will. 35 When they had told this, they poured out their corn, and every man found his money tied in the mouth of his sack : and all being astonished together, 36 Their father Jacob said : You have made me to be without children : Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away : all these evils are fallen upon me. * To hell. Thai is, to thai pkc*, wl.ere the souls tlun remained, a« above, chap, xxxvii. ver. 35. 37 And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons if 1 bring him not again to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to thee. 38 But he said : My son shall not go down with you : his brother is dead, and he is left alone : if any mischief befal him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my grav hairs with sorrow to hell.* CHAP. XLIII. The sons of Jacob go again into Egypt with Tienjamin. They arc entertained by Joseph. IN the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land. 2 And when they had eaten up all the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sous : Go again, and buy us a little food. 3 Juda answered : The man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath, saying : You shall not see my face, unless you bring your youngest brother with you. 4 If therefore thou wilt send him with us. we will set out together, and will buy necessaries for thee. 5 But if thou wilt not, we will not go : for the man, as we have often said, declared unto us, say- ing : You shall not see my face without your young- est brother. 6 Israel said to them : You have done this for my misery, in that you told him you had also ano- ther brother. 7 But they answered : The man asked us in order concerning our kindred : if our father lived : if we had a brother : and we answered him regu- larly, according to what he demanded : could we know that he would say : Bring hither your brother with you ? 8 And Juda said to his father : Send the boy with me, that we may set forward, and may live : lest both we and our children perish. 9 I take the boy upon me, require him at my hand . unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee, I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever. 10 If delay had not been made, we had been here a«ain the second time. 1 1 Then Israel said to them, If it must needs be so, do what you will : take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm,t and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds. 12 And take with you double money, and carry back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it was done by mistake. 13 And take also your brother, and £o to the man. 14 And may my almighty God make him favour- able to you: and send back with you your brother, whom he keepeth, and this Benjamin : and as lot me I shall be desolate without children. 15 So the men took the presents and double money, and Benjamin: and went down into Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when he had seen them, and Benjamin t Balm balm Literally rosin, ronna; but her© by that name is roeanl 43 < , r.M .sis. with thorn, lie romm rinded the steward of hi* house, SB) Lag : Bring in the men into the house, and kill victims, and prepare a feast: because the) shall eat with me at noon. 17 He did as he was commanded, and brought the men into the house. 18 And the? bang much afraid, said there one to another : Because of the money, which we car- ried hack the first time in our sacks, we are brought in : that he ma\ bring BOOM OS a false accusation, and by violence mike slaves of us and our asses. 19 Wherefore going up to the steward of the house, at the door, 20 They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us. We came dow n once before to buy food : 21 And when we had bought, and were come to the inn, we opened our sacks, and found our money in the mouths of the sacks : which we have now brought again in the same weight. \ik1 we have brought other money besides, to huv what we want: we cannot tell, who put it in our ba_ 29 lint he answered: Peace be with you, tear not: your Got), and the God of jour father hath given you treasure iii vour sacks: For the money, which you gave me, I have for good. And he brought Simeon out to them. \nd having brought them into the house, he fetched water, and they washed their feet, and he gave provender to then* asses. 25 Hut they made ready the presents, against Jo- seph came at noon : for they had heard that they should eat blend there. 26 Then Joseph came in to his house, and they offered aim the presentsjholding them in their hands, and they bowed down wiih their face to the ground. 27 Hut he courteously saluting them again, asked them, saying: Is the old man your father in health, of whom von told inc.' Is he yet living? 28 And they answered: Thy servant our father is in health, he is yet li\ in-. And bowing them- selves, they made obeisance to him. 29 And Joseph Lifting np sis eves, saw Benja- min his brother, by the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother of whom you told me ? And he said: God be gracious to thee, my son. knd be made haste because his heart was moved upon his brother, and tears gushed out: and goim; into his chamber lie wept. • II And when he had washed his face, comini: out again, be refrained himself, and said: Set bread on the table. \ ii*l when it was set on, for Joseph a part, and for his brethren a part, for the Egyptians also that ate with him, a part, (for ii is unlawful for the Egyptians to eat with the lie! news, and they think such a feast profane :) ii before him. the first-born according to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his \nd they wondered verj much : • To dinv. I ■ •. 10 Inn taftwaml in •Jlulinjc to (be notion of the people, who t.x.k him lo 1m- ft diviner. f TV miner of divining. lie sprain of liim* If according to whit Taking the messes which they received of hfan: and the greater mess came to Benjamin, s () that it exceeded l>\ live parts. And liny drank, and were merry with him. CHAP. XLIV. Jotrpk't contrivance lo stop hit brethren. The humblr suppli cation of Juila. AND Joseph commanded the steward of his house, savin-: FBI their sacks with corn, as much as they can hold : and put the money of every one in the ton of his sack. 2 And in the mouth of the younger** sack put my silver cup, and the price which he save for the wheat. And it was so done. 3 And when the morning arose, they were sent away with their ass, g. 4" And when th.\ were now departed out of the City, and had tone forward a little wn\ : Joseph Bending for the steward of his house, said: Arise, and pursue after the men : and w hen thou hast over- taken them, say to them: Why have you returned evil for good ? . , • , 5 The cup which you have stolen, is that m which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to di- vine :* you have done a vefv evil thing. 6 He did as he had commanded him. And ha\ mg Overtaken them, be spoke to them the same words. 7 And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact ? . * 8 The moncv, that we found in the top of our sacks, WO brought back to thee from the land ot Chanaan: how then should it be that we should steal out of thy lord's house, gold or silver ? 9 With whomsoever of thy servants shall be found that which thou seekest, let him die, and we will be the bondmen of my lord. 10 And he said to them: Let it be according to your sentence : with whomsoever it shall be found, let him bemy servant, and you shall be blameless. 11 Then they sp... lil\ took down their sacks to the ground, and everv man opened his sack. 12 Which when he had searched, beginning at the eldest, and ending at the youngest, he found the cup in Benjamin's sack. 13 Then they nut their garments, and loading their ass.s again, returned into the ton a. n \nd.lu.la at the head of his brethren went in to Joseph (for In- was not yet gone out ol the place) and they all together feU down hefbre him on the mound. 15 And he said to them: Why would von do so; know you not that there is no one like me ll the science of divining.*)' Iti And Juda said to him: What shall we an- swer m\ lord? or what shall we say, or be able justlj to allege? God hath found out me iniquity of thy servants : behold, we are all bondmen to mv lord, b .th we. and he with whom the cup was loiim b ■ in Hint kinpt-'iii. Ami mil. id. fte being i pn.i'lut. IBM more without compaiuon thaa »n> »{ tin- K(fj|ilun sorcerers CHAP. XLV. 17 Joseph answered: God forbid that I should do so : he that stole the cup, he shall be my bond- man : and go you away free to your father. 18 Then J uda coming nearer, said boldly: 1 be- st celt thee, my Lord, let thy servant speak a word in thy ears, and be not angry with thy servant: for after Pharao thou art 19 My lord. Thou didst ask thy servants the /it st time : Have you a father or a brother? 20 And we answered thee, my lord : We have a father an old man, and a young boy, that was born in his old age : whose brother by the mother is dead ; and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him tenderly. 21 And thou saidst to thy servants : Bring him hitherto me, and I will set my eyes on him. 22 We suggested to my lord : The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die. 23 And thou saidst to thy servants, Except your youngest brother come with you, you shall see my face no more. 24 Therefore when we were gone up to thy ser- vant our father, we told him all that my lord had said. 25 And our father said : Go again, and buy us a little wheat. 26 And we said to him : We cannot go : if our youngest brother go down' with us, we will set out together : otherwise, without him we dare not see the man's face. 27 Whereunto he answered : You know that my wife bore me two. 28 One went out, and you said : A beast de- voured him : and hitherto he appeareth not. 29 If you take this also, and anything befall him in the way, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hell. 30 Therefore if I shall go to thy servant our father, and the boy be wanting (whereas his life depcudeth upon the life of him) 31 And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his gray hairs* with sorrow unto hell. 32 Let me be thy proper servant, who took him into my trust and promised, saying : If I bring him not again, I will be guilty of sin against m} father for ever. 33 Therefore I thy servant will stay instead of the boy in the service of my lord, and let the boy go up with his brethren. 34 For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I be a witness of the calamity that will oppress my father. CHAP. XLV. Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren : and scmlvlh for lux f either. I OSEPH could no longer refrain himself before •^ many that stood by : whereupon be commanded that all should go out, and no stranger be present at. their knowing one another. * His grey huirs. That \i. his person, now far advanced in vean. With sorrow unto hell: tho Hebrew word for hell is here Shenl, the Greek Hades i it is uot taken for the lull of the dainued ; but fur that 2 And he lifted up his voice with weeping, which the Egyptians, and all the house of Pharao heard. 3 And he said to his brethren : I am Joseph : is my father yet living? His brethren could not answer him, being struck with exceeding great fear. 4 And he said mildly to them : Come nearer to me. And when they were come near him, he said : I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries : for God sent me before you into Egypt for your pre- servation. 6 For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping. 7 And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live. 8 Not by your counsel was I sent hither, but by the will of God : who hath made me as it were a father to Pharao, and lord of his whole house, and governor in all the land of Egypt. 9 Make baste, and go ye tip to my father, and say to him : Thus saith thy son Joseph : God hath made me lord of the whole land of Egypt : come down to me, linger not. 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen : and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all things that thou hast. 11 And there I will feed thee (for there are yet five years of famine remaining) lest both thou per- ish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast. 12 Behold, your eyes, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my mouth that speaketh to you. 13 You shall tell my father of all my glory, and all things that you have seen in Egypt : make haste and bring him to me. 14 And falling upon the neck of his brother Ben- jamin, he embraced him and wept: and Benjamin in like manner wept also on his neck. 15 And Joseph kissed all his brethren, and wept upon every one of them : after which they were em- boldened to speak to him. 16 And it was heard, and the fame was abroad in the king's court : The brethren of Joseph are come : and Pharao with all his family was glad. 17 And he spoke to Joseph that he should iiive orders to his brethren, saying : Load your beasts, and go into the land of Chanaan, 18 And bring away from thence your father and kindred, and come to nie : and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, that you may eat the marrow of the land. 19 Give orders also that they take waggons out of the land of Egypt, for the carriage of their children and their w ives : and say : Take up your father, and make haste to come with all speed : place of souls below where the servants of God were l;ept before th« coming of Christ Which place, both in the scripture and in th« creed, is named mil. 4fi GENESIS. 20 And ,r;nr nothing of your ho us e h old-staff: for all the riches <>t Egypt shall be yours. 21 tnd the sons of Israel did as thej were bid. And Joseph pure them waggons according to Pha- rao*s commandment ; and provisions for the way. 21 He ordered also to be brought om tor everj one of them two robes : hut to Benjamin In three hundred pieces of silver with five robes of the Ih^i : Sending to his rather as much money and rai- ment, adding besides ten he-asses to catrj off all the riches of Egypt, and as manj sh, carrying wheat and bread for the journey. 21 So In- sent away his brethren, and at their departing said to them: Benotangrj in the way. 25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of ( 'hanaan to their father Jacob. 26 And they told him, saying : Joseph thj son is living: and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt Which when Jacob heard, he awaked as it were out ofadeep sleep, yet did not believe them. 27 The.\ on the other side told the whole order of the thin^. And when he saw the WBggons and all that he had sent, his spirit revived, 28 And he said: It is enough for me. if Joseph my son be yet living: I mil go, and see him before I ale. CHAP. XI/V I. Itrael,tcarrantnl hi/ it vision from QotL gotstk dmrn into Egypt tcilh all his frimilii. A XI) Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath,* and killiim victims thereto the God ol his father Isaac, 2 He heard him by a vision in the night calling him, and saying to iiim : Jacob, Jacob. And be answered him : Lo, here I am. .! God said to him : I am the most mighty God of thy father : fear not. j;o down into Egypt, fori will make a great nation of thee there. V I will pjp dow n w ith thee thither, and will bring thee hick again from thence ; Joseph also shall pm his hands upon tin ey< i. ■ > And Jacob, rose up from the well of the oath : and his sons took him up, with their children ami wi\es in (be waggons, which Pharaoh had senl to carry the old man, G And all that lie had in the land ot'Chanaaii : and became into Egypt with all his seed : 7 His sons, and firandsdiis, daughters, and all his offspring together. 8 And these ;ire the names of the children ol" Israel, that entered into Egypt, he ami his children. 1 lis first-born Ruben, 'J The sons of Ruben : Henoch and Phalhi, and >n and Charmi. Hi The sous of Simeon : Jamod and Jamin and A hod, and Jachin and Sonar, and Saul the s,,n of ■ woman of ( lhanaan. II The sons oi Levi: Genoa and Caath and Merari. * TV tctU 4 tht Ml*. IS. ..■'.«• Ipha, whom Laban these she bore to Joseph I J The sons of Juda : Her and Onan and Srla and Phares and Zara. And Her and Osas died in the land of ('hanaan. And sons were bam to Phares : tiesron and riamu). 13 The sons of lasachar: Tholannd Pima and Job and Seniron. II Tbe sons of Zabulon : Sared and Elon and Jahelel. I") These ;ire the sons of Ida, whom she Ix>re in Mesopotamia of Syria with Dina nis daughter. All the souls of her sons and daughters, thim- three. 16 The sons of Gad: Sephion and Haggi and Surii and Esebbn and llorn to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the soured the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, Were si \ enty. 28 And he scut Juda before him to Joseph, totell him: and that be should meet him in (lessen. 29 And when he was come thither. Joseph made read] his chariot, and went up to meet his father, in the same place: and seeing nim, be fell upon his neck, and embracing him. wept. .'.n \inl the father said to Joseph. Now shall 1 die w ith joy, because I have seen thy tare, and leave thee alh ■ !l And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his house: I will CO Up, and will tell Pharao, and willsaj to him : My brethren, and my father's house, that were in the land of (hanaan, arc come to me: \nd the men are shepherds, and their occu- pation is to feed cattle : their (links, and herds, and all thej have, the] have brought wkn them. I \ud when he shall call \ou, and shall say \\ hat is \our occupation? father's CHAP. XLVH. 34 You shall answer : We thy servants are shep- herds, from our infancy until now, both we and our lathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomination. CHAP. XLVII. Jacob, and his sons are presented before Pharao : he givetli them the land of (lessen. The famine forceth the Egyptians to sell all their possessions to the king. riMIEN Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying : -*- My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, and all that they possess, are come out of the land of Chanaan : and behold they stay in the land of Gessen. 2 Five men also the last* of his brethren, he pre- sented before the king : 3 And lie asked them : What is your occupa- tion ? They answered : We thy servants are shep- herds, both we, and our fathers. 4 We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan : and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen. 5 The king therefore said to Joseph : Thy father and fhv brethren are come to thee. 6 The land of Egypt is before thee : make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are in- dustrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle. 7 After this Joseph brought in his father to the king, and presented him before him : and he blessed him. 8 And being asked by him : How many are the days of the years of thy life ? 9 He answered : The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers. 10 And blessing the king, he went out. 1 1 But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded. 12 And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one. 13 For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, more especially of Egypt and Chanaan. 14 Out of which he gathered up all the money for the corn which they bought, and brought it into the king's treasure. 15 And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread': why should we die in thy presence, having now no money ? 16 And he answered them : Bring me your cattle, *The last. Extremos. Some interpret this word of tlio chiefest, and most sightly: but Joseph seems rather to have chosen out such as had the meanest appearance, that Pharao might not think of employing them at court, with danger of their morals and religion. + To the bed's head. St. Paul, llcb. xi. 21. following the Orerk translation of the Septuagint. reads adored the ton of his rod. Where note, that the same word in the Hebrew, according to the dillercnt and for them I will give you food, if you have no money. 17 And when they had brought them, he gave them food in exchange for their hoists, and sheep, and oxen, and asses: and he maintained them that year for the exchange of their cattle. 18 And they came the second year, and said to him: We will not hide from our lord, how that our money is spent, and our cattle also are gone : neither art thou ignorant, that we have nothing now left but our bodies and our lands. 19 Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? we will be thine, both we and our lands: buy us to be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness. 20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, every man selling his possessions, because of the greatness of the famine. And he brought it into Pharao' s hands : 21 And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof, 22 Except the land of the priests, which had been given them by the king : to whom also a cer- tain allowance of food was given out of the public stores, and therefore they were not forced to sell their possessions. 23 Then Joseph said to the people : Behold, as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao : take seed, and sow the fields, 24 That you may have corn. The fifth part you shall give to the king : the other four you shall have for seed, and for food for your families and children. 25 And they answered : Our life is in thy hand : only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gladly serve the king. 26 From that time unto this day, in the whole land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the kings, and it is become as a law, except the land of the priests, which was free from this covenant. 27 So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it : and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly. 28 And he lived in it seventeen years: and all the days of his life came to a hundred and forty- seven years. 29 And when he saw that the day of his death drew nigh, he called his son Joseph, and said to him: If I have found favour in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh ; and thou shalt show me this kindness and truth, not to bury me in Egypt : 30 But I will sleep with my fathers, and thou shalt take me away out. of this land, and bury me in the hurying-jilace of my ancestors. And Jo- seph answered him : I will do what thou lurst com- manded. 31 And he said : Swear then to me. And as he was swearing, Israel adored God, turning to the bed's head.f pointing of it, signifies both a bed and a rod. And to verify both these sentences, we must understand (hat Jacob leaning on Joseph's rod adored, turning towards the head of his bed: which adoration, inasmuch as it was referred to God, was an absolute, and sovereign worship: but inasmuch u it was referred to the rod of Joseph, as a figure of the sceptre, that is. of the royal dignity of Christ, was oult ! an inferior and relative honour. 47 GENESIS. CHAP. XLVIII. Joseph visiteth his fathr in his sickness, who ailoptith his tiro sons Manasses and Kphraim, nntl bttssrlh them, prt- /erring the younger before thr ild>r. \ FTKR these things, it m told Joseph that -^*- liis father Was sit k : and he set mil to no to him taking his two sons Mb Mill and Kphraim. ! \nd it was told the old man: Behold) tin mm Joseph roni.'th to thee. And being strengthened, he sat on Ids bed. 3 And w hen Joseph was doom m to bun, he said : God Almighty appeared to me si Ku/.a. which is in tin- land of (hanaan: and be blessed im', 4 And said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and 1 will make of tint' a nitiltltndc of people: and 1 will 'j.\\ i' this land to thee, and to thy d alter thee for an everlasting possession. 5 So tin two -oils w ho were born to thee in tin- land of Knvpt, before I tame hither to thee, shall be mine. Kphraim and .Manages shall he reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon. 6 Hut the rest whom thou shall have after them, shall be thine, and shall he called hy the name of their brethren in their po ssessi ons. 7 For, w hen I came out of Mesopotamia, Haehel died from me in the land of (hanaan in the vcrv journey, and it was spring time: and I was going to Ephrata, and I buried her mar the waj of Ephrata, which bv another name is called Bethlehem. 8 Then seeing hi- sons he said to him : Who are these? 9 lie answered : Thev are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said: Bring them to me, that I mnv bless them. 10 For Israel's eyes were dim hy reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them, 11 And said to his son: I am not deprived of Seeing thee: Moreover ( Sod hath show n me thy seed. 12 And w hen Joseph had taken them from his fa- ther's lap. he how ed down With his face to the ground. 13 And he set Kphraim on his ridit hand, that M. towards the left hand of Israel : hut Bdanasses on his left hand, to wit, towards his father's right hand, and brought them near to him. 14 Hut he stretching forth his right hand, put it upon the head of Kphraim the younger brother: and tin' left upon the head of Manasses who was the elder, changing his hands. 16 And JacOO blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight mv fathers Abraham anil IC walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day : \H ilrrnglh, SB. He fall-, liim hi. ilrrngtk, a. bring- born whil-t wai in liii full MrrinMh ami npiur: he calls him thr brgin- m»|r of hit lorrotr, brcauv caret and snrrmrt MnD] 00OM on Willi thr birth of Children. F.rttlHni in fifts, fee, tx first-lxirn had a title to a JottUr portion, JO. I In have tin- • otninan.l mi r In- brethren, Ii Rnlwn forfeited b) liii tin; being jwurcrf oui ' i"r:int by way of a eurw or imprr- . 16 The Angel that delivercth me from all evils, hless these boys : and let my name be called upon them, and (he names of tin fathers Abraham and Isaac; and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth. 17 And Joseph seeing tJmt his father had put his right hand upon the head of Kphraim. was much displeased: and taking his father's hand he tried to lift it from Kphraim's head, and to remove it to the head of MruiMSOB IB And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father; for this is the first-horn : put thy right hand upon his head. 19 Hut he refusing, Bam : I know, my son, I know : and this also shall become a people, an I shall be multiplied: hut his vounner brother shall he greater than he: and his seed shall grow into nations. JO \nd he blessed them at that time. sa\ in^: In thee shall Israel he blessed J and it shall be -aid: God do to thee as to Kphraim and as to .\l;iu;h-cs. \iid he Set Kphraim before MaoaSBCS. 21 And he said to Joseph his son: Heboid. I die, and God will be with you, and will bring vou back into the land of your fathers. 22 I {jive thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite, with my sword and bow. CHAP. XLIX. Jacob's prophrtirril blessings of his ttciire. sons : his death. AM) Jacob called his sons, and said to them : -^*- Gather yourselves together that I may tell you the things that Bball befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, () ye sons of Jacob; hearken to Israel vour father: • Ruben my firsi-born, thou ait my strength* and the beginning of my sorrow; excelling in nins, greater in command. 4 Thou art pound out as water, nrow thou not :t because thou w cutest up to tin father's bed, and didst defile his couch. 5 Simeon and Kevi brethren; vessels of iniquity Wagjtttg war. 6 Kit not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory lie in their assembly : because in their fury thev slew a man, J and in their self-will thev under- mined a wall. 7 C urse d be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath, because it was cruel: I will di- v ide them in Jacob, and w ill scatter them in Israel. J> Juda, thee shall tin brethren praise: thy hand shall be on the necks of thv enemies : the BOM of thy father shall bow. down to tl, n | hut bv way of a prophecy, forcd llincr llial the tnbr of liuhcn should not inherit the pre-eminence, usually annexed to the first birth-right, fix. the double portion, tin- beinc prim e or lord mrr the other bn Ihrcn, ami tl of which tho double |H.riion waa to Joneph, iln pi inn I; «t to T.e»i. \Vir a am, m/. si. Ihmi the aoe of Hemoc »iili all bu people, ixxir. iiiwiiralK and p r opbetioall) n alludes to < l.iet. whom l',i it po Ii !ll\ . ti. I to di'alli. CHAP. L. 9 Juda is a lion's whelp :* to the prey, my son, thou art gone ii|>: resting thou hast couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him? 10 Tin; sceptre shall not he taken away from Ju- da, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations. 11 Tyhig his foal to the vineyard, and his ass, O my son, to the vine, lie shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape. 12 His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. 13 Zabulon shall dwell on the sea-shore, and in the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon. 14 Issachar shall be a strong ass lying down be- tween the borders. 15 He saw rest that it was good ; and the land that it was excellent : and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute. 16 Dan shall judgef bis people like another tribe in Israel. 17 Let Dan be a snake in the w r ay, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, that his rider may fall backward. 18 I will look for thy salvation, O Lord. 19 Gad being girded, J shall fi^ht before him : and he himself shall be girded backward. 20 Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield dainties to kings. 21 Nephtali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty. 22 Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold : the daughters run to and fro§ upon the wall. 23 But they that held darts provoked him, and quarrelled with him, and envied him. 24 His bow rested upon the strong, || and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob : thence he came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel. 25 The God of thy father shall be thy helper, and the Almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the deep that lieth beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb. 26 The blessings of thy fatherll are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers ; until the desire * A lion's tckelp, &c. This blessing- of Juda fortclleth the strength jf his tribe, the fertility of his inheritance; and principally that the sceptre and legislative power should not be utterly taken awav from his race till about the time of the coming of Christ; as in effect it never was : which is a demonstration against the modern Jews, that the Messiah is long since come ; for the sceptre has long since been utterly taken away from Juda. f Dan shall judge, &c. This was verified in Samson, who was of the tribe of Dan, and began to deliver Israel, Judges xiii. 5. But as this deliverance was but temporal and very imperfect, the holy pa- triarch (v. 18.) aspires after another kind of a deliverer, saying: / tcill look for thy salvation, Lord. | Gad being girded, &c. It seems to allude to the tribe of Gad, when after they had received for their lot the land of Galaad, they marched in arms before the rest of the Israelites, to the conquest.of the land of Chanaan : from whence they afterwards returned loaded with spoils. See Josne i. and xxii. * Am to and fro, far. To behold his beauty; whilst his envious brethren turned their darts against him, &c. !' Hi* bow tested upon the strong, &c. That is, upon God, who was G of the everlasting hills** should come ; may thev be upon the bead of Joseph and upon the crown of the Nazariteff among his brethren. 27 Benjamin, a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide; the spoil. 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one, with their proper blessings. 29 And he charged them, saying: 1 am now going to be gathered to my people :|t bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hethite, 30 Over against IVlambre in the land of Chanaan, which Abraham bought together with the field, of Ephron the Hethite, for a possession to bury in. 31 There they buried him, and Sara his wife : there was Isaac buried with Rebecca his wife: there also Lia doth lie buried. 32 And when he had ended, the commandments wherewith he instructed his sons, he drew up his feet upon the bed, and died : and he was gathered to his people. CHAP. L. The mourning for Jacob, and his interment,. Joseph's kind- ness towards his brethren. His death. \ ND when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his -^*- father's face, weeping and kissing him. 2 And he commanded his servants the physi- cians, to embalm his father. 3 And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days ; for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed : and Egypt mourn- ed for him seventy days. 4 And the time of the mourning being expired, Jo- seph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao: 5 For my father made me swear to him, saying: Behold, I die : thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which I have digged for myself in the land of Cha- naan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return. 6 And Pharao said to him : Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear. 7 So he went up, and there went with him all his strength ; who also loosed his bands, and brought him out of prison to be the pastor, that is, the feeder and ruler of Egypt, and the stone that is, the rock and support of Israel. t The blessings of thy father, &c. That is, thy father's blessings are made more prevalent and effectual in thy regard, by the additional strength they receive from his inheriting the blessings of his pro- genitors Abraham and Isaac. ** The desire of the everlasting hills, &c. These blessinsrs all looked forward towards Christ, called the desire of the everlasting hills, as being longed for, as it were, by the whole creation. Mystically the patri- archs and prophets are called the everlasting hills, by reason of the eminence of their wisdom and holiness. ft The Jfazarite. This word signifies one separated: and agrees to Joseph, as being separated from, and more eminent than, his bre- thren. As the ancient Nazarites were so called from their being set aside for God, and vowed to him. |I To be gathered to my people. That is, I am going to die, and so to follow my ancestors that are gone before me, and In join their com- pany in another world. 49 i:\oix >. ihc ancients of I'harao's house, and a!! the elders of the land of Egypt. 8 And the house of Joseph with his brethren, except their children, and their flocks and herds, which they left in the land of Gossan. 9 He had also in his train chariots and bu f Bt - nun: and it was a great company. lit And thej c.nne to the threshing floor of Atn.l, which is situated beyond the Jordan; where cele- brating the exequies with a great ami vehement lamentation, thej spent full seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of Chanaaa savi this, they said : This is a Deal mourning to the Egyptians. And therefore the name of that place was called, The mourning of Egypt. 12 So the sons of Jacob did as he had com- manded them. IS And carrying him into the land of Chnuaan. they buried him in tin- double eave which Abraham hid bought together with the field for a possession of a burying-place, of Epbron the Hethife, over against Mambre. 14 And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brethren, and all that were in his company, after he had buried his father. 15 Now he being dead, his brethren w ere afraid. and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and re- quite ns all the evil that we did to him. 16 And they sent a messsge to him, saying : Thy father commanded us before he died, 17 That we should say thus much to thrr from him: 1 beseech thee to taraet the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice the] practised SgSJnSt thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the ser- v ants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept. 18 And his brethren came to him: and wor- shipping prostrate on the ground, they said : \\ e are thy servants. 19 And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist tin' will of God? 20 You thought evil Bgaiast me; but God turned it into good, that he BSJgttt < wait me, as at present you see, and might sa\e main people* 21 l'ear not : 1 will i\v(\ sou and your children. Ami he comforted them, and spoke pteotlyand mildly. 22 And he dwelt in Egypt, with all his father's house; and lived a hundred and ten years. And he saw the children of Kphraim to the third ^em- ration. The children also of .Machir the son of Matiasses were born on Joseph's knees. 23 After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 24 And he made them swear to him. saying! God will visit you, carry my Ikmics with you out of this place : 25 And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed, he was laid in a cofJiu in Egypt. THE BOOK OF EXODUS. The teennd bonk nf Mosn it raFlrd F.xonns, from the Greek word F.(o4«<, which signifies going out : because it contains the history of the gOUg out of the rhililrrn of Israel out of T.wupt. The Hi limes, from the words ie th which it hi win I, colt it Vrri.i.k SkM'p in : Tbew MC the OMRO. It contain-. trnntnetions for 149 W'lrs; that in, from the death nf Jo- seph to the erecting of the tain mm lr. CHAP. I. The Israelite* arc multiplied in Veupt. Thru are npprrsxrd tof a new king, who commandcth all their male children to be killed. r pill'.SK are the names of the children of Is- -*- rael, that went into Egypt with Jacob: they went in every man with his household: J Kubeu. Simeon, Levi, .Inda. 3 Issachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Nephtali, Gad, and Asef. 5 And all the souls that came out of Jacob's thigh, were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt. fi After lie was dead, and all his brethren, and all that generation, 60 7 The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes; and growing exceedingly strong they filled the laud. 8 In the mean time there arose a new kin^ over Egypt, that knew not Joseph: !• lad he said to his people: Behold, the peo- ple of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we. 10 Come, let us wisely op press them, lest thev multiply, and if any war shall rise against us. join with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart out of the land. 11 Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them With burdens: and thev built for I'harao cities of tabernacles,* I'hithoni and Harnesses. I .' But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased ■ 1.5 \nd the Kgvntianj hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them : * Of tahrrnacb t, >>r of -li>rvhotl»e». CHAP. n. 14 And they made their life bitter with hard Works in clay, and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth. 15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the mid wives of the Hebrews, of whom one was called Sephora. the other Phua, 16 Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come : if it be a man child, kill it : if a woman, keep it alive. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children. 18 And the king called for them, and said : What is it that you meant to do, that you would save the men children ? 19 They answered : The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skilful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them. 20 Therefore God dealr well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong. 21 And because the midwives feared God* he built them houses. 22 Pharao therefore charged all his people, say- ing: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river ; whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive. CHAP. II. Closes is born and exposed on the bank of the river ; where he is taken up by the daughter of Pharao, and adopted for her son. He killeth an Egyptian, andjleeth into Madian ; where he marrieth a wife. \ FTER this there went a man of the house of **- Levi ; and took a wife of his own kindred. 2 And she conceived, and bore a son ; and seeing him a goodly child, hid him three months. 3 And when she could hide him no longer, she took a basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and pitch ; and put the little babe therein, and laid him in the sedges by the river's brink, 4 His sister standing afar off, and taking notice what would be done. 5 And behold, the daughter of Pharao came down to wash herself in the river : and her maids walked by the river's brink. And when she saw the basket in the sedges, she sent one of her maids for it : and when it was brought, 6 She opened it, and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it, she said : This is one of the babes of the Hebrews. * Because the midwives feared God, &c. The midwives were rewarded, not for their lie, which was a venial sin; hut for their fear of God, and their humanity : But this reward was only temporal, in building them houses, that is, in establishing and enriching their families. t Motes, or Moyses, in the Egyptian, tongue, signifies one taken or $mrt out of the water. \ He slew the Egyptian. This he did by a particular inspiration of God ; as a prelude to his delivering tin- people from their oppr essio n and bondage. II- thought, says St Stephen, .lets vii. 2u. that his bre- 7 And the child's sister said to her : Shall 1 go and call to thee a Hebrew woman, to nurse wt babe? 8 She answered : Go. The maid went, and call- ed her mother. 9 And Pharao's daughter said to her : Take this child, and nurse him tor me : I will give thee thy wages. The- woman took, and nursed the child : and when he was grown up, she delivered him to Pharao's daughter. 10 And she adopted him for a son, and called him Moses, f saying : Because I took him out of the water. 11 In those days,after Moses was grown up, he went out to his brethren; and saw their affliction, and an, Egyptian striking one of the Hebrews his brethren. 12 And when he had looked about this way and that way, and saw no one there, he slew the Egyp- tian^ and hid him in the sand. 13 And going out the next day, he saw two He- brews quarreling : and he said to him that did the wrong: Why strikest thou thy neighbor? 14 But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us ? wilt thou kill me, as thou didst, yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared, and said : How is this come to be known ? 15 And Pharao heard of this word, and sought to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode in the land of Madian,§ and he sat down by a well. 16 And the priest of Madian had seven daugh- ters, who came to draw water : and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father's flocks. 1 7 And the shepherds came and drove them away : and Moses arose, and defending the maids, watered their sheep. 18 And when they returned to Raguel|| their father, he said to them : Why are ye come sooner than usual ? 19 They answered : A man of Egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds : and he drew water also with us, and gave the sheep to drink. 20 But he said : Where is he ? why have you let the man go? call him that he may eat bread. 21 And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his (laughter to wife : 22 And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam,** saying : I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father my helper hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao. 23 Now after a long time the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel groaning, cried out (Ami understood that God by his hand would save them. But such particu- lar and extraordinary examples are not to be imitated. } Madian. A city and country of Arabia, which took its name from Madian the son of Abraham, by Cetura, and was peopled by his posterity. || Raguel. He had two names, being also called Jelhro, as appears from the first verse of the following chapter. ** Gersam, or Gtrtkom . This name signifies, a stranger there : as Eliezer signifies the help of God. 51 i:\odi s. l>ecause of tin- works: and flu ir cry went up unto ( !od from tin- works. 1 1 And be heard their groaning, and remembered (hf covenant which be made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 25 And the Lord looked upon the children of Israel, and he knew them.* CHAP. III. God appeareth to Mutet in a bunk. And tenthth him to dilirrr I.-rcirl. NOW Moms ted llle sheep of .lediro Ids father- in-law, the priest of Madian: and lie drove the fiork to the inner parts of the desert, and came to tin mountain of God, llorel). - \ud the Lord appeared! to hitn in a flame of fire out of tin- midst of a Itiish : and lie saw that the bush was on fin . and W8S not liurnt. ■ > And v aid: I will go, and see this great sight, win the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the Lord saw that he went forward to See, lie railed to him out of the midst of the hush, and said: Moses, Moses. And ne answered: Here I am. 5 And he said : Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet : for the place, w hereon thou Manilest, is holy ground. 6 And he said: I am the God of thy father, the ( Jod of Abraham, the ( iod of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his lace: for he durst not look Ut Ciod. 7 And the Lord said to him : I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt; and 1 have beard their cry, because of the rigour of them that are over the works : H And knowing their sorrow, I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians. and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land, into a land that llowitii with milk and honey, to the places of the Chananite, and Hethite, and Amorrhite, and I'lure/.ite, and Ilc\ ite. and Jebusite. 9 For the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me : and 1 have seen their affliction, where- with they are oppressed l>\ the Egyptians. 10 Hut come, and I will send thee to Pharao. that thou mayst bring forth mj people, the children ol Israel, out of Egypt. 11 And Moses said to God : Who am I that I should go to Pharao, and should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt ' 12 And Ik said to him : I w ill he with thee: and this thou shalt have for a sign, thai I have sent thee: When thou shall have brought m\ people out of pt. thou shalt offer sacrifice to Ciod upon this mountain. * kiwi* Hum; that in, lie had respect to llnin, Ik; caxt a merciful eye uiKin i f THt ImtA npptarrd. That i\ an Anjrel representing God, and speaking in In. name. t / «m «#*• am. That i«, I am Mnsr Itself, ftrrnal, wlf-rxi^trnt. in- dependent, infinite; without rx-gtuning, end or change; anil Bsf source of all other being*. 62 13 Moses said to (iod: Lo, I shall go to the children of Israel, and say to tin in: Tin- (iod of \our fathers hath sent me to you. If they shall say tome: What is his name.' what shall I saj to them. 11 (iod said to Moses: 1 vm WHO Mil. He said : Thus shalt thou >a\ to the children of Israel : Hi who is, hath sent me to \oii. 15 And God said again to Moses: Thus shalt thou sa\ to the children of Israel: The Lord God of your fathers, the (iod of Abraham, the l Isaac, and the (iod of Jacob hath sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is iu\ memorial unto all generations. lti Go, and gather together the ancients of Israel, and thou shall sa\ to them : The Lord GodofyOUI fathers, the ( iod of Abraham, the ( iod of Isaac, and the (iod of Jacob, bath appeared to me, saying : \ isiting I have visited VOO : and I have seen all that hath befallen you in Egj pt. 17 And 1 have said i he word to bring yon forth out of the affliction of Egypt, into the land of the Chahanite. and Hethite, and Amorrhite. and I'he- rezite, and Hevite, and Jthusite, to a land that llowcth with milk and honc\. 18 And they shall hear thy voice : and thou shalt go in, tOOU and the ancients of Israel to the kin:; of Egypt: and thou shalt say to him : The Lord (iod of the Hebrews hath called us : we will no three days' journey into the wilderness, to sacrifice unto the Lord our (iod. 19 Hut I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, but by a mighty hand. zO lor 1 will stretch forth my hand, and wil, strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst of them : alter these he will let you to. 21 And I w ill give favour to this people, in the sight of the Egyptians: and when yon go forth, you shall not depart empty: 22 But every woman shall a.-k of her neighbour and of her that is in her house, vessels of silver and of gold, ahd raiment: and von shall put them on \our sons and daughters, and shall spoilt Egypt CHAP. IV. Moses it empowered to confirm hit mixtion with miratlrs : hit brother Aaron in appointed to assist him. MOSES answered, and said : They w ill no* believe me, nor near my voice ; hut they will sa\ : The Lord hath not appeared to thee. 2 Then he said to him : What is that thou hold- i st in thy hand.- He answered: A rod. 3 And the Lord said: Cast it down upon the ground. He cast it down, and it was turned into a serpent, so that Moses Bed from it. 4 And the Lord said: I'm out tin hand, and take » Shall tptil, kr. That is, vmi stall 'trip, and lake awny the roods of i his. Tfii* era not s u t hui i mh sf tlx-ft or in- • disposal inaili- l.i linn. Wan i- llif prrat I. .ml ami neater <>f all things l m onlrr io pay tin - children of Israel wm part of what » n?*"* 1 for their labours CHAP. V. it by the tail. He put forth his hand, and took hold of it, and it was turned into a rod. 5 That they may believe, saith he, that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to thee. 6 And the Lord said again : Put thy hand into thy bosom. And when he had put it into his bosom, he brought it forth leprous as snow. 7 And he said : Put back thy hand into thy bo- som. He put it back, and brought it out again, and it was like the other flesh. 8 If they will not believe thee, saith he, nor hear the voice of the former sign, they will believe the word of the latter sign. 9 But if they will not even believe these two signs, nor hear thy voice ; take of the river water, and pour it out upon the dry land, and whatsoever thou draw- est out of the river, shall be turned into blood. 10 Moses said : I beseech thee, Lord, I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before : and since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more impediment and slowness of tongue. 11 The Lord said to him. Who made man's mouth? or who made the dumb and the deaf, the seeing and the blind ? did not I ? 12 Go therefore, and I will be in thy mouth : and I will teach thee what thou shalt speak. 13 But he«said : I beseech thee, Lord, send whom thou wilt send. 14 The Lord being angry at Moses, said : Aaron the Levite is thy brother : I know that he is elo- quent : behold, he comcth forth to meet thee, and seeing thee shall be glad at heart. 15 Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth: and I will he in thy mouth, and in his mouth, and will show you what you must do. 16 He shall speak in thy stead to the people, and shall be thy mouth : but thou shalt be to him in those things, that pertain to God. 17 And take this rod in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do the signs. 1 8 Moses went his way, and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him : I will go and return to my brethren into Egypt, that I may see if they be yet alive. And Jethro said to him : Go in peace. 19 And the Lord said to Moses, in Madian : Go and return into Egypt : for they are all dead that sought thy life. 20 Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass : and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand. 21 And the Lord said to him as he was returning into Egypt : See that thou do all the wonders before Pharao, which I have put in thy hand : I shall hard- en* his heart, and he will not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say to him : Thus saith the Lord : Israel is my son, my first-born. * I shall harden, &c. Not by being the efficient cause of his sin : but by withdrawing from him, for his just punishment, the dew of grace, that might have softened his heart; and so suffering him to grow harder and harder. t 77k Lord mel him, and would have killed him. This was an Angel 23 I have said to thee : Let my son go, that he may serve me, and thou wouhlst not let him go: behold, I will kill thy son thy first-born. 24 And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed hhn.f 25 Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the foreskin of her son, ana touch' ed his feet, and said : A bloody spouse art ihou to me. 26 And he let him go after she had said : A bloody spouse art thou to me, because of the circumcision. 27 And the Lord said to Aaron : Go into the desert to meet Moses. And he went forth to meet him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs that he had commanded. 29 And they came together, and they assembled all the ancients of. the children of Israel. 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had said to Moses: and he wrought the signs before the people, 31 And the people believed. And they heaid that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction : and fall- ing down they adored. CHAP. V. Pharao refuseth to let the people go. They are more oppressrd. \ FTER these things Moses and Aaron went in, J -*- and said to Pharao : Thus saith the Lord God of Israel : Let my people go, that they may sacrifice to me in the desert. 2 But he answered : Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go ? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. 3 And they said : The God of the Hebrews hath called us, to go three days' journey into the wilder- ness and to sacrifice to the Lord our God : lest a pestilence, or the sword fall upon us. 4 The king of Egypt said to them : Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their works ? Get you gone to your burdens. 5 And Pharao said : The people of the land is numerous: you see that the multitude is increased: how much more if you give them rest from their works ? 6 Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works and the task-masters of the people, saying : 7 You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before : but let them go and gather straw. 8 And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before, neither shall you diminish any thing thereof: for they are idle, and therefore they cry, saying : Let us go and sacrifice to our God. representing the Lord, who treated Moses in this manner, for having neglected the circumcision of his younger son : which his wife un- derstanding, circumcised her child upon the spot, upon which the Angel let Moses go. 63 i:\odus. 9 I/H them Ih* oppressed with works and Id hem fulfil them ; that they may not regard lying words. 10 And the overseers of the works and >h<* task- masters u i ut out and said 10 the people : Thus saith IMi;u;io : I allow you no straw : 11 Go, and gather it where you can find it: neither snail anj thing of your work be dimi- nished. I J Ami the people was scattered through all the land ot Egypt to gather straw. I.! And the overseeri of the works pressed them. saying: Fulfil your work every day as before you Were wont to do. when straw Was uiv en TOO. I V And they that were over tlie Works of the children of Israel wen- scourged by Pharaos task- masters, saying: Whj have you not made up the task of bricks both yesterday and to-day, as be- fore ? 1 5 And the officers of tli<' children of Israel came, and cried out to I'harao, savin- : \\ h\ dealest thou so with thy servants ? ItJ Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before: behold, we thy servants are beaten with whips, and tin people is unjustly (halt withal. 17 And he said : You arc idle, and therefore you si\ : Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore, and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Israel saw- that thev wire in evil case, because it was said to them : There shall not a whit be diminished of the bricks for everv day. 20 And they met V md Aaron, who Stood over against them as they came out I Vdtii I'harao: 21 And they said to them: The Lord see and judge, because you have made our savour to stink before I'harao and his servants, and you have given him a sword to kill us. ind Moses returned to the Lorth and said : I ord, why hast thou afflicted this people ? w here/ore hast thou sent me ? 23 For since the time that I went in to I'harao to speak in thy name, he hath afflicted thy people: and thou hast not delivered them. CM \l'. VI. (UhI rtnrwrth his prnminr. Tkt ftf M abgiet of Ruin n, Simeon, and Ijri. doirn to .Mourn and .Itiron. AND the Lord said to Mom-: NoW thou shah e w hat I w ill rlo to I'harao : for by a mighty hand shall he let them go, and With a Strong hand shall be cast them out Of his land. _' ind the Lord s|>oke to Moses, saying : lam the Lord • M< mv .Uonmi. The name win, • it in lln- ll-lm-w l>xt. i« lllitmotl ins of God, whirli .ipnifi'-tli hi» ttrrnml ulf-txitlrnt bnnf, Biad, mi. II: wliirti I'- ll „i- ; lull in.li-.i.l of it. « Iwi-v.-r il occur* in tin- Rihle, Hi. i Monm, wliii-h %i I ml a'i.1 I ut the i*. VpavU, wUx'i li. -I.iii - l.i tin- ii ufl .Hanoi, to Ibe tour letter! of Out 54 3 That appeared to Abraham, to saac, an'' to .la i b, by the name of God Almighty: and m\ name Adonai* I did not show them. 4 And I made a covenant with them, to give them the land of Chanaan, the land ol their pil- grimage wherein they were strangers. 5 I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, wherewith the Egyptians have oppressed them: and I have remembered my covenant 6 Therefore say to the children of Israel : I am the Lord who will bring yon out from the work- prison of the Egyptians, and will deliver you from bondage; and redeem you with a high arm, and great rudiments. 7 And 1 will take you to myself for my people : I will be your God: and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the work-prison of the Egyptians: 8 And brought you into the land, concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and I will give it you to possess: I am the Lord. 9 And Moses told all this to the children of Israel: but they did not hearken to him, for an- guish of spirit, and most painful work. 10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, savin::: 11 Go in. and Speak to I'harao kin:: of Eg) pt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 Moses answered before the lord: Behold. the children of Israel do not hearken to me : and Imw will I'harao hear me, especially as I am of tiu- cireumcised lips :\ 13 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and he gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto I'harao the king of Eg) pt. that thev should bring forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. I i These are the heads of their houses by their families. The sons of Unbelt the first-born of Israel : Henoch and I'hallu, llesron and Charmi. 15 These are the kindreds of Ruben. The MAS of Simeon, .lainuel, and .lamin, and Ahod, and Jacbia, and Soar, and S;ml (he son of a (ha- nanitess : these are the families of Simeon. If! And these ;ire the names of the sons of Levi by their kindreds: Gerson and Caath and Merari. \nd the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven. 17 The sons of Gerson : Lobni and Semei, by their kindreds. 18 The sons of Caath : Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Octet And the years of Caath's life wore a hundred and thirty-three. 19 The sons of Merari: rVfohoM and Mum. These are the kindreds of Levi h\ their families. 20 And Amram took to wife Jochabed his aunt by the lather's side : and she bore him Aaron and Ineffable, n H . f«n, H«. Hence Mine modern* hare i ii,- M Mhofh, unknown in .ill ike kncieoU, vbetber Jewi or ( 'hriaUenei far Um inn- proMmcfetkm of ibe dsib«, «h» b » in il. ii t text, bj i'"'« l" vl - • I . .mcixd ., . 1m«1 in hii wordi, or ultir ■•' CHAP. VII. Moses. And the years of Amram's life were a hun- dred and thirty-seven. 21 The sons also of Isaar : Core, and Nepheg, and Zechri. 22 The sonsalsoof Oziel: Mizael,andEIizaphan, and Sethri. 23 And Aaron took to wife Elizabeth the daughter of Amiuadah, sister of Nahason, who bore him Nadab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and Itha- mar. 24 The sons also of Core : Aser, and Elcana, and Abiasaph. These are the kindreds of the Corites. 25 But Eleazar the son of Aaron took a wife of the daughters of Phutiel : and she bore him Phi- nees. These are the heads of the Levitical families by their kindreds. 26 These are Aaron and Moses, whom the Lord commanded to bring forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their companies. 27 These are they that speak to Pharao king of Egypt, in order to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron, 28 In the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egpyt. 29 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : I am the Lord : speak thou to Pharao king of Egypt, all that I say to thee. 30 And Moses said before the Lord : Lo, I am of uncircurncised lips : how will Pharao hear me ? CHAP. VII. Moses and Aaron go in to Pharao : they turn the rod into a serpent ; and the waters of Egypt into blood, which was the first plague. The magicians do the like ; and Pharao's heart it hardened. AND the Lord said to Moses: Behold, I have appointed thee the God of Pharao:* and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak to him all that I command thee: and he shall speak to Pharao, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 3 But I shall harden t his heart, and shall multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4 And he will not hear you : and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and will bring forth my army and my people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt, by very great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, who have stretched forth my hand upon Egypt, and have brought forth the children of Israel out of the midst of them. 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded : so did they. 7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharao. 8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 9 When Pharao shall say to you, Show signs : * The God of Pharao : viz. to be his Judge ; and to exercise a divine fmrer, as God's instrument, over him and his people. f / sludl harden, &c. Not bv being- the efficient cause of his hard- ness of heart, but by permitting it, and by withdrawing grace from Thou shalt say to Aaron : Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharao, and it shall be turned into a serpent. 1U So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharao, and did as the Lord had commanded. And Aaron took the rod before Pharao and his servants; and it was turned into a serpent. 1 1 And Pharao called the wise men and the ma- gicians :% and they also by Egyptian enchantments and certain secrets did in like manner. 12 And they every one cast down their rods, and they were turned into serpents : but Aaron's rod devoured their rods. 13 And Pharao s heart was hardened : and he did not hearken to them, as the Lord had commanded. 14 And the Lord said to Moses : Pharao's heart is hardened : he will not let the people go. 15 Go to him in the morning ; behold, he will go out to the waters : and thou shalt stand to meet him on the bank of the river : and thou shalt take in thy hand the rod that was turned into a serpent. 16 And thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews sent me to thee, saying : Let my people go to sacrifice to me in the desert : and hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 17 Thus therefore saith the Lord: In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord : behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand, the water of the river, and it shall be turned into blood. 18 And the fishes that are in the river, shall die, and the waters shall be corrupted : and the Egyp- tians shall be afflicted when they drink the water of the river. 19 The Lord also said to Moses : Say to Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, and upon their rivers, and streams and pools, and all the ponds of waters, that they may be turned into blood : and let blood be in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone. 20 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded : and lifting up the rod, he struck the water of the river before Pharao and his servants : and it was turned into blood. 21 And the fishes that were in the river, died : and the river corrupted ; and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and there was blood in all the land of Egypt. 22 And the magicians of the Egyptians with their enchantments did in like manner: and Pharao's heart was hardened ; neither did he hear them, as the Lord had commanded. 23 And he turned himself away, and went into his house ; neither did he set his heart to it this time also. 24 And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink : for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fully ended, after that the Lord struck the river. him, in punishment of his malice; which alone was the proper cause of his beincr hardened. * | Magicians. Jannes and Mambrcs or Jambret, 2 Tim. iii. 8. 5b EXODUS. CHAP. VIII. Tht ttcnnd pin fry t is 1: rill III' I '. fill /) til «/ iiii/iHs I In I >i.i III it of }Lir*. /i»«u..jt thr peiipli , but r/o/A it mil tin "f f r0 P* •' Vlinriw prnmi$fth tn Irt Ihi L.< hi? prnmitr. tin l/iiril jiluunr m ol I'hitrao iiguui pioniitrth In AND the Lord said to Moms : (join to IMi;ir;io. ^*- and thoil shall st\ in liini : Thus sailh the I .old : Let my people go to sacrifice to me. But if llioil WUt not let then) go, behold, I will strike all tin coasts with frogs. I \nd the rivt r shall bring forth an abundance of frii^.> ; w Inch shall conic up. ami cuter into th\ house, and ih> bed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the houses of thy servants, and to thy people, and into thy ovens, and into the remain* of tin meats: 4 \ud the frozs shall COBM in to thee, anil to tin people, ami to all thj servants. \nd the Lord said to Moses: Sav to Aaron: Stretch forth tin hand Upon the streams and upon the ri\ers and the pools, and bring forth frogs upon the land of Egypt. u" And Aaron strett lied forth his hand upon the \\ alcr> of EgJ, pt : and the frogB came up, and cover- ed the land of EgJ. pt. 7 And the magicians also by their enchantments I hey brought forth frogs did in like manner : am ii|K)ii the land of Egypt. 8 But I'harao called Moms and Aaron, and said to them: Pray ye to the Lord* to take away the ffOga from me and from my people: and 1 w ill let the people BO to sacrifice to the Lord. 9 And Moses said to I'harao: Set me a time when I shall pray for thee, and lor thy sen ants, and for thy people, that the frogs may lie driven away from thee and from thy house, and from thy ser- vants, and from thy people) and may remain only in the river. 10 And he answered: To-morrow. But he said: I will do according to thy word : that thou mayest know that there is Done like to the Lord our (!od. 11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy bo— e, and from thy servants, and from thy people; and shall remain only in the river. 12 And Moses and Aaron went forth from Pha- rao : and Moses cried to the Lord for the promise, which he had made to I'harao concerning the fl 13 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses: and the frogs died out ol the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the field- ! 14 And the\ gathered them together into immense heaps: and the land was ((irrupted l."> And I'harao seems that rest was given, hard- ened his own heart. + and did not hear them, as the Lord had < ommanded. 16 And the Lord said to Most - ! Say to Aaron Stretch forth thy rod, and strike the dust of the earth, and may there he sciniphst in all the laud of Ep> pt 17 And the,} did so. And Aaron stretched forth his hand, holding the rod: and he struck the dust of the earth, and there came sciniphs on men and on beasts : all the dust of the earth was turned into sciniphs through all the land of Egypt. Ill And the magicians with their enchantments practised in like manner, to bring forth sciniphs: and t hey could not : and there w ere sciniphs as w ill on men as on boasts. 19 And the magicians said to I'harao: This is the finger of ( iod. And I'harao's heart was harden- ed : and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had commanded. .'U The Lord also said to Moses : Arise early and stand before I'harao : for he w ill to forth to the waters: and thou shall say to him : Thus saith the Lord : Let nn people go to sacrifice to me. 21 But if thou wilt not let them go, behold I will send in upon thee, and upon tin servants, and upon thy houses all kind of (lies: and the houses of the Egyptians shall lie filled with Hies of divert kinds, and the whole land wherein they shall he. 22 And I will make the land of Gessen wonder- ful in that day. so that flies shall not he there: and thou shalt know that 1 am the Lord in the midst til the earth. 23 And I will put a division between m\ people and iliv people: to-morrow shall this situ he. 24 And the Lord did so. And there (ante a very grievous swarm of flies into the houses of I'harao and of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt : and the land was corrupted by this kind of flies. 23 And I'harao called Moses and Aaron, and said to them : ( iO, and sacrifice to your God in this land. 26 And Moses said: It cannot be so: for we shall sacrifice the abominations^ ol the Eg) ptiana lo the Lord our God: now if we kill those things which the Egyptians Worship, in their presence, they will stone us. 27 We will go three da\ s* journey into the wil- derness : and w e w ill sacrifice to the Lord our (.iod, as he hath commanded us. 28 And I'harao said: I will let \oii to to sacri- fice to the land your God in the wilderness: but go no farther : pray lor me. tad Moses said : I will so out from thee, and will pray to the Lord: and the llics shall depart from I'harao. and from his servants, and from his people to-morrow : hut do not deceive any more, in not letting the people to to sacrifice to the I »ord. .'.il So Noses Went out from I'harao, and prayed to the Lord. /. • ■! ' hr*t yt la tk take them awa\ tatan -ee the tecta ; ami in tliia real acknowledge Iktfinfr Ity Ihi* it appear*, .!• dei il, • mid hi h.iii' ||e . ■• 1 i.. .' ■ i ' t tlionirli tlir mapi- id tin v ooald ii"t ii Ihi- (lie pot r coald Dot adrrwanl. produce the Ic.it in- i tie power of the devil, were forced to of Cod. f Hunt k*rdsn+d aij mp* hrart Hv tl.i. we ape that Pharao wao ■uawclf the i :'.!■ ii ul cmUM ol In. !••■-•-' I" nig hardened, and not (Jod. BjM tl" 1 tame repem aiw: likewise chap. ix. • < li.«p KttL I ft. .» (Timiiim, sni.ill living invet- tratiblr*ome both to rtH n and beast*. I T%r ahominalitm; Jtc. That It, thr the .r»lil|> Inr (Dda, Ii i* the utual »tyleof theacripturea to call all idol* Md f.iKi' fod* ahominsliont, to Mfpoifj Itow iiiui !i llie people of God ought lo detest and abhor thrill. CHAP. IX. 31 And he did according to Ids word : and he took away the flies from Pharao, and from his ser- vants, and from his people : there was not left so much as one. 32 And Pharao's heart was hardened, so that neither this time would he let the people go. CHAP. IX. The fifth plague is a murrain among the cattle. TJie sixth, of bites in men and beasts. The seventh, of hail. Pharao pro- miseth again to let the people go, and breaketh his word. AND the Lord said to Moses : Go in to Pharao, • and speak to him : Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me. 2 But if thou refuse, and withhold them still : 3 Behold, my hand shall be upon thy fields : and a very grievous murrain upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, and oxen, mid sheep. 4 And the Lord will make a wonderful difference between the possessions of Israel and the posses- sions of the Egyptians, that nothing at all shall die of those things that belong to the children of Israel. 5 And the Lord appointed a time, saying : To- morrow will the Lord do this thing in the land. 6 The Lord therefore did this thing the next day : and all the beasts* of the Egyptians died : but of the beasts of the children of Israel there died not one. 7 And Pharao sent to see : and there was not any thing dead of that which Israel possessed. And Pharao's heart was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron : Take to you handfuls of ashes out of the chimney ; and let Moses sprinkle it in the air in the presence of Pharao. 9 And be there dust upon all the land of Egypt: for there shall be biles and swelling blains both in men and beasts, in the whole land of Egypt. 10 And they took ashes out of the chimney, and stood before Pharao : and Moses sprinkled it in the air : and there came biles with swelling blains in men and beasts. 1 1 Neither could the magicians stand before Mo- ses for the biles that were upon them, and in all the land of Egypt. 12 And the Lord hardenedf Pharao's heart, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses. 13 And the Lord said to Moses: Arise in the morning, and stand before Pharao, and thou shalt say to him : Thus saith the Lord the God of the Hebrews : Let my people go to sacrifice to me. 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people : that thou mayest know there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand to strike thee and thy people with pestilence. And thou shalt perish from the earth. 16 And therefore have I raised thee, that I may * Jill the beasts. That is, many of all kinds. H show my power in thee, and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth. 17 Dost thou yet hold back my people, and wilt thou not let them go ? 18 Behold, I will cause it to rain to-morrow at this same hour, an exceeding great hail; such as hath not been in Egypt from the day that it was founded, until this present time. 19 Send therefore now presently, and gather to- gether thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field : lor men and beasts, and all things that shall be found abroad, and not gathered together out of the fields, which the hail shall fall upon, shall die. 20 He that feared the word of the Lord among Pharao's servants, made his servants and his cattle Ike into houses : 21 But he that regarded not the word of the Lord, left his servants and his cattle in the fields. 22 And the Lord said to Moses : Stretch forth thy hand towards heaven, that there may be hail in the whole land of Egypt, upon men,and upon beasts, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod towards heaven : and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightnings running along the ground : and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 And the hail, and fire inixt with it, drove on together : and it was of so great bigness, as never before was seen in the whole land of Egypt, since that nation was founded. 25 And the hail destroyed through all the land of Egypt all things that were in the fields, bovh man and beast: and the hail smote every herb of the field, and it broke every tree of the country. 26 Only in the land of Gessen, where the chil- dren of Israel were, the hail fell not. 27 And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron, saying to them : I have sinned this time also: The Lord is just: I and my people are wicked. 28 Pray ye to the Lord that the thunderings of God and the hail may cease : that 1 may let you go, and that ye may stay here no longer. 29 Moses said : As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands to the Lord ; and the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall be no more : that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord's : 30 But I know that neither thou, nor thy ser- vants do yet fear the Lord God. 31 The flax therefore, and the barley were hurt, because the barley was green, and the ilax was now boiled : 32 But the wheat and other winter corn were not hurt, because they were lateward. 33 And when Moses was gone from Pharao out of the city, he stretched forth his hands to the Lord : and the thunders and the hail ceased; neither did there drop any more rain upon the earth. 34 And Pharao seeing that the rain, and the hail, and the thunders were ceased, increased his sin: t Hardtned, &c. Sec the annotations above, Chap, iv 21. chap vii. 3. and chap. viii. 15. 57 r:\oDUS. 35 Ami his lu-art was baidened. and the head of his m n.witx.uucl ii was made exceeding hard : neither did lie l(i the children of Israel go, as the Lord had commanded b) the hand of Ma CHAP. X. The eighth plague nf the larust*. The ninth, fff darkniss. Pmano is kttll hardened. A ND the Lord >ai »< N la CkUieattd ». i hall observe these ceremonii s. 26 And when your children shall say to you: \\ h it i> the meaning of this «., rviee? J7 Von shall sai to them: It is the victim of the pass I-'- of the Lord, w hen he passed over the bouses of the children of Israel in Egypt, >trikingthe Egyp- tians, and s.i\ in- . And the people bow - ins themselves, adored. \nd the children of Israel going forth did as the Lord bad commanded .Mom sand Aaron. 29 And it came to pass at midnight, the Lord slew ever} first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharao, who sat on his throne, unto the lirst-horn of the captive woman that W8J in the prison, and all the first-born of cattle. • Hi And Pharao arose in the night, and all hi- vantS, and all Egypt S and there arose a great en in Egypt: lor there was not a house wherein there lay not one dead. 31 And Pharao Calling .Moses and Aaron, in the night, said : Arise, and go forth from among my pi uple. \ on, and the children of Israel : go, sacrifice to the Lord, as yoil say. Your sheep and herds take along with you, as you demanded; and departing, bless me. And the Egyptians pressed the people to go forth out of the land speedily, saying : We shall all 31 The people therefore took dough before it w.i> leavened : and tying it in tin //cloaks, put it on their shoulders. \nil the children of Israel did as Moses had commanded : and they asked of the Egyptians n i- si Is of silver and gold, and very much raiment. 36 And the Lord gave favour to the people in the sigh] of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto thiui : and they stripped the Egyptians. 37 And the children of Israel set forward from Ramesse to Socoth, being about six hundred thou- sand inin on foot, besides children. \nd a mixed multitude without number went up aLo with them, sheep, and herds, and beasts ot divers kinds, exceeding many. .;'.» Had ihe\ baked the meal, which a little be- fore they had brought out of Egypt in dough : and they made hearth-rakes unleavened : for it could not be leavened, tin- Egyptians pressing them to depart, and not suffering them to make any stay: neither did tiny think of preparing any meat. U) And the abode of the children of Israel that the] made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years, il Which being expired, the same day all the" arm) of the Lord went forth out of tin land of EgJ pt. • Sm»etifyuntomen-rryfiril-horn. Bam til'ii .ilnui in lln. \>Urr meant that (be firtt- burn .mole* oi' UtC I !■ tiri w» »UuuM lie JcjmltJ lu the mi- )2 This is the observable night of the Lord when he brought them forth out of the laud ol Kg) pt : this night all the children of Israel must observe in their generations. I-! Am! die Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the service of the Phase : .\<> fori shall i ut ol it. 44 Hut even bought servant shall U' circumcised, and SO shall eat. 45 The stranger and the hireling shall not eat thereof. 4G In one house shall it be eaten: neither shall you carry forth of the flesh thereof out of the hoUM : neither shall you break a hone thereof. 47 All the assembly of the children of Israel shall keep it. 48 And if any stranger be willing to dwell among you, and to keep the Phase of the Lord, all his mal< s shall first he circumcised : and then shall he cele- brate it according to the manner: and he shall be as he that is horn in the land: hut il any man Irj Uncircumcised, he shall not eat thereof. 49 The same law shall he to him that is liorn in the laud, and to the proselyte that sojouraeth with you. 50 And all the children of Israel did as the Lord bad commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 And the same day the Lord brought forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their companies. CHAP. XIII. /'//' pnschal mlemnity in to be observed ; and the firtt-born art. tn be conxtcrcilcd In (hid. 'I'hc ]j,u;,/r are cumin, ti d through tin- desert by a pillar of fire in the night, and a cloud in the day. \ ND the Lord spoke to .Mos ( s. saying: -£*- 2 Sanctify unto me every first-born* that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, as well of men as of beasts : for they are all mine. 3 And .Moses said to the people : Remember this • lay in which you came forth out of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage; for with a Strong hand hath the Lord brought \ou forth out of this pla that VO0 eat no leavened bread. 4 This day you go forth in the mouth of new corn. 5 And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Chananite and the Hethite, and the Amoi ihite. and the I lev ite. and the Jebusite, w hi< h he swore to thy fathers that he would give thee, a land that lloweth with milk and honey, thou shall celebrate this manner of sacred rites in this month. 6 Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread : and on the seventh day shall 1m- the solemnity of the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall you eat seven days: there shall not he seen any thing leavened W llh thee, nor in all thy coasts. 8 And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, myiOjg: ni.trv in tin' eak to the children of Israel : Let them turn and encamp over against Phihahiroth, which is between Magdal and the sea over against Beelse- phon : you shall encamp before it upon the sea. 3 And Pharao will say of the children of Israel : They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in. 4 And I shall harden his heart, and he will pur- sue you : and I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in all his army : and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so. 5 And it was told the king of the Egyptians, that the people was fled : and the heart of Pharao and of his servants was changed with regard to the people, and they said : What meant we to do, that we let Israel go from serving us ? 6 So he made ready his chariot, and took all his people with him. 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots that were in Egypt, and the captains of the whole army. 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao king of Egypt ; and he pursued the children of Is- rael : but they were gone forth in a mighty hand. 9 And when the Egyptians followed the steps of them who were gone before, they found them en- camped at the sea-side : all Pharao's horse and cha- riots, and the whole army were in Phihahiroth be- fore Beelsephon. 10 And when Pharao drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, saw the Egyptians be- hind them : and they feared exceedingly, and cried to the Lord : 1 1 And they said to Moses : Perhaps there were no graves in Egypt ; therefore thou hast brought us to die in the wilderness : why wouldstthou do this, to lead us out of Egypt ? 12 Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying : Depart from us, that we may serve the Egyptians ? for it was much better to serve them, than to die in the wilderness. 13 And Moses said to the people : Fear not: stand, and see the great wonders of the Lord, which he will do this day : for the Egyptians whom you see now, you shall see no more for ever. 14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. 15 And the Lord said to Moses: Why cries! thou to me ? Speak to the children of Israel to go forward. 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it ; that the chil- dren of Israel may go through the midst of the sea on dry ground. 17 And I will harden the heart of the Egyptians to pursue you : and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen. 19 And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removing, went behind them : and together with him the pillar of the cloud, leaving the fore-part, 20 Stood behind, between the Egyptians 1 camp 61 (II \l\ XV. and the camp of brad : and it was a dark cloud, and enlightening t li*." Bight," so lliat tlu-v couM MM rosne ai oae another all the night. 21 Ami when Moses had stretched forth his hand ovit the sea, tin- Lord took it awaj by a strong and liuming wind blowing all the night, ami turned it niodrj ground : and the water was divided. 11 tad the children of Israel went in throngs the midst of the aea dried up: for the water STM as a wall on their right haul and on their hit. 23 And the Egyptians pursuing, went in after them, and all Pharao's horses, his chariots and horsemen, through the midst ot the sea. 1) IjM now the morninu watch was come: and behold, the Lord looking upon tlic Egyptian arm;, through the pillar of lire an. I of the cloud, slew their host, 26 Ami overthrew the wheels of the chariots, and they were carried into the deep. And the ;>ti;ins said: Let us lice from Israel : for the Lord fighteth for them against on. \ml the Lord said to .Moses: Stretch forth thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians) upon their chariots and horsemen. 11 And when Moses had stretched forth his hand towards the sea, it returned at the first hreak of day to the former place: ami BS tin' Egyptians were Boeing away, the waters came upon them, and the Lord shut them up in the middle of the waves. kad the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the hor>emcn of all the army of 1'ha- rao, who had come into the sea after them, neither did there so much as one of them remain. 29 But the children of Israel marched through the midst of the sea upon dry land : and the waters were to them as a wall on the right hand and on the left : 30 And the Lord delivered Israel in that da\ out of the hands of the Egyptians. 31 And the\ s;tw the Egyptians (had upon the shore, ami the Blighty hand that the Lord had used aganiSl them: and the people feared the Lord; and tiny helieved the Lord, and .Moses his servant. CHAP. XV. The cantirle. of Mosrt. Tin- bitlir wuli rs of Mara are minlr art it. THEN Moses and the children of Israel song this canticle to the Lord, ami s;iii| ; Let us sinz to the Lord: for he is gloriously magnified : the horse and the rider he hath thrown into the sea. .' I'lie Lord ;'* my Strength and my praise, and he is beet salvation to me: be it my God, and 1 will glorify him; the God of m> famer, and I will exalt him. ;{ The Lord 1 5 as a man of war, Mmidity is his name. 4 Phono's chariots ;uid his army he hath cast into the sea : his ehosen captains are drowned in the Red 8* . I ink Claud, and enligkltning Ik* Higkl. It WM » dark rloud Uj ll„ Egyptiani ; but etiliglitimti the oiptit to Um I rai-lile*, by gmng (hem • gnul light. ss 6 The depths have COW red them : the\ ar sunk to the bottom like a stone. ti Thj right hand. () Lord, is magnified in Strength : tin light hand, O Lord, hath slain the. enemy. 7 And in the multitude of thy glory thou hast put down thy adversaries : thou hast sent thy wrath, which hath devoured them like stubble. 8 And with the blast of thj aimer the waters were gathered together : the flowing water stood; the depths were gathered together in the midst of the sea. 9 The enemy said : I will pursue and overtake; I will divide the spoils; m\ soul shall have its till j I will draw my sword : my hand shall slay them. 10 Thy wind blew, and the sea covered them: they sunk as lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who is like to thee, among the strong, O Lord? who is like to thee, glorious in holiness, ur- rihle and praise-worthy, doing wonders? 12 Thou stretchedst forth th.\ hand, and the earth swallowed them. 19 In thy mercy thou hast heen a leader to the people which thou hast redeemed: ami in thy strength thou hast carried them to thy borj habi- tation. 14 Nations rose up, and were angry : sorrows took hold on the inhabitants of Philhuuim. 15 Then were the princes of Edom troubled-: trembling seised on the stout menofMoab: all the inhabitants of Chanaaa became stiff. 16 Let fear and dread fall upon them, in the greatness of thj arm: let them become unsnovea- bleas a stone, until thy people, () Lord, pass by! until this thy people pan l>.\. which thou hast pos- sessed. 17 Thou shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thy inheritance, in thy most firm habitation, which thou hast made, ()' Lord : thy sanctuary, < ) Lord, which thj hands have established. 18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. 19 For Pharao wen! in on horseback with his chariots and horsemen into the sea : and the Lord brought hack upon tbeni the waters of the sea: hut the children of Israel walked on dr\ ground in the midst thereof'. 20 So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand : and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances. -I knd she began the song to them, saying: Let us siim to the Lord : for he is gloriously mag- nified : the hotae and his rider he hath thrown into the sea. 22 And Moses brought Israel from the Red St a: and they w cut forth into the wilderness of SttT : and they marched three days thronr.li the w ilderm and found no water. 23 And they came into Mara, and they could not drink the waters of M.na. because tiny Were' hitter: whereupon be gave a name also sole to the place, calling k Mara, that is. bitterness. -'I \ml the people murmured against Mo* s - ing : What shall we dunk? CHAP. XVI. 25 Bin lie cried to the Lord : and he showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, they were turned into sweetness. There he appointed him ordinances, and judgments, and there he proved him, 26 Saying : If thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do what is right before him, and obey his commandments, and keep all his pre- cepts, none of the evils that I laid upon Egypt, will I bring upon thee : for I am the Lord thy healer. 27 And the children of Israel c;une into Elim, where there were twelve fountains of water, and se- venty palm trees: and they encamped by the waters. CHAP. XVI. The people murmur for want of meat : God givcth them quails and manna. AND they set forward from Elim : and all the multitude of the children of Israel came into the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, the fifteenth day of the second month, after they came out of the land of Egypt. 2 And all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 And the children of Israel said to them : Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat over the fleshpots, and ate bread to the full : why have you brought us into this desert, that you might destroy all the multitude with famine? 4 And the Lord said to Moses : Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you: let the people go forth, and gather what is sufficient for every day; that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law, or no. 5 But the sixth day let them provide for to bring in : and let it be double to that they were wont to gather every day. 6 And Moses and Aaron said to the children of Israel : In the evening you shall know that the Lord hath biought you forth out of the land of Egypt: 7 And in the morning you .shall see the glory of the Lord : for he hath heard your murmuring against the Lord : but as for us, what are we, that you mutter against us ? 8 And Moses said : In the evening the Lord will give you flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full : for he hath heard your murmurings, with which you have murmured against him : for what are we ? your murmuring is not against us, but against the Lord. 9 Moses also said to Aaron : Say to the whole congregation of the children of Israel : Come be- fore the Lord : for he hath heard your murmuring. 10 And when Aaron spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel, they looked towards the wilderness : and behold, the glory of the Lord ap- peared in a cloud. 11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12 I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel : say to them: In the evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread : and you shall know that I am the Lord your God. 13 So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp : and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp. 14 And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beatea with a pestle, like unto the hoar-frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another : Manliu ! which signifieth . What is this! for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them : This is the bread, which the Lord hath given you to eat. 16 This is the word, that the Lord hath com- manded : Let every one gather of it as much as is enough to eat : a gomor for every man, according to the number of your souls that dwell in a tent, so shall you take of it. 17 And the children of Israel did so : and they gathered, one more, another less. 18 And they measured by the measure of a go- mor : neither had he more that had gathered more : nor did he find less that had provided less : but every one had gathered, according to what they were able to eat. 19 And Moses said to them : Let no man leave thereof till the morning. 20 And they hearkened not to him ; but some of them left until the morning : and it began to be full of worms, and it putrified : and Moses was angry with them. 21 Now every one of them gathered in the morn- ing, as much as might suffice to eat : and after the sun grew hot, it melted. 22 But on the sixth day they gathered twice as much, that is, two gomors every man : and all the rulers of the multitude came, and told Moses. 23 And he said to them : This is what the Lord hath spoken : To-morrow is the rest of the sabbath sanctified to the Lord. Whatsoever work is to be done, do it: and the meats that are to be dressed, dress them : and whatsoever shall remain, lay it up until the morning. 24 And they did so as Moses had commanded ■ and it did not putrify, neither was there worm found in it. 25 And Moses said : Eat it to-day, because it is the sabbath of the Lord : to-day it shall not be found in the field. 26 Gather it six days: but on theseventh day is the sabbath of the Lord ; therefore it shall not be found. 27 And the seventh day came : and some of the people going forth to gather, found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses : How long will you refuse to keep my commandments, and my law? 29 See that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, and for this reason on the sixth day he giveth you a double provision : let each man stay at home, and let none go forth out of his place the seventh day 30 And the people kept the sabbath on the seventh day. 63 I XOIM'S. 31 Ami th" hooar of Israel called the name thereof manna:* ami it was like coriander aead while, ami the taste thereof like to flour with honey. '>_' An. I Moses said : This is the word, which the Lord hath commanded : fill a gemot of it. ami lei it Ik- kept until generation* to conie hereafter: thai they may know the bread, wherewith I fed you in tin- wilderness, when you vera brought forth out of the land of Egypt. \ ml Moses said to Aaron : Take a vessel, and |iut manna into it, as much as a EomOT can liold : and lav it up before the Lord to keep uuto your generations, • >V As the Lord commanded Moses. And Aaron put it in the tabernacle to he kept* Ami therein Id rcn of Israel ate manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land: with this meat were they fed, until thej reached the borders of the land of Chanaan. Jo .Now a gomor is the tenth part of an ephL (HAT. XVII. like pcoplr murmur again for icatit of drink : the Lordgivtti them water out of a rock. Most* lifting up kin hond in prayer, .liiui/cr is orirrnnii-. r |MILX all the multitude of the children of Israel -*- setting forward from the desert of Sin, by their mansions, according to the word of the Lord, en- camped in Kaphidim, where there was no water lor the people to drink. 2 And they ehode with Motes, and said: Give us water, thai we may drink. And Moses answer- ed them: Why chide you with me? Wherefore do >oii tempt the Lord? • i So the people were thirst v there for want of water, and murmured against Most s. saying: Why didsi thou make us ^o forth out of Egypt, to kill us, and our children, and our beasts, with thirst? \ And Mosea cried to die Lord, saying: What shall I do to this people? ^ el a little more and the] w ill stone me. Lad the I, old said to Moses: Go before the people, and take with tliee of the ancients of Israel : and take in thy hand the' rod wherewith thou didst strike the river, and go. i i I nhold, I will stand there before thee, upon the roek Horeb: and thou shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it that the people ma\ drink. Mos< - did so before the ancients of Israel: 1 \nd he called the name of that place Tempta- tion, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: la the I lord amongst us or not? :: \nd Amain- came, and fought against Lin I in Kaphidim. 9 And Moses said to Joeue: Choose out men: and go out and fight azainst Amalee: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill having the rod of God in mj hand. , »i tn'i i . wen- i Tin. niiniciiloin food, with which tin 1 children ofl.racl teA aix! » ildcr- )i we recrivr in (In- Mcmed larnmrni, foi the food and now during the time rfotiriiiort.il pnyrimagv, till wc rnmc to I home, the true 10 Jome did as Moses had spoken; and lie fought against Amalee: but Moses and Aaron and llm Weill up upon the top of the hill. 1 I And when Moses lifted up his hands, - )- Israel overcame: hut if he let them down a little, Amalee om iv. line. 12 And Moses's* hands were heavy : SO they took a stone, and put under him: and he sat on it: and Aaron and llur stayed up his hands on holh sides. And it came to pass that his hands were not weaiv until sun-set. 1.! And .Josue put Amalee and his people to flight, by the edge of the sword. 11 And the Lord said to Mos< 8j Write this for a memorial in a hook, ami deliver it to tin- ears of Josue: for 1 will destroj the memory of Amalee from under heaven. 15 And Moses bufll an altar, and called. the name thereof. The Lord uiv exaltation, saying: 16 Because the hand of the throne of the Lord, and the war of the Lord, shall he against Amalee, from generation to generation. CHAP. XVIII. Jtthro brivgeth to Moses his wife and childnn. His cotmxrl \ ND when Jethro the priest of Madian, the kins- -^*- man of Moses, had heard all the things that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought forth Israel outof Egypt: 2 lie took Scphora the wife of Moses whom he had sent hack, 3 And her two suns, of whom one was called Gersam, his fat 1m r saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country; 4 And the other Elieaer: Lor the God of my father, said he, is mv helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of I'harao. 5 And Jethro the kinsman of Moses came with his sons, and his wife lo Moses into the desert, where he was camped h\ the mountain of God. 6 And he sent word to Moses, saying: I Jetbro tin kinsman come to thee, and thy wife, and thy two sons wild her. 7 And he went out to meet his kinsman, and Worshipped and kissed him: and liny saluted one another with words of peace. And when he was come into the tent, ii Moses told his kinsman all (hat the Lord had done to I'harao and the Egyptians, in favour of Is- rael: and all the labour which had befallen them in thcjourney, and that the Lord had delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the rood things that the Lord had done la Israel, because he had delivered c lit -i ii out of the hands of the Egi ptians. 10 And he said: Blessed is the LorrL who hath delivered his people out of the hand of Egypt. 11 \<>u I know, that the Lord is great above all uods: because thej dealt proudJj against them. landi.f proei iw .hall keepaneri rfattdog tabbath, tod hare mi furttirr mi/ ichm M.ut li/ttd w;> Mi ktndt. Her, Mo*e» was a fifrurr of Christ on the 4 m... bj wkw*f powor and mtdiatioo wi ■ our ■nritaal cm i CHAP. XIX. 12 So Jethro the kinsman of Moses offered ho- locausts and sacrifices to God : and Aaron and all the ancients of Israel came to eat bread with him before God. 13 And the next day Moses sat to judge the people, who stood by Moses from morning until night. 14 And when his kinsman had seen all things that he did among the people, he said : What is it that thou doest among the people ? Why sittest thou alone, and all the people wait from morning till night ? 15 And Moses answered him : The people come to me to seek the judgment of God. 16 And when any controversy falleth out among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to show the precepts of God, and his laws. 1 7 But he said : The thing thou doest is not good. 1 8 Thou art spent with foolish labour, both thou, and this people that is with thee : the business is 'above thy strength ; thou alone canst not bear it. 19 But hear my words and counsels; and God shall be with thee. Be thou to the people in those things that pertaintoGo(l,tobringthe>rwordstohim: 20 And to show the people the ceremonies and the manner of worshipping, and the way wherein they ought to walk, and the work that they ought to do. 21 And provide out of all the people, able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thou- sands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens, 22 Who may judge the people at all times : and when any great matter soever shall fall out, let them refer it to thee ; and let them judge the lesser mat- ters only : that so it may be lighter for thee, the burden being shared out unto others. 23 If thou doest this, thou shalt fulfil the com- mandment of God, and shall be able to bear his precepts : and all this people shall return to their places with peace. 24 And when Moses heard this, he did all things that he had suggested unto him. 25 And choosing able men out of all Israel, he appointed them rulers of the people, rulers over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens. 26 And they judged the people at all times: and whatsoever was of greater difficulty they referred to him, and they judged the easier cases only. 27 And he let his kinsman depart : and he re- turned and went into his own country. CHAP. XIX. They come to Sinai : the people are commanded to be sanctified. The Lord coming in thunder and lightning, speaketh with Motes. I N the third month of the departure of Israel out -*- of the land of Egypt, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai : 2 For departing out of Raphidim, and coming to the desert of Sinai, they camped in the same place, and there Israel pitched their tents over against the mountain. I 3 And Moses went up to God :* and the Lord called unto him from the mountain, and said: Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel : 4 You have seen what I have done to the Egyp- tians; how I have carried you upon the wings of eagles, and have taken- you to myself. 5 If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people : for all the earth is mine. 6 And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation. These are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. 7 Moses came: and calling together the elders of the people, he declared all the words which tlie Lord had commanded. 8 And all the people answered together : All that the Lord hath spoken, we will do. And when Moses had related the people's words to the Lord, 9 The Lord said to him: Lo, now will I come to thee in the darkness of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord. 10 And he said to him: Go to the people, and sanctify them to-day, and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments. 1 1 And let them be ready against the third day : for on the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt appoint certain limits to the people round about, and thou shalt say to them: Take heed ye go not up into the mount, and that ye touch not the borders thereof: every one that toucheth the mount, dying he shall die. . 13 No hands shall touch him ; but he shall be stoned to death, or shall be shot through with arrows : whether it be beast, or man, he shall not live. When the trumpet shall begin to sound, then let them go up into the mount. 14 And Moses came down from the mount to the people, and sanctified them. And when they had washed their garments, 15 He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives, 16 And now the third day was come, and the morning appeared : and behold, thunders began to be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud: and the people that was in the camp, feared. 17 And when Moses had brought them forth to meet God from the place of the camp, they stood at the bottom of the mount. 18 And all mount Sinai was on a smoke: be- cause the Lord was come down upon it in fi;e, and the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace : and all the mount was terrible. 19 And the sound of the trumpet grew by de- grees louder and louder, and was drawn out to a * Jind Mosts went up to God. God spoke to him. Moses went up lo Mount Sinai where 65 i:\odus. greater length : Moses spoke, and God answered in). 20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, in the mtv top of the mount; and he called Motes unto the top thereof. And when he was gone up thith. i. J! lie said unto him: Go down, and charge the people; lot they should have a mind to pass the limits to see the Lord, and a very great multi- tude of them should perish. The priests also thai come to the Lord, let them be sanctified, lest he strike them. 23 And Hoses said to the Lord : The people cannot come up to mount Sinai : for thou didst charm', and command, say ing : Set limits ahout the mount, and sanctify it. \nd the Lord said to him : Go, get thee down : and thou shah come up, thou and Aaron with thee : but let not the priests and the people pass the limits, nor come up to the Lord, lest he kill them. 25 And Moses w cut down to the people and told them all. CHAP. XX. The ten commandments. AND the Lord spoke all these words : 2 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shah not hare strange gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make to thyself a craven tiling, nor the likeness of any thing* that *s in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. ."> Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve tin in : f am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: 6 And showing mercy unto thousands to them that love me. and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guilt- less that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain. :: IJemrmber that thou keep holy the sabbath day. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. 10 But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work on it, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy beast, nor the stran- ger that is within thy f;ates. 11 For in six days tin- Lord made heaven ami earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord Messed the seventh day, and sanctified it. \1 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou J A grntn thine, nor tht liktntu of «nj thing, kc. All »uch imagei or I kcnnvM, are forbidden by 1 1 > i • > < >i n mandment ,ai are made to be oAoroi and ttrmt; according to that winch immediately follow*, Ikon ihalt not oJortthem, nor *m them. Thatw, all rach »» are designed for idnlt or im+gr godi, or are wondnppod with aHrinr honour. Hut oihrrw '» rwnliitwin ,< r*n in Ika bov* ot God, and m Un- fits may si be lone lived upon the land which the Lord ih.\ ( Sod will give thi I'- Thou shalt not kill. 1 1 Thou shall not commit adulti ry. 15 Thou shalt not steal. it". Thou shalt not hear false witness again** thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's hou neither shalt thou desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox. nor his BBS, nor any thine that is his. 18 And all the people saw the voices, and the llaines, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smokiim : and being terrified and struck with fear, they stood afar off. 19 Saving to Moses : Speak thou to us, and we will hear : let not the 1 ,ord speak to us. 1. si w e die. 20 And Moses said to the people: fear not: for God is come to prow von, and that the dread of him might he in you, and VOU should not sin. 21 And the people stood afar oil". But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was. 22 And the Lord said to Moses : Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: You ha\e seen that 1 have spoken to you from he aven . 23 You shall not make sods of silver, nor shall you make to yourselves gods of gold. 24 You shall make an altar of earth unto me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace- offerings, your sheep and oxen, in even place where the memory of my name shall he: I will come to thee, and will bless thee. 25 And if thou make an altar of stone unto me, thou shalt not build it of In w n stones: for if thou lilt up a tool upon it, it shall he defiled. 2G Thou shalt not pi up by steps unto my altar, lest thy nakedness he discovered. CHAP. XXI. Law relating to justice. THESE are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy ;i Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee: iii the seventh be shall go out free for nothing. 3 With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out : if ha\ ing a w iff, his wile also shall go out with him. 4 But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath home sons and daughters: the woman and her children shall he her master's: l.i.t he himself shall go out with his raiment 5 And jf the servant shall ;,\v : I love my master and mv wife and children, I »vill not CO out fin 6 His master shall hring him to the gods,f and he shall lie set to thedoor and the posts; and he very sanctuary. »o far from hciwr hrWddeo. arc rTpn-..lv mi!h.>ri»rd hv the won) of God. Sco Exoint \ \ \ . 1 .v i 7 .V'um- *rn xxi. 8, 9. I Chronic \\\u\. 18 1". 8 Chron-r in. |0. f To tkr jr <"■'« ■ F.lohim. Thai is. to th<- judge*, or rmg 'M *m» ao- lliMii/.r.l bj God, CHAP. XXII. shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant tor ever. 7 If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not gooutas bond-women are wonttogoout. 8 If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go : but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her. 9 But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment : neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity. il If he do not these three things, she shall go out free without money. 12 He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death. 13 But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands ; I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee. 14 If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose, and by lying in wait for him ; thou shalt take him away from my altar, that he may die. 15 He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death. 16 He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of the guilt, shall be put to death. 1 7 He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die the death. 18 If men quarrel, and the one strike his neigh- bour with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed : 19 If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians. 20 He that striketh his bond-man or bond-woman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime. 21 But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money. 22 If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child, and she miscarry indeed, but live herself; he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award. 23 But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 23 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 If any man strike the eye of his man-servant or maid-servant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free, for the eye which he put out, 27 Also if he strike out a tooth of his man-servant, or maid-servant, he shall in like manner make them free. 28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, and they die, he shall be stoned : and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox was wont to push with his horn yesterday and the day before, and they warned lii> master, and he did not shut him up, and he shall kill a man or a woman ; then the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 And if they set a price upon him, he shall give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 31 If he have gored a son, or a daughter, he shall fall under the like sentence. 32 If he assault a bond-man or bond-woman, he shall give thirty sides of silver to their master, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it, 34 The owner of the nit shall pay the price of the beasts : and that which is dead shall be his own. 35 If one man's ox gore another man's ox, and he die ; they shall sell the live ox, and shall divide the price, and the carcass of that which died they shall part between them : 36 But if he knew that his ox was wont to push yesterday and the day before, and his master did not keep him in; he shall pay ox for ox, and shall take the whole carcass. CHAP. XXII. Tltc pumishnent of theft, and other trespasses. The law oj lending without usury, of taking pledges, of reverences to superiors, and of paying tithes. TF any man steal an ox or a sheep, and kill or sell ■*- it; he shall restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep. 2 If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die ; he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood. 3 But if he did this when the sun is risen, he hath committed murder, and he shall die. If he have not wherewith to make restitution for the theft, he shall be sold. 4 If that which he stole be found with him, alive, either ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. 5 If any man hurt a field or a vineyard, and put in his beast to feed upon that which is other men's ; he shall restore the best of whatsoever he hath in his own field, or in his vineyard, according to the estimation of the damage. 6 If a fire breaking out light upon thorns, and catch stacks of corn, or corn standing in the fields, he that kindled the fire shall make good the loss. 7 If a man deliver money, or any vessel unto his friend to keep, and they be stolen away from him that received them ; if the thief be found, he shall restore double: 8 If the thief be not known, the master of the house shall be brought to the gods, and shall swear that he did not lay his hand upon his neighbour's goods. 9 To do any fraud, either in ox, or in ass, or sheep, or raiment, or any thing that may bring da- mage; the cause of both parties shall come to the gods: and if they give judgment, he shall restore double to his neighbour. 10 If a man deliver ass, ox, sheep, or any beast, to his neighbour's custody, and it die, or be hurt, or be taken by enemies, and no man saw it : 67 i:\odus. 11 There shall be an oath between them, that be did not put forth bii band to his neighbour sgoods: ami thr owner shall a< cept of the oath, ami he shall not be compelled to make restitution. 1 1 lint it it were taken away by stealth, he shall make the loss good to the owner. I.! It' it were eaten by a boast, let him hring to him that which was slain, and he shall not make restitution. 14 If a man l>orrow of his ncifthl>our any of these things, and it Iw hurt or die, the owner not being present, he shall be obliged to make restitution. 15 But if the owner lie present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it were hired and came for the hire of his work. 16 If a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, andlie with her; lit; shall endow her. and have her towife. 17 If the maid's father will not give her to him, he shall ttive money according to the dowry, which virgins are wont to receive. 18 Wizards thou shalt not suffer to live. 19 Whosoever copulateth with a beast, shall be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth to gods, shall be put to death, save only to the Lord. 21 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him : for yourselves also w ere strangers in the land of Egypt : 22 You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan. 2.5 If vou hurt them, tiny will cry out to me, and I w ill hear their cry: 24 And my rage shall be enkindled ; and I will strike you with the sword ; and \onr wives shall be widows, and your children fathcrli 25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor, that dwclleth with thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them as an extortioner, nor oppress them with usuries. 26 If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sun-set. 27 For that same is the only thing, w herewith he is covered, the clothing of his body ; neither hath he any other to sleep in : if he cry to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate. 28 Thou shalt not speak ill of the gods : and the prince of thy people thou shalt not curse. 29 Thou shalt not delay to pay thy tithes and thy first-fruits : thou shalt give the first-born of thy sons to me. 30 Thou shalt do the same with the first-l>orn of thy oxen also and sheep : seven da\s let it be with its dam. the eighth day thou shalt aire it to me. 31 You shall be holy men to me : the flesh that beasts have tasted of before, you shall not eat, but shall cast it to the dogs. CHAT. XXIII. Lmcs for judge* : the. rest of the tevettih year, and day : three principal j east* to be. solemnized every yrar: the promise, of an Angel to conduct and protect them: idol* are to be destroyed. r PHOU shalt not receive the voice of a lie : nei- -*- ther shalt thou join thy hand to bear false wit- ness lor a wicked person, 2 Th-ui shalt not follow the multitude to do e\ il : 08 neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion nfthe most part, to stray Irom the truth. 3 Neither sjiall thou favour a pool man in judg- ment* 4 If thou meet thy enemy's <\ or ;i^ -<>in:i astray, bring it back to him. ."> It thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lie underneath his burden, thou shalt not pass l.\, but shalt lilt him up with him. 6 Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man"" judgment 7 Thou shalt fly lying, The innocent and jtisr person thou shalt not put to death: because I ablioi the wicked. 8 Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just. !' Thou shalt not molest a Stranger, for you know the hearts of Strangers: for you also were strati, m the land of Egypt 10 Six rears thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt gather the corn thereof. 11 Hut the seventh year thou shalt let it alone. and suffer it to rest, thai the poet of thy people may eat. and whatsoever shall be left, let the beasts of the field eat it : so shalt thou do with thy Vineyard and thy olive-yard. 12 Six days thou shalt work : the seventh day thou shalt cease, that thy o\ and thy ass ma\ rest : and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed. 13 Keep all things that I have said to you. And by the name of strange gods you shall not swear, neither shall it be heard out of your mouth. 14 Three times every \ear you shall celebrate leasts to me. 15 Thou shalt keep the feast ofonleavened bread. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month of new corn, when thou didst come forth out of Egypt : thou shall not appear empty before me. 16 And the feast of' the harvest of the first-fruits of thy work, whatsoever thou hast sown in the field. The feast also in the end of the a ear, when thou hast gathered in all thy corn out of the field. 17 Thrice a year shall all thy males appear be fore the Lord thy Cod. 18 Thou shalt not sacrifice the blood of my vic- tim upon leaven, neither shall the fat of my solem- nity remain until the morning. 19 Thou shalt carry the lirst-fruits of the Corn of thy ground to the house of die Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam. 20 Behold, I will send my Angel, who shall co before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee into the place that I have prepared. J I Take notice of him, and hear his voice, and do not think him one to be contemned : lor he will not forgive when thou hast sinned, and my name is in him. 22 But if thou wilt hear his voice, and do all that I sneak. I will be an enem\ to th\ enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee. \nd mj tngel shall go before thee, and CHAP. XXIV, XXV. snail bring thee in unto the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and theChanaanite,and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, whom 1 will destroy. 24 Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor serve them. Thou shalt not do their works, but shalt de- stroy them, and break their statues. 25 And you shall serve the Lord your God, that I may bless your bread, and your waters, and may take away sickness from the midst of thee. 2G There shall not be one fruitless nor barren in thy land : I will fill the number of thy days. 27 I will send my fear before thee, and will de- stroy all the people to whom thou shalt come : and will turn the backs of all thy enemies before thee : 28 Sending out hornets before, that shall drive away the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and the He- thite, before thou come in. 29 I will not cast them out from thy face in one year: lest the land be brought into a wilderness, and the beasts multiply against thee. 30 By little and little 1 will drive them out from before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess the land. 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Palestines, and from the desert to the river: I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands, and will drive them out from be- fore you. 32 Thou shalt not enter into league with them, nor with their gods. 33 Let them not dwell in thy land, lest perhaps they make thee sin against me, if thou serve their gods : which undoubtedly will be a scandal to thee. CHAP. XXIV. Moses writeth his law ; and after offering sacrifices, sprinkleth the blood of the testament upon the people; then goeth up the, mountain, which God covereth with a fiery cloud. AND he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel : and you shall adore afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come up to the Lord, but they shall not come nigh : neither shall the people come up with him. 3 So Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice : We will do all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord : and rising in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mount, and twelve titles* according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Is- rael, and they offered holocausts,! and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord. 6 Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls : and the rest he poured upon the altar. 7 And taking the book of the covenant, he read * Title*. That is, pillars. t Holocaust), whole burnt-offerings; in which the whole sacrifice way consumed wilh fire, upon the altar. ] Firrtjruits : offerings, of soroe of the best and choicest of then goods it in the hearing of the people : and they said : All things that the Lord hath spoken, we will do: we will be obedient. 8 And he took the blood, and sprinkled it upon the people: and he said: This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord hath made with you con- cerning all these words. 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, jid seventy of the ancients of Israel went up : 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven when clear. 11 Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off: and they saw God, and they did eat and drink. 12 And the Lord said to Moses: Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and 1 will give thee tallies of stone, and the law, and the command- ments which I have written; that thou mayst teach them. 13 Moses rose up, and his minister Josue: And Moses going up into the mount of God, 14 Said to the ancients: Wait ye here till we re- turn to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you: if any question shall "arise, you shall refer it to them. 15 And when Moses was gone up, a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain : And he was there forty days and forty nights. CHAP. XXV. Offerings prescribed for making the tabernacle, the ark, the candlestick, fyc. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring first-fruits X to me : of every man that ofTer- eth of his own accord, you shall take them. 3 And these are the things you must take : Gold, and silver, and brass, 4 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goat's hair, 5 And ram-skins dyed red, and violet skins, and setim-wood ; % 6 Oil to make lights; spices for ointment, and for sweet-smelling incense; 7 Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational; || 8 And they shall make me a sanctuary, and 1 will dwell in the midst of them : } Setim-wood. The wood of a tree that grows in the wilderness, which is said to be incorruptible. || The ephod and the rational The ephod was the high priest's upper vestment ; and the rational his breast plate in which were twelve gems, Sec. 69 i:\onus. 9 According to all die likeness of the tabernacle which I will show thee, and of all the vessels tor the m r\ u c thereof: and thus you shall make it : 10 Frame anarkofsetim-wood,the length where- of shall be of two cubits and a half: the breadth, a cubit and a half; the height, likewise a cubit and a half. 1 1 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold within and without : and over it thou shalt make a golden oth sides, so set on, that one loop may be against an- other loop, and one may be fitted to the other. 6 Thou shalt make also fifty rings of gold] w here- with the veils of the curtains are to be be joined, that it may be made one tabernacle. always to stand before the/see of the Ix>nl in hit temple; aia figure of the eocharistic sacrifice and sacrament, in the church of CI I t Lik+Uotu. That it, drink-offering*. ♦ .1 rantll, stick. Tint candlestick, with it- icrea lump*, winch was h' in the In hi -I- of God, was n figure of the light of the l|..h Ghost, and Ins •>• nlold grace, in Uu- ».in< iu. . t\ atlire, wUcb %* + ■■ ■ 'lli-.l HurntiomtlnfjuJpnrnl S admoniriied l>. f tlieirdul Ting Stc naimtulall tin ir i.h'io hi M pwarncc : ami li) u„ Vrim ami 4 And these shall he the vestments that the* shall make: A rational and an cphod. a limn K and a strait linen carment. a mitre and a girdle. They shall make the holy vestments for th) brother Aaron and his sons, that they may do the office of priest- hood unto me. 5 And they shall take gold, and violet, and pur- ple, and scarlet twice dui\, and line linen. t! And they shall make the cphod of gold, aim violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and line tu isted linen, embroidered with divers colonic. 7 It shall have the two edues joined in the top on both sides, that they may be closed together. 8 The very workmanship also and all the VSinV of the w oi k, shall be of cold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dved, and line twisted linen. 9 And thou shalt take two on\ \ stones, and shalt grave on them the nanus of the children of Israel : 10 J>i\ names on one stone, and the Other six on the other, according to the order of their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver and the crav- ing of a jeweller, thou shall engrave them with the names oi' the children of Israel, set in gold and compassed al>out : 12 And thou shalt put them in both sub s of the cphod, a memorial for the children of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon both shoulders, for a remembrance. 13 Thou shalt make also hooks of gold. 14 And two little chains of the purest gold linker 1 one to another, which thou shalt put into the hooks. 15 And thou shalt make the rational of judg- ment* with embroidered work of divers colours, according to the workmanship of the cphod, of gold, violet, and .purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and line twisted linen. hi It shall be four-square and doubled : it shall be the measure of a span both in length and ill breadth. 17 And thou shalt set in it four rows of stoin | : In the fust row shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald. 18 In the second a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper : 11) In the third a ligurius, an agate, and an ame- thyst : 20 In the fourth a chrysolite, an onyx and a beryl. They shall Ik- set in cold by their re t\ And they shall have the names of the children of Israel: with twelve names shall they be en- craved, each stone with the name of one according to the twelve tribes. 22 And thou shalt make on the rational chains linked one to another of the purest gold: 23 And two lines of cold, which thou shalt | ut in the two ends at the top of the rational. I And the golden chains thou shalt join io Ine lines, that are in the ends thereof: Thummim, lliat i«, dottrint anil truth, wliiili witc writti-n ti|x>n il : ami b divine amwen and oraclot,aa if it werei ' Willi JU.lgltll'tlt. CHAP. XXIX. 26 And the ends of the chains themselves thou shalt join together with two hooks on hoth sides of the ephod, which is towards the rational. 26 Thou shalt make also two rings of gold which thou shalt put in the top parts of the rational, in the horders that are over against the ephod, and look towards the back parts thereof. 27 Moreover also other two rings of gold, which are to be set on each side of the ephod beneath, that Iooketh towards the nether joining, that the rational may be fitted with the ephod, 28 And may be fastened by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a violet fillet, that the joining artificially wrought may continue, and the rational and the ephod may not be loosed one from the other. 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the chil- dren of Israel in the rational of judgment upon his breast, when he shall enter into the sanctuary, a memorial before the Lord for ever. 30 And thou shalt put in the rational of judg- ment Doctrine and Truth,* which shall be on Aaron's breast, when he shall go in before the Lord : and he shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his breast, in the sight of the Lord always. 31 And thou shalt make the tunick of the ephod all of violet ; 32 In the midst whereof above shall be a hole for the head, and a border round about it woven, as is wont to be made in the outmost parts of gar- ments, that it may not easily be broken. 33 And beneath at the feet of the same tunick, round about, thou shalt make as it were pomegra- nates, of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with little bells set between : 34 So that there shall be a golden bell and a po- megranate, and again another golden bell and a po- megranate. 35 And Aaron shall be vested with it in the office of his ministry, that the sound may be heard, when he goeth in and cometh out of the sanctuary, in the sight of the Lord, and that he may not die. 36 Thou shalt make also a plate of the purest gold; wherein thou shalt grave with engraver's work, Holy to the Lord. 37 And thou shalt tie it with a violet fillet, and it shall be upon the mitre, 38 Hanging over the forehead of the high-priest. And Aaron shall bear the iniquities of those things, which the children of Israel have offered and sanc- tified, in all their gifts and offerings. And the plate shall be always on his forehead, that the Lord may be well pleased with them. 39 And thou shalt gird the tunick with fine linen, and thou shalt make a fine linen mitre, and a girdle of embroidered work. 40 Moreover for the sons of Aaron thou shalt prepare linen tunicks, and girdles and mitres for glory and beauty : 41 And with all these things thou shalt vest * Doctrine and Truth. Hebrew, Urim and Thummim : illuminations and perfections. Those words written on the rational, seem to siarnifv K Aaron thy orother, and his sons with him. And thou shalt consecrate the hands of them all, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office ot priesthood unto me. 42 Thou shalt make also linen breeches, to cover the flesh of their nakedness from the reins to the thighs : 43 And Aaron and his sons shall use them when they shall go in to the tabernacle of the testimony, or when they approach to the altar to minister in the sanctuary, lest being guilty of iniquity they die. It shall be a law for ever to Aaron, and to his seed after him. CHAP. XXIX. The manner of consecrating Aaron and other priests; the insti- tution of the daily sacrifice of two lambs, one in the morning, the other at evening. AND thou shalt also do this, that they may be consecrated to me in priesthood. Take a calf from the herd, and two rams without blemish, 2 And unleavened bread, and a cake without leaven, tempered with oil, wafers also unleavened, anointed with oil : thou shalt make them all of wheaten flour. 3 And thou shalt put them in a basket, and offer them ; and the calf and the two rams. 4 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. And when thou hast washed the father and his sons with water, 5 Thou shalt clothe Aaron with his vestments, that is, with the linen garment and the tunick, and the ephod and the rational, which thou shalt gird with the girdle. 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and the holy plate upon the mitre : 7 And thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon his head : and by this rite shall he be consecrated. 8 Thou shalt bring his sons also, and shalt put on them the linen tunicks, and gird them with a girdle : 9 To wit, Aaron and his children ; and thou shalt put mitres upon them : and they shall be priests to me by a perpetual ordinance. After thou shalt have consecrated their hands, 10 Thou shalt present also the calf before the tabernacle of the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon his head : 1 1 And thou shalt kill him in the sightof the Lord, beside the door of the taberrfacle of the testimony. 12 And taking some of the blood of the calf, thou shaft put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger : and the rest of the blood thou shalt pour at. the bottom thereof. 13 Thou shalt take also all the fat that covereth the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shalt offer a burnt-offering upon the altar : 14 But the flesh of the calf, and the hide, and the dung, thou shalt burn abroad, without the camp, because it is for sin. the lijrht of doctrine -and the integrity of life, with which the Driest*, of God ought to approach to him 73 EXODUS. 15 Thou shalt take also one ram, unai the bead whereof Aaron ami liis sons shall lay (heir hands. 16 And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt take of the blood thereof", and pour round about the altar. 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces: and having washed his entrails and bet, thou shalt put them upon the flesh that is cat in pieces, and upon his head. 18 And thou shalt offer the whole ram for a burnt- offering upon the altar : it is an oblation to the Lord, a most sweet savour of the victim of the Lord. 19 Thou shalt take also the other ram, upon whose head Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands. 20 And when thou hast sacrificed him, thou shalt take of his blood, and put upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and of his sons, and upon the thumbs and Deal toes of their right hand and foot : and thou shalt |>our the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And when thou hast taken of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the oil of unction, thou shalt sprinkle Aaron and his vesture, his sons and their vestments. And after they and their vestments are consecrated, 22 Thou shalt take the fat of the ram, and the rump, and the fat that covcreth the lun^s, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, because it is the ram of consecration ; 23 And one roll of bread, a cake tempered with oil, a wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread, which is set in the siiilit of the Lord : 24 And thou shall put all upon the hands of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt sanctify them, elevating before the Lord. 25 And thou shalt take all from their hands ; and shalt burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, a most sweet savour in the sight of the Lord, because it is his oblation. 26 Thou shalt take also the breast of the ram, wherewith Aaron was consecrated : and elevating it, thou shalt sanctify it before the Lord ; and it shall fall to thy share. 27 And thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated breast, and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ram, 28 Wherewith Aaron was consecrated and his sons: and they shall fall to Aaron's share and hk SOBS by a perpetual right from the children of Israel : because they are the choicest and the beginnings of their peace-victims which they offer to the Lord. 29 And the holy vesture, which Aaron shall use, his sons shall have after him, that they may be anointed, and their hands consecrated in it. 30 He of his sons that shall be appointed high- priest in his stead, and that shall enter into the ta- I cmacle of the testimony to minister in the sanc- tuarv, shall wear it seven days. .11 And thou shalt take the ram of die consecra- tion, and shalt boil the flesh thereof IB the holy place: 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat it. The loOTeS also, that are in the basket, they shall eat in the entry of the tabernaele of the testimony, *<3 '1 hat it may be mi atoning sa< r fice, and the 71 hands of the offerers may be sanctified. A stranger shall not eat of them, because they an- holy. 31 And if there remain of the consecrated flesh, or of the bread till tin- morning, thou shalt burn the remainder with lire : they shall not be eaten, he cause they arc sanctified. 35 All that I have commanded thee, thou shalt do unto Aaron and his sons. Seven days shalt thou consecrate their hands: 36 And thou shalt oiler a calf for sin every day for expiation. And thou shalt cleanse the altar when thou hast offered the victim of expiation, and shalt anoint it to sanctify it. 37 Seven days shalt thou expiate the wJtU and sanctify it : and it shall be most holy. Every one that shall touch it, shall be holy. 38 This is what thou shalt sacrifice upon the altar: Two lambs of a year old everyday continually 39 One lamb in the morning, and another in the evening. 40 With one Iamb a tenth part of flour tempered with beaten oil, of the fourth part of a bin, and wine for libation of the same measure. 1 1 And the other lamb thou shalt offer in the evening, according to the rite of the morning obla- tion, and according to what we have said, for a vour of sweetness : \2 It is a sacrifice to the Lord, by perpetual oblation unto your gem rations, at the door ot the tabernaele of the testimony before the Lord, where I will appoint to Speak unto thee. 43 And there will I command the children of Is- rael, and the altar shall be sanctified by my don. 44 I will sanctify also the tabernacle of the tes- timony with the altar, and Aaron w it h his sous, to do the office of priesthood unto me. 45 And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Isnel, and will be their God : 46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who have brought them out of the land ot Egypt, that 1 might abideamongthem, I the Lord their ( io«l. CHAP. XXX. The altar of incense : money to be gathered for (he vsr of the tabernacle: the brazen later : the holy oil of unction, and the composition of tin pofunu. THOU shalt make also an altar to burn incense,* of setim-wood. 2 It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, four square, and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, as well the grate thereof, as the walls round about. and the horns. \nd thou shalt make to it a crown of gold round about, 4 And two golden rin.^s under the crown on either side, that the bars may be pat into them, and the altar be carried. 5 And thou shalt make the bars also ot setnn- 'wood. and shalt overlay them with sold. • .*n altar to bur* inemtr. Thi* Imniintr of iacMBM »« an . it 1,1. m oaodingt i an inflsm il heart. Stm Pftmt \\. S. Ape and vui 4 CHAP. ,XXXI 6 And thou shalt set the altar over-against the veil, that hangeth before the ark of the testimony before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is covered, where I will speak to thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn sweet-smelling incense upon it, in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it : 8 And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition, nor oblation, and victim : neither shall you offer libations. 10 And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offer- ed for sin, and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord. 1 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 12 When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord: and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned. 13 And this shall every one give that passeth at the naming, half a side* according to the standard of the temple. A side hath twenty obols. Half a side shall be offered to the Lord. 1 4 He that is counted in the number from twenty years and upwards, shall give the price. 15 The rich man shall not add to half a side, and the poor man shall diminish nothing. 16 And the money received, which was contribu- ted by the children of Israel, thou shalt deliver unto the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may be merciful to their souls. 17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 1 8 Thou shalt make also a brazen laver with its foot, to wash in : and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar. And water being put into it, 19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it, 20 When they are going into the tabernacle of the testimony, and when they are to come to the al- tar, to offer on it incense to the Lord, 21 Lest perhaps they die. It shall be an ever- lasting law to him, and to his seed by successions. 22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, 23 Saying: Take spices, of principal and chosen myrrh five hundred sides, and of cinnamon half so much, that is, two hundred and fifty sides, of cala- mus in like manner two hundred and fifty, 21 And of cassia five hundred sides by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the mea- sure bin : 23 And thou shalt make the holy oil of unction, Jin ointment compounded after the art of the per- fumer : 26 And therewith thou shalt anoint the taber- // ilfasiek. A side or shekel of silver, (which was also called a slater) \r. >r!iug to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the nacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testa ment, 27 And the table with the vessels thereof, the candlestick and furniture thereof, the altars of in- cense, 28 And of holocaust, and all the furniture that belongeth to the service of them. 29 And thou shalt sanctify all ; and they shall be most holy : he that shall touch them shall be sanc- tified. 30 Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me. 31 And thou shalt say to the children of Israel : This oil of unction shall be holy unto me through- out your generations. 32 The flesh of man shall not be anointed there- with : and you shall make none other of the same composition ; because it is sanctified, and shall be holy unto you. 33 What man soever shall compound such, and shall give thereof to a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people. 34 And the Lord said to Moses : Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet sa- vour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight. 35 And thou shalt make incense compounded by the work of the perfumer, well tempered together, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification. 36 And when thou hast beaten all into very small powder, thou shalt set of it before the tabernacle of the testimony, in the place where I will appear to thee. Most holy shall this incense be unto you. 37 You shall not make such a composition for your own uses ; because it is holy to the Lord. 38 What man soever shall make the like, to en- joy the smell thereof, he shall perish out of his peo- ole. CHAP. XXXI. Beseleel and Ooliab are appointed by the Lord to make the ta- bernacle, and the things belonging thereto. The observation of the sabbath-day is again commanded. And the Lord rfc- livereth to Moses two tables written with the finger of God. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 2 Behold, I have called by name Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Hur of .the tribe of Juda : 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding, and knowledge in all manner of work, 4 To devise whatsoever may be artificially made of gold, and silver, and brnss, 5 Of marble, and precious stones, and variety of wood. 6 And I have given him for his companion Ooliab the son of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan. And I have put wisdom in the heart of every skilful man, that, they may make all things which I have com- manded thee, most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver, that is, about half a crown of English money. The 060/ or gerah was about three uulfoence. 76 EXODUS. 7 The tabernacle of the covenant, utd the ark of the testimony, and the propitiatory, that is over it, and all the vessels of the taheruaele, 8 Anil the table and the vessels thereof, the most pure candlestick with the vessels thereof, and the altars of incen- 9 And of holocaust, and all their vessels, the lav it with its foot, It) The holy vestments in the ministry for Aaron the pri«M, ami tor his sons, that they may execute their office, about the snored things: I I The oil of unction, and the incense of spices in the sanctuary, all things which I have com- iiiainlcd thee, shall they make. 12 And the Lord spoke to Motet, saying: 1) Speak to the children of Israel, and thou ■htlt say to them : See that you keep my sabbath : because it is a sign between me and you in your anions; that you may know that I am tin Lord, who sanctify you. I !• Keep you my sabbath ; for it is holy unto von: he that shall profane it, shall lie put to death: lie that shall do any work in it, his soul shall per- ish out of the midst of his people. 15 Six days shall you do work : in the seventh day is the sabbath, the rest holy to the Lord. Every one that shall do any work on this day, shall die. 16 Let the children of Israel keep the sabbath, and celebrate it in their generations. It is an ever- lasting covenant 17 Between me and the children of Israel, and a perpetual si-n. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth : and in the seventh he ceased from work. 155 And the Lord, when he had ended these words in mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone- tablt •-, of testimony, written with the finger of God. CHAP. XXXII. The people fall into idolatry. Moses prayeth for them. He Imiikelh the tables ; dttroyelh the idol; blameth Aaron ; and ruiiMi/i mmiy of the idolaters to be tlain. A ND the people seeing that Moses delayed to •**- COtM down from the mount, gathering toge- ther against Aaron, said: Arise, make us gods, that may no before us: For as to this Moses, the man that Drought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has befallen him. 1 And Aaron said to them: Take the golden' ear-rina;s from the ears of your wives, and your sons and daughters, and brinp; them to DM. I And the people did what he had commanded, bringing the enr>rings to Aaron. I \ml when be had rereived them, he fashion- ed them bv founders' work, and made of them a molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods. O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land oi Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. and made proclamation by a crier's voice, saying: To-morrow is the solemnity of the Lord. 6 And rising in the morning, tiny offered holo- causts, and peace-1 iitiiiis: ;in,| the people n\ (low n (o eat, and drink, and thev rose up to play. 7 And the Lord spoke to M. ing. Go, get thee down : thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath sinned. 8 They have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst show them : and they have made to themselves a molten calf, ami have adored it. and sacrificing victims to it, nave said : These are thy Gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out ol the land of Egypt 9 And again the Lord said to Moses. I see that this people is stiff-necked: 10 Let me alone, that my wrath may be kin- dled against them, and that I may destroy them ; and I will make of thee a ureat nation. 11 Hut Moses besougbi the Lord his God, bg: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation enkindled against thy people, whom thou bast brought out of tin; land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand ? 12 Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech thee: He craftily brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains, and destroy them from the earth: let thy anger cease, and he appeased upon the wickedness of thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thy own sell, saying : I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven,: and this whole land that I have spoken of, I will give to your seed, and you shall pos- it for ever. 14 And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people. 15 And Moses returned from the mount, carry- ing the two tables of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides, 16 And made by the work of God: the writing also of God was graven in the tab! 17 And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses : The noise of battle is heard in the camp. 18 But he answered : It is not the cry of men encouraging to fight, nor the shout of men com- pelling to flee: but I hear the voice of singers. 19 And when he came nigh to the camp, he saw the calf, and the dances: and being very angry, he threw the tables out of his hand, and broke them at the foot of the mount : 20 And laying hold of the calf which they had made, he burnt it, and beat it to powder, which he strowed into water, and gave thereof to the children of Israel to drink. 21 And he said to Aaron : What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin ? 22 And he answered him : Let not my lord be offended : for thou knowest this people, that thev are prone to evil. 23 They said to me : Make us Rods, that may BO before us: for as to this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is befallen him. 24 Ami I said to them: Which of you hath any gold? and they took and brought it to me: and 1 cast it into the fire, and this calf came out. CHAP. XXXIII. 25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked* (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth,t and had set them naked amongtheir enemies) 96 Then standing in the gate of the camp, he said : If any man be on the Lord's side, let him join with me. And all the sons of Levi gathered them- selves together unto him : 27 And he said to them : Thus saith the Lord God of Israel : Put every man his sword upon his thigh : go, and return from gate to gate through the midst ot the camp, and let every man kill his bro- ther, and friend, and neighbour. 28 And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men. 29 And Moses said : You have consecrated your hands this day to the Lord, every man in his son and in his brother, that a blessing may be given to you. 30 And when the next day was come, Moses spoke to the people : You have sinned a very great sin : I will go up to the Lord, if by any means I may be able to entreat him for your crime. 31 And returning to the Lord, he said : I be- seech thee ; this people hath sinned a heinous sin ; and they have made to themselves gods of gold : either forgive them this trespass, 32 Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written. 33 And the Lord answered him : He that hath sinned against me, him will I strike out of my book : 34 But go thou, and lead this people whither I have told thee : my Angel shall go before thee. And I in the day of revenge will visit this sin also of theirs. 35 The Lord therefore struck the people for the guilt on occasion of the calf which Aaron had made. CHAP. XXXIII. The people mourn for their sin. Moses pitcheth the tabernacle without the camp. He converseth familiarly with God: de- sireth to see his glory. \ ND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : Go, get J -*- thee up from this place, thou and thy people which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, into the land concerning which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying : To thy seed I will give it : 2 And I will send an Angel before thee, that I may cast out the Chanaanite, and the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, 3 That thou mayst enter into the land that flow- eth with milk and honey. For I will not go up with thee, because thou art a stiff-necked people : lest I destroy thee in the way. 4 And the people hearing these very bad tidings, * Waked. Haying lost not only their gold, and their honour, but what was worst of all, being stripped also of the grace of God, and having lost him. f The shame of the filth. That is, of the idol, which they had taken for their God. It is the usual phrase of the scripture to call idols filth, and abominations mourned : and no man put on his ornaments accord- ing to custom. 5 And the Lord said to Moses : Say to the chil- dren of Israel : Thou art a stiff-necked people : once I shall come up in the midst of thee, and shall de- stroy thee. Now presently lay aside thy ornaments, that I may know what to do to thee. 6 So the children of Israel laid aside their orna- ments by mount Horeb. 7 Moses also taking the tabernacle, pitched it without the camp afar off, and called the name thereof, The tabernacle of the covenant. And all the people, that had any question, went forth to the tabernacle of the covenant, without the camp. 8 And when Moses went forth to the tabernacle, all the people rose up, and every one stood in the door of his pavilion, and they beheld the back of Moses, till he went into the tabernacle. 9 And when he was gone into the tabernacle of the covenant, the pillar of the cloud came down, and stood at the door : and he spoke with Moses. 10 And all saw that the pillar of the cloud stood at the door of the tabernacle. And they stood, and worshipped at the doors of their tents. 11 And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face,! as a man is wont to speak to his friend. And when he returned into the camp, his servant Josue the son of Nun, a young man, departed not from the taber- nacle. 12 And Moses said to the Lord . Thou com- mandest me to lead forth this people : and thou dost not let me know whom thou wilt send with me, especially whereas thou hast said : I know thee by name,§ and thou hast found favour in my sight. 13 If therefore I have found favour in thy sight, show me thy face, that I may know thee, and may find grace before thy eyes : look upon thy people, this nation. 14 And the Lord said : My face shall go before thee, and I will give thee rest. 15 And Moses said : If thou thyself dost not go before, bring us not out of this place. 16 For how shall we be able to know, I and thy people, that we have found grace in thy sight, un- less thou walk with us, that we may be glorified by all people that dwell upon the earth ? 17 And the Lord said to Moses: This word also, which thou hast spoken, will I do : for thou hast found grace before me, and thee I have known by name. » 1 8 And he said : Show me thy glory. 19 He answered : I will show thee all good, and I will proclaim in the name of the Lord before thee : and I will have mercy on whom I will, and I wilJ be merciful to whom it shall please me. 20 And again he said : Thou canst not see my face : for man shall not see me, and live. % Face to fact. That is, in a most familiar manner. Though, as we learn from this very chapter, Moses could not see the face of the Lord i I know thee by name. In the language of the scriptures, God is said to know such as he approves and loves; and to know by norm those whom he favours in a most singular manner, as he did h s servaul Moses. 77 EXODUS. 21 And again he said : Behold, there is ;i place with me, and thou shalt st;ind upon the rock. 22 And when my glory shall pass, I will set thee in a hole of the rock, and protect thee with my right hand, till I pass : \nd i will lake away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts :* but my face thou canst not see. CHAP. XXXIV. Thr table* are renewed: all society with the Chanaanitrt it fur- bidden : tome precepts concerning the jirtt-born, thr tubhnth, and other feattt. Jifter forty ilayt 'fast. Muse* returneth to the people with the cummandmentt : and hit face appearing horned with rayt of light, he cocereth it, whensoever he speak- eth to the peopU. AND after this he said : Hew thee two tables " , stone like unto the former: and 1 will write upon them the words whieh were in the tables. which thou brokest. 2 Be ready in the moraine, that thou mayst forth- with go up into mount Sinai ; and thou shall stand with me upon the top of the mount. 3 Let no mango up with thee; and let not any man be seen throughout all the mount: neither let the oxen nor the ■beep teed over against it. 4 Then be cut out two tables of stone, such as had been before : and rising very early, he went up into the mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, carrying with him the tables. 6 And when the Lord was come down in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord. 6 And when he passed before him, he said : O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient, and of much compassion, and true : 7 Who keepest mercy unto thousands : who takest away iniquity, and wickedness, and sin, and no man of himself is innocent before thee. Who renderest the iniquity of the fathers to the children, and to the grand-children unto die third and fourth generation. 8 And Moses making haste, bowed down pros- trate unto the earth, and adoring, 9 Said : If I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, I beseech thee that thou wilt go with us (for it is a stiff-necked people) and take away our ini- quities and sin, and possess us. 10 The Lord answered : 1 will make a covenant in the sight of all: I will do signs such as w. re never seen upon the earth, nor in any nations : that this people, in the midst of whom thou art. ma\ the terrible work of the Lord which 1 will do. 1 1 Observe all things which this day I command thee: I myself will drive out before thv bee the Amorrhite,and theChanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Hcvite, and the Jefauske. 12 Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin : • St* aaj btek parft. The Lord, by hia Anrel, usually tpoke to Mosei in tin- pilar of thr eioaai.10. that be could not ire the glory of him that apoke familiarly with him. In the vision here mentioned, be •u allowed to ace aomething of him, in an aaaumed corporeal form , 78 I.! lint destroy thek altars, break their statues, and cut down their RTOVM I 14 Adore not any straii-e God. The Lord his name is Jealous; he is a jealous God. 15 Make no covenant with the men of those countries ; lest, when they have committed fornica- tion with their gods, and have adored their idols, some one call thee to eat of the things sacrificed. 16 Neither shalt thou take of their daughters a wife for thy son; lest after they themselvn have committed fornication, they make thy sons also to commit fornication with their gods. 17 Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten l. 18 Thou shalt keep the feast of the unleavened bread. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as 1 commanded thee in the time of the month oi the new corn : for in the month of the sprin:; time thou earnest out from Kzypt. 19 All of the male kind, that openeth the womb, shall be mine. Of all beasts, both of oxen and of sheep, it shall be mine * 20 The firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a sheep : but if thou wilt not give a price for it, it shall be slain. The first-born of thy sons thou shah redeem : neither shalt thou appear before me empty. 21 Six days shalt thou work: the seventh day thou shah cease to plough, and to reap. 22 Thou shalt keep the least of weeks with the first-fruits of the corn of thy w heat-harvest, and the feast when the tune of lite year rcturneth that all things are laid in. ■ Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the sight of the Almighty Lord the God of Israel. 24 For when I shall have taken aw ay the nations from thy face, and shall have enlarged thy bord- Tio man shall lie in wait against thy land when thou shalt £" up, and appear in the sight of the Lord ih\ God thrice in a year. 25 Thou shaft not offer the blood of my sacrifice upon leaven: neither shall there remain in the morning any thing of the victim of the solemnity of the Phase. 26 The first of the fruits of thy ground thou shalt offer in the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam. 27 And the Lord said to Moses : Write thee these words by which 1 have made a covenant both with thee and with Israel. 28 And he was there with the Lord forty daj - and forty nights : he neither ate bread nor drank watt r : and ho wrote upon the tables the ten words of the covenant. 29 And w hen Moses came down from the mount Sinai, he held the two tables of the testimony : and he knew not that his face was hornedf from the conversation of the Lord. not in the face, the raja of which were too bright for mortal eye to bear, but to riew him as it were behind, when hia face was turned ! from him. t Honui. That is, ahining, and tending forth rayaof light like born*. CHAP. XXXV, XXXVI. 30 And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near. 31 And being called by him, they returned, both Aaron and the rulers of the congregation. And af- ter that he spoke to them : 32 And all the children of Israel came to him : and he gave them in commandment all that he had heard of the Lord in mount Sinai. 33 And having done speaking, he put a veil upon his face. 34 But when he went in to the Lord, and spoke with him, he took it away until he came forth : and then he spoke to the children of Israel all things that had been commanded him. 35 And they saw that the face of Moses when he came out was horned : but he covered his face again, if at any time he spoke to them. CHAP. XXXV. The Sabbath. Offerings for making- the tabernacle. Beselecl and Ooliah are called to the toork. A ND all the multitude of the children of Israel -^*- being gathered together, he said to them : These are the things which the Lord hath com- manded to be done. 2 Six days you shall do work : the seventh day shall be holy unto you, the sabbath and the rest of the Lord : he that shall do any work on it shall be put to death. 3 You shall kindle no fire in any of your habi- tations on the sabbath day. 4 And Moses said to all the assembly of the children of Israel : This is the word the Lord hath commanded, saying : 5 Set aside with you first-fruits to the Lord. Let every one that is willing and hath a ready heart, offer them to the Lord • gold, and silver, and brass, 6 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, goats' hair, 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and violet coloured skins, setim-wood, 8 And oil to maintain lights, and to make oint- ment, and most sweet incense ? 9 Onyx stones, and precious stones, for the adorning of the ephod and the rational. 10 Whosoever of you is wise, let him come, and make that which the Lord hath commanded : 1 1 To wit, the tabernacle, and the roof thereof, and the cover, the rings, and the board-work with the bars, the pillars and the sockets : 12 The ark and the staves, the propitiatory, and the veil that is drawn before it: 13 The table with the bars, and the vessels, and the loaves of proposition : 14 The candlestick to bear up the lights, the ves- sels thereof and the lamps, and the oil for the nourishing of fires. 15 The altar of incense, and the bars, and the oil of unction and the incense of spices : the hang- ing at the door of the tabernacle : 16 The altar of holocaust, and its grate of brass, with the bars and vessels thereof: the laver and its foot • 17 The curtains of the court with the pillars and the sockets, the hanging in the doors of the entry, 18 The pins of the tabernacle and of the court with their little cords : 19 The vestments that are to be used in the mi- nistry of the sanctuary, the vesture of Aaron the high-priest, and of his sons, to do the office of priest- hood to me. 20 And all the multitude of the children of Is- rael going out from the presence of Moses, 21 Offered first-fruits to the Lord with a most ready and devout mind, to make the work of the tabernacle of the testimony. Whatsoever was ne- cessary to the service and to the holy vestments, 22 Both men and women gave bracelets and ear- rings, rings and tablets : every vessel of gold was set aside to be offered to the Lord. 23 If any man had violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, red, and violet coloured skins, 24 Metal of silver and brass, they offered it to the Lord, and setim-wood for divers uses. 25 The skilful women also gave such things as they had spun, violet, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, 26 And goats' hair, giving all of their own accord. 27 But the princes offered onyx stones, and pre- cious stones, for the ephod and the rational, 28 And spices and oil for the lights, and for the preparing of ointment, and to make the incense of most sweet savour. 29 All both men and women with devout mind offered gifts, that the works might be done which the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses. All the children of Israel dedicated voluntary offer- ings to the Lord. 30 And Moses said to the children of Israel : Behold, the Lord hath called by name Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Juda. 31 And hath filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding and knowledge and all learning, 32 To devise and to work in gold and silver, and brass, 33 And in engraving stones, and in •carpenter's work. Whatsoever can be devised artificially, 34 He hath given in his heart: Ooliab also, the son of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan : 35 Both of them hath he instructed with wisdom, to do carpenter's work, and tapestry, and embroidery in blue and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and to weave all things, and to invent all new things. CHAP. XXXVI. Tfie offerings are delivered to the workmen : the curtains, cover- ings, boards, bars, veil, pillars, and hanging are made. BESELEEL therefore, and Ooliab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding, to know how to work artificially, made the things that are necessary for the uses of the sanctuary, and which the Lord commanded. 2 And when Moses had called them, and every skilful man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, 79 EXODUS. and such as of their own accord had offered them- »< Ives t<» the making of the work, 3 He delivered all the offerings of the children of lend unto tht-iii. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the moraine offered their vows. 4 Whereupon the workmen being constrained to come. 5 Said to Moses : The people offercth more than is necessary. 6 Moses therefore commanded proclamation to he made l>y the crier's voice: Let neither man nor woman offer any more for the work of the sanctuary. And so ihev ceased from offering gift* j 7 Because the things that were offered did suf- fice, and were too much. 8 And all the men that were wise of heart, to rfCCOmpuafa the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet, and purple, ami scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, and the art of embroidering: 9 The length oi one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth four: all the curtains wen Of the same size. 10 And he joined five curtains, one to another; and the other five he coupled one to another. 1 1 He made also loops of violet in the edge of one curtain on both sides, and iu the edge of the other curtain in like manner, 1 1 That the loops might meet one against ano- ther, and might be joined each with the other. 13 Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they might be made one tabernacle. \\ He made also eleven curtains of goats' hair 10 cover the roof of the tabernacle : l.i One curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits broad : all the curtains were of one measure. 1G Five of which he joined apart, and the other six apart. 17 And lit; made fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that might lie joined one to another : 18 And fifty buckles of brass wherewith the roof might be knit together, that of all the curtains there might be made one covering. 19 He made also a cover for the tabernacle, of ranis' skins dyed red ; and another cover over that of violet skins. He made also the boards of the tabernacle of m lini-wood standing. 21 The length of one board was ten cubits: and the breadth was one cubit and a half. JJ There were two mortises throughout every board, that one might be joined to the other. And in this manner he made for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 Of which twenty were at the south side southward, With forty sockets of silver. Tun MM ketswere put under one board on the two sides of the conn i -. where the mortises of tin- sides end in the corners. \t that side also of the tabernacle, that look- eth towards the north, he made twedtj boards, mi 26 With forty sockets of silver, two sockets for every board. 27 But against the west, to w it, at that side of the tabernacle, which looketh to the sea. he made six boards, 28 And two others at each corner of the taber- nacle behind : 29 Which were also joined from beneath unto the top, and went together into one joint. Tims he did on both sides at the corners : 30 So there were in all eight boards : and they had sixteen sockets of silver, to wit, two socket s under every board. "31 He made also bars of setim-wood, five to hold together the hoardsof one side of 'he tabernacle : 32 And five others to ioin together the boards of the other side : and besides these, five other bars at the wot side of the tabernacle towards the sea. 33 He made also another bar, that might come by the midst of the boards from corner to comer. 34 And the board-work itself he overlaid with gold. And their rings he made of gold, through which the bars might be draw n : and he covered the bars themselves with plates of gold. 35 He made also a veil of \ inlet, and purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, varied and distin- guished with embroidery; 36 And four pillars of setim-wood, which with their heads he overlaid with gold, casting for tin in sockets of silver. 37 He made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle, of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twist- ed linen, with the work of an embroiderer. 38 And five pillars with their heads, which he covered with gold, and their sockets he cast of bras^. CHAP. XXXVII. Bitrlrrl mnkcth the ark, the propitiatory, and cherubim*, the talilf, the curiilli stick, the lamps, and the altar of incense; and compoundeth the incente. AND Beseleel made also, the ark of setim-wood : it was two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth: and the height was of one cubit and a half : and he overlaid it with the purest gold within and w ithout. 2 And he made to it a crown of gold round about, 3 Casting four rings of gold at the four corn' thereof: two rings, iu one side and two id the other. 4 And he made bars of setim-wood, which In- overlaid with gold : 5 And he put them into the rings that were at the sides of the ark to carry it. 6 He made also the propitiatory, that is, the ora- cle, of the purest gold, two cubits ana a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth. 7 Two cherubims also of beaten gold, which In- set on the two sides of the propitiator) : 8 One cherub in the top of one side, and the other cherub in the top of the other side : two chcruhiuis at the two ends of (he propitiatory, 9 Spreading their wings, and covering tin- pro- pitiatory, and looking one towards the other and towards it. CHAP. XXXVIII. 10 He made also the table of setim-wood, in length two cubits, and in breadth one cubit, and in height it was a cubit and a half. 11 And he overlaid it with the finest gold; and he made to it a golden ledge round about. 12 And to the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold of four lingers' breadth, and upon the same another golden crown. 13 And he cast four rings of gold, which he put in the four corners at each foot of the table 14 Over against the crown: and he put the bars into them, that the table might be carried. 15 And the bars also themselves he made of se- tim-wood, and overlaid them with gold. 16 And the vessels for the divers uses of the table, dishes, bowls, and cups, and censers of pure gold, wherein the libations are to be offered. 17 He made also the candlestick of beaten work, of the finest gold. From ihe shaft whereof its branches, its cups, and bowls, and lilies came out: 18 Six on the two sides : three branches on one side, and three on the other. 19 Three cups in manner of a nut on each branch, and bowls withal and lilies : and three cups of the fashion of a nut in another branch, and bowls withal and lilies. The work of the six branches, that went out from the shaft of the candlestick, was equal. 20 And in the shaft itself were four cups after the manner of a nut, and bowls withal at every one, and lilies : 21 And bowls under two branches in three places, ivhich together make six branches going out from one shaft. 22 So both the bowls and the branches were of the same, all beaten work of the purest gold. 23 He made also the seven ramps with their snuffers, and the vessels where the snuihngs were to be put out, of the purest gold. 24 The candlestick with all the vessels thereof weighed a talent of gold. 25 He made also the altar of incense of setim- wood, being a cubit on every side, four-square, and in height two cubits : from the corners of which went out horns. 26 And he overlaid it with the purest gold, with its grate and the sides and the horns. 27 And he made to it a crown of gold round about, and two golden rings under the crown at each side, that the bars might be put into them, and the altar be carried. 28 And the bars themselves he made also of setim-wood, and overlaid them with plates of gold. 29 He compounded also the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and incense of the purest spices '"eording to the work of a perfumer. CHAP. XXXVIII. He maketh the altar of holocaust, the brazen Haver, the court with ilspiltars and hangings. The sum of what the people ijfcrcd. TJTi made also the altar of holocaust of sctim- *•'■*■ wood, five cubits square, and three in height: 2 The horns WiiTeof went out from the corners . and he overlaid it with plates of brass. 3 And for the uses thereof he prepared divers vessels of brass, cauldrons, tongs, flesh-hooks, pot- hooks, and fire-pans. 4 And he made the grate thereof of brass in manner of a net, and under it in the midst of the altar a hearth, 5 Casting four rings at the four ends of the net at the top, to put in bars to carry it : 6 And he made the bars of setim-wood, and over- laid them with plates of brass : 7 And Ik; drew them through the lings that stood out in the sides of the altar. And the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, of boards, and empty within. 8 He made also the laver of brass, with the foot thereof, of the mirrors of the women that watched at the door of the tabernacle. 9 He made also the court, in the south side whereof were hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits, 10 Twenty pillars of brass with their sockets, the heads of the pillars, and the whole graving of the work, of silver. 11 In like manner at the north side the hangings, the pillars, and the sockets, and heads of the piliars, were of the same measure, and Work, and metal. 12 But on that side that looketh to the west, there were hangings of fifty cubits, ten pillars of brass with their sockets, and the heads of the pillars, and all the graving of the work, of silver. 13 Moreover towards the east he prepared hang- ings of fifty cubits : 14 Fifteen cubits of which were on one side with three pillars, and their sockets : 15 And on the other side (for between the two he made the entry of the tabernacle) there were hangings equally of fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and as many sockets. 16 All the hangings of the court were woven with twisted linen. 17 The sockets of the pillars were of brass, and their heads with all their gravings of silver : and he overlaid the pillars of the court also with silver. 18 And he made in the entry thereof an em- broidered hanging of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen that was twenty cubits long, and five cubits high, according to the measure of all the hangings of the court. 19 And the pillars in the entry were four with sockets of brass, and their heads and gravings of silver. 20 The pins also of the tabernacle and of the court round about he made of brass. 21 These are the instruments of the tabernacle of the Testimony, which were counted according to the commandment of Moses, in the ceremonies of the Levitcs, by the hand of Ithamar son ol Aaron the priest : 22 Which Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Ilur, of the tribe of Juda, had made, as the Lord • ommanded by Moses, J 81 EXODUS. 23 Having fur his companion Ooliab the son of Achisauiech of the tribe ol l)an: w ho also was an trllcnt artificer iii wood, ami worker in tapestry and enilnoiiliiv in violet, purple, scarlet, and fine linen. JV All the sold that wits spent in the work of ihfl sanctuary, and tli.il was offered in gifts, was nine and twenty talents, ami seven hundred ami thirty nclea according to the standard of the sanctuary. \nd K Was offend by them that went to he numbered, from twenty yean old and upwards, of BIX hundred and three thousand live hundred and fifty men able to beat arm-. 26 There were moreover, a hundred talents of silver, whereof were caul the sockets of the sanc- tuary, and of the entry where the veil hangeth. \ hundred sockets were made of a hundred talents, one talent being reckoned for even socket. \ud of the thousand seven hundred and se- venty-five he made the heads of the pillars, which also lie overlaid with silver. 29 And there were offered of brass also seventv- tWO thousand talents, and four hundred sides be- sides : 30 Of which were cast the sockets in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar of brass with the grate thereof, and all the vessels that belong to the use thereof, 31 And the sockets of the court as well round about as in the entry thereof, and the pins of the ta!>ernacle and of the court round about. CHAP. XXXIX ■AH thr orn-'i mnili nf Aaron mmd hit warn iir?mn\t* And the ir/mlr wink nf tin 1 tahtrmock itJUumhod. \ \ I ) In' made, of violet and purple, scarlet and •**- fine linen, the vestments for Aaron to wear when he ministered in the holy places, as the Lord commanded Mom-. J So lie made an enhod of gold, violet, and pur- ple, and scarlet twice dyed, and line twisted linen, ' '> With embroidered work: and In; cut thin plates of gold, and drew them small into threads, that they might be twisted with the woof of the foresaid colours : I \nd two borders coupled one to the other in the top on either side, 5 And a girdle of the same colours, as the Lord had commanded Mo • I He prepared also two onyx stones, fist set and closed in gold, and graven, by the art of a lapidary, with the names ot the children of Israel: 7 And he set them in the sides of theephod for a memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Move*. 8 He made also a rational with embroidered work, according to the work of the ephod, of told. violet, purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and line twisted linen : 9 Four-square, double, of the measure of a span. Ki And he s.t foot row* of precious stones in it. In the first row w as a s minis. ;. topaz., an emerald ; II In t ! nl, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper ; 82 1 2 In the third, a ligurius, an agate, and an amc- t hs st : 13 In the fourth a chrysolite, an mvx. and a beryl, set anil enclosed in gold by their rows. IV And the twelve stones were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with rem] name. 15 They made also in the rational little chains linked one to another ol the purest told, It) And two hooks, and as many rillCS of gold. And thej set tin- rints on either side of the rational, 17 On which rints the two golden chains should hang, which they put into the hooks that stood out in the comers of the ephod. 18 These both before and Im-IuiuI so answered one another, that the ephod and the rational w< re bound together, 19 Being fastened to the girdle and strongly coupled with rints, which a violet fillet joined, lest the) should flag loose, and be moved one horn the other, as the Lord commanded Most 20 They made also the tunick of the ephod all ol' \ iolet, 21 And a hole for the head in the upper (tart at the middle, and a woven border round about the hole : 22 And beneath at the feet pomegranates of vio- let, purple, scarlet, and line twisted linen : 23 And little bells of the purest gold, which they put between the pomegranates al the bottom of the tunick round about : 24 To wit. a bell of gold, and a pomegranate, wherewith the high-priest went adorned, when ho discharged his ministry, as the Lord had command- ed Moses. < They made also fine linen tunicks with woven work for Aaron and his sons, 26 \ lid mitres with their little crowns of line linen. And linen breeches of fine linen, 28 And a girdle of fine twisted -linen, violet, pur- ple, and scarlet twice i\\n\, of embroider) -work. as the Lord had commanded Moses. 29 They made also the plate of sacred venera- tion of the purest gold : and tins wrote on it with the engraving of a lapidary: The Holy of the Lord . And the\ fastened it to the mitre with a violet fillet, as the Lord had commanded Moses. .'.I So all the work of the tabernacle, and of the roof of the testimony was finished: and the chil- dren of Israel did all things which the Lord had commanded Mot 32 And thev offered the tabernacle, and the roof, and the w hole furniture, the rinus, the boards, the bats, the pillars and their sockets; .'•. ! The cover of rams' skins dyed rid. and the other cover of violet skins ; 1 The veil, the ark, the bars, the propitiatory ; 35 The table with the vessels thereof, and the loaves of proposition ; 36 The candlestick, the lamps, and the furniture of them with the oil : 37 The altar of gold, and the ointment, and the incense of spites ; CHAP. XL. 38 And the hanging in the entry of the taber- nacle ; 39 The altar of brass, the grate, the bars, and ill the vessels thereof ; the (aver with the foot hereof; the hangings of the court, and the pillars with their sockets ; 40 The hanging in the entry of the court, and the little cords, and the pins thereof. Nothing was wanting of the vessels, that were commanded to be made for the ministry of the tabernacle, and for the roof of the covenant. 41 The vestments also, which the priests, to wit, Aaron and his sons, use in the sanctuary, 42 The children of Israel offered, as the Lord had commanded. 4," And when Moses saw all things finished, he blessed them. CHAP. XL. The tabernacle is comnvindvd to be. set up and anointed. God Jillet/i it with his majesty. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying . 2 The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony ; 3 And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it : 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set upon it the things that are commanded according to the rite. The candlestick shall stand with its lamps, 5 And the altar of gold whereon the incense is burnt, before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt pur the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle, 6 And before it the altar of holocaust : 7 The laver between the altar and the taberna- cle : and thou shalt fill it with water. 8 And thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof. 9 And thou shalt take the oil of unction, and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, that they may be sanctified : 10 The altar of holocaust and all its vessels : 11 The laver with iis foot: thou shalt conse- crate all with the oil of unction, that they may be most holy. 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed them with water, 13 Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments, that they may minister to me, and that the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood. 14 And Moses did all that the Lord had com- manded. 15 So in the first month of the second year, the first, day of the month, the tabernacle was set up. 16 And Moses reared it up, and placed the boards, and the sockets, and the bars, and set up the pillars, 17 And spread the roof over the tabernacle, putting over it. a cover, as the Lord had com- manded. 18 And he put the testimony in the ark, thrust- ing bars underneath, and the oracle above. 19 And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, to fulfil th'^ commandment of the Lord. 20 And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side without the veil, 21 Setting there in order the loaves of propov tion, as the Lord bad commanded Moses. 22 He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony over against the table on the south side, 23 Placing the lamps in order, according to tlw precept of the Lord. 24 He set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony over against the veil, 25 And burnt upon it the incense of spices, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 26 And he put also the hanging in ihe entry of the tabernacle of the testimony, 27 And the altar of holocaust of the entry of the testimony, offering the holocaust, and the sacrifices upon it as the Lord had commanded. 28 And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water. 29 And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and feet, 30 When they went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 31 He set up also the court round about the ta- bernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging in the entry thereof. After all things were perfected, 32 The cloud covered the tabernacle of the tes- timony : and the glory of the Lord filled it. 33 Neither could Moses go into the tabernacle of the covenant, the cloud covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord shining ; for the cloud had covered all. 34 If at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops: 35 If it hung over, they remained in the same place. 36 For the cloud of the Lord hung over the ta- bernacle by day, and a fire by night, in the sight of all the children of Israel throughout all their man- sions. 83 THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS. Thit bonk it rutted Leviticus, because it (rents of thr <>JKrrt, mimitrit*, rite*, nnil ceremonies, »f the prints nml I • NhlrVM cull it \ aura, from the word with wh'uh it begin*. CHAP. I. Of holocatutt, nr burnt-offering*. \ NI) the Lord called Moses. Kid spoke to him -<*- from the tabernacle of the testimony. saying: 2 Spwk ID the children of Israel, ami thou shall sav to then: The man among you that shall oner to the Lord a ncrtfice of the eattle, that is, offer- ing victims o. oxen ami sheep, .'> If hi> offering In- a holocaust,* and of the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish, at the door of i Ik- tc-tinioiiy, to make the Lord favoura- ble to him : 4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the vielim : and it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation. 5 And he shall immolate the ealf before the I, old : and the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer the blood thereof, pouring it round about the altar, which is In-fore the door of the tabernacle. 6 And when they have (laved the victim, they shall cut the joints into pin 7 And shall put lire on the altar, having before laid in order a pile of wood : 8 And they shall lav the parts that are cut out in order thereupon, to wit, the head, and all things that cleave to the bv< r. 9 The entrails and feet being washed with wa- ter: and the priest shall burn them upon 'he altar for a holocaust, and a sweet Favour to the Lord. 10 And if the offering be of the flocks, a holo- caust of sheep or of goats, he shall offer a male w iihout blemish : 11 And he shall immolate it at the side of the altar that looketh to the north, before the Lord : but the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood thereof upon the altar round about : U \ud they shall divide the joints, the head, and all that cleave to the liver: and shall lav them UpOfl the Wood, under which the lire is to be put: * A kolorautt, that is, a whole lllllol llthlllM flmiA so called, l>o- Cansc tin? whole tulun was consnmr.l with fin-; .iii.l triwn iii .iieli manner I" <••-! a. wholl. In < vaporatc, as it were, for In* konour anil rtoij; willinul lia. iri(f any |>:irt of it reserved for tin- EM of man The other sarnOr.-s of ll,. I II I I '. I nm nl wen- either offering! for tin, or fute-offrrxK^t: ami these latter again win- • itl.n ..tn-redin tkcnktgnnxt for blessings or h\ way of prayer for new fa- vours or grace* i ...I for four different emit or intention*, answerable to the diSerent oblig *> Inch man has to God : I. By wav of -adoration, homage, praise, and ' 84 13 Hut the entrails and ihe feet they shall wash wih water. And tin priest shall oiler ii all, and burn it all upon the altar lor it holocaust, and most sweet savour to the Lord. 1 1 But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of birds, of tunics, or of young pigeons, 15 The priest shall offer it at the altar: ami twisting back the neck, and breaking the pi. ice of the wound, he shall make (he blood run down upon the brim of the altar. 1G But the crop of the throat, and the feathers he shall Cast beside the altar at the east side, in the place w In ii the ashes are wont to be poured out : 17 And he shall break the pinions thereof, and shall not cut, nor divide it with a knife, and shall burn it upon the altar, putting lire under the wood. It is a holocaust and oblation of most sweet sa\uur to the Lord. (HAP. II. Of offering* of four, and fr*t-fruit*. "VI/TIEN any one shall offer an oblation of sarri- " » lice to the Lord, his offering shall be of line Hour, and he shall poor oil upon it, and put frankincense, 2 And shall bring it to the sons of Aaron the priests : and one of them shall take a handful of the Hour and oil, and all the frankincense; and shall put it a memorial upon the altar for a most SWeet savour to the Loid. 3 And the remnant of the sacrifice shall Ihj Aaron's, and his sons, holy of holiest .>!' the offer- ings of I he Lord. 4 15ut when thoiioffcrest a sacrifice baked in the oven, of Hour, to wit, loaves without leaven, tem- pered with oil, and unleavened Wafers anointed w ith oil: 5 If thy oblation be from the frying-pan* of flour tempered with oil, and without leaven, (j Thou shall div ide it into little pieces, and shall pour oil upon it. 7 And if the sacrifice be from the gridiron, ill like manner the Hour shall be tempered w ith oil : <5 And when thou offeree, it to the Lord, thou shall deliver it to the hands of the priest. ban Ion . .hie to his Dirinc Majesty. S. Uj way of thanksgiving for all il» received from him. 3. By way of confessing and craving ■i for -in*, t. liv wavof '|>rayer and petition for grace and re. lief in all necessities. In I I ..» we have hut one sari rii. that of Ihe bodl en. I Mood of ( hn*t : but this one sacrifice Ot Ihe " nswers all these four ends : and both o us it i» celebrated, ought to join in oller- !| ing H m> for these four ends. t /Mi/ of h lit', that is moil krly : as tiring dedicated to God, ant* " iet a ordinance few the use of liis priests. CHAP. III. IV. 9 And when lie hath offered it, he shall take a memorial out of the sacrifice, and burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour to the Lord. 10 And whatsoever is left, shall be Aaron's and his sons, holy of holies of the offerings of the Lord. 11 Every oblation that is offered to the Lord sh ill be made without leaven; neither shall any leaven or honey* be burnt in the sacrifice to the Lord. 12 You shall offer only the first-fruits of them ind gifts : but they shall not be put upon the altar, for a savour of sweetness. 13 Whatsoever sacrifice thou offerest, thou shah season it with salt: f neither shalt thou take away the salt of the covenant of thy Cod from thy sacri- fice. In all thy oblations thou shalt offer salt. 14 But if thou offer a gift of the first-fruits of thy corn to the Lord, of the ears yet green, thou shalt dry it at the fire, and break it small like meal : and so shalt thou offer thy first-fruits to the Lord, 15 Pouring oil upon it, and putting on frankin- cense, because it is the oblation of the Lord : 16 Whereof the priest shall burn for a memorial of the gift, part of the corn broken small, and of the rail, and all the frankincense. CHAP. III. Of peace-offerings. AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace-offer- ings, J and he will offer of the herd, whether jiale or female, he shall offer them without blemish before the Lord. 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his victim, which shall be slain in the entry of the ta- bernacle of the testimony : and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour the blood round about upon the altar. 3 And they shall offer of the sacrifice of peace- offerings, for an oblation to the Lord, the fat that covereth the entrails, and all the fat that is within. 4 The two kidneys, witli the fat wherewith the flanks are covered, and the caul of the liver with the two little kidneys. 5 And they shall burn them upon the altar, for a holocaust, putting fire under the wood ; for an oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord. 6 But if his oblation, and the sacrifice of peace- offering be of the flock, whether he offer male or female, they shall be without blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb before the Lord, 8 He shall put his hand upon the head of his victim : and it shall be slain in the entry of the taber- nacle of testimony : and the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood thereof round about upon the altar. * Without leaven or honey. No leaven nor honey was to be used in the sacrifice offered to Cod ; to signify that we are to exclude from the pure worship of the gospel, all double-dealing and afTection to carnal pleasures. f Salt. In every sacrifice salt was to be used, which is an emblem of wisdom and discretion, without which none of our performances are agreeable to God. t Peace-offerinn. Peace, in the scripture language, signifies hap- oiness, welfare or prosperity ; in a wonl, all kind of blessings. Such lacrifices therefore as were of re re I either on occasion of blessings received, or to obtain new favours, were called pacific or peace-offerings. 9 And they shall offer of the victim of peace-offer- ings a sacrifice to the Lord ; the fat and the whole rump. 10 With the kidneys, and the fat that covereth the belly, and all the vitals and both the little kid- neys, with the fat that is about the flanks, and the caul of the liver with the little kidneys. 1 1 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, lor the food of 'the fire, and of the oblation of the Lord. 12 If his offering be a goat, and he offir it to the Lord, 13 He shall put his hand upon the head thereof ; and shall immolate it in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony. And the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 14 And they shall take of it for the food of the Lord's fire, the fat that covereth the belly, and that covereth all the vital parts: 15 The two little kidneys with the caul that is upon them which is by the flanks, and the fat of the liver with the little kidneys : 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour. All the fat shall be the Lord's, 17 By a perpetual law for your generations, and in all your habitations : neither blood nor fat§ shall you eat at all. CHAP. IV. Of offerings for sins of ignorance. \ ND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : -^*- 2 Say to the children of Israel : The soul that sinneth through ignorance, || and doeth any thing concerning any of the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded not to be done : 3 If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making the people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin, a calf without blemish. 4 And he shall bring it to the door of the testi- mony before the Lord, and shall put his hand upon the head thereof; and shall sacrifice it to the Lord. 5 He shall take also of the blood** of the calf, and carry it into the tabernacle of the testimony : 6 And having dipped his finger in the blood, he shall sprinkle with it seven times before the Lord, before the veil of the sanctuary. 7 And he shall put some of the same hlood upon the horns of the altar of the sweet incense most ac- ceptable to the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the testimony. And he shall pour, all the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar of holocaust in the entry of the tabernacle. 8 And he shall take off the fat of the calf for the sin-offering, as well that which covereth the entrails, as all the inwards : In these some part of the victim was consumed with fire on the altar of God : other parts were eaten by the priests, and by the persons for whom the sacrifice was offered. k Fat. It is meant of the fat, which by the prescription of the law was to be offered on God's altar; not of the fat of meat, such as i e commonly eat. || Ignorance. To be ignorant of what we are bound to know is sinful : and for such culpable ignorance, these sacrifices prescribed in this and the following chapter, were appointed. *"' The blood. As the figure of the Mood of Christ shed for the re- [ mission of our sins, and carried bv him into the sanctuary of heaven. 85 LEVITICUS. 9 Tin* two little kidneys, rod the caul that is lipon tin in which is Its the thinks and the tat of the liver a nil the little ki.hicss. It) \ ikcn oil' from the calf of the sacrificcof pern i, nl he nhall burn them upon the alt ir nl hoi.., ausL 11 lint lilt- skin and all the flesh, with the Ik ad rod the feet and the bowels and the dung, 1 Z And tin rest of the body, he shall earn forth without tin- camp into a clean place, u here the ashes an- wont to bt poured out : and he shall hum them upon a pile of wood : the] shall be bom in the place w here the ashes air poured out. l-> And it' all the multitude til' Israel shall he ig- norant, and through ignorance shall do that which is against the commandment of the Lord, 1 \ And afterwards shall understand their s'm. tiny shall offer for their sin a call", and shall bring it 10 the door of the tabernacle, 1.') And the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon the head thereof before the Lord. And the calf being immolated in the sight of the Lord, 10 The priest that is anointed, shall carry ol the blood into the tabernacle of the testimony, 17 And shall dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it u times before the veil. 18 And he shall put of the same blood on the bonis ol the altar t li.it is before the Lord, in the ta- bernacle of the testimony : and the rest of the blood be shall pour at the foot of the altar of holocaust. Which is at the door of thetabernacleof the testimony. 19 And all the fat thereof he shall take off, and shall burn it upon the altar : 2(J Doing so with this calf, as he did also with that before: and the priest praying for them, the Lord will be merciful unto them. 21 But the calf itself he shall carry forth without the camp, and shall bum it as he did the former calf: because ii i> for the «in of the multitude. 22 If a prince shall sin. and through innonince do any one of the things that the law of the Lord forbiddrth, -'. ! \iid afterwards shall enmo to know his sin: he shall offer a buck-gOat without blemish, a sacri- fice to the Lord. 24 And he shall put his hand upon the head thereof: and when he hath immolated it in the place where the holocaust is wont to be slain before the Lonl, because it i- for sin, 25 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood of the victim for sin. touching therewith the homx of the altar of holocaust, and pouring out the rest at the foot thereof. Ion the fat he shall horn upon it, as is wont to he done with the victim* of peace-offeiiii'is : and the priest shall prav for him and for his sin : and it shall Im- forgiven him. .'7 \nd if any one of the people of the land shall sill through ignorance, domt anv of those things that by the law of the Lonl are forbidden, and nffcmfjnc, 28 And shall come to know his sin. he shall offer a she-goal without blemish. 29 And he shall put his hand upon (he head of SI the victim that is for sin, and shall immolate it ii. the place of the holocaust. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood with his Roger, and shall touch the horns of the altar ol ho- locaust, and shall pour out the rest at the foot thereof. 31 Hut taking oil' all tin l.ii. as is wont to lie taken awa\ of the victims of peace-offerings, he shall burn it upon the altar, for a sweet savour to the Lord: and he shall pray for him;and it shall be foi riven him. ■ >1 But if be offer of the flock a victim for his sin, to wit, an ewe w ithout blemish ; I He shall put his hand upon the head thereof, and shall immolate it in the plan- w here the victims of holocausts are wont to be slain. 34 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and shall touch the horns of (he altar of holocaust, and the rest he shall pour out at tin toot thereof. 35 All the fat also he shall lake off, as the fat of the ram that is offered for peace-offerings is wont to he taken away : and shall bum it upon the altar, lor a bornt-sacrince of the Lonl : ami he shall praj tor him and for his sin ; and it shall be forgiven him. CHAP. V. Of other tucriftrif fin tint. FFany one sin, and hear the voice of one swear- *- ing, and is a witness either because he hiiuscli hath seen, or is privy to it ; if he do not utter it, he shall hear his iniquity. 2 \\ hosoever louchctll any unclean thing, either that which has been killed by a beast, or died o! itself, or any other creeping thing ; and forgetteth bis uncleaniiess, he is guilty, and hath offended : 3 And if he touch any thing of the liucleaaness of man, according, to any urn leanness w herewith he is wont to be defiled, aial having forgotten it, come afterwards to know it, he shall he guilty of an of- fence. 4 The person that sweareth, and uttereth w ith his lips, that he would do either evil or good, and biinleth the same with an oalh, and his word, and baring forgotten it, afterwards understandefJb his offence, ."> Let him do penance for his s'm, (! Anil oiler of the flocks an ewe lamb, or a she- Bont, and the priest shall pray for him, anil for his sin : 7 Hut if he be ttot able to offer a beast, let him oiler two turtles, or two young pigeons to the Lord, one for sin, and the other for a holocaust. 8 And he shall Dft them to the priest ; w ho shall offer the first for sin, and twist back the head of it to the little pinions, so that it slick to the neck, and be not altogether broken off. 9 And of its blood he shall sprinkle the side ot the altar : and w hatsoever is left, he shall let it drop at the bottom thereof: because it is for sin. 10 And the Other he shall bum for a holocaust, as is wont to be done: and the priest shall pray for him, and for his sin: and it shall be fo r gi ve n him. 11 And if his hand he not able to offer two chap, vi turtles, or two young pigeons, he sliall offer for his sin the tenth part of an ephi ot" Hour, lie shall not put oil upon it, nor put any frankincense there- on, because it is for sin: 12 And he shall deliver it to the priest; who shall take a handful thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar for a memorial of him that offered it, 13 Praying for him and making atonement: but the part that is left, he himself shall have for a gift. 14 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 15 If any one shall sin through mistake, trans- gressing the ceremonies in those things that are sa- crificed to the Lord, he shall offer for his offence a ram without blemish out of the Hocks, that may be bought for two sides, according to the weight of the sanctuarv: 16 And he shall make good the damage itself which he hath done, and shall add the fifth part be- sides, delivering it to the priest, who shah pray for him, offering the ram, ami it shall be forgiven him. 17 If any one sin through ignorance, and do one of those things which by the law of the Lord are forbidden, and being guilty of sin, understand his iniquity, 18 He shall offer of the flocks a ram without ble- mish to the priest, according to the measure, and estimation of the sin : and the priest shall pray for him, because he did it ignorantly; and it shall be forgiven him ; 19 Because by mistake he trespassed against the Lord CHAP. VI. Oblation for sins of injustice: ordinances concerning the holo- causts and the perpetual fire, the sacrifices of the priests, anil the sin-offerings. nPHE Lord spoke to Moses, saying: J- 2 Whosoever shall sin, and despising the Lord, shall deny to his neighbour the thing deliver- ed to his keeping, which was committed to his trust ; or shall by force extort, any thing, or commit oppression ; 3 Or shall find a thing lost, and denying it, shall also swear falsely, or shall do any other of the many things, wherein men are wont to sin, 4 Being convicted of the offence.he shall restore 5 All that he would have gotten by fraud, in the principal, and the fifth part besides to the owner, whom he wronged. 6 Moreover for his sin he shall offer a ram with- out blemish out of the Hock, and shall give it to the priest, according to the estimation and measure of tiie offence : 7 And he shall pray for him before the Lord : and he shall have forgiveness for every thing in doing of which he hath sinned. 8 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 9 Command Aaron and his sons : This is the law of a holocaust: It shall be burnt upon the altar all night until moraine: the fire shall beofthesame altar. 10 The priest shall be vested with the tunica and * The perpetual fire. Tliis fire came from heaven, (infra chap. ix. 84 ) and was always kept burning on the altar, as a figure of the heavenly the linen breeches: and he sliall take up the ashes of that which the devouring fire hath burnt, and putting them beside the altar, 11 Shall put off his former vestments, and being clothed with others, shall carry them forth without the camp, and shall cause them to be consumed to dust in a very clean place. 12 And the fire on the altar sliall always burn: and the priest shall t'cvA it, putting wood on it every day in the morning, and laying on the holocaust, shall burn thereupon the fat of the peace-offerings. 13 This is the perpetual fire* which shall never go out on the altar. 14 This is the law of the sacrifice and libations, which the children of Aaron shall offer before the Lord, and before the altar. 15 The priest shall take a handful of the Hour that is tempered with oil, and all the frankincense tnat is put upon the Hour: and he shall bum it ou the altar for a memoria 1 of most sweet odour to the Lord : 16 And the part of the Hour that is left, Aaron and his sons shall eat, without leaven : and he shall eat it in the holy place of the court of the tabernacle. 17 And therefore it shall not be leavened, be- cause part thereof is offered for the burnt-sacrifice of the Lord. It shall be most holy, as that which is offered for sin and for trespass. 18 The males only of the race of Aaron shall eat it. It shall be an ordinance evei lasting in your generations, concerning the sacrifices of the Lord: Every one that toucheth them shall be sanctified. 19 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 20 This is the oblation of Aaron, and of his sons, which they must offer to the Lord, in the day of their anointing: They shall offer the tenth part of an ephi of flour, for a perpetual sacrifice, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening: 21 It shall be tempered with oil, and sliall be fried in a frying-pan. 22 And the priest that rightfully succeedeth his father, shall offer it hot, for a most sweet odour to the Lord : and it shall be wholly burnt on the altar. 23 For every sacrifice of the priest shall be con- sumed with fire ; neither shall any man eat thereof. 24 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 25 Say to Aaron and his sons : This is the law of the victim for sin: In the place where the holo- caust is offered, it shall be immolated before the Lord. It is holy of holies. 26 The priest that offereth it, shall eat it in a holy ! place, in the court of the tabernacle. 27- Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof, sliall be sanctified. If a garment be sprinkled with the blood thereof, it shall be washed in a holy place. 28 And the earthen vessel wherein it was sod- den, shall be broken: but if the vessel be of brass, it sliall be scoured, and washed with water. 29 Every male of the priestly race shall eat of the flesh thereof, because it is holy of holies. lire of divine love, -.vhich ought le He always burning ai the heart of a i christian LKVITK I S. SO Kor the victim that is slain for sin, the blood of which is carried into tin- tabernacle of the testi- mony ro make Rtonemeal in the sanctuary, shall not be eaten, btti stall he burnt wkhnre. (II IP. \ II. Ofiacrificet for trmpnssetfmd tbinkn-offtriugt. So Jul nm blOOd IS Id l,f Kit, It. 'THIls also is the law of the sacrifice for a trer -*- |i;iss :* It is most holy : I \iul where the holocaust is immolated, the victim also lor a trespass shall be slain: the blood thereof shall In- poured round about the attar. 3 They shall offer thereof the rump and the fat that COVereth the entrails : 4 The two little kidneys, and the fat which is 1>\ the Hanks, and the caul of the liver with the little kidi.i > -. 5 And the priest shall hum them upon the altar : it is the burnt-sacrifice of the Lord for a trespass. 6 Even male of tin- priestly race, shall eat this flesh in a holy place, because it is most holy. 7 As the sacrifice for sin is ..tiered, so is also that foi a trespass: the same shall he the law of both these sacrifices: it shall belong to the priest that offereth it. 8 The priest that offereth the victim of holo- caust, shall have the skin thereof. '.' Andexerx sacrifice of Hour that is baked in the oven, and wtatsoever is dressed on the gridiron, or in the frying-pan, shall be the priest's thai offereth it: 10 Whether they he tempered with oil, or ilrv. all the sons of Aaron shall have one as much as another. 1 1 This is the law of the sacrifice of pcaee-olTer- iogs that is offered to the Lord. 12 If the oblation he for thanksgiving, they shall offer loaves xxithout leaven tempered with oil. and unleavened Wafers anointed with oil, and line flour tried, and cakes tempered and mingled xxith oil: 13 Moreover loaves of leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanks, which is offered for peace ol- feril; 14 < )f which one shall he offered to the Lord for first-fruits, and shall he the priest's that shall ]>our out the blood of the victim. 15 And the flesh of it shall he eaten the same day, neither shall any of it remain until the morning. 1G If any man In vow, or of his own accord offer I sacrifice, it shall in like manner he eaten the same day: and if any of it remain until the mor- row, it is lawful to eat it : 17 Hut whatsoever shall he found on the third da\ shall be consumed a ith fire. 19 If anv man eat of the flesh of the victim of peace-offerings on the third day, the oblation shall he ol no effect, neither shall it profit the offerer: yea rather whatsoever soul shall defile itself with such meat, shall l>e guilt) of transgression. 19 The flesh that hath touched anx unclean thing, 7V„,al.. Tre»p»»w« fur whirl. Ihaw O&rtegl wrn- In Im- made, than llio«- l.ir which tin- -in offering! v,, 811 shall not l>e eaten, hut shall Ik- burnt with fire: he that is clean shall cat of it. 10 If any one that is defiled shall eat of the flesh ol the sacrifice of peace-ofleringa, which is offered to the Lord, he shall betut off Iron) his people. 21 Ami he that hath touched the unclean nest of man. or of beast, or of am thing that can defile, and shall eat of such kind of flesh, shall be cut oil" from his people. -'.' 4nd the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 23 Say to the children of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of an OK, and of a -oat. xou shall not eat Jl The fat of a carcass that hath died ol itself, and of a beast that wis caudit bx another beast, xou shall have for divers USPS. 25 If any man eai the fat thai should 1m- offered for the burnt-Sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish out ol his people. — * » Moreover xou shall not eat the blood of any creature whatsoever, whether of birds or beasts. 27 Every one that eateth blood, shall perish from among the people. 28 And the Lord spoke to Moses, Saying. 29 Speak to the children of Israel, saying : He that offereth a victim of peace-offerings to the Lord, let him offer therewith a sacrifice also, that is, the libations thereof. 90 He shall hold in his hands the fat of the x ic- tim, and the breast : and when he hath offered and consecrated both to the Lord, he shall dclixer limn to i he priest, Si Who shall burn the fat upon the altar- but the breast shall he Aaron's, and his sons". 92 The right shoulder also of the victims o\ peace-offerings shall fall to the priest for first-fruits, ■ '•■> He among the SOUS of Aaron, that olicreth the Mood, anil the fat, he shall have the right shoul- der also for his portion. St lor the breast that is elevated and the shoul- der that is separated I have taken of the children of Israel, from off their xictims of peace-offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest, and to his sons, by a law forever) from all the people of Israel S6 litis is the anomting of Aaron and his sons in the ceremonies of the Lord, in the tlax when Moses offered them, that thej might do the office of priesthood, Iii And the things that the Lord commanded to lie given them bx the children of Israel, bx a per- petual ohscrxance iu their generations. 91 This is the law of holocaust, and of the sa- crifice for sin. and for trespass, ami lor roaetcru tion, and the xictims of peace-offerings: j \\ Inch the Lord appointed to Moses in mount Sinai, when he commanded the children ol Israel that thex should oiler their oblations to the Lord ill the desert of Sinai. (II \l\ \ III. Mosri const t rult III Ammi unit kin tuns. \ \|) the Lord spoke to Moses, sax in:: : -^*- 2 Take Aaro.i w itii his SCAT, tin ir vestment* and the oil of unction, a ,;.,, , t \., \iu.s . basket with u.de.ai n< d \.i ad: chap. ix. 3 And thou slialt gather together all the congre- gation to the door of the tabernacle. 4 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded. And all the multitude being gathered together before the door of the tabernacle, 5 lie said : This is the word that the Lord hath loinmanded to be done. 6 And immediately he offered Aaron and his sons : and whe'i he had washed them, 7 He vested the high-priest with the strait linen garment, girding him with the girdle, and nutting on him the violet tunick, and over it he put the ephod, 8 And binding it with the girdle, he fitted it to the rational, on which was Doctrine and Truth. 9 He put also the mitre upon his head : and upon »he mitre over the forehead, he put the plate of gold consecrated with sanctiheation, as the Lord had i:omnianded him. 10 He took also the oil of unction, with which he anointed the tabernacle, with all the furniture thereof. 11 And when he had sanctified and sprinkled the altar seven times, he anointed it, and all the vessels thereof; and the laver with the foot thereof he sanc- tified with the oil. 12 And he poured it upon Aaron's head: and he anointed, and consecrated him : 13 And after he had offered his sons, he vested them with linen tunicks, and girded them with gir- dles, and put. mitres on them, as the Lord had com- manded. 14 He offered also the calf for sin : and when Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon the head thereof, 15 He immolated it; and took the blood, and dipping his finger in it, he touched the horns of the altar round about. Which being expiated, and sanc- tified, he poured the rest of the blood at the bottom thereof. 16 But the fat that was upon the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two little kidneys, with their fat, he burnt upon the altar : 17 And the calf with the skin, and the flesh, and the dung, he burnt without the camp, as the Lord had commanded. 18 He offered also a ram for a holocaust; and when Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon its head, 19 He immolated it; and poured the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 20 And cutting the ram into pieces, the head there- of, and the joints, and the fat, he burnt in the fire, 21 Having first washed the entrails, and the feet : and the whole ram together he burnt upon the altar ; because it was a holocaust of most sweet odour to the Lord, as he bad commanded him. 22 He offered also the second ram, in the conse- cration of priests : and Aaron and his sons put their hands upon the head thereof: 23 And when Moses had immolated it ; he took of the blood thereof, and touched the tip of Aaron's right ear, and the thumb of his right hand, and in like manner also the great toe of his right foot. M 24 He offered also the sons of Aaron : and when with the blood of the ram that was immolated, he had touched the tip of the right ear of every one of them, and the thumbs of their right hands, and the meat toes of their right feet, the rest he poured on (he altar round about : 25 But the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that covereth the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and with the right shoulder, he separated. 26' And taking out of the basket of unleavened bread, which was before the Lord, a loaf without leaven, and a cake tempered with oil, and a wafer, he put them upon the fat, and the right shoulder, 27 Delivering all to Aaron, and to his sons : who having lifted them up before the Lord, 28 He took them again from their hands, and burnt them upon the altar of holocaust; because it was the oblation of consecration, for a sweet odour of sacrifice to the Lord. 29 And he took of the ram of consecration, the breast for his portion, elevating it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded him. 30 And taking the ointment, and the blood that was upon the altar, he sprinkled Aaron, and his vest- ments, and his sons, and their vestments with it. 31 And when he had sanctified them in their vestments, he commanded them, saying: Boil the flesh before the door of the tabernacle, and there eat it. Eat ye also the loaves of consecration, that are laid in the basket, as the Lord commanded me, saying : Aaron and his sons shall eat thefn : 32 And whatsoever shall be left of the flesh and the loaves, shall be consumed with fire. 33 And you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle for seven clays, until the day wherein the time of your consecration shall be expired. For in seven days the consecration is finished : 34 As at this present it hath been done, that the rite of the sacrifice might be accomplished. 35 Day and night shall you remain in the taber- nacle, observing the watches of the Lord, lest you die : for so it hath been commanded me. 36 And Aaron and his sons did all things which the Lord spoke by the hand of Moses. CHAP. IX. Aaron qffereth. sacrifice for himself and the. people. Fire cometh from the Lord upon the altar. AND when the eighth day was come, Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the ancients of Israel ; and said to Aaron : 2 Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. 3 And to the children of Israel thou shah say : Take ye a he-goat for sin, and a calf, and a lamb, bo: h of a year old, and without blemish, for a holocaust, 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace-offerings : and immolate thein before the Lord, offering for the sacrifice of every one of them flour tempered, with oil; for to-day the Lord will appear toypu. 5 They brought therefore all things that Moses 89 m:\iticus. had commanded before the door of the tabernacle: \\|i< re win ii all the multitude stood, i. Moses xiid: This is the word, which the Lord bath commanded : do //, and hia gJor] w ill appear to you. 7 And lie sail] to Aaron: Approach to ihe altar, and offer sacrifice lor thy sin : olVcr the holocaust, and pray lor ili\ -< If' ;iik1 lor the people: and when thou hast slain the people's \ictiin, pray lor them, as i|i«- Lord bath coininanded. 8 And forthwith Aaron approaching to the altar, immolated (lie calf lor his sin : 9 And his sons brought him the blood of it : and be dipped his finger therein, and touched the horns of the altar, and poured the rest at the font thereof. 10 And the tat, and the little kidneys, and the caul of the Inter, which are lor sin. he burnt upon the altar, as the Lord had commanded Bfoaes: 1 1 lint the llesh and skin thereof he linnit with fire without the camp. 12 He immolated also the vietim of holocaust : and his sons Drought him the blood thereof, which he poured round about on the altar. 13 And the victim being cut into pieces, they brought to him the bead and all the members ; all which he burnt with lire upon the altar, 14 Having first washed the entrails and the feet with water. 15 Thin ottering for the sin of the people, he slew the he-goal : and expiating the altar, 16 He offered the holocaust : 17 Adding in the sacrifice the libations, which are offered withal, and burniagrheni ui»on the altar, besides the ceremo ni es of the morning holocaust. 18 He immolated also the bullock and the ram, the peace-offering ( ,| the people: and his sons brought him the blood, which he poured upon the altar round about. 19 The fat also of the bullock, and the rump of the ram, and the two little kidneys, with their fat. and the caul of the liver, 20 They put upon the breasts. And after the fat was burnt upon the altar, 21 Aaron separated their breasts, and the right shoulders, elevating them before the Lord, as Moses had commanded. -2 And stretching forth his hands to the people, be blessed them. And so the victims for sin, and the holocausts. ;i in 1 the peace-offerings, being finish- ed, be came dow n. 23 And Moses and Aaron went inlo the taberna- cle ol the testimony, and afterwards came forth and blessed the people. And the glory of the Lord ap- 1" Wed to all the multitude : M And behold. a lire coming forth from the Lord. devoured the holocaust, and the fat that was upon the altar: which when the multitude saw, tiny praised the Lord, falling on their fat ( II \r. \ tfaifab and Ahin fur nfrring ntrnngr firr, arr burnt hy firr. Prirtts arr Jorluihl' n lit ilrink inm . irhm they rntrr into the tabrrnarlt- 'I'hr Imr if ruling thr hnly thing*. AND \adab and \hin. tin- sous of Aaron, taking tin ii ceusi rs, put fii> therein, and incense on Ml it, offering before the Lord strange fire ; which w.i not commanded them. \ud lire coming out from the Lord destroyed tin m : and they died before the Lord. 9 \i«! .Moses said to Aaron: This is what the Lord hath spoken: 1 w ill be sanctified in them that approach to me ; and I will be glorified in the sight of all the people. And when Aaron beard this, he held his peace. ■V And Moses called Misael and Klisaphan, the sons (if ( )y.iel, the uncle of Aaron, and said to them : (io. and take away \our brethren from before the sanctuary, and carry them without the camp. 5 And the] went forthwith, and took them as the] lay, vested with linen tunicks, and cast tin in forth, as had been commanded them. 6 And Moms said to Aaron, and to Llea/er and Ithamar, his sons: I'ncover not your heads, and rend not your garments, lest perhaps you die, and indignation conic upon all the congregation. Let your brethren, and all the house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled: 7 But you shall not go out of the door of the ta- bernacle; Otherwise \ou shall perish: for the oil of the holy unction is on you. And they did all thing! according to the precept of Mom s. 8 The Lord also said to Aaron : 9 You shall not drink wine nor any thing that may make drunk, thou nor thy sons, w Inn \ on enter into the tabernacle of the testimony, lest \ou die b ecause it is an everlasting precept through your generations : 10 And that vou may have knowledge to discern between hoi \ and unholy, bet ween unclean and clean: 11 And may teach the children of Israel all my ordinances which the Lord hath spoken to them by the hand of Moat s. 12 And Muses spoke to Aaron, and to Llcazar and Ithamar, his sons. th;it were left: Take the sacrifice that is remaining of the oblation of the Lord, and eat it without leaven beside the altar ; because it is holy of hob' 13 And you shall eat it in a holy place: which is given to thee and thy sons ol the oblations ol the Lord, as it hath been commanded me. 14 The breast also that is offered, and the shoul- der that is separated, \ou shall cat in a most clean place, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee. For the] are set aside for tin e and thy chil- dren, of the victims of peace offerings of the chil- dren of Israel : 15 Because they have elevated before the Lord the shoulder and the bieast. and the fat that is burnt on the altar . and they belong to thee and to tliv sons b] a perpetual law, as the Lord hath commanded. 1(1 While these things win a doing, w In n Motes son-lit for the buck-goat, that had been offered for sin. he found it burnt : and being nngrj with I'.li a/ar and It ha mar. the sons of Aaron that were left, he said: 17 Wh] did miii not eat in the holy plat e the aacrifii f tor mil which hi most holy, and given to \ou. that you may bear the iniquity of the people, and may praj for them in the sight of the Lord, CHAP 18 Especially whereas none of the blood thereof hath been carried within the holy places, and yon ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary, as was com- manded me ? 19 Aaron answered : This day hath been offered the victim for sin, and the holocaust before the Lord: and to me what thou seest has happened : how could I eat it, or please the Lord in the cerc- XI. monies, having a sorrowful heart ? 20 Which when Moses had heard fied. lie was satis- CHAP. XI. The distinction qf clean and unclean animals. A ND the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: ■^ *- 2 Say to the children of Israel : These are the animals which you are to eat* of all the living things of the earth. 3 Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and chew- eth the cudf among the beasts, you shall eat. 4 But whatsoever cheweth indeed the end, and hath a hoof, but divideth it not, as the camel, and others, that you shall not eat; but shall reckon it among the unclean. 5 The cherogrillusj which cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean. 6 The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof. 7 And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud. 8 The fesh of these you shall not eat; nor shall you touch their carcasses : because they are unclean to you. > 9 These are the things that breed in the waters, and which it is lawful to eat. All that hath fins, and scales, as well in the sea, as in the rivers, and the pools, you shall eat. 10 But whatsoever hath not fins and scales, of those things that move and live in the waters, shall be an abomination unto you, 1 1 And detestable: Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid. 12 All that have not fins and scales, in the wa- ters, shall be unclean. 13 Of birds, these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eajde, and the griffon, § and the osprey, 14 And the kite, and the vulture, according to their kind. 15 And all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness. 16 The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind. ♦ Quintals which you are to cat, tft. The prohibition of MJ many hinds of beasts, birds and fishes in the law, was ordered, 1st, to exercise the people in obedience, and temperance; 2dly, to restrain them from thi- ricesof which these animals were symbols; 3dlv, because the t liiiitr"- here forbidden were for the most part unwholesome, and not proper to be eaten ; 4thly, that the people of God by being obliged to abstain from things corporally unclean, might be trained up to seek a spiritual cleannest. f Hoof divided, and cheweth the cud. Dividing- the hoof, and chewing the cud, signify discretion between good and evil, and meditating on the law of God : and where either of these is wanting, a man is un- cleau. In like manner fishes were reputed unclean that had not fins upon 17 The screech-owl, and the cormorant, and the ibis, 18 And the swan, and the bittern, and the por- phyron, 19 The heron, ana the charadrion according to its kind, the houp also, and the bat. 20 Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth four feet, shall be abominable to you. 21 But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it boppeth upon the earth, 22 That you shall eat: as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and the ophiomachus, and the locust, every one according to their kind. 23Butof ilying things whatsoever hath four feet only, shall be an abomination to you. 24 And whosoever shall touch the carcasses ol them shall be defiled, and shall be unclean until the evening: 25 And if it be necessary that he carry any o* these things when they are dead, he shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the sun set. 26 Every beast that hath a hoof, but divideth it not, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean : and he that toucheth it shall be defiled. 27 That which walketh upon hands, of all ani- mals which go on all four, shall be unclean- lie that shall touch their carcasses, shall be defiled until evening. 28 And he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash bis clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all these things are unclean to you. 29 These also shall be reckoned among unclear; things, of all that move upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, everyone accord ing to their kind : 30 The shrew, and the chameleon, and the stello and the lizard, and the mole: 31 All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening. 32 And upon what thing soever any of their car- casses shall fall, it shall be defiled, whether it be a vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins, or hair- cloths; or any thing in which work is done: they shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean until the evening, and so afterwards shall be clean. 33 But an earthen vessel, into which any of these shall tall, shall be defiled, and therefore is to be broken. 34 Any meat which you cat, if water from such a vessel be poured upon it, shall be unclean ; and every liquor that is drunk out of any suck vessel, shall be unclean. anil scales ; that is, souls that did not raise themselves up by prayer, and cover themselves with the scales of virtues. J The chcrogrillus. Some suppose it to be the rabbit, others Ihe hedge- hog: St. Jerome intimates that it is another kind of animal ri>n:moii in Palestine, which lives in the holes of rocks or in the earth. We chouse here, as also in the names of several other creatures that follow, (which are little known in this part of the world,) to keep the Gin k or Latin names. } The griffon. Not the monster which the painters represent ; which hath no being upon earth ; but a bird of the eagle kind, Jailer than the common. 01 i.Kvmrus. 36 And upon whatsoever thing any of dme dead beasts shall tall, it shall be unclean: whether it be oven or pots with feet, i h* \ shall be destroyed ami shall In' unclean. But fountains and cisterns, ami all gatherings together of waters shall be clean* He that loucheth iln-ir carcasses shall !)<• defiled. 37 If it fall upon seed turn, it shall not defile it Hut if any man pour water upon the -tit!. and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forth* ith defiled. 39 If an\ beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he thai toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the evening : 4© And he that eateth or carried) any thins there- of, shall wash his clothes, ami shall be unclean until the evening. 41 All that crecpeth upon the eartli shall be abo- minable, neither thai] it lie taken for meat. tJ Whatsoever jjoeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath main feet, or traihth on the eartli, you shall not eat, because it is abominable. 43 Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest \ou be unclean. l-i- For I am the Lord your God: be holy, be- cause I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth. 40 for I am the Lord, who brought you out of tin 1 land of Egypt, that I might lie jour (iod. 46 \ on shall be holy, because 1 am holy. This is the law of beasts ami fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and crecpeth on the eartli. 47 That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, ai.d what to refuse. CHAP. XII. The purification of women after child-hirth. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saving: 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them : If a woman having received I shall bear a man-child, she shall be unclean se\en days, according to the days of the separation of her Bowers. ;5 And on the eighth day the infant shall be cir- cumcised : 4 hut she shall remain three and thirty davt in the blood of her purification. She shall touch no holy thtSJff, neither shall she enter into the sanctua- ry, until the days of her purification be fulfilled. 5 But if she shall bear a maid-child, she shall be unclean two weeks, according to the custom of her monthly courses: and she shall remain in the blood of her purification si\iy-six days. MM when the days of her purification are ex- p'ued, for a son, or lor a daughter, she shall bring to •hi' door of the tabernacle of the testimony, a lamb of S VOW old for a holocaust, and a young pigeon or a turtle for sin; and shall deliver them to the priest : • Isprory. Tlie leprosy wan • figure of Mr) | an. I Ck- nh*errance» rib*] m Lbim and tbo following ch ipter, iutimatc wbatouglit wi- ll 7 Who shall offer them before the Lord, aim shall pra\ for her: and so she shall lie cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law lor In rthal beareth a man child or a maid-child. 8 And if her hand find not sufficiency, and si,. il not able to offer a land), she shall take two tur- tles, Or tWO young pigeons, one for a holocaust, and another for sin : and the priest shall pia\ lor her anil so she shall be cleansed. (MAI'. XIII. The bite concerning It proxy in men, and in garments. AM) the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, say- ing : 2 The man, in whose skin or flesh shall arise a different colour or a blister, or as it were something shining, that is, the stroke of the leprosy,* shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or any one of his sons. 3 And if he see the leprosy in his skin, and the hair turned white, and the place where the leprosy appears lower than the skin and the rest of the flesh: it is the stroke of the leprosy; and upon his judg- ment he shall be separated. 4 hut if there be a shining whiteness in the skin, and not lower than the other llesh, and the hair be of the former colour, the priest shall shut him up seven days. 5 And the seventh day he shall look on him : and if the leprosy be grown no farther, and hath hot spread itself in the skin, lie shall shut him up again other Beven da\s. 6 And on the seventh day he shall look on him : if the leprosy be somewhat obscure, and not spread in the skin, he shall declare him clean, because it is but a scab : and the man shall wash his clothes, and shall lie clean. 7 hut if the leprosy grow again, after he was seen by the priest and restored to cleanness, he shall be brought to him, 8 And shall be condemned of uncleanness. 9 If the stroke of the leprosy be in a man, he shall lie brought to the priest, 10 And lie shall view him. And when there shall be a w bite colour in the skin, and it shall have changed the look of the hair, and the living flesh itself shall appear: 11 It shall be judged an inveterate leprosy, and mow n into the skin. The priest therefore shall de- clare him unclean, and shall not shut him up, lie- cause he is evidently unclean. I ! Bui if the leprosy spring out running about ill the skin, and cover all the skin from the head to the feet, whatsoever fatteth under the light of res, Id The priest shall view him, and shall judge that the leprosy which he has is \ cry clean: because it is all turned into whiteness, ami therefore the man shall be clean. IV But when the live flesh shall appear in him, 15 Then by the judgment of the priest he shall be rilnallv t.. I..- .I.me, in order to be delivered from »o jreat ancril, or preserved horn it. chap. xni. defiled, and shall be reekoned among the unclean : for live Mesh, if it be spotted with leprosy. is unclean. 16 And if again it be turned into whiteness, and cover all the man, 17 The priest shall view him, and shall judge him to he clean. 18 When also there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin, and it has been healed, 19 And in the place of the ulcer, there appeareth a white scar, or somewhat red, the man shall be brought to the priest : 20 And when he shall see the place of the leprosy lower than the other flesh, and the hair turned white, he shall declare him unclean : for the plague of le- prosy is broken out in the ulcer. 21 But if the hair be of the former colour, and the scar somewhat obscure, and be not lower than the flesh that is near it, he shall shut him up seven days. 22 And if it spread, he shall judge him to have .he leprosy : 23 But if it stay in its place, it is but the scar of an ulcer, and the man shall be clean. 24 The flesh also and skin that hath been burnt, and after it is healed hath a white or a red scar, 25 The priest shall view it: and if he see it turn- ed white, and the place thereof is lower than the other skin: he shall declare him unclean, because the evil of leprosy is broken out in the scar. 26 But if the colour of the hair be not changed, nor the blemish lower than the other flesh, and the appearance of the leprosy be somewhat obscure, he shall shut him up seven days : 27 And on the seventh day he shall view him : if the leprosy be grown farther in the skin, he shall declare him unclean. 28 But if the whiteness stay in its place, and be not very clear, it is the sore of a burning : and there- fore he shall be cleansed, because it is only the scar of a burning. 29 If the leprosy break out in the head or the beard of a man or a woman, the priest shal see them. 30 And if the place be lower than the other flesh, and the hair yellow, and thinner than usual ; he shall declare them unclean, because it is the leprosy of the head and the beard. 31 But if he perceive the place of the spot is equal with the flesh that is near it, and the hair black ; he shall shut him up seven days : 32 And on the seventh day be shall look upon it. If the spot be not grown, and the hair keep its colour, and the place of the blemish be even with the other flesh : 33 The man shall be shaven all but the place of the spot: and he shall be shut up other seven days. 34 If on the seventh day the evil seem to have staid in its place, and not lower than the other flesh, he shall cleanse him; and his clothes being washed he shall be clean 35 But if after his cleansing, the spot spread again in the skin, 36 He shall seek no more whether the hair be turned yellow, because he is evidently unclean. 37 But if the spot be staid, and the hair be black let him know that the man is healed, and let him confidently pronounce him clean. 38 If a whiteness appear in the skin of a man or a woman, 39 The priest shall view them. If he find that a darkish whiteness shineth in the skin, let him know that it is not the leprosy, but a white blemish, and that the man is clean. 40 The man whose hair fallcth off from his head, he is bald and clean : 41 And if the hair fall from his forehead, he is bald before and clean. 42 But if in the bald head or in the bald forehead there be risen a white or reddish colour, 43 And the priest perceive this, he shall condemn him undoubtedly of leprosy, which is risen in the bald part. 44 Now whosoever shall be defiled with the le- prosy, and is separated by the judgment of the priest, 45 Shall have his clothes hanging loose, his head bare, his mouth covered with a cloth, and he shall cry out that he is defiled and unclean. 46 All the time thai he is a leper and unclean, he shall dwell alone without the camp. 47 A woollen or linen garment that shall have the leprosy* 48 In the warp, and the woof, or a skin, or what- soever is made of a skin, 49 If it be infected with a white or red spot, it shall be accounted the leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest. 50 And he shall look upon it, and shall shut it up seven days : 51 And on the seventh day, when he looketh on it again, if he find that it is grown, it is a fixed le- prosy : he shall judge the garment unclean, and every thing wherein it shall be found : 52 And therefore it shall be burnt with fire. 53 But if he see that it is not grown, 54 He shall give orders, and they shall wash that part wherein the leprosy is, and he shall shut it up other seven days. 55 And when he shall see that the former colour is not returned, nor yet the leprosy spread, he shall judge it unclean, and shall burn it with fire ; for the leprosy has taken hold of the outside of the garment, or through the whole. 56 But if the place of the leprosy be somewhat dark, after the garment is washed, he shall tear it off, and divide it from that w hich is sound. 57 And if after this there appear in those places that before were without spot, a flying and wander- ing leprosy ; it must be burnt with fire. 58 If it cease, he shall wash with water the parts that are pure, the second time, and they shall be clean. 59 This is the law touching the leprosy of any woollen or linen garment either in the warp or woof, or any thing of skins, how it ought to be cleansed, or pronounced unclean. * Garment that shall have the leprosy. These prescriptions, with rela- tion tosrarments and houses infected with the leprosy, are to teach us to fly all such company and places as are apt to be the occasion of sin LEvrrtcua. ( II \l". \IV. The riles or sacrifices in cleansing tkr leprosy. Isprosy in houses. AND the Lord spoke id Moms, MgriUfl : 2 This is the rite of i leper, when In* is to be cleansed: He shall In- brought to the priest : .' Who going out ot the camp, when be shall find that the leprosj is cleansed. Shall command him, ih.it is to Ik- purified, to offer for hiinsi ll two living sparrow s. which it is law- ful to eat, ami cedar-wood, and tsarlet ami hyssop. 5 Ami he- shall command one of the sparrows to be immolated in an earthea ressei ofw firing wa- ters :* 6 But the other that is alive he shall dip, with the cedar-WOOd, and the scarlet ami the hyssop, in the hlood ot' the sparrow that is immolated : 7 Wherewith he shall sprinkle him that is to be cleansed seven times, that he may he rightly puri- fied : ami ne shall let go the living sparrow, that it may ily into the field. 8 And when the man hath washed his clothes, he shall shave all the hair of his body, and shall he washed with water: ami being purified he shall en- ter into the camp, yet so that he tarry without his ow a tent Soma days > 9 And on the seventh day he shall shave the hair of his head, ami his heard, and his eye-hrows. and the hair of all his body. And bavin his clothes, and his body, 10 On the eighth day he shall take two lamhs without blemish, and an ewe of a year old without blemish, and three tenths of llour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, and a sextaryf of oil apart. 11 And when the priest that purilieth the man, hath presented him. and all these things before the I ,iu (I, at tin- door of the taliernacle of the testimony , I J lie shall take a lamh. and oiler it for a tres- pass-offering with the senary of oil : and having offered all before the Lord, 13 He shall immolate the lamh, where the vic- tim for sin is wont to he immolated, and the holo- canst, that is, iii the holy place : for as that which is for sin, so also the victim for a tresinss-oflering, pertaineth to the priest : it is holy of holies. 1 \ And the priest taking of the bloodf of the victim that was immolated tor trespa-s. shall put it _ w ashed tgain mini) of his right hand ami the meat upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed. and upon tl tin- of his rizht foot : 15 And he shall pour of the sextary of oil into nis own left hand, * iJring irmlert. That is, water* taken from a spring, brook, or t jf ttxtmrt, Itebr. \o% i a mex.ure of liquids, which was the twelfth part of a kin; and held about as much as six eggv J Tmkimr »f tkr blood, kc. These ceremonies, used in the cl. of a leper, wer. m and very significative. The sprinkling i tbebtoodof tin- little bird. lb< bimselfand hi* clothes, the sharing hi. hair and hit heard, signify the mean, which are to be used in tbe reconcilialion of a sinner, and t *•» ■ MMM )>v which In- i. to return to Otst, u/.. I>v the rc|ieat«sd application of DM blood of ( hn»t ; the washing bis c on ec M a c e with the »«:• punctiin ; and retrenching all raaittea and .npc-tliiitti-.. b, i n ur all thai it over and above what a war) in alms-deeds. Th. N 16 And shall dip his riiilit finder in it, and sprin kle it hefore the Lord se\en tiim s. 17 And the rest of the oil in his left hand, lie shall pout Upon the tip of the right ear of him thai is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot, and upon the hlood that was shed for trespass, 18 And upon his head. 19 And he shall pray for him hefore the Lord, and s|,a|| otfer the sacrifice for sin : then shall he immolate the holocaust, J; > And put it on the altar with the filiations thereof, and the man shall he rightly cleansed. J I Hut if he he poor, and his hand cannot find the things aforesaid, he shall take a lamh for an offering for trespass, that the priest may piav lor him, and a tenth part of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, ami a sextan of oil, J 2 And two turtles or two youim pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and the other for it holo- caust : 23 And he shall offer them on the eighth day of his purification to the priest, at the door of the ta- liernacle of the testimony hefore the Lord. 24 And the priest rec e iv i ng the lamb for trespass, and the sextary of oil, shall elevate them together. 25 And the lamh being immolated, he shall put of the hlood thereof upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot : 26 Hut he shall pour part of the oil into his own left hand, 27 Ami dipping the finger of his right hand in it, he shall sprinkle it seven times hefore the Lord : 28 And he shall touch the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and the tliunih of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot, in the place of the blood that was shed lor trespa-s. 29 And the other part of the oil that is in ht» left hand, he shall pour upon the head of tin puri- fied person, that he may appease the Lord for him. 30 And he shall oiler a turtle, or VOOng pigeon, 31 One for trespass, and the Other lot a liolo canst, with their lihalions. 32 This is the sacrifice of a leper, that is not able to have all things that appertain to his cleansing. 33 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying : !V When VOU shall be come into the land of* Chanaan, which I will give you for a possession, if then' he the pfasgOC of leprosy in a house 33 He whose house it is, shall go and tell the .in-offering and the holocaust or hurnt-otlcring, which he was to oii'cr at bis cleansing, signify 0m sacrifice o( a contrite and humhic and that of adoration in spirit and truth, with gratitude and thankfulness, for the forgivencs. of sins, with which we art- i i the Almighty. The touching the right ear, the lliiimli of the right hand, and tlie great toe of tin- nfht foot, first with the blood of the victim, and then with the remainder of tbe ml, hIii.Ii bad Ihi ii sprinkled seven times hefore the Ix>rd. signif\ tl.e application of the hlood of Christ, ami tbe nactioa of tbe eerenfi Id ..i the Rati Ghost lo tbe sinner's right ear, that he ma\ duly btsvtDH to and obey the law of God ; and lo his right hand and foot, ihat the works of hit hands, and all the steps or affections of hit soul, -ignificd by tbe feet, may be rightly directed to God. CHAP. XV. priest, saying : It seemeth to me, that there is the plague of leprosy in my house. 36 And he shall command, that they carry forth all things out of the house, before he go into it, and sec whether it have the leprosy, lest all things be- come unclean that are in the house. And afterwards he shall go in to view the leprosy of the house. 37 And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all tin? rest, 38 He shall go out of the door of the house, and forthwith shut it up seven days. 39 And returning on the seventh day, he shall look upon it. If he find that the leprosy is spread, 40 lie shall command, that the stones wherein the leprosy is, be taken out, and cast without the city into an unclean place: m , 41 And that the house be scraped on the inside round about, and the dust of the scraping be scat- tered without the city into an unclean place: 42 And that other stones be laid in the place of them that were taken away, and the house be plas- tered with other mortar. 43 But if, after the stones be taken out, and the dust scraped off, and it be plastered with other earth, 44, The priest going in perceive that the leprosy is returned, and the walls full of spots, it is a last- ing leprosy, and the house is unclean : 45 And they shall destroy it forthwith, and shall cast the stones and timber thereof, and all the dust, without the town, into an unclean place. 46 He that entereth into the house when it is shut, shall be unclean until evening. 47 And he that sleepeth in it, and eateth any thing, shall wash his clothes. 48 But if the priest going in perceive that the leprosy is not spread in the house, after it was plas- tered again, he shall purify it, it being cured. 49 And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar-wood, and scarlet and hyssop : 50 And having immolated one sparrow in an earthen vessel over living waters, 51 He shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyssop. and the scarlet, and the living sparrow, and shall dip all in the blood of the sparrow that is immo- lated, and in the living water, and he shall sprinkle the house seven times : 52 And shall purify it as well with the blood of the sparrow, as with the living water, and with the living sparrow, and with the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the scarlet. 53 And when he hath let go the sparrow to fly freely away into the field, he shall pray for the house ; and it shall be rightly cleansed. 54 This is the law of every kind of leprosy and stroke ; 55 Of the leprosy of garments and houses ; 56 Of a scar and of blisters breaking out ; of a shining spot, and when the colours are diversely changed : 57 That it may be known when a thing is clean, or unclean CHAP. XV. Other legal uncleanncsaet. AND the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, say- ing: 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them : The man that hath an issue of seed, shall be unclean.* _ ' . 3 And then shall he be judged subject to this evil, when a filthy humour, at every moment, cleav- eth to his flesh, and gathereth there. 4 Every bed on which he sleepeth, shall be un- clean, and every place on which he sitteth. 5 If any man touch his bed, he shall wash his clothes : and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening. 6 If a man sit where that man hath sitten, he also shall wash his clothes : and being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening. 7 Hethattoucheth his flesh, shall wash his clothes: and being himself washed with water, shall be un- clean until the evening. 8 If such a man cast his spittle upon him that is clean, he shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening. 9 The saddle on which he hath sitten shall be unclean : 10 And whatsoever has been under him that hath the issue of seed, shall he unclean until the evening. He that carrieth any of these things, shall wash his clothes : and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening. 11 Every person whom such a one shall touch, not having washed his hands before, shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, shall be un- clean until the evening. 12 If he touch a vessel of earth, it shall be bro- ken ; but if a vessel of wood, it shall be washed with water. 13 If he who sufTereth this disease be healed, he shall number seven days after his cleansing, having washed his clothes, and all his body in water, he shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day he shall take two tur- tles, or two young pigeons; and he shall come be- fore the Lord, to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and shall give them to the priest: 15 Who shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust: and he shall pray for him before the Lord, that he may be cleansed of the issue of his seed. 16 The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean until the evening. 17 The garment or skin that he weareth, he shall wash with water ; and it shall be unclean until the evening;. 18 The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until the evening. and living * htm of seed shall be unclean. These lejral nncleannesses were m- tl stituted in order tu give the people a horror of carual unpt'ritics. 95 LL\ I IK US. 19 The woman, who ;it the return of the month hath her issue of Moo I, shall he separated seven (In s. ry one thai touchcth her, shall be unclean until the evening. 21 And even thins; that she sleepeth on, or that she siiteih on, in the days of her separation, shall he defiled. 2 ! I le that touchcth herhed shall wash liis clothes; and being himself cashed with water, shall lie un- cJean until the evening. S3 Whosoever shall touch any VCSwl 00 w Inch she sitteth, shall wash his clothe*: md himself I x • i 1 1 U washed with water, shall he defiled until the evening. J I If a man copulateth with her in the time of her llovvers. he shall he unclean seven days: ami n bi d. on n hieli he shall sleep, shall he defiled. 20 The worn an that hath an issue of hlood many days out of her ordinary time, or that ceaseth not to tlovv after the monthly courses, as Ion- as she is suhicrt to this disease, shall be unclean, in the same manner as is it she were in her llowers. K Every bed OB which she sleepeth. and even vessel on which she shteth, shall be defiled. 27 Whosoever touched) them shall wash his clothes: and himself being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening. 28 If the hlood stop and cease to run, she shall count seven davs of her purification: 29 And on the eighth day she shall offer for her- self to the priest, two turtles, or two young pigeons. at the door of the tahernacle of the testimony : 30 And he shall offer One for sin, and the other for a holocaust: and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and for the issue of her lincteaiinesS. 31 Vou shall teach therefore the children of Is- rael, to take heed of uncleanuess. thai the\ mav not die in their filth, when they shall have defiled my tabernacle that is among them. 32 This is the law of him tint hath the issue of v i il. and that is defiled h.v copulation; And of the woman that is separted in her monthly times, or that hath a continual issue of blood, and of the man thai sleepeth with her. CHAP, Wi. n hen and hoto the highpricKt muxl enter into the itinctuary. The f rati of r.r /iuiI inn. A NI) the Lord spoke to Moses, after the death **■ ol the two sons of Aaron, when they Were slain upon their offering strange lire: 2 And he commanded him. Baying: Speak to Aaron thy brother, that he enter not* at all into the tSBCt Uary, which is within the veil before the pro- • Enter net. No nnc bat llm high- ! he Imi once .i rear, MM ; |„ si~nifl tl.ilt DO one COUU M |(T into the amnetwarj <>f hearon nil ChriM our high-priest opened il h\ hit pa"'""- Hrb. X. R. { Tkt rmUuny rt,t: caper rmiumiui; in C.rrrk .>.».,, ».r«; in Hebrew .1:*xtt; tkt r—l to ro off, or. a* -mi... MQa]a*j it, the Kept-root. I In. goat, oti whp«e In-*) Um high-pricat waa ordered l I sless be first do these dungs : He shall offer a calf lor sin, and a ram for a holocaust. 4 lie shall he vested with a linen tunick ; he shall cover his nakedness with linen breeches: he sliall he girded With a linen girdle; and he shall put a linen mitre upon his head: for these are holy vestments; all which he shall put on, after In washed. 5 And he shall receive from the whole multi- tude of the children of Israel two buck-goats for sin. and one ram for a holocaust. tl And when he hath offered the calf, and prav id for himself, ami for his own homo, 7 He shall make the two buck-goats to stand he- fore the Lord in the door of the tahernacle of the lestinionv : 8 And casting lots upon them hoth, one to he offered to the Lord, and the other to be the eniis- sary-goal :f 9 That whose lot fell to be offered to the Lord, he shall offer for sin : 10 Ihit that whose lot was to he the emissary- goat, he shall present alive before the Lord, that he may pour out prayers upon him, and let him go into the wilderness. 11 After these things are duly celebrated, he shall offer the calf; and praying for himself and for his own house, he shall immolate it : I J And taking the censer, which he hath filled with the burning coals of the altar, and taking up with his hand the compounded perfume for incense, he shall go ill within the veil into the holy place : 13 That when the perfumes are pal npou the fne, the cloud J and vapour thereof mav cover the oracle, which is over ihe testimony, and he mav not die. II lie shall take also ol' the hlood; of the calf, and sprinkle w ith his linger seven times towards the propitiatory to the east. 15 And when he hath killed the bock-goat for the sin of the people, he shall earn in the hlood thereof within the veil, as he was commanded to do with the hlood of the calf, that he may sprinkle it over-against the oracle. 16 Ami mav expiate the sanctuary from ihe McV- cleauncss of the children of Israel, and from their transgressions, and all their sins. According to this rite shall he do to the tahernacle of the testimony, which is fixed BUKMIg them in ihe midst of the filth of their hahitation. 17 Let no man he in the tahernacle when the high-priest goetfa into the sanctuary, to pray for himself and his house, and for the whole COUgH - gation of Israel, until he come out. into the » ildernewi, to he dcYourrd by wild beasts, waa a figure ol .liour. rharjred wilh all our »in«, in his pa'Mon. i The r/oiirf, t The blood, fcc. Tin* i« to t.:nli n«. that if we would iro into the sanctuary of God, wc muM take withu. the incanat of prayer, and the blood, that is, the passion ol Christ. W here alto that the high-prieat, before he (rent into tl»- I 1 lit*, was to wa»h bu whole body, anil then to pol "n while linen |aMUaBUte; to tignify Ihe purity and chattily with which wc are to approach to l.o.). CHAP. XVII. 18 And when he is come out to the altar that is before the Lord, let him pray for himself; and tak- ing the blood of the calf, and of the buck-goat, let him pour it upon the horns thereof round about : 19 And sprinkling with his finger seven times, let him expiate, and sanctify it from the unclean- ness of the children of Israel. 20 After he hath cleansed the sanctuary, and the tabernacle, and the altar, then let him offer the liv- ing goat : 21 And putting both hands upon his head, let him confess all the iniquities of the children of Is- rael, and all their offences and sins : and praying that they may light on his head, he shall turn him out by a man ready for it, into the desert, 22 And when the goat hath carried all their ini- quities into an uninhabited land, and shall be let go into the desert, 23 Aaron shall return into the tabernacle of the testimony, and putting off the vestments, which he had on him before when he entered into the sanc- tuary, and leaving them there 2 24 He shall wash his flesh in the holy place, and shall put on his own garments. And after that he is come out, and hath offered his own holocaust, and that of the people, he shall pray both for himself, and for the people : 25 And the fat that is offered for sins, he shall bum upon the altar. 26 But he that hath let go the emissary-goat, shall wash his clothes, and his body with water, and so shall enter into the camp. 27 But the calf and the buck-goat, that were sa- crificed for sin, and whose blood was carried into the sanctuary, to accomplish the atonement, they shall carry forth without the camp, and shall burn with fire, their skins and their flesh, and their dung : 28 And whosoever burneth them shall wash his clothes and flesh with water, and so shall enter into the camp. 29 And this shall be to you an everlasting ordi- nance : The seventh month, the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no work, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you. 30 Upon this day shall be the expiation for you, and the cleansing from all your sins : you shall be cleansed before the Lord. 31 For it is a sabbath of rest; and you shall afflict your souls by a perpetual religion. 32 And the priest that is anointed, and whose hands are consecrated to do the office of the priest- hood in his father's stead, shall make atonement : and he shall be vested with the linen robe and the holy vestments : 33 And he shall expiate the sanctuary, and the tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar, the priests also, and all the people. * If he kill, fyc. That is, in order to sacrifice. The law of God forbids sacrifices to be offered in any other place but at the taberna- cle or temple of the Lord ; to signify that no sacrifice would be ac- ceptable to God, out of his true temple, the one, holy, catholic, apos- tolic church. N 34 And this shall be an ordinance for ever, that you pray for the children of Israel, and for all their sins once in a year. He did therefore as the Lord had commanded Moses. CHAP. XVII. No sacrifices to be offered but at the door of the tabernacle a prohibition, of blood. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : - 2 Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, saying to them : This is the word, which the Lord hath commanded, saying: 3 Any man whosoever of the house of Israel, if he kill* an ox, or a sheep, or a goat, in the camp or without the camp, 4 And offer it not at the door of the tabernacle an oblation to the Lord, shall be guilty of blood : as if he had shed blood, so shall he perish from the midst of his people. 5 Therefore the children of Israel shall bring to the priest their victims, which they kill in the field, that they may be sanctified to the Lord before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they may sacrifice them for peace-offerings to the Lord. 6 And the priest shall pour the blood upon the altar of the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and shall burn the fat for a sweet odour to the Lord. 7 And they shall no more sacrifice their victims to devils, with whom they have committed fornica- tion. It shall be an ordinance for ever to them and to their posterity. 8 And thou shalt say to them : The man of the house of Israel, and of the strangers who sojourn among you, that offereth a holocaust or a victim, 9 And bringeth it not to the door of the taberna- cle of the testimony, that it may be offered to the Lord, shall perish from among his people. 10 If any man whosoever of the house of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among them, eat blood, f I will set my face against his soul, and will cut him off from among his people : 11 Because the life of the flesh is in the blood : and I have given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls, and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul. 12 Therefore I have said to the children of Is- rael: No soul of you, nor of the strangers that so- journ among you, shall eat blood. 13 Any man whosoever of the children of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among you, if by hunting or fowling, he take a wild beast or a bird, which is lawful to eat, let him pour out its blood, and cover it with earth. 14 For the life of all flesh is in the blood : therefore I said to the children of Israel : You shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all ; because the t Eat blood. To cat blood was forbidden in the law ; partly be- cause God reserved it to himself, to be 'offered in sacrifices on the altar, as to the Lord of life and death ; and as a figure of the blood of Christ ; and partly to give men a horror of shedding blttoJ. Gen. ix. 4, 5, 6. 97 lkutk us. Ufa of the flesh is in the blood, ami whpso stcr e»i- eth ii, shall bo cut off. 15 The si'iil that eateth that w Inch died of itself, or has been caught by a beast, whether be be one of your own country <>r ■ stranger, shall wash his clothes and himself with water, and snail he defiled until the evening: and in this manner he shall be made clean. It! But if he do not wash his clothes, and his body, he shall bear his iniquity. chap; win. Marriage is prohibited in certain degrees of kindred: and all unnatural lusts-. AND the Lord s|>oke to Moses, saying: -jeak to the children of Israel, and thou shah say to them: 1 am the Lord your God. 3 You shall not do according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither shall you act according to the manner of the coun- try of (hanaan, into which I will bring you, nor shall vou walk in their ordinances. 4 You shall do my judgments, and shall observe my precepts, and shall walk in them. I am the Lord your Clod. ") Keep my laws and my judgments, which if a man do, ne shall live in them. I am the Lord. 6 No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him, to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord. 7 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother : she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife : for it is the nakedness of thy father. i) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy sister by lather or by mother, whether born at home or abroad. 10 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy son's daughter, or thy daughter's daughter: because it is thy own nakedness. 11 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, whom she bore to thy fa- ther, and who is thy sister. 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: because she is the flesh of thy fa- ther. 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister : because she is thy mother's hash. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thj father's brother: neither shalt thou approach to his wife, who is joined to thee by affinity. to Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law ' because she is thy son's wife \ neither shalt thou discover her shame. 16 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: because it is the nakedness of thy brother. 17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy wife, and her daughter. Thou shalt not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to dis- cover Inr shainc : because they are her flesh, and sii'h copulation is incest. M 18 Thou shall not take thy wile's sister for i harlot, to rival her: neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yel livi; 19 Thou shalt not approach toa woman having her Bowers, neither shalt thou uncover her naked Dl 20 Thou shalt not lie with thj neighbour's wife, nor be defiled with mingling of seed. 21 Thou shalt not gi\e any of thy seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with wo- mankind, because it is an abomination. 23 Thou shalt not copulate with any beast, nei- ther shait thou be defiled with it. A woman shah not lie down to a beast, nor copulate with it: be- cause it is a heinous crime.* 2\ Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which 1 will cast out before you, 25 And with which the land is defiled : the abo- minations of which 1 will visit, that it may \ omit out its inhabitants. 26 Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments. and do not any of these abominations : neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you. 27 h or all these detestable things, the inhabitants of the land have done that were before you, and have defiled it. 2U Beware then lest in like manner, it vomit you also out, if you do the like things, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. 29 Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations, shall perish from the midst of hi» people* 30 Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have done, that have been before you, and be not defiled therein. 1 am the Lord your (Jod. CHAP. XIX. Divers ordinances, partly moral, partly ceremonial or judicial. r I^HE Lord spoke to Moses, saying : -*- 2 Speak to all the congregation of the chil- dren of Israel, and thou shalt sa\ to them : Be ye holy, because 1 the Lord your God am holy. 3 Let every one bar his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your (Jod. 4 Turn ye not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods. 1 am the Lord your God. 5 If ye offer in sacrifice a peace-offering to the Lord, that he may. be favourable. 6 You shall eat it on the same day it was offered. and the next da] : and whatsoever shall be left until the third day, you shall burn with fire. 7 If after tWO days an] man eat thereof, he shall be profane and cuilty of impiety: 8 And shall bear his iniquity : because he hath defiled the holy thins of the Lord: and that soul shall perish from among hi* people. * Btcaust it it a Iiciih . Nad bj the »' baaencM of i)>i-> tboM III Hrlitvw lliin »nnl krinout .. aim, tignify ing the •bamcfulneM am' CHAP. XX. 9 When thou reapcst the com of thy land, thou shalt not cut down all that is on the face of the earth to the very ground : nor shalt thou gather the cars that remain. 10 Neither shalt thou gather the bunches and f;rapes that fall down in thy vineyard, but shalt eave them to the poor and the strangers to take. I am the Lord your God. 11 You shall not steal. You shall not lie: neither shall any man deceive his neighbour. 12 'lhou shalt not swear falsely by my name, nor profane the name of thy God. I am the Lord. 13 Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour, nor oppress him by violence. The wages of him that hath been hired by thee shall not abide with thee until the morning. 14 Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind : but thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, because I am the Lord. 15 Thou shaft not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor, nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice. 16 Thou shalt not be adetracter nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood ot thy neighbour. I am the Lord. 17 Thoushaltnot hate thy brother in thy heart, but reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him. 18 Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of the in- jury of thy citizens. Thou shalt love thy friend as thyself. I am the Lord. *■ 19 Keep ye my laws. Thou shalt not make thy cattle to gender with beasts of any other kind. Thou shalt not sow thy field with different seeds.* Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of two sorts. 20 If a man carnally lie with a woman that is a bond-servant and marriageable, and yet not redeem- ed with a price, nor made free, they both shall be scourged : and they shall not be put to death,because she was not a free woman. 21 And for his trespass he shall offer a ram to the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony : 22 And the priest shall pray for him and for his sin before the Lord ; and he shall have mercy on him, and the sin shall be forgiven. 23 When you shall be come into the land, and shall have planted in it fruit-trees, you shall take away the first-fruitsf of them : the fruit that comes forth shall be unclean to you, neither shall you eat of them. 24 But in the fourth year, all their fruit shall be sanctified, to the praise of die Lord. 25 And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruits thereof, gathering the increase thereof. I am the Lord your God. 26 You shall not eat with blood. You shall not divine nor observe dreams. * Different seeds, &c. This law tends to recommend simplicity and plain -dealing in all things; and to teach the people not to join any false worship or heresy with the worship of the true God. f The firsl-fruils. Prapulia, literally their fore skins : it alludes to circumcision, and signifies that for the first throe years the trees wire (o he as uncircumcised, and their fruit unclean ; till in the fourtl 27 Nor shall you cut your hairf roundwise, nor shave your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead ; neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks : I am the Lord. 29 Make not thy daughter a common strumpet, lest the land be defiled, and filled with wickedness. 30 Keep ye my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord. 31 Go not aside after wizards, neither ask any thing of soothsayers, to be defiled by them : I am the Lord your God. 32 Rise up before the hoary head ; and honour the person of the aged man : and fear the Lord thy God. 1 am the Lord. 33 If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do not upbraid him : 34 But let him be among you as one of the same country; and you shall love him as yourselves: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. 35 Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight, or in measure. 36 Let the balance be just, and the weights equal, the bushel just, and the sextary equal. I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Keep all my precepts, and all my judgments, and do them. I am the Lord. CHAP. XX. Divers crimes to be punished with death. AND the IiOrd spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Thus shalt thou say to the children of Is rael : If any man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers, that dwell in Israel, give of his seed to the idol Moloch, dying let him die : the people* of the land shall stone him. 3 And I will set my face against him : and I will cut him off from the midst of his people ; because he hath given of his seed to Moloch, and hath de- filed my sanctuary, and profaned my holy name. _ 4 And if the people of the land neglecting, and as it were little regarding my commandment, let alone the man that hath given of his seed to Mo- loch, and will not kill him : 5 I will set my face against that man, and his kindred, and will cut off both him, and all that con- sented with him, to commit fornication with Mo- loch, out of the midst of their people. 6 The soul that shall go aside after magicians, and soothsayers, and shall commit fornication with them, I will set my face against that soul, and de- stroy it out of the midst ol its people. 7 Sanctify yourselves and be ye holy, because I am the Lord' your God. 8 Keep my precepts, and do them. I am the Lord that sanctify you. year their increase was sanctified and given to the Lord, that is, to the priests. \ Cut your hair, &c. This, and other such like things, of them- selves indifferent, were forbidden by God, that they might not imitate the Egyptians or other infidels, who practised these things out of su- perstition, in liom.ur of their false deities 99 LEVITICUS. 9 He that cursrtii his father, or mother, dying let him die: he hath cursed his father and mother, let his blood he ii|n)ii liim. lt» [fan; mao commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile Ids neighbour's w ife, lei them be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress. 11 If a man lit- wit ii Ids Stepmother, and dis- cover the nakedness of Ids lather, let tliein both be put to death : their blood In 1 upon them. 1J It' any man lie with his daughter-in-law, lei both die, became thei have done a heinous crime: their McmhI he upon them. 13 If any one he with a man as with a woman, both hare committed an abomination; let them be put to death : their blood be upon them. 1 i 1 1 any man alter marrying the daughter, mar- ry her mother, he hath done a heinous crime : he shall he burnt alive with them : neither shall so !i an abomination remain in the midst of you. 15 He that shall copulate with any beast or cat- tle, dying let him die : the beast also ye shall kill.* 16 The woman that shall lie under any beast, •hall be killed together with the same: their blood be upon them. 17 [fan man take his sister the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother, and see her nakedness, and she behold her brother's shame: thej have committed a crime : they shall be slain, in the sight of their people, beeause they have discovered one another's nakedness ; and they shall bear their iuiquitv. 18 If any man lie with a woman in her flowers, and uncover hei nakedness, and she open the foun- tain of her blood, both shall be destroyed out of the midst of their people. 1!» Thou shah not uncover the nakedness of thy aunt by thy mother, and of thy aunt by thy father: he thai doeth this, hath uncovered the shame of his own flesh; both shall bear their iniquity. 20 If any man lie with the wife of his uncle by the father, or of his uncle by the mother, and un- cover the shame of his near akin, both shall bear their sin: they shall die without children. 21 He that marricth his brother's wife, doeth an unlawful tiling; he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: tiny shall be without children. 22 Keep my laws, and my judgments, and d<> them; lest the land into which you are to enter to dwell therein, vomit you also out. 23 Walk not after the laws of the nations which I will cast out before you. For they ha\e done all these things: and therefore I abhorred them. 24 Bui to you I say: Poetess their land, which I will give you for an inheritance, a land Sowing with milk and honey. lam the Lord your God, who have separated you from other people. 25 Therefore do you also separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the clean foul from the unclean: defile not your souls with beasts, or birds, * TV trwt ata* ft thall kill. Tbr killing tba beaM wan for the greater horror of the crime, and to prevent tlir remembrance oi abomination. 100 or any things that move on the eaith, and which 1 ha\e show ii you to be unclean. 26 You shall be hol\ unto me. because I the Lord am holy, and I ha\e separated you from other people, that \ oil should be mine. I A man, or woman, in whom then' is a py- ihonical or divining spirit, dying let them die: they shall stone them: their blood be upon them. CHAP. XXI. Orilinnncit relating to the priestt. fl^HK Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the -*- priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt sa\ to them : Let not a priest incur an um leanness f at the death of his citizens. 2 But only for his kin. such as are near in blood, that is to say, lor his father and for his mother, and for his son. and for his daughter, for his brother also, 3 And for a maiden sister, who hath had no hus- band : 4 But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing thai may make him unclean. 5 Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane his name: for they offer the burnt-offering of the Lord, and the bread of their God, and there- fore they shall be holy. 7 They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile Grostitute, nor one thai has been put away from her tisband : beeause they are (-onset rated to their (Jod, 8 And oiler the loaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy, because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them. 9 If the daughter of a priest be taken in whore- dom, and dishonour the name of her father, .she shall be burnt with lire. 10 The hiidi-priest, that is to say, the priest that is the gr eatest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured, and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and who hath been vested with the holy vestments, shall not uncover his head, he shall not rend his garments: 11 Nor shall he WQ in at all to any dead person: not even for his father or his mother shall he be defiled. 12 Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he defile the sanctuary of the Lord, because the oil of the holy unction of his Cod is upon him. I am the Lord. 13 lb- shall take a viruin unto his wife : 14 But a Widow or one that is divorced, or de- filed, or a harlot, he shall not take; but a maid o» his on n people: 15 He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of his nation : for I am the Lord who sanctify him. 16 \unt tin- eighth day, and thenceforth they may be offered to the Lord. Whether ii be a cow, or a sheep, they shall not Ik' sacrificed the same da) with their young 29 It you immolate a victim for thanksgiving to the Lord, thai lie may be favourable, 30 Von shall cat it tin- aamn day: there shall not auv ot it remain until the morning of the next day. I am the LonL 31 Keep my commandments, and do them. 1 am the Lord. Profane not my holy name, that I may be sanctified in the midst of the children of Israel. I am the Lord who sanctify you, 33 And who brought yon out of the land of pt, that I might l»- your God: 1 am the Lord. CHAP. XXIII. Ibtly-dayt to be kept. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them : These are the (easts of the Lord, which yon shall call holy. 3 Six davs .shall ye do work ; the seventh day, because it is the rest of the sabbath, shall be called holy. You shall do no work on that day : it is the sahliath of the Lord in all your habitations. 4 These also are the holy-days of the Lord, which you must cele br a te in their seasons. 5 The first month, the fourteenth day of the month at evening, is the phase of the Lord : 6 And the fifteenth day of the same month is the solemnity of the unleavened bread of the Lord. Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread. 7 The first day shall he most solemn unto you, and holy: you shall do no sen . ile work therein : 8 I Jut you shall offer sacrifice in fire to the Lord seven days. And the seventh day shall he more solemn, and more holy: and you shall do no servile work therein. 9 And the Lord spoke to Ifoses, saying: 10 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them : When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, and shall reap your corn, you shall bring sheaves of ears, the first* fruits of your harvest, to the priest : 11 Who shall lift up the sheaf before the Lord, the ne\t day after the sahhath, that it may he ac- ceptable for you, and shall sanctify it. 1 J And on the same davthat the sheaf is conse- crated, a lamb without blemish of the first year, Khali he killed for a holocaust of the Lord. 13 And the libations shall be offered with it, two tenths of flour tempered with oil, for a burnt-offer- ing 01* the Lord, and a most s\\ i ct odour : libations also of wine, tin' fourth part of a hin. I i- You shall not eat either bread, or narrhed corn, or frmnentv of the harvest, until the day that yon shall offer thereof to your God. It is a pre- cept for ever throughout your ge nerat ions, ami all your dwelling*. 15 Von snail count therefore from the morrovt I OS after tin- sabbath, wherein yO0 offered the sheaf o' the first-fruits, seven lull weeks. It! Even unto the morrow alter the seventh week be expired, that is to say, fifty davs, and so you shall oiler a new sacrifice to the Lord. 17 Out of all your dwellings, two loaves of the first-fruits, of two tenths of floor leavened, which you shall bake for the fust-fruits of the Lord. 18 And yon shall oiler with the loaves seven lambs without blemish of the first \ear, and one calf from the herd, and two rams: and they shall be for a holocaust with their libations, for a most BWvet odour to the Lord. 19 You shall oiler also a buck-iioat for sin, and two lambs of the first vear for sacrifices of peace- ofl'erin-s. 20 And when the priest hath lifted them up with the loaves of the lirst-fruits before the Lord, they shall fall to his use. 21 And you shall call this day most solemn, and most hol\. You shall do no servile work therein. It shall he an everlasting ordinance in all your dwellings and generations. 22 And when you reap the corn of your land, you shall not cut it to the very ground: neither shall you gather the cars that remain: but you shall leave them for the poor and for the Strangers. I am (he Lord vour God. 23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 24 Say to the children of Israel : 'The seventh month, on the first day of die month, you shall keep a sabbath, a memorial, with the sound of trumpets, and it shall be called holy. 25 You shall do no servile work therein, and VOO shall oiler a holocaust to the Lord. 26 And the Lord spoke to 510068, saying: 27 Upon the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the day of atonement : it shall be most so- lemn, anil shall be called holy: and VOU shall afflict your souls on that day, and shall oiler a holocaust to the Lord. 28 You shall do no servile work in the time of this day: because it is a dav of propitiation, that the Lord your God may be merciful unto vou. 29 Every soul that is not afflicted on this day, shall perish from anions his people: 30 And every soul that shall do any work, the same will 1 destroy from among his people. 31 ^ on shall do no work therefore on that day: it shall be an everlasting ordinance unto you in all your generations, and dwellings. 38 It is a sabbath of rest, and von shall afflict vour souls beginning on the ninth da\ of the month : from evening Until evening you shall celebrate vour sabbaths. \nd the Lord snake to Most -. saying : 34 Say to the children of Israel: Tioin the fif- teenth day of this same seventh month, shall be kept the feast of tabernacles seven davs to the Lord. .'•') 'The first dav shall be called most solemn and most holy: you shall do no Rervile work there in. And seven davs von shall offer holocausts to the Lord. CHAP. XXIV, XXV. 36 The eighth day also shall he most solemn and most holy, and you shall offer holocausts to the 1 ,ord : for it is the day of assembly and congrega- tion: you shall do no servile work therein. 37 These are the feasts of the Lord, which you shall call most solemn and most holy, and shall offer on them oblations to the Lord, holocausts and libations according to the rite of every day. 38 Besides the sabbaths of the Lord, and your gifts, and those things that you shall offer by vow, or which you shall give to the Lord voluntarily. 39 So from the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you shall have gathered in all the fruits of your land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord seven days : on the first day and the eighth shall be a sabbath, that is, a day of rest. 40 And you shall take to you on the first day the fruits of the fairest tree, and branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God. 41 And you shall keep the solemnity thereof seven days in the year. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in your generations. In the seventh month shall you celebrate this feast : 42 And you shall dwell in bowers seven days : every one that is of the race of Israel, shall dwell in tabernacles : 43 That your posterity may know, that I made the children of Israel to dwell in tabernacles, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. 44 And Moses spoke concerning the feasts of 'he Lord to the children of Israel. CHAP. XXIV. The oil for the lamps. The loaves of proposition. The punish- ment of blasphemy. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and clearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually, 3 Without the veil of the testimony in the taber- nacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall set them from evening until morning before the Lord, by a perpetual service and rite in your generations. . 4 They shall be set upon the most pure candle- stick before the Lord continually. 5 Thou shalt take also fine flour, and shalt bake twelve loaves thereof: two tenths shall be in every loaf: 6 And thou shalt set them six and six one against another upon the most clean table before the Lord : 7 And thou shalt put upon them (he clearest frankincense, that the bread may be for a memorial of the oblation of the Lord. 8 Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord, being received of the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant ; 9 And they shall be Anion's and his sons, that they may eat them in the holy place: because it is most holy of the sacrifices of the Lord by a perpe- tual right. 10 And behold, there went out the son of a woman of Israel, whom she had of an Egyptian, among the children of Israel, and fell at words in the camp with a man of Israel. 11 And when he had blasphemed the Name, and had cursed it, he was brought to Moses : (now his mother was called Salumkh, the daughter of Dabri of the tribe of Dan :) 12 And they put him into prison, till they might know what the Lord would command. 13 And the Lord spoke to Moses, 14 Saying : Bring forth the blasphemer without the camp ; and let them that heard him, put their hands upon his head; and let all the people stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel • The man that curseth his God, shall bear his sin : 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die : all the multitude shall stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die. 17 He that striked), and killeth a man, dying let him die. 18 He that killeth a beast, shall make it good, that is to say, shall give beast for beast. 19 He that giveth a blemish to any of his neigh- bours ; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him : 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be compelled to suffer. 21 He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh a man, shall be punished. 22 Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends ' because I am the Lord your God. 23 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel : and they brought forth him that had blasphemed, without the camp, and they stoned him. And the children of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses. CHAP. XXV. The law of the seventh and of the fiftieth year of jubilee. X ND the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, -^*- saying : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them : When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, observe the rest of the sabbath to the Lord. 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt ga- ther the fruits thereof : 4 But in the seventh year there shall be a sab- bath to the land, of the resting of the Lord : thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. 5 What the ground shall bring forth of itself, thou shalt not reap: neither shalt thou gather the grapes of the first-fruits as a vintage : for it is a year of rest to the land : 6 But they shall be unto you for meat, to thee and to thy man-servant, to thy maid-servant and thy hireling, and to the strangers that sojourn with thee* lt'3 LEVITICI shall Ik- meat to thv 7 All thine* that now rti and td thy cattle. 8 Thou shalt also number to thee seven weeks of years, that is In -.en times seven, which ther make forty-nine years : \ul thou shalt sound the trumpet in the SSVetttfa month, the tenth day of the month, in the time of the expiation in all your land. 10 And thoil shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim omission* to all the inhabitants oi tin land: for it is the year of jubilee. Every man -•hall return to his possession, and every one shall back to his former family : 1 1 Because it is the jubilee and the fiftieth year. Vnii shall not sou, nor leap the things that ETOn ill the field of their own accord, neither shall you gatnei the first-fruits of the fines, 1 1 Because of the mnctincatiou of the jubilee: but as they grow you shall presently eat them. 1-1 In the fear of the jubilee all shall return to their possessions. I V Whin thou shalt sell any thing to thy neigh- lionr, or shalt buy of him, grieve not thy brother : but thou shalt buy of him according to the Dumber of years from the jubilee. 1") And he shall sell to thee according to the computation of the fruits. Iti The e years remain alter the jubilee, the more shall the price increase: and the less time is counted, so much the less shall the purchase cost. I'm he shall sell to thee the time of the fruits. 17 Do not afflict your countrymen, but let every one fear his God: because I am the Lord yonr ( tod 18 Do my precepts, and keen my judgments. and fulfil them : that you may dwell in the land without any fear, 19 Andtlie ground mayyieldyou its fruits, of which you man eal your fill, fearing no man's invasion. 20 But if >ou say: What shall we eat the nth year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits r 21 I will give you my blessing the sixth year, and it shall yield the fruits of three years. 22 And the eighth year yen shall sow, and shall eat of the old fruits, until tin 1 ninth year : till new grow til', you shall eat the old store. 23 The land also shall not be sold for ever: be- cause it is mine, and you are strangers and so- journers with me. 24 For which cause all the country of vour pos- session shall he under the condition of redemption. 25 If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will, he may re- deem W hat he had sold. liut if he have no kinsman, and he himself can find the price to redeem it : The value of the fruits shall be counted from (hat tune when he sold it : and the om ■rplus lie shall restore to the buyer, and so shall receive his pos- session again. • Rmiitbm. That i il rptra*c and Hiw-lianr*' from debt* and bondage, and a rrin«tatin? <>( m r\ man in liia former pnsara- 101 28 liut if his bands find ant the means to repay the price, the buyer shall have what he bought, un- til the year of the jubilee. for in that year all that is sold shall return to the owner, and to (he ancient possessor. I lie that selleth B house within the walls of a city, shall have the liberty to redeem it, until one \ear be expired : 30 If he redeem it not, and the whole year l»e fully out, the buyer shall possess it. and his poste- rity for ever; and it cannot be redeemed, not SVCO in the jubilee. 31 But it' the house lie in a village, that hath no walls, it shall be sold according to the same law St the fields: It'il be not redeemed before, in the jubi- lee it shall return to the owner. 32 The houses of Levitts, w hich are in cities, may always be redeemed : 33 If they be not redeemed, in the jubilee they shall all return to the owners ; because the houses of the cities of the Levites are tor their possessions among the children of Israel. 34 But let not their suburbs be sold, because it is' a perpetual possession. .'>") If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and so- journer, and he live with thee, 36 Take not usury of him, nor more than thou BSVest: fear thy God, that tin brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money U|K>n' usury, nor exact of him any increase of fruits. 38 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan. and might be vour (Jod. 39 If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee, thou shalt not Oppress him w it Ii the ten ice of bond-servants : 40 But he shall be as a hireling, and a so- journer: he shall work with thee until the year of the jubilee. )\ And afterwards he shall go out with his children, and shall return to his kindred and to the possession Of his fathers. 42 For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt; let them not be sold as bond-men : 43 Afflict him not by might, but fear thy Got!. 44 Let your bond-men, and your hond-wonn n, be of the nations that are round shout you. 46 And of the strangers that sojourn among you, or that were l>om of them in your land, these you shall have for servants : 46 And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might 47 If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impover- ished sell himself to him, or to any ol his race; M Alter the sale he may be redeemed. He that will ot his brethren shall redeem him; i'.» Either bin uncle, or his uncle's son, or bis CHAP. XXVI. kinsman, by blood, or by affinity. But if he him- self be able also, he shall redeem himself, 50 Counting only the years from the time of his Belling unto the year of the jubilee : and counting t lie money, that he was sold for, according to the number of the years and the reckoning of a hired servant. 51 If there be many years that remain until the jubilee, according to them shall he also repay the price. 52 If few he shall make the reckoning with him according to the number of the years, and shall re- pay to the buyer of what remained) of the years, 53 His wages being allowed for which he served before: he shall not afflict him violently in thy sight. 54 And if by these means he cannot be redeem- ed, in the year of the jubilee he shall go out with his children. 55 For the children of Israel are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. CHAP. XXVI. GocFs promises to them that keep his commandments. And the many punishments with which he threatens transgressors. I AM the Lord your God : you shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing, neither shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it : for I am the Lord your God. 2 Keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanc- tuary : I am the Lord. 3 If you walk in my precepts, and keep my commandments, and do them, I will give you rain in due seasons : 4 And the ground shall bring forth its increase, and the trees shall be filled with fruit. 5 The threshing of your harvest shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time : and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land without fear. 6 I will give peace in your coasts : you shall sleep, and there shall be none to make you afraid. I will take away evil beasts : and the sword shall not pass through your quarters. 7 You shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you. 8 Five of you shall pursue a hundred others, and a hundred of you ten thousand : your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 I will look on you, and make you increase : you shall be multiplied, and I will establish my covenant with you. 10 You shall eat the oldest of the old store, and, new coming on, you shall cast away the old. Ill will set my tabernacle in the midst of you ; and my soul shall not cast you off. 12 1 .will walk among you, and will be your God ; and you shall be my people. 13 I am the Lord your God, who have brought you out of the land of the Egyptians, that you should not serve them, and who have broken the chains of your necks, that you might go upright. o 14 But if you will not hear me, nor do all my commandments, 15 If you despise my laws, and contemn my judgments so as not to do those things which are appointed by me, and to make void my covenant : 16 1 also will do these things to you: I will quickly visit you with poverty, and burning heat, which shall waste your eyes, and consume your lives. You shall sow your seed in vain, which shall be devoured by your enemies. 17 1 will set my face against you ; and you shall fall down before your enemies, and shall be made subject to them that hate you : you shall flee when no man pursueth you. 18 But if you will not yet for all this obey me, I will chastise you seven times more for your sins : 19 And I will break the pride of your stubborn- ness ; and 1 will make to you the heaven above as iron, and the earth as brass : 20 Your labour shall be spent in vain : the ground shall not bring forth her increase, nor the trees yield their fruit. 21 If you walk contrary to me, and will not hearken to me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you for your sins : 22 And I will send in upon you the beasts of the field, to destroy you and your cattle, and make you few in number, and that your highways may be desolate. 23 And if even so you will not amend, but will walk contrary to me : 24 "I also will walk contrary to you, and will strike you seven times for your sins. 25 And I will bring in upon you the sword that shall avenge my covenant. And when you shall flee into the cities, I will send the pestilence in the midst of you, and you shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies, 26 After I shall have broken the staff of your bread: so that ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and give it out by weight : and you shall eat, and shall not be filled. 27 But if you will not for all this hearken to me, but will walk against me : 28 I will also go against you with opposite fury; and I will chastise you with seven plagues for your sins, 29 So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters. 30 I will destroy your high places, and break your idols. You shall fall among the ruins of your idols ; and my soul shall abhor you, 31 Insomuch that I will bring your cities to be a wilderness, and I will make your sanctuaries deso- late, and will receive no more your sweet odours. 32 And I will destroy your land, and your ene- mies shall be astonished at it, when they shall be the inhabitants thereof. 33 And I will scatter you among the gentiles , and I will draw out the sword after you ; and your land shall be desert, and your cities destroyed. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths all the days of her desolation : when you shall be 35 In the enemies' land, she shall keep a sab- 105 LEVITICUS. bath, and rest in the ■nlllfllm of llllf lIllJitMIU. btl rausc she did not rest in your sal) bat ha when you dwelt therein. \nd as to then that shall remain of von. I w ill Send few in their hearts in the countries of their uiies: the sound of a flying leaf shall terrify them: ami th<\ shall llee as it urn- from the sword: ihev shall fall, when no man puisuelh them: 37 And they shall every one fall upon their bre- thren, as fi nning from wars: none of \ou shall dare to rt»isi your enemi You shall perish annum the gentiles, and an pen all c< enemy's land shall consume you ^ 39 And if of them also some remain, they shall pine awav in their iniquities, in the land of their enemies, and thev shall be afflicted for the sins of their fathers, and their own : •40 Until they confess their iniquities and the iniquities of their ancestors, whereby they have transgressed against me, and walked contrary unto me. VI Therefore I also will walk against them, and bring them into their enemies' land, until their un- cireimuised mind be ashamed: then shall they pray for their sins. 42 And I will remember my covenant, that I made with Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham. I will remember also the land, 43 Which when she shall be left by them, shall enjoy her sabbaths, being desolate for them. But they shall pray for their sins, because they rejected m\ judgments, and despised my laws. 41. And yet for all that when they were in the land of their enemies, 1 did not cast them off alto- gether; neither did 1 so despise them that they should be QUlte consumed, and 1 should make void inv covenant with them. For I am the Lord their I i And 1 will remember my former covenant, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, in the light of the gentiles, to be their God. 1 am the I^onl. These are the judgments, and precepts, and laws, which the Lord gave between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of .Mo CHAP. WVI1. Of VOWS nml tit hi *. \ ND the Lord spoke to V savins;: -£*- 1 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shaltsay to them: The man that shall have made a vow, anil promised his sonl to God, shall give the price according to estimation. .5 If it be a man from t\\ent\ yean old unto lixtj is old. he shall pre tifi\ sid, s of silver, after the weight «>f the sanctuary : \ If a woman, thirty. 5 I'-nt from the fifth year until the twentieth, a man shall give twenty sicles j a woman, ten. 6 Prom one month until the fifth year, for a male shall he given five tides; for a female, three. 7 A man that is sixty yean qM or upwards. shall give fifteen sicles \ a woman, ten. too 8 If he be poor, and not able to pay the e>tima tion, he shall stand before the priest: and as much BS he shall value him at. and see him able io | so much shall lie ui\e. 9 But a beast, thai may be sacrificed to the Lord, if any one shall vow. shall be holy: 10 And cannot be changed, that is to say, neither a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better. And if he shall change it. both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be conse- crated to the Lord. 11 An unclean beast, which cannot be sac rific ed to the Lord, if an\ man shall vow, shall be brought before the priest : 1 1 Who judging whether it be good or bad, shall set the price : 13 Which if he that offered) it will give, he shall add above the estimation the fifth part. 14 If a man shall vow his house, and sanctify it to the Lord, the priest shall consider it, whether it be good or bad, and it shall be sold according to the price, which he shall appoint. 15 But if he that vowed, will redeem it, be shall give the fifth part of the estimation over and abo\e. and shall have the house. 16 And if he \ow the field of his possession, and consecrate it to the Lord, the price shall be rated according to the measure of the seed. If the DOUfKi l.e sowed with thirty bushels of barley, let it be sold for fiftv sicles of silver. 17 If he vow his field immediately from the year of jubilee that is beginning, as much as it may bo worth, at so much it shall be rated. 18 Hut If tome time after, the priest shall reckon themonev according to the number of _\ ears that re- main until the jubilee, and the price shall be abated, 19 And if he that had vowed, will redeem nis field, he shall add the fifth part of the inone\ of the estimation, and shall possess it 20 And if he will not redeem it, but it be sold to any other man, he that rowed it, mn\ not redeem it any more: 21 For when the day of jubilee cometh. it shall be sanctified to the Lord, and tis a possession con- secrated pertaineth to the right of the priests. 22 If a field that was bought and not of a man's ancestors' possession, be sanctified to the Lord, 23 The priest shall reckon the price according to the number of \ears unto tin- jubilee : and he that hail vowed, shall give that to the Lord. 21 But in the jubilee, it shall return to tin- foj- mer owner, who had sokj it. and had it in the lot of his possession. 25 All estimation shall be made Recording to the vide of the sanctuary. \ side hath twenty obols. 26 The first-born, which belong to the Lord, no man may sanctify and vow : whether it be bullock, or sheep, they are the Lord's. 27 And if it be an unclean beast, he that offer- eth it shall redeem it. according to thy estimation, and shall add the fifth part of the price. If he w ill not redeem it. it shall br sold to another for how much soevt r it s\as estimated by thee. CHAP. I. 28 Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold, neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord. 29 And any consecration that is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but dying shall die. 30 All tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of the fruits of trees, are the Lord's, and are sanctified to him. 31 And if any man will redeem his tithes, he shall add the filth part of them. 32 Of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, that pass under the shepherd's rod, every tenth that cometh shall be sanctified to the Lord. 33 It shall not be chosen neither good nor bad, neither shall it be changed for another. If any man change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be sanctified to the Lord, and shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the precepts which the Lord com- manded Moses for the children of Israel in .mount Sinai. THE BOOK OF NUMBERS. This fourth book of Moses is called Numbers, because it begins with the numbering of the people. The Hebrews from its first words call it Vaiedabber. It contains the transactions of the Israelites from the second month of the second year after their going out of Egypt, until the beginning of the eleventh month of the fortieth year, that is, a history almost of thirty-nine years. CHAP. I. The children of Israel are numbered ; the Levites are designed to serve the tabernacle. AND the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the covenant, the first day of the second month, the second year of their going out of Egypt, saying : 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israe. by their families, and houses, and the names of every one, as many as are of the male sex, 3 From twenty years old and upwards, of all the men of Israel fit for war, and you shall number them by their troops, thou and Aaron. 4 And there shall be with you the princes of the tribes, and of the houses in their kindreds, 5 Whose names are these : Of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur. 6 Of Simeon, Salamiel the son of Surisaddai. 7 Of Juda, Nahasson the son of Aminadab. 8 Of Issachar, Nathanael the son of Suar. 9 Of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Helon. 10 And of the sons of Joseph : of Ephraim, Eli- sama the son of Ammiud : of Manasses, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur. 11 Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeon. 12 Of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai. 13 Of Aser, Phegiel the son of Ochran. 14 Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Duel. 15 Of Nephtali, Ahira the son of Enan. 1G These are the most noble princes of the multitude by their tribes and kindreds, and the chiefs of the army of Israel : 17 Whom Moses and Aaron took with all the multitude of the common people ; 13 And assembled (hem on the first day of the second month, reckoning them up by the kindreds, and houses, and families, and heads, and names ot every one from twenty years old and upward, 19 As the Lord had commanded Moses. And they were numbered in the desert of Sinai. 20 Of Ruben the eldest son of Israel, by their generations and families and houses, and names of every head, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war, "21 Were forty-six thousand five hundred. 22 Of the sons of Simeon by their generations and families, and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names and heads of every one, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war. 23 Fifty-nine thousand three hundred. 24 Of the sons of Gad, by their generations and families, and houses of their kindreds, were reckon- ed up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, 25 Forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. 26 Of the sons of Juda, by their generations and families, and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, 27 Were reckoned up seventy-four thousand six hundred. 28 Of the sons of Issachar, by their generations and families, and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from twenty years old and up- ward, all that could go forth to war, 29 Were reckoned up fifty-four thousand four hundred. 30 Of the sons of Zabulon, by their generations and families, and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twen- ty-years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, 31 Fifty-seven thousand four hundred. 32 Of the sons of Joseph, namely of the sons of Ephraim, by the generations and families, and M MBERS. houses of their kiiulr«*»U. WON reckoned Dp by the names of every one, from twenty yean old and upward, all thai were able to cofofta to war, 33 Forty thousand live hundred. r of the >ons of Manasses. by tin- generations and families and houses of their kin- dreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty yean old and upwards all thai could go forth to war. 35 Thirty-two thousand two hundred. 36 Of i In- sons of Benjamin, by their genera- tions and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned Op by the names of even one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, 37 Thirty-live thousand four hundred. 38 Of the sons of Dan, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, wen reckoned up by the names of every one from twen- ty yean old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, 39 Sixty-tWO thousand seven hundred. 40 Of the sons of Aser, bv their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned uj) by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war. 41 Forty-one thousand five hundred. 1 2 Of the sons of Nephtali, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twen- t\ yean old and upward, all. that Were able to go forth to war, 43 Fifty-three thousand four hundred. 1 I These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron, and the twelve princes of Israel, every one by the houses of their kindreds. 45 And the whole number of the children of Is- rael by their houses and families, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go to war, 4(3 Were six hundred und three thousand five hundred and fifty men. 47 But the Levites in the tribes of their families were not numbered with them. 48 And the Lord spoke to Moses, sayhm : 49 Number not the tribe of Levi : neither shall thou put down the sum of them with the children of Israel: 50 But appoint them over the tabernacle of the testimony] and all the vessels thereof] and whatso- ever pertatneth to the ceremonies. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof: and they shall minister, and shall eneamp round about the tabernacle. 51 When you are to go forward, the Levites shall take down the tabernacle: when you are to camp, they shall set it up. What stranger soever comet h tt. it, shall be slam. .'»J And the children of Israel shall camp every man bv his troops and hands and army. DUt the Levites shall pitch their tents round about the tabernacle, lest there come indignation u|K)n the multitude of the children of Israel: and they shall keep watch, and guard the tabernacle of the testimony. IM 54 \nil the children of Israel did according to all things which the Lord had commanded Mi (II \l\ II. The order of the tribes in their camp. AND the Lord spoke to Moses and Na.ui. sn- ins : 2 All the children of Israel shall rami) by their troops. ensignS] and standards, and the nouses ol" their kindreds, round aliout the tabernacle of the covenant. 3 On the east Juda shall pitch his tents b\ the bands of his army : and the prince of his sons shall be NahaSSOn the son of Aminadnh. 4 And the whole sum of the fighting men of his Stock. Wen Seventy-four thousand six hundred. 5 Next unto him they of the tribe of Issacbat encamped) whose prince was Nathauacl, the son of Suar. 6 And the whole number of his fighting men were lilty-four thousand four hundred. 7 In the tribe of Zahulon the prince was Eliab the son of Melon. 8 And all the army of fighting men of his stock, were fifty-seven thousand lour hundred. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Juda, were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hun- dred : and they by their troops shall march first. 10 In the camp of the sons of Ruben, on the south side, the prince shall be Elisur the son of Sedeur: 11 And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-six thousand five hun- dred. 12 Beside him camped they of the tribe of Si- meon : whose prince was Salamiel the son of Su- risaddai. 13 And the whole army of his fighting men. that were numbered, were fifty-nine thousand three hull • dr., I. 14 In the tril>e of Gad the prince was Eliasaph the soil of Duel. 15 And the w hole army of his fighting nun. that were numbered, were forty-live thousand six hun- dred and fifty. 16 All that were reckoned up in the camp of Ruben, won B. hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, by their troops : they shall march in the second place. 17 And the tabernacle of the testimony shall be carried by the officers of the Levites and their troops. As it shall be set up, so shall it l>e taken down. Every one ahall march according to their places, and ranks. 18 On the west vide shall be the camp of the sons of Kphraim, whose prime was Llisama the son of Ammiud. 19 The whole army of his fighting men. that were numbered, were forty thousand five hundred. 20 And with them the tribe of the sons of Ma- nasst-s, whose prince was (iamaliel the son ol I'ha- dasaur. 21 And the whole army of his fighting men, that CHAP. III. were numbered, were thirty-two thousand two hundred. 22 In the tribe of the sons of Benjamin the prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon. 23 And the whole army of his fighting men that were reckoned up, were thirty-five thousand four hundred. ' 24 All that were numbered in the camp of Kphraim, were a hundred and eight thousand one hundred by their troops: they shall march in the third place. 25 On the north side camped the sons of Dan : whose prince was Ahiezar the son of Ammisaddai. 26 The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred. 27 Beside him they of the tribe of Aser pitched their tents : whose prince was Phegiel the son of Ochran. 28 The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-one thousand five hundred. 29 Of the tribe of the sons of Nephtali the prince was Ahira the son of Enan. 30 The whole army of his fighting men were fifty-three thousand four hundred. 31 All that were numbered in the camp of Dan, were a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hun- dred : and they shall march last. 32 This is the number of the children of Israel, of their army divided according to the houses of their kindreds and their troops, six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. 33 And the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel : for so the Lord had com- manded Moses. 34 And the children of Israel did according to all things that the Lord had commanded. They camped by their troops, and marched by the fami- lies and houses of their fathers. CHAP. 111. The Levites are numbered, and their offices distinguished. They are taken in the place of the first-born of the children of Israel. r T'HESE are the generations of Aaron and Moses -*- in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these the names of the sons of Aaron : his first-born Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were anointed, and whose hands were filled and consecrated, to do the functions of priest- hood. 4 Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the desert of Sinai : and Eleazar and Ithamar per- formed the priestly office in the presence of Aaron their father. 5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 6 Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch, 7 And observe whatsoever appertained to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony : 8 And let them keep the vessels of the taberna- cle, serving in the ministiy thereof. 9 And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift, 10 To Aaron and to his sons, to whom they are delivered by the children of Israel. But thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of priesthood. The stranger that approacheth to mi- nister, shall be put to death. 11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 121 havetakenthe Levites from the childrenof Is- rael, for every first-born that openeth the wombamong the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine; 13 For every first-born is mine ; since I struck the first-born in the land of Egypt : I have sancti- fied to myself whatsoever is first-born in Israel both of man and beast ; they are mine : I am the Lord. 14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying : 15 Number the sons of Levi by the houses ol their fathers and their families, every male from one month and upward. 16 Moses numbered them as the Lord had com- manded. 17 And there were found sons of Levi by theii names, Gerson and Caath and Merari. 18 The sons of Gerson : Lebni and Semei. 19 The sons of Caath : Amram and Jesaar, He- bron and Oziel : 20 The sons of Merari : Moholi and Musi. 21 Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites, and the Semeites: 22 Of which were numbered, people of the male sex from one mouth and upward, seven thou- sand five hundred. 23 These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west, 24 Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And their charge shall be in the tabernacle of the covenant: 26 The tabernacle itself and the cover thereof, the hanging that is drawn before the doors of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the curtains of the court : the hanging also that is hanged in the entry of the court of the tabernacle, and whatsoever be longeth to the rite of the altar, the cords of the ta- bernacle, and all the furniture thereof. 27 Of the kindred of Caath come the families of the Amramites and Jesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are the families of the Caathites reckoned up by their names : 28 All of the male sex from one month and up- ward, eight thousand six hundred : they shall have the guard of the sanctuary, 29 And shall camp on the south side. 30 And their prince shall be Elisaphan the son of Oziel : 31 And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the furniture of this kind. 32 And the prince of the princes of the Levites. M .Mill U.S. Klca/ar, the son of Aaron the prieit, shall be OPM them thai watch for the guard of the afncraary. 33 Anil of Merari art- the familit s i)l' the Moho- litet an. I Musites, reckoned up by their names: \ll o!' the male kind from one month and upward, m\ thousand two hundred. l'heir prince Suricl the son of Abihaid : they shall rami) on the norih Mile. .5t> I inler their custody shall he the boards of the taliernaele, and the bar-, and the pillars, and their .sockets and all things that pertain to this kind of service: 37 And the pillars of the court round al>out with their rackets, and the pins with their cords. 38 Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that is to s;iv. on the east side, shall Moses" and Aaron camp, with their sons, having thccustody of the sanc- tuary, in the midst Of the children of Israel. What Mraniier soever cometh unto it, shall Ik* put to death. 39 All the Lev ii.s, that Moses and Aaron num- bered according to the precept of the Lord, by their families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand. 40 And the Lord said to Moses: Numhcr the first-born of tin- male sex of the children of Israel, from one month and upward, and thou shalt take the sum of them. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the first-lwrn of the children of Israel: 1 am the Lord: and their cattle for all the first-born of the cattle of the children of Israel: 42 Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had com- manded, the first-bora of the children of Israel: 43 And the males by their names, from one month and upward, were twi ntv-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. 44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving : 45 Take the Levites for the first-born of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord. 46 But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, of the first-born of the children of Lrael, that exceed the number of the Levites. 47 Thou shalt take five sides for every head, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A side hath twenty obols. 48 And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and his sons, the price of them that are above. 49 Moses therefore took the money of them that were above, and w horn they had redeemed from Un- it esj 50 For the first-born of the children of Israel, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sides, according to the weighi of the sanctuary, .")l \nd gave it to Aaron and his sons, accord- ing to the word that the Lord had commanded him. CHAP IV. Thr agr anil timr of th rt and bur- dens. \ ND the Lord s|„>ke to Moses md \aron, say- ■*» iag : 110 2 Take die sum of the sons of Caath from thr midst of the Levites, by their houses and families, 3 From thirtv yean old and upward, to fifty \ears old, of all that go in to stand and to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant. 4 This is the service of the sons of Caath: 5 When the camp is to set forward, Aaron and his sons shall go into the tabernacle of the cove- nant, and the holy of holies: and shall take down the veil that fuuigeth before the door, and shall wrap up the ark of the testimony in it; li And shall cover it again with a cover of violet skins, and shall spread over it a cloth all of violet, and shall put in the bars. 7 They shall wrap up also the table of proposi- tion in a cloth of violet, and shall put w if I i it the censers and iittle mortars, the cups and bowls to I>our out the libations: the loaves shall be always on it : 8 And they shall spread over it a cloth of scar- let, which again they shall cover with a covering of violet skills, and shall put in the bars. 9 They shall take also a cloth of violet w here- with they shall cover the candlestick with the lamps and loims thereof, and the suutVcrs. and all the oil vessels, which are necessary for the dp ing of the lamps ■ • 10 And over all they shall put a cover of violet skins, and put in the bars. 11 And they shall wrap up the golden altar also in a cloth of violet, and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins, anil put in the bars. 12 All the vessels w hen with they minister in the sanctuary, they shall wrap up in a cloth of v io let. and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins, and put in the bars. 13 They shall cleanse the altar also from the ashes, and shall Wrap it up in a purple cloth, 14 And shall put it with all the vessels that tin y use in the ministry thereof, that is to sa\. lire-pans, flesh-hooks and forks, pot-hooks and shovels. I'hcy shall cover all the vessels of the altar together with a covering of violet skins, and shall put in the bars. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have wrapped up the sanctuary and the vessels thereof at the re- moving of the Camp, then shall the sons of Caath enter in to carry the things wrapped Up: and they shall not touch the »i-mImi|' the sanctuan. lest the) die. These are the burdens of the sons of Caath : in the tabernacle of the covenant : 1(> And over them shall be Llea/ar the son of Aaron the priest, to whose charge pertaineth the oil, to dress the lamps, and the sweet incense, and the sacrifice, that is alwavs offered, and the oil of unction, and whatsoever pertaineth to the sen ice ot the tabernacle, and of all the v. ssels that are in the sanctuary. 17 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, savin- -. I!! IVstrov not the people of Caath from the midst of the Levites : 19 Hut do this to tin m, that they may live, and chap. v. not die, by touching the holies of holies. Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall appoint every man his work, and shall divide the burdens that every man is to carry. 20 Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up ; otherwise they shall die. 21 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 22 Take the sum of the sons of Gerson also by their houses and families and kindreds, 23 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old. Number them all that go in and minis- ter in the tabernacle of the covenant. 24 This is the office of the family of the Ger- sonites : 25 To carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the roof of the covenant the other covering, and the violet covering over all, and the hanging that hangeth in the entry of the tabernacle of the cove- nant, 26 The curtains of the court, and the veil in the entry that is before the tabernacle. All things that pertain to the altar, the cords, and the vessels of the ministry, 27 The sons of Gerson shall carry, by the com- mandment of Aaron and his sons : and each man shall know to what burden he must be assigned. 28 This is the service of the family of the Ger- sonites in the tabernacle of the covenant : and they shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 29 Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari also by the families and houses of their fathers, 30 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to the office of their minis- try, and to the service of the covenant of the testi- mony. 31 These are their burdens: They shall carry the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof, the pdlars and their sockets, 32 The pillars also of the court round about, \v ith their sockets and pins and cords. They shall receive by account all the vessels and furniture, and so shall carry them. 33 This is the office of the family of the Mera- ri tes, and their ministry in the tabernacle of the covenant : and they shall be under the hand of Itha- uvir the son of Aaron the priest. 34 So Moses and Aaron and the princes of the synagogue reckoned up the sons of Caath by their kindreds and the houses of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to the ministry of the taber- nacle of the covenant : 36 And they were found two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 This is the number of the people of Caath that go in to the tabernacle of the covenant : these did Moses and Aaron number according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 38 The sons of Gerson also were numbered by the kindreds and houses of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to minister in the taberna- cle of the covenant : 40 And they were found two thousand six hun- dred and thirty. 41 This is the people of the Gersonites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord. 42 The sons of Merari also were numbered by the kindreds and houses of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to fulfil the rites of the ta- bernacle of the covenant : 44 And they were found three thousand two hundred. 45 This is the number of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron reckoned up a'f ording to the commandment of the Lo-i "jj toe hand of Moses. 46 All that were reckoned up of the Levites, and whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Is- rael took by name, by the kindreds and houses of their fathers, 47 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, that go in to the ministry of the taberna- cle, and to carry the burdens, 48 Were in all eight thousand five hundred and eighty. 49 Moses reckoned them up according to the word of the Lord, every one according to their office and burdens, as the Lord had commanded him. CHAP. V. The unclean are removed out of the camp : confession of sins, and satisfaction : first-fruits and oblations belong to the priests : trial of jealousy. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying. 2 Command the children of Israel, that they cast out of the camp every leper, and whosoever hath an issue of seed.) or is defiled by the dead : 3 Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them out of the camp, lest they defile it when I shall dwell with you. 4 And the children of Israel did so : and they cast them forth without the camp, as the Lord had spoken to Moses. 5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 6 Say to the children of Israel : When a man or woman shall have committed any of all the sins that men are wont to commit, and by negligence shall have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and offended, 7 They shall confess their sin,* and restore the principal itself, and the fifth part over and above, ttf him against whom they have sinned. 8 But if there be no one to receive it, they shall give it to the Lord : and it shall be the priest's, besides the ram that is offered for expiation, to be an atoning sacrifice. 9 All the first-fruits also, which the children of Israel offer, belong to the priest : * Shall confess, £>-c. This confession .mil satisfaction, ordained in (Jin Old Law, was a figure of tlie s;ienimen( of penance. Ill M.MIll.liv 10 And whatsoever in offered into the sanctuary by even one. and is delivered into the Bands of the pri m, it shall be his. 1 1 Ami the Lord s|x>ke to Moses, saying: 12 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt sa) to them : The man whose wife shall have gonr astray, and contemning her husband, 13 Shall have slept with another man, and her husband cannot discover it, hut the adultery is se- cret, and cannot be proved by witn esses , because ■he was not found in the adultery : 1 I It' the spirit of jealousy* stir up the husband against his wile, who either is defiled, or is charged with false suspicion, 15 He shall brim: her to the priest, and shall olfi-r an oblation for her, the tenth part of a inca- Snre of barfej meal: be shall not pour oil thereon, nor put frankincense upon it : because it is a sacri- fice of jealousy, and an oblation searching out adultery. 16 The priest therefore shall offer it, and set it before the Lord. 17 And he shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and he shall cast a little earth of the pave- ment of the tabernacle into it. 18 And when the woman shall stand before the Lord, he shall uncover her head, and shall put on her hands the sacrifice of remembrance, and the oblation of jealousy : and he himself shall hold the most bitter waters, whereon he hath heaped curses with execration. 19 And he shall adjure her, and shall say: If another man hath not slept with thee, and if thou be not defiled by forsaking thy husband's bed. these most bitter waters, on which I have heaped curses, shall not hurt thee. 20 But if thou hast gone aside from thy hus- b and, and art defiled, and hast lain with another man : 21 These curses shall light upon thee: The Lord make thee a curse, and an example for all among bis people: may be make thy thigh to rot, and may thy tally swell and burst asunder. 22 Let the cursed waters enter into thy belly : and may thy womb swell and thy thigh rot. And the Woman shall answer. Amen. amen. J> And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall wash them out with the most bitter waters, upon which he hath heaped the curses, -'V And he shall give them her to drink. And w hen she hath drunk them up, I'he priest shall take from her hand the sa- crifice of jealousy, and shall elevate it before the I .< > d. and shall put it upon the altar : yet so as first, J»; To take a handful of the sacrifice of that which is offered, and burn it upon the altar: and so give the most bitter waters to the woman to drink. '7 And when she hath drunk them, if she be defiled, and bavin- despised her husband be guilty • TV c holy to the Lord. 9 Hut if any man die suddenly before him, the head of his consecration shall be defiled : and lie shall shave it forthwith on the same day of his pu- rification, and again the seventh day. 10 And um~hinf CHAP. Vll. pired, he shall bring him to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, 14 And shall offer his oblation to the Lord : one he-lamb of a year old without blemish for a holo- caust, and one ewe-lamb of a year old without ble- mish lor a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for a victim of peace-offering. 15 A basket also of unleavened bread ? tempered with oil, and wafers without leaven anointed with oil, and the ljbations of each : 16 And the priest shall present them before the Lord, and shall offer both the sin-offering and the holocaust. 17 But the ram he shall immolate for a sacrifice of peace-offering to the Lord, offering at the same time the basket of unleavened bread, and the liba- tions that are due by custom. 18 Then shall the hair of the consecration of the Nazarite, be shaved off before the door of the taber- nacle of the covenant : and he shall take his hair, and lay it upon the fire, which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; 19 And shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer ; and he shall deliver them into the hands of the Nazarite, after his head is shaven. 20 And receiving them again from him, he shall elevate them in the sight of the Lord: and they be- ing sanctified shall belong to the priest, as the breast, which was commanded to be separated, and the shoulder. After this the Nazarite may drink wine. 21 This is the law of the Nazarite, when he hath vowed his oblation to the Lord in the time of his consecration, besides those things which his hand shall find : according to that which he had vowed in his mind, so shall he do for the fulfilling of his sanctification. 22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23 Say to Aaron and his sons : Thus shall you bless the children of Israel, and you shall say to them : 24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. 25 The Lord show his face to thee, and have mercy on thee. 26 The Lord turn his countenance to thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they shall invoke my name upon the children of Israel ; and I will bless them. CHAP. VII. The offerings of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle : God speaketh to Moses from the propitiatory. \ ND it came to pass in the day that Moses had -^- finished the tabernacle, and set it up, and had anointed and sanctified it with all its vessels, the altar likewise and all the vessels thereof, 2 The princes of Israel and the heads of the families, in every tribe, who were the rulers of them who had been numbered, offered 3 Their gifts before the Lord, six waeons covered, and twelve oxen. Two princes offered one wagon, and each one an ox ; and they offered them before the tabernacle. p 4 And the Lord said to Moses : 5 Receive them from them to serve in the minis- try of the tabernacle : and thou shalt deliver them to the Levitesaccordingtqtheorderof their ministry. 6 Moses therefore receiving the wagons and the oxen, delivered them to the Levites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gerson, according to their necessity. 8 The other four wagons, and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their offices and service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9 But to the sons of Caath he gave no wagons or oxen : because they serve in the sanctuary, and carry their burdens upon their own shoulders. 10 And the princes offered for the dedication of the altar on the day when it was anointed, their oblation before the altar. 11 And the Lord said to Moses : Let each of tne princes one day after another offer their gifts for the dedication of the altar. 12 The first day Nahasson the son of Aminadab of the tribe of Juda offered his offering : 13 And his offering was a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides according to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice : 14 A little mortar of ten sides of gold full of incense : 15 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust : 16 And a buck-goat for sin : 17 And for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of a yeai old. This was the offering of Nahasson the son ol Aminadab. 18 The second day Nathanael the son of Suai ; , prince of the tribe of Issachar, made his offering, 19 A silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides, according to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice ; 20 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of incense : 21 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust : 22 And a buck-goat for sin : 23 And for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a year old. This was the offering of Nathanael the son of Suar. 24 The third day the prince of the sons of Zabu- lon, Eliab the son of Helon, 25 Offered a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides by the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tem- pered with oil for a sacrifice : 26 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of incense : 27 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust : 28 And a buck-goat for sin : 29 And for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two Ii3 MMIIKUS. oxen, five tains, fife bin k-goats, five Iambs of a year old. This i.s the oblation of I'.hab the son of ll< loo. 30 The fourth day the prince of the sons of Ru- ben. Elisur the xni of SedeiUi ■ <\ Offered ■ silver dish weighing one hundred ami thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides according to the weight <>f the sanctuary, both full of flow tempered with oil for a sacrifice: V little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of ineci S3 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of » year old, lor a holocaust : A ml a buck-goat for sin : tio And for victims of peace-offerings two 0X00, five rams, live buck-goals, live lambs of a year old. This was the offering of Elisur the son of Sedeur. 36 The fifth day the prince of the sous of Simeon, Salamiel the son of Surisaddai, 37 Offered a silver dish weighing one hundred and thin v sides, a silver bowl ol seventy sicles after the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tem- pt red with oil for a sacrifice : 38 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of iucense : 39 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust : 40 And a buck-goat for sin : 41 And fof sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a year old. This was the offering of Salamiel the son of Suri- saddai. •1 1 The sixth day the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Duel, 43 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty aidee, a silver bowl of seventy sides by the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered w ith oil for a sacrifice: 44 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of iucense : 45 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust : 46 And a buck-goat for sin : 47 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, live buck-goats, five lambs of a year old. This was the offering of Kliasaph the son of Duel. 48 The seventh day the prince of the sons of Ej hraim. Klisama the son of Ammiud, 40 Offered ■ silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sicles according to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered With oil for a sacrifice: 50 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of incense : 51 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of I rear old for a holocaust : 52 And a buck-coal for sin : 53 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, live buck-goats, five lambs of a year old. Tli!'. w as the offering of I'.lisamathe son of Ammiud. 64 The eighth day the prince of the sons oi Mi Basses, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur, 55 Offered a silver dish weighing ■ hundred and 114 thirty sicks, a silver bowl of seventy sides accord- ing to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of llour tempered with oil for a sacrifice : \ little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense : ■~>~i An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb ol a \ ear old for a holocaust : 58 And a buck-goat for sin : 59 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, live buck-goats, five lambs ol a year old. Thisw as i he offering ol 'Gamaliel the son of Phadassur 60 The ninth day the prince of the sons of Ben- jamin, Abidan the son of Gedeon, 61 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sicles, a silver bowl of seventy sicles by the weidit of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice: 62 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense : 63 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb ol a year old for a holocaust : 64 And a buck-goat for sin : 65 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gedeon. 66 The tenth day the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai. 67 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sicles, a silver bowl of seventy sicles, accord ing to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice : 68 A little mortar of gold weighing ten siclc» full of incense : 69 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb oi a year old for a holocaust : 70 And a buck-goat for sin : 71 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai. 72 The eleventh day the prince of the sons of Aser, Phegiel the son of Ochran. 73 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sicles, a silver bowl of seventy sicles accord- ing to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice : 74 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense : 75 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust : 76 And a buck-goat for sin : 77 And for sacrifices of peaec-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a year old. This was the offering of rhegiel the son of Ochran. 78 The twelfth day the prince of the sons of Nenhtali, Ahira the son of Knan, 79 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sicles according to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of floui tempered with oil for a sacrifice : 80 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles fid of incense : CHAP. VIII. 81 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a vear old for a holocaust : 82 And a buck-goat for sin : 83 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. 84 These were the offerings made by the princes of Israel in the dedication of the altar, in the day wherein it was consecrated. Twelve dishes of silver ; twelve silver bowls ; twelve little mortars of gold; 85 Each dish weighing a hundred and thirty sides of silver, and each bowl seventy sides: that is, putting all the vessels of silver together, two thousand four hundred sides, by the weight of the sanctuary. 86 Twelve little mortars of gold full of incense, weighing ten sides apiece by the weight of the sanctuary: that is, in all a hundred and twenty sides of gold. 87 Twelve oxen out of the herd for a holocaust, twelve rams, twelve lambs of a year old, and their 'ibations : twelve buck-goats for sin. 88 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, oxen twenty-four ? rams sixty, buck-goats sixty, lambs of a year old sixty. These things were offered in the dedication of the altar, when it was anointed. 89 And when Moses entered into the taberna- cle of the covenant to consult the oracle, he heard the voice of one speaking to him from the propi- tiatory that was over the ark between the two che- rubims, and from this place he spoke to him. CHAP. VIII. The seven lamps are placed on the golden candlestick, to shine towards the loaves of proposition ; the ordination of the Le- vites : and at what age they shall serve in the tabernacle. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 2 Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him When thou shalt place the seven lamps, let the candlestick be set up on the south side. Give or- ders therefore that the lamps look over against the north, towards the table of the loaves of proposi- tion ; over against that part shall they give light, towards which the candlestick looketh. 3 And Aaron did so, and he put the lamps upon the candlestick, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 4 Now this was the work of the candlestick : it was of beaten gold, both the shaft in the middle, and all that came out of both sides of the branches : according to the pattern which the Lord had shown to Moses, so he made the candlestick. 5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 6 Take the Levites out of the midst of the chil- dren of Israel, and thou shalt purify them, 7 According to this rite : Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification,* and let them shave all the hairs of their flesh. And when they shall have washed their garments, and are cleansed, * Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification. This was the holv water mixed with tha ashes of th« red cow, Mvmb six. appbint- 8 They shall take an ox of the herd, and for the offering thereof fine flour tempered with oil : and thou shalt take another ox or the herd for a sin- offering : 9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel : 10 And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them : 1 1 And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may serve in his ministry. 12 The Levites also shall put their hands upon the heads of the oxen, of which thou shalt sacri- fice one for sin. and the other for a holocaust of the Lord, to pray for them. 13 And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord ; 14 And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine. 15 And afterward they shall enter into the ta- bernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an obla- tion to the Lord : for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel. 16 I have taken them instead of the first-born that open every womb in Israel, 17 For all the first-born of the children of Is- rael, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every first-born in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself : i8 And I have taken the Levites for all the first- born of the children of Israel: 19 And I have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve • me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to ap- proach unto my sanctuary. 20 And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude of the children of Israel did with the Levites all that the Lord had commanded Moses : 21 And they were purified, and washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lord, and prayed for them, 22 That being purified they might go into the tabernacle of the covenant to do their services before Aaron and his sons. As the Lord had com- manded Moses touching the Levites, so was it done. 23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving : 24 This is the law of the Levites : From twen- ty-five years old and upwards, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant. 25 And when they shall have accomplished th3 fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve : 26 And they shall be the ministers of their bre- thren in the tabernacle of the covenant, to keep tho ed for purifying all that were unclean, it was a figure of the blood oj Christ applied to our bouh> bvhis holy gacrameuts. 115 M.MHKKS. tilings that are committed to their care, but not to do tlic works. Tims shall thou order tin: l-<> it«^. teaching their charge. CHAP. IV The prrtrpl if the patch is renewed: the unclean and trarellert an re it the tecond month : the camp is guided by the pillar of the cloud. riMlK Lord s|Kike to Moses in 'the desert of Si- -■- nai, the second year after they were eonie out of tin- land of Egypt* "i the first month, saving: 2 Lei tin: children of Israel make the phase* in its due time, 3 The fourteenth day of this month in the i in-, according to all the ceremonies and justifica- tions thereof. \ \nd .Moses commanded the children of Israel that they should make the phase. 5 And they made it in its proper time: the four- teenth d:i\ of the month at evening, in mount Sinai. The children of Israel did according to all things that the Lord had commanded Mom -. 6 But behold, some who were unclean by occa- sion of the soul of a man,t who could not make the phase on that day, coming to Moses and Aaron, I Said to them: We are unclean by occasion of the soul of a man. Why are we kept back that we may not offer in its season the offering to the Lord among the children of Israel? 8 And Moses answered them : Stay that I may consult the Lord what he will ordain concernim: YOU. 9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 10 Say to the children of Israel: The man that shall he unclean l>\ occasion of one that is .lead, or shall he in a journey afar off in your nation, let him make the phase to the Lord. II In the second month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, they shall eat it with Unleavened bread and wild lettuce : 12 They shall not leave any thing thereof until morning, nor break a bone thereof; they shall ob- serve all the ceremonies of the phase. 13 But if any man is clean, and was not on a journey, and did not make the phase, that soul shall l>e cut off from among his people, because he offered not sacrifice to the Lord in due season: he shall bear his sin. 14 The sojourner also, and the stranger if they be anion- you, shall make the phase to the Lord according to the ceremonies and justifications there- of. The same ordinance shall he with you both for the stranger, and for him that was horn hi the land. 15 Now on the day that the tabernacle was n ared up, a cloud covei rd it. Mut from the even- in- there was o\er the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire until the morning. 16 So it was always: by day the cloud coveted it, and by nighl as it were the appearance of tin . * M'kt thi flute. That i», keep tl*> pcuwlml tolemmty, and eat the rvw.hal lamb. ' kUktld, tome tcko urn untUt* ftjf ttmtion of tin MtJ of m man, let. 116 17 And when the cloud that covered the talier- nade was taken up. then the children of Israel marched forward: and in the place where the cloud stood still, there they camped. 18 At the commandment of the Lord they marched, and at his commandment the] pitched the tabernacle. All the d.ays that the cloud abode over the tabernacle, they remained in the same place • 19 And if it was so that it continued over it a Ion:; time, the children of Israel kept the watches of the Lord, and marched not, 20 For as many days soever as the cloud staid OVei the tabernacle. At the commandment of the Lord they pitched their tents, and at his command- ment they took them down. 21 If the cloud tarried from evening until morn- ing, and immediately at break of day left the ta- bernacle, they marched forward: and if it departed after a day and a night, they took down their tents. 22 But if it remained over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a longer time, the children of Israel remained in the same place, and marched not : but immediately as soon as it departed, they removed the camp. 23 By the word of the Lord they pitched their 'cuts, and by his word they marchea : and kept tiie watches of the Lord according to his com- mandment by the hand of Moses. CHAP. X. The silver trumpet* and their u*e. They march from Sinai. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saving : 2 Make thee two trumpets of beaten silver, \\ herewith thou mayst call together the multitude when the camp is to be removed. 3 And when thou shalt sound the trumpets, all the multitude shall gather unto thee to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant. 4 If thou sound but once, the princes and the heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to thee. 5 But if the sound of the trumpets be longer and w it h interruptions, they that are on the east side, shall first go forward. 6 And at the second sounding and like noise of the trumpet, they who lie on the south side shall take up their tents. And after this manner shall the rest do, when the trumpets shall sound for a march. 7 But when the people is to be gathered to- ut 'titer, the sound of the trumpets shall l>e plain, and they shall not make a broken sound. 8 And the sons of Aaron the priests shall sound the trumpets: and this shall be an ordinance for ever in your generations. 9 If you go forth to war out of your land against the enemies that fighl against pott, you shall sound aloud with the trumpets, and there shall lie a re- membrance of yon before the Lord \our(iod, hat yOU may be delivered out of the hands of your enemies. That i». by having touched or come near a dead body, out of wlnck the wml waadcpai CHAP XI. 10 If at any time you shall have a banquet, and on your festival days, and on the first days of your months, you shall sound the trumpets over the ho- locausts, and the sacrifices of peace-offerings, that they may be to you for a remembrance of your God. 1 am the Lord your God. 1 1 The second year, in the second month, the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the covenant. 12 And the children of Israel marched by their troops from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan. 13 And the first went forward according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 14 The sons of Juda by their troops : whose prince was Nahasson the son of Aminadab. 15 In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince was Nathanael the son of Suar. 16 In the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Eliab die son of Helon. 17 And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gerson and Merari set forward, bearing it. 18 And the sons of Ruben also marched, by their troops and ranks, whose prince was Elisur the son of Sedeur. 19 And in the tribe of Simeon, the prince was Salamiel the son of Surisaddai. 20 And in the tribe of Gad, the prince was Eliasaph the son of Duel. 21 Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till thev came to the place of setting it up. 22 The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp by their troops, in whose army the prince was Eli- sama the son of Ammiud. 23 And in the tribe of the sons of Manasses, the prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur. 24 And in the tribe of Benjamin, the prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon. 25 The last of all the camp marched the sons of Dan by their troops, in whose army the prince was Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai. 26 And in the tribe of the sons of Aser, the prince was Phegiel the son of Ochran. 27 And in the tribe of the sons of Nephtali, the prince was Ahira the son of Enan. 28 This was the order of the camps and marches of the children of Israel by their troops, when they set forward. 29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel .he Madianite, his kinsman : We are going towards *he place which the Lord will give us : come with us, that we may do thee good : for the Lord hath promised good things to Israel. 30 But he answered him : I will not go with thee, but I will return to mj country, wherein I was born. 31 And he said : Do not leave us : for thou * The burning. Hebrew, Taberah. T A mixt multitude. These were people that came with them out of Egypt, who were not of the race of Israel : who, by their murmuring-, drew also the children of Israel to murmur: this should teach us the knowest in what places we should encamp in tlie wilderness, and thou shalt be our guide. 32 And if thou comest with us, we will ghe thee what is the best of the riches, which the Lord shall deliver to us. 33 So they marched from the mount of the Lord three days' journey, and the ark of the covenant if the Lord went before them, for three days providing a place for the camp. 34 The cloud also of the Lord was over them by day when they marched. 35 And when the ark was lifted up, Moses said : Arise, O Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee, flee from before thy face. 36 And when it was set down, he said : Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the host of Israel : CHAP. XL The people murmur, and are punished with fire. God appoint eth seventy ancients for assistants to Moses. They prophesy. The people have their fill of flesh, but forthwith many die of the plague. IN the mean time there arose a murmuring of the people against the Lord, as it were repining at their fatigue. And when the Lord heard it he was angry. And the fire of the Lord being kindled against them, devoured them that were at the utter- most part of the camp. 2 And when the people cried to Moses, Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was swallowed up. 3 And he called the name of that place, The burning :* for that the fire of the Lord had been kindled against them. 4 For a mixt multitude f of people, that came. up with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping, the children of Israel also being joined with them, and said : Who shall give us flesh to eat ? 5 We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt free- cost : the cucumbers come into our mind, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic. 6 Our soul is dry, our eyes behold nothing else but manna. 7 Now the manna was like coriander-seed, of the colour of bdellium. J 8 And the people went about, and gathering it, ground it in a mill, or beat it in a mortar, and boil- ed it in a pot, and made cakes thereof of the taste of bread tempered with oil. 9 And when the dew fell in the night upon the camp, the manna also fell with it. 10 Now Moses heard the people weeping by their families, every one at the door of his tent. And the wrath of the Lord was exceedingly en- kindled : to Moses also the thing seemed insup- portable. 1 1 And he said to the Lord : Why hast thou afflicted thy servant ? wherefore do I not find favour before thee ? and why hast thou laid the weight of all this people upon me? danger of associating ourselves with the children of £gypt, that is, with the lovers and admirers of this wicked world. I Bdellium. Bdellium, according to Pliny, 1. 21. c. 9. was of the colour of a man's nail, white and bright. 117 MMBERS. 12 Hare I conceived all this multitude, or be- gotten them, that thou shouldst say to me: Cam them in thy baton as the nurse is wont to carry the little infant, ami Ixar thetJ intn (he laud, for which thou hasi bwoth to their lath. 13 Whence should I have lath tOghrt to so great I multitude: they weep against me, saying: Give us Beth that we may eat. 14 I am not able alone to bear all this people, because it is too heavy lor me. 15 But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech thee to kill me, and let me find grace in thy eyes, that I be not afflicted with so great evils. 16 And the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto me seventy men* of the ancients of Israel, whom thou knowest to he ancients and masters of the people and thou shalt bring them to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and shalt make them stand there with thee, 17 That I may come down and speak with tine: and I will take of thy spirit, and will give to them, that they may bear with thee the burden of the people, and thou mavst not be burdened alone. 18 And thou shaft say to the people : Be ye sanc- tified : to-morrow you shall eat flesh: for I have heard you say: Who will give us flesh to eat ? it was well with us in Egypt. That the Lord may give you flesh, and you may eat : 19 Not for one day, nor two, nor five, nor ten, no nor for twenty. 20 But even for a month of days, till it come out at your nostrils, and become loathsome to you, be- cause you have cast off the Lord, who is in the midst of you, and have wept before him, saying: Why came we out of Egypt ? 21 And Moses said: There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and sayest thou: 1 will give then flesh to eat a whole month ? 22 Shall then a multitude of sheep and oxen be killed, that it may suffice for their food? or' shall the fishes of the sea be gathered together to fill them ? 23 And the Loid answered him: Is the hand of the Lord unable ? Thou shalt presently see whether my word shall come to pass or no. 24 Moses therefore came, and told the people the words of the Lord; and assembled se\enty men of the ancients of Israel, and made them to stand about the tabernacle* 25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, taking away of the spirit that was in Moses, and giving to the seventy men. And when the spirit had retted OB them, they prophe- sied: nor did they cease afterward. 26 Now there remained in the camp two of the men, of whom one was called Eldad, and the Other • Seventy ma. This wai the first institution of the council or senate, i the S mk ii ri m , consisting ofsercnty or seventy-two senators or counsellor*. t TV frmttfhut; or the sepulchres of concupiscence : to called rrotntlw.r irregular desire of flesh. In Hebrew. Ktbrotti Htllmmak. J KtMopUn. Sephora the wife of Moses was of Madian, winch bor- dered upon the land of Chus or Ethiopia i and then fore she is ceiled IM Mi dad, ii|K>n whom the spirit rested : for they also had been enrolled, but were not gone forth to the tabernacle. 27 And when they prophesied in the camp, there ran a WMtJtj man, and told Motetj rajing. Eldad and Medad prophesy in the camp. 28 Forthwith Josoethe son of Nun. the minister of Moses, and chosen out of many, said: My lord Muses, forbid them. 29 But he said : Why hast thou emulation for me ?0 that all the people might 1 prophesy, and that the Lord would give them his spirit? 30 And Moses returned with the ancients of Israel, into the camp. 31 And a wind going out from the Lord, taking quails up beyond the sea, brought them, and cast them into the camp for the space of one day's jour- ney, on every side of the camp round about: and they flew in the air two cubits high above the ground. 32 The people therefore rising up all that day, and night, and the next day, gathered together of quails, he that did least, ten cores: and they dried them round about the camp. 33 As yet the flesh was between their leeth, neither had that kind of meat tailed : w hen behold, the wrath of the Lord being provoked against the people, struck them with an exceeding great plague. 34 And that place was called The graves of lust:f for there they buried the people that had lusted. And departins from The graves of lust, they came unto Hasemth, and abode there. CHAP. XII. Mary and Aaron murmur against Moses, whom God praisetk above other prophet t. Mary being struck irith leprosy, Aaron confesseth his fault. Mosrsprayeth for Acr, and after seven days separation from the camp, she is restored. AND Mary and Aaron spoke tgainst Motet, be- cause of his wife the Ethiopian,! 2 And thej said: Hath the Lord spoken by Motet only? hath he not also spoken to us in like manner? And when the Lord heard this, 3 (For Moses w as a man exceeding meek$ above all men that dwelt upon earth) 4 Immediately be spoke to him, and to Aaron and Mary : Come out you three only to the taberna- cle of the covenant. And when they were come out, 5 The Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the entry of the tabernacle, calling to Aaron and Mary. And when they were come, 6 He said to them : Hear my words : II there be anions: you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream. 7 But it is not so with my servant Moses, who is most faithful in all my house : an Ethiopian : where note, that the Ethiopia here spoken of is not that of Africa, but that of Arabia. k Exceeding meek. Moses beine the meekest of men, would not icintiiid for himself; therefore God inspired him to write here his own defence: and the Holy Spiiit, whose dictate he sTI obliged him to declare the truth, though it was to much to bis own praise. CHAP. XIII. 3 For I speak to him mouth to mouth: and plainly, and not by riddles and figures, doth he see the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak ill of my servant Moses ? 9 And being angry with them he went away : 10 The cloud also that was over the tabernacle departed: and behold, Mary appeared white as snow with a leprosy. And when Aaron had looked on her, and saw her all covered with leprosy, 1 1 He said to Moses : I beseech thee, my lord, lay not upon us this sin, which we have foolishly committed: 12 Let her not be as one dead, and as an abor- tive that is cast forth from the mother's womb. Lo, now one half of her flesh is consumed^ with the leprosy. 13 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying : OGod, I beseech thee, heal her. 14 And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon her face, ought she not to -have been ashamed for seven days at least ? Let her be separated seven days without the camp ; and after- ward she shall be called again. 15 Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days: and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again. CHAP. XIII. The twelve spies are sent to view the land. The relation they make of it. AND the people marched from Haseroth, and pitched their tents in the desert of Pharan. 2 And there the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 3 Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children of Israel, one of every tribe, of the rulers. 4 Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these : 5 Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of Zechur. 6 Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Huri. 7 Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone. 8 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 9 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Osee the son of Nun. 10 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu. 1 1 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Geddiel the son of Sodi. 12 Of the tribe of Joseph, of the sceptre of Ma- luisses, Gaddi the son of Susi. 13 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Ge- malli. 14 Of the tribe of Aser, Sthur the son of Michael. 15 Of the tribe of Nephtali, Nahabi the son of Vapsi. 16 Of the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi. 17 These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to view the land : and he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue. * Spoke ill, SfC, land of promise, discouraged the Israelites from attempting 1 i. quest of it, were a figure of worldlings, who, by decrying or These men, who by their misrepresentations of the he con- 18 And Moses sent them to view the land ol Chanaan, and said to them : Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains, 19 View the land, of what sort it is; and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak ; few in number or many : 20 The land itself, whether it be good or bad what manner of cities, walled or without walls ; 21 The ground, fat or barren, woody or without trees. Be of good courage, and bring us of the fruits of the land. Now it was the time when the first ripe grapes are fit to be eaten. 22 And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath. 23 And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt. 24 And going forward as far as the torrent of the cluster of grapes, they cut off* a branch with its cluster of grapes, which two men carried upon a lever. They took also of the pomegranates and of the figs of that place : 25 Which was called Nehelescol, that is to say, The torrent of the cluster of grapes, because from thence the children of Israel had carried a cluster of grapes. 26 And they that went to spy out the land re- turned after forty days, having gone round all ihe country, 27 And came to Moses and Aaron and to all the assembly of the children of Israel, to the desert of Pharan, which is in Cades. And speaking to them and to all the multitude, they showed them the fruits of the land : 28 And they related and said : We came into the land to which thou sentest us, which in very deed floweth with milk and honey, as may be known by these fruits : 29 But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac. 30 Amalec dwelleth in the south ; the Hethite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite in the moun- tains : but the Chanaanite abideth by the sea, and near the streams of the Jordan. 31 In the mean time Caleb, to still the murmur- ing of the people that rose against Moses, said : Let us go up and possess the land, for we shall be able to conquer it. 32 But the others, that had been with him, said : No, we are not able to go up to this people, because they are stronger than we. 33 And they spoke ill* of the land, which they had viewed, before the children of Israel, saying : The land, which we have viewed, devoureth its inhabitants : the people, that we beheld, are of a tall stature. presenting truedevotion, discourage Christians from seeking in earnest and acquiring so great a good, and thereby securing to themselves a happy eternitv 119 NUMBERS. 34 There we saw certain monsters of fa sons of Enae, of the cant-kind : in comparison of whom \\ i seemed like locusts. CHAP. XIV. The people murmur. God threatrneth to destroy them. He is appeased by Motet, yet to at to exclude the murmurert from entering the promised land. The authors of the tedition are stn.i k dead. 1 he rat, going to fight against the will of God, are beaten. Ti I 1 •: li EFORE the whole multitude crying wept thai night 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Mums in. I A. iron, saying: 3 Would God that we had died in Egypt : and would Got! we may die in this vast wilderness, and that the Lord may not bring us into this land, lest we tall l>\ ilie sword, and our wives and children be led an ay captives. Is it not better to return into Egynt ? 4 Ami they said one to another: Let us appoint a captain, and let us return into Egypt. 5 And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell down flat upon the ground before the multitude of the children of Israel. o" But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephone. who themselves also had viewed the land, rent tneir garments, 7 And said to all the multitude of the children of Israel : The land which we have gone round is very good : 8 If the Lord be favourable, he w ill bring us into it, and give us a land flowing with milk and honey. 9 Be not rebellious against the Lord: and fear ye not the people of this land, for we are able to eat them up as bread. All aid is gone from them: the Lord is with us; fear ye not. 10 And when all the multitude cried out, and would have stoned them, the glory of the Lord ap- peared over the tabei the children of Israel 11 And the Lord said to Moses: How long will this people detract me ? how long will they not be- lieve me for all the signs that I have wrought before them ? 12 I will strike them therefore with pestilence, and will consume them: but thee I will make a ruler over a great nation, and a mightier than this is. 13 And Moses said to the Lord : That the Egyptian** ' rom the midst of whom thou hast brought forth this people, 14 And the inhabitants of this land, (who have heard that thou, O Lord, art among this people, and art teen face to face, and thy cloud protecteth them, and thou goest before them in a pillar of a cloud b] day. and in a pillar of fire by night,) May hear that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it were one man, and may say : 16 He could not bring the people into the land for which be bad sworn; therefore did he kill them in the wilderness. • CUmr, i. e. whodeaerrea punishment, f 3UU fear yew- JtmUmtitn. That it, ahall bear the puni 130 .the el peared over the tabernacle of the covenant to all 17 Let then the strength of the Lord be mag niiied, as thou hast sworn, saying: lb The Lord is patient and lull of mercy , taking away 'iniquity and wickedness, and leering DO man clear,* who \ isitcst the sins ol the lathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Forgive, I beseech thee, the sins of this peo- ple, according to the greatness of thy mercy, a? thou hast been merciful to them from their going out of Egypt unto this place. 20 And the Lord said: 1 have fe y gi fea according to thy word. 21 As 1 live : and the whole earth shall Ik> fill« d with the glory of the Lord. 22 But vet all the men that have seen mv ma- jesty, and the signs that I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now ten times, and have not obeyed my voice, 23 Shall not see the land for which I swore to their fathers: neither shall any one of them that hath detracted me, behold it. 24 My servant Caleb, who being full of another spirit hath followed me, I will bring into this land which he hath gone round: and his seed shall pos- sess it. 25 For the Amalecite and the Chanaanite dwell in the valleys. To-morrow remove the camp, and return into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. 26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying : 27 How long doth this wicked multitude mur- mur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. 28 Say therefore to them : As I live, saith the Lord : According as you have spoken in my bear- ing, so will I do to you. 29 In the wilderness shall your carcasses lie. All you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, and have murmured against me, 30 Shall not enter into the land. o\er which I lifted up my hand to make you dwell therein, ex- cept Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun. 31 But your children, of whom you said, that they should be a prey to the enemies, will 1 bring in : that they may see the laud which you have de- spised. 32 Your carcasses shall lie in the wilderness. 33 Your children shall wander in the desert forty years, and shall bear your fornication. f until the carcasses of their fathers be consumed in die desert, 34 According to the number of the forty dare, wherein you viewed the land: a year shall be counted for a day. And forty yean ran shaH re- ceive your iniquities, and shall know mv rew-nge: 35 For as I have spoken, so will I 00 to all this Wicked multitude, that hath ristn up together against DM : in this wilderness shall it faint away and die. iiinr Hi.lotaltY to God, which in the aenpture language ii here called t of a fornication, iu a spiritual na n , CHAP. XV. 36 Therefore all (he men, whom Moses had sent to view the land, an 1 who at their return had made the whole multitude to murmur against him, speak- ng ill of the land, that it was naught, 37 Died, and were struck in the sight of the Lord. 38 But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephone lived, of all of them that had gone to view the land. 39 And Moses spoke all these words to all the mildren of Israel; and the people mourned exceed- ingly. 40 And behold, rising up very early in the morn- ing, they went up to the top of the mountain, and said : YVe are ready to go up to the place of which the Lord hath spoken: for we have sinned. 41 And Moses said to them: Why transgress you the word of the Lord, which shall not succeed prosperously with you ? 42 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you : lest you fall before your enemies. 43 The Amalecite and the Chanaanite are be- fore you ; and by their sword you shall fall ; because you would not consent to the Lord : neither will the Lord be with you. 44 But they being blinded, went up to the top of the mountain. But the ark of the testament of the Lord and Moses departed not from the camp. 45 And the Amalecite came down, and the Chanaanite that dwelt in the mountain: and smiting and slaying them, pursued them as far as Horma. CHAP. XV. Certain laws concerning sacrifices. Sabbath-breaking is pun- ished with death. The law of fringes on their garments. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall be come into the land of your habitation, which I will give you, 3 And shall make an offering to the Lord for a ho- locaust, or a victim, paying your vows, or volunta- rily offering gifts, or in your solemnities burning a sweet savour unto the Lord, of oxen or of sheep : 4 Whosoever immolateth the victim, shall offer a sacrifice of fine flour, the tenth part of an ephi, tempered with the fourth part of a hin of oil : 5 And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the vic- tim. For every lamb, 6 And for every ram there shall be a sacrifice of flour of two tenths, which shall be tempered with a third part of a hin of oil : 7 And he shall offer the third part of the same measure of wine for the libation, for a sweet savour to the Lord. 8 But when thou offerest a holocaust or sacrifice of oxen, to fulfil thy vow, or for victims of peace- offerings, 9 Thou shalt give for every ox three tenths of flour tempered with half a hin of oil, 10 And wine for libations of the same measure, for an offering of most sweet savour to the Lord. 1 1 Thus shalt thou do: 12 For every ox and ram and lamb and kid. 13 Both they that are born in the land, and the strangers, 14 Shall offer sacrifices after the same rirc. 15 There shall be all one law and judgment both for you and for them who are strangers in the land. 16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 17 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them : 18 When you are come into the land which I will give you, 19 And shall eat of the bread of that country, you shall separate first-fruits to the Lord, 20 Of the things you eat. As you separate first-fruits of your barn-floors: 21 So also shall you give first-fruits of your dougli to the Lord. 22 And if through ignorance you omit any of these things, which the Lord hath spoken to Moses, 23 And by him hath commanded you, from the day that he began to command and thence forward, 24 And the multitude have forgotten to do it , they shall offer a calf out of the herd, a holocaust for a most sweet savour to the Lord, and the sa- crifice and libations thereof, as the ceremonies re- quire, and a buck-goat for sin: 25 And the priest shall pray for all the multitude of the children of Israel: and it shall be forgiven them, because they sinned ignorantly, offering not- withstanding a burnt-offering to the Lord for them- selves and for their sin and their ignorance: 26 And it shall be forgiven all the people of the children of Israel, and the strangers that sojourn among them : because it is the fault of all the peo- ple through ignorance. 27 But if one soul shall sin ignorantly, he shall offer a she-goat of a year old for his sin : 28 And the priest shall pray for him, because ne sinned ignorantly before the Lord : and he snail obtain his pardon, and it shall be forgiven him. 29 The same law shall be for all that sin by ig- norance, whether they be natives or strangers. 30 But the soul that committeth any thing through pride, whether he be born in the land or a stranger, (because he hath been rebellious against the Lord) shall be cut off from among his people : 31 For he hath contemned the word of the Lord, and made void his precept: therefore shall he be destroyed, and shall bear his iniquity. 32 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and had found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath-day, 33 That they brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole multitude. 34 And they put him into prison, not knowing what they should; do with him. 35 And the Lord said to Moses : Let that man die: let all the multitude stone him without the camp. 36 And when they had brought him out, they stoned him; and he died as the Lord had com- manded. 121 Nl MUCKS. 37 The Lord ;i!so said to \l 38 Speak, to the children of Israel, and thou shalt t.-ll them, to make to themselves fringes* in the corners <>f their garments, potting in them ribands of blue: " 39 That when they shall see them, they may re- member all the commandments of the Lord, and not follow t In ir own thoughts and eves going astra\ alter divers things, 4<» But rather being mindful of the precepts of the Lord, may do them, and be holy to their (iod. 4] lam the Lord your (iod, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that 1 might be your God. CHAP. XVI. The ichism of Core and hi* adherents : their punishmint. AND behold, Core the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Ahi- ron the sons of Kliab, and Hon the son of Pheleth, of the children of Ruben, 2 Rose Dpi against Moses, and rrith them two hundred and fifty others of the children of Israel, leading men of the synagogue, and who in the time of assembly were called by name. 3 And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it he enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is- among them: why lift you up your- selves above the people of the Lord? 4 When Moses heard this, he fell flat on his face : 5 And speaking to Core and all the multitude, he said : In the morning the Lord w ill make known who belong to him, and the holy he w ill join to himself: and whom he shall choose, they shall ap- proach to him. 6 Do this therefore: Take every man of you your censers, thou Core, and all thy company. 7 And putting fire in them to-morrow, put in- cense upon it before the Lord : and whomsoever he shall choose, the same shall be holy: you take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 8 And he said again to Core : Hear, ye sons of Levi : 9 Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from all the people, and joined you to himself, that you should serve him in the sen ke of the tabernacle, and should stand before the congregation of the people, and .should minister to him ; 10 Did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren the sons of Levi to approach unto him, that you should challenge to yourselves the priest- hood also. 1 1 And that all thy company should stand against the Lord ? for what is Aaron that you murmur against him? * Fringes. The Pharisees enlarged theie fringes through hvpo- . Malt, xxiii. v. to appear more zealous than other men for' the law nf <;.»!. f Rut up. The crime of these men, which was punished in so re- markable a manner, was that of schism, and of rebellion against the authority established by Oud in the church ; and their pretending to 1 H 12 Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Ahirou tin- sons of Eliab. But thej sasjwered: We will not come. 1) Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that How rd with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us? 14 Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that lloweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards ; wilt thou also pull out our eyes - We will not come. I") Moses therefore being ven angry,} said to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou know est that I ha\e not taken of thein so much as a young ;is- at any time, nor have injured any of them. 16 And he said to Core: Do thou and thy con- gregation stand apart lie fore the Lord to-morrow. and Aaron apart. 17 Take every one of you censers, and put in- Oeasa upon them, offering to the Lord two hundred and fifty censers: Let Aaron also hold his censer. 18 When they had done this, Moses and Aaron standing, 19 And had drawn Dp all the multitude against them to the door of the tabernacle, the glory of the Lord appeared to them all. 20 And the Lord speaking toMoses and Aaron, said: 21 Separate yourselves from among this congre- gation, that I may presently destroy them. 22 They fell flat on their face, and said : O most mighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh, for one man's sin shall thy wrath rage against all? 23 And the Lord said to Moses : 24 Command the w hole people tosenarate them- selves from the tents of Core and Dathan and Abiron. 25 And Moses arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron: and the ancients <>! brad following him, 26 He said to the multitude: Depart from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be involved in their sins. 27 And when they were departed from their tents round about, Dathan and Abiron coming out stood in the entry of their pavilions with their wives and children, and all the People. 28 And Moses said : l>\ this \ou shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all things that \oii and that I have not forged them of my iihii head : 29 If these men die the common death of men. and if they lie visited with a nlague, wherewith others also are wont to be visited, the Lord did not send me : 30 But if the Lord do a new thing, and the earth opening her mouth swallow them down, and all things, that belong to them, and they go down alive into hell, you shall know that they ha\e blas- phemed the Lord. the priesthood without being lawfully called and tent: the same is the case of all modern sectaries. ) Vtr% angry. This anger was a xeal against sin : and an imlifrnation at the affront offered to God : like that which the same holj prophet conceived upon the sight of the golden calf, Ex*4 xxxii. IB. CHAP. VIII. 31 And immediately as he had made an end of speaking, the earth hroke asunder under their feet : 32 And opening her mouth, devoured them with their tents and all their substance. S3 And they went down alive into hell, the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people. 34 But all Israel, that was standing round about, fled at the cry of them that were perishing, saying : Lest perhaps the earth swallow us up also. 35 And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense. 36 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 37 Command Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers that lie in the burning, and to scatter the fire of one side and the other : because they are sanctified 38 In the deaths of the sinners : and let him beat them into plates, and fasten them to the altar, be- cause incense hath been offered in them to the Lord, and they are sanctified, that the children of Israel may see them for a sign and a memorial. 39 Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen cen- sers, wherein they had offered, whom the burning fire had devoured, and beat them into plates, fasten- ing them to the altar : 40 That the children of Israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished, that no stranger or any one that is not of the seed of Aaron should come near to offer incense to the Lord ; lest he should suffer as Core suffered, and all his congregation, according as the Lord spoke to Moses. 41 The following day all the multitude of the chil- dren of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying : You have killed the people of the Lord. 42 And when there arose a sedition, and the tu- mult increased, 43 Moses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when they were gone into it, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 44 And the Lord said to Moses: 45 Get you out from the midst of this multitude ; this moment will I destroy them. And as they were lying on the ground, 46 Moses said to Aaron : Take the censer, and putting fire in it from the altar, put incense upon it, and go quickly to the people to pray for them : for already wrath is gone out from the Lord, and the plague rageth. 47 When Aaron had done this, and had run to the midst of the multitude which the burning fire was now destroying, he offered the incense : 48 And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people; and the plague ceased. 49 And the number of them that were slain was fourteen thousand and seven hundred men, besides them that had perished in the sedition of Core. 50 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of * T7ie rod of Aaron for the hov.se of Levi, was budded. Sec. This rod of Aaron which thus miraculously brought forth fruit, was a figure of the blessed virgin conceiving and bringing forth her Son without anv prejudice to her virginity. the tabernacle of the covenant after the destruction was over. CHAP. XVII. The priesthood is confirmed to Aaron by the miracle of (he blooming of his rod, which is kept for a monument in tht tabernacle. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take ol every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon his rod. 3 And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi; and one rod shall contain all their families: 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee. 5 Whomsoever of these I shall choose, his rod shall blossom : and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, where- with they murmur against you. 6 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel : and all the princes gave him rods one for every tribe : and there were twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron. 7 And when Moses had laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony : 8 He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded r* and that the buds swelling it had bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds. 9 Moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Israel : and they saw and every one received their rods. 10 And the Lord said to Moses : Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept there for a token of the rebel- lious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die. 1 1 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded. 12 And the children of Israel said to Moses : Be- hold, we are consumed, we all perish. 13 Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed ? CHAP. XVIII. The charge of the priests, and of the Levites, and their portion AND the Lord said to Aaron : Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary :f and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the sins of your priest- hood. 2 And take with thee thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, and the sceptre of thy father : and let them be ready at hand, and minister to thee : but thou and thy sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony. 3 And the Levites shall watch to do thy com- f Thou and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanc- tuary. That is, you shall be punished, if, through negligence or want of due attention, you err in the discharge of the sacred functions for which vou were ordained. ••J NTMBKHS. mamis. and about all tin- works of the tabernacle : only toey shall not come nidi die vessels of the saneinan, nor the aliar, l« >t both tin > (lit", and you also perish w iih them. I iint let them be mth thee, and watch in the charge of the tabernacle, and in all the eewmoaiea thereof. A stranger shall not join himself with you. .') Watch ye in the chaise of the sanctuary, and in the ministry of the altar: lest indignation rise Upon the children of Israel. 6 I have given you your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel ; and have de- livered them for a gift to the Lord, to serve in the ministries of die tabernacle. 7 But thou and thy sons look ye to the priest- hood : and all things that pertain to the service of the altar, and that are within the veil, shall lie exe- cuted hy the priests. If any stranger shall approach, he shall be -lain. 8 And the Lord said to Aaron : Behold. I have given thee the charge of my first-fruits. All things that are sanctified by the children of Israel, I have delivered to thee and to thy sons for the priestly office, bj everlasting ordinances. 9 These therefore shalt thou take of the things that are sanctified, and are offered to the Lord. Every offering, and sacrifice, and whatsoever is ren- dered to me tor sin and for trespass, and becometh holy of holies, shall be for thee and thy sons. 10 Thou shalt eat it in the sanctuary : the males only shall eat thereof, because it is a consecrated thing. I I But the first-fruits, which the children of Israel shall vow and offer, I have given to thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters, by a perpetual law. He that is clean in thy house, shall eat them. « 12 All the best of the oil, and of the wine, and of the corn, whatsoever first-fruits they offer to the Lord, I have given them to thee. 13 All the first ripe of the fruits, that the ground bringeth forth, and which are brought to the Lord, shall be for thy use : he that is clean in thy house, shall eat them. 14 Every thing that the children of Israel shall give by vow, shall be thine. 15 Whatsoever is first-born of all flesh, which they offer to the Lord, whether it be of men, or of beasts, shall belong to thee : only for the first-born of man thou shalt take a price ; and every beast that is unclean thou shalt cause to lie redeemed : 16 And the redemption of it shall be after one month, for i\\i x sides of silver, by the weight of the sanctuary. A side hath twenty obols. 17 But the firstling of a cow, and of a sheep, and of a goat, thou shalt not cause to be redeemed, be- cause they are sanctified to the Lord. Their blood only thou shalt pour U|>on the altar: and t lit ir fat thou shalt bum lor a mosi sweel odour to the Lord. * .1 cntnant »f nit It i« a proverbial expression, signifying a cove- nant not to be altered or corrupted ; mi salt is used to keep thing* fr..m corruption : ft covenant perpetual, like that by which it wu ap- pointed that aftlt should be used in every sacrifice. Ltrit. ii. f DfJl* sin. That it tin which will bring- death after it 1:1 18 But the flesh shall fall to thy use, as the con- secrated breast, and the ridu shoulder, shall be thine. Id All the first-fruits of the sanctuary which the children of Israel offer to the Lord, 1 ha\e given to thee and to thy sons and daughters, bj a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt foe c\< riii tore tin Lord, to thee and to thy sons. 20 And the Lord said to Aaron: You shall |>os- sess nothing in their land ; neither shall you haw ,-» portion among them : 1 am thy portion and inherit- ance in the midst of the children of Israel. ~\ Ami I have dven to the sons of Levi all the tithes of Israel for a possession, for the ministry wherewith they SCTVe me in the tabernacle of the covenant : 22 That the children of Israel may not approach any more to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin.f 23 But only the sons of Levi may serve me in the tabernacle, and bear the sins of the people. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in your genera- tions. They shall not possess any other thing. 24 But be content with the oblation or tithes, which I have separated for their uses tod necessities. 25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving: 26 Command the Levitts, and declare unto them : When you shall receive of the children of Israel the tithes, which I have given you, offer the first-fruits of them to the Lord, that is to say, the tenth part of the tenth : 27 That it may be reckoned to you as an obla tion of first-fruits, as well of the barn-floors as ol the wine presses : 28 Ana of all the things of which vou receive tithes, offer the first-fruits to the Lord, and give them to Aaron the priest 29 All the things that you shall offer of the tithes, and shall separate for the gifts of the Lord, shall be the best and choicest things. 30 And thou shalt say to them: If you offer all the goodly and the better things of the tithes, it shall lie reckoned to VOU as if von had given the first- fruits of the barn-floOf and the wine press : 31 And you shall eat them in all your places, both you and your families: because it is your re- ward for the ministry, when with you serve in the tabernacle of the testimony. 3^2 And you shall not sin in this point, bv re serving the choicest and fat things to voiitm |\ leal you profane the oblations of the children of Is- rael, and die. (HAP. XIV The law of the sacrifice qf the red coir, and the tealer of ex- piation. ANDthe Lord spoke toMoses mikI Aaron. sa\ ing: 2 This is the observance of the victim, which the Lord hath ordained. Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto tin e a red cowf of \ And cow, 4-c Tim red cow, offered in sacrifice for «in, am) ■ siiinrd witli fire without the ramp, with the ashes of wlnili, nnii(rUx? with water, the unclean wen tab) I and purified ; was a furiin. of the passion oft linM, by whose precious blood, applied to our »ol1» in the holy sacraments, we are cleansed from our sins. CHAP. XX. full age, in which there is no blemish, and which hath not carried the yoke : 3 And you shall deliver her to Eleazar the priest, who shall bring her forth without the camp, and shall immolate her in the sight of all : 4 And dipping his finger in her blood, shall (sprinkle it over-against the door of the tabernacle seven times; 5 And shall burn her in the sight of all, deliver- ing up to the fire her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, and her dung. 6 The priest shall also take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet twice dyed, and cast it into the fla me, with which the cow is consumed. 7 And then after washing his garments and body, he shall enter into the camp, and shall be unclean until the evening. 8 He also that hath burned her, shall wash his garments and his body, and shall be unclean until the evening. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the cow, and shall pour them forth with- out the camp in a most clean place, that they may be reserved for the multitude of the children of Is- rael, and for a water of aspersion : because the cow was burnt for sin. 10 And when he that carried the ashes of the cow, hath washed his garments, he shall be unclean until the evening. The children of Israel, and the strangers that dwell among them, shall observe this for a holy thing by a perpetual ordinance. 1 1 He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore unclean seven days, 12 Shall be sprinkled with this water on the third day, and on the seventh, and so shall be cleansed. If he were not sprinkled on the third day, he cannot be cleansed on the seventh. 13 Every one that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is not sprinkled with this mixture, shall profane the tabernacle of the Lord, and shall perish out of Israel : because he was not sprinkled with the wa- ter of expiation, he shall be unclean, and his un- cleanness shall remain upon him. 14 This is the law of a man that dieth in a tent : All that go into his tent, and all the vessels that are there, shall be unclean seven days. 15 The vessel that hath no cover, nor binding over it, shall be unclean. 16 If any man in the field touch the corpse of a man that was slain, or that died of himself, or his bone, or his grave, he shall be unclean seven days. 17 And they shall take of the ashes of the burn- ing and of the sin-offering, and shall pour living waters upon them into a vessel. 18 And a man that is clean shall dip hyssop in ihem, and shall sprinkle therewith all the tent, and all the furniture, and the men that are defiled with touching any such thing: 19 And in this manner he that is clean shall pu- rity the unclean on the third and on the seventh day. And being expiated the seventh day, he shall wash both himself and his garments, and be unclean until the evening. 20 If any man be not expiated after this rite, his soul shall perish out of the midst of the church: because he hath profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, and was not sprinkled with the water of pu- rification. 21 This precept shall be an ordinance for ever. He also that sprinklcth the water, shall wash his garments. Every one that shall touch the waters of expiation, shall be unclean until the evening. 22 Whatsoever a person toucheth who is unclean, he shall make it unclean: and the person that toucheth any of these things, shall be unclean until the evening. CHAP. XX. The death of Mary the sister of Moses. The people murut/r for want of water: God giveth it them from the rock. The death of Aaron. A ND the children of Israel, and all the multi- -^*- tude came into the desert of Sin, in the first month : and the people abode in Cades. And Mary died there, and was buried in the same place. 2 And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron: 3 And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord. 4 Why have you brought out the church of the Lord into the wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die ? 5 Why have you made us come up out of Egypt, and have brought us into this wretched place, which cannot be sowed, nor bringeth forth figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink ? 6 And Moses and Aaron, leaving the multitude, went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and fell flat upon the ground, and cried to the Lord, and said : O Lord God, hear the cry of this people, and open to them thy treasure a fountain of living wa- ter, that being satisfied, they may cease to murmur. And the glory of the Lord appeared over them. 7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : 8 Take the rod, and assemble the people to- gether, thou and Aaron thy brother ; and speak to the rock before them, and it shall yield waters. And when thou hast brought forth water out of the rock, all the multitude and their cattle shall drink. 9 Moses therefore took the rod which was before the Lord, as he had commanded him, 10 And having gathered together the multitude before the rock, he said to them : Hear, ye rebel- lious and incredulous : Can we bring you forth wa- ter out of this rock ? 11 And when Moses had lifted up his hand, and struck the rock* twice with the rod, there came forth water in great abundance, so that the people and their cattle drank. 12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Be cause you have not believedf me, to sanctify me * The rock. This rock was a figure of Christ, and the water that is sued out from the rock, of his precious blood, the source of all our good, f You have not belieeed, fyc. The fault of Moses and Aaron on thi» 125 NUMBERS. before the children of Israel, you shall not bring these people into the land which I will give them. 13 This is the Water of contradiction,* where the children of I>ra.l strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. 1 V In the mean time, Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, to say: Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou know est all the la- bour that hath come upon us: 15 In what manner our fathers went down into Egypt, and there we dwelt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us, and our fathers : lb' And how we cried to the Lord, and he heard us. and sent an angel, who hath brought us out of Eg7pt< Lo, we are now in the city of Cades, which is in the uttermost of thy borders: 17 And we beseech thee that we may have leave to pass through thy country. We will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards; we will not drink the waters of thy wells; but we will go by the common highway, neither turning aside to the right hand, nor to the left, till we are past thy border. 1 8 And Edom answered them : Thou shalt not pass by me: ifthou dost, I will come out armed against tnee. 19 And the children of Israel said: We will go by the beaten way : and if we and our -cattle drink of thy waters, we will give thee what is just : there shall be no difficulty in the price, only let us pass speedily. 20 But he answered : Thou shalt not pass. And immediately he came forth to meet them with an infinite multitude, and a strong hand: 21 Neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them passage through his borders. Where- fore Israel turned another way from him. 22 And when they had removed the camp from Cades, they came to mount Uor, which is in the borders of the land of Edom : Where the Lord spoke to Moses; Let Aaron, saith he, goto his people: for he shall not go into the land which I have gfven the children of Israel, because he was incredulous to my words, ;it the waters of contradiction 25 Take Aaron and his son with him, and bring them up into mount Hor: 26 And when thou hast stripped the father of his vesture, thou shalt vest therewith Klcazar his son : Aaron shall be gathered to liis people, and die there. 27 Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went up into mount Hor, before all themultitude. 28 And when he had stript Aaron of his vest- ments, he vested Hlea/.ar his son with them. 29 And Aaron being dead in the top of the mountain, he came down with Elea/.ar. occasion, iu a certain diffidence mod weakliest of faith ; not doubting «r» power or veracity; but api n h< ruling the unworthiness of that rebellious and incredulous people, and the r e fo re (peaking with • Tkt tTmlrr o/ nmhtilir (r>«, or irryV Hehrcw. Mrrioak. ! Anthem: That u, a thing devoted in tiller destruction. Ver* Hgkt food. '!«<) Ike heavenly manna : thus, world. Ini^i loath the thing* of heaven, for which they bar* no relish. tea 30 And all the multitude seeing that Aaron wan dead, mourned for him thirty days throughout all their famili CUM'. \\l. King .trail it overrttmr. Thf people murmur, and arr vnn- ishnl with .firry trrpent* ; they urr h> alnl lip the brazen sir- pent. They coni/uer the king* Sehon and Og. \ ND when king Arad the Chanaanite, who -Cf- dwelt toward the south, had heard this, to wit, that Israel was come bv the way of the spies, he fought agaiflSt them, and Overcoming them car- ried oil' their spoils. 2 But Israel binding himself by vow to the Lord, said : Ifthou wilt deliver this people into my hand, I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the Lord heard the prayers of Israel, and delivered up the Chanaanite: and they cut them off, and destroyed their cities : and tbej called the name of that place Horma, that is to say, Anathema. t 4 And they marched from mount Hor, by the wa\ that leadeth to the Red Sea. to compass the land of Edom. And the people began to be wcarv of their journey and labour: 5 And speaking against God and Moses, they said : Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness ? There is no bread, nor nave we any waters : our soul now loatheth this very light food.t 6 Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents,^ which bit them, and killed many of them. 7 Upon which they came to Moses, and said . We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord anil thee: pray that he may take away these serpents from us. And Moses prayed for tin- people : 8 And the Lord said to him: Make a bra/en serpent, and set it up for a sign : whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live. 9 Moses therefore made a brazen serpent, || and set it up for a sign : which when they that w bitten looked upon, they were healed. 10 And the children of Israel setting forwards camped in Oboth. I I And departing thence, they pitched their rents in Jeabarim, in the wilderness, that faccth Moab tow ard tin eatt. 12 And removing from thence, they came to the torrent Zand : 13 Which they left and encamped over -acainsl Anion, which is in the desert, and Standetfa Mil in the borders of the Ainorrhite. For Anion is tin- border of Moab, dividing the Moahites and the Amorrhites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the warsl I ftfff urptntt. They are to called, because tliey tLat were bin. <• by them were burnt with a violent heat || .1 kroten prrprnt. Thi» was a 6gnre of Christ crucified, and ot the efficacy of a lively faith in him, against the bites of the hrlli«h M-riieril. John lii 14. 1 The book of Ike trtrt, tr*. An ancient book, which, like several others quoted in scripture, has I CHAP. XXII. of the Lord : As he did in the Red Sea, so will he do in the streams of Anion. 15 The rocks of the torrents were bowed down that they might rest in Ar, and lie down in the bor- ders of the Moabites. 16 When they went from that place, the well ap- peared, whereof the Lord said to Moses: Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 Then Israel sung this song: Let the well spring up. They sung thereto : 18 The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staves. And they marched from the wilderness to Mathana. 19 From Mathana unto Nahaliel ; from Nata- lie] unto Bamoth. 20 From Bamoth is a valley in the country of Moab, to the top of Phasga, which looketh towards the desert. 21 And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, saying : 22 I beseech thee that I may have leave to pass through thy land: we will not go aside into the fields or the vineyards ; we will not drink waters of the wells: we will go the king's highway, till we be past thy borders. 23 And he would not grant that Israel should pass by his borders : but rather gathering an army, went forth to meet them in the desert, and came to Jasa, and fought against them. 24 And he was slain by them with the edge of the sword: and they possessed his land from the Arson unto the Jeboc, and to the confines of the children of Atiimon : for the borders of the Ammon- ites were kept with a strong garrison. 25 So Israel took all his cities, and dwelt in the cities of the Amorrhite, to wit, in Hesebon, and in the villages thereof. 26 Hesebon was the city of Sehon, the king of the Amorrhites, who fought against the king of Moab, and took all the land, that had been ol his dominions, as far as the Arnon. 27 Therefore it is said in the proverb : Come into Hesebon ; let the city of Sehon be built and set up : 28 A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from the city of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the high places of the Anion. 29 Wo to thee, Moab : thou art undone, O peo- ple of Chamos. He hath given his sons to flight, and his daughters into captivity to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites. 30 Their yoke is perished from Hesebon unto Hilton: they came weary to Nophe, and unto Medaba. 31 So Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorrhite. 32 And Moses sent some to take a view of Ja- zer : and they took the villages of it, and conquered the inhabitants. 33 And they turned themselves, and went up by the way of Basan : and Og the king of Basan, came against them with all his people, to fight in Edrai. 34 And the Lord said to Moses : Fear him not, for I have delivered him and all his people, and his country into thy hand : and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites, the inhabitant of Hesebon. 35 So they slew him also with his sons, and all his people, not letting any one escape : and they possessed his land. CHAP. XXII. Balac king of Moab, tendeth twice for Balaam to curse IsraeL In his way Balaam is rebuked by an angel. \ ND they went forward, and encamped in the -^*- plains of Moab, over against where Jericho is situate beyond the Jordan. 2 And Balac the son of Sephor seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorrhite, 3 And that the Moabites were in great fear of him, and were not able to sustain his assault. 4 He said to the elders of Madian: So will this people destroy all that dwell in our borders, as the ox is wont to eat the grass to the very roots. Now he was at that time king in Moab. 5 He sent therefore messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, a soothsayer, who dwelt by the river of the land of the children of Amnion, to call him, and to say : Behold, a people is come out of Egypt, that hath covered the face of the earth, sitting over against me. 6 Come therefore, and curse this people, because it is mightier than I; if by any means I may beat them and drive them out of my land : for I know, that he whom thou shalt bless is blessed ; and he whom thou shalt curse is cursed. 7 And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian went with the price of divination in their hands. And when they were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of Balac : 8 He answered : Tarry here this night, and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him : 9 What mean these men that are with thee ? 10 He answered : Balac the son of Sephor king of the Moabites hath sent to me, 1 1 Saying : Behold, a people that is come out of Egypt, hath covered the face of the land : come and curse them, if by any means I may fight with them and drive them away. 12 And God said to Balaam : Thou shalt not go with them, nor shalt thou curse the people : because it is blessed. 13 And he rose in the morning, and said to the princes : Go into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you. 14 The princes returning, said to Balac : Balaam would not come with us. 15 Then he sent many more and more noble than he had sent before : 16 Who, when they were come to Balaam, said : Thus saith Balac the son of Sephor : Delay not to come to me : . 17 For I am readv to honour thee, and will give NUMBERS. thee whatsoever thou wilt: come and curse this people. 18 Balaam aaswurod: If Balac would rive ma his house lull of >il\rr and sold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to sj>eak either more or less. 19 I pray you to May* here this night also, that 1 may know what the Lord will answer nie once morn. 20 God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: If these men become toeallthee. arise and go with them: yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee. 21 Balaam arose in the morning; and saddling his ass, went with them. 22 And God was angry. And an Angel of the Lord stood in the way against Balaam, who sat on the ass. and had two servants with him. I'lir aiaaasBM the Angel standing in the way, with a drawn sword, turned herself out of the wa\ . and went into the field. And when Balaam heat bar. and had a mind to bring her again to the way, J I The Ansel stood in a narrow place between two walls, wherewith the vineyards were enclosed. 25 And the ass wniag him, thrust herself close to the wall, and bruised the foot of the rider. But he beat her again : 26 And nevertheless the Angel going on to a narrow place, where there was no way to turn aside either to the right hand or to the left, stood to meet him. 11 And when the ass saw the Angel standing, she fell under the feet of the rider; who being angry, beaf her sides more vehemently with a Staff. 28 And the Lord opined the motithf of the BIS; and she said : What have I done to thee ? w hy strikes! thou me, lo, now this third time ? 29 Balaam answered: Because thou hast deser- ve. l it, and hast served me ill: I would 1 had asword that I might kill thee. .'30 The ass said: Am not I thv beast, on which thou hast been always accustomed to ride until this present day? tell me if 1 ever did the like thing to thee. But he said : Never. 31 Forthwith the Lord opened the eyes of Ba- laam ; and he saw the Ansel Standing in the way with a drawn sword : and he worshipped him, ,;, "~ ins flat on the ground. 32 And the Angel said to him : Why beatestthou thy ass these three times'' I am come to withstand thee, because thy way is aatvefae, % and contrary to me : 33 And unless the ass had fumed out of the way. si\ ins place to me who stood against thee, 1 had slain thee, and she should ha\e lived. Balaam said : I have tinned] not knowing that • T» •*€>. I lis Hrsinn* them to May, after he had been fully in- formed already that it M nut find 1 * will h«* •honlil po, ramc from the imtinalion he hail to gratify Il.il-.ir for the »ak«> of w-nrMlv rain. Ami this perrerae disposition God puni -ti. .1 l>\ |K:rmitting lnin to Z'> (though not to rune the people as he would wilungty baredooe) tod Mflns .ii? him to fall (till deeper and deeper into*m, till kc BUM at last to give that abominable counsel again** the people of God, which ended LSI thou dist stand asainst me : and now if it displease thee that 1 so, I w ill return. 35 The Allgel said : Go w ith these men. and see thou speak no other thins than what I shall com- mand thee. He went therefore with the princt 36 And when Balac heard it, he came forth to meet him in a town of the Moalntes, that is situate in the uttermost borders of Anion. 37 And he said to Balaam: 1 sent messengers to call thee, why didst thou not come immediately to DM? was it because 1 am not able to reward thy coming ? ;>;'. He answered him: Lo, here I am: s'lall I have power to speak any other thing but that w hub God shall put in my mouth ? 39 So they went on together, and came into a city, thai was in the uttermost borders of his kingdom. 40 And when Balac had killed oven and sheep, he sent presents to Balaam, and to the princes that wt i. w ith him. 41 And when mornins was come, be brought him to the high places of Baal : and he beheld the uttermost part of the people. CHAP. XXIII. Balaam instead of cursing Israel, is obliged to blest them, ami prophesy good things of them. AND Balaam said to Balac : Build me bore seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams. 2 And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon i n i ii altar. 3 And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt-offering, until ] go, lo see if perhaps the Lord will meet me; and whatsoever he shall com- mand, I will speak to thee. 4 And when he was gone with speed. Gfld tint him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: 1 have ereeied seven altars, and have laid on every one a calf and a ram. 5 And the Lord put the word in bis mouth, and said : Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. 6 Returning he found Balac standing h\ liishurut- oftrrins. with all the princes of the .Moahites : 7 And taking up bis parable, he said : Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east ■ ( ome. s;dd he, and curse Jacob: make haste and detesl Israel. ,'! How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed ' By what means should 1 detest him, w horn the Lord detesteth not } :» I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned anions the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know- in hit own destruction. So tad a thing it it to indulge ■ pas-ion for money. f Oprnt4 the mmUk, fyt. The Angel moved the tonpue of the a... to utter ih-se speeches, to rebuke, by the mouth of a brute beast, the inrv and folly of Iialaam. rat. Because thy mi-lmaiiona are wicked, in bcinp willing for the sake of gain to cane the people of whom I am the guardian. CHAP. XXIV. ihe number of the stock of Israel ? Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end belike to them. 1 1 Aud Balac said to Balaam : What is that thou doest ? I sent for thee to curse my enemies : and thou contrariwise blessest them. 12 He answered him : Can I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth ? 13 Balac therefore said : Come with me to an- other place from whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see them all: curse them from thence. 14 And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam budt seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram, 15 He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt- offering while I go to meet him. 16 And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him. 17 Returning he found him standing by his burnt- sacrifice, and the princes of the Moabites with him. And Balac said to him : What hath the Lord spoken ? 18 But he taking up his parable, said : Stand, O Balac, and give ear : hear, thou son of Sephor : 19 God is not as a man, that he should lie, nor as the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath be said then, and will he not do ? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil ? 20 I was brought to bless ; the blessing I am not able, to hinder. ' 21 There is no idol in Jacob, neither is there an image-god to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him ; and the sound of the victory of the kins in him. '11 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like t^ the rhinoceros. 23 There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divina- tion in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought. 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 25 And Balac said to Balaam : Neither curse, nor bless him. 26 And he said: Did I not tell thee, that what- soever God should command me, that I would do? 27 And Balac said to him : Come, and 1 will bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence. 28 And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness, 29 Balaam said to him: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams. 30 Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar, a calf and a ram. CHAP. XXIV. Balaam still continues to prophesy good things in favour of Israel. \ ND when Balaam saw. that it pleased the Lord - ii - tliat he should bless Israel, he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting Ins face towards the desert, 2 And lifting up bis eyes, he saw Israel abiding in their tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God rushing upon him, 3 He took up his parable, and said : Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye is stopped up : 4 The hearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened : 5 How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel ! 6 As woody valleys, as watered gardens neav the rivers, as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the water-side. 7 Water shall flow out of bis bucket, and his seed shall be into many waters. For Agag shall his king be removed, and his kingdom shall be taken away. 8 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. They shall de- vour the nations that are his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with arrows. 9 Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee, shall be reckoned accursed. 10 And Balac being angry against Balaam, clap- ped his hands together, and said: I called thee to curse my enemies; and thou on the contrary hast blessed them three times. 11 Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly to honour thee, but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for thee. 12 Balaam made answer to Balac : Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me : 13 If Balac would give me his house full of sil- ver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter any thing of my own head, either good or evil; but whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will speak ? 14 But yet going to my people, I will give thee counsel, what thy people shall do to this people in the latter days. 15 Therefore taking up his parable, again he said : Balaam the son of Beor hath said : The man whose eye is stopped up, hath said : 16 The hearer of the words of God hath said, who knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the visions of the Almighty, who falling hath his eyes opened : 17 1 shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A star shall rise out of Ja- cob, and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel ; and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth. 18 And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall come to their enemies : but Israel shall do manfully. 19 Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule, and shall destroy the remains of the city. 20 And when he saw Amalec, he took up his 139 M MBLRS. parable, and said : Amalec the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall !»<• destroyed. 21 lie saw also the ("mill •, ami look up his pa- rable, and said: Tbi habitation indeed is strong: but though thou build thy Best in a rock, \nd thou Ik- chosen of the stock Of (in, hou long shall thou Ih> able to continue? For A vmh shall take thee captive. \ml taking up his parable again, be said : Alas, who shall live when God shall do these things? JV They shall eotne in galleys from Italy; they shall overcome the Assyrians, and shall waste the Hebrews: and at the last the\ theinsi hes also shall perish. 25 And Balaam rose, and returned to hi* place : Balac also returned the wa\ that he came. CHAP. XXV. The pfopli fall info fnmicdti'in and idolatry ; far which twenty- four thoiurmd are slain. Tkr MM of I'him i *. AND Israel at that time abode in Settim : and the people committed fornication with the daughters of Moab, Z Who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate <>J' thtni. and adored their sods. 3 And Isnncl was initialed to Beelphugor :* uikmi which the Lord being angry, ■\ Said to Moses : Take all the princes of the people, and bans them up on gibbet! against the sun : that mv fury may be turned awaj from Israel, 5 And Moses said to tUe judges of Israel : Let every man kill bis neighbours, that have been initia- ted to Ueelphezor. 6 And behold, one of the children of Israel went in before his brethren to a harlot of Madian, in the sidit of .Moses. ;in(l of all the children of Israel, WOO were Weeping before the door of the tabernacle. 7 And when Phinees the sou of Llca/.ar the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up from the midst of the multitude; and taking a danger, 8 Went in alter the Israelite into the brothel- house, and thrust l>oth of them through together, to wit the man and the woman in the genital parts. And the scOUfgfl ceased from the children of Israel. 9 And there were slain four and twenty thousand men. 10 And the Lord said to Moses : 11 I'hinees the sou of Llea/ar the son of Aaron the nriest bath turned away jnv wrath from the chiluren of Israel: because he was moved with my ■eel against them, that I myself might not destroj the children of Israel in my zeal. 12 Therefore say to him : Behold, I give him the peace pf my covenant : 13 And the covenant of the priest hood for ever shall be both to him and his seed; because he hath been zealous forhiaGod, and hath made atonement for the wickedness of the children of Israel. 14 And the name of the Israelite, that was slain • InitUUi m Bulfiufr. That n, they took to the wor»hip of Beel- piMffor, anobaceneidolor the Moabite*. ant were conaacraled, iu it tire to him 130 with the Woman of Madian, was Zambri the son of Salu, a prince ol the kindred and tnU ol Sim on. 1") And the Madianite woman, that was slain with him was called ( o/.bi the daughter ol Stir, a most noble prince among the Madiau'm 16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, savins: 17 Let the Madianitcs find you their enemies, ami slav you them : 18 Because they also have acted like enemies against you, and bare guilefully deceived you by the idol Phogor, and Co/.bi their sister a daughter of a prince of Madian, who was slain in the day of the plague for the sacrilege of Phogor. CHAP. XXVI. Thep'nple are again numbered by thrir tribe* and fumi/ir*. A 1'TKU the blood of the guilty was shed, the -£*• Lord said to Moses and to Elea/ar the son of Aaron, the priest : 2 Number the whole sum of the children of Israi I from twenty years old and upward, In their houses and kindreds, all that are able to go forth to war. .'$ Moses therefore and Klea/.ar the priest, being in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan over against Jericho, spoke to them that were 4 From twenty years old and upward; as the Lord had commanded: audtfaisistbenumbefofihem: 5 Ruben the fust-bom of Israel. His sons ,rere Henoch, of whom is the family of the Ilenochites ; and Phallu, of whom is the family of the Pballuhes: 6 And Hesron, of whom t.s the family of the Hi »* ronites: and Charmi, of whom is the i'amil) of the Charinitcs. 7 These are the families of the stink of Huben : whose nnmbei was found to be forty- three thousand, seven hundred ami thirty, t 8 The sou of Phallu WOS Kliab. 9 His sous, wert Namuel and Dathan and Abi- ron. These are Dathan and Abiron the princes of the people, that rose against Moses and Aaron in the sedition of Core, when they rebelled against the Lord: •10 And the earth opening her mouth swallowed up Core, many other* dying, when the fire burned two hundred and fifty men. And there was a great miracle wrought, 1 1 That when ( Ore perished, his sons did not perish. 12 The sons of Simeon l>\ their kindreds: Na- muel, of him is the family of the Namuelitcs : .Ia- mbi, of him is the family of the Jaminhes; Jacbin, of him is the family of the JacbJnites : 13 Zare, of him is the faniih of the Zarites: Saul, of him is the famih of the Sauliti 1 V These are the families of the stock of Simeon, of which the whole number was twenty-two thou- sand two hundred. 16 The sons of Gad by their kindreds : Sephon, of him is the family of the Sephonhi \ i. of him is the family of the A^gites: Suni, of him is the family of the Sunites : If! ()/ni, a possession given to them with the rest 63 This is the Bomber of the children of Israel, that were enrolled by Moses and Eleazar the priest, in the plains of Moah upon the Jordan over against Jerieho. 64 Among whom there was not one of them that were numbered before by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai. 86 I'or the Lord had foretold that the] should all die in the wilderness. And none remained of them, but Caleb the sou of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun. CHAP. XXVII. The law nf inheritance. Josue it appointed to snccrrd M THEN came the daughters of Salphaad, the son of Hepher, the son of Galaad, the son of Maehir, the sou of Manasses, who was the son of Joseph: and their names are, Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Meleha, and Thersa. 2 And they stood before Moses and Elcazar the priest, and all the princes of the people at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and said: 3 Our father died in the desert, and was not in the sedition, that was raised against the Lord under Core; but he died in his own sin: and he had no male children. Why is his name taken away out of his family, because he had no son? Give us a possession among the kinsmen of our father. 4 And Moses referred their cause to the judg- ment of the Lord. 5 And live Lord said to him : 6 The daughters of Salphaad demand a just thing: give them a possession among their fathers kindred, and let them sneered him in his inheritance. 7 And to the children of Israel thou shalt speak these things : 8 When a man dieth without a son, his inheri- tance shall pass to his daughter. 9 If he have no daughter, his brethren shall suc- ceed him. 10 And if he have no brethren, you shall give the inheritance to his lather's brethren. 11 But if he have no uncles by the father, the inheritance shall be liven to them that are the next akin. And this shall be to the children of Israel sacred bv a peipeUml law, as the Lord hath com- manded Moses. \1 The Lord also said to Moses: Go up into this mountain Aharim, and view from thence the land which I will rive to the children of Israel. 13 And when thou shalt have Been it, thou also ■hall zo to thy people* as thv brother Aaron is tone : 14 Because you offended me in the desert of Sin in the contradiction of the multitude, neither would you sanctify me before them at the waters. These are the waters of contradiction in Cades of the de- sert of hill. 132 15 And Moses answered him: 16 May the Lord the Ood of the SpMtJ of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude: 17 And may j;o out and in before them, and may lead them out, or bring them in : lest the people ol the Lord be as sheep without a shepherd. 18 And the Lord said to him: 'Take .lostie (he son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and put thy hand upon him. 19 And he shall stand before Eleazar the |ir'n -t and all the multitude : 20 And thou shalt give him precepts in the si^lit of all, and part of th\ glory, that all the rongrega* lion of the children of Israel ma] hear him. 21 If any thin^ Ik- to !>c done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord for him. He ami all the children of Israel With him, and the rest of the multitude shall gp OUt and go in at his word. 11 Moses did as the Lord had commanded. And when he had taken Josue, he set him before Elea- zar the priest, and all the assembly ol the people. 23 And laying his hands on his head, he repeated all things that the Lord had commanded. (HAP. XXVIII. SaerifUet are appointed as trrll for irrry day as for sabbaths, and otkrr ft ftivnh. THE TiOrd also said to Moses: 2 Command the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them : Offer ye my oblation and m> bread, and bin. it-sacrifice of most sweet odour, in llieir due seasons. 3 These are the sacrifices which you shall offer' Two lambs of a year old without blemish every day for the perpetual holocaust : 4 One you shall offer in the morning, and the other in the evening : 5 And the tenth part of an ephi of flour, which shall be tempered with the purest oil, of the measure of the fourth part of a bin. 6 It is the continual holocaust which you offered in mount Sinai for a most sweet odour of a sacri- fice by fire to the Lord. 7 And for a libation you shall offer of wine tbe fourth part of a bin for every lamb in the sanctuary of the Lord. 8 And you shall- offer the other lamb in like manner in the evening according to all the rites of the morning sacrifice, and of the libations thereof, an oblation of most sweet odour to the Lord. 9 And on the sabbath-day, you shall offer two lambs of a \ ear old Without blemish, and two tenths of flour tempered with oil in sacrifice, and the liba- tions 10 Which regularly are poured out every sab- bath forthc perpetual holocaust. 11 And on the first day of the month yon shall ofler a holocaust to the "Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram. and seven lambs, of B year old, w ithoul blemish, 12 And three tenths of flour temp er ed with oil in sacrifice forever] calf: and two tenths of flour tern pert d w ith oil for every ram : CHAP. XXIX. !3 And the tenth of a tenth of flour tempered with oil in sacrifice for every lamb. It is a holo- caust of most sweet odour and an offering by fire to the Lord. _ • 14 And these shall be the libations of wine that are to l>e poured out for every victim: Half a hin for every calf, a third for a ram, and a fourth for a lamb. This shall be the holocaust for every month, as they succeed one another in the course of the year. 15 A buck-goat also shall be offered to the Lord for a sin-offering, over and above the perpetual ho- locaust with its libations. 16 And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month shall be the phase of the Lord, 17 And on the fifteenth day the solemn feast: seven days shall they eat unleavened bread. 18 And the first day of them shall be venerable and holy: you shall not do any servile work therein. 19 Ana you shall offer a burnt-sacrifice a holo- caust to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old, without blemish : 20 And for the sacrifices of every one three tenths of flour which shall be tempered with oil, to every calf, and two tenths to every ram, 21 And the tenth of a tenth to every Iamb; that is to say, to all the seven lambs: 22 And one buck-goat for sin, to make atone- ment for you, 23 Besides the morning holocaust which you shall always offer. 24 So shall you do every day of the seven days for the food of the fire, and for a most sweet odour to the Lord, which shall rise from the holocaust, and from the libations of each. 25 The seventh day also shall be most solemn and holy unto you : you shall do no servile work therein. 26 The day also of first-fruits, when after the weeks are accomplished, you shall offer new fruits to the Lord, shall be venerable and holy: you shall do no servile work therein. 27 And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish : 28 And in the sacrifices of them three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf, two to every ram, 29 The tenth of a tenth to every lamb, which in all are seven lambs : a goat also 30 Which is slain for expiation: beside the per- petual holocaust and the libations thereof. 31 Yon shall offer them all without blemish with their libations. CHAP. XXIX. Sacrifice* for the festivals of the seventh month. '"PHE first day also of the seventh month shall be - 1 - venerable and holy unto you ; you shall do no servile work therein, because it is the day of the sounding and of trumpets. 2 And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish : 3 And for their sacrifices, three tenths of flour tem- pered with oil to every calf, two tenths to a ram: 4 One tenth to a Iamb, which in all are seven lambs: 5 And a buck-goat for sin, which is offered for the expiation of trie people, 6 Besides the holocaust of the first day of the month with the sacrifices thereof, and the perpetual holocaust with the accustomed libations. With the same ceremonies you shall offer a burnt sacrifice for a most sweet odour to the Lord. 7 The tenth day also of this seventh month shall be holy and venerable unto you, and you shall afflict your souls: you shall do no servile work therein. 8 And you shall offer a holocaust to the Lord for a most sweet odour, one calf of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish : 9 And for their sacrifices, three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf, two tenths to a ram, 10 The tenth of a tenth to every lamb, which are in all seven lambs: 11 And a buck-goat for sin, besides the things that are wont to be offered for sin, for expiation, and for the perpetual holocaust, with their sacrifice and libations. 12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, which shall be unto you holy and venerable, you shall do no servile work, but shall celebrate a so- lemnity to the Lord seven days. 18 And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, thirteen calves of the herd, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, with- out blemish : 14 And for their libations three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf, being in all thirteen calves: and two tenths to each ram, being two rams, 15 And the tenth of a tenth to every lamb, being in all fourteen Iambs : 16 And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpe- tual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. 17 On the second day you shall offer twelve calves of the herd, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish: 18 And the sacrifices and the libations for every one, for the calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall duly celebrate : 19' And a buck-goat for a sin-offering besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. 20 The third day you shall offer eleven calves, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, with- out blemish : 21 And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall offer according to the rite : 22 And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. 23 The fourth day you shall offer ten calves, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish : 133 MMHLKS. 24 And tl.e sacrifices and the libations of ev t r\ tor tin- calves anil tor itir rains and for the lambs von shall celebrate in right inannrr: \ikI a buck-goat tor sin. besides the per p et u al holocaust, and thr sacrifice and the libation thereof • Ilu fifth da) you shall offer nine calves, two nuns, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish: \nil the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and lor the nuns and for the lambs you shall celebrate according to the rite: \tu\ a buck-goat for sin, besides the per|>etual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. The sixth day yon shall offer eight calves. two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, with- out blemish: .V) And the sacrifices and the libations of even one for the calws and for the rams and for the lambs you shall celebrate according to the rite: .51 And a huck-uoat tor sin. besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. 93 The seventh day yon shall offer seven calves, and two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish : 33 And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the nuns and for the lambs \ou shall celebrate according to the rite: \nd a buck-goal tor sin, besides the perpetual holocaust, ami the sacrifice and the libation thereof. 35 On the eighth day, which is most solemn, you shall do no servile work: .'»«; I Jut you shall oiler a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, one calf, one nun, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish: 37 And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams and for the lambs vou shall celebrate according to the rite: \iu\ a buck-goat for sin. besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. • i'.' These things shall you offer to the Lord in your solemnities : besides your vows and voluntary oblations tor holocaust, for sacrifice, for libation, and for victims of peace-offerings. CHAP. XXX. Of vmtt and oaths ; and thrir obligation. A ND Moses told the children of Israel all that -**- the I^ord had commanded him : 2 And he said to the princes of the tribal of the children of Israel: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded : 3 If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind himself by an oath, he shall not make his word void; but shall fulfil all that he promised. 4 If a woman vow any thin;;, and bind herself with an oath, being in her father's house, and but yet a girl in age; U her father knew the vow that she hath promised, and the oath wherewith she hath bound her soul, and held his peace, she shall be hound by the vow : .") Whatsoever she promised and swore, she shall fulfil in deed. 6 But if her father, immediately as soon as In 104 heard it, gainsaid it, lioth her vows and her oaths shall be void; neither shall she be bound to what she promised, because her father hath gainsaid it. 7 If she have a husband, and shall vow any thing, and the word once going tint of her mouth shall bind her sold by an 00th' 8 The day that her husUind shall hear it, and not gamOBjf it. she shall be bound to the vow, and shall siw whatsoever she promised. 9 Hut if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it, and make her promises and the words wherewith she had hound her soul of no effect ; the Lord will for- give her. 10 The widow, ami she that is divorced, shall fulfil whatsoever they vow. 11 It the wife in the house of her husband, hath IhiiiikI heiselt h\ vow and by oath, 12 if her husband hear, and hold his peace, and doth not disallow the promise, she shall accomplish whatsoever she hath promised. 13 Hut if forthwith be gainsay it, sin- shall not Ik- IhiiiikI by the promise: because her husband gainsaid it, and the Lord will be merciful to her. 14 If she vow and bind herself by oath, to afflict her soul by fasting, or abstinence from other things, it shall depend on the will of her husband, whether she shall do it, or not do if. 16 Hut if the husband hearing it hold his peace, and defer the declaring his mind till another da\ ; whatsoever she had vowed and promised, she shall fulfil: because immediately as he heard it, he In Id his peace. It) Hut if he gainsay it alter that he knew if, he shall bear her iniquity. 17 These are the laws, which the Lord appointed to Moses between the husband and tin- wife, be- tween the father and the daughter thai is as ret but a girl in age, or that abidcth in her father's house. ( ll\l\ XXXI. The Madianitrt are tlain for hm-ingdrairn thr people of hruei into gin. I'hr dividing (if the booty. AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saving: 2 Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shall Ik: gathered to thy people* 3 And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites. 4 Let a thousand men lie chosen out of every tribe of Isniel to be sent to the war. 5 And they gave a thousand of every trilte. that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle: " 6 And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of r.lrazar the priest : and he delivered to him tin holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound. 7 And when they had fought OgatOSt the Ma- dianites, and had overcome tin in. they slew all (ho men. ft And their kimzs I'.vi.and Ivecem, and Sur, and llur. and lb-he, five princes of the nation: Halaam also the SOO of Bene they killed with the sword. CHAP. XXXI. 9 And they took their women, and their children captives, and all their cattle, and all their goods: and all their possessions they plundered: 10 And ail their cities, and their villages, and castles, they burned. 1 1 And they canied away the booty, and all tl.at they had taken, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they brought them to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and to all the multitude of the children of Israel. But the rest of the things for use they curried to the camp on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan over against Jericho. 13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the synagogue went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses being angry with the chief officers of the army, the tribunes, and the centurions that were come from the battle, 15 Said : Why have you saved the women? 16 Are not these they, that deceived the chil- dren of Israel by the counsel of Balaam, and made you transgress against the Lord by the sin of Pho- gor,* for which also the people was punished ? 17 Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children :f and put to death the women, that have carnally known men. 18 But the girls, and all the women that are vir- gins, save for yourselves : 19 And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified (he third day and the seventh day. 20 And of all the spoil, every garment, or vessel, or any thing made for use, of the skins, or hair of goats, or ot wood, shall be purified. 21 Eleazar also the priest spoke to the men of the army, that had fought in this manner : This is the ordinance of the law, which the Lord hath com- manded Moses : 22 Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, 23 And all that may pass through the fire, shall be purified by fire: but whatsoever cannot^abide the fire, shall be sanctified with the waterof expiation : 24 And you shall wash your garments the se- venth day ; and being purified, you shall afterwards enter into the camp. 25 And the Lord said to Moses : 26 Take the sum of the things that were taken both of man and beast, thou and Eleazar the priest and the princes of the multitude. 27 And thou shalt divide the spoil equally, be- tween them that fought and went out to the war, and between the rest of the multitude. 28 And thou shalt separate a portion to the Lord from them that fought and Were in the battle, one soul of five hundred as well of persons as of oxen and asses and sheep, 29 And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they are the first-fruits of the Lord. * Tht sin of Phogor. The sin committed in the worship of BeeU fktgor. \ Of children. Women an! children ordinarily speaking, wore not to be killed iu war, Drut. xx. 14. But the great Lord of life and 30 Out pf the moiety also of the children of Is- rael thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts : and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch iu the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. 31 And Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord had commanded. 32 And the spoil which the army had taken, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 Seventy-two thousand oxen, 34 Sixty-one thousand asses: 35 And thirty-two thousand persons of the fe- male sex, that had not known men. ■ 36 And one half was given to them that had been in the battle, to wit, three hundred thirty-se- ven thousand five hundred sheep : 37 Out of which, for the portion of the Lord, were reckoned six hundred seventy-five sheep. 38 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, se- venty-two oxen: 39 Out of the thirty thousand asses, sixty-one asses : 40 Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of the Lord thirty-two souls. 41 And Moses delivered the number of the first- fruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, as had been commanded him, 42 Out of the half of the children of Israel, which he had separated for them that had been in the battle. 43 But out of the half that fell to the rest of the multitude, that is to say, out of the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred idieep, 4* And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, 45 And out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses, 46 And out of the sixteen thousand persons, 47 Moses took the fiftieth head, and gave it to the Levites that watched in the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded. 48 And when the commanders of the army, and the tribunes, and centurions were come to Moses, they said: 49 We thy servants have reckoned up the num- ber of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and not so much as one was wanting. 50 Therefore we offer as gifts to the Lord what gold every one of us could find in the booty, in gar- ters and tablets, rings and bracelets, and chains, that thou mayst pray to the Lord for us. 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received all the gold in divers kinds, 52 In weight sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sides, from the tribunes and from the centurions. 53 For that which every one had taken in the booty, was his own. 54 And that which was received they brought into the tabernacle of the testimony, for a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord. death was pleased to order it otherwise in the present case, in detesta- tion of the wickedness of this people, who, br the counsel of Balaam, had sent their women among the Israelites on purpose to draw them from God. tss NT Mil! CHAP. XXXII. The tribes of Ruben anil Cad, and hatf of the tribe of Ma- nauet, rerrire their inheritance on the eatt title of Jordan, mpom condition! approved of by Most*. AND tin- von.. of Rah ii and (lad had many (locks of cattle, and their substance in Iwasts wis infinite. And when they saw tin- lands of r and Galaad fit tor feeding cattle, 2 They OHM to Moms and Llea/.ar the priest, and the prince* of the multitude and said: \iaroth, and DibtM, and .layer, and Ncmra. Efesebon, and Eleale, and Saban, and Nebo, and BepBj 4 The land, which the Lord hath conquered in the right of tin- children of Israel, is a very fertile soil for the feeding of beUtt: and we thy sen ants have very nuicli cattle: 5 And we pray thee, if we have found favour in thy sislit, that thou give it to us thy servants in WwrifHI. and make us not pass over the Jordan. 6 And Moses answered tliein: What, shall your brethren go to fight, and will vou sit here? 7 Why do ye overturn the minds of the children of Israel, that they may not dare to pass into tin- place which the Lord hath ghrea them? 8 Was it not thus your fathers did, when I sent from ( adesbame to view the land.' 9 And when they were come as far as the val- hv of the cluster, having viewed all the country, they overturned the hearts of the children of Israel. that they should not enter into the coasts, which the Lord gave them. 10 Andhe swore in his anger* saying: 11 If these men, that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and Upward, shall see the land, which I promised with an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: because they would not follow me, 12 Except Caleb the son of Jepbone the Cenea* ite, and Josue the son of Nun: these have fulfilled my will. 13 And the Lord being angry against Israel, led them about through the desert forty years, until the whole generation, that had done evil in his sight, was 'consumed. 14 And behold, said he, yon are risen up instead of your fathers, the Increase and offspring: of sinful men, to augment the fury of the Lord against Israel. la For if you will not follow him, he will leave the people in the wilderness, and you shall he the cause ol the destruction of all. 16 But they coming near, said : We will make sheep-folds, and stalls for our cattle, and Strang cities for our children: 17 And we ourselves will go armed and reads for battle before the children of Israel, until we bring them in unto their places. < )ur little ones and all we have, shall Ik- in walled cities, for fear ol the ambushes of the inhabitants. IB We will not return into our houses, until tin- children of Israel possess their inheritance: 19 Neither will we seek anv thin- beyond the Jordan, because we have already our poaSBSlioa on the east side thereof. IM 20 And Moses said to them: If you do what yea promise, go on well appointed lor war In-fore the Lord: 21 And let every fighting man pass over the Jordan, until the Lord overthrew his enemi ' \nd all the land lx- brought under him : then shall Mill be blameless before the Lord and Ufore Israel, and you shall obtain the countries that you di sire, before the Lord. I Hut if you do not what you say. no man can doubt but you sin against God: and know ye that your sin shall overtake you. M Muild therefore cities for year children, and folds and stalls for your sheep and beasts: and ac- complish what von have promised. 26 Anil the children of Gad and Huben said to Mosea: We are thy servants: we will do what my lord commaiideth. 26 We will leave our children, and our wives, and sheep, and cattle, in the cities of Galaad: 27 And we thy servants all well appointed will march on to the war, as thou my lord speak est. 28 Moses therefore commanded l-'.lea/.ar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun. and the primes of the families of all the tribes of Israel, and said to them : 29 If the children of (lad. and the children of Ruben oiss with you over the Jordan all armed for war before the Lord, and the land be made subject to you : give them Galaad in possession. 90 Mut if they will not pass armed with you into the land of ( hanaan,let them receive places to dwell in among you. 31 And the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben answered: As the Loid haih spoken to his servants, BO w ill we do: 32 We will go armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan; and we confess that we have al- ready received our possession beyond the Jordan. 33 Moses therefore gave to the children of (lad and of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasses the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sehou king of the Amorrhites, and the kingdom of Og king of Masan, and their land and the cities thereof round about. 31- And the sons of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer. 35 And Etroth, and Sophan, and Ja/er, and Jegbaa, 36 And Bethncmra, and Methanol, fenced cities, and folds for their cattle. 37 Mut the children of Muben built Hesebon, and Eleale, and Cariathairn, 38 And \abo, and Maalmeon (their names being changed) and Sabama; giving names to the ciiiis which they had built. 39 Moreover the children of Machir. the son of Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it. cutting oil' the Amorrhites the inhabitants thereof. 40 And .Moses gave the land of Galaad to Ma- chir the son of Manasses; and he dwelt in it. 41 And .lair the son of Manasses went, and took the villages thereof: and he called them llavoth .lair, that is to say. the villages of Jair. CHAP. XXXIII. 42 Nohe also went, and took Canath with the vil- lages thereof: and he called it l>y his own nameNobe. CHAP. XXXI1L The mansions or journey* of the children of Israel towards the land of promise. THESE are the mansions* of (he children of Is- rael, who went out of Egypt by their troops under the conduct of Moses and Aaron, 2 Which Moses wrote down according to the places of their encamping, which they changed by the commandment of the Lord. 3 Now the children of Israel departed from Ra- messes the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the phase, with a mighty hand, in the sight of all the Egyptians, 4 Who were burying their first-born, whom the Lord had slain (upon their gods also he had executed, vengeance,) 5 And they camped in Soccoth. 6 And from Soccoth they came into Etham, which is in the uttermost borders of the wilderness. 7 Departing from thence they came over-against Phihahiroth, which looketh towards Beelsephon, and they camped before Magdalum. 8 And departing from Phihahiroth, they passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness : and having marched three days through the desert of Etham, they camped in Mara. 9 And departing from Mara, they came intoElim, where there were twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees: and there they camped. 10 But departing from thence also, they pitched their tents by the Red Sea. And departing from fne Red Sea, 1 1 They camped in the desert of Sin. 12 And they removed from thence, and came to Daphca. 13 And departing from Daphca, they camped in Alus. 14 And departing from Alus, they pitched their tents in Raphidim, where the people wanted water to drink. 15 And departing from Raphidim, they camped in the desert of Sinai. 16 But departing also from the desert of Sinai, they came to The graves of lust. 17 And departing from The graves of lust, they camped in Haseroth. 18 And from Haseroth they came to Rethma. 19 And departing from Rethma, they camped in Remmomphares. 20 And they departed from thence, and came to Lebna. 21 Removing from Lebna, they camped in Ressa. 22 And departing from Ressa, they came to Ceelatha. 23 And they removed from thence, and camped in the mountain Sepher. 24 Departing from the mountain Sepher, they came to Arada. * Tin Mansions. These mansions, or journeys of the children of Israel from Eajvpt (o (he land of promise, were figure*, according to llie father*, of the steps and degrees by which christians leaving sin S 25 From thence they went and camped in Macelotli 26 And departing from Macelotli, they came to Thahath. 27 R ^movingfrom Thahath, they camped inThare. 28 And they departed from thence, and pitched their tents in Methca. 29 And removing from Methca, they camped in Hesmona. 30 And departing from Hesmona, they came to Moseroth. 31 And removing from Moseroth, they camped in Benejaacan. 32 And departing from Benejaacan, they came to mount Gadgad. 33 From thence they went and camped in Jete- batha. 34 And from Jetebatha, they came to Hebrona. 35 And departing from Hebrona, they camped in Asiongaber. 36 They .removed from thence, and came into the desert of Sin, which is Cades. 37 And departing from Cades, they camped in mount Hor, in the uttermost borders of the land of Edom. 38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord: and there he died in the fortieth year of the coming forth of the children of Israel out of Egypt, the fifth month, the first day of the month, 39 When he was a hundred and twenty-three years old. 40 And king Arad theChanaanite, who dwelt towards the south, heard that the children of Israel were come to the land of Chanaan. 41 And they departed from mount Hor, and camped in Salmona. 42 From whence they removed, and came to Phunon. 43 And departing from Phunon, they camped in Oboth. 44 And from Oboth they came to Ijeabarim, which is in the borders of the Mo?biles. 45 And departing from Ijeabarim, they pitched their tents in Dibongab. 46 From thence they went, and camped in Hel- mondeblathaim. 47 And departing from Helmondeblathaim, they came to the mountains of Abarim over-against Nabo. 48 And departing from the mountains of Abarim, they passed to the plains of Moab, by the Jordan, over-against Jericho. 49 And there they camped from Bethsimoth even to Abelsatim, in the plains of the Moabites, 50 Where the Lord said to Moses : 51 Command the children of Israel, and say to them : When you shall have passed over the Jordan, entering into the land of Chanaan, 52 Destroy all the inhabitants of that hind, beat down their pillars, and break in pieces their statues, and waste all their h igh places, are to advance from virtue to virtue, till they come to the heavenly mansions, after this life, to see and enjoy God. 137 M MBFUS. .^ Cleansing tin- land, and dwelling in it. For I have given ii yon lor a |K>ssession. 51 Ami yon shall divide it anions yon by lot To the more yon shall give a larger part, anil to tin- fewer a loser. To every one as the lot shall fall. so shall the inheritance he ghren. The possession shall he divided by the trills and the families. 55 Hnt if yon will not kill the inhabitant! of the land, they that remain shall In- unto you as nails in your e\i v. and spears in your sides: and they shall be votir adversaries in the land of your habitation. 56 And whatsoever I had thought to do to them, I will do to you. CHAP. XXXIV. The limit* of Chanaan ; ttith the names of the men that shall make the division of it. AND the Ix>rd s|K)ke to Moses, saying: J. Command the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you are entered into the laud of Chanaan, and it shall be fallen unto your possession hy lot. it shall be bounded by these limits : 3 The south-side shall begin from the wilderness ot "Sin, which is bfj Kdom, and shall have the most salt sea* lor its furthest limits eastward : 4 Which limits shall go round on the south side by the ascent of the Scorpiou,f and so into Senna, and reach toward the south as far as Cadesbarne, from whence the frontiers shall go out to the town called Adar, and shall reach as far as Asemona. 5 And thejimits shall fetch a compass from Ase- mona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the gIMl sea.J 6 And the west side shall begin from the great sea; and the same shall he the end thereof. 7 Hut toward the north side the borders shall begin from the great sea, reaching to the most high mountain,^ 8 From which they shall come to Emath, as far as the l)orders of Sedada : 9 And the limits shall go as far as Zcphrona, and the village of Enan. These shall be the borders on the north side. 10 From thence they shall mark out the hounds towards the east side from the village of Kuan unto Sephama : 1 1 And from Sephama the bounds shall go down to Hehla, over-agamstthe fountain of Daphnis: from theme they shall come eastward to the sea of (V IWieth.ll 1 I \nd shall reach as far as the Jordan, and at the last shall lie closed in by the most salt sea. This shall be your land with its borders round about. 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, sa\ ssj : This shall be the land which you shall pos- s< -- hv lot. and which the Lord hath commanded to be z'wrw to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe. 14 For the tribe of the children of Kuhen hv their families, and the tril>e of the children of Gad * TW mm* «•* uu. The lake of Sulinn. otherwise called (lie I Vail Ma. f 7V Scorpion. A mountain no called from daring a preat number of scorpions. 138 according to the numlier of their kindreds, and half of the tril»e of Manas 16 That is, two tribes and a half, have received their portion beyond the Jordan ovcr-against Jpeoples , murmuring anil their punishment. II ESE are the words which Moses spoke to ;ill Israel ImnoihI the Jordan, in the plain wilderness, over-against the Red Sea, between 1'haran and Thophel and Laban and Haseroth, where there is refy much gold: I Kleven davs journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Cadesbarne. 3 In the fortieth vear, the eleventh month, the first ilas of the month, .Moses spoke to the children of Israel all that the Lord had commanded him to say to them : . 4 After that he had slain Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in llesebon; and Og king of Basan who abode in Asiaroth, and in Edrai, 5 Beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab. And Moses liegan to ex|K>imd the law, and to say: 6 The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: Vou have stayed long enough in this moun- tain : 7 Turn von, and come to the mountain of the Amorrhites, and to the other places that are next to it, the plains and the hills and the vales towards the south, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Cha- naanites, and of Libanus, as far as the grett river Euphra t e s . 8 Behold, said he, I have delivered it to you: go in and possess it. concerning which the Lord swore to your lathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he woidd pre it to them, and to their seed after them. 9 And 1 said to you at that time: 10 I alone am not able to Ix-ar you: for the Lord your God hath multiplied yon, and foa are this day as the stars of heaven, for multitude. I I (The Lord God of your fathers add to this niinilx r many thousands, and bless you as he hath spoken.) 1 .' I alone am not able to bear your business, and the charge, qt' t/im and your different !•' Lei have from among you wise and un- derstanding men, and such whose conversation is BppfDVed amongyourtribes, thai I ma\ appoint them your rulers. 14 Then you answered me: The thing is good which thou meanest to do. 1 5 And I took out of \our tribes men wise and honourable, and appointed them rulers, tribunes. and ciniurions. and offices over fifties, and o\.i lens, who might teach you all thim lb' And I commanded them, saying: lit ar them, 140 and judge that which is just • whether he be one of _\our country, or a stranger. 17 There shall be no difference of persons: vou shall hear the little as well as the great: neither shall you respect any man's person, because' it is the judgment of God. And if any thing seem hard to \ou, refer it to me, and I will bear it. 18 And I commanded you all things that you were to do. 19 And departing from Horeb, we passed through the terrible and vast wilderness, which you saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorrhite, as tin- Lord our God had commanded us. And when M e were come into Cadesbarne, 20 I said to you: You are come to the mountain of the Amorrhite, which the Lord our God will give to us. 21 See the land which the Lord thy God givcili thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord our God bath spoken to thy fathers: fear not, nor be any w a) discouraged. 22 And you came all to me, and said: Let us send men who may view the land, and bring us w <>i d what way we shall go up, and to what cities we shall go. 23 And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe: 24 Who, when they had set forward, and had gone up to the mountains, came as far as the valley of the cluster: and having viewed the land, 26 Taking of the fruits thereof, to show its fer- tility, they brought them to us, and said : The laud is good, which the Lord our God will give us. 96 And you would not go up, but being incredu- lous to the word of the Lord our God, 27 You murmured in your tents, and said: The Lord hateth us, and therefore he hath brought us out of the land of Lgypt, that he might deliver us into the hand of the Amorrhite, and destroy us. 28 Whither shall we go op? the messengers have terrified our hearts, saying: The multitude is rery great, and taller than we: the cities aie great, am} walled up to the sky:* we have seen the sous of the Knacims there. 29 And I said to you: Fear not; neither l>e ye afraid of them: .in The Lord God, who is your leader, himself will fight for you, as he did in Egypt in the sidit Of all. 31 And in the wilderness (as thou hast seen) the Lord thy God hath carried thee, as a man is wont to carrv bis little son. all the way thai sou have come, until you came to this place. ' Ami yet for all this you did not believe the Lord your yet i God, • Halhd up to ike iky. A figurative eiprenion, »igiuf\ tag the valb to be rery liigh. CHAP. II. 33 Who wont before you in the way, and marked out the place, wherein yoti should pilch your tents, in the night shewing you the way by fire, and in tin: day liv the pillar of a cloud. 34 And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, he was angry, and swore, and said: 35 Not one of the men of this wicked generation shall see the good land, which I promised with an oath to your fathers, Sti Except Caleb the son of Jephone : For he shall see it; and to him I will give the land, that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath followed the Lord. 37 Neither is his indignation against the people to be wondered at, since the Lord was angry with me also on your account, and said: Neither shalt thou go in thither. 38 But Josue the son of Nun thy minister, he shall go in for thee: exhort and encourage him, and he shall divide the land by lot to Israel. 39 Your children, of whom you said that they should be led away captives, and your sons who know not this day the difference of good and evil, they shall go in: and to them I will give the land, and they shall possess it. 40 But return you and go into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. 41 And you answered me : We have sinned against the Lord: we will go up and fight, as the Lord our God hath commanded. And when you went ready armed unto the mountain, 42 The Lord said to me : Say to them : Go not up, and fight not, for I am not with you: lest you fall before your enemies. 43 I spoke, and you hearkened not: but. resisting the commandment of the Lord, and swelling with pride you went up into the mountain. 41 And the Amorrhite that dwelt in the moun- tains coming out, and meeting you, chased you, as bees do: and made slaughter of you from Seir as far as Horma. 45 And when you returned, and wept before the Lord, he heard you not; neither would he yield to your voice. 46 So you abode in Cadesbarne a long time. CHAP. U. They are forbid to fight against the. Edomites, Moabitex, and Ammonites. Their victory over Sehon king of Hrsebon. \ ND departing from thence we came into the - r *- wilderness that leadeth to the Red Sea, as the Lord had spoken to me : and we compassed mount Seir a longtime. 2 And the Lord said to me : 3 You havecompassed thismountain long enough: go towards the north : 4 And command thou the people, saying . You shall pass bv the borders of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they will be afraid of you. 5 Take ye then good heed that you stir not against them. For I will not give you of their lanu ,! so much as the step of one foot can tread Upon, be- cause I have given mount Seir to Esau, for a pos session. 6 You shall buy meats of them for money, and shall eat : you shall draw waters for money, and shall drink. 7 The Lord thy God hath blessed thee in every work of thy hands: the Lord thy God dwelling with thee, knoweth thy journey, how thou hast passed through this great wilderness, for forty years, and thou hast wanted nothing. 8 And when we had passed by our brethren the children of Esau, that dwelt in Seir, by the way of the plain from Elath and from Asiongaber, we came to the way, that leadeth to the desert of Moab. 9 And the Lord said to me: Fight not against the Moabites, neither go to battle against them : for I will not give thee any of their land, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot in possession. 10 The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that, like the race of the Enacims, 1 1 They were esteemed as giants, and were like the sons of the Enacims. But the Moabites call them Emims. 12 The Horrhites also formerly dwelt in Seir: who being driven out and destroyed, the children of Esau dwelt there, as Israel did in the land of his possession, which the Lord gave him. 13 Then rising up to pass the torrent Zared, we came to it. 14 And the time that we journeyed from Cades- barne till we passed over the torrent Zared, was thirty-eight years: until all the generation of the men that were fit for war was consumed out of the camp, as the Lord had sworn : 15 For hishand was against them, that they should perish from the midst of the camp. 16 And after all the fighting men were dead, 17 The Lord spoke to me, saying: 18 Thou shalt pass this day the borders of Moab, the city named Ar: 19 And when thou comest nigh the frontiers of the children of Amnion, take heed thou fight not against them, nor once move to battle: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession. 20 It was accounted a land of giants: and giants formerly dwelt in it, whom the Ammonites call Zom- zommims, 21 A people great and many, and of tall stature, like the Enacims whom the Lord destroyed before their face: and he made them to dwell in their stead, 22 As he had done in favour of the children of Esau, that dwelt in Seir, destroying the Horrhites, and delivering their land to them, which they pos- sess to this day. 23 The Hevitcs also, that dwelt in Haserim as far as Gaza, were expelled by the Cappadocians ; who came out of Cappadocia, and destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead. 24 Arise ye, and pass the torrent Arnon : behold, have delivered into thy hand Sehon king of Hese- 141 DEUTERONOMY. ■ates-s his bon the Amorrhite, and nogm tliou to bad, and make war against him. 25 This da) will I begin to send the dread and fear of thee upon tin- nations that dwell under the whole heaven; that when they bear thy name liny may fear and tremble, and Ik- in |>ain like women in Inn ail. ^o I sent messengers from the wilderness of Cademoth to Sehon the king of Hesebou with peace- able words, ay if. J 7 \\ 'e w ill pass through thy land, we will go along by the high way : we will not turn aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 28 Sell us meat for money, that we may eat: give us water for money, and so we will drink. We only ask that thou wilt let us mm through, As the children of EaaU have done, that dwell in Seir, and the lMoahitcs, that aliide in Ar : until w | come to the Jordan, and pass to the laud whit h the Lord our God will ghe us. - lion the klBg of llesebon would not let us pass: because the Lord thy (iod had hardened* his smrit, and fixed his heart, that he might be deli- vered into thy hands, as now 1I1011 seest. .51 And the Lord said to me: Behold, I have be- gun to deliver unto thee Sehon and his land: begin to possess it. 32 And Sehon came out to meet us with all his people to fight at Ja^a. 33 And the Lord our God delivered him to us : and we slew him with his sons and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, killing the inhabitants of tliem. men and women unci chil- dren. We left nothing of them; 35 Except the cattle which came to the share of them that took them; and the .spoils of the cities. which we took 36 From Aroer, which is upon the bank of the torrent Anion, a town that is situate in a \ alley . as far as Galaad. There was not a village or city, that escaped OUT hands ; the Lord our (iod deliv- ered all unto uv : 37 Except the land of the children of Amnion. to which we approached not : and all that border U|M)ii the torrent .leboe, and the cities in the moun- tains, and all the places which the Lord our (iod forbad us. CHAP. III. Thr victory over Og. kmt tif /!'/ mi. linhi B, Ond, nnd ha'f thr trior of Mtimusa rrn in thnr jiottcuitm on thr tithrr >nli if J'/rd'tn. THEN we turned and w ent by the w av of Hasan : and Og the kitm of Hasan came out to meet lis with his people to fight in Kdrai. 1 \nd the Lord said to me: Fear him not; be- cause he is delivered into thy hand, with all his people and hi> land : and thou shalt do to hint as thou hast done to Sehon king of the Amorrhites. that dwelt in llesebon. lUrdnvA, If. That iv in punishment of tii» |>:i«t lint, In- li'ft tiim lull < . , «ll,
  • oils of the cities we took for our prey. 8 And we took at that time the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordon : from the torrent Anion unto the mountain Hermon, 9 Which the Sidonians call Sarion, and the Amorrliitt s Sanir : 10 All the cities that are situate in the plain, and all the land of (ialaad and Hasan as far as Selena and Kdrai, cities of the kingdom of Og in Hasan. 11 For only Og king Of Hasan remained of the race of the giants. His bed of iron is shown, which is in Kabbath of the children of Amnion, bang nine cubits long, and four broad after the measure of the cubit of a man's hand. 12 And we possessed the land at that time from Aroer, which is U|K>n the bank of the torrent Anion, unto the half of mount Galaad: audi gave the cities thereof to Ruben and (iad. 13 And I delivered the other nart of (ialaad. ami all Basan the kingdom of Ogtotne half tribe of Ma- nasses, all the country of Argob: and all Basan is called the Land of giants. 14 Jair the son of .Manasses possessed all the country of Argob unto the liorders of Gcssuri. and Machati. And he called Basan by his own name, Havoth Jair, that is to say, the towns of Jair, until this present dav. 15 To Macliir also I gave (ialaad. 16 And to the tribes of Ruben and (iad I gave of the land of (ialaad as far as the torrent Anion, half the torrent, and the confines e\en unto the tor- rent Jel>oc, which is the bonier of the children of Amnion: 17 And the plain of the wilderness, and tin Jor- dan, and the Inmlers of ( 'enereth unto the tea of the desert, which is the most .salt m a, to the loot nl mount Platan eastward. l'<\ And I commanded you at that lime. Baying: The Lord your (iod giveth you this land for an in- heritance: go ye well appointed before your brethren the children of Israel all the MTOM men of you: 19 Leaving your wius and children and cattle. For I know you ha\e much cattle; and they must remain in the cities, w Inch I have delivered to you. 20 Until the Lord give rest to \oiir hieiliien. as he hath given to you: and they also |w>.ssess the lai.d. which he will give them beyond the Jordan: then shall every man return to bj| poatrmaai. ubwill I have given you. CHAP. IV. 21 I commanded Josue also at that time, saying: Thy eyes have seen what the Lord your God hath done to these two kings : so will he do to all the kingdoms to which thou shalt pass. 22 Fear them not: lor the Lord your God will fight for you. 23 And I besought the Lord at that time, saying: 24 Lord God, thou hast begun to show unto thy servant thy greatness, and most mighty hand; for there is no other God either in heaven or earth, that is able to do thy works, or to be compared to thy strength. 25 I will pass over therefore, and will see this excellent land beyond the Jordan, and this goodly mountain, and Libauus. 26 And the Lord was angry with me on your ac- count, and heard me not, but said to me: It is enough: speak no more to me of this matter. 27 Go up to the top of Phasga, and cast thy eyes round about to the west, and to the north, and to the south, and to the east, and behold it; for thou shalt not pass this Jordan. 28 Command Josue, and encourage and strengthen him : for he shall go before this people, and shall divide unto them the land which thou shalt see. 29 And we abode in the valley over-against the temple of Phogor. , CHAP. IV. Moses exhorteth the people to keep God's commandments : par- ticularly to fly idolatry. Appointcth three cities of refuge, on *hat side of the Jordan. AND now, O Israel, hear the commandments and judgments winch I teach thee; that doing them, thou mayst live, and entering in mayst possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers will give you. 2 You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it : keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I com- mand you. 3 Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor; how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you. 4 But you that adhere to the Lord your God, arc all alive until this present day. 5 You know that I have taught you statutes and justices,as the Lord mvGodhathcommanded me: so shall you do them in the landwhichyou shall possess: 6 And you shall observe and fulfil them in prac- tice. For this is vour wisdom, and understanding in the sight of nations, that hearing all these pre- cepts, they may say: Behold, a wise and under- standing people, a great nation. 7 Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions. 8 For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law, which I will set forth this day before your eyes ? 9 Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eves have seen, and let Jheni not go out al thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grand- sons 10 From the day in which thou didst stand before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord spoke to me, saying : Call together the people unto me, that they may hear my words, and may learn to fear me all the time that they live on the earth, and may teach their children. 1 1 And you came to the foot of the mount, which burned even unto heaven: and there was darkness, and a cloud and obscurity in it. 12 And the Lord spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you saw not any form at all. 13 And he showed you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, and the ten words that he wrote in two tables of stone. 14 And hecommandedmeat thattime that I should teach you the ceremonies and judgments, which you shall do in the land, that you shall possess. 15 Keep therefore your souls carefully. You saw not any similitude in the day that the Lord God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire : 16 Lest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude, or image of male or female, 17 The similitude of any beasts, that are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven, • 18 Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the earth : 19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven. 20 But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to make you his people of inheritance, as it is this present day. 21 And the Lord was angry with ine for your words: and he swore that I should not pass over the Jordan, nor enter into the excellent land, which he will give you. 22 Behold, I die in this land: I shall not pass over the Jordan: you shall pass, and possess the goodly land. 23 Beware lest thou ever forget the covenant of the Lord thy God, which he hath made with thee, and make to thyself a graven likeness of those things which the Lord hath forbid to be made: 24 Because the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. 25 If you shall beget sons and grandsons, and abide in the land, and being deceived make to your- selves any similitude, committing evil before the Lord your God, to provoke him to wrath: 26 I call this day heaven and earth "to witness, that you shall quickly perish out of the land, which. when you have passed over the Jordan, you shall possess. You shall not dwell therein long, but the Lord will destroy you, 27 And scatter you among all nations, and yon shall remain a few among the nations, to which the Lord shall lead you. 28 And there you shall serve gods, that were 143 framed with men's hands; wood anil stout-; that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smelt. 29 And when thou ^h.ilt seek there the Lord thy I, thou shalt find him: vet so, if thou seek him with all thv heart, and all tin- affliction of thy soul.! 30 After all the things ■foresaid shall find thee, in the latter time thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, and shall hear his voice. >l Because the Lord thy God is a merciful I i i : he will not leave thee, nor altogether de- stroy thee, nor forget the covenant, by which he swore to thv fathers. 32 Ask of the davs of old, that have been he- fore thy time from the day that God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to the other end thereof, if ever there was done the like thing, <>r it hath been known at any time. That a people should hear the voice of God ■peaking out of the midst of lire, as thou hast heard, and lived : '.V If (iod n-ri did so as to ko, and take to him- self a nation out of the midst of nations, by temp- tations, si-ns, and wonders, hy fi^ht, and a strong hand, and stretehed-out arm, and horrible visions according to all the things that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before thy eyes. That thou mightst know that the Lord he is is no other besides him. leaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might teach thee. And upon earth lie showed thee his exceeding ^roat fire : and thou didst hear his words out of the midst of the lire, :57 Because he loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them. And he drought thee out of Fgynt, going before thee with his great power, 38 To destroy at thy coming verj greal nations and stronger than thou ml; and to bnng thee in, and give thee their land in possession, as thou seesi at this present day. 39 know therefore this day. and think in thy heart that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath, and there is no other. Ml Keep his precepts and commandments, which I command thee; that it may he well with thee, and thy children after thee, and thou mays) remain a long time upon the land, which the Lord thy (iod will give thee. ■VI Then .Moses set aside three cities beyond the .Ionian at the east side, 42 That any one might lice to them who should BGLNOMY. the temple of I' God. and there 36 From Ik kill his neighbour unwillingly, eiiemv a d n or two before, and cape to some one of these cities: 'htsor in the wilderness, which is situate ind was not his that he mighl es- *i III in the plains' of the tribe of Reuben: and Ramoth in Galaad, which is in the tribe of (lad; and Golan in Hasan, which is in the trihe of Maua- \) Tin- i- the law, that M el before the; children of Israel, \inl tin re are the testimonies and ceremo- nies and judgments, which he spoke to the chil- dren of Lrael. when the) came out of Kgypt, 46 Beyond the Jordan in the \ .ill<\ over ugainsi 144 logor in the land of Sehoa king of the \morrhitcs. that dwelt in lleschon, whom M slew . \nd the children of Israel coming out of Fgi pt V7 Possessed his land, and the laud of Og km:; of Hasan, of the two kings of the Amorrhites, who were heyond the Jordan towards the rising () f the sun : 18 From Aroer, which is situate upon the hank of the torrent Anion, unto mount Stou, which is also called Jlerinon, 49 All the plain heyond the Jordan at the east side, unto the sea of the wilderness, ;i nd unto the foot of mount Phasga. CHAP. V. The ten commandments are repeated and exjdained. AND Moses called all Lrael, and said to them: -^*- Hear, O Israel, the ceremonies and judg- ments, which 1 speak in your ears this day: ham them, and fulfil them in work. J The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeh. 3 lie made not the covenant with our fathers, hut with us, who are now present and living. V He spoke to us face to face in the mount out of the midst of lire. 5 1 was the mediator and stood between tin- Lord and you at that time, to show you his words; for you feared the fire, and went not up into the mountain : and he said : 6 I am the Lord thy (hid, who brought thee out of die land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 7 Thou shah not have Strange gods in mv si-ht. 8 Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any things, that are m heaven above, or that are in the earth beneath, or that abide in the waters under the earth. 9 Thou shalt not adore them, and thou shall not serve tin in. For I am the Lord tin God, a jealous (iod. visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the third and fourth generation to them that hate me, 10 And showing mercy unto many thousands to them that love me, and keep mv commandments. 11 Thou shall not take the name ol the Lord thy God in vain : for he shall not he unpunished that taketh his name upon a \ain th 12 Observe the (lay of the sabbath, to sanctif) it, as the Lord thy (iod hath commanded thee. I.l Six days shall thou labour, ami shalt do ah thy works. 1 1 The seventh day is the sabbath', that is, the rest of the Lord thy (iod. Thou shall not do any work therein, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thv ox, nor tin ass. nor any of th) beasts, nor the stran- ger that is within tin gates; that thy man-servant and tin maid-servant may rest, even as thyself. 15 Remember that thou also didst serve m ■it: and the Lord thv (iod brought thee out from thence with a strong band, anda stretched - out arm. Therefore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldst observe tin- sabbath-da?. CHAP. VI. 16 Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, tliat thou mayst live a long time, and it may be well with thee in the 'and, which the Lord thy God will give thee. 17 Thou shalt not kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 And thou shalt not steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thv neighbour. 21 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife ; uor his house, nor his field, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. 22 These words the Lord spoke to all the mul- titude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more : and he wrote them in two tables ot stone, which he delivered unto me. 23 But you, after you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and saw the mountain bum, came to me all the princes of the tribes and the elders, and you said : 24 Behold, the Lord our God hath shown us his majesty and his greatness: we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire ; and have proved this day that God speaking with man, man hath lived. 25 Why shall we die therefore, and why shall this exceeding great fire consume us? For if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die. 26 What is all flesh, that it should hear the voice of the living God, who speaketh out of the midst of the fire, as we have heard, and be able to live ? 27 Approach thou rather: and hear all things that the Lord our God shall say to thee: and thou shalt speak to us, and we will hear and will do them. 28 And when the Lord had beard this, he said to me : I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they spoke to thee: they have spoken all things well. 29 Who shall give them to have such a mind, to fear me and to keep all my commandments at all times, that it may be well with them and with their children for ever? 30 Go and say to them : Return into your tents. 31 But stand thou here with me: and I will speak to thee all my commandments, and ceremo- nies and judgments; which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the laud, which 1 will give them for a possession. 32 Keep therefore and do the things which the Lord God hath commanded you : you shall not go aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left: 33 But you shall walk in the way that the Lord your God hath commanded, that you may live, and it may be well with you, and your days may be long in the land of your possession. CHAP. VI. An exhortation to the love of God, and obedience to his law. HPHESE are the precepts, and ceremonies, and -*- judgments, which the Lord your God com- manded that 1 should teach you, and that you should do them in the land, into which you pass over to possess it : 2 That thou mayst fear the Lord thy God, and keep his commandments and precepts, w Inch I com- mand thee, and thy sons, and thy grandsons, all the days of thy life, that thy days may be prolonged. 3 Hear, O Israel, and observe to do the things which the Lord hath commanded thee, that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst be greatly mul- tiplied, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath promised thee a land flowing with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. 5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength. 6 And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart: 7 And thou shalt tell them to thy children : and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping, and rising. 8 And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand : and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them in the entry, and on the doors of thy house. 10 And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, for which he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and shall have given thee great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build, 11 Houses full of riches, which thou didst not set. up, cisterns which thou didst not dig, vineyards and oliveyards, which thou didst not plant. 12 And thou shalt have eaten and be full : 13 Take heed diligently lest thou forget tlfe Lord who brought thee out of the land c.f Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only ; and thou shalt swear by his name. 14 You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you : 15 Because the Lord thy God is a jealous God in the midst of thee: lest at any time the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and take thee away from the face of the earth. 16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation. 17 Keep the precepts of the Lord thy God, and the testimonies and ceremonies, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And do that which is pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with thee: and going in thou mayst possess the goodly land, concerning which the Lord swore to thy fathers, 19 That he would destroy all thy enemies be- fore thee, as he hath spoken. 20 And when thy son shall ask thee to-morrow, saying: What mean these testimonies, and cere- monies, and judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded us ? 21 Thou shalt say to him : We were bondmen of Pharao in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand. 22 And he wrought signs and wonders great 145 OKI TKROXOMY. and very grievous in Egypt against Pharao, and all hi* h.Hise. in our sight : 23 And In- brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in and give us the land, concerning which he swore to our fathers. 21 And the l^ord commanded that wo should do all these ordinances, and should fear the Lord our God, that it might be well with us ail the days of our life, as it is at this day. 25 And he will Ik: merciful to us, if we keen and do all his precepts befbra the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. CHAP. VII. No leapt new fellowship to be marlr trith tkr Chanaanites : n the earth. 7 Not beeMMC you surpass all nations in number, is the Lord ioined unto you, and hath oiidagc, out of the hand of Pharao the king of Egypt 9 And thou shalt know that the Lord thy God, he is a strong and faithful God, keeping his cove- nant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments, unto a thousand ge- nerations : 10 And repaying forthwith them that hate him, so as to dettroy them, without further delay, immedi- ately rendering to them what they deserve. I I Keep therefore the precepts and ceremonies and judgments, which I command thee this day tOS*fo. 1 J It alter thou hast heard these judgments, thou keep and do th^m, the Lord thy God will also keep 148 his covenant to thee, and the mercy which he swore to tin fathers: l.> And he will love thee and multiply thee, and will bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit ol thy land, thy corn, and thy vintage, thv oil, and thy herds, and the lloeks of thy sheep upon the land, for which he swore to thy fathers that he would give it ibee. 14 Blessed shalt thou be among all people. No one shall be barren among you ol either sc.\, neither of men nor cattle. 15 The Lord will take away from thee all sick- ness: and the grievous infirmities ol Kgypt, which thou know est, lie will not bring upon thee, but upon thy enemies. 16 Thou shalt consume all the ttcople, which the Lord thy Gtxl will deliver to thee. i In eye shall not spare them, neither shall thou serve their gods, lest they Ihj thy ruin. 17 If thou say in thy heart: These nations are more than I ; how shall 1 Ik- able to destroy them ? 18 Fear not, but renieml)er what the Lord thy God did to I'harao and to all the Kgypt ians; 19 The exceeding great plagues, which thy eyes saw , and the signs and w omlers, and the strong hand, and the stretched-out arm, with which the Lord thy God brought thee out: so will he do to all the |»co- ple whom thou fearesl. 20 Moreover the Lord thy God will send also hor- nets among them, until he destrov and consume all that have escaped thee, and could hide themselves. 21 Thou shalt not fear them ; because the Lord thy God is in the midst of thee, a God mighty and terrible: 22 He will consume these nations in thy sight by little and little and by degrees. Thou wJIt not b* able to destroy them altogether: lest perhaps the beasts of the earth should increase upon thee. 23 But the Lord thy God shall deliver them is thy sight; and shall slay them until they he utterly destroyed. 24 And he shall deliver their kings intoihv hands: and thou shalt destroy their names from under hea- ven: no man shall Ik: able to resist thee, until thou destrov them. 25 Their graven things* thou shall bum with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver and gold of which they are made; neither shall thou take to thee any thing thereof*, lest thou offend; because it is an abomiaa> tion to the Lord thy God. 2(> Neither shalt thou bring am thing of the idol into thy house, lest thou laconic an anathema, f like it. Thou shall detest it as dung, and shalt utterly abhor it as uncleanness and filth, because it is an anathema. CHAP. VIII. The people are put in mind of Cod's dealings witk tkem, to the end that they mny Ion- him and serve kim. ALL the command incuts, that I command thee this day, take great care to observe: that you may * lirwrsn (Vnri. IiloN, no called by contempt. ♦ .In anathema. That i». a (lung devoted lo destruction , and wWk Carrie* along with it a cur*e. CHAP. IX. live, and be multiplied, and going in may possess the land, for which the Lord swore to jour fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wotildst keep his com- mandments or no. 3 He afflicted thee with want, and gave thee man- na for thy food, which neither thou nor thy fathers knew: to show that not in bread alone* doth man live; but in every word that proeeedeth from the mouth of God. 4 Thy raiment, with which thou wast covered, hath not decayed for age, and thy foot is not worn, lo, this is the fortieth year, 5 That thou mayest consider in thy heart, that as a man traineth up his son, so the Lord thy God hath trained thee up. 6 That thou shouldst keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and fear him. 7 For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a good land, of brooks, and of waters, and of foun- tains; in the plains of which and the hills deep riv- ers break out: 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vineyards, wherein fig-trees, and pomegranates, and oliveyards grow; a land of oil and honey: 9 Where without any want thou shalt eat thy bread, and enjoy abundance of all things: where the stones are iron, and out of its hills are dug mines of brass : 10 That when thou hast eaten, and art full, thou vnayst bless the Lord thy God for the excellent land which be hath given thee. 1 1 Take heed, and beware lest at any time thou forget the Lord thy God, and neglect his command- ments and judgments and ceremonies, which I com- mand thee this day: 12 Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them, 13 And shalt have herds of oxen and flocks of sheep, and plenty of gold and of silver, and of all things, 14 Thy heart be lifted up, and thou remember not the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage : 15 And was thy leader in the great and terrible wilderness, wherein there was the serpent burning with his breath, and the scorpion, and the dipsas,f and no waters at all : who brought forth streams out of the hardest rock, 16 And fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not. And after he had afflicted and proved thee, at the last he had mercy on thee, 17 Lest thou should say in thy heart: My own • Sot m bread alone, fife. i. e That fiod is able to make food of what hr please for the support of man. t Tim Hipsas. A set-pent vfcQM bitr innseth a violent thirst; from whence it has its name; Tor in Greek, Jipsa, («+«) signifies thirtl. might, and the strength of my own hand, have achieved all these things for me. 18 But remember the Lord thy God, that he hath given thee strength, that he might fulfil his covenant, concerning which he swore to thy fa- thers, as this present day showeth. 19 But if thou forget the Lord thy God, and follow strange gods, and serve and adore them ; behold, now I foretell thee that thou shalt utterly perish. 20 As the nations, which the Lord destroyed at thy entrance, so shall you also perish, if you be dis- obedient to the voice of the Lord your God. CHAP. IX. Lest they should impute their victories to their own merits, they are put in mind of their manifold rebellions and other sins, for which they should have been destroyed, but God spared them • for his promise made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. HEAR, O Israel: Thou shalt go over the Jor- dan this day, to possess nations very great, and stronger than thyself, cities great, and walled up to the sky, 2 A people great and tall, the sons of the Enacims, whom thou hast seen, and heard of, against whom no man is able to stand. 3 Thou shalt know therefore this day that the Lord thy God himself will pass over before thee, a devouring and consuming fire, to destroy and extir- pate and bring them to nothing before thy face quickly, as he hath spoken to thee. 4 Say not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God shall have destroyed them in thy sight: For my justice hath the Lord brought me in to possess this land; whereas these nations are destroyed for their wickedness. 5 For it is not for thy justices, and the upright- ness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands: but because they have done wickedly, they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the Lord might accomplish his word, which he pro- mised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 Know therefore, that the Lord thy God givelh thee not this excellent land in possession for thy justices, for thou art a very stiff-necked people. 7 Remember, and forget not how thou pro- vokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilder- ness. From the day that thou earnest out of Egypt, unto this place, thou hast always strove against the Lord. 8 For in Horeb also thou didst provoke him : and he was angrv and would have destroyed thee, 9 When 1 went up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you: and I continued in the mount forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water. 10 And the Lord gave me two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and containing all the words that he spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the fire, when the people were assem- bled together. 14* DEUTERONOMY. 11 And when forty days were passed, and as many nights, the Lord g.i\e dm the two tallies of Stone, I Ih« tallies of the covenant, 12 And said to me: Arise, and go down from hence quickly: for thy people, which thou hast brought out of Egypt, have quickly forsaken the way that thou ha.st shown them, and have made to themselves a molten idol. 13 And again the I^ord said to mc: I see that this people is still- necked: 14 Let uie alone that I may destroy them, and abolish their nam*; from under heaven, and set thee over a nation, that is greater and stronger than this. 1") And when I came down from the burning mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with both hands. 16 And saw that you had sinned against the Lord your (iod, and had made to yourselves a molten calf, and had quickly forsaken his Way, which he had shown yon : 17 I east the tables out of my hands, and broke them in your sight. 18 And I fell down before the Lord as l>cforc, forty days and nights neither eating bread, nor drinking water, for all your sins which yon had committed against the Lord, and had provoked him to wrath : 19 For I feared his indignation and anger. wherewith being moved against you. he would have vol be; destroyed you. And the Lord beard me this time also. 20 And he was exceeding angry against Aaron aNo, and would have destroyed him: and I prav id ill like maimer for him. 1\ And your sin that you had committed, that is, the calf, I took, and burned it with fire, and breaking it into pieces, until it was as small as dust, I threw it into the torrent, which coincth down from the mountain. \t the burning also, and at the place of temp- tation, ami at The graves of lust you provoked the Lord : 23 And when he sent you from Cadeshame, say- ing: Go up, and |>ossess the land that I have given you, and you slighted the commandment of the Lord your God, and did not believe him, neither would you hearken to his voice: 24 Hut were always rebellious from the day that I began to know you. 2o And I lav prostrate Infore the Lord forty days and nights, in which I humbly besought him, that he would not destroy you as he bad threat- ened : 26 And praying, I said: O Lord God, destrov not thy people, and thy inheritance, which thou bast redeemed in thy greatness, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt with a strong hand. 27 Reeoernbe* thv servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: look not oa the stobouroaessof this people, nor on their wickedness and >in. 28 Lest perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which thou hast brought us. s ( \ ; The Lord could not bring them into the land, that In pro- 148 mjsed ilicin, and he hated them : therefore be brought them out, that he might kill them in the w ilderness: 1 Who are thy people and thv inheritance, whom thou hast brought out by thy gnat stiengtb, and in thy stretcbed-out arm. CHAP. X. God girrth the ifrrmd tnhlrt of the Imp : a further exhortation to fear ami tervt the Lord. AT that time the Lord said to me: Hew thee two tables of stone like the former, and come up to me into the mount: and thou shalt make an ark of wood, 2 And I will write on the fables the Words that were in them, which thou brokest before; and thou shalt out them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark of selim-wood. And when I had hewn two tables of stone like the for- mer, I went up into the mount, having them in my hands. V And he wrote in the tables, according as he had written before, the ten words, which the Lord spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the fire, when the people were assembled: and he gave them to me. 5 And retaining from the mount, I came down, and put the fables into the ark, that I had made : and they are there till this present, as the Lord com- manded mc 6 And the children of Israel removed their camp from Heroth of the children of Jacan into Mosrre, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him in the priestly office. 7 From thence they came to (Jadgad: from which place they departed, and camped in Jete- batha, in a land of waters and torrents. 8 At that time he separated the trilie of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day. 9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his possession, ns the Lord thy God promised him. 10 And I stood in the mount, as Iwfore, forty days and nights: and the Lord heard me this time EUSO. and Would not destrov thee. 11 And he said to me : Go, and walk before the people, that they may enter, and possess the land, which I swore to tin ir fathers that I would give fhem. 12 And now, Israel, w hat doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thv (Jod, and walk in his m;i\s. end love him. and serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul: 13 And keep the commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies, w huh I command thee this da\ , that it ma\ lie well with thee? 1 i Behold, heaven is (he Lord's thy God, and the hem n of heaven, and the earth and all things that are then in. 15 And yet the Lord hath been closely joined to *.Vo«ra By mount Hor, tor llirrr Aaron rfire deceived, and you depart from the Lord, and serve strange gods, and adore them : 17 And the Lord being angry shut up heaven, that the rain come not down, nor the earth yield her fruit, and you perish quickly from the excellent land, which the Lord will give you. 18 Lay up these my words in your hearts and minds, and hang them for a sign on your hands, and place them between your eyes. 19 Teach your children that they meditate on them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest on the way, and when thou liestdown and risest up. 20 Thou shalt write them upon the posts and the doors of thy house : 21 That thy days may be multiplied, and the days of thy children in the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers, that he would give them as long as the heaven hangeth over the earth. 22 For if you keep the commandments which I command you, and do them, to love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, cleaving unto him, 23 The Lord will destroy all these nations before your face, and you shall possess them, which are greater and stronger than you. 24 Every place that your foot shall tread upon, shall be yours. From the desert, and from Liba- nus, from the great river Euphrates unto the west- ern sea shall be your borders. 23 None shall stand against you : the Lord your God shall lay the dread and fear of you upon all the land that you shall tread upon, as he hath spoken to you. 26 Behold, I set forth in your sight this day a blessing and a curse: 27 A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: 28 A curse, if you obey not the commandments of the Lord your God, but revolt from the way which now I show you, and walk after strange gods which you know not. 29 And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, whither thou goest to dwell, thou shalt put the blessing* upon mount Garizim, the curse upon mount Hebal: 30 Which are beyond the Jordan, behind the way that goeth to thesetting of the sun, in the land of the Chanaanite who dwelleth in the plain coun- * Put tht bltssingi, fyc. See Deut xxvii. 12, &c. and Josue »iii. 33, &c. 149 DEUTERONOMY. try over-against Galgala, which is mar the valley that reacheth and entereth far. 31 For yon shall pass over the Jonlan, to pos- sess the land, which the Lord your God will give you. that you iu:i\ have it and possess it. .'»2 Sec therefore thai von fulfil the ceremonies and judgments, which I .shall set this day before you. CHAP. XII. All idolatry must be extirpated: sarri fires, tithe*, and first- fruits must be offered in one only place : uil eating of blood it prohibited. f HESE are the precepts and judgments, that -*- you must do in the land, which the Lord the God of thy lathers will give thee, to possess it all tlte days that thou shah walk upon the earth. J Destroy all the places in which the nations, that you shall possess, worshipped their sods upon high Mountains, and hills, and under every shady tree: 3 Overthrow their altars, and break down their «tatues; bum their groves with fire, and break tin \r idols in pines: destroy their names out of those places. 4 You shall not do so to the Lord your God : 5 But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to nut his name there, and to dwell in it : o And you shall offer in that place your holo- causts and victims, the tithes and first-fruits of your hands, and your vows and gifts, the first-born of ynr herds and your sheep. 7 And you shall eat there in the sight of the lord your God : and you shall rejoice in all things, whereunto you shall put your hand, you and your houses wherein the Lord your God hath blessed yon. 8 You shall not do there the things wc do here this day, every man that which seemelh good to himself. 9 For until this present time you are not come to rest, and to the possession, which the Lord your God will give vou. 10 You shall pass over the Jordan, and shall dwell in the land which the Lord your God will give you, that you may have rest from all enemies round about; and may dwell without any fear, 1 1 In the place, which the Lord your God shall choose, that his name may 1m- therein. Thither shall you bring all the things that I command you, holo- causts, and victims, and tithes, and the first-fruits ofyour hands; and whatsoever is the choicest in the gifts which yon shall vow to the Lord. 12 There shall you feast before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your men-servants ami maid-servants, and the Levite that dwclleth in your cities. For he hath no other part and possession among you. 13 Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shah see : I \ But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy triln-s shall thou offer sacrifices, ami shall do all that I command tin I") lint if thou ilesirest local, and the eating of flesh delight line, kill, and eat according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given ISO tine, in thy cities: whether it be unclean, that is to say, having blemish or defect: or (Iran, that is to say. sound and without blemish, such as may Imj offered, as the roe, and the hart, shall thou eat it : It! Only the blood thou shall not eat : hm thou shall pour It out upon the earth as water. 17 Thou mayst not eat in thy towns the tithes of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, the first- born of thy Inrds and thy cattle, nor any thing that' thou vow est. and that thou wilt oiler volunta- rily, and the first-fruits of" thy hands : 18 But thou shah cat them before the Lord thv (iod in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and maid-servant, and the Levite that dwclleth in thy cities: and thou shah rejoice and be refreshed before the Lord thy God in all things, whereunto thou shall put thv hand. 19 Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou lives! in the land. 20 When the Lord thv (iod shall have enlarged thy Imrders, as he hath spoken to tine, and thou wilt eat the flesh that thy soul desireth : 21 And if the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name should be there, U' far off, thou shalt kill of thv herds and of thy flocks, as I have commanded tiiee; and shalt eat in thy towns, as it pleaseth thee. 22 Even as the roe and the hart is eaten, SO shalt thou eat them : both the clean and unclean shall eat of them alike. 23 Only beware of this, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh: J i But thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. 25 That it may he well with thee and thy chil- dren after thee, when thou shalt do that which is pleasing in the sight of the Lord. 20 Hut the things which thou hast sanctified and vowed to the Lord, thou shalt take, and shalt come to I he place which the Lord shall choose: 27 And shalt offer thy oblations the llesh and the blood upon _ the altar of the Lord thy (iod: the blood of thy victims thou shalt pour on the altar: and the flesh thou tin sell shalt eat. 28 Observe and hear all the things that I com- mand thee, that it may l>e well with thee and thy children after thee for ever, when thou shalt do what is good and pleasing in the sight of the Lord thy God. 29 When the Lord thy God shall have destroy- ed liefore thy face the nations, which thou shalt go in to po ssess, and wken thou shalt possess them, and dwell in their land : 30 Beware lest thou imitate them, after they are destroyed at thy coming in, and lest thou seek after their ceremonies, saying: As these nations have worshipped their nods, so will I also worship. 31 Thou shall not do in like manner to the Lord thv God. For they have done to their gods all the abominations which the Lord ahhorreth, offering their sons and daughters, and burning 'In in witli in < • CHAP. XIII, XIV. 32 What 1 command thee, that only do thou* to the Lord, neither add any thing, nor diminish. CHAP. XIII. False prophets must be slain, and idolatrous cities destroyed. IF there rise in the midst of thee a prophet, or one that saith he hath dreamed a dream, and he fore- tell a sign and a wonder, 2 And that come to pass which he spoke, and he say to thee : Let us go and follow strange gods, which thou knowest not, and let us serve them : 3 Thou shalt not hear the words of that prophet or dreamer: for the Lord your God trieth you, that it may appear whether you love him with all your heart, and with all your soul, or no. 4 Follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and hear his voice : him you shall serve, and to him you shall cleave. 5 And that prophet or forger of dreams shall be slain : because he spoke to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from -the house of bond- age; to make thee go out of the way, which the Lord thy God commanded thee: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee. 6 If thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife that is in thy bosom, or thy friend, whom thou lovest as thy own soul, would persuade thee secretly, saying: Let us go, and serve strange gods, which thou knowest not, nor thy fathers, 7 Of all the nations round about, that are near or afar off, from one end of the earth to the other, 8 Consent not to him ; hear him not ; neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him : 9 But thou shalt presently put him to death. t Let thy hand be first upon him, and afterwards the hands of all the people. 10 With stones shall he be stoned to death : be- cause he would have withdrawn thee from the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage: 11 That all Israel hearing may fear, and may do no more any thing like this. 12 If in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to dwell in, thou hear some say : 13 Children of Belial! are gone out of the midst of thee, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, and have said : Let us go, and serve strange gods which you know not: 14 Inquire carefully and diligently, the truth of the thing by looking well into it: and if thou find that which is said to be certain, and that this abomi- nation hath been really committed, 15 Thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabitants of (hat city with the edge of the sword, and shalt de- stroy it and all things that are in it, even the cattle. 16 And all the household goods that are there, thou shalt gather together in the midst of the streets * Tint only do thou, trc. Thev are forbid here to follow the ce^remo- ules ot the heathens; or to make any alterations in the divine ordi- nances. t Fnrently put him to death. Not bv killing- him by private authority, but by luformiug the magistrate, arid proceeding by order of justice. thereof, and shalt bum them with the city itself, s« as to consume all for the Lord thy God, and that it be a hea | > for ever: it shall be built no more. 17 And there shall nothing of lhat anathema stick to thy hand: that the Lord may turn from the wrath of his fury, and may have mercy on thee, and mul- tiply thee as he swore to thy fathers, 18 When thou shalt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, keeping all his precepts, which I command thee this day, that thou mayest do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord thy God. CHAP. XIV. hi mourning for the deadthty are not to follow the ways of the gentiles ■: the distinction of clean and unclean meats : ordinan- ces concerning tithes, and first-fruits. BE ye children of the Lord your God : you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness for the dead. 2 Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God : and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon the earth. 3 Eat not the things that are unclean.^ 4 These are the beasts that you shall eat: the ox, and the sheep, and the goat, 5 The hart and the roe, the buffle, and chamois, the pygarg, the wild goat, the camelopardalus. 6 Every beast that divideth the hoof in two parts, and cheweth the cud, you shall eat. 7 But of them that chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, you shall not eat, such as the camel, the hare, and the cherogril : because they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, they shall be unclean to you. 8 The swine also, because it divideth the hoof, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean : their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. 9 These shall you eat of all that abide in the waters: All that have fins and scales, you shall eat. 10 Such as are without fins and scales, you shall not eat, because they are unclean. 1 1 All birds that are clean you shall eat. 12 The unclean eat not: to wit, the eagle and the grype, and the osprey, 13 The ringtail, and the vulture, and the kite according to their kind, 14 And all of the raven's kind : 15 And the ostrich ? and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind : 16 The heron, and the swan, and the stork, 17 And the cormorant, the porphirion, and the night-crow, 18 The bittern, and the charadrion, every one in their kind : the houp also, and the bat. 1 9 Every thing that creepeth and hath little wings, shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten. 20 All that is clean, you shall eat. 21 But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat not thereof. Give it to the stranger that is within thy f Belial. That is, ioithout yoke. Hence the wicked, who refuse to be subject to the divine law, are called in scripture the children u' Belial. t Liultan. See the annotations on Leviticus XI. 1S1 DKUTKKONOMY. , to eat, or sell it to him: because thou art the holy people of the Lord thj God* Thou shalt not Uiii a kid in the milk of its dam. J. i .ir thou shah Bet aside the till. all thy fruits dial the earth bringeth. forth. V it< i iIh.u shall cat before tin- Lord thy God iu the place which lie shall choose, that hit name may l>e called ii|>ou then in, the tithe of thy com. and thy wine, and thy oil, ami tin iirst-liorii ol thy herdsi and thy sheep: that thou maysl learn to fear the Lord thv God at all times. J J- Hut w hen the way and the place « hich the Lord thy (uk! shall chonsej are far off. and he hath Messed thee,;ind ihon canst not carry all these things thither, 25 Thou shall sell them all, and turn them into money ; and shall carry it in thv hand, and shall go to the place which the Lord shall choose : 2<> And thou shall buy with the same money whatsoever pleascth thee, either of the herds or of sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that tin soul desireth : and thou shall eat before the Lord thy God, and shall least, thou and tin house : 27 And the Levite that is within thy gates, he- ware thou forsake him not, localise he hath no other part iu thy possession. The third year thou shalt separate another tithe of all things that grow to thee at that time: and shall lav it up within thy gates. 29 And the Levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the v\ idow, that are within thy sates, shall come, and shall eat, and he filled : that the Ixird thv (iod may bless thee in all the works of thy bands that thou shalt do. CHAP. XV. The late of the tree-nth year of remission. The firitlingt of cat- tle are to be tamtfied to the Jjord. IN the seventh year thou shalt make a remission, 2 Which shall be celebrated in this order. He to whom any thing is owing from his friend or nei^h- U)ur or brother, cannot demand it again, because it is the year of remission of the Lord. 3 Of the foreigner or stranger thou mayst exact it: of thy countrvman and neighbour thou shalt not have power to demand it again. 4 And there shall lie no poor* nor beggar among ?ou: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the and which be Will give thee in possession. 5 Yet so if thou hear the voice of the I^ord thy God, and keep all thing! that he hath ordained, and which I command thee this day, Iu: will hless thee, as he hath promised. t! Thou shalt lend to many nations, and thou shalt liorrow of no man. Thou shalt have dominion r very many nations, and no one shall have do- minion over thee. 7 If one ol thy brethren that dwellcth within the gates of thy city iu the laud which the Lord thy • Thm taall k iu foot, let. Il is not to be undentnod u • frtmiu, Stat there »houM he ito |*»>r in Nrael, »« nppear* from vrr. II, wIm-h- ea learn Oat Cotft paopb would never be at a km to And objt < !5f ( iod will give thee, come to poverty , thou shalt not ■ardea thv heart, nor close thy hand. 8 Hut shall open it to the poor man : thon sha t lend him, that which thou perceivest he hath need of. 9 Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought sleal in ■POO thee, and thon say in thv heart: The seventh year of remission draw cth nigh; and thou turn away thy eve.s horn thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he askcth : lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it Income a sin unto thee. 10 Hut thou shall give to him: neither shalt thou do anv thins craftily in relieving his necessities; that the Lord thj (iod may hless thee at all tun. >, and in all thing* to which thou shalt put thy hand. 11 There will not he want ins poor in the land ol thv habitation : therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother, that liveth in the laud. 12 When thy brother a Hebrew man. or Hebrew woman is sold to thee, and hath served thee six peatS, in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free: 18 And when thou seudest him out free, thou shalt not let him go away empty: 14 Hut shalt give him for his way out of thy flocks, and out of thy barn-floor, and thv wine-press, y\ here- with the Lord thy (iod shall bless thee. 15 Remember that thou also wast a bond-ser- vant in the land of Ksypt. and the Lord thy (iod made thee free ; and therefore I now command thee ihis.^ 16 But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and tindeth that he is well with thee: 17 Thou shalt take an awl, and bore through his ear in the door of thy house: and he shall serve thee for ever: thou shall do iu like manner to thy woman-servant also. I<". Turn not awav thy eyes from them when thou makest them free: Iwcause he hath served thee six years according to the wasics of a hireling; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works that thou docsi. 19 Of the firstlings, that come of thy herds and thv sheep, thou shalt sanctify to the Lord thy (iod w iialsover is of the male sex. Thou shalt not work with the firstling of a bullock, and thou shalt not shear the first lines of thy sheep. §0 In the sicht of the Lord thy (iod shalt thou eat them every year in the place that the Lord shall choose, thou and thy house. 21 Hut if it have a blemish, or l>e lame, or blind, or in any part disfigured or feeble, it shall not Ik.- sa- crificed to the Lord thy (iod. 22 Hut thou shalt eat it w ithin the gates of thy city : the clean and the urn lean shall eat then alike, as the roe, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood, but jwurit out on the earth as water. tin ir charity : but it h an ordinance that all vbnnld Ho tbrir br«t rn- ilravour* to prevent an) of tla-ir hrt tlmii hum mlfprinr Ihu lianUlupa of |«oTerty ami want. CHAP. XVI, XVII. . CHAP. XVI. The three principal solemnities to be observed : just judges to be appointed in every city : all occasions of idolatry to be avoid- ed. OBSERVE the month of new corn, which is the first of the spring, that thou mayst cele- brate the phase to the Lord thy God: because in tltis month the Lord thy God brought thee out of Egvpt by night. 2 And thou shalt sacrifice the phase to the Lord thy God, of sheep, and of oxen, in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there. 3 Thou shalt not eat with it leavened bread : seven days shalt thou eat without leaven, the bread of affliction, because thou earnest out of Egypt in fear: that thou mayst remember the day of thy coming out of Egypt, all the days of thy life. 4 No leaven shall be seen in all thy coasts for seven days, neither shall any of the flesh of that which was sacrificed the first day in the evening re- main until morning. 5 Thou mayst not immolate the phase in any one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God will give thee : 6 But in the place, which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there : thou shalt immolate the phase in the evening at the going down of the sun, at which time thou earnest out of Egypt 7 And thou shalt dress, and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : and in the morning rising up thou shalt go into thy dwellings. 8 Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day, because it is the assembly of the Lord thy God, thou shalt do no work. 9 Thou shalt number unto thee seven weeks from that day, wherein thou didst put the sickle to the corn. 10 And thou shalt celebrate the festival of weeks to the Lord thy God, a voluntary oblation of thy hand, which thou shalt offer accordin to the bless- ing of the Lord thy God : 1 1 And thou shalt feast before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man- servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the father- less, and the widow, who abide with you; in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there: 12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded. 13 Thou shalt celebrate the solemnity also of ta- bernacles, when thou hast gathered in thy fruit of the barn-floor and of the wine-press. 14 And thou shalt make merry in thy festival time, thou, thy son, and thy daughter, thy man ser- vant, and thy maid-servant, the Levite also, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are within tl>" gates. u 15 Seven days shalt thou celebrate feasts to the Lord thy God, in the place which the Lord shall choose: and the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy fruits, and in every work of thy hands : and thou shalt be in joy. 16 Three times in a year shall all thy males ap- pear before the Lord thy God in the place which be shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of taberna- cles. No one shall appear with his hands empty before the Lord : 17 But every one shall offer according to what he hath, according to the blessing of the Lord his God, which he shall give him. 18 Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment, 19 And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept persons nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just. 20 Thou shalt follow justly after that which is just; that thou mayest live and possess the land, which the Lord thy God shall give thee. 21 Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God: 22 Neither shalt thou make nor set up to thyself a statue; which things the Lord thy God hateth. CHAP. XVII. Victims must be without blemish. Idolaters are to be slain. Con- troversies are to be decided by the high-priest and counsel, whose sentence must be obeyed, under pain of death. The duty of a king, who is to receive the lawof God at the priest's hands. THOU shalt not sacrifice to the Lord thy God a sheep, or an ox, wherein there is blemish, or any fault: for that is an abomination to the Lord thy God. 2 When there shall be found among you within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, man or women that do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, and transgress his covenant, 3 So as to go and serve strange gods, and adore them, the sun and the moon, and all the host of heaven,* which I have not commanded : 4 And this is told thee, and hearing it thou hast inquired diligently, and found it to be true, and that the abomination is committed in Israel : 5 Thou shalt bring forth the man or the woman, who have committed that most wicked thing, to the gates of thy city ; and they shall be stoned. 6 By the mouth of two, or three witnesses, shall he die, that is to be slain. Let no man be put lo death, when only one beareth witness against him. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to kill him, and afterwards the hands of me rest of the people: that thou mayest take away the evil out of the midst of thee. * The holt of heave*. That is, the stars. 163 IH: I I KKONOMY. 8 If thou perceive* that there be anion:; mm r hard and doubtful matter in judgment between Mood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and lepros) : and thou see thai the words of the judges within thy gates do \ar\: arise, and so up Id the jilai e. which the Lord thy God shall choose. 9 And thou shalt come to the priest* of the I.' - vitical race, and to the judge, that shall Im- at that time: and tbou shdt ask of them, and they shall shew thee the trmh of the judgment 10 And thou shall do whatsoever they shall say, that preside in the place, which tin; Lord shall choose, and what they shall teach thee, 11 According to his law; and ihou shalt follow their sentence : mil her shall thou decline to the right hand nor to the left hand. 11 lint be that will be proud, and refine to obey the commandment of the jiriest, who ministercth at that time to the Lord thv God, and the decree of the that man shall die, and thou shalt takeaway the evil from Israel : 13 And all the people hearing it shall fear, that no one afterwards swell with pride. 14 When thou art come into the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, and nojseaasal it, and shalt say : I will set a kin:; over me, as all nations have that are round about : 16 Thou shalt set him whom the Lord thy God shall choose out of the number of thy brethren. Thou mayst not make a mail of another nation kins, thai is not thv brother. It! And when he is made Icinc, he shall not mul- tiply horses to himself, uor lead hack the people into pt, hems lifted up with the number of his horse- men, especially since the Lord hath commanded you to return no more th<' same way. 17 He shall not have many w ires, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and sold. 18 But after he is raised to the throne of his kingdom, he shall copy out to himself the Deute- ronomy of this law in a volume, taking the copy of the priests of the Levitical trilic: 19 And he shall have it with him, and shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the l,ord his God, and keep his words and ceremo- nies, that are commanded in the law. 20 And that his heart he not lifted up with pride over his brethren, nor decline to the risht or to the left, that he and his suns may reign a long time over Israel. CHAP. XVIII. TV" 1/ird i» the inheritance of the prints and /x-ri'/r*. Unit hi ni»h nlfiminiitiniu are to he avoided. 'I'hi frmU PkONB r ( 'iiaisT l* promised. Falte prophet* mutt be tlmn. r |^lll". priests and Levites, and all that are of the -*- same triU', shall have no part nor inheritance with the rest of Israel ; because they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord, and his oblations. * if Itum prretir*. irt. Hera we tea what miil>orit\ Bad >u pleaaad to (ire t" II,. r I i,i r. b-ffuidea • >(' lha OU1 Teataineut. in deciding;, uiili- val appeal, aUcootnncr»ic« relating to t!te taw , promising lint Ibey 2^ And they shall receive nothing else of the pos- session of their brethren: for the Lord himself is their inheritance, as he hath said to them. This shall Ik' the priest's due from the people, and from them that offer victims : whether the> sa- crifice an o\, or a sheep, they slpll give to ihe priest the shoulder and the breast : ' 4 The first-fruits al.su of corn, of wine, and .1* oil. and a part of the wool from tin shearing of their sheep. 5 For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy trilxs, to stand, and to minister to the name of the Lord, him ami his sons for ever. 6 If a Lerife go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth,and hate a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose. 7 He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at that time before the Lord. 8 He shall receive the same portion of food that the rest do: besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers. 9 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee, beware lest thou have a mind to imitate the ai>ominatious of those nations. 10 Neither let there be found among you anyone that shall expiate his son or daughter, Slaking them to pass through the fire; or that consulteth sooth- sayers, or observeth dreams and omens: neither let there be any wizard, 11 Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pv- thonic spirits, or fortune-tellers, or that scekcth the truth from the dead. 12 lor the Lord abhorreth all these things: and for these abominations he will destroy them at thy coming. 13 Thou shalt be perfect, and without spot l>efore tin Lord thy God. 14 These nations, whose land thou shalt |>ossess, hearken to soothsayers and dhincrs: but thou art otherwise instructed bv the Lord thy God. 15 The Lord thy God will raise up to thee a prophet of thy nation and of thy brethren like unto me: him thou shalt hear: 16 As thou desin dst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the assembly was gathered tost liter, and saidst : Let me not hear any more the voire of the Lord m\ G(mI, neither let me see any more this exceeding great lire, lest I die. 17 Ami the Lord said tome: They have spoken all thins* well. IN I will raise them up a proph e t out of the mitbt of their brethren like to thee: and I will put mv words in his mouth, and he shall speak all that I shall command him. 19 And he that will not hear his words, n Inch he shall sixak in my name, I will Ik- the revenger. 20 Hut the prophet who being corrupted with •Im.iiIiI not err tWrnn I ami min-ly be baa Dot dooe ! guides of the .New Testament. (or lite cbarr.b- CHAP. XIX, XX. The cities of refuge. pride, shall speak in my name things that I did not command him to say, or in the name of strange gods, shall he slain. 21 And if in silent thought thou answer: How shall I know the word that the Lord hath not spoken ? 22 Thou shalt have this sign: Whatsoever that same .prophet foretelleth in the name of the Lord, and it cometh not to pass, that thing the Lord hath not s|H)kcii ; hut the prophet hath forged it by the [>ride of his mind : and therefore thou shalt not fear lim. CHAP. XIX. Wilful murder, and false witnesses must be punislied. WHEN the Lord thy God hath destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to thee,and thou shalt possess it, and shall dwell in the cities and houses thereof: 2 Thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give thee in possession, 3 Pavingdiligentlythe way: and thou shalt divide the whole province of thy land equally into three parts; thathe who is forced to flee for man slaughter, may have near at hand whither to escape. 4 This shall he the law of the slayer that fleeth, whose life is to be saved : He that killeth his neigh- bour ignorantly, and who is proved to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before: 5 But to have gone with him to the wood to hew Wood, and in cutting down the tree the axe slipped out of his hand, and the iron slipping from the handle struck his friend, and killed him; he shall flee to one of the cities aforesaid, and live: 6 Lest perhaps the next kinsman of him whose blood was shed, pushed on by his grief should pursue, and apprehend him, if the way be too long, and take away the life of him who is not guilty of death, be- cause he is proved to have had no hatred before igainst him that was slain. 7 Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another. 8 And when the Lord thv God shall have enlarged thy borders, as he swore to thy fathers, and shall give thee all the land that he promised them, 9 (Yet so, if thou keep his commandments, and do the thintrs which 1 command thee this day, that thou love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways at all times) thou shalt add to the other three cities, and shalt double the number of the three cities afore- said : 10 That innocent blood may not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord thy God will give thee to uossess, lest thou be guilty of blood. 11 But if any man hating his neighbour lie in wait for his life, and rise and strike him. and he die, and he flee to one of the cities aforesaid, 12 The ancients of his city shall send, and take him out of the place of refuge, and shall deliver him into the hand of the kinsman of him whose blood was shed; and he shall die. 13 Thou shalt not pity him; and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee. 14 Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thv pos- session, which the Lord thy God will give thee in the land that thou shalt receive to possess. 15 One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be; but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand. 16 If a lying witness stand against a man, accu- sing him of transgression, 1 7 Both of them, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges that shall be in those days. 18 And when after most diligent inquisition, they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother: 19 They shall render to him as he meant to do to his brother: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee : 20 That others hearing may fear, and may not dare to do such things. 21 Thou shalt not pity him; but shalt require life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. CHAP. XX. Laws relating to war. TF thou go out to war against thy enemies, and see -*- horsemen and chariots, and the numbers of the enemy's army greater than thine, thou shalt not fear them; because the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt. 2 And when the battle is now at hand, the priest shall stand before the army, and shall speak to the people in this manner: 3 Hear, O Israel, you join battle this day against your enemies; let not your heart be dismayed, be not afraid, do not give back, fear ye them not: 4 Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger. 5 And the captains shall proclaim through every band in the hearing of the army : What man is there, that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it ? Jet him go, and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6 What man is there, that hath planted a vine- yard, and hath not as yet made it to be common, whereof all men may eat? let him go, and return to his house : lest he die in the battle, and another man execute his office. 7 What man is there, that hath espoused a wife, and not taken her? let him go, and return to his house: lest he die in the war, and another man take her. 8 After these things are declared, they shall add the rest, and shall speak to the people: What man is rliH-e that is fearful, and faint-hearted? let him go, and return tohis house, lest he make the hearts of his brethren to fear, as he himself is possessed with fear 155 DEUTERONOMY. 9 Anil when the captains of tin- anm shall bold their |>eac(\ ami have made an end of speaking, every man shall prepare tbeir bands to fight. 10 If at any time thou DOOM to fight against a city, thou shall first offer it peace. 1 1 If thfv receive if, ami open the gates to thee, all the people that arc therein, shall Ik* saved, and shall serve thee paving tribute. 1J hut if tlnv will not make peace, and shall begin war against thee, thou shall besiege it. 13 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver it into thy hands, thou shalt slay all that are therein of the male sex, with the edge of the sword, 14 Excepting women and children, cattle and other things, that are in the city. And thou shalt divide all the prey to the army : and thou shalt eat the s|»oils of thy enemies, which the Lord thy God shall give thee. 15 So shalt thou do to all cities that are at a prcat distance from thee, and are not of these cities which thou shalt receive in possession. Hi But of those cities that shall be given thee, thou shalt suffer noiM* at all to live: 17 But shall kill them with the edge of the sword, to wit, the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, the Phcrezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee: 18 Lest they teach you to do all the abominations which they have done to their gods: and you should sin against the Lord your God. 19 When thou hast besieged a city a long time, and hath compassed it with bulwarks to take it, thou shalt not cut down the trees that may be eaten of, neither shalt thou spoil the country round about with axes: for it is a tree, and not a man, neither can it increase the number of them that figtM against thee. 20 But if there be any trees that are not fruitful, but wild, and fit for other uses, cut them down, and make engines, until thou take the city, which fight- eth against tliee. CHAP. XXI. The expiation of a secret murder. The marrying a rapt ire. The eldett ton must wit hr deprived of hit birthright for hti- trrd of his mother. A ttubhorn son it to be ttoned to death. When one it hanged on a gibbet, he mutt be taken dmrn the I day, and buried. WHEN there shall l>e found in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, the corpse of a man slain, and it is not known who is guilt} of the murder. 2 Thv ancient] and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the lxtdv lieth, the distance of every city round al>out : 3 Ami the ancients ol that city which they shall twrceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a leifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground. 4 And they shall bring Iht into a rough and stony valley, that never was ploughed, nor sown: and there they shall strike oil" the head of the heifer. 5 And the priests the sons of Levi wliall conic, whom the Lord thy find hath chosen fo minister t* him, and to bless in his name ; and that by tbeii word every matter tke taken from them: 9 And thou shalt be free from the innocent's blixnl, that was shed, when thou shalt have done what the Lord hath commanded thee. 10 If thou go out to fight against thy enemies, and the Lord thy God deliver them into thy hand, and thou lead them away captives, 11 And seest in the BttSabtf of the captives a beautiful woman, and Invest her, and wilt have her to wife, 12 Thou shalt bring her into thy house : and she shall shave her hair, and pare her nails, 13 And shall put oil" the raiment, wherein she was taken; and shall remain in thy house, sad mourn for her fatheraud mother one month : and alter that thou shalt go in unto her, and shalt sleep with her, and she shall be thy wife. 14 But if afterwards she please thee not, thou shalt let her go free; but thou mays! not sell her for money, nor oppress her by might: l>ecause thou hast humbled her. 16 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they have had children by him, and the son of the hated l>c the lirst-lxirn, 16 And he ineaueth to divide his substance among his sons: he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born, and prefer him before the sou of the hated. 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the first-born, and shall give him a double por- tion of all be hath: for this is the first of his chil- dren, and to him are due the first birthrights. 18 It a man have a stubborn and unruly son, who will not hear the commandments () f his father or mother, and l>eing corrected, slighteth obedience : 19 They shall take him, and bring him to the ancient! of bis city, and to the gate ol judgment, 20 And shall say to them: This our son is rebel* lions and stubborn ; he slightcth hearing our admo- nitions; he giveth himself to revelling, and to de- bauchery and hanquctings: 21 The people of the city shall stone him: and he shall die, that you ma\ take awav the evil out of the midst of >ou, and all Israel hearing it may be .ill aid. 22 When a man hath committed a crime foi which be is to lie punished with death, and being condemned to die is banged on a gibbet: 23 His body shall not remain U|k>ii the tree, but shall be buried the same day : for he is accursed ol God that haugeth on a tree : ami thou shalt uot de- CHAP. XXII, XXIII. file thy land, which the Lord thy God shall give thee iti possession. CHAP. XXII. Humanity towards neighbours. Neither sex may use the ap- parel of the other. Cruelty to be avoided even to birds. Bat- tlements about the roof of a house. Things of divers kinds not to be. mixed. The punishment of him that slandereth his wife, as also of adultery and rape. 1MIOU shak not pass by if thou seest thy bro- ther's ox, or his sheep go astray : but thou shalt bring them back to thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh, or thou know him not; thou shalt bring them to thy house, and thev shall be with thee until thy brother seek them, ana receive them. 3 Thou shalt do in like manner with his ass, and with his raiment, and with every thing that is thy brother's, which is lost : if thou find it, neglect it not as pertaining to another. 4 If thou see thy brother's ass or his ox to be fallen down in the way, thou shalt not slight it, but shall lift it up with him. 5 A woman shall not be clothed with man's ap- parel ; neither shall a man use woman's apparel : for he that doeth these things is abominable before God. 6 If thou find, as thou walkest by the way, a bird's nest in a tree, or on the ground, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs: thou shalt not take* her with her young : 7 But shalt let her go, keeping the young which thou hast caught: that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live a long time. 8 When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a baltlementf to the roof round about : lest blood be shed in thy house, and thou be guilty, if any one slip, and fall down headlong. 9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest both the seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of the vineyard, be sanctified together. 10 Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together. 1 1 Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of woollen and linen together- 12 Thou shalt make strings in the hem at the four corners of thy cloak, wherewith thou shalt be covered. 13 If a man marry a wife, and afterwards hate her, 14 And seek occasions to put her away, laying to her charge a very ill name, and say: I took this woman to wife, and going in to her, I found her not a virgin : 15 Her father and mother shall take her, and shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to the ancients of the city that are in the gate: 16 And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her, * Thou shalt not take, !fc. This was to show thorn to exercise a cer- tain mercy even to irrational creatures; and by that means to train them up to a horror of cruelty, and to the exercise of humanity and mutual charity one to another. f Bntllcment. This precaution was necessary, because all their houses had flat tops ; and it was usual to walk and to converse toge- ther upon tin m 17 He layeth to her charge a very ill name, iA as to say: 1 found not thy daughter a virgin: and be hold, these are the tokens of my daughter's vir- ginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city : 1 8 And the ancients of that city shall take that man, and beat him, 19 Condemning him besides in a hundred siclea of silver, which he shall give to the damsel's fatht r, because he hath defamed by a very ill name a virgin of Israel: and he shall have her to wife, and may not put her away all the days of his life. 20 But if what he chargelh her with be true, and virginity be not found in the damsel: 21 1 hey shall cast her out of the doors of her fa- ther's house; and the men of the city shall stone her to death; and she shall die: because she hath done a wicked thing in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee. 22 If a man lie with another man's wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shak take away the evil out of Israel. 23 If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie wilh her, 24 Thou slialt bring them both out to the gate oi that city, and they shall be stoned: the damsel, be- cause she cried not out, being in the city: the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife. And thou shak take away the evil lrom the midst of thee. 25 But if a man find a damsel that is betrothed, in the field, and taking hold of her, lie with her, he alone shall die: 26 The damsel shall suffer nothing; neither is she guilty of death: for as a robber riseth against his brother, and takcth away his life, so also did the damsel suffer: 27 She was alone in the field: she cried, and there was no man to help her. 28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, who is not espoused, and taking her lie with her, and the matter come to judgment : 29 He that lay with her, shall give to the father of the maid fifty sides of silver, and shall have her to wife, because he hath humbled her: he may not put her away all the days of his life. 30 No man shall take his father's wife, nor re- move his covering. CHAP. XXIII. Who may and who may not enter into the church : undeannrsi to be avoided : other precepts concerning fugitives, fornica- tion, usury, vows, and eating other men's grapes and corn. AN eunuch, % whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the church§ of the Lord. \ Eunuch. By these are meant, in the spiritual sense, such as are barren in good works. t Into the church. That is, into the assembly or congregation of Is- rael, so as to have the privilege of an Israelite, or to be capable of any place or office among the people of God, 157 ! \ mamzer. that is to say, one bom of a pros- titute, shall not enter into the church of the Loid. until the tenth generation. .< The Ammonite, and the Moahite e\< n alter the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever: 4 Because they would not meet you with liread and water in the waj . w hen pisj came out of Lgvpt : and because tins hind against thee Balaam, the vm of Boor, frouiMeso|iotaniia in Syria, to curse thee: 5 And the Lord thy God would not hear Ba- laam; and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee. »> Thou shall not make peace with them; neither shall thou seek their prosperity all the da\s ol thy lite tor ever. 7 Thou shalt not abhor the Kdomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Kgvptian, because thou \\ i-t ,i stranger in his land. 8 They that are bora of them, in the third ge- neration shall enter into the church of the Lord. 9 When thou goest out to war against thy ene- mies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thins: It) If there he among you any man, that is de- filed in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of the camp. 1 1 Ann shall not return l>efore he Ik; u ashed w ith water in the evening: and after sun-set he shall re- turn into the camp. 12 Thou shalt have a place without the camp, to which thou mays! go tor the necessities of nature. 1.) ( aming a paddle at thy girdle. And when thou s'utest down, thou shalt dig round about, and with the earth that is dug up thou shall cover 14 That which thou art eased of: (for the Lord thy (iod walketh in the midst of thy camp to de- liver thee, and to give up thy enemies to thee :) and let thy camp In- holy, and let no uncleanness* ap- |>ear then-in, lest In- go aw ay from thee. 15 Thou shalt not deliver to his master the ser- vant that is fled to line. 16 He shall dwell with thee, in the place that shall please him, and shall rest in one of thy cities: give him no trouhle. 17 There shall he no whore among the daugh- ters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel. 1H Thou shalt not offer the hiie of a strumpet. nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord thv God. whatsoever it lie thai thou hast vowed: l>< cause both these are an abomination to the Lord tin ( iod. 19 Thou shah not lend to thy brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing: Jf> Hut to the stranger. t To thy brother thou shalt lend that which he wanted), without USUTl : that the Lord thy (iod may bless thee in all tin DEUTERONOMY. works, ni the land which thou shalt go in to jkiv * .Vo mtitmnnt. This caution »e-.m*t tuflrrinjr any filih in the c»m|>. >u to Inch theni to fly the fillli <»f tin, which iliirctli God awpv fmm the Mat ♦ To tkt tlr, urrr. Thin »ra.» a M irraniitl hi God 10 Im people, who being the I.nnl ol .11 ihinirv ran give a right and title ISO -ess. Jl When thou hast made a vow to the Lord thy (iod, thou shall not delay to pay it: because the Lord tin dod will require it. And if thou delay, it shall he imputed to thee for a sin. 22 If thou wilt not promise, thou shalt be with- out sin. J.; Hut that which is once gone out of thy lips, thou shalt observe, and shalt do as thou hast pro- mised to the Lord tin (iod, and hast spoken with tin own will and with thy own mouth. 24 Going into thy neighbour's vineyard, thou ma\st tat as main grapes as thou plcasest : but must earn none out w ith thee: -'."» If thou go into thy friend's corn, thou mayst break the ears, and rub them in thy hand; but not reap them with a sickle. CHAP. XXIV. Divorce permitted, to avoid greater evil: the newly-married iiiiikI Bat fO to WOT : of mrn-stralcrs, of leprosy, (f pledges, of labourers' hire, of justice, and of charity to the poor. FF a man take a wife, and have her, ami she find ■*• not favour in his eyes for some uncleanness: he shall write a bill of -divorce, and shall give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is departed, and marrielh another husband, 3 And he also hateth her, and hath given her a bill of divorce, and hath sent her out of his house, or is dead: 4 The former husband cannot take her again to wife: because she is defiled, and is become alx>- minalile before the Lord: lest thou cause thy land to sin, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to possess. 5 When B man hath lately taken a wife, he shall not go out to war; neither shall any public business be enjoined him : but he shall be free at home without fault, that for one year he may rejoice with his wife. ti Thou shalt not take the nether nor the upper mill-stone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to thee. 7 If any man be found soliciting his brother of the children of Israel, and selling him shall take a price, he shall Im- put to death, and thou shall take awa\ the evil from ihe midst ol' thee. 8 Observe diligently thai tliou incur not the stroke of the leprosy, UUt thou shall do whatsoever the priests of the Leviiical race shall teach thee, accord- ing tt> what I have commanded them, and fulfil thou it carefully. 9 Remember what the Lord your God did to MarT, in the way when \ou came out of I'.gvpt. 10 When thou shalt demand of thy neighbour any thing thai he oweth thee, thou shalt not go into his hiiiise to take awa\ a pledge: to one «pi>n tlie goodi o( another. Otherwi* Inn !> r» • in ilrtnn* usiiri . :i- enntrarj lothetawi -.. IiH U I ol KSV.36 37. * r,4i v. 7. fiah I I m*. \».u U, 13, CHAP. XXV, XXVI. 1 1 But thou shalt stann without, and he shall B shall not lodge bring our to ihee what he hatli 12 But if he he |>oor, the uled s with thee that night, 13 But thou shalt restore it to him presently he- fore the going down of the sun: that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee, and thou mayst have justice before the Lord thy God. 14 Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy, and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stran- ger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is with- in thy gates: 15 But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day, before the going down of the sun, be- cause lie is poor, and with it maintained! his life: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be re- puted to thee for a sin. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers, but every one shall die for his own sin. 17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless: neither shalt thou take awav the widow's raiment for a pledge. 18 Remember that thou wast a slave in Egypt, and the Lord thy God delivered thee from thence. Therefore 1 command thee to do this thing. 19 When thou hast reaped the corn in thy field, and hast forgot and left a sheaf, thou shalt not re- turn to take it away: but thou shalt sulfer the stran- ger, and the fatherless and the widow to take it away: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands. 20 If thou have gathered the fruit of thy olive- trees, thou shalt not return to gather whatsoever re- niaineth on the trees: but shall leave it for the stran- ger, for the fatherless, and the widow. 21 If thou make the mintage of thy vineyard, thou shalt not gather the clusters that remain: but they shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 Remember that thou also wast a bond-man in Egypt, and therefore I command thee todothis thing. CHAP. XXV. Strip™ must not exceed forty. The ox is not to be muzzled. Of raising seed to the. brother. Of the immodest woman. Of unjust wight. Of destroying the Amalecitrs. IF there be a controversy between men, and they call upon the judges; they shall give the prize of justice to him whom they perceive to he just: and him whom they find to be wicked, they shall condemn of wickedness. 2 And if they see that the offender be worthy of stripes; they shall lay him down, and shall cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin shall the measure also of the stripes be : 3 Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty: lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes. * Jfot muzzle, fyc. St. Paul understands this of the spiritual labourer in the church of God, who is not to he denied his maintenance. 1 t or. ix. ft, 9, 10. t .tmalec. This order fo r destroying the Amaleeites, in the nivsti- cal sense, sheweth how hateful they are to God, and what punishments 4 Thou shalt not muzzle* the ox that treadeth out thv corn on the floor. 6 When brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another: but his brother shall take her, and raise up seed for his brother: 6 And the first son he shall have of her he shall call by his name, that his name be not abolished out of Israel. 7 But if he will not take his brother's wife, w ho by law belongeth to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and call upon the ancients and say: iVly husband's brother refuseth to raise up his bro- ther's name in Israel and will not take me to wife. 8 And they shall cause him to he sent for forth- with, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not take her to wife: 9 The woman shall come to him before the an- cients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it he done to the man that will not buildup his brothers house: 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of the unshod. 11 If two men have words together, and one be- gin to fight against the other, and the other's wife willing to deliver her husband out of the hand of the stronger, shall put forth her hand, and take him by the secrets: 12 Thou shalt cut offherhand; neither shalt thou be moved with any pity in her regard. 13 Thou shalt not have diverse weights in thy bag, a greater and a less: 14 Neither shall there be in thy house a greater bushel and a less. 15 Thou shalt have a just and a true weight; and thy bushel shall be equal and true: that thou mayst live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee. 16 For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that docth these things; and he hateth all injustice. 17 Remember what Amalecfdid to thee in the way when thou earnest out of Egypt: 18 How he met thee; and slew the hindmost of thy army, who sat down being weary, when thou wast spent with hunger and labour; and he feared not God. 19 Therefore when the Lord thv God shall give thee rest, and shall have subdued all the nations round about in the land which he hath promised thee; thou shalt blot out his name from under heaven. See thou forget it not. CHAP. XXVI. The form of words with which the first-fruits and tithes are to be offered. Go(Ps eortnant. A ND when thou art come into the land which x *- the Lord thy God will give thee to possess, and hast conquered it, and dwellest in it: they are to look for from his justice, who attack and discourage his servants when they are hut just come out, as it were of the Egypt of this wicked world," and being yet weak and faint-hearted, are but beginning their journey to the iand of promise. •59 hi ITLRONOMY. 2 Thou shall take the first of all thy fruits, ami put them in a basket, ami >li;tlt go to tin- place w Inch the I. on! thv God shall choose, that his name mav he invocateii there: 3 And thou shah go to the priest that shall lie in those daw. ami sivtohiin: I profos this day before the Lord thy God, (hat 1 am come into the land, for which he swore to our fathers, that he would give it us. 4 And the priest taking the hasket at thy hand, shall set it hefore the altar of the Lord thy (iod: 6 And thou shalt s|>eak thus In the sight of the Jjortl thy Gad: The Syrian* pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, ami sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and stron;:, and of an im'rnile multitude. 6 And the Egyptians afflicted us, and pefSa- cuted us, laving on us most grievous burdens: ; \ ml MM cried to the Lord God of our fathers: who heard us, and looked down upon our affliction, and lalnnir, and distn ss; 8 And brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand, and a siretched-out arm, with great terror, with signs and wonders: '.* And brought us into this place, and gave us this land flow iug w it Ii milk and honey. 10 And therefore now I oiler the first-fruits of the land which the Lord hath given me. And thou shalt leave them in the sight of the Lord thy God, adoring the Lord thy God. 11 And thou shalt feast in all the good things which the Lord thy God hath given thee, and thy house, thou and the Levite, and the stranger that is with thee. 12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all thy fruits, in the third year of tithes thou shalt rive it to the Levite, and to the stranger, and to the father- less, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and l>e filled : 13 And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: I have taken that which WM sanc- tified out of my house, ami I have given it to the Levite, and to the stranger, and to the fatherless. and to the widow, as thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, nor for- gotten thy precepts. 14 I have not eaten of them in my mourning, nor separated them for any uucleaiiness, nor spent anything of them in funerals. I have obeyed the voire of the Lord n»> (i<>d, and have done ail things as thou hast commanded me. 15 Look from thv sanctuary, and thy high habita- tion of heaven, and bless thv people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us. as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and hones. 16 This dav the Lord thv (iod hath commanded thee to do these commandments and judgments: and to keep and fulfil them with all thy heart, ami with all thy soul. 17 Thou has! chosen the Lord this daj to be thy T \t Syrian. Laban. See Cm. mn 100 < iod, ami to walk in his ways and keep his ceremo- nies, aiid (incepts, and judgments, and obey his command. Ill And the Lord hath chosen thee this day, to hi his peculiar people, as he hath ■pokes to thee, and to keep all his commandments : 19 And to make thee higher than all nations which he hath created, to his own praise, and name, and glory : that thou mavst Ik: a holy people of the Lord thy God as he hath spoken. CHAP. XXVII. The commandments mtint be written on stonrt ; and an alt-ir erected, and sacrifices offered. Tke observers of the com- nuindmcnts are to be blessed, and the transfrrrtsort cursed. AND Moses with the ancients of Israel com- -^*- maiuled the people, saving: Keep every com- mandment that 1 command you this day. 2 And when you are passed over the Jordan into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee. thou shalt set up great stones, and shalt plaster them over with plaster, 3 That thou mavst write on them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over the Jordan: that thou mavst inter into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as he swore to thy fathers. 4 Therefore when you are passu! over the Jor- dan, set up the stones which I command you this day, in mount Ilebal; and thou shalt plaster ihem vv |ta plaster: 5 And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, of stones w hich iron hath not touched, 6 And of stones not fashioned not polished: and thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the Lord thy God: 7 And shalt immolate peace-victims, and eat there, ami feast before the Lord thv (iod. 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law plainly and clearly. 9 And Moses and the priests of the race of Levi said to all Israel: Attend, ami hear, () Israel. This daj thou art made the |ieoplc of the Lord thv (iod. 10 Thou shalt hear his voice, and do the com- mandments and justices which I command thee. 11 And Moses commanded the people in that day. saving: I 1 These shall stnnd U|K>n mount Gari/.im to bless the people, when von are passed the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judn, Issachar, Joseph, and lien- jamin. 13 And over-against them shall stand on mount Ilebal to curse: Ruben, (iad, and Aser, and Xa- bulou, Dan, and .Nephtali. 14 And the Levites shall pronounce, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice: 15 Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing, the abomination ol the Lord, the Work of the bauds of artificers, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer, ami sa\ : Amen. 16 Cursed be he that tinnoiin 111 not hisfailui and mother; and all the pcopk hill mj : Amm CHAP. XXVIII. 17 Cursed be he that removclh his neighbour's land marks : and all the people shall say : Amen. 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wan- der out of his way : and all the people shall say : Amen. 19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow : and all the people shall say : Amen. 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any beast : and all the people shall say : Amen. 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or of his mother : and all the people shall say : Amen. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in- law : and all the people shall say : Amen. 24 Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neigh- bour: and all the people shall say : Amen. 25 Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person : and all the people shall say: Amen. 26 Cursed be he that abideth not in the words of this law, and fulfilleth them not in work : and all the people shall say : Amen. CHAP. XXVIII. Many blessings are promised to the observers of God's com- mandments ; and curses threatened to transgressors. NOW if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to do and keep all his commandments, which I command thee this day, the Lord thy God will make thee higher than all the nations that are on the earth. 2 And all these blessings* shall come upon thee, and overtake thee : yet so if thou hear his precepts. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thybarns, and blessed thy stores. 6 Blessed shalt* thou be coming in and going out. 7 The Lord shall cause thy enemies, that rise up against thee, to fall down before thy face : one way shall they come out against thee, and seven ways shall they flee before thee. 8 The Lord will send forth a blessing upon thy store-houses, and upon all the works of thy hands ; and will bless thee in the land that thou shalt re- ceive. 9 The Lord will raise thee up to be a holy peo- ple to himself, as he swore to thee ; if thou keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all the people of the earth shall see that the name of the Lord is invocated upon thee ; and they shall fear thee. * Ml these blessings, Sec. In the Old Testament, God promised tem- poral blessing's to the keepers of his law, heaven not being 1 opened as yet ; and ttiat gross and sensual people being" more moved with pre- sent and sensible things. But in the New Testament the goods that are promised us are spiritual and eternal: and temporal evils are turned into blessings. X 11 The Lord will make thee abound with all goods, with the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy cattle, with the fruit of thy land, which the Lord swore to thy fathers that he would give thee. 12 The Lord will open his excellent treasure, the heaven, that it may give rain in due season : and he will bless all the works of thy hands. And thou shalt lend to many nations, and shalt not bor- row of any one. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail : and thou shalt be always above, and not beneath: yet so if thou wilt hear the command- ments of the Lord thy God which I command thee this day, and keep and do them. 14 And turn not away from them neither to the right hand, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them. 15 But if thou wilt not hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep, and to do all his command- ments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day, all these cursesf shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, cursed in the field. 1 7 Cursed shall be thy barn, and cursed thy stores. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be coming in, and cursed going out. 20 The Lord shall send upon thee famine and hunger, and a rebuke upon all the works which thou shalt do : until he consume and destroy thee quickly, for thy most wicked inventions, by which thou hast forsaken me. 21 May the Lord set the pestilence upon thee, until he consume thee out of the land, which thou shalt go in to possess. 22 May the Lord afflict thee with miserable want, with the fever and with cold, with burning and with heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish. 23 Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass • and the ground thou treadest on, of iron. 24 The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed. 25 The Lord make thee to fall down before thy enemies : one way mayst thou go out against them, and flee seven ways, and be scattered throughout all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And be thy carcass meat for all the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth ; and be there none to drive them away. 27 The Lord strike thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and the part of thy body, by which the dung is cast out, with the scab and with the itch ; so that thou canst not be healed. f Ml these curies, fyc. Thus God dealt with the transgressors of his law in the Old Testament : but now he often suffers sinners to pros- per in this world, rewarding them for some little good they have done, and reserving their punishment for the other world. 161 I>KI TERONOMY. 28 The Lord strike thee with rondures end blind- ness am) 1 1 1 r > of mind, 29 And mayst thou pope at mid-day as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thv ways. And mavst thou at all times Miller wrong, and he oppressed with violence: and mayst tliiiu have no DM to deliver th- Mi\st thon take a wile, and another sleep with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell therein. Mayst thou plant a vineyard, and not ga- ther the vintage thereof. !| Mav thy o\ he slain heforethee, and thou not eat thereof. May thv ass lie taken away in tin Bight, and not restored to thee. .May thv sheep be eiven to thy enemies, and may there be none to help tie May thv sons and thy daughters he given to another people, thy eyes looking on, and languish- ing &l the sight of them all the day: and may there be no Strength in thy hand. 33 May a people which thou knowest not, oat the fruits of thy laud, and all thy labours : and mayst thou always suffer oppression, and he crushed at all (in; \nd be astonished at the terror of those things Which thy eves shall see. 35 May the Lord strike thee with a very sore ulcer in the knees and in the legs; and be thou in- curable from the sole of the foot tothetopof thy head. ■ '>>'< The Lord shall brim; thee, and thy kin::. whom thou shalt have appointed over thee, into a nation which thou and thy fathers know not : and there thou shalt serve strange gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt lie lost, as a proverb and a by-word to all people, among whom the Lord shall brine thee hi. 38 Thou shalt east much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall con- sume all. .1'.) Thou shalt plant a vinevard. and dig it. and shalt not drink the wine, nor gather any thing there- of: because it shall be wasted with worms. 40 Thou shalt have olive-trees in all thv borders, and shalt not be anointed with the oil : for the olives shall fall off and perish. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and shalt not enjoy them : because they shall be led into captivity. 42 The blast shall consume all the trees and the fruits of thv ground. 1-'. The itranger that lireth with thee in the land, shall rise up over thee, and shall Ik? higher : and thou shalt m down, and be lower. 44 I le shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him. He shall be as the head, and thou shalt he the tail 45 And all these corses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue and overtake thee, till thou perish : because thou beardest not the voice of the Lord thy God, and didst not keep his commandments and .•••remonies which he commanded thee. 46 And they shall he as simis and wonders on thee, and on thy seed for ever. V7 Because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abun- dance of all thing 48 TflOU shalt serve thy enemy, whom the Lord will send upon thee, in hunger, and thirst, ami nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put an iron voke upon thy neck, till be consume then 49 The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, Iik«- an eagle that Qieth Swiftly : whose tongue thou cans) not understand : 50 A most insolent nation, that will show no re- gard to the ancient, nor have pity on the infant, 51 And will devour the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruits of thy laud: until thou be destroyed and will leave thee no wheat, nor v\ ine, nor oil. nc herds of oxen, nor flocks of sheep; until he de Stray thee. 52 And consume thee in all thy cities, and thy strong and high walls be brought down, wherein thou trustedst in all thy land. Thou shalt be be- sieged within thy gates in all thy land, which the Lord thj ( rod will give thee: 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb, and the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, w |iich the Lord thy God shall give thee, in the distress anil extremity wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee. 54 The man that is nice among you. and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wile, that lieth in his bosom, _ 55 So that he will not give them of the flesh ofl his children, which he shall eat : because he hath nothing else in the siege and the want, wherewith thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gales. 56 The tender and delicate woman, that could not go upon the ground, nor set down her foot for over-much nicencss and tenderness, will envy her husband who lieth in her bosom, the flesh ol her son, and of her daughter. 57 And the filth of the after-births, thai come forth from between her thighs, and the children that are born the same hour. For they shall eat them secretly for the want of- all things, in the siege and distress, wherewith thy enemy shall op- press thee w ithin thy gales. 58 If thou will not keep, and fulfil all the words of this law, that are written in this volume, and fear his glorious aud terrible name : that is, The Lord thy God : 59 The Lord shall increase thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, plagues great and lasting, in- firmities grievous and perpetual. 60 And he shall bring back on thee all the affli< - lions of Egypt, w bich thou wast afraid of; aud they shall stick fast to thee. 61 Moreover, the Lord will bring upon thee all the diseases and psSgUeSi that are not written in the volume of this law till he consume thee : 62 And you shall remain lew in number, whc before were as the stars of heaven for multitude, because thou In aidest not the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And as tin Lord rejoiced ti|H)n you before /" CHAP. XXIX doing good to you, and multiplying you ; so he shall rejoice destroying and bringing you to naught: so that you shall be taken away from the land which thou shalt go in to possess. 64 The Lord shall scatter thee among all peo- ple, from the farthest parts of the earth to the ends thereof: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which both thou art ignorant of, and thy fathers, wood and stone. 65 Neither shalt thou be quiet, even in those nations, nor shall there be any rest for the sole of thy foot. For the Lord will give thee a fearful heart, and languishing eyes, and a soul consumed with pensiveness : 66 And thy life shall be as it were hanging be- fore thee. Thou shalt fear night and day ; neither shalt thou trust thy life. 67 In the morning thou shalt say : Who will grant me evening ? and at evening : Who will grant me morning ? lor the fearfulness of thy heart, wherewith thou shalt. be terrified, and for those things which thou shalt see with thy eyes. 68 The Lord shall bring thee again with ships into Egypt, by the way whereof he said to thee that thou shouldst see it no more. There shalt thou be set to sale to thy enemies for bondmen and bondwomen ; and no man shall buy you. CHAP. XXIX. The covenant is solemnly confirmed between God and his people. Threats against those that shall break it. THESE are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab ; beside that covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 2 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them : You have seen all the things that the Lord did be- fore you in the land of Egypt, to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to his whole land ; 3 The great temptations, which thy eyes have seen, those mighty signs, and wonders : 4 And the Lord hath not given you* a heart to un- derstand, and eyes to see, and ears that may hear, unto this present day. 5 He hath brought you forty years through the desert : your garments are not worn out, neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age. 6 You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the Lord your God. 7 And you came to this place : and Sehon king of Hesebon, and Og king of Basan, came out against us to fight. And we slew them ; 8 And took their iand. and delivered it for a pos- session to Ruben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses. 9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and fulfil them ; that you may understand all that you do. * Hath not given you, Sfc. Through your own fault and because you resisted his grace. f Tie drunken, S/-C. absumat ebria sitientem. It is a proverbial expres- sion, which may either be understood, as spoken by the sinner, bless- ing, that is flattering himself iu his sins with the imagination of peace, 10 You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel, 11 Your children, and your wives, and the stran- ger that abidetb with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water: 12 That thou mayst pass in the covenant of the Lord thy God, and in the oath which this day the Lord thy God maketh with thee : 13 That he may raise thee up a people to him- self, and he may be thy God as he hath spoken to thee, and as he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14 Neither with you only do I make this cove- nant, and confirm these oaths, 15 But with all that are present, and that are ab- sent. 16 For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations ; and passing through them, 17 You have seen their abominations and filth ; that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped. 18 Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations : and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness. 19 And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart, saying : I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart : and thedrunken tmayconsumethethirsty. 20 And the Lord should not forgive him : but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be ex- ceedingly enkindled at that time ; and all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him : and the Lord should blot out his name from under heaven, 21 And utterly destroy him out of all the tribes of Israel, according to the curses that are contained in the book of this law and covenant : 22 And the following generation shall say, and the children that shall be born hereafter, and the strangers that shall come from afar, seeing the plagues of that land, and the evils wherewith the Lord hath afflicted it, 23 Burning it with brimstone, and the heat of salt, so that it cannot be sown any more, nor any green thing grow therein, after the example of the destruc- tion of Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord destroyed in his wrath and indig- nation : 24 And all the nations shall say : Why hath the Lord done thus to this land ? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath ? 25 And they shall answer : Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, which he made with their and so great an abundance as may satisfy, and as it were, consume all thirst and want; or it may be referred to the root of bitterness, spoket) of before, which being drunken with sin mav attract, and by that means consume such as thirst after the like evils. 163 DEI 'TKRONOMY. fathers, when he brought them out of tin- land of I .|>t: 2d Ami they have served strange gods, and ador- ed ili' in. ulo.n tin \ knew sot, and for whom they had not been assigned : (Therefore tin- wrath of the Lord was kindled against this laud, to tiring iijmui it all the CUnes that are written in this volume: \nd he hath cast them out of their land, in r and in wrath, and in rerj peal indignation : and hath thrown them into a strange land, as it i> n this day. Secret things* to the Lord our God: thing* that in manifest, to as and to our children for ever, that we ma\ do all tin- words of this law. CHAP. \\X. tirrat merries are promisid In the pmitent : CinFs command- ment is fan i hie. Life and death are set before them. "jVTOWwben all these things shall he come up- -*- ' on thee, the blessing or the curse, which I hare set forth before thee ; and thou shall be touch- ed with repentance of thy heart among all the na- tions, into which the Lord thy God shall have Mat- tered thee : 2 And shalt return to him, and obey his com- mandments, as I command thee this dav, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul : The Lord thy God will bring hack again thv Captivity; and will have mercy on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations, into which he scat- tered thee before. 4 If thou he driven as far as the poles of heaven, the Lord tin God will fetch thee hack from thence ; 5 And will take thee to himself, and bring thee into the land which thv lathers possessed : and thou shalt possess it: and blessing thee, he will make thee more numerous than were thy fathers. 6 The Lord thy God will circumcise thv heart, and the heart of thy seed: that thou mavst love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mavst live. 7 And hew ill turn all these curses upon thy ene- mies, and upon them that hate and persecute thee. 8 But thou shah return, and hear the voice of the Lord thv God, and shalt do all tie* command- ments which I command thee this day : 9 And the Lord will make thee aliound 'mall the works of thy hands, in the fruit of thv Womb, tin Cattle, and in the fruit of the fhlitftllness of thv land, and in the plenty of all things. Lor the Lord will return to rejoice over tine in all good things, as he rejoiced in thy fathers : 10 V< t so, if thou hear the voice ofthe Lord thy God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies, which are written in this law ; and return to the Lord thy i with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, 1 I This commandment, that I command thee this day, is not ahove thee, nor far off from thee: • Street Iking; tr*. A« much u In ray, MCfWt lliiinn bald »*e known lone: oar I tot TtmaUl and wumifuiti to u«, arwl to direct oi 12 -Nor is it in heaven, that thou shouldst say. Which of us can go up to heaven to bring it unto u*, and we in;i\ hear and fulfil it in work ? 13 Nor is it beyond the sea ; thai thou mays! ear th\self, and sa.\ : Which 01 us can t loss |1m ■ea, and bring it unto us, that we ma\ hear, and do that which is commanded ? 1 V Hut the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou inayst do it. 15 Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand death and e\ d : IG That thou mays! love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments; and thou mavst live, and he may multiply tine, and bless thee in the land, which thou shalt go in to possess. 17 Hut if thv heart he turned away, so that thou wilt not hear, and being deceived with error thou adore strange coda, ami serve them : 18 I foretell ibee this daj that thou shall perish, and shalt remain hut a short time in the laud, to which thou shalt pass over the Jordan, and shal in to possess it. 19 1 call heaven and earth to witness this day, that 1 have sit before yon life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy seed may live : 20 And that thou mavst love the Lord thy God, and obey his voice, and adhere to him (for he is thy life, and the length of thy days,) that thou maysj dwell in the laud, for which the Lord swore to tliv fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacoh, that he would give it them. CHAP. XXXI. Moses enrovrageth the people, and Jotue vho is appoint! d to sin i ' i d lam Hi ill tin rttk the laic to the priests. CuM furr- ti llith that the people will oft in forsake him, mid that he trill punish them, lie tommandet/i Most* to trrite a rtiHtnli. o.< aron and not to Ciod, to gods whom they knew not; that were newly come up, whom their fathers worshipped not. 155 Thou hast forsaken the God that begot thee, and hast forgotten the Lord that created thee. 19 The Lord saw, and was moved to wrath; became his own sons and daughters provoked him. J<» And be said: I will hide in\ face from them, and will consider what their last end shall he: for it is a perverse generation, and unfaithful children. They have provoked me with that which was 21 no £. which is in the land pflionbover against Jericho: and seethe land of ( hanaan, which I will deliver to the children of Israel to possess: and die thou in tin- mountain. 50 When thou art gone up into it. thou shall he gathered to thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount II or, and was gathered to his people: 51 Because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children ot Israel at tin waters of contradic- tion, in ( ades of the desert of Sin: and VOU did not snnctih me among the children ol Israel. CHAP. XXXIV. 5*2 j/hou shalt see the land before thee, which I will give to the children of Israel: but thou shalt not enter into it CHAP. XXXIII. Moses before his death blessrth the tribes of Israel. ^THUS is the blessing, wherewith the man of God -*- Moses blessed the children of Israel, before his death. 2 And he said : The Lord came from Sinai, and from Seir he rose up to us: he hath appeared from mount Pharan, and with him thousands of saints. In his right hand a fiery law. 3 He hath loved the people : all the saints are in his hand: and they that approach to his feet, shall receive of his doctrine. 4 Moses commanded us a law, the inheritance of the multitude of Jacob. 5 He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people beingassembled with the tribesof Israel. 6 Let Ruben live, and not die; and be he small in number. 7 This is the blessing of Juda. Hear, O Lord the voice of Juda, and bring him in unto his peo- ple : his hands shall fight for him ; and he shall be his helper against his enemies. 8 To Levi also he said : Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man,* whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of con- tradiction: 9 Who hath said t to his father, and to his mo- ther: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, ana observed thy covenant, 10 Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel : they shall put incense in thy wrath, and holo- caust upon thy altar. 1 1 Bless, O Lord, his strength, and receive the works of his hands. Strike the backs of his ene- mies : and let not them that hate him rise. 12 And to Benjamin he said : The best beloved of the Lord shall dwell J confidently in him : as in a bride-chamber shall he abide all the day long ; and between his shoulders shall he rest. 13 To Joseph also he said : Of the blessing of the Lord be his land, of the fruits of heaven, and of the dew, and of the deep that lieth beneath : 14 Of the fruits brought forth by the sun and by the moon: 1 5 Of the tops of the ancient mountains, of the fruits of the everlasting hills : 16 And of the fruits of the earth, and of the ful- ness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in the bush, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite § among his brethren. * Holy man. Aaron and his successors in the priesthood. t Who hath laid, &fc. It is the duty of the priestly tribe to prefer God's honour and service before all considerations of flesh and blood : in mch manner as to behave as strangers to their nearest akin, when these would withdraw them from the business of their calling;. - { Shall dwell, Sfc. This seems to allude to the temple being built in the confines of the tribe of Benjamin. ♦ The Jfazarite. See the note on Gen. xlix. 26. 17 His beauty as of the firstling of a bullock, his horns as the horns of a rhinoceros: with them shall he push the nations even to the ends of the earth. These are the multitudes of Ephraim and these the thousands of Manasses. 1 8 And toZabulon he said : Rejoice, O Zabulon, in thy going out; and Issachar in thy tabernacles. 19 They shall call the people to the mountain : there shall they sacrifice the victims of justice. Who shall suck as milk the abundance of the sea, and the hidden treasures of the sands. 20 And to Gad he said : Blessed be Gad in his breadth : he hath rested as a lion, and hath seized upon the arm and the top of the head. 21 And he saw|| his pre-eminence, that in his portion the teacher was laid up; who was with the princes of the people, and did the justices of the Lord, and his judgment with Israel. 22 To Dan also he said : Dan is a young lion; he shall flow plentifully from Basan. 23 And to Nephtali he said : Nephtali shall enjoy abundance, and shall be full of the blessings of the Lord: he shall possess the seaH and the south. 24 To Aser also he said : Let Aser be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his breth- ren : and let him dip his foot in oil. 25 His shoe shall be iron and brass. As the days of thy youth so also shall thy old age be. 26 There is no other god like the God of the righteous : he that is mounted upon the heaven is thy helper. By his magnificence the clouds run hither and thither. 27 His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms :** he shall cast out the ene- my from before thee, and shall say : Be thou brought to nought. 28 Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine ; and the heavens shall be misty with dew. 29 Blessed art thou, Israel : who is like to thee, O people, that art saved by the Lord ? the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies shall deny thee; and thou shalt tread upon their necks. CHAP. XXXIV. Moses seeth the promised land ; bid is not suffered to go into it. He dieth at the age of 1 20 years. God burieth his body se- cretly : and all Israel mourn for him thirty days. Josue, re- plenished (by imposition of Moses's hands ) with the spirit of God,fuceeedeth. But Moses for his special familiarity trith God, and for most wonderful miracles, is Commended above all other propliets. rp HEN Moses went up from the plains of Moab -*■ upon mount Nebo, to the top of Phasga over- against Jericho : and the Lord showed him all the land of Galaad as far as Dan, || He saw, ffc. The pre-eminence of the tribe of Gad, to which this alludeth, was their having the lawgiver Moses buried in their borders ; though the particular place Was not known t The sea. The lake of Genesareth. ** Underneath are the everlasting arms. Though the dwelling of God be above in heaven, his arms are always stretched out to help us here below. 167 JOSUE. 2 And all Nephtali, and die land of Ephraim and Manasscs, and all (he land of Juda unto the futher- niost M 3 And the south part, and the brradtli of tin' plain of Jerichothe city of palm-tn -or. wid the Lord said to him: This i.s the land, for which I swore t<> Abraham. Isaai . and Jacob, ins: I will give it to thy mtiI. Thou hast mtu it with thy eyi s, and shah not pass over to it. \ ml Moses the servant of the Lord died there,* in the land ot Moah,b\ the command incut oil lit Lord: <> \ ml lie buried, him t in the valley of the land of Moah, o\ii-;u.iinst Phosor: and no man liatfa known of hia sepulchre until this present day. 7 Moses »;^ ■ hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim; neither were his teeth moved. • Ihtd Ikm. Thi» la«t cha;>t<-r of Deuteronomy, in which the death of M<«es ii related, «u wriltcn by Jotue, or by tome of the pro- phet*. 8 And the children of Israel mourned for him in the plains of Moah thirty days : and the days of their mourniim in which they mourned for Moses were ended. 9 And .losue the son of Nun was filled witn the spirit of wisdom, because Moses bad laid his hands upon him. And the children of Israel obeyed him. and did as the Lord commanded Mi 10 And there arose no more a prophet in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face tc face. 11 In all the suns and wonders, which he s, it by him, to do in the land of Eiiypt to I'harao, and lo all his servants, and to his whole land, 1 J And all the mighty hand, and great miracles, which Moses did before all Israel. f lit burud him, viz. By the ministry of anj;c-U, and would havr ilio place of Ins hurial to be unknown, li-l the Niaditcs, wlto were m> j. runt' to idolatry, might worship hun with diune honours. THE BOOK OF JOSUE. This book is railed Josce, because it crmtaint the history of what pared under him, and according to the common opinion vexu written by him. The (Ireelcs call him Jesus ; for Jotue and J-siu in the Hebrew are the same name, anil hare the same tigmfirution, viz. A Saviour. And it wat not wit hunt a mys- tery that he who was to bring the piople into the land of pro- mite should hare his name , rhangrd from Osee (for so he was called before, Num. xiii. 17.) to Josi m or Jr.<\ s, to gire us to understand, that Moses by his law could only bring the pen])// within sight of the promised inhi riiancr, but that our Saviour Jesus was to bring us into it. CHAP. I. Jotue, encouraged by the Ijord. admnnishrth the people to pre- )>tire themselves to pott over the Jordan. "[VTOW it came to pass after the death oI'Mim\ -«- v the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Jostle the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and said to him : 2 Moses my servant is dead : arise, and pass over this Jordan, thou and thy piople with thee, into the land which I will give to the children of Israel. 3 I will deliver to you even place that the sole of yourfoot shall tread lipomas ] have said to Moses. 4 From the desert, and from Lihnnus, unto the great river Euphrates, all the land of the Hethites unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border. 5 Nomas shall be able to resist you all the days of thy life: as I have been with Moses, so will 1 be with dice: I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee. »i Tike courage and be strong, : for thou shah di- vide by lot to this people the land for which I swore to their fathers, that 1 would deliver it to tin in. 7 Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou may si observe and do all the law, which Mos.s in\ servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou ma) st understand all things which thou dot st. Ml 8 Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate on it day and right, that thou mayst observe and do all things that aie written in it: then shalt thou direct thy way, and understand it. 9 Behold. I command thee: take courage, and be stron». Rear not, and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things w hat- soever thou shalt go to. 10 And Josue commanded the princes of the peo- ple, laying-: Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, and say: 11 Prepare you viciuals: for after the third day you shall pass over the Jordan, and shall go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God will give you. 12 And he said to the Rubenites, and the Gaditcs, and the half tril>e of Manas* 1 13 Remember the word, w liicli Moses the servant of l he Lord commanded you. say ing! The Lord your God hath given you rest, and all this land. 14 Your wives and children, and cattle shall re- main in the land which Moses gaVS you on ibis side of the Jordan: but pass you over armed before your brethren, all of you that aie strong of hand, and tight for them, 15 Until the Lord give rest to your brethren as he hath given you, and they also possess the laud which the Lord your God will give them: uid so \oii shall return into the land of your possession, and yOQ shall dwell in it. which Moses the servant of the Lord cave you hi ■yond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun. lf> And they made answer to Josue. and said : All that thou hast com ma nded ns we will do: and whithersoever thou shalt send us, we will SjBi 17 As we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we CHAP. II, III. one} thee alsc : only be the Lord thy God with thee, as he was with Moses. 1 8 He that shall gainsay thy mouth, and not obey all thy words, that thou shalt command him, let him die: only take thou courage, and do manfully. CHAP. II. Two spies are sent to Jericho, who are received and concealed by Rahab. AND Josue the son of Nun sent from Setim two men, to spy secretly: and said to them: Go, and view the land and the city of Jericho. They went and entered into the house of a woman, that was a harlot, named Rahab, andjodged with her. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, and was said : Behold, there are men come in hither, hy night, of the children of Israel, to spy the land. 3 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are en- tered into thy house : for they are spies, and are come to view all the land. 4 And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were : 5 And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them. 6 But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there. 7 Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut. 8 The men that were hidden were not yet asleep, when behold, the woman went up to them, and said : 9- I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us: and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength. 10 We have heard that the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea at your going in, when you came out of Egypt : and what things you did to the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan, Sehon and Og, whom you slew. 1 1 And hearing these things we were affrighted, and our heart fainted away ; neither did there re- main any spirit in us at your coming in : for the Lord your God he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath. 12 Now therefore swear ye to mc by the Lord, that as I have shown mercy to you, so you also will show mercy to my father's house : arid give me a true token, 13 That you will save my father and mother, my brethren and sisters, and all things that are theirs, and deliver our souls from death. 14 They answered her : Be our lives for you unto death, only if thou betray us not. And when the Lord shall have delivered us the land, we will show hee mercy and truth. 15 Then she let them down with a cord out of a window : for her house joined close to the wad. Y 16 And she said to them : Get ye up to the moun tains, lest perhaps they meet you as they return and there lie ye hid three days, till they come back, and so you shall go on your way. 17 And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear : 18 If when we come into the land, this starlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather together thy father and mother, and brethren and all thy kin- dred into thy house. 19 Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head ; and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man touch them. 20 But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear. 21 And she answered : As you have spoken, so be it done. And sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window. 22 But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days, till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not. 23 And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, and came down from the moun- tain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to Josue the son of Nun, and told him all that belcl them, 24 And said: The Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands: and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear. CHAP. III. The river Jordan is miraculously dried up, for the passage of the children of Israel. AND Josue rose before day-light, and removed the camp: and they departed from Setim, and came to the Jordan, he, and all the children of Is- rael : and they abode there for three days. 2 After which the heralds went through the midst of the camp, 3 And began to proclaim: When you shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the race of Levi carrying it, rise you up also, and follow them as they go before: 4 And let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits; that you may see it afar off, and know which way you must go; for you have not gone this way before: and take care you come not near the ark. 5 And Josue said to the people: Be ye sanctifi- ed : for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. 6 And he said to the priests: Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people. And they obeyed his commands, and took it up, and waked before them. 7 And the Lord said to Josue : This day will I begin to exalt thee before Israel : that they may 169 JOSUL. know that ;is I was wiih Moses, so I am with thee also. 8 And do thou command the priests that carry the ark of the covenant, and say to them: Winn Jon shall have entered into part of the water of the onl an, >taiul in it. Lad .losii.' said to the children of Israel : Come hither, and hear the word of the Lord \onr God. 16 \ 1 1. 1 anil beaaid: Bytbisyoa shall know that the Lord the living God is in the midst of Mm, and thai he shall destroy In-fore voursidit the Cha- naanite and the llethite, the Hcvite and the Phe- re/.ite, the Gergesite also and the Jebusite, and the Ainorrhite. 1 1 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go helore sou into the Jordan. 12 Prepare ye twelve men of the trihes of Israel, one of BVi r> tribe. 13 And w hen the priests, that carry the ark of the Lord the (iod of the whole earth, shall set the soles of their feet in the water* of the Jordan, the wa- ters that are beneath shall run down and go off: and those that come from above, shall stand toge- ther anon a bean. . 14 So the people went out of their tents, to pass o\er the Jordan: and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant, went on before, them. 15 And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in pari of the water, (now the Jordan, it being harvest time, had tilled the hanks of its channel,) 16 The waters that rame down from al>ove stood up li that the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran down into the sea of the w ilderness (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed. 17 And the people marched over-agaiast Jericho: and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, stood girded upon the dry ground in the midst of the Jordan: and all the people passed over through the channel that was dried up. CHAP. IV. Tterlre ntonen are tnkin out of the rirer to he net up for a monu- ment of the miracle. : and othrr twelve are placed in the midxt of the river. AND when they were passed over, the Lord said to .losne : 2 Choose twelve men, one of every tribe : 3 And command them to take out of the midst of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests suxmI, twelve very hard stones, which yon shall set in the place of the camp, where you shall pitch your tents this night. 4 And Jostle called twelve men, whom he had chosen out of the children of Israel, one out of every tribe \ .') \nd he said to them : Co l>cfore the ark of the Lord vour God to the midst of the Jordan: and carry front thence even man a None On votir shoul- ders, aecordi ig to the number of the children of Israel, 170 in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar oil' from the city that is called Adorn, to 6 That it may l>e a sign among you: and when rour children shall ask sou to-monow, savin::: What mean these stones? 7 \ mi shall answer them: The waters of the Jordan ran off b efo re the ark of the covenant of the Lord, v\ hen it patted o\er the same: therefore w ere these stones set for a monument of the children ol Israel for ever. 8 The children of Israel therefore did as losuc commanded them, carrying out of the channel ol the Jordan twelve stones, as tbfl Lord had com- manded him, according '<> the number of the chil- dren of Israel, unto the place wherein they camped ; and there they set them. 9 And Josiic |iut other twelve stones in the midst of the channel ol thejordan, w here the priests ste consecrated to the Lord, laid up in his treasures. BO So all the [>eople making a shout, and tbe truni'wts sounding, when the roice and the sound thundered in the ears of the multitude, the walls forthwith fell down : and every man went up by the place that was over-against him : and they took the citv, 21 And killed all that were in it, man and woman, young and old. The oxen also and the sheep, and the asses, they slew with the edge of the sword. 22 Hut .losue said to the two men that had been sent for spies: Go into the harlot's house, and bfini her out, and all things that are hers, as you assured her by oath. 23 And the young men went in and brought out Kahab. and her parents, her brethren also, and all her goods, and her kindred, and made them to stay Without the camp. J i Hut they burned the eitv, and all things that were therein : except the gold and silver, and ves- sels of brass and iron, w hieh they consecrated into the treasury of the Lord. 26 Hut .losne saved Rahah the harlot and her 's house, and all she bad : and they dwelt in the midst of Israel until this present day ! because she hid the messengers whom he had sent to spy out Jericho* At that time, Josue made an imprecation. saying : 2t> Cursed* be the man before the Lord, that shall raise up and build the citv of Jericho. In his first-born may he lay the foundation thereof, and in (he last nf" his children set up its gales. 27 And the Lord was with .losue : and his name was noised throughout all the laud. CHAP. VII. For the tin of Arhan, the Itraelitrs are deflated at Ihii. The qfrmlir it found out, and stoned to drath : ami (iixl't icratli it turned from them. BUT the children of Israel transgressed the com- mandment, and took to their own use of the • Cunt*. Ire. J.rw -tin. in tin- myttic»l «on«o. >i|piifie« immjuilf : tlir Kxirxlm;- of lli»- Ir im,,iu In the prieiti, III* preaching of the word ofUod , by which tbe walk of Jericho are thrown down, when mi- ni father s anathema. For Achan, the son of Chtrnii. the son of Zabdi, the son of /are, of the trit>e of Jmla. took something of the anathema: and the Lord was angry against the children of Israel. \nd when .losue sent men from .lericho against Hai, which is beside Hethaven. on the east side of the town of Bethd, he said to them : Go up, and view the country: and they fulfilled his command, and viewed Hai. 3 And returning they said to him Let not all the people go up, but let two or three thousand men go, and destroy the citv: why should all the pe o ple be troubled in vain against ene mie s that are very few ? 4 There went up therefore three thousand fight- ing men, who immediately turned their backs, 5 Ami were defeated by the men of the city of I lai : and there fell of them six and thirty men : and the enemies pursued them from the gate as far as Sabarim, and they slew them as they lied by the descent : and the heart of the people was struck with fear, and melted like water. 6 But Josue rent his garments, and fell flat on the ground before the ark of the Lord until the evening, both he and all the ancients of Israel : and they put dust upon their heads. 7 And Josue said: Alas, O Lord God, why wouldst thou bring this people over the river Jor- dan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorrhite. and to destroy us? would God we had staid be- yond the Jordan as we began. 8 My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemii- 9 The Chanaanites. and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and being gathered together will surround us and cut of our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name? 10 And tbe Lord said to Josue: Arise; why best thou Hat on the ground ? 11 Israel hath sinned, and transgressed my co- venant: and thev ha\e taken of the anathema, and hare stolen and lied, and have hidden it among their goods. 12 Neither can Israel stand before his enemies, but he shall llee from them: because he is defiled with the anathema. I will l»e no more w'uh you, till you destroy him that is guilty of this wicked- ness. 13 Arise, sanctify the people, and SfJj to tin-tit : Re ve sanctified against to-morrow : for thus saith the Lord God of Israel: The anathema is in ihe midst of thee, t) Israel: thou canst not sHind before thy enemies, till he be destroyed out of thee that is defiled with this wickedness. LI And miii shall come in the morning every one by vour tribes: ami what tribe soever the lot shall find, it shall come by its kindreds, and the kindred by iis houses, and the house by the men. 15 And whosoever he be that shall l>e foil ud nen are converted them up again. and adreadful cunt will light on them who Ixiild CIJAP. VIP. guilty of this fact, he shall bo burnt with fire with all his substance; because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and hath done wickedness in Israel. 16 Josue, therefore, when he rose in the morn- ing, made Israel to come by their tribes: and the tiil>e of Juda was found : 17 Which being brought by its families, it was found to be the fondly of Zabdi: 18 And bringing his house, man by man, he found Achan the son of Charmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zare, of the tribe of Juda. 19 And Josue said to Achan : My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and confess, and tell me w hat thou hast done: hide it not. 20 And Achan answered Josue, and said to him : Indeed, I have sinned against the Lord the God of Israel ; and thus and thus have I done. 21 For I saw among the spoils a scarlet garment exceeding good, and two hundred sides of silver, and a golden rule of fifty sides: and I coveted them, and I took them away, and hid them in the ground in the midst of my tent: and the silver I covered with the earth that I dug up. 22 Josue therefore sent ministers, who running to his tent, found all hidden in the same place, to- gether with the silver. 23 And taking them away out of the tent, they brought them to Josue, and to all the children of Is- rael, and threw them down before the Lord. 24 Then Josue and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zare, and the silver, and the garment, and the golden rule, his sons* also and his daughters, his oxen and asses, and sheep, the tent also, and all the goods; and brought them to the valley of Achor: 2s Where Josue said : Because thou hast trou- bled us, the Lord trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him : and all things that were his, were consumed with fire. 26 And they gathered together upon him a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day. And the wrath of the Lord was turned away from them. And the name of that place was called The Valley of Achor,f until this day. CHAP. VIII. Hai is taken, and burnt ; and all the inhabitants Attn. An altar is built ; and sacrifices offered. The law is written on stones : and the blessings and cursings are read before all the people. A ND the Lord said to Josue: Fear not, nor be -^*- thou dismayed: take with thee all the multi- tude of fighting men; arise and go up to the town of Hai. Behold, I have delivered into thy hand the king thereof, and the people, and the city and the •and : 2 And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the king thereof, as thou hast done to Jericho, and to the king thereof : but the spoils and all the cattle * Hit sont ire. Probably conscious to, or accomplices of, the crime of their father. t Achitr. That is, trouble. lay nn am- you shall lake for a prey to 3'oursdvcs: bush for the city behind it. 3 And Josue arose, and all the army of the fight- ing men with him, to go up against Hai: and he sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the night, 4 And commanded them, saying: Lay an am bush behind the city: and go not very far from it and be ye all ready. 5 But I and the rest of the multitude which is with me, will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did be- fore : 6 Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as before. 7 And whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall rise out of the ambush, and shall destroy the city: and the Lord your God will deliver it into out hands. 8 And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire: and you shall do all things so as 1 have com- manded. 9 And he sent them away: and they went on to the place of the ambush, and abode between Be- thel and Hai, on the west side of the city of Hai. But Josue staid that night in the midst of the peo- ple : 10 And rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the front of the army, environed with the aid of the fighting men. 11 And when they were come, and were gone up over-against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst. 12 And he had chosen five thousand:]: men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city : 13 But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that mul- titude reached to the west side of the city. So Josue went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley. 14 And when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, and went out with all the army of the city, and set it in battle array to- ward the desert, not knowing that there lay an am- bush behind his back. 15 But Josue and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness. 16 But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come from the city, 17 And not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving the towns open as they had rushed out, 18 The Lord said to Josue: Lift up the shield | Five thousand. These were part ot the 30,000 mentioned above verse 3. 173 JOSUE. thai is in thy hand, towards the city of Ilai, for I will deliver it to thi 19 And when lie had lilted up his shield towards the city, theamhush that lay hid, rove up immediately: nnd soins to the city , took it. and set it M lire. 10 And the men of the city, that pursued after ne, looking back, and seeing the smoke of the city rise up to heaven, had no more power to llee this m or that w I eially as they that had counterfeited flight, and. were going towards tin- wilderness, turned hack most valiaiith against them that pursued. J I ^n JoMM and all Israel seeing that the city WW taken, and that the smoke of the til \ rose up. returned', and dew the men of Ilai. \nd they also that had taken and set the cit\ on lire, is s ui ng OUt of theeity to meet their own men, began to cut off the enemies who were sur- rounded by them. So that the enemies being cut off OD both sides, not one of so great a multitude w;is saved. \nd they took the king of the city of Hai alive, and brought him to Jostle. So all 1 n -inii. slain that had pursued after Is- rael in his (fight to the wilderness, and falling by the -word in the BUM place, the children of Israel re- turned, and laid waste the city. 25 And the iiumher of them that fell (hat day Irtith of men and women, was twelve thousand per- sons, all of the city of | lai. 26 But Jostle drew not hack his hand, whicn he had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till all the inhabitants of Ilai were slam. 27 And the children of Israel divided among them the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Josue. \inl he burned theeity, and made it a heap for ever : J'.' And he hung the kins thereo f on a gihhet until the evening and tin- soins down of the ran. Then Josue commanded, and they took down his carcass from the gibbet : and threw it in the very en- trance of the city, heaping upon it a great heap of stones, which reniaiiieth until this present da\. 30 Then Josue built an altar to the Lord the God of Israel in mount llehal, • U A- Moses the »eTTant of the Lord had com- manded the children of Israel, and it is written in the hook of the law of Moses ■ an altar of unheu n stones which iron had not touched: and he offered u|ion it holocausts to the Lord, and immolated vic- tims of peace-offerings. 32 And he wrote upon stones the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had ordered before the children of Israel. tad all the people, and the ancients, and the princes Bad judges stood on both sides of the irk, before the priests that carried the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was l>orn anions ihein. half of them hv mount (iari/.im. and half hv mount llehal. as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. And first he Messed the people of Israel. 174 S-l After this he lead all the words of the bless- ing and the cursing, and all things that were w rilteii in the Ixwtk of the law. 35 He left out nothing of those thinss which Moses had commanded; hut he repeated all before all the people of Israel, with the women and chil- dren and strangers that dwelt among them. CHAP. IX. Jotue it decrirrd by the O o b tt onil et : trhn being delrrtrd are condi mm d to be perpetual terrantt. TVJ"OW when these things were heard of, all the -L' kinss beyond the Jordan, that dwelt in the mountains and in the plains, in the places near the -i a. and on the coasts of the great sea. rhei also that dwelt by Lihanus. the llethite and the Anior- rhite, the Chanaanite, the Pherecite, and the He- \ ite. and the Jehusite, 2 Gathered themselves together, to fight against Josue and Israel With one mind, and one resolution. 3 Hut the\ that dwelt in Gaboon, hearing all that Josue had done to Jericho and Ilai: 4 Cunningly devising took for themselves pro- visions. Ia\ ins old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles rent and sowed up asain, 5 And very old shoes which for a show of'Bgft were clouted with patches, and old garments upon them: the loaves also, which they carried for pro- vision by the way, were hard, and broken into pieces : 6 And they went to Josue, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to him, and to all Is- rael with him: We are come from a far count r\ . de- sirins to make peace with you. And the children of Israel answered them, and said: 7 Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot ; if so, we can make no league w it 1 1 you. 8 Hut they said to Josue : We are tin servants. Josue said to t In in : Who are \<>u.' and whence came vou ? 9 They answered S From a \ei\ far country thy servants are come in the name of the Lord tin God. Tor we have heard the fame of his power, all the things, that he did in Egypt, 10 And to the two kinss of the Amorrhites that were beyond the Jordan, Sehon kins of llesehoiv, and Og kins of Hasan, that was in Astaroth : 11 And our ancients, and all the inhabitants ol our country said to us: Take with VOB victuals for a Ions Way, and so meet them, and say: We are your servants; make ye a league with us. 12 Behold, these loaves We took hot. when we set out from our houses to come to yOO ; now tiny are become dry. and hroken in pieces hv being < \- ceedins old. 13 These bottles of wine when we filled them were new. now the\ arc nut and hurst. These garments we have on. and the shoes we have on our feel, by reason rf the \er\ Ions journey are worn out. and almost consumed. 14 They took therefore of their victuals, and consulted not the mouth of the Lord. 15 And Josue made peace with them: and en- CHAP. X. tering into a league promised that they should not be slain : the princes also of the multitude swore to them. 16 Now three days after the league was made, they heard that they dwelt nigh, and they should be among them. 17 And the children of Israel removed the camp, and came into their cities on the third day, the names of which are Gabaon, and Caphira, and Beroth, and Cariathiarim. 18 And they slew them not, because the princes of the multitude had sworn in the name of the Lord the God of Israel. Then all the common people murmured against the princes. 19 And they answered them: We have sworn to them in the name of the Lord the God of Israel; and therefore we may not touch them. 20 But this we will do to them : Let their lives be saved, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred Dp against us, if we should be forsworn. 21 But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things, 22 josue called the Gabaonites, and said to I hem: Why would you impose upon us, saying: We dwell far off from you, whereas you are in the midst of us ? 23 Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of word, and car- riers of water unto the house of my God. 24 They answered : It was told us thy servants, that the Lord thy God had promised his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared ex- ceedingly, and provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you ; and we took this counsel. 25 And now we are in thy hand: deal with us as it seemeth good and right unto thee. 26 So Josue did as he had said, and delivered them from the hand of the children of Israel, that they should not be slain. 27 And he gave orders in that day, that they should be in the service of all the people, and of the altar of the Lord, hewing wood, and carrying water, until this present time, in the place which the Lord hath chosen. CHAP. X. Five Icings war against Gabaon. Josue defeafeth them : many are slain with hailstones. At the. prayer of Josue the sun and moon stand still the space, of one day. The Jive kings are hanged. Divers cities are taken. WHEN Adonisedec king of Jerusalem had heard these things, to wit, that Josue had taken Hai, and had destroyed it (for as he had done to Jericho and the king thereof, so did he to Ilai, and its king) and that the Gabaonites were gone over to Israel, and were their confederates, 2 He was exceedingly afraid. For Gabaon was a great city, and one of the royal cities, and greater than the town Hai and all its fighting men were most valiant. 3 Therefore Adonisidec king of Jerusalem sent to Oham king of Hebron, and to Pharam king of Jerimoth, and to Japhia king of Lachis, and to Da- bir king of Eglon, saying : 4 Come up to me, and bring help, that we may take Gabaon, because it hath gone over to Josue, and to the children of Israel. 5 So the five kings of the Amorrhites being as- sembled together, went up; the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jerimoth, the king of Lachis, the king of Eglon, they and their armies; and camped about Gabaon, laying siege to it. 6 But the inhabitants of the city of Gabaon which was besieged, sent to Josue, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to him : Withdraw not thy hands from helping thy servants : come up quickly and save us, and bring us succour : for all the kings of the Amorrhites, who dwell in the mountains, are gathered together against us. 7 And Josue went up from Galgal, and all the army of the warriors with him, most valiant men. 8 And the Lord said to Josue: Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thy hands : none of them shall be able to stand against thee. 9 So Josue going up from Galgal all the night', came upon them suddenly. 10 And the Lord troubled them at the sight of Israel : and he slew them with a great slaughter in Gabaon, and pursued them by the way of the as- cent to Beth-horon, and cut them off all the way to Azeca»and Maceda. 11 And when they were fleeing from the chil- dren of Israel, and were in the descent of Beth- horon, the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven as far as Azeca : and many more were killed with the hail-stones than were slain by the swords of the children of Israel. 12 Then Josue spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the chil- dren of Israel, and he said before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the valley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun and the moon stood still till the people revenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of the just ?* So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down the space of one day. 14 There was not before nor after so long a day, the Lord obeying the voice of a man, and lighting for Israel. 15 And Josue returned with all Israel into the camp of Galgal. 16 For the five kings were fled, and had hidden themselves in a cave of the eiry of Maceda. 17 And it was told Josue that the five kings were found hidden in a cave of the city of Maceda. 18 And he commanded them that were with him, saying: Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set careful men to keep them shut up : 19 And stay you not ; but pursue after the ene- mies, and kill all the hindermost of them as they flee, and do not suffer them whom the Lord God * The book of the just. In Hebrew Jaaher; an ancient book, long since lost. 1T5 JOSUE. hath delivered into your hands, to shelter iIiciiimNo in their cities. 20 So the enemies l* tin with a great slaugh- trr, and almost utterh consumed, they thai were ants to escape from Israel, entered into Fenced < m< ■< 21 And all the anuv retnfned to JoMie in Mil i- da. where the camp then was, in goad health, ami w ithout the loss o| any one : ami no man durst move his lon-ue against the children of Israel. 22 And .lostie iiave orders, savin.:: Open the mouth of the cave, and brum forth to me the five kinss that lie hid tin rein. £1 And the ministers did as the) were command- ed : and they brought out to him the live kin^s out ot the cave: tin Inn ', of Jrif lllfl. the kiogOl He- bron, the kin:: of Jerimoth, the kingof Lachis, the kin- of Ldon. t% And when tiny were brought out to him, he called all the men ol Uriel, and said to the cinch ot the army thai were with him: (Jo, and set vour feet on the necks ot these kings. And when they had gone, and put their last upon the necks of than bring under them, 25 He said agaifl to them: Fear not, neither be ye dismayed: take courage, and he strong; for so will the Lord do to all yotftj enemies, against whom \on fight 26 \nd loSIM struck, and slew them, and hanged them upon five gibbets; and they hung until tin evening. 11 And when the sun was down, he commanded the soldiers to take them down Iron) the gtbbl t-- And alter they were taken down, tiny cast them into the cave where they had lain hid, and put preat stones at the mouth thereof, which remain until this day. 28 The same day Jostle took Maceda, and de- stroyed it with the edge of the sword, and killed the king and all the inhabitants thereof: he left not in it the least remains. And he did to tin- king of Maceda, as he had done to the kins of .Jericho. 29 And he passed from Maceda with all Israel to Lebna, and fought SAMSt it : 30 And the Lord delivered it with the king thereof into the hands ot Israel : and thev destroved the city with the edge of the sword, and all the in- habitants thereof. They left not in it any remains. And they did to the kingof Lebna, as thev had done to the kingof Jericho. 31 From Lebna he passed unto Lachis with all Israel: and investing it with his army, besieged it. 32 And the Lord delivered Lachis into (he hands of Israel : and he took it the following day, and put it to the sword, and every soul that was in it, as he had done t'> Lebna. 33 At that time Moram king of Gazer, ramr up to succour Lachis: endJoSM MCW him with all Ins people, so as to leave none alive. * Tht king, ru. (tie new king who succeeded him that »a« iluin, »cr. ?6. f J»i rmti/u tkrrrin, but iit», <-f. God ordered thrm> people | ■tterlv di puui»limcn( of tlirir manifold abominatioo* ; an I (liat (bey might not draw tbe Uraelite. i 178 I And he passed from Lachis to Eg'on, and sin rounded it, i And took it the same day ; and put to the sword all the souls that were in it, according to all that he had done to Lachis. 36 He went up also w ith all Israel from Ldou to Hebron, and fought against it: 37 Took it, and destroyed it with the edge of tike sword; the kinji* also thereof, and all the towns of that country, and all the souls that dwelt in it : he I. It not therein an\ remains: as he had done to Ldon, so diil he also to Hebron, putting to the sword all that he found in it. 38 Returning from thence to Dabir, ' He took it, and destroved it: the kim: also thereof, and all the towns round about be destroyed with the edge of the sword ; be left not in it any remains : as he had done to Hebron and Lehna and to their kings, so did he to Dabir and to the king thereof. 40 So Josue conquered nil the counirv of the hills and of the south and of tbe plain, and of \-< - doth with their kimis : he left not any remains therein, but slewf all that breathed, as the Lord the CJod of Israel had commanded him, 41 From Cadesbame even to Gaza. All the land of (Josen even to (Jabaon. 42 And all their kin^s, and their lands he t< ok and WasSfid at one onset : for the Lord the God ol Israel fought for him. 4ii And he returned with all Israel to the place of the camp in Galgal. CHAP. XL The king» of (he north are ovrrthrutcn : the whole country i* taken. AND when Jabin king of Asor bad Ik ard these things, he sent to .lobab kim: of Madon. and to the king of Sameron, and to the kin:: ef Achsapb: 2 And to the kings of the north, thai dwelt in the mountains and in the plains ovcr-a^aiust the south side of (eneroth, and m the levels and the countries of 1 )or. In the sea-side : 3 To the Chanaanke also on the east and on the west, and the Ainorrhite. and the llcthite, and the I'here/ite, and the Jcbusilc in the mountains ; to the Hev ite also w ho dwell at the foot of Heruion in lb land of Maspha. 4 And they all came out with their troojis. a people exceeding numerous as the sand that is on the sea -shore, their horses also and chariots a very great multitude. 5 And all these kiiiiis assembled toe titer at the waters of M< rom to fight against Israel. 6 And the Lord said to JoSUC ! I ear them not : for to-morrow at this same hour I will deliver al. these to be slain in the sight ol Israel : thou shall hamstring their horses, and thou shall bum then chariots with firef t Hamilring tkrir fcoriri, o»i/ *ur» thrir rAorio/i %rilk firt, fy*- God «> onl lined, that hia pcople might Dot trust in chanuU and hortea, but in him. CHAP. XII. 7 And Josue I'amc, and all the army with him, aa;:iinsi them to the waters of Ah mm tin a sudden, and fell upon them 8 And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel. And they defeated them, and ehasid them as far as (lie great Sidon, and the waters of Mase- rephot, and the field of Masphe, which is on the east side thereof. He slew them all, so as to leave no remains of them : 9 And he did as the Lord had commanded him: he hamstringed their horses, and I burned their chariots. 10 And presently turning hack he took Asor; and slew the kins thereof with the sword. Now Asor of old was the head of all these kingdoms. 1 1 And he cut off all the souls that ahode there : he left not in it any remains, hut utterly destroyed all, and burned the city itself with fire. 12 And he took and put to the sword and de- stroyed all the cities round about, and their kings, as Moses the servant of God had commanded him. 13 Except the cities that were on hills and high places, the rest Israel burned : only Asor that was very strong, he consumed with fire. 14 And the children of Israel divided among themselves all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, killing all the men. lb As the Lord had commanded Moses his ser- vant, so did Moses command Josue, and he accom- plish! d all: be left not one thins undone of all the commandtueuts which the Lord had commanded M^ses. 16 So Josue took all the country of the bills, and of the south, and the land of Gosen, and the plains, and the west country, and the mountain of Israel, and the plains thereof; IV And part of the mountain that goeth up to Seir as fat asBaalgadby the plain of Lihanus under mount Hermon : all their kings be took, smote, and slew. 18 Josue made war a long time* against these kings. 19 There was not a city that delivered itself to the children of Israel, except the Hevite, who dwelt in Gabaon : for he took all by fight. 20 For it was the sentence of the Lord, that their hearts should be hardened,! and they should fight against Israel, and fall, and should not deserve any clemency, and should be destroyed, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 21 At that time Josue came and cut offthe Ena- cims from the mountains, from Hebron, and Dabir, and Anab, and from all the mountain of Juda and Israel; and destroyed their cities. 22 He left not any of the stock of the Enacims, in the land of the children of Israel ; except the citesof Gaza, and Geth, and Azotus, in which alone they were left. 23 So Josue took all the land, as the Lord spoke lo Moses, and delivered it in possession to the chil- * Jt fimg lime. S°ven vtwrs. as appears from chap. xvi. 10. t IlarJcnuL This hardening of their hearts, was their having no Z dren of Israel, according to their divisions and tribes. And the land rested from wars. CHAP. XII. A list of the. kings slain by Moses and Josue. r rHIESE are the kings, whom the children of Is- -■- rael slew and possessed their land beyond the Jordan, towards the rising of the sun, from the tor- rent Anion unto mount Hermon, and all the east country that looketh towards the wilderness. 2 Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hesebon, and had dominion from Aroer, which is seated upon the bank of the torrent Anion, and of the middle part in the valley, and of half Galaad, as far as the torrent Jahoc, which is the border of the children of Amnion. 3 And from the wilderness, to the sea of Cenc roth toward the east, and to the sea of the wildei- ness, which is the most salt sea, on the east side by the way that leadeth to Bethsimoth ; and on the south side, that lieth under Asedoth, Phasga. 4 The border of Og the king of Basan, of the remnant of the Raphatms who dwelt in Astaroth, and in Edrai, and had dominion in mount Her- mon, and in Salecha, and in all Basan, unto the borders. 5 Of Gessuri, and Machati, and of half Galaad: the borders of Sehon the king of Hesebon. 6 Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel slew them: and Moses delivered their land in possession to the Rubenites, and Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses. 7 These are the kings of the land, whom Josue and the children of Israel slew beyond the Jordan on the west side from Baalgad in the field of Li- hanus, unto the mount, part of which goeth up into Seir: and Josue delivered it in possession to the tribes of Israel, to every one their divisions, 8 As well in the mountains as in the plains and the champaign countries. In Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and in the south was the Hethite and the Amorrhite, the Chanaanite and the Pherezite, the Hevite, and the Jebusite. 9 The king of Jericho one; the king of Hai, which is on the side of Bethel, one; 10 The king of Jerusalem one; the king of He- bron one; 1 1 The king of Jerimoth one ; the king of La- cbis one; 12 The king of Eglon one; the king of Gazer one; 13 The king of Dabir one; the king of Gader one ; 14 The king of Hcrma one; the king of Hered one ; 15 The king of Lebna one; the king of Odul- lam one; 16 The king of Maceda one; the king of Bethel one ; thought of yielding or submitting; which was a sentence or jndgment of God upon them in punishment of their enormous crime*. 177 on*- : JO! Fbe kins of Taphua one; the king of Oiiber m Vi^mli and Edrai: he una of the rrnmi.ix of l I The king of Aplicc our; die king of Saron Oll» 19 The kins of Mutton one; tlir kins "f Asor The kingof Semeron one; tlw kingof Aehsaph on. .- l\ The kin;: of Thenar one; the king of Ma- getltlo one; The kins of Cades one; the king of Jacha- Bao of ( 'arnn I our : 29 Toe king of Dor, and of the province of Dor one : the kins of the nations of Galea! one; 24 The kins of Thersa one: all the kings thirty and one. mount CHAP. XIII. God roinm'intfi Ih .1 -titr to iliculr tin t'inil : thr paMftJti Jttilirn, I'niil, timl half the trihr of MllHOUr W, ttrl/mid tht Jordan. rOSUE Was old. ami far attvanced in \ears:* ** and the l.onl said to 1 1 i i > i j thou art grown old, and advanced in age; and there is a very large country left, w ■hieh is not vet divided l»v lot : 2 To wit. all Galilee, f'hilistia, and all Geasnri. 3 From the troubled river, that watereth Egypt, nnto the border* of Accaron northward : the land of Chanaan, which is divided among the lords of the I'hilisiiues. the (ia/.ites. the A/.otiaus, the As- ealonites, the (icthites, and the Accaronitr-. \ And on the south side are the Hevites, all the land of Chanaan, and Maara of the Sidonians as far as Apheca, and the borders of the Ainonhite. 5 Ann his confines. The country also of Liha- nns towards the east from Baalgno under liennoa to the entering into Kmath. tl Of all that dwell in the mountains from Lihn- nns, to the waters of Maserephoth, and all the Si- donians. I am lie that will cut them oil' from Im>- f'ore the face of the children of Israel. So Irt their land come in as ;i pnrf of the inheritance of Israel, as I have rniiunaiidrd thee. 7 And now divide the land in possession to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasses, 8 With w lioiu t Ruben and Gad have possessed the land, which Moses the servant of the Lord de- livered to them beyond the river Jordan, on the east side, 9 From Aroer, which is upon the hank of the torrent Anion, and in the midst of the vallev, and all the plains of Medaha, as far as I )ihou : 10 And all the cities ol' Sthou, kins of the \mor- rhites, who reigned in Hesebon, unto the borders of the children of Amnion. 11 And Gained, and the borders of Gessori and Machati, and all mount Hermou, and all Hasan as far M Salerha, 1 _' All the kingdom of Os in Basan, w ho reignt d ' 7«w nil nW, «ni /«r «Jtiwn( in yrari II- •< a« llvn nlw>iil 101 vr*n oM. Jiuf tkrri it « wry Lir^e rmtnlry left, trhirk it not yet diridtd by UU, rvrf vrt po»«o**rH hy tin- rluldrpn of |. t With vim. That i», wit), il.r other half of that tun- liibe. 1*8 the Ixaphainis j and Moses overthrew an I destroyed them. Id \nd the ehildren of Israel would mtdestiov (irssiiri and Maehati: and they have dwell in the midst of Israel, until this present day. 14 Mut to the tribe of Levi he save no possession hut the sacrifices and the victims of I he Lord (iott ol Israel, are his inheritance, as lie spoke to him. 15 And Noses save a possession to the children of HiiIm-ii acebrding to thrir kindreds. It! And their border was from Aroer, which is on the hank of the torrent Anion, and in I he midst of the vallev of the same torrent : all the plain, ihat Iradrth to Medaha. 17 And Hesebon, and all their villaees, which ate in the plains. Diliou also, and Mnmoihhaal, and the town of Baalmann, I!'. And .lassa. and Cedinioth, and Mephaath, 19 And Cariathaiin. and Saba ma, and Saratha- sai in the mountain of the vallev. 20 Methphosor antl Asedoth. Phasga and Be- thiesimoth, -'1 \ntl all the cities of the plain, and al' the kingdoms of Sehoa king of rhe Amorrhttes, that reigned in Hesebon, whom Moses slew with the princes of Madia n :} I lev i. and Recent, and Sur, anil Itnr. and Rebe, dukes of Srhon, inlialiitants of the laud. ' Balaam also rhe son of Meor the soofiisa.ver, the children of Israel slew w ith the sw ord anions the rest thai were slain. 23 Antl the river Jordan was the border of the children of Hul>cn. This is the possession of the Muhenites. In their kindreds, ol Cities and v ilbtgrs. 24 And Moses save lo the tribe Of < iad and to his ehildren, hv their kintlreds, a possession, of which this is the division. 26 The horder of .laser, and all the cities of Gataad, and half the land of the children of Am- mon: as far as Aroer, which is over-against Rabba: 2(5 And from Hesebon unto Ramoth.Masuhe, and Metoniin: and from Manaim unto the borders of Dabir. 27 And in the vallev Metharan and Methneinra, and Socoth, and Saphou the other part of the king- dom of Senon kins of Hesebon: the limit of this also is the Jordan, as far as the uttermost part of the sea of Cenereth beyond the Jordan OB the east side. 28 This is the possession of the children til Gad by their families, their cities and villa. 29 He save aboto the half tribe of M anasses and his children possession according to their kindred*, ;><( The beginning whereof is this: from Manaim all Basan, and all the kingdoms of Os king of Basan, and all the villages of Jair, w hieh are in Masan, three- score towns: 31 And h ill Gataad, and Astaroth, and Kdrai, t Tht princtt »/ MaMan. |l ap| say, the city of letter*. 16 And Caleb said: lie that shall ^iniie ( ariatli- Sc|.her. and take it, I will ciw him A\a m\ d.m.li ter to wile. 17 And Othoniel the son of Ccnez, the younger hrother of Caleh, took it: and In _.i\. Iiim A\a his daughter to w ife. 18 And as they were going together, she was mo- ved In her hiishand to ask a held ol her father, and she Sighed as she sat on her ass. And Caleb said to her : What aileth thee.' I!' But she answered: Cite me a h Ussia gi thou hast iiwen me a southern and dry rand, give nw also a land that is watered. And Caleh gaw; her the upper and the nether watery ground. 20 This is the possession of the Irion of the cl.il- dren of Juda hy their kindreds. 21 And the cities from the uppermost parts ol the children of Juda by the borders ol Kdoin to the South, were ( 'ahseel. and Kder, and .lagur 22 And (ina, and Diniona, and Aoada, 23 And Cades, and Asor, and .let Imam, M Ziph, and Teh in, and Balolh, 23 New Asor and Carioth, I lesion, which is Asor, 26 Amain, Sama, and Molada, 27 And Asergadda, and Ilassemon, and Beth- pbclet, 28 And Hasersual, and Bersabee, and Basiolhia, 29 And Baala, and Jim, and Us. in, 90 And Kliholad, and Cesil, and llanna, 91 And Nici It ■•j.. and Medi niena, and S< 'iisenna, ;>2 Eehaoth, and Slim, and Aen, and liimuioii: all the cities twenty-nine, and their villages. 33 But in the plains: Kstaol and Sarea and \ < 48 And in the mountain: Samir, and Jrther, and Socoth, 49 And Danna. and Cariath-sennn, this is Dahir: I >0 \nali, and Isteino. and Anini, 51 Cost n, ami Olon, and (iilo: eleven cities and their villa . ' Arab, and Ruma. and Ksaan, 63 And .lauimi, and Bcfhthaphua, and A phi ( a, b-l Athmatha, and ( ariath-ail>c, this is llchron, ami Sior: nine cities and their villages. 66 Maori, and ( a rim I. and Ziph, and Jota, 6(5 Jc/rael, and Jih adam, and Zanoe, 67 Accain, (iahaa. and Thainna: ten c.ti present day. CHAP. XVI. I'/ir burdm nf thr tribe nf na, 54 And Zanoc and Engannim and Taphua and Enaim, \nd .Icrimoth and Adullam, Soeho and A/.e- ea, •''><> And Saraim and Adithaim and Cedera and Gederothaiin: fourteen cities, and their villages. 37 Sanau, and lladas.sn, ami Magdalgad, 38 Delean, and .Masepha, and Jeethel, 39 Eachis, and Baseath,aml Eslon, 40 Chehlmn, and l.eheiiian, and Cethlis, 41 And Cideroth, and Bethdanon. ami Xaama, and Maeeda: sixteen cities, and their ullages. 42 Labnna, and Ether, ami Asan. 43 Jepththa, and Esna, and X'esib, 44 And Ceila. and A< h/.ih, and Maresa: nine ci- ties, ami their villages. I') Acearon with the towns and villages therrof, a" Thr lot of the sow ' thechildien of Ephraim in the m.dst of the lie towards \/.»iiis and the villages thereof. 47 Arolus w itb its tow lis ami villages : ( ia/a •.vi* its towns and villages, even to the torrent of Egypt and the great sea that is the liorder thereof , 17ZZ It o |j possession of the children ol M .masses. l.octt,» U thr ~r1K, tcr. Tli- rnoaninf l» that the hortfrr went .;.V..«r Ji.t', nttL.HOnWtI WLni.nltr lot CHAP. XV p 10 Aim! (lie children of Ephraim slew not the Chaiiaamie, vvho dwell in Gazer and the Chanaan- ite dwell in the midsl of F,.hraim until tins «Jay, paying tribute. CHAP. XVII. T'e lot of tin half tribe of Manasses. AND this lot fell to tlie tribe of Manasses (for he is the lirsi-horn of Joseph) 10 Maehir the first- born of Maia^ses the father of Galaad, who was a warlike man, and had lor possession Galaad and Basai). 2 And to the rest of the children of Manasses ac- cording to their families: to the children of Abiezer, and to the children of Helec, and to the children of Esriel, and to the children of Sechem, and to the children of Hepher, and to the children of Semida: these are the male children of Manasses the son of Joseph, by their kindreds. 3 But Salphaad the son of Hepher the son of Galaad the son of Maehir the son of Manasses had no sons, hut only daughters: whose names are these, Maala and Noa and Hegla and Melcha and Thersa. 4 And they came in the presence of Eleazar the priest and of Josue the son of Nun, and of the princes, saying: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that a jxissession should be given, us in the midst of our brethren. And he gave them ac- cording to the commandment of the Lord a [>os- session amongst the brethren of their father. 5 And there fell ten portions to Manasses, beside the land of Galaad and Basan beyond the Jordan. 6 For the daughters of Manasses possessed inheri- tance in the midst of his sons. And the land of Galaad fell to the lot of the rest of the children of Manasses. 7 And the border of Manasses was from Aser, Machmethath which looketh towards Sichem: and it goeth out on the right hand by the inhabitants of the fountain of Taphua. 8 For the lot of Manasses took in the land of Taphua, which is on the borders of Manasses, and belongs to the children of Ephraim. 9 And the border goeth down to the valley of the reeds, to the south of the torrent of the cities of Ephraim, which are in the midst of the cities of Ma- nasses: the border of Manasses is on the north side of the torrent; and the outgoings of it are at the sea: 10 So that the possession of Ephraim is on the southland on the north thatof Manasses; and the sea is (he border of l>oth: and they are joined together in the tribe of Aser on the north, and in the tiibeof Issachar on the east. 1 1 And the inheritance of Manasses in Issachar and in Aser was Bethsan audits villages, and Jeb- laam with its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, with the towns thereof; the inhabitants also of En- doi with the villages thereof: and in like manner the inhabitants of Thenac with the villages thereof; and the inhabitants of Mageddo with their villa- ges, and the third part of the city of Nopheth. 12 Neither could the children of Manasses over- throw these cities; but the Chanaanite began to dwell in his land. II, XVIII. 13 But after that the children of Israel were grown strong, they subdued the Chanaanites, and made them their tributaries: and they did not k.11 them. 14 And the children of Joseph spoke to Josue. and said: Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to possess, whereas I am of so great a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed me? 15 And Josue said to them: If thou be a great people, go up into the woodland, and cut down room lor thyself in the land of the Pherczite and the Ra- phaiuis: because the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Joseph answered him: We cannot go up to the mountains, for the Cha- naanites that dwell in the low lands, wherein are situate Bethsan, with its towns, and Jezrael iu the midst of the valley, have chariots of iron. 17 And Josue said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasses: Thou art a great people, and oi great strength; thou shalt not have one lot only: I!! But thou shalt pass to the mountain, and shalt cut down the wood, and make thyself room to dwell in and mayst proceed farther, when thou hast destroyed the Chanaanite, who as thou sayest have iron chariots, and are very strong. CHAP. XVIII. Surveyors are sent to divide the rest of the land into seven tribes. The lot of IU njumin. AND all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo: and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony: and the land was subdued before them. 2 But there remained seven tribes of the children of Israel, which as yet had not received their pos- . sessions. ^ 3 And Josue said to them : How long are you in- dolent and slack, and go not in to possess the land, which the Lord the God of your fathers hath given you? 4 Choose of every tribe three men, that I may send them, and they may go and compass the land, and mark it out according to the number of each multitude; and bring back to me what they have marked out. 5 Divide to yourselves the land into seven parts: let Juda be in his bounds on the south side, and the house of Joseph on the north. 6 The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven |>arts :* and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God. 7 For the Levites have no part among you: but the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasses have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan eastward; which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them. * The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts : That is to say, the rest oi" the laud, which is not already assigned to J-jda or Joseph. 1P1 JOSl'K. 8 And when the men were risen up, to go to mark out the l.mil, Josue commanded them, saying: Go round the land, and mark it oat, and returnto rne; that I uta\ east lots tor you before the Lord in Silo. . the) went: and surveying it, divided it into ii parts, \> r'u'm^ them down in a booh. And they returued to Josue. t<> the camp in silo. lit \ik1 lie ciist lots before the Lord in silo; and divided the bad to the children of Israel into seven l«irts. II Ami fn>t came up the lot of the children of Beiyainiu by tin ir families, to |>os*ess the hind be- tween tin; children of Judaaud the children ol Joseph. 1 J \iiil their border northward was from tlie Jor- <>k«-i h towards Bethboron t<» the south-west: and the outgoings thereof art- into Cariathbaal, which is called also (ariathiarim, a city of tin- children of Jnda. This is their roast toward tin' sea. westward 1") lint on tin- south side the border gorth out from part of C'ariathiarim towards the sea, and cometh to the fountain of the waters ofNephtoa. lti And it sort 1 1 down to lliat part of the moun- tain that lookeih on the valh > of the children of En- BOUi; and is over-agaiusl the north quarter in the furthermost part of the valley of Rapnaim: and it goeth down into (icennoin (that is the valley of Kn- noin) b> the side of the .lebusite to the south; and cometh to the fountain of Rogel. 17 Passing thence to the north, and Koing out to Ensemes that is to say, the fountain <>l thr sun: 18 And it passeth along to the hills that are over* against the ascent of Adoinmiin: and it goeth down to Aheuhoeu, that is, the stone of IJoen the son of HiiIm'H : and it passeth on the north side to the cham- paign countries; and goetli down into the plain, 19 Audit passeth by Betbhagla northward: and the outgoing! thereof are towards the north of lb* most s;i|i M a at the south end ol the Jordan: 20 Which is the border of it on the east side. This is the possession ol the children of Henjamin by their borders round about, and their families. SI And their cities were, .lerieho and ltethhugla ami \ ale-( asis, lietharaha, and Samaraim, and Bethel, And Avim, and Aphara, anil Ophera, 2 X The town Kmoiia, and Ophni, and Gabee: twelve cities, and their villa. I ' ibaon, and Kama, and Reroth, 2fi And Mesphe, and Canhara, and Ainosa, \nd Ret em, Jarephel, and Thanh, \nd Sela. Kleph, and Jebus, winch is Jeru- salem, Gabaaih. and Cariath: fourteen cities, and their villages. This is tin- possession of the chil- dien of Benjamin by their families ( HAP. XIX. T e ht» nflhr t'VtfX ■■/ Simrmi. Zuhfkm, Isiirfuir, trr, \tjA- Inli. it'll l> in. .4 city i* giten to .hutttc. AM) the second lot came forth for the children of Simeon bv their kindreds: and their inhe- ritance was, 2 In the midst of the possession of the children of Jnda : Bersabee, and Sabee, and Molada. And ll.isersual. Bala, and Asem, 4 And Kltliolad. Bcthtll, and llarma, 5 And SiceJeg, and Bethuiarehaboth, and Ha- sersuvi. 6 And Bethlcbaoth and Sanohen : ihirteen ein and their villages : 7 Ain and lleiiimon, and Athor, ami Asan : lour cities, and their villa:.. -. 8 And all the villages round about these cities to Baabtth Beer Raeiath to tin- south quarter. This is the inheritance of tin- children of Simeon accord- ing t<> their kindreds. '.• In the possession and lot of the children of Jnda: because it was too great : and therefore the children of Simeon had their possession in the midst of their inheritance. 10 And the third lot fell to the children of V.w- bulou by thtir kindreds: and the holder of their possession u;is UlitO Sand. 11 And it went lip from the sea and from Merala, and came to Dchhnsetli : as far assise (orient, which is over-against Jeconam. 12 And it letnrneth from Sarid eastward to tlie hordeis of ('eseleththal)or : and it BOeth out to I)a- bereth, and ascendeth towards Japhie. 13 And it passeth along from theme to the east side of (iethhepher and Thacasin ; and goeta out to Kcnimon. Auilhar, and \oa. 14 And it turueih about to the north of Hana- thon : and the outgoings thereof are die valley of Jephtahel. 15 And Cateth, and Naalol, and Semeron, and Jedala, and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages. It! This is the inheritance of the trilk' of the chil- dren of Zabuioo by their kindreds, the cities and their villa _ 17 The fourth lot came out to lssachar by theil kindreds. 18 And his inheritance was Je/rael, and Casa- loth, and Snnein, 19 And llapharaim, and Scon, and Anahaiath, 20 And Haliboth, and f'esion, Al-es. 21 And Kaineth. and Kn^.uiniin. and Mnhadda, and Bethpbeses. S3 And the border thereof cometh to Thabor, and St hes'una, and Bethsames: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the Jordan : sixteen Cities aivd their villages. 2a This is the possessionof the sons of Issachai by their kindreds, the cities and their villages. 1\ An. I the filth lot fell to the tribe of the chil dren of Ami hv their kindreds; 25 And their border was llalcath,and (hali, ana lb ten, and Axaph, CHAP. XX, XXI 2f> And Elmeleeh, and Amaad, aud Messal : and it pacheth to Carmel by the sea, and Sihorand La- banath : 27 And it rctnrncth towards the east to Bethda- !;on; and passeth along to Zahulon and to the val- ey of Jcphlhael towards the north to Betheniec and Nehiel. And it goetli out to the left side of Cabul, 28 And to Abaran, and Rohob, and Hamon, and ('ana, as far as the peat Sidon. 29 And it retumeth to Horma, to the strong city of Tyre, and to Hosa: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the sea from the portion of Achziba : 30 And Annua, and Aphee, and Rohob : twenty two cities and their villages. 31 This is the possession of the children of Aser by their kindreds, and the cities and their villages. 32 The sixth lot came out to the sons of Neph- tali by their families: 33 And the border began from Heleph and Elon to Saananim, and Adami, which is Neceb, and Jeb- nael even to Lecum ; and their outgoings unto the Jordan : 34 And the border retumeth westward to Aza- noithabor, and goeth out from thence to Hucuca, and passeth along to Zabulou southward, and to Aser westward, and to Juda upon the Jordan to- wards the rising of the sun. 35 And the strong cities are Assedim, Ser, and Emath, and Reccath and Cenereth, 36 And Edema, and Anuria, Asor 37 And Cedes, and Edrai, Enbasor 38 And Jeron, and Magdalel, Horem, and Be- thanath, and Bethsames : nineteen cities and their villages. 39 This is the possession of the tribe of the chil- dren of Nephtali by their kindreds, the cities and their villages. 40 The seventh lot came out to the tribe of the children of Dan by their families : 41 And the border of their possession was Sa- raa, and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun. 42 Selebin, and Aialon, and Jethela, 43 Elon, and Themna, and Acron, 4i Eltheee, Gibbefhon, and Balaath, 45 And Jud, and Bane, and Barach, and Geth- remmon: 46 And Mejarcon and Arecon, with the border that looketh towards Joppe, 47 And is terminated there. And the children of Dan went up and fought against Lesem, and took it: and they put it to the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem "Dan, by the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their kindreds, the cities and their vil- lages. 49 And when he had made an end of dividing the land by lot to each one by their tribes, the chil- dren of Israel gave a possession to Josue the son of Nun in the midst of them, 50 According to the commandment of the Lord, the city which he asked for, Thamnath Saraa in moun Ephraim : and he built up the city, and dwelt in it. 51 These are the possessions which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes ot the families, and of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed by lot in Silo, before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and they divided the land. CHAP. XX. The cities of refuge are appointed/or casual manslaughter. \ ND the Lord spoke to Josue, saying: Speak to -^*- the children of Israel, and say to them : 2 Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses : 3 That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them ; and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood : 4 And when he shall flee to one of these cities, he shall stand before the gate of the city; and shall speak to the ancients of that city, such things as prove him innocent : and so shall they receive him, and give him a place to dwell in. 5 And when thp avenger of blood shall pursue him, they shall not deliver him into his hands; be- cause he slew his neighbour unawares, and is not proved to have been his enemy two or three days before. 6 And he shall dwell in that city, till he stand before judgment to give an account of his fact, and till the death of the high-priest, who shall be at that time: then shall the manslayer return, and go intc his own city and house from whence he fled. 7 And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of mount Nephtali, andSichcm in mount Ephraim,andCaria- tharbe, the same is Hebron in the mountain of Juda. 8 And beyond the Jordan to the east of Jericho, they appointed Bosor, which is upon the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of Ruben, and Ramoth in Galaad of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in Basan of the tribe of Manasses. 9 These cities were appointed fof all the children of Israel, and for the strangers, that dwelt among them: that whosoever had killed a person unawares might flee to them, and not die by the hand of the kinsman, coveting to revenge the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people to lay open his cause. CHAP. XXI. Cities icith their suburbs are unsigned for the priests and Levites. r |^HEN the princes of the families of Levi came -*- to Eleazar the priest, and to Josue the .son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel: 2 And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said : The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle. 3 And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs. 4 And the lot came out from the family of Caatn lis JOSUE. of tin- children of Aaron tli«- priest, out of the trilx-> of Judah, and of Simeon, unci of Benjamin, thirteen ciii. 5 And to the red «>f tIh- children of Caath, thai is, to the Levites, who remained, mil of the tribes of Ephraim, and of Dan, and the half trilx 1 of Ma- '•S. 6 Ami the lot came out i<> the children nf Ger- son. iliat ihey should take of the tribe* o\ Issaehar and of ItCff ami of Xephtali, and of the half trilx- el Manasses in Basnn, thirteen rili' 7 Ami to the m.iis of Merari by their kindreds, of the trilxs of Ruben and of Gad and of Zahulon, twelve ciii. 8 And the children of Israel gave In the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the land commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one bj lot 9 Of the tribes of the children ot Juda and of Simeon, Josue gave cities; vrhoae oamea are those, 10 To the SOUS h! \aron, of the families of Caath of the nice of Let! (for the first lot eame out for them) 1 1 The city of Arl>e the father of Knae, whirl) is called Hebron, in the mountain of Joda, and the suburbs thereof round about. 12 Hut the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephoue for his posses- sion. IS Re gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof: and Cohana with the suburbs thereof, 1 V And .lei her and Kstemo, 15 And Holon, and Dabir. It! And Ain, and .leta, and Hethsames, With their suburbs: nine cities out of the two trilx-s, as hath been said 17 And out of the trilx- of the children of Ben- jamin. ( i abaon. and (iabae, 18 And Analhoth and Aluioii, With their suburbs; four cities. 19 All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest were thirteen, with their suburbs. J" And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath Of the race of Cevi, Was :;ivon this pos- session. 21 Of the trilx- of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuse, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephrahn, and Gazer, 22 And Cibsaim, and Bethhoron, with their su- burbs ; four citi. v. 25 And of the tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gain- thou, 9% And Aialon and (icthremmon, with their mi- burbs ; four cities. 26 And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, \> it h their suburbs ; twochies. Ml the cities were ten, with tin ir suburbs, which were given lo the children of Caath of the in- ferior decree. '7 lo the children of < ierson also of the race of Levi out of the half tribe oi Mnnnsae*, Gnulon in Hasan, uni nf the cities of refuge, and Hosra, with their suburbs ; two cities. .-4 And of the tribe of Issaehar, C'esion, nud I J.iUretb, ' \nd .laramotii, and I'.nsanniin, with their suburbs; four cities. .'!<> And of the trilx- ol \ser. Masai and Abdon, 31 \iul I {death, and lioliob, w ilh their submit; four cities. -' Of the trilx- also of . Xephtali. Cedes in Oalilce, DS1 o4 the cities of refuge : and Mammoth Dor, ami Cartuan. with their suburbs ; three cities. I All the cities o! the families of (ierson, w» ic thirteen, with theii snl>ml>s. • >V And lo the children of Mernri Levites of the inferior desree by their families were given of the Irilx- of Zahulon, Jccnam and Cartha, ■ And Damnaand Naalol ; lour cities, with their suburbs. ■ nit if the trilx- of Kuhen beyond the Jordan over- agaiusl Jericho, Bosor in the wilderness, one qf the cities of refuge, Misor, and Jaser, and Jethson, and Mephaath. four cities* with their subiubs. . >7 Of the trilx- of Cad. Hainoth in Calaad. »«* ■•»>*« rrnj in ■rbcra H.> i.uiiiUt of MOT MOM* ll..- i.umUr ml hum. CHAP. XXII. Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you: that you love the Lord your God, and walk in all Ins ways, and keep all his commandments, and cleave to him, and serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul. 6 And Josue hlessed them, and sent them away: and thivy returned to their dwellings. 7 Now to half the tribe of Manasses, Moses had given a possession in Basan: and therefore to the half that remained, Josue gave a lot among the rest of their brethren beyond the Jordan to the west. And when he sent them away to their dwellings, and had blessed them, 8 He said to them: With much substance and riches, you return to your settlements, with silver and gold, brass and iron, and variety of raiment : divide the prey of your enemies with your brethren. 9 So the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses returned, and parted from the children of Israel in Silo, which is in Chanaan, to go into Galaad the land of their possession, which they had obtained according to the commandment of the Lord by tlje hand of Moses. 10 And when they were come to the banks of the Jordan, in the land of Chanaan, they built an altar immensely great near the Jordan. 11 And when the children of Israel had heard of it, and certain messengers had brought them an account that the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses had built an altar in *he land of Chanaan, upon the banks of the Jor- dan, over-against the children of Israel: 12 They all assembled in Silo, to go up and fight against them. 13 And in the mean time they sent to them into the land of Galaad, Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, 14 And ten princes with him, one of every tribe: 15 Who came to the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses, into the land of Galaad, and said to them: 16 Thus saith all the people of the Lord: What meaneth this transgression? Why have you forsaken the Lord the God of Israel, building a sacrilegious altar, and revolting from the worship of him? 17 Is it a small thing to you that you sinned with Beelphegor, and the stain of that crime remaineth in us to this day? and many of the people per- ished. 18 And you have forsaken the Lord to-day; and to-morrow his wrath will rage against all Israel. 19 But if you think the land of your possession to be unclean, pass over to the land wherein is the tabernacle of the Lord, and dwell among us : only depart not from the Lord, and from our society, by budding an altar beside the altar of the Lordl our God. 20 Did not Achan the son of Zare transgress the commandment of the Lord, and his wrath lay upon all the people of Israel ? And he was but one man; and would to God he alone had perished in his wickedness. Aa 21 And the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses answered the princes of the embassage of Israel : 22 The Lord the most mighty God, the Lord the most mighty God, he knoweth, and Israel also shall understand: If with the design of transgres- sion we have set up this altar, let him not save us, but punish us immediately : 23 And if we did it with that mind, that we might lay upon it holocausts, and sacrifice, and victims of peace-offerings, let him require and judge: 24 And not rather with this thought and design, that we should say: To-morrow your children will say to our children : What have you to do with the Lord the God of Israel ? 25 The Lord hath put the river Jordan for a bor- der between us and you, O ye children of Ruben, and ye children of Gad : and therefore you have no part in the Lord. And by this occasion your chil- dren shall turn away our children from the fear of the Lord. We therefore thought it best, 26 And said: Let us build us an altar, not for holocausts, nor to offer victims, 27 But for a testimony between us and you, and our posterity and yours, that we may serve the Lord, and that we may have a right to offer both holocausts, and victims, and sacrifices of peace-of- ferings: and that your children to-morrow may not say to our children : You have no part in the Lord. 28 And if they will say so, they shall answer them: Behold, the altar of the Lord, which our fa- thers made, not for holocausts, nor for sacrifice, but for a testimony between us and you. 29 God keep us from any such wickedness, that we should revolt from the Lord, and leave off fol- lowing his steps, by building an altar to offer ho- locausts, and sacrifices, and victims, beside the altar of the Lord our God, which is erected before his tabernacle. 30 And when Phinees the priest, and the princes of the embassage, who were with him, had heard this, they were satisfied: and they admitted most willingly the words of the children of Ruben, and Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses. 31 And Phinees the priest the son of Eleazar said to them: Now we know that the Lord is with us; because you are not guilty of this revolt, and you have delivered the children of Israel from the hand of the Lord. 32 And he returned with the princes from the children of Ruben and Gad, out of the land of Ga- laad, into the land of Chanaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 33 And the saying pleased all that heard it. And the children of Israel praised God: and they no longer said that they would go up against them, and fight, and destroy the land of their posses- sion. 34 And the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad called the altar which they had built, Our testimony, that the Lord is God. liii JOSUE. CHAP. XXIII. ! bring old admonisheth the people ta keep Clod** rommand- ments : and to aroid marriages and all *<>< irlu trith the gen- tile;forftar of being brought to idolatry. AND when a long time was PBSBc d, after that the Lord had given peace to Israel, all the na- tions round about being subdued, and Josue being now old. and far advanced in years: 2 Josue called for all Israel, and for the elders, and for the primes. ;me careful to observe all things that are written in the hook of the law of Moses: and turn not aside from them neither to the right hand nor to the left : 7 Lest after that you are come in among the gentiles, who will remain among you, you should swear by the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them : 8 But cleave ye unto the Lord your God ; as you have done until this day. 9 And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong ; and no man shall be able to resist you. 10 One of you shall chase a thousand men of the enemies; because the Lord your God himself w ill light for you, as be hath promised. 11 This only take care of with all diligence, that you love the Lord your God. 12 But if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell among you, and make marriages with them, and join friendships: 13 Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your God will not destroy them before your face : but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, and a stumbling-block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from oil" this excellent land, which he hath given you. I V Ibhold, this day I am going into the way of all the earth; and you shall know with all your mind, that of all the words which the Lord pro- mised to perforin for you, not one hath failed. 15 Therefore ai he hath fulfilled in deed what he promised, and all things prosperous have come: so will he bring upon you all the evils he hath threatened, till he take you away and destroy you from oil this excellent land, which he hath given you, 16 When you shall have transgressed the cove- nant of the Cord your God, which be hath made with you, and shall have served strange gods, ;iud adored them: then shall the indignation of the I^ord rise up quickly and speedily against you; and you 186 shall be taken away from this excellent land, which he hath delivered to you. CHAP. XXIV. Josue attemblrth the people, and renrteeth the rorenant between them and Ood. Hit death and burial. \ ND Josue gathered together all the tribes of Is- ■**- rael in Sichem ; and called for the ancients, and the princes, and the judges, and the masters: and they stood in the sight of the Lord: 2 And he spoke thus to the people : Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river,* There the fa- ther of Abraham, and Nachor: and they served strange gods. 3 And I took your father Abraham from the bor- ders of Mesopotamia, and brought him into the land of Chanaan: and I multiplied his seed, 4 And gave him Isaac : and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And 1 gave to Esau mount Seir for bis possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I Struck Egypt with many signs and wonders. 6 And I brought you and your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea: and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen, as far as the Red Sea. 7 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord: and he put darkness l>etween you and the Egyp- tians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt : and you dwelt in the wilderness a long time: 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amor- rhite, who dwelt beyond the Jordan. And when I in v fought against you, I delivered them into vour hands: and you possessed their land, and stew them. 9 And Balac son of Scphor king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you 10 And I would not hear him: but on the con- trary I blessed you by him, and I delivered vou out of his hand. 11 And you passed over the Jordan, and \oti came to Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you, the Amorrhite, and the Phereshe, and the t'hanaanite, and the Hethitc and the Gergesite and the Hevite, and the Jebusite: and 1 delivered them into your hands. 12 And I sent before you hornets: and I drove them out from their places, the two kings of the \niorrhites, not with thy sword nor with tin Ix.w . 13 And I gave you a land in which \ou had not laboured, and cities to dwell in which you built not. vineyards and olive-yards vt bich you planted not 14 Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and most sincere heart : and put awav the 5008 which your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord Of ikt riftr. The Euphrates CHAP. I. you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell : out as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. 16 And the people answered, and said: God forbid we should leave the Lord, and serve strange gods. 1 7 The Lord our God he brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; and did very great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way by which we jour- neyed, and among all the people through whom we passed. 18 And he cast out all the nations, the Amor- rhite, the inhabitant of the land -into which we are come. Therefore we will serve the Lord, for he is our God. 19 And Josue said to the people: You will not be able to serve the Lord,* for he is a holy God, and mighty, and jealous, and will not forgive your wick- edness and sins. 20 If you leave the Lord, and serve strange gods, he will turn, and will afflict you, and will destroy you after all the good he hath done you. 21 And the people said to Josue: No, it shall not be so as thou sayest; but we will serve the Lord. 22 And Josue said to the people : You are wit- nesses, that you yourselves have chosen you the Lord to serve him. And they answered : We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods from among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel. * You will not be able to serve the Lord, Sec. This was not said by way of discouraging them ; but rather to make them more earnest in- resolute, by setting before them the greatness of the undertaking, and the courage and constancy necessary to go through with it. f It hath heard. This is a figure of speech, by which sensation is at- 24 And the people said to Josue: We will serre the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his commandments. 25 Josue therefore on that day made a covenant, and set before the people commandments and judg- ments in Sichem. 26 And he wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord : and he took a great stone, and set it under the oak that was in the sanctuary of the Lord : 27 And he said to all the people: Behold, this stone shall be a testimony unto you, that it hath heardf all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken to you : lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, and lie to the Lord. 28 And he sent the people away, every one to their own possession. 29 And after! these things Josue the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord died, being a hundred and ten years old: 30 And they buried him in the border of his pos- session in Thamnathsare, which is situate in mount Ephraim, on the north side of mount Gaas. 31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Josue, and of the ancients that lived a long time af- ter Josue, and that had known all the works of the Lord which he had done in Israel^ 32 And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel had taken out of Egypt, they buried in Sichem, in that part of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hemor the father of Sichem, for a hundred young ewes : and it was in the pos- session of the sons of Joseph. 33 Eleazar also the son of Aaron died : and they buried him in Gabaath, that belongeth to Phinees his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. tributed to inanimate things ; and they are called upon, as it were, to bear witness in favour of the great Creator, whom they on their part constantly obey. \ And after, ifc. If Josue wrote this book, as is commonly believed, these last verses were added by Samuel, or some other prophet THE BOOK OF JUDGES. This book is called Judges, because it contains the history of what passed under the government of the Judges, who ruled Israel before they had Icings. The writer of it, acccording to the more general opinion, was the prophet Samuel. CHAP. I. The expedition and victory of Juda against the Chanaanites ; who are tolerated in many places. AFTER the death of Josue, the children of Is- rael consulted the Lord, saying : Who shall go up before us against the Chanaanite, and shall be the leader of the war ? 2 And the Lord said: Juda shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hands. 3 And Juda said to Simeon his brother: Come up with me into my lot, and fight against the Cha- naanite, that I also may go along with thee into thy lot. And Simeon went with him. 4 And Juda went up : and the Lord delivered the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite into their hands : and and they slew of them in Bezec, ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adonibezec in Bezec, and fought against him : and they defeated the Cha- naanite, and the Pherezite. ' 6 And Adonibezec fled: and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his fingers and toes. 7 And Adonibezec said: Seventy kings having their fingers and toes cut off, gathered up the leav- ings of the meat under my table : as I have done, so h:ith God requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem: and he died there. 1«7 JUDGES. 8 And tin- children of Jiida besieging Jerusa- lem,* took it, Mild |>ut it to t hi- nrord, and .set the whole city on fire. 9 And aft e r w a r ds they went down and fought against the ("hanaanite, who dwelt in the moun- tains, ami in the south, and in the plains. Iti And Juda going forward against the Chanaan- ite, that dwelt in Hrhront the (name whereof was in former times Cariatharbe) slew Sesai, and Am- man, Bad Tholmai : II And departing from thence he went to the inhabitants of Dabir, the ancient name of which was Cariath-sepher, that is, the citv of letters. \ \2 And Caleb said; He that shall take Cariath- sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife. 13 And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb having taken it, he gave him Axa his daughter to wife. 14 And as she was going on her way her hus- band admonished her to ask a field of her father. And as she sighed sitting on her ass, Caleb said to her: What aileth thee? 15 But she answered: Give me a blessing, for thou hast given me a dry land : give me also a wa- tery land. So Caleb gave her the upper and the nether watery ground. 16 And the children of the Cinite$ the kinsman of Moses went up from the city of palms, with the children of Juda into the wilderness of his lot, which is at the south side of Arad: and they dwelt with him. 17 And Juda went with Simeon his brother; and thev together defeated the Chanaanites that dwelt in Scphaath, and slew them. And the name of the city was called Horma, that is, Anathema. 18 And Juda took Gasafl with its confines, and Ascalon, and Accaron with their confines. 19 And the Lord was with Juda, and he possess- ed the hill countrv; but was not ableTI to destroy the inhabitants of the valley; because they had many chariots armed with scythes. 20 And they cave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Enac. 21 But the sons of Benjamin did i\pt destroy the Jebnsites that inhabited Jerusalem : and the Jebu- site hath dwelt with the sons of Benjamin in Jeru- salem until this present day. 22 The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel : and the Lord was with them. • Jmaaltm. This city wu divided into two; on* part wm called Jthu, the other Saltm; the one was in ttir tribe of Juduh. lite other til llie tribe of Itenjamin. After it vu taken and burnt by the men of Juda. it was quickly rebuilt ajrain by the Jebuaites, as we inav gather from ver. 51 ; and continued in their possession till it was taken by kinfr David. t llrbrtn. This expedition against Hebron, lie. is the same as is related Joi\u xv. .'«. It is here repeated, to (rive the reader at once a short sketch of all the achievements of the tribe of Juda afrainst the ( hanaanite*. J TU titw of UUm. Perhaps so called, from some famous school, or lih-arv kijit llnre. t Tlu Cuilr. Jethro the father-in-law of Mosea was called fWm, 188 23 For when they were ltesicging the city, wln< h before was called Lu/.a, J I They saw a man coming out of the city, and thev said to him: Show us the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy. 25 And when he had shown them, thev smote the city with the edgl of the sword : but thai man and all his kindred they let go: 26 Who being sent away, went into the land of of H i i him, and built there a city, and called it Lu/a . which is so called until this day. 27 Manasses also tlid not destroy Bethsan, and Thanac with their villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor, and Jeblaam, and Mngcddo with their villages. And the Chanaamte began to dwell with them. 28 But after Israel was grown strong, he made them tributaries, and would not destroy them. 29 Ephraim also did not slay the (hanaanite (hat dwelt in Gazer, but dwelt with him. 30 Zahulon destroyed not the inhabitants of Ce- tron, and Naalol : but the Chauaanite dwelt among them, and became their tributary. 31 Aser also destroyed not the inhabitants of Ac- cho, and of Sidon, of A ha lab, and of Achazib, and of Helba, and of Aphec, and of Rohob: 32 And he dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanites the inhabitants of that land, and did not slay them. 33 Nephtali also destroyed not the inhabitants of Bethsames. and of Bethanath : and he dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanites the inhabitants of the land, and the Bethsamites and Bethanites were tri- butaries to him. 34 And the Amorrhite straitened the children of Dan in the mountain, and gave them not place to go down to the plain: 35 And he dwelt** in the mountain Hares, that is, of potsherds, in Aialon and Salebim. And the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy vpon him: and he became tributary to him. 36 And the border of the Amorrhite was from the ascent of the scorpion, the rock, and the higher places. CHAP. II. An Angel rtprovtth JsrnrL They weep for their tint. After the death of Jotue, they of 'ten full, anil repenting are delivered from their afietiont, but still fall worte and irorte. AND an Angelft of the Lord went up from Gal- gal to the place of weepers, and said : I made vou go out of Egypt, and have brought you into tin; land for which I swore to your fathers: and I pro- or the Cinite: and his children who came alone with the childn -n of Israel settled themselves anions; them in the land of f'hanaan, em- bracing tlieir worship and relitfion. . From these the Rechabites • primer, of whom see Jrrtm. xxxv. Ibid. Tkt rity of ssIsml Jericho, so called from the abundance of palm-trees. | Csss, iff. These were three of the principal cities of the Philis- tines, famous both in sacred and profane history. They weir out: neither could they stand against their enemies : 15 But whithersoever they meant to go, the hand of the Lord was upon them, as he had said, and as he had sworn to them : and they were greatly dis- tressed. 16 And the Lord raised up judges to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them: but they would not hearken to them, 17 Committing fornication with strange gods, and adoring them. They quickly forsook the way, in which their fathers had walked: and hearing the commandments of the Lord, they did all things con- trary. 18 And when the Lord raised them up judges, * And Josue, fcc. This is here inserted out of Jonie xxiv. by way of recapitulation of what had happened before, and by way of an introduction to that which follows. t They followed strange gods. What is here said of the children of Israel, as to their falling so often into idolatry, is to be understood of a great part of them: but not so universally, as if the; true worship of in their days he was moved to mercy, and tieard the groanings of the afflicted, and delivered them from the slaughter of the oppressors. 19 But after the judge was dead, they returned, and did much worse things than their fathers had done, following strange gods, serving them, and adoring them.. They left not. their own inventions, and the stubborn way, by which they were accus- tomed to walk. 20 And the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel : and he said : Behold this nation hath made void my covenant, which 1 had made with their fa- thers, and hath despised to hearken to my voice : 21 I also will not destroy the nations which Jo- sue left, when he died : 22 1 hat through them I may try Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or no. 23 The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them ; neither did he de- liver them into the hands of Josue. CHAP. III. The people falling into idolatry are oppressed by their enemies ; but repenting are delivered by Othoniel, Aod, and Samgar. THESE are the nations which the Lord left, that by them he might instruct Israel, and all that had not known the wars of the Chanaanites : 2 That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war : 3 The five princes of the Philistines, and all the Chanaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hevites that dwelt in mount Libanus, from mount Baal Her- mon to the entering into Emath. 4 And he left them, that he might try Israel by them, whether they would hear the commandments of the Lord, which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses, or not. 5 So the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite : 6 And they took their daughters to wives ; and they gave their own daughters to their sons ; they served their gods. 7 And they did evil in the sight of the Lord : they forgot their God, and served Baalim and As- taroth. 8 And the Lord being angry with Israel, deliver- ed them into the hands of Chusan Rasathaini king of Mesopotamia;! and they served him eight years. 9 And they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour, and delivered them, to wit, Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb: 10 And the Spirit of the Lord was in him ; and he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the Lord delivered into his hand, Chusan Rasathaim king of Syria : and he overthrew him : 1 1 And the land rested forty years ; and Otho- niel the son of Cenez died. and and God was ever quite abolished among them : for the succession of tho true church and religion was kept up all this time by the priests and Levites, at least in the house of God in Silo. t Mesopotamia. In Hebrew, Aramnaharaim. Syria of the two rirert; so called because it lies between the Euphrates and the Tigris. It ii absolutely called Syria, ver. 10. * 189 JUDGES. 12 And the children of land did evil again in the sight «)l" the Lord; who strengthened against them Kglou king of Moab ; hecautC they dul evil in his sight. 13 And hi- joined to him the children of Amnion Rnd Ainalec: and lie went ;nid overthrew Israel, and possessed the city of palm-trees. 1 V And the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moah eighteen years : 16 And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jcmini, who used the left hand as well as the right. And the children of Israel sent presents to Eglon king of Moah bj him. 16 And he made himself a two-edged sword, with a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the hand ; and was girded therewith under his garment on the right thigh. 17 And In- presented the gifts to Eglon king of Moah. Now Eglon was exceeding fat. 18 And when he had presented the gifts unto him. he followed his companions that came along with him. 19 Then returning from Galgal, where the idols were, he said to the king: I have a secret message to thee, O king. And he commanded silence : and all lieing gone out that were about him, 20 Aod went in to him : now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said : I have a word from Goo* to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne. 21 And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it iuto his belly, 22 With such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger ; but left it in the IkxIv as he had struck it in. And forthwith bv the secret parts of nature the ex- crements of the belly came out. 23 But Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour, and locking them. 24 Went out by a postern door. And the king's set rants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is casing nature in his summer parlour. 25 And waiting a long time till they were asham- ed, and seeing thai no man opened the door, the\ took a ke\ : and opening they found their lord tying dead on the ground. 26 Bui Aod, while they were in confusion, es- caped, and passed by the place of the idols, from Whence he had returned. And he came toSeirath : 27 And forthwith he sounded the trumpet in mount F.phraiin : and the children of Israel wont down with him, he himself going in the front. 2H And h>- said to them : Follow me: for the Lord hath delivered our enemies the Moabites into our hands. Ami they went down after him, and seined UPOa the fords of the Jordan, which are in • .1 wrdfrm* Css*. 4-c. What And, who sras fadfi an.l clnrf ma- |p«trairof linirl, iInI on this occasion, was by a sfwU m«i>iralioo of God: bat such things are not to be imitated bv private una 190 the Wnj to M"ab: and they suffered no man K> pass o\ cr : ' But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and valiant mm : none of them could escape. 90 And Moab was humbled that day under the hand of Israel : and the land rested eighty \ears. 31 After him was Samgar the son ol Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with a plough-share : and he also defended Israel. CHAP. IV. Di bbora and Barar deliver Itraelfrom Jabin and Sisara. Ja ktl killeth Sisara. AND the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord alter the death of Aod : 2 And the Lord delivered them up into the hands of Jabin king of Chanaan, who reigned in Asor : and he had a general of his army named Sisara ; and he dwelt in Haroseth of the gentiles. 3 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord : for he had nine hundred chariots set with scythes, and for twenty years had grievously oppressed them. 4 And there was at that time Debbora a prophet- ess, the wife of Lapidoth, who judged the peoples 5 And she sat under a palm-tree, w Inch was call- ed by her name, between Bama and Bethel in mount Ephraim : and the children of Israel came up to her for all judgment. 6 And she sent and called Barac the son of Abi- noem out of Cedes in Nephtali : and she said to him : The Lord God of Israel hath commanded thee : Go, and lead an army to mount Thabor, and thou shalt take with thee ten thousand fighting men of the children of Nephtali, and of the children of Za- bulou : 7 And I will bring unto thee in the place of the torrent Cison, Sisara the general of Jabin's arm\, and his chariots, and all his multitude ; and w ill de- liver them into thy hand. 8 And Barac said to her : If thou wilt come with me, I will go: if thou wilt not come with me, I will not go. 9 She said to him: I will go indeed with thee, but at this time the victory shall not lie attributed to thee, because Sisara shall Im- delivered into the hand of a woman. Debbora therefore arose, and went with Barac to Cedes. 10 And he called unto him Zabulon and Neph- tali, and went up with ten thousand fighting in. n, having Debboia in his companv. 11 Now Haber the (inite had some time before departed from the rest of the Cinitcs his brethren the sons of Hobab, the kinsman of Moses • and had pitched his tents unto the valley which is called Sen- nim, and was near CedV 12 And it ail told Sisara, that Barac the son ol Abinoem was gone up to mount Thalior : 13 And he gathered together his nine hundred chariots armed with scythes, and all his army from Haroseth of the gentiles lo the torrent ( isou. 14 And Debbora said to Barac : Arise, for this is the day wherein the Lord hath delivered Sisara CHAP. V. into thy hands . behold, ho is thy leader. And Ba- rac went down from mount Thabor, and ten thou- sand fighting men with him. 15 And the Lord struck a terror into Sisara, and all his chariots, and all his multitude, with the edge of the sword, at the sight of Barac ; insomuch, that Sisara leaping down from off" his chariot, fled away on foot : 16 And Barac pursued after the fleeing chariots, and the army, unto Haroseth of the gentiles: and all the multitude of the enemy was utterly de- stroyed. 17 But Sisara fleeing came to the tent of Jahel the wife of Haber the Cinite ; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Asor, and the house of IJaber the Cinite. 18 And Jahel went forth to meet Sisara, and said to him : Come in to me, my lord ; come in, fear not. He went into her tent, and being cover- ed by her with a cloak, 19 Said to her: Give me, I beseech thee, a little water, for I am very thirsty. She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him. 20 And Sisara said to her : Stand before the door of the tent, and when any shall come and inquire of thee, saying : Is there any man here ? thou shalt say : There is none. 21 So Jahel, Haber's wife, took a nail of the tent, taking also a hammer : and going in softly, and with silence, she put the nail upon the temples of his head, and striking it with the hammer, drove if through his brain fast into the ground : and so passing from deep sleep to death, he fainted away and died. 22 And behold, Barac came pursuing after Sisa- ra : and Jahel went out to meet him, and said to him : Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, he saw Sisara lying dead, and the nail fastened in his temples. 23 So God that day humbled Jabin the king of Chanaan before the children of Israel : 24 Who grew daily stronger, and with a mighty hand overpowered Jabin king of Chanaan, till they quite destroyed him. CHAP. V. The canticle of Debbora and Barac after their victory. IN that day Debbora and Barac, son of Abinoem, sung, and said: 2 O you of Israel, that have willingly offered your lives to danger, bless the Lord. 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, ye princes: It is I, it is I, that will sing to the Lord. I will sing to the Lord the God of Israel. 4 O Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, and * The paths rested. The ways to the sanctuary of God were unfre- quented : and men walked in the by-ways of error and sin. f Out of Ephraim, ire. The enemies straggling in their flight were' destroyed as they were running through the land of Ephraim, and of Benjamin, which lies after, that is, bevond Ephraim : and soon to the very confines of Amalec. Or, it alludes to former victories of the people of God, particularly that which was freshest in memory, when the men of Ephraim and Benjamin, with Aod at their head, passedst by the regions of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped water. 5 The mountainsmelted before the face of the Lord, and Sina before the face of the Lord the God of Israel. 6 In the days of Samgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jahel the paths rested :* and they that went by them, walked through by-ways. 7 The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel ; until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel. 8 The Lord chose new wars, and he himself over- threw the gates of the enemies : a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of Israel. 9 My heart loveth the princes of Israel: O you that of your own good-will offered yourselves to danger, bless the Lord. 10 Speak, you that ride upon fair asses, and you that sit in judgment, and walk in the way. 1 1 Where the chariots were dashed together, and the army of the enemies was choaked, there let the justices of the Lord be rehearsed, and his clemency towards the brave men of Israel : then the people of the Lord went down to the gates, and obtained the sovereignty. 12 Arise, arise, O Debbora ; arise, arise, and utter a canticle. Arise, Barac, and take hold of thy captives, O son of Abinoem. 13 The remnants of the people are saved: the Lord hath fought among the valiant ones. 14 Out of Ephraimf he destroyed them into Ama- lec, and after him out of Benjamin into thy people, O Amalec : Out of MachirJ there came down prin- ces, and out of Zabulon they that led the army to fight. 15 The captains of Issachar were with Debbora, and followed the steps of Barac, who exposed him- self to danger, as one going headlong, and into a pit. Ruben being divided against himself,^ there was found a strife of courageous men. 1 6 Why dwellest thou between two borders, that thou mayst hear the bleatings of the flocks ? Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men. 17 Galaad rested beyond the Jordan, and Dan applied himself to ships: Aser dwelt on the sea- shore, and abode in the havens. 18 But Zebulon and Nephtali offered their lives to death in the region of Merome. 19 The kings came and fought: the kings of Chanaan fought in Thanach by the waters of JVIa- geddo: and yet they took no spoils. • 20 War from heaven was made against them: the stars remgining in their order and courses fought against Sisara. 21 The torrent of Cison dragged their carcasses, overthrew their enemies the Moabite* with the Amalecites their allies. See chap. iii. | Machir. The tribe of Manasses, whose eldest son was Machir i Divided against himself, fyc. By this it seems that the valiant men of the tribe of Reuben were divided in their sentiments, with relation to this war ; which division kept them at home within their own bor ders, to hear the bleating of their flocks. 191 .iidges. the torrent of Cadmium, the torrent of Cison: tread thou, mv soul, upon the strong OM I 'In- hoofs of tlie borsSi wore broken whilst the stoutest of the enrinies tied amain, and fell head Ion? down. 23 Cone >»• the brad of IferOB,* said the Angel of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof; be cau se they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his most valiant men. 24 Blessed among women In- .label the wife of Halier the finite, and blessed l>e she in her tent. 25 He a»ked her water, and she gave him milk, and offered him butter in a dish /u* lor princes. 26 She put her left hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer: and slit struck Sisara, seeking in his head a place for the wound, and strongly piercing through his temples. 27 At her feet he fell : he fainted, and lie died : he rolled before herfeet,andhe lay lifeless and wretched. His mother looked out at a window, and howled: and she spoke from the dining-room : Why is his chariot so long in coming back' Why are the feet of his horses so slow? 29 One that was wiser than the rest of his wives, returned this answer to her mother-in-law : 30 Perhaps he is now dividing the spoils, and the fairest of the women is chosen out for him: gar- ments of divers colours are given to Sisara for his prey; and furniture of different kinds is heaped together to adorn the necks. )l So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love thee shine, as the sun shineth in his rising. 32 And the land rested for forty years. CHAP. VI. The people, for their sin*, are oppreued by the Madianitet. Gedeon it railed to delietr them. A ND the children of Israel again did evil in the ■**- sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hand of Madian seven years: 2 And they wore grievously oppressed by them. And the] made themselves dens and caves in the mountains, and strong holds to resist. 3 And when Israel had sown, Madian, and Ama- lec, and the rest of the eastern nations, came up: 4 And pitching their tents among them, wasted nil things as they wore in the blade e\en to the entrance of (ia/.a: and they left nothing at all in Israel for sustenance of life, nor sheep, nor oxen, nor asses. 5 For they and all their flocks came with their tents, and like locusts filled all places, an innume- rable multitude of men, and of cajncls, wasting whatsoever thev touched. 6 And Israel was humbled exceedingly in the sight of Madian. 7 \nd he cried to the Lord, desiring help against the Madiaiu • Mtrn. Where tbii land of Meroz wa», which it here laid undrr ■ cunt, we cajnot find: nor » there mention of it ant whorrrl*o in holy wnt. In the ipintnal wmw thev arecunmi who'rrfuv toaaaiat the people of God in their warfare arum*! their anintual rnrmiea. IM 8 And he sent unto them a prophet, and he spoke: Thus saith the Lord the GihI of Israel : I made \oii to come up out of Egypt, and brought you >ut of the house of IxMidage: 9 And delivered >oii out of the hands of the plians, and of all the enemies that afflicted vou : and I cast them out at your coining in, and gave you their land. 10 And I said: I am the Lord your God, fear not the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell. And you would not bear my voice. 11 And an Angel of the Lord came, and sat under an oak, that was in Kphra, and belonged to Joss the father of the family of Lzri. And when ( iedeon his son w as threshing and cleansing w heat bj the wine-press, to flee from Madian, 12 The Angel of the Lord a p pe ar ed to him, and said: The Lord is with thee, O most valiant of men. 13 And Gedeon said to him: I beseech thee my lord, if the Lord l>e with us, why have then evils fallen upon us? Where are his miracles, j hich our fathers have told us of, saying: The Lord brought us out of Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hand of Madian. 14 And the Lord looked ii|»on him, and said: Go in this thy strength, and thou shall deliver Is- rael out of the hand of Madian: know that 1 have sent thee. 15 He answered and said: I beseech thee, my lord, wherewith shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my family is the meanest in Manasses,t and I am the least in my father's house. 16 And the Lord said to him: I will be with thee: and thou shalt cut off Madian as one man. 17 And he said: if I have fount! grace before thee, give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me, 18 And depart not hence, till 1 return to thee, and brine a sacrifice, and offer it to thee. And he answered: I will wait thy coming. 19 So Gedeon went in, and boiled a kid, and made unleavened loaves of a measure of flour: and putting the flesh in a basket, ami the broth of the tlesh into a pot, he carried all under the oak, and presented to him. 20 And the Angel of the Lord said to him : Take the flesh and the unleavened loaves, and lay them upon that rock, and |>our out the broth tfiereon. And when lie had done so, 21 The Angel of the Lord put forth the tin of the rod. which he licld in his band, ami touched the flesh ami the unleavened loaves: and there arose a fire from the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened loaves: and the Angel of the Lord vanished out of his sight. 22 And (iedeon seeing lhat it was the angel of the Lord, said: Mas. my Lord God: fori have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face. f 7V mumttt in Mtmmstn, Ire Mark how the I>ord chooaeth the hutnhle (who are mean and little in their own evca) for the greatest entcrprf CHAP. VII. 23 And the Lord said to him: Peace be with thee: fear not: thou shalt not die. 24 And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it the Lord's peace, until this present day. And when he was yet in Ephra, which is of the family of Ezri, 25 That night the Lord said to him: Take a bullock, of thy father's; and another bullock of seven years, and thou shalt destroy the altar of Baal, which is thy father's: and cut down the grove that is about the altar: 26 And thou shalt build an altar to the Lord thy God in the top of this rock, whereupon thou didst lay the sacrifice before : and thou shalt take the second bullock, and shalt offer a holocaust upon ;i pile of the wood, which thou shalt cut down out of the grove. 27 Then Gedeon taking ten men of his servants, did as the Lord had commanded him. But fearing his father's house, and the men of that city, he would not do it by day, but did all by night. 28 And when the men of that town were risen in the morning, they saw the altar of Baal destroyed, and the grove cut down, and the second bullock laid upon the altar, which then was built. 29 And they said one to another : Who hath done this? And when they inquired for the author of the fact, it was said : Gedeon the son of Joas did all this. 30 And they said to Joas: Bring out thy son hither, that he may die: because he hath destroyed the altar of Baal, and hath cut down his grove. 31 He answered them : Are you the avengers of Baal, that you fight for him? he that is his adver- sary, let him die before to-morrow light appear: if he be a god, let him avenge himself on him that hath cast down his altar. 32 From that day Gedeon was called Jerobaal, because Joas had said: Let Baal revenge himself on him that hath cast down his altar. 33 Now all Madian, and Amalec, and the east- ern people were gathered together, and passing over the Jordan, camped in the valley of Jezrael. 31 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gedeon : and he sounded the trumpet, and called together the house of Abiezer, to follow him. 35 And he sent messengers into all Manasses, and they also followed him; and other messengers into Aser, and Zabulon, and Nephtali : and they came to meet him. 36 And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said, 37 I will put this fleece of wool on the floor : if there be dew in the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground beside, I shall know that by rny hand, as thou hast said, thou wilt deliver Israel. 38 And it was so. And rising before day wring- ing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew. *Lest Israel, fyc. By this we see that God will not choose forlus in- sfumenti in qreat achievements, which depend purely on his (rnu;o, Htich as, throagrfa ;>ri.le and •solf-coaceit, will take the glory to them- hcK. I Bb 39 And he said again to God : Let not thy wrath be kindled against me, if I try once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that the fleece only may be dry, and all the ground wet with dew. 40 And God did that night as he had requested : and it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. CHAP. VII. Gedeon with three hundred men, by stratagem defeats the Ma- dianites. rpHEN Jerobaal, who is the same as Gedeon, -*- rising up early and all the people with him, came to the fountain that is called Harad. Now the camp of Madian was in the valley on the north side of the high hill. 2 And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people that are with thee are many: and Madian shall not be deli- vered into their hands ; lest* Israel should glory against me, and say : I was delivered by my own strength. 3 Speak to the people, and proclaim in the hearing of all, Whosoever is fearful and timorous, let him return. So two and twenty thousand men went away from mount Galaad, and returned home : and only ten thousand remained. 4 And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people are still too many ; bring them to the waters, and there I will try them: and of whom I shall say to thee, This shall go with thee, let him go: whom I shall forbid to go, let him return. 5 And when the people were come down to the waters, the Lord said to Gedeon : They that shall lap the water with their tongues, as dogs are wont to lap, thou shalt set apart by themselves: but they that shall drink bowing down their knees, shall be on the other side. 6 And the number of them that had lapped water,f casting it with the hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: and all the rest of the multitude had drunk kneeling. 7 And the Lord said to Gedeon : By the three hundred men, that lapped water, 1 will save you, and deliver Madian into thy hand : but let all the rest of the people return to their place. 8 So taking victuals and trumpets according to their number, he ordered all the rest of the multi- tude to depart to their tents: and he with the three hundred gave himself to the battle. Now the camp of Madian was beneath him in the valley. 9 The same night the Lord said to him : Arise, and go down into the camp: because 1 have de- livered them into thy hand. 10 But if thou be afraid to go alone, let Phara thy servant go down with thee. 11 And when thou shalt hear what they are say- ing, then shall thy hands be strengthened ; and thou shalt go down more secure to the enemies' camp. And he went down with Phara his servant into part of the camp, where was the watch of men in arms. f That lapped water. These were preferred that took the water up in their hands, and so lapped it, before them who laid themselves quite down to the waters to drink ; which argued a more eager and sensual disposition. 193 JUDGES. 12 Hut Madian, Mini Amalec, and all the eastern people lav Mattered in tin- \ all. \ . M I multitude nl locusts : their camels also w era innumerable, as the rod that Beth on the sea shore. 13 And when Gedeon was conic, one tolil his neighbour a dream ; ami in this manner relaa d \\ bai he Bad teen: I dreamt a dream* 11 and it seemed to me as if a hearth-cake of barley-bread rolled and came down into the camp of Madian: and when it was come to a tent it struck it, and beat it down flat to the ground. 14 He to whom he spoke, answered: This is nothing else but the sword of Gedeon the son of .bias a man of Israel. For the Lord hath delivered Mailiam and all their camp into his hand. 15 And when Gedeon had heard the dream, and the interpretation thereof, he adored, and returned to the (amp of Israel, and said: Arise, for the Lord hath delivered the camp of Madian into our hands. lb' And he divided the three hundred men into three parts, and gave them trumpets in their hands, and empty pitchers, and lamps w ithin the pitchers. 1 7 And he said to them : What you shall see me do, do you the same: I will go into one part of the camp, and do you as I shall do. 18 When the trumpet shall sound in my hand, do you also' blow the trumpets on every side of the camp. 19 And Gedeon, and the three hundred men that were with him, went into part of the camp, at the beginning of the midnight watch, and the watchmen 'wins; alarmed, they began to sound their trumpets,t and to clap the pitchers one against another. 20 And when they sounded their trumpet! in three places round about the camp, and had broken their pitchers, they held their lamps in their left hands, and with their ri^ht hands the trumpets which they blew : and they cried out: The sword of the Lord and of Gedeon ; 21 Standing every man in his place round about the enemies Ya mp. So all the camp was troubled : and crying out and howling they fled away. 22 And the three hundred men nevertheless per- sisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into all the camp ; and they killed one another. 23 Fleeing as far as Betlisetta, and the border of Abelmebula in Tebbath. Hut the men of Israel shouting from Nephtali and Aser, and from all Ma- nasses, panned alter Madian. 24 And Gedeon sent measfeagen into all mount Ephraim, saying: Come down to meet Madian. and take the waters before them to Bet libera and the Jordan. And all Ephraim shouted, and took tin waters before them and the Jordan as far as Bethbera. \nd having taken two men| of Madian, Orel), * J dreamt. Observation of dremira b commonly tupenlitioim, ami ai fetch is condemned in the word of God : but in tome extraordinary cases, a* we here tee, Ood it pleased by dreamt tolbretel what he is about In . ♦ 7V»r trumpets, &c. In a mystical sen«- >.rr« i.f tlic u»«- pel, in odor fa «[wer appeased them who otherwise might have com. I So great is the powe/ . of humility both with God and man. CHAP. IX. pursued and took them, all their host being put in confusion. 13 And returning from the battle before the sun rising, 14 He took a boy of the men of Soecoth ; and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soecoth : and he described unto him seventy- seven men. 15 And he came to Soecoth, and said to them : Behold Zebee and Salmana, concerning whom you upbraided me, saying : Perad venture the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hands, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and faint. 16 So he took the ancients of the city, and thorns and briers of the desert ; and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soecoth. 17 And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city. 18 And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What manner of men were they whom you slew in Tha- bor ? They answered : They were like thee, and one of them as the son of a king. 19 He answered them : They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them, I would not kill you. 20 And he said to Jether his eldest son : Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword : for he was afraid, being but yet a boy. 21 And Zebee and Salmana said : Do thou rise, and run upon us : because the strength of a man is according to his age : Gedeon rose up, and slew Zebee and Salmana : and he took the ornaments and bosses, with which the necks of the camels of kings are wont to be adorned. 22 And all the men of Israel said to Gedeon : Rule thou over us, and thy son, and thy son's sou : because thou hast delivered us from the hand ofMadian. 23 And he said to them : I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you ; but the Lord shall rule over you. 24 And he said to them : I desire one request of you : Give me the earlets of your spoils. For the Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets. 25 They answered : ^ We will give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils. 26 And the weight of the earlets that he request- ed, was a thousand seven hundred sides of gold, besides the ornaments, and jewels, and purple rai- ment, which the kings ofMadian were wont to use, and besides the golden chains that were about the camels' necks. 27 And Gedeon made an ephod* thereof, and put it in his city Ephra. And all Israel committed for- nication with it : and it became a ruin to Gedeon, and to all his house. 28 But Madian was humbled before the children of Israel : neither could they any more lift up their * An evhod. A priestly garment ; which Gedeon made with a good design; but the Israelites, after his death, abused it by making it an. instrument of their idolatrous worship. f Hi) concubine. She was his servant, but not his harlot ; and is' heads : but the land rested for forty years, while Gedeon presided. 29 So Jero tal the son of Joas went, and dwelt in his own house. 30 And he had seventy sons who came out of his thigh ; for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine,t that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech. 32 And Gedeon the son of Joas died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of his fa- ther in Ephra of the family of Ezri. 33 But after Gedeon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and committed fornication with Baalim. And they made a covenant with Baal, that he should be their god : 34 And they remembered not the Lord their God, who delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies round about : 35 Neither did they show mercy to the house of Jerobaal Gedeon, according to all the good things he had done to Israel. CHAP. IX. Abimelech kitteth his brethren. Joatham's parable. Gaal con- spireth with the Sichemites against Abimelech ; but is over- come. Abimelech destroyeth Sichem : but is killed at Thebes. \ ND Abimelech the son of Jerobaal went to •£*- Sichem to his mother's brethren, and spoke to them, and to all the kindred of his mother's fa- ther, saying : 2 Speak to all the men of Sichem : Whether is better for you, that seventy men all the sons of Je- robaal should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you ? And withal consider that I am your bone, and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spoke of him to all the men of Sichem, all these words ; and they in- clined their hearts after Abimelech, saying : He is our brother : 4 And they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of Baalberith :J wherewith he hired to himself men that were needy, and vaga- bonds : and they followed him. 5 And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerobaal seventy men, upon one stone : and there remained only Joatham the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden. 6 And all the men of Sichem were gathered to- gether, and all the families of the city of Mello : and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak that stood in Sichem. 7 This being told to Joatham, he went and stood on the top of mount Garizim : and lifting up his voice, he cried, and said : Hear me, ye men of Si- chem, so may God hear you. 8 The trees went, to anoint a king over them : and they said to the olive-tree : Reign thou over us. 9 And it answered : Can I leave my fatness, called his concubine, as wives of an inferior degree are commonly called in the Old Testament, though otherwise lawfully married. | Baalberith. That is, Baal of the covenant; so called from the cove- nant they had made with Baal, chap. viii. 3J. 195 JCDGES. which Itotli gods and men make use of,* to coinr to be promoted among tbe tret 10 Ami thr trees said to the fig-tree: Cometliou, and reisn o\er us. 11 Ami it answered them: Can I leave m> sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted anions the other trees? 1 J \ml the trees odd to the vine : Come thou, and ratal over us. 13 And it answered them : Can 1 forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men,t and be promot- ed anions the other trees ? 14 And all the trees said to the bramble : Come thou, and reign over us. 15 And it answered them : If indeed you mean 10 make me king, come ye and rest under my sha- dow : but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus. 16 Now therefore, if you have done well, and without sin in appointing Abimelech kins over you, and have dealt well with Jerobaal, and with his house, and have made a suitable return for the be- nefits of him, who fought for you, 17 And exposed his life to dangers, to deliver you from the hands of Madian, 18 And you are now risen up against my father's house, and have killed his sons seventy men upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his handmaid king over the inhabitants of Sichem, be- cause he is your brother : 19 If therefore you have dealt well, and without fault with Jerobaal, and his house, rejoice ye this dav in Abimelech : and may he rejoice in you. 20 But if unjustly, let fire come out from him,and consume the inhabitants of Sichem, and the town of Mello : and let fire come out from the men of Sichem, and from the town of Mello, and devour Abimelech. 21 And when he had said thus, he fled, and went into Bera ; and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother. 22 So Abimelech rcisned over Israel for three years. 23 And the Lord sent a rerj . -v4l spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Sichem ; who bean to detest him, 24 And to leave the crime of the murder of the v-venty sons of Jerobaal, and the shedding of their blood upon Abimelech their brother, and upon the rest of the princes of the Sichemites, who aided him. 25 And they set an ambush asainst him on tin- top of the mountains : and while they waited for his coming, they committed robberies, taking spoils of all that passed by : and it tU told Abimelech. 26 And Gaal the son of Obed came with his brethren, ami went over to Biehem. And the in- habitants of Sichem taking courase at his coming, J 7 Went out into the fields, wasting the vin< - * Kolh godt ami men mmkt uttuf. Tbe. olire tree w introduced. •Mftking in ll.i- manner, became oil «ra» nw.| Ixitli in llie wonbip of ili- inn Uod, and in tli.it of Uie false p. ■ mitci I rktrrelk CoJ mtul mrn. W >i . nt'.l ma yards, and treading down the crapes: and sinsiiig and dancing they went into tin- temple ol their sod- and in (heir banquets and cups they CUTied Abi null ch. 28 And Gaal the son of Obed cried: Who is Ahimclcrh. and what is Sichem, that we .should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerobaal, and hath made Zebul his servant ruler ovei the men ol Minor, the father of Sichem ? Why then shall w e serre him' 29 Would to God that some man would put this people under my hand, that I might remove Abimelech out of the way. And it was said to Abimelech: Gather together the multitude of an army, and come. 30 For Zebul the ruler of the city, hearing the words of Gaal, the son of Obed, was rerj angry, 31 And sent messengers privately to Abiiin In h. saying: Behold, Gaal the son of Obed is come into Sichem with his brethren, and endeavoureth to set the city against thee. 32 Arise therefore in the night with the people that is with thee, and lie hid in the field : 33 And betimes in the morning at sun-rising s, i upon the city. And w hen lie shall come out against thee with his people, do to him what thou shalt be able. 34 Abimelech therefore arose with all his army by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four places. 35 And Gaal the son of Obed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abi- melech rose up, and all his army with him from the places of the ambushes. 36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold, a multitude comet h down from the mountains. And he answered him : Thou seest the shadows of the mountains ;is if they were the heads of men ; and this is thy mistake. 37 Again Gaal said: Behold, there comcth peo- ple down from the middle of the land: and one troop cometh by the way that looketh tow a r ds tin- oak. 38 And Zebul said to him: AVherc is now thy mouth wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him ? Is not this tin people which thou didst despise ? Go out, and fight against him. 39 So Gaal went out in the sisht of the people of Sichem, and fought againt Abimelech, 40 Who chased and put him to flight, and drove him to the city : and many were slain of his people, even to the gate of the city: 41 And Abimelech sat down in Hiimn: but Ze- bul drove Gaal, and his companions out of the city, and would not sulli-r them to abide in it. 42 So the day follow ins the people went out into the field. And it was told to Abimelech. God, became he bad appointed it to be olTi-rcd up tritli bi« Mcrifioi *. Hut we ore not obliged to take lln»e word*. «|»>ken h\ ll.i- in. to tbe utriet literal aanaet but oalj mmodrnti .1 to tin w i | elusion of It. CHAP. X. 43 And he took his army, and divided it into three companies, and laid ambushes in the fields. And seeing that the people came out of the city, he arose, and set upon them 44 With his own company, assaulting and be- sieging the city : whilst the two other companies chased the enemies that were scattered about the field. 45 And Abimelech assaulted the city all that day; and took it, and killed the inhabitants thereof, and demolished it, so that he sowed salt* in it. 46 And when they who dwelt in the tower of Si- chem had heard this, they went into the temple of their god Berith, where they had made a covenant with him, and from thence the place had taken its name, and it was exceeding strong. 47 Abimelech also hearing that the men of the tower of Sichem were gathered together, 48 Went up into mount Selmon he and all his people with him ; and taking an axe, he cut down the bough of a tree, and laying it on his shoulder, and carrying it, he said to his companions: What you see me do, do you out of hand. 49 So they cut down boughs from the trees, every man as fast as he could, and followed their leader. And surrounding the fort they set it on fire: and so it came to pass that with the smoke and with the fire a thousand persons were killed, men and women together of the inhabitants of the tower of Sichem. 50 Then Abimelech departing from thence came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army. 51 And there was in the midst of the city a high tower, to which both the men and the women were fled together, and all the princes of the city, and having shut and strongly barred the gate, they stood upon the battlements of the tower to defend them- selves. 52 And Abimelech coming near the tower fought stoutly; and approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it : 53 And behold, a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull. 54 And he called hastily to his armour-bearer, and said to him : Draw thy sword, and kill me : lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him. 55 And when he was dead, all the men of Israel that were with him, returned to their homes. 56 And God repaid the evil that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy bre- thren. 57 The Sichemites also were rewarded for what they had done : and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them. CHAP. X. Thola ruleth Israel twenty-three years ; and Jair twenty-two. The people fall again into idolatry ; and arc afflicted by the Philistines and Ammonites. They cry to God for help, who upon their repentance hath compassion on them. A FTER Abimelech there arose a ruler in Israel, -^*- Thola, son of Phua the uncle of Abimelech,t a man of Issachar, who dwelt in Samir of mount Ephraim : 2 And he judged Israel three and twenty years : and he died, and was buried in Samir. 3 To him succeeded Jair the Galaadite, who judged Israel for two and twenty years, 4 Having thirty sons that rode on thirty asscolts, and were princes of thirty cities, which from his name were called Havoth Jair,t that is, the towns of Jair, until this present day, in the land of Ga- .laad. 5 And Jair died ; and was buried in the place which is called Camon. 6 But the children of Israel adding new sins to their old ones, did evil in the sight of the Lord ; and served idols, Baalim and Astaroth, and thegodsof Syria, and of Sidon, and of Moab, and of the chil- dren of Ammon, and of the Philistines: and they left the Lord, and did not serve him. 7 And the Lord being angry with them, deliver- ed them into the hands of the Philistines and of the children of Ammon. 8 And they were afflicted, and grievously op- pressed for eighteen years, all they that dwelt be- yond the Jordan in the land of the Amorrhite, who is in Galaad : 9 Insomuch that the children of Ammon passing over the Jordan, wasted Juda and Benjamin and Ephraim: and Israel was distressed exceedingly. 10 And they cried to the Lord, and said: We have sinned against thee ; because we have forsa- ken the Lord our God, and have served Baalim. 1 1 And the Lord said to them : Did not the Egyp- tians and the Amorrhites, and the children of Am- mon and the Philistines, 12 The Sidonians also, and Amalec and Cha- naan oppress you : and you cried to me, and 1 deli- vered you out of their hand ? 13 And yet you have forsaken me, and have wor- shipped strange gods : therefore I will deliver you no more : 14 Go and call upon the gods which you have chosen: Let them deliver you in the time of distress. 15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord: We have sinned ; do thou unto us whatsoever pleas- eth thee : only deliver us this time. 16 And saying these things, they cast away out of their coasts all the idols of strange gods, and serv- ed the Lord their God : and he was touched with their miseries. * Sowed salt. To make the ground barren, and fit for nothing'. ■)■ Uncle of 'Mimelech, i. e. Half-brothertoGcdeon, as being born of the same mother, but by a different father, and of a different tribe. I Havoth Jair. This name was now confirmed to these towns, wnich they had formerly received from another Jair. Numbers xxxii. 41. 197 JUDGES. 17 And the children of Amnion shouting together, pitched their tmts in Galaad; against tvhoiu tlie children of Iwael assembled themselves together, ;iinl camped in Rfaspha. \nd the princesof Galaad said one to mo- ther: Whosoever of us shall first begin to fight .ist the children of Amnion, he shall be the lea- der of the people of Galaad. CHAT. XL Jephte is made ruler of the people of Galaad: he first p'ecuh their muse im m :!, it to the mother. But then the child aim was to refrain from the like tilings, be ca o — he waa to be from In- infancy a Jfaxm- rite of God, ver. 5. that U, one set aside, in a particular manner, and consecrated to God : now the Nasa rites hy tlic law were to abstain torn all these things. 4 Sens God. Not in his own per>on, bnt in Uie person of hi* towards beaveo, the .\n-< I of tin; Lord asetnded also iii the llame. And when Manue and his wife, saw this, the] fell flat on the ground. 21 And th< Angel of the Lord appeared to them no more. And forthwith Manue understood that it M as an Angel ol the Lord, 22 And he said to bis wife : W« shall certainly die, because we have seen God.f 23 And his wife answered him: If the Lord had a mind to kill us, be would not have received a holo- caust and libations at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor have told us the things that are to come. 24 Antl she bore a son, and called his name Sam- son. And the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Saraa and Esthaol. CHAP. XIV. Ssss.mii dtsireth a wife of the Phihstinrt. lie killrth a lion : m whole mouth he ajli-rvardi fmdith honey. Hit marriage feeut, end riddle, which is dit- cwertd by his wife, lie Lille th, and strilifeth thirty 1'httntmts. His wife taketh another man. HP HEN Samson went down to Thamnatha ; and -*- seeing there a woman of the daughti is ot |J ;| - Philistines, 2 He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying: I saw a woman in Thaninatha, of the daughters of the Philistines: I beseech you, take her for me to wife. 3 And his father and mother said to him : Is there no woman among the daughters of thy bre- thren.} or among all my people, that thou w ilt lake peon] , wh a wife of the Philistines, who are imcircimn ist d - And Samson said to his father: Take this woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes. 4 Now his parents knew not that the thing was done by the Lord ? and that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philis- tines had dominion over Israel. 5 Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Thamnatha. And when they were come to the vineyards of the town, behold, a young lion met him raging and roaring. 6 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Sam- son : and he tore the lion as be would have torn a kid in pieces, having nothing at all in his hand ; and be would not tell this to his father and mother. 7 And he went down and spoke to the woman that had pleased his eves. 8 And after some days returning to take her, h» went aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the mouth of the lion, and a honey-comb. 9 And when he had takes it in his hands, h« went on eating: and [coming to his father and mo- ther, he ga\c lln m ol it, and they ate: but he would not tell them, that he had taken the homy from the body of the lion. err. The Israelites in those days, imagined they should die it saw an Angel, taking occasion perhaps from those words spoki the Lord to Moses, Ex. XXXiU. 20. Jfo awn shall see me. and lire. But the event demonstrated that it was but a groundless imagination. t It there no woman among Ik davghlert of thy brethren. This ibows his parents were at first against his marriage with a (irntil,-, it being prohibited. Drat. vii. 3, but afterward* ttssrj ooosanted, km be bv the dispensation of God ; which otherwise would have been sin- ful in acting contrary to the law. CHAP. XV. 10 So his father went down to the woman, and made a feast for his son Samson : for so the young men used to do. 1 1 And when the citizens of that place saw him, they brought him thirty companions to be with him. 12 And Samson said to them: I will propose to you a riddle, which if you declare unto me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty shirts, and as many coats: 13 But if you shall not be able to declare it, you shall give me thirty shirts and the same number of coats. They answered him : Put forth the riddle that we may hear it. 14 And he said to them: Out of the eater came forth meat ; and out of the strong came forth sweet- ness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. 15 And when the seventh day came, they said to the wife of Samson : Sooth thy husband, and per- suade him to tell thee what the riddle meaneth. But if thou wilt not do it, we will burn thee, and thy father's house. Have you called us to the wed- ding on purpose to strip us ? 16 So she wept before Samson, and complained, saying: Thou hatest me, and dost not love me : therefore thou wilt not expound to me the riddle which thou hast proposed to the sons of my people. But he answered : I would not tell it to my father and mother ; and how can I tell it to thee ? 17 So she wept before him the seven days of the feast : and at length on the seventh day as she was troublesome to him, he expounded it. And she immediately told her countrymen. 18 And they on the seventh day before the sun went down said to him : What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them : If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle. 19 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him : and he went down U) Ascalon, and slew there thirty men, whose garments he took away, and gave to them that had declared the riddle. And being ex- ceeding angry, he went up to his father's house. 20 But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband. CHAP. XV. Samson is denied his wife : He burns the corn of the Philistines) and kills many of them. AND a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit his wife ; and he brought her a kid of the 'flock. And when he would have gone into her chamber as usual, her father would not suffer him, saying : 2 I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend : but she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she ; take her to wife instead of her. 3 And Samson answered him : From this day I shall be blameless in ivhat 1 do against the Philis- tines : for I will do you evils. c c 4 And he went and caught three hundred foxes,* and coupled them tail to tail, and fastened torches between the tails : 5 And setting them on fire, he let the foxes go, that they might run about hither and thither. And they presently went into the standing corn of the Philistines ; which being set on fire, both the corn that was already carried together, and that which was yet standing, was all burnt ; insomuch, that the flame consumed also the vineyards and the olive^yards. 6 Then the Philistines said : Who hath done this thing? And it was answered: Samson the son- in-law of the Thamnathite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another, hath done these things. And the Philistines went up, and burnt both the woman and her father. 7 But Samson said to them : Although you have done this, yet will I be revenged of you, and then I will be quiet. 8 And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam. 9 Then the Philistines going up into the land of Juda, camped in.the place which afterwards was called Lechi, that is, the Jaw-bone, where their army was spread. 10 And the men of the tribe of Juda said to them : Why are you come up against us ? They answered : We are come to bind Samson, and to pay him for what he hath done against us. 11 Wherefore three thousand men of Juda went down to the cave of the rock Etam, and said to Samson : Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us ? Why wouldst thou do thus ? And he said to them : As they did to me, so have I done to them. 12 And they said to him, We are come to bind thee, and to deliver thee into the hands of the Phi- listines. And Samson said to them : Swear to me, and promise me, that you will not kill me. 13 They said : We will not kill thee : but we will deliver thee up bound. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him from the rock Etam. 14 Now when he was come to the place of the Jaw-bone, and the Philistines shouting went to meet him, the Spirit.of the Lord came strongly upon him : and as the flax is wont to be consumed at the approach of fire, so the bands with which he was bound were broken and loosed. 15 And finding a jaw-bone, even the jaw-bone of an ass which lay there, catching it up, he slew therewith a thousand men. 16 And he said : With the jaw-bone of an ass, with the jaw of the colt of asses I have destroyed them, and have slain a thousand men. 17 And when he had ended these words singing, he threw the jaw-bone out of his hand ; and called * Foxes. Being judge of the people he might hare many to assist him to catch with nets or otherwise a number of these animals; of which there were great numbers in that country. 201 JIDGKS ihe name of that place Kamathlechi, which is inter- proted the lifting upof tin* jaw-bone. \iiii being \.r\ thirsty, be cried to the Lord, and said : Thou hast given this miv great deliwr- aace and victory into ma hand of thy servant: and behold, I die for thirst, and shall fall into the hands of the unciicumcised. 19 Then the Lord opened a great tooth in the jaw of the ass, and waters issued out of it. And when he had drank them be refreshed his spirit, and re- covered his strength. Therefore the name of that i bee was called, The Spring of him that invoked I Kim the jaw -hone, until this present day. \nd he judged Israel in the days of the Philta- tilles tweutv \e.u-. (II \P. XVI. Samson is rfrfmffrftf /) iliht : und fdU into the hands of the Philistines. His death. HE went also into ( ia/.a. and saw there a woman a harlot, and went in unto her. 2 \ud when the Philistines had heard this, and it »ih noised about among them, that Samson was come into the city, they surrounded him, .setting guards at the gate of the city, and watching there all the night in silence, that in the morning they might kill him as In-. went out. 3 But Samson slept till midnight : and then rising he took hoth the doors of the gate, with the posts thereof, and the bolt, and laying them on his shoul- ders, carried them up to the top of the hill, which looketh towards Hehron. 4 After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec: and she was called Dalila.* ■ > And the princes of the Philistines came to her, and said : Deceive him, and learn of him, wherein hi> meat strength lieth, and how we may he able to overcome him, to hind and afflict him ; which if thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. G And Dalila said to Samson : Tell me, I be- seech thee, wherein thy greatest strength lieth, and what it is wherewith if thou were hound thou couldst not brake loose. 7 And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords amdeof sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men : 8 And'the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such as he spoke of, with which she hound him, 9 Men lying privately in wait with her. and in the chamber expecting the event of the thin^ : and she cried out to him: The Philistines are a\ thee. Samson. And he broke the hands, as a man would break a thread of tow, when it smcllcth the fire : so it was not known wherein his strength la\. |0 Nail Dalila said to him : Behold, thou hast mocked me. and hast told me a false thing: but HOW at least tell me w herewith thoti mavst he hound. 11 And be answered her: III shall be bound * DaJUa. Some are of opinion that ihe wa« married to Salmon ; othert that the wa» hit harlot. If the lattrr opinion be true, we can- Dot wonder that, in puimluncot of hit lu»t, the Lord delivered him up, BH with new ropes that were never in work, I shall be Wl ik. and like other men. 1J Dalila hound him again with these, and cri< d out: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson; there being an ambush prepared lor him in the chamber. But be broke the bands like threads of webs. 19 And Dalila said to him again : How long dost thou deceive me. and tell me bee? show me where- with thou mayst be bound. And Samson answer- ed her : If thou plattest the seven locks of my head with a lace, and tying. them round about a nail, fas- tenest it in the ground, I shall he weak. 14 And when Dalila had done this, she said to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking out of his sleep, he drew out the nail with the hairs and the lace. 15 And Dalila said to him : How dost thou say thou loves! me, when thy mind is not with me r Thou hast told DM lies these three times, and wouldst not tell me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And when she pressed him much, and con- tinually hung upon him for many days, giving him no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was wearied even until death. 17 Then opening the truth of the thing, he said to her : The razor hath never come upon my head : fori am a Nazarite, that is to say, consecrated to God from my mother's womb : if my head be sha- \ i'ik my strength shall depart from me, and 1 shall become weak, and shall be like other men. 18 Then seeing that he had discovered to her all his mind, she scut to the princes of the Philistines, saying : Come up this once more ; for now he hath opened his heart tome. And thev went 00 taking with them the money which they had promised. 19 But she made him sleep upon her knees, and lay bis head in her bosom. And she called a bat- her, and shaved his seven locks; and began to drive him away, and thrust him from her : for immediate- ly his strength departed from him. 20 And she said : The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind ; 1 will go out as I did before, and shake nnsclf not knowing that the Lord was departed from him. 21 Then the Philistinesscized upon hint. and forth- with pulled out his I yes, and led him bound in chains to ( husa : and shotting him up in prison, made him grind. 22 And now his hair began to grow again. 23 And the princes of the Philistines assembled together, to offer great sacrifices to Dagon their god. and to make merry, laving : Our god hath delivered our enemy Samson into our hands. 21. And the people also seeing this, praised tin ir Kod, and said the same : Our god hath delivered our adversarj into our hands, him that destroyed our countrv and killed very many. 26 And rejoicing in their leasts, when th< \ had dow taken their good cheer, they commanded thai Samson should be called, and should pla\ before r mean*, into the hand* of l.i« i-mmir.. BowvTCr. n h guilty, it it not to be doubted but that under hit afllirtiont he heartiU repented, and returned to God and to obtained forgireneta of bit tin*. CHAP. XVII. thorn. And being brought out of prison, he played before them, and they made him stand between two pillars. 26' And he said to the lad that guided his steps: Suffer me to touch the pillars which support the whole house, and let me lean upon them, and rest a little. 27 Now the house was full of men and women ; and all the princes of the Philistines were there. Moreover, about three thousand persons of both sexes from the roof and the higher part of the house, were oeholding Samson's play. 28 But he called upon the Lord, saying : O Lord God, remember me; and restore to me now my for- mer strength, O my God, that I may revenge my- self* on my enemies ; and for the loss of my two eyes I may take one revenge. 29 And laying hold on both the pillars on which the house rested, and holding the one with his right hand, and the other with his left, 30 He said : Let me die f with the Philistines. And when he had strongly shook the pillars, the house fell upon all the princes, and the rest of the multitude, that was there : and he killed many more at his death, than he had killed before in his life. 31 And his brethren and all his kindred, going down, took his body, and buried it between Saraa and Esthaol in the burying-place of his father Manue : and he judged Israel twenty years. CHAP. XVII. The history of the idol of Michas, and the young Levite. THERE was at that time a man of mount Ephraim whose name was Michas, 2 Who said to his mother : The eleven hundred pieces of silver, which thou hadst put aside for thy- self, and concerning which thou didst swear in my hearing, behold, I have, and they are with me. And she said to him : Blessed be my son by the Lord. 3 So he restored them to his mother, who said to him : I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the Lord, that my son may receive it at my hand, and make a graven and a molten god : so now I de- liver it to thee. 4 And he restored them to his mother ; and she took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the silversmith, to make of them a graven and a molten god, which was in the house of Michas. 5 And he separated also therein a little temple for the god ; and made an ephod, and theraphim, that is to say, a priestly garment, and idols ; and he filled the hand | of one of his sons ; and he became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel ; but evepy one did that which seemed right to himself. * Revenge myself. This desire of revenue was out of zeal for justice apiiust the enemies of God and his people ; and not out of private ran- cour and malice of heart. f- Let me die. Literally, let my soul die. Samson, did not sin on this occasion, thousrh he was indirectly the cause of his own death. Be- cause he was moved to what he did, by a particular inspiration of God who also concurred with him by a miracle, in restoring his strength upon the spot, in consequence of his prayer. Samson by dving in this 7 There was also another young man of Beth- lehem Juda, of the kindred thereof : and be was a Levite, and dwelt there. 8 Now he went out from the city of Bethlehem, and desired to sojourn wheresoever he should find it convenient for him. And when he was come to mount Ephraim, as he was on his journey, and had turned aside a little into the house of Michas, 9 He was asked by him whence he came r And he answered: I am a Levite of Bethlehem Juda : and I am going to dwell where I can, and where 1 shall find a place to my advantage. 10 And Michas said : Stay with me, and be unto me a father and a priest : and I will give thee every year ten pieces of silver, and a double suit of ap- parel, and thy victuals. 1 1 He was content, and abode with the man, and was unto him as one of his sons. 12 And Michas filled his hand, and had the young man with him for his priest, saying : 13 Now I know God will do me good, since I have a priest of the race of the Levites. CHAP. XVIII. The expedition of the men of Dan against Lais : in their way they rob Michas of his priest and his gods. TN those days there was no king in Israel: and the -*- tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received § then lot among the other tribes. 2 So the children of Dan sent five most valiant men of their stock and family from Saraa and Es- thaol, to spy out the land, and to view it diligently : and they said to them : Go, and view the land. They went on. their way, and when they came to mount Ephraim, they went into the house of Michas, and rested there: 3 And knowing the voice of the young man the Levite, and lodging with him, they said to him: Who brought thee hither? what doest thou here? why wouldst thou come hither? 4 He answered them: Michas hath done such and such things for me, and hath hired me to be his priest. 5 Then they desired him to consult the Lord, that they might know whether their journey should be prosperous, and the thing should have effect. 6 He answered them: Go in peace: the Lord looketh on your way, and the journey that you go. 7 So the five men going on came to Lais: and they saw how the people dwelt therein without an) fear, according to the custom of the Sidonians, secure and easy, having no man at all to oppose them, being very rich, and living separated, at a distance from Sidon and from all men. 8 And they returned to their brethren in Saraa mannerwas a figure of Christ, who by his death overcame all his ene- mies. | Filled the hand. That is, appointed and consecrated him to the priestly office. } Sot received, fyc. They had their portions assigned them, Josuc xix. 40. But, through their own sloth, possessed as yet but a small part of it. See Judges i 34 203 JUDGES. ami Esthaol. who asked them what they had done : to whom they answered: 9 Arise, :i tit t lii lis ^.o up to them: for we bare i the land, uliirli is exceeding rich and fruitful: led not: lose no time: let us go and possess it; there will he no difficulty. 10 We shall come to a people that is secure, into a spacious country: and the Lord will deliver the place to us. in which there is no want of am thin::, that grow, tli on the earth. 1 1 There went therefore of the kindred of Dan, to wit, from Santa anil Ksthaol, six hundred men, furnished with arms for war. IS And going npthej lodged in Cariathiarim of Juda; which place from that time is called the camp of I). in. and IS behind Cariathiarim. Id from thence they passed into mount Ephraim. And when they were come to the house of Michas. 1 I The live men. that before had heen sent to view the land of Lais, said to the rest of their bre- thren: You know that in these houses there is an ephod, and theraphim, and a graven and a molten god: see what \ou are pleased to do. 15 And when they had turned a little aside, they went into the house of the young man the Levite, who was in the house of Michas: and they saluted him with words of peace. 16 And the six hundred men stood before the door, ap p o in ted with their arms. 17 lint they that were gone into the house of the yoUBg man, went about to take away the graven l'ii'I, and the ephod, and the theraphim, and the molten god: and the priest stood before the door, the six b andied valiant men waiting not far off. 18 So they that were gone in took away the graven thing, the ephod, and the idols, and the molten ran*. And the priest said to them: What are you doing? 19 And thev said to him: Hold thy peace, and put thy finger on thy mouth, and come with us, that we may have thee for a father. and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to he a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel? J" When he had heard this, he agreed to their words; and took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven god, and departed with them. Jl tad when they were goim; forward, and had put before them the children and the cattle, and all that was valuable, -'.' \nd w.re now at a distance from the house of .Michas. the men that dwelt in the houses of Mi- chas gathering together followed them, .'.'. \ in 1 began to shout out after them. They looked hack, and said to .Michas: What aileth thee"? Wh\ dost thou CTJ ' \nd he answered: You have taken BWaj my Rods which I have made me, and the priest, and all that I have; and do \ou say: What aileth \nd the children of Dan said to him: See thou s;i\ no more (0 n\ lest men enraged come upon thee, and thou perish with all thv house. 26 And so thev went on the jonrnevthev had bc- Sun. I.ut Michas seeing that thev were stronger i. m he, returned to his house. Zl And the si\ hundred men took the priest, and the things we spoke of before, and came to Lais, to a people that was quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword : and the city was burnt with lire, 2b" These being no man at all who brought them an] succour, because they dwelt far from Sidon, and had no society or business with any man. And the city was in the land of Rohob: and they rebuilt it. and dwelt therein, ( tiling the name of the city Dan after the name of their father, who was the son of Israel, which before was called Lais. 30 And they set up to themselves the graven idol : and Jonathan the son ol (ieisam the son of Mo he and his sons in re priests in the tribe of Dan, un- til the da? el their captivity. 31 And the idol of .Michas remained with them ill the time, that the house of (iod was in Silo. In those days there was no king in Israel. CHAP. XIV A Levite bringing home his "riff, is lodged by an old man at < itibaa in tlu tribe of lit iijuiiiin. His wife is there abused by wickttl mi ii : mill in the morning fnttntl tit ml. Her hu.shmul cutteth her body in pieces ; and sendtth to every tribe of Israel, requiring them to revenge the wicked fact. THERE was a certain Levite, who dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, who took a wife of Bethlehem Juda: 2 And she left him and returned to her father's house in Bethlehem, and aliodewith him four months. 3 And her husband followed her. willing to be reconciled with her, and to speak kindly to her, and to bring her back with him, liaving with him a ser- vant and two asses: and she received him, and brought him into her father's house. And when his father-in-law had heard this, and had seen him, he met him with joy, 4 And embraced the man. And the son-in-law tarried in the house of his father-in-law thru da\s. eating with him, and drinking familiarly. 5 But on the fourth day arising early in the morning, he desired to depart. But his father-in- law kept him, and said to him: Taste first a little brea d , and strengthen thy stomach; and so thou shall depart. 6 And they sat down together, and ate and drank. And the father of the young woman said to his son- in-law: I beseech thee to stay here to-day, and let us make merry together. 7 But he rising up began lobe for departing. And nevertheless his father-in-law earnastfa pressed him. and made him stay with him. 8 But when morning was come, the Levite pre- pared to go on his journey. And his father-in-law said to him again: I beseech thee to take a little meat, and strengthening thyself, till the day be farther advanced, afterwards thou majBflt depart. Ami thev ate together. 9 And the VOUng man SJO I forward with his wile and Servant And his father-in-law spoke CHAP. XX. to him again: Consider tliat the day is declining, and dravveth toward evening: tarry with me to-day also, and spend the day in mirth; and to-morrow thou shalt depart, that thou mayst go into thy house. 10 His son-in-law would not consent to his words: hut forthwith went forward and came over-against Jehus, which hy another name is called Jerusalem, leading with him two asses loaden, and his con- cuhine.* 1 1 And now they were come near Jebus, and the day was far spent: and the servant said to his mas- ter: Come, I beseech thee, let us turn into the city of the Jebusites, and lodge there. 12 His master answered him: I will not go into the town of another nation, who are not of the chil- dren of Israel; hut I will pass over to Gabaa. 13 And when I shall come thither, we will lodge there, or at least in the city of Rama. 14 So they passed -by Jebus, and went on their journey: and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gabaa, which is in the tribe of Ben- jamin: 15 And they turned into it, to lodge there. And when they were come in, they sat in the street of the city, for no man would receive them to lodge. 16 And behold, they saw an old man, returning out of the field, and from his work in the evening: and he also was of mount Ephraim, and dwelt as a stranger in Gabaa; but the men of that country were the children of Jemini.f 17 And the old man lifting up his eyes, saw the man sitting with his bundles in the street of the city, and said to him: Whence comestthou? and whither goest thou? 18 He answered him: We came out from Beth- lehem Juda, and we are going to our home, which is on the side of mount Ephraim, from whence we west to Bethlehem : and now we go to the house of God, and none will receive us under his roof: 19 We have straw and hay for provender of the asses, and bread and wine for the use of myself and of thy handmaid, and of the servant that is with me: we want nothing but lodging. 20 And the old man answered him : Peace be with thee: 1 will furnish all things that are neces- sary: only, I beseech thee, stay not in the street. 21 And he brought him into his house, and gave provender to his asses : and after they had washed their feet, he entertained them with a feast. 22 While they were making merry, and refresh- ing their bodies with meat and drink, after the labour of the journey, the men of that city, sons of Belial (that is, without yoke) came and beset the old man's house, and began to knock at the door, calling to the master of the house, and saying: Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may abuse him. 23 And the old man went out to them, and said : Do not so, my brethren, do not so wickedly ; because Concubine. She was tiis lawful wife: but oven lawful wivos are frequently in scripture called coacttbines. See above, ch. viii. vcr.3l. ' lemin That i», \cnjainin. this man is come into my lodging : and cease, I pray you, from this folly. 24 I have a maiden daughter, and this man hath a concubine : I will bring them out to you, and you may humble them, and satisfy your lust: only, I beseech you, commit not this crime against nature on the man. 25 They would not be satisfied with his words; which the man seeing, brought out his concubine to them, and abandoned her to their wickedness: and when they had abused her all the night, they let her go in the morning. 26 But the woman, at the dawning of the day, came to the door of the house where her lord lodged, and there fell down. 27 And in the morning the man arose, and opened the door, that he might end the journey he had be- gun: and behold, his concubine lay before the door with her hands spread on the threshold. 28 He thinking she was taking her rest, said to her: Arise, and let us be going. But as she made no answer, perceiving she was dead, he took her up, and laid her upon his ass, and returned to his house. 29 And when he was come home, he took a sword, and divided the dead body of his wife with her bones into twelve parts ; and sent the pieces into all the borders of Israel. 30 And when every one had seen this, they all cried out : There was never such a thing done in Israel from the day that our fathers came up out of Egypt, until this day : give sentence, and decree in common what ought to be done. CHAP. XX. The Israelites warring against Benjamin are twice defeated ; but in the third battle the Benjamites are all slain, saving six hundred men. THEN all the children of Israel went out, and gathered together as one man, from Dan to BersabeeJ with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha : 2 And all the chiefs of the people, and all the tribes of Israel met together in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen fit for war. 3 (Nor were the children of Benjamin ignorant that the children of Israel were come up to Maspha.) And the Levite the husband of the woman that was killed, being asked, how so great a wickedness had been committed, 4 Answered: I came into Gabaa of Benjamin with my wife; and there I lodged: 5 And behold, the men of that city in the night beset the house wherein I was, intending to kill me; and abused my wife with an incredible fury of lust, so that at last she died. 6 And I took her and cut her in pieces, and sent the parts into all the borders of your possession : because there never was so heinous a crime, and so great an abomination committed in Israel. 7 You are all here, O children of Israel: deter- mine what you ought to do. 8 And all the people standing, answered as by tin- voire of one man : We will not return to om 205 JUDGES. tmts, iH'itlirr shall any one of us go into his own boos. 9 Hut this w ill we (In in common against Gabaa: 10 \\ c w ill lake tea mm of a bundled tint of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of ■ th o u s and , ami a thoosand out of ten thousand, to brum victuals for the army : that we may fi-ht against Gabaa of Benjamin, and render to it for its wickedness, what it deserveth. 11 And all Israel were gathered together against the city, as one nian.w ith one mind, and one counsel: 12 And they scut messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin, to say to them: Why hath so great an abomination been found among; you? 13 Deliver tip the men of Gabaa, that Inn t COB* milted this heinous crime, that thev may die and the evil may be taken away out of Israel. Bui thev would not hearken totheproj>ositionof then brethren the children of Israel : 14 But out of all (lie cities which were of their lot, thev gathered themselves together into Gabaa, to aid them, and to fight against the whole people of [trad. 15 And there were found of Benjamin five and twenty thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa, 16 Who were seven hundred most valiant men, fighting with the left hand as well as with the right : and slinging stones so sure that they could hit even a hair, and not miss by I he stone's goim; on either side. 17 Of the men Of Israel also, beside the children of Benjamin, were found four hundred thousand that drew swords, and were prepared to fight. 18 And they arose, and came to the bouse of God, that i>. to silo: ami thev consulted God, and said: Who Snail be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them : Let Juda be your leader 19 And forthwith the children of Israel rising in the morning, camped by Gabaa: SO \iiil going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city. 21 Anci the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa. slew of thechildren of Israel thatdav two and twenty thousand men. 22 Again Israel (resting in their strength* and their number, set tlieir army in array in liie same place. wlierethey had fought before: 23 Yet so that they first went up, and wept he- fore the Lord until night: and consulted him, and said: Shall I no out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren, or nor And be answered them : Go up against them, and join bailie. 24 And when the children of Israel went out the Deal din to fight against the children of Benjamin. The children of Benjamin sallied forth out of the gates of Gabaa: and meeting them mad' it a slaughter of them, as to kill eighteen thou- sand men that drew the sword. • Trtutmt in Ikeir ilrtngtlt. The Lorvl Mitlciril I hem to be over- thrown. ai«l man\ of tlii'in In be .1.1111. thouirh llirir rami; w.<* jn-l . partly in punishment of tin- idolatry « bicb tbej even Med or tol v< llif Ln'n of Dan, aid elsewhere . UtA partly bveaute they ti SOS 2C> Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God, and sat and wept before the Lord: and the\ fasted thai day till the evening; and offered to him holocausts, and victims of pe ace of- Icruigs, J7 And inquired of him concerning their state, At that time the ark of the covenant of the Ix>rd was there, 28 And Phinees the son of Eleamv, the son of Aaron, was over the house. So they consulted the Lord, and said : Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin our bret hren , or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for to-morrow I will deliver them into your hands. 29 And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the tit \ of Gabaa : 30 Ami they drew up their army against Benja- min the third time, as they had done the first and second. 31 And the children of Benjamin boldly issued OUt of thecitv; and seeing their enemies (foe, pur- sued them a long w a\ . so as to w omid and kill some of them, as thev had done the first and second day, whilst thev lied by two highwai s.w hereof one goeth up to Bethel, and the other to Gabaa : and the] 1 about thirty men : 32 For they thought to cut them off, as thev did before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed to draw them away from the City, and by tlieir seem- ing to flee to bring them to the highways afore- said. 33 Then all the children of Israel rising ttp Ottt of the places where thej were, set their army in bat- tle array, in the place which is called Baallhaniar. The ambushes also which Were about the city, be- gan by little and little to come forth, 34 And to march from the west side of the cit\. And other ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel attacked the inhabitants of the city. And the battle grew hot against the children of Benjamin: and they understood not that present death threatened them on every side. 35 And the Lord defeated them In-fore the chil- dren of Israel: anil they slew of them in that da> five and twenty thousand and one hundred, all fighting men. and that drew the sword. . Iti But l he children of Benjainiu w hen thev saw themselves to be too weak, began to flee. Which the children of Israel seeing, gave them place to flee, that thev might come to the ambushes that v. prepared, which they had set near the city. 37 And they that were in ambush arose on a sud- den out of their coverts; and w hilst Benjamin turned their backs to the slayers, wem Into the city, and smote it with the edge of the sword. .Now the children of Israel had given ;■ si-n to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that .hi. i ihej had taken the city, thev should make a In. ; in their own strength : ami therefore tbongfe lie 1ml them lipht. he would not jrirethein tin- notary, till they were thoroughly linn and had leaxocd to trust in hun alooe. CHAP. XXI. that by the smoke rising on high, they might show that the city was taken. 39 And when the children of Israel saw this in the battle (for the children of Benjamin thought they fled, and pursued them vigorously, killing thirty men of their army) 40 And perceived as it were a pillar of smoke rise up from the city ; and Benjamin looking back, saw that the city was taken, and that the flames as- cended on high : 41 They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces stood bravely against them. Which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs, 42 And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that fired the city came also out to meet them. 43 And so it was, that they were slain on both sides by the enemies ; and there was no rest of their men dying. They fell, and were beaten down on the east side of the city Gabaa. 44 And they that were slain in the same place, were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers. 45 And when they that remained of Benjamin saw this, they fled into the wilderness, and made towards the rock that is called Remmon. In that flight also as they were straggling, and going dif- ferent ways, they slew of them five thousand men. And as they went farther, they still pursued them, and slew also other two thousand. 46 And so it came to pass, that all that were slain of Benjamin in divers places, were five and twenty thousand fighting men, most valiant for war. 47 And there remained of all the number of Ben- jamin only six hundred men that were able to escape, and flee to the wilderness: and they abode in the rock Remmon four months. 48 But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and beasts : and all the cities and villages of Benjamin were consumed with devouring flames. CHAP. XXI. The tribe of Benjamin is saved from being utterly extinct, by providing tcivesfor the six hundred that remained. NOW the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None af us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife. 2 And they all came to the house of God in Silo ; and abiding before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying: 3 O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us ? 4 And rising early the next day, they built an altar ; and offered there holocausts, and victims of peace : and they said : 5 Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord i for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain. 6 And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say. One tribe is taken away from Israel, 7 Whence shall they take wives ? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them. 8 Therefore they said : Who is there of all the tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to Maspha? And behold, the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad were found not to have been in that army. 9 (At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there.) 10 So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying : Go and pu the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, witl their wives and their children. 1 1 And this is what you shall observe ; Ever male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill : but the virgins you shall save. 12 And there were found of Jabes Galaad four hundred virgins, that had not known the bed of a man : and they brought them to the camp in Silo, into the land of Chanaan. 13 And they sent messengers to the children of Benjamin, that were in the rock Remmon, and commanded them to receive them in peace. 14 And the children of Benjamin came at that time; and wives were given them of Jabes Galaad : but they found no others, whom they might give in like manner. 15 And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel. 16 And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives ? for all the women in Benjamin are dead. 17 And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18 For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, where- by we said : Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife. 19 So they took counsel, and said: Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona. 20 And they commanded the children of Ben- jamin, and said : Go, and lie hid in the vineyards : 21 And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a sudden out of the vineyards ; and catch you every man his wife among them, and go into the land of Benjamin. 22 And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on them : for they took them not away as by the righ' of war or conquest ; but when they asked to have them, you gave them not, and the fault was com- mitted on your part. 23 And the children of Benjamin did, as they had been commanded : and according to their number, they carried off for themselves every man his wif« 207 RUT of them ihat wen dancing : and they went into t li«-ir l>ossession,and built up their cities, and dwell in them. The children of Israel also returned by their tribes, and families, to tin ir dwellings. In those days there was do kin:; in Israel : but every one did that which ieenvl right to himself. THE BOOK OF RUTH. 7'Ai'j book is railed Ihru.from the name of the person whose At tory is here recorded : who, bring a gentile, became a convert tu the Inn faith, and marrying Bottz the great-grand-J other of David, was onr of thole from whom Christ sprung in- cording to thi flesh, and an illustrious figure of the genlili church. It is thought this book teas tcritten by the prophet Samuel. CHAP. I. F.Hmelcch of Bethlehem going with his wife .Yor mi. and tiro sons, into the land of Moab. dii th there, ilis sons marry triris of thit count rij. and die without issue. Nor mi returneth home with her daughtrr-in-Liw Ruth, who rrfuseth tu part with her. FN the (lays of one of the judges, when the judges -*■ ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moahwith his wife and his two sous. I He was named Llimelech, and his w ife, Noemi; and his two sons, the one Mahalou, and the other ( helion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda And en- tering into the country of Moab, they abode there. 3 And Elimelech the husband ot Noemi died : and she remained with her sons. X And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And thej dwelt there ten years : 5 And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Che- lion : and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband. 6 And she arose to go from the land of Moab to her own country with both her daughters-in-law : for she had heard that the Lord had looked upon his people, and had given them food. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place of her sojournment, with both her daughter's-tn-law : and !>eing now in the way to return into the land of Juda, 8 She said to them: Goye home to your mo- thers: the Lord deal merciful with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. 9 Mat he gram you to find rest in the houses of the husbands which you shall take. And she kiss- ed them. And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep, 10 And to say: We will go on with t'lee to thy people. II But she answered them: Return, my daugh- : why come \e with me? have I any more ions in my womb, that you may hope for husbands of me? I ' Return again, m\ daughters, and no your \\a.\s: for I am now spent with age, and no! lit lor • T» her gtis, let. Noemi Douoc« her kite pxK and return lo >'■..■ |.« ,| Hi. (;««lof I wedlock. Although I might conceive this night, and bear children, 13 If you would wait till thev w ere CTOWn Up, and come to roan's estate, you would be old women be- fore von marry. Do not so, my daughters, I be- seech you: for I am grieved the more lor your dis- tress: and the band of the Lord is gone out against me. 14 And they lifted op their voice, and began to weep again: Orpha kissed her mother-in-law, and returned: Ruth Stuck close to her mother-in-law. 15 And Noemi said to her: Behold, thy kinswo- man is returned to her people, and toner gods;* go thou with her. lb' She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee, ami depart : for w bitherso- everthou shall go, I will go: and where thou shall dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall l>< mv people, and thy God ni\ God. 17 The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will Idie: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and sof to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee. 18 Then Noemi seeing, thai Ruth was stedfastly determined to go with her, would not be against it, nor persuade her any more to return to her friends: 19 So they went together, and came to Bethle- hem. And when they were come into the city, the report was quickly spread among all: and the wo- men said : '1 his is that Noemi. 20 But she said to them: Call me not Noemi (that is, beautiful,] but call me Mara (that is, bitter;) for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bittern 21 1 went out full; and the Lord hath brought me back empty. Why then did \ on call me Noemi, whom the Lord hath humbled, and the Almighty hath afflicted? > So Noemi came with Ruth the Moahitess her daughter-in-law, from the land of her sojournment; and returned into Bi thleln in, in the beginning ot the barlex harvest. CHAP. II. Ruth glrawt', in the field of Iiooz; who showcth her favour. TVTOW her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, „ -L* powerful man, and very rich, w hose name \ Boo/. 2 And lluth the Moahitess said to her moth, r- in-law ' If thou wilt. I will go into the field, and dean .ne ears of corn that escape the hands of the t 7 V l.o A date rnnA m, l(r A form of »w.:mnir iimal in tho historr of lit" OKI IV. lament, bij which the perrons irithed raofa and sink rtil. lo Tall upon them, if llirj, did not do * lut (hcv | CHAP. III. .reapers, wheresoever I shall find grace with a house- holder that will be favourable to me. And she an- swered her: Go, my daughter. 3 She went therefore, and gleaned the ears of corn after the reapers. And it happened that the owner of that field was Boo/., who was of the kin- died of Elime-lcch. 4 And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord he with you. And ihey answered him: The Lord bless thee. 5 And Booz said to the young man that was set over the reapers: Whose maid is this? 6 And he answered him: This is the Moabitess, Who came with Noemi, from the land of Moab, 7 And she desired leave to glean the ears of corn that remain, following the steps of the reapers: and she hath been in the field from morning till now, and hath not gone home for one moment. 8 And Booz said to Ruth: Hear me, daughter, do not go to glean in any other field; and do not depart from this place; but keep with my maids, 9 And follow where they reap. For I have charged my young men, not to molest thee: and if thou art thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of the waters whereof the servants drink. 10 She fell on her face, and worshipping upon the ground, said to him : Whence cometh this to me, that I should find grace before thy eyes, and that thou shouldest vouchsafe to take notice of me, a woman of another country? 1 1 And he answered her : All hath been told me, that thou hast done to thy mother-in-law after the death of thy husband ; and how thou hast left thy parents, and the land wherein thou wast born, and art come to a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 The Lord render unto thee for thy work; and mayst thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and un- der whose wings thou art fled. 13 And she said : I have found grace in thy eyes, my lord, who hast comforted me, and hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, who am not like to one of thy maids. 14 And Booz said to her: At meal-time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy mor- sel in the vinegar. So she sat at the side of the reapers; and she heaped to herself frumenty, and ate ana was filled, and look the leavings. 15 And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his ser- vants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hin- der her not: 16 And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame: and let no man rebuke her when she gather- eth them. 17 She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod, and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure ofanephi of barley, that is, three bushels: * Thy latter kindness, viz. to thy husband deceased in seeking- to keep up hit name and family, by marrying his relation according t< Dd ' 1 8 Which she took up and returned into the city and showed it to her mother-in-law: moreover she brought out, and gave her of the remains of her meat, wherewith she had been filled. 19 And her mother-in-law said to her: Where hast thou gleaned to-day, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that hath had pity on thee. And she told her with whom she had wrought; and she told the man's name, that he was called Booz. 20 And Noemi answered her: Blessed be he oi the Lord: because the same kindness which he showed to the living, he hath kept also to the dead. And again she said: The man is our kinsman. 21 And Ruth said, He also charged me, that I should keep close to his reapers, till all the corn should be reaped. 22 And her mother-in-law said to her: It is bet- ter for thee, my daughter, to go out to reap with his maids, lest in another man's field some one may re- sist thee. 23 So she kept close to the maids of Booz; and continued to glean with them, till all the barley and the wheat were laid up in the barns. CHAP. III. Ruth instructed by her mother-in-law lieth at Booz , sfeet, claim- ing him for her husband by the law of affinity: she receiveth a good answer, and six measures of barley. AFTER she was returned to her mother-in-law, Noemi said to her: My daughter, I will seek rest for thee, and will provide that it may be well with thee. 2 This Booz, with whose maids thou wast joined in the field, is our near kinsman: and behold, this night he winnoweth barley in the thrashing-floor. 3 Wash thy self therefore, and anoint thee, and put on thy best garments, and go down to the barn floor : but let not the man see thee, till he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And when. he shall go to sleep, mark the place wherein he sleepeth: and thou shalt go in, and lift up the clothes wherewith he is covered towards his feet, and shalt lay thyself down there : and he will tell thee what thou must do. 5 She answered: whatsoever thou shalt command, I will do. 6 And she went down to the barn-floor, and did all that her mother-in-law had bid her. 7 And when Booz had eaten, and drunk, and was merry, he went to sleep by the heap of sheaves: and she came softly, and uncovering his feet, laid her- self down. 8 And behold, when it was now midnight the man was afraid, and troubled: and he saw a woman lying at his feet: 9 And he said to her: Who art thou? And she answered: I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread thy coverlet over thy servant, forthouartanearkinsman. 10 And he said: Blessed art thou of the Lord, my daughter; and thy latter kindness* has surpass the law, and not following after young men. then in years. 209 For Booz, it teems, «u RUTH. ed the former: because thou hast not followed young men either poor or rich. 1 1 Fear not therefore, hut whatsoever thou shah say to me I will do to thee. For all the people that dwell within the gates of my city, know that thou art a virtuous woman. I J Neither s- sess it. But if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman l>esides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will liny the field. 5 And Booz said to him: When thou shall buy the field at the woman's hand, thou must take also l!uth the Moabitess, who was the wife of the de ceased; to raise up the name of thy kinsman in his inheritance 810 6 He answered: I yield up my right of next akin. for I must not cut offthe posterity of my own lamib. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do w illingly ton 7 Now this in former times was the manner in Israel between kinsmen, that if at any time one yielded his right to another; that the grant might Im- sure, the man put off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: this was a testimony of cession oi' right in Israel. 8 So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it olffrom his foot. 9 And he said to the ancients and to all the peo- ple: You are witnesses thisdav, that I have bought all that was Flimclech's, and Che lion's, and Alaha- lon's, of the hand of Noemi: 10 And have taken to wife Ruth the Moabitess, the will- of Mahalou, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance, lest his name !>e cut otf from among his family and his hn thren and Ins peo- ple. YoU] I say, are witnesses of this thing. 11 Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients answered : We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, likr Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel that she may he an example of virtue in Kphrata,' and may have a famous name in Bethlehem: 12 And that the house may lie. as the house ol Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Judn, of the seed which the Ford shall give thee of this young woman 13 Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her, and he went in unto her: and the Lord gave her to conceive, and to bear a son. 14 And the woman said to Noemi: Blessed Ik- the Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor; that his name should be preserved in Is- rael: 15 And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is liorn of thy daughter-in-law, who lo\eth thee; and is much hitter to thee, than if thou hadst set en sons. 16 And Noemi taking the child, laid it in her bosom : and slit- carried it, and was a nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neighbours, congratula- ting with her, and saying: There is a son l>ori) to Noemi; called his name Obcd: he is the father of lsai, the faiher of David. 1 8 These are the generations of Phares : Phares he got Ksron: 19 Ksron begot Aram: Aram begot Aminadab: 20 Aminadab begot Nahasson : Nahasson begot Salmon : 21 Salmon liegot Booz : Booz begot Obeil 22 Obed liegot lsai: lsai begot Dai id. Ey+rmU. Another nf tirthieheai THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED ttn THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS. This and thefoUowing book are railed by the Hebrews the books of Samuel, because they contain the history of Samuel, and of the two kings, Saul and David, whom he anointed. They are more commonly named by the Fathers, the first andsecond book of kings. Ax to the writer of them, it is the common opinion that Samuel composed the first book, as far as the. twenty-fifth chapter ; and that the prophets Nathan and Gad finished the first, and urote the second book. See 1 Paralipomenon, alias 1 Chronicles xix. iy. CHAP. I. Anna the wife of Elcana being barren, by vow and prayer ob- taimth a son ; whom she callcth Samuel: and presenteth him to the service of God in Silo, according to her vow. T INHERE was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of -*- mount Ephraim, and his name whs Elcana, the son of Jehoram, the son of Eliu, the son of Tliohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite :* 2 And he had two wives ; the name of one was Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phe- nenna had children: but Anna had no children. 3 And this man went up out of his city upon the appointed days, to adore, and to offer sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Silo. And the two sons of Heli, Oplmi and Phinees, were there priests of the Loid. 4 Now the day came, and Elcana offered sacri- fice, and cave to Phenenna his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, portions : 5 But to Anna he gave one portion with sorrow, because he loved Anna. And the Lord had shut up her womb. 6 Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb : 7 And thus she did every year, when the time returned, that they went up to the temple of the Lord : and thus she provoked her : but Anna" wept, and did not eat. 8 Then Elcana her husband said to her : Anna, why weepest thou ? And why dost thou not eat ? and why dost thou afflict thy heart ? Am not I bet- ter to thee, than ten children ? 9 So Anna arose after she had eaten and drunk in Silo : And Heli the priest sitting upon a stool before the door of the temple of the Lord : 10 As Anna had her heart full of grief, she prayed to the Lord, shedding many tears, 1 1 And she made a vow, saying : O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt look down, and wilt be mindful of me, and not forget thy handmaid, and wilt give to thy servant a man-child: I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life ; and no razor shall come upon his head. * Jtn Ephrnimil'. lie wis of the tribe of Levi, 1 Paralip. vi. 34. but is called an Eph . amite from dwelling "■ mount Ephiaim. 12 And it came to pass, as she multiplied prajers before the Lord, that Heli observed her mouth. 13 Now Anna spoke in her heart, and only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard at all. Heli therefore thought her to be drunk, , 14 And said to her : How long wilt thou be drunk ? digest a little the wine, of which thou hast taken too much. 15 Anna answering, said : Not so, my lord : for 1 am an exceeding unhappy woman, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink ; but I have poured out my soul before the Lord. 16 Count not thy handmaid for one of thedaugh- ters of Belial : for out of the abundauce of my sor- row and grief have 1 spoken till now. 17 Then Heli said to her : Go in peace : and the God of Israel grant thee thy petitiou, which thou hast asked of him. 18 And she said : Would to God thy handmaid may find grace in thy eyes. So the woman went on her way, and ate; and her countenance was no more changed. 19 And they rose in the morning, and worship- ped before the Lord : and they returned, and came into their house at Ramatha. And Elcana knew Anna his wife: And the Lord remembered her. 20 And it came to pass when the time was come about, Anna conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel :f because she had asked him of the Lord. 21 And Elcana her husband went up, and all his house, to offer to the Lord the solemn sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Anna went not up: but she said to her husband: I will not go till the child be weaned, and till I may carry him, that he may appear before the Lord, and may abide always there. 23 And Elcana her husband said to her : Do what seemeth good to thee, and stay till thou wean him: and I pray that the Lord may fulfil his word. So the woman staid at home, and gave her son suck, till she weaned him. 24 And after she had weaned him, she carried him with her, with three calves, and three bushels of flour, and a bottle of wine: and she brought him to the house of the Lord in Silo. Now the child was as yet very young : 25 And they immolated a calf, and offered the child to Heli. 26 And Anna said : I beseech thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord : 1 am that woman who stood before thee here praying to the Lord. f SamueL This name imports, Jisked of God. 211 I. KIN*,-. 27 For this child did I pray: and the Lord hath granted me my |x-tition, which 1 asked of him. 28 Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord. all the days of his life. he shall l>c lent to the Lord. And thv\ adored the Lord there. And Anna prat- ed, and -aid : i ii \r. ii. TTkt rantirle of Anna. 7 V tricKtdnrtt of the torn of Ilrli : for »hich they are not rliil* rorrcctcd by ihtir father. A propter y against the house of llrli. TVTV heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn* -L"-*- is exalted in my (iod: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies : because I have joyed in thy sal- vation. J There is none holy as the Lord is: for there is no other beside thee, and there is none Strong like our God. 3 Do not multiply to speak lofty things, boast- ing : let old matters depart from your mouth : for the Lord i> a God of all knowledge, and to him are thoughts prepared. \ The boW of the mighty is overcome, and the weak are cirt with strength. 5 They that w ere lull Im fore have hired out them- selves for bread : and the hungry are Idled, so that the barren hath borae many: and she that had many children is weakened. 6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive : he bring- eth down to hell, and hliogetfa back SgHttl. 7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: be humbleth, and hccxaltclh. 8 He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and bfteth up the poor from the dunghill: thai he ma) sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's; and upon them he hath set the world. !' He will keep the feet of his saints: and the wicked shall hesitant in darkness, because no man shall prevail bv his own Strength. 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him: and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens : The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth : and he shall give empire to his kim;, and shall exalt the horn of his ( iirist. 11 And Llcana went to Ramatha, to his house: but the child ministered in the siidit of the Lord before the face of Heli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Heli were children of Belial, nor knowing the Lord, 13 Nor the office ol the priests to the people '. but w hosoever had offered s sacrifice, the servant of the priest came, while the flesh was in boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand, 1 \ And thrust it into the kettle, or into the caul- dron, or into the |>ot, or into the pan: and all that m My ktr*. The aora in the asrtptMfM Me/nine* »trenjrth, power. and glory : ao the born n uid to be exalted, when a pernio receive* an iacreaae of «trrnrih or clory. / t JVa» skmtt •rrjr/rr kim. 'llv the«e won). Heli would hare hit nm aodenland. that by their wiekrd ahme of «arre>l thin**, and of the rery aacrificea which were appointed to anncaw the Lord, thevdepri- Ted ihemaelvea of the ordinary mean* of reconciliation with God: SIS the flesh-hook Drought on. the priest took to himself Thus diil they (<> all Israel (hat came to Silo. 1.) Also In lure the] burnt the fat. the Servant ol the priest came, and said to the man that sacrificed: (nve me flesh to boil for the priest: lor I will not take of thee sodden flesh, but raw. 16 And he that sacrificed said to him: Let tin fat first be hurnt (o-da\ according to the custom; and then take as much as thy sotd des'mih. But he answered, and said to him: Not mi: but ilmti shall give it me now, or else I will take it by force. 17 Wherefore the sin of the VOQngtneD wa ceeding great before the Lord: because they with- drew men from the sacrifice of the Lord. 18 Hut Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen rpbod. 19 And his mother made him a little coat, which she brought to him on the appointed days, when she went up with her huslr.ind, to oiler the solemn sacrifice. _'U And Heli blessed Khana and his wife: and he said him: The Lord give thee seed of this wo- man, for the loan thou hast lent to the Lord. And they Went to their ow n home. 21 And the Lord visited Anna: and she conceiv- ed, and bore three sons, mid twodaughtets: and the child Samuel became great before the Lord. 22 Now llrli was very Old; and be heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how they la) with the women that waited at ihe door of the taln-r- nacle: 23 And he said lo them : Why do ye these kind of things, which I hear, \cry wicked things, from all the people? 24 Do not so, my sons: for it is no good re|K>rt that I bear, that you make the people of the Lord to traiis-n vs. 25 If one man shall sin against another, God may- be appeased in his behalf: but if a man shall sin against the Lord, who shall pray for him.'t And they hearkened not to the voice of their rather, be cause the Lord would slay them. 26 Hut the child Samuel advanced, and grew on, and phased both the Lord and men. 11 And there came a man of God to Heli, ami said lo him: Thus saith the Lord: Did I not plainly appeal to thy father's house, when they were in Egypt I" the house of Pbarao ? c l\\ And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, and burn in- oense to me, and to wens the ephod before me : and I gave t<> thy father's boose ol all the sacrifices of the children of Israel: I Why have \oii kit kid away my victims, anil my cilis w Inch I commanded to he offered in the temple: ami thou hast rather honoured thy sous whirh wat by nacrificea. The more, becavae a* they were the raw/ prw«», whoas b«aine« it wa» to intercede for all otln r», they bad wo oilier to offer tacrince and to make atonement far (hi in. Ibid. Btcmmtt tkt Leri vouU tin tktm. In -re of their ma- nifold ncrilegca, be, wmiMnot *>lten their bcarta with bin cfict r/race, but wat determined lo deal I CHAP. Ill, IV. than me, to eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of mv people Israel ? "30 Wherefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel ■ I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father should minister in my sight, for ever. Hut now saith the Lord: Far be this from me: but whosoever shall glorify me, him will I glorify: but they that despise me, shall be despised. 3l Heboid, the days come : and 1 will cut off" thy arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house. 31 And thou shalt see thy rival* in the temple, in ail the prosperity of Israel : and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever. 33 However I will not altogether take away a man of thee from my altar; but that thy eyes may faint, and thy soul be spent : and a great part of thy house shall die when they come to man's estate. 34 And this shall be a sign to thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees: In one day they shall both of them die. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, who shall do according to my heart, and my soul : and I will build him a faithful house, and he shall walk all days before my anointed. 36 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall remain in thy house, shall come that he may lie prayed for, and shall offer a piece of silver, and a roll of bread, and shall say: Put me, I beseech thee, to somewhat of the priestly office, that I may eat a morsel of bread. CHAP. III. Samuel is four times called by the Lord: who revealcthto him the evil that shall fall on Heli, and his house. NOW the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli: and the word of the Lord was preciousf in those days; there was no manifest vision. 2 And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see : 3 Before the lamp of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the ark. of God was. 4 And the Lord called, Samuel. And he an- swered: Here am I. 5 And he ran to Heli, and said: Here am I: for thou didst call me. He said: I did not call; go back, and sleep. And he went, and slept. 6 And the Lord called Samuel again. And Samuel arose, and went to Heli, and said: Here am I ; for thou calledst me. He answered : I did not call thee, my son; return, and sleep. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: neither had the word of the Lord been revealed to him. 8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose up, and went to Heli, 9 And said: Here am I; for thou didst call me. * 7Tky rival. A priest of another race. This was partly fulfilled, when Abiathar, of the race of Heli, was removed from the priesthood, and Saduc, who was of another line, was »ubstituted in his place. But It was more fully accomplished in the New Testament, when the priesthood of Aaron gave place to that of Christ Then Heli understood that the Lord railed ^he child: and he said to Samuel: Go, and sleep: and if he shall call thee any more, thou shalt say: Speak, Lord, for thy servant hearcth. So Samuel went, and slept in his place. 10 And the Lord came, and stood: and he call- ed as he had called the other times, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel said: Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth : 11 And the Lord said to Samuel: Behold, I do a thing in Israel: and whosoever shall hear it, both his ears shall tingle. 12 In that day I will raise up against Heli all the things I have spoken concerning his house : I will begin, and I will make an end. 13 For I have foretold unto him, that I will judge his house for ever, for iniquity; because he knew that his sons did wickedly, and did not chastise them. 14 Therefore have I sworn to the house of Heli, that the iniquity of his house shall not be expiated with victims nor offerings for ever.^ 15 And Samuel slept till morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to tell the vision to Heli. 16 Then Heli called Samuel, and said: Samuel, my son. And he answered : Here am I. 17 And he asked him: What is the word that the Lord hath spoken to thee ? I beseech thee, hide it not from me. May God do so and so to thee, and add so and so, if thou hide from me one word of all that were said to thee. 18 So Samuel told him all the words, and did not hide them from him. And he answered: It is the Lord : let him do what is good in his sight. 19 And Samuel grew; and the Lord was with him; and not one of his words fell to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan to Bersebee, knew that Samuel was a faithful prophet of the Lord. 21 And the Lord again appeared in Silo, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Silo, accord- ing to the word of the Lord. And the word of Samuel came to pass to all Israel. CHAP. IV. The Israelites being overcome by the Philistines, send for the ark of God : but they are beaten again : the sons of Heli are kill- ed, and the ark taken: upon the hearing of the news, Heli falltth backicard, and dieth. AND it came to pass in those days, that the Phi- listines gathered themselves together to fight : and Israel went out to war against the Philistines, and camped by the Stone of help.J And the Philistines came to Aphec, 2 And put their army in array against Israel. And when they had joined battle, Israel turned their backs to the Philistines: and there were slain in that fight here and there in the fields about four thousand men. f Precioui. That is, rare. \ The Stone of help. In Hebrew, Eben-ezer; so called from the help which the Lord was pleased afterwards to give to his people Israel in that place, by the prayers of Samuel, chap. vii. 12. *ia 1. KINGS. 3 And the people returned to the camp: and the ancients of Israel said: VVhjj liatli tlie Lord defeat- ed lis to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto ns the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Silo, and let it come in the midst <>l us, that it may save us from the hand ol our enemies. 4 Sc the |x o|ilc sent to Silo: and they brought from (lieuee the ark oi the covenant ol the Lord ol IhMs. sitting ii|>on the Cheruhims: and the two mmi> of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, w< re with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was eome into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout; and the earth rang again. 6 \nd the Philistines heard the noise of the sholil: and they said: What is this noise of a treat shout in the Camp of the Hi •hrewsr And they un- derstood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp. 7 And the Philistines were afraid, saying: God is come into the camp. And sighing, they said: 8 Wo to u.-<: for there was no such great joy yes- terday and the dav before: Wo to us. Who shall deliver us from the hand of these high Gods.' these are the Gods that struck Egypt with all the plagues in the desert. 9 Take courage, and bt have like men, ye Phi- listines: lest you COtrM to he servants to the He- brews, as they have served you: take courage, and right. 10 So the Philistines fought; and Israel was overthrown: and every man fled to his own dwell- ing: and there was an exceeding gnat slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. 11 And the ark pf (iod was taken: anil the two sons of Heli, Ophuinud Phinees, weie slain. I J And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the armv, and came to Silo the same day, with his clothes rent, and his head strew td with dust. 13 And when he was come, Heli. sat upon a stool over-against the way watching. For his heart was fearful for the ark of (iod. And when the man was come into the city, he told it: and all the city cried out. II And Heli heard the noise of the cry:. and he said: What meaneth the noise of this uproar? but he made haste, and came, and told Heli. 15 Now Heli was ninety and eight \ ears old; and his eyes were dim. and he could not see. Ifi And he said to Heli: I am he that came from the battle, and have fled out of the field this d.n. And he said to him : What is there done, my sou ? 17 And he that brought the news answered, and said: Israel is fled before the Philistines; and there has been a great slaughter of the people: moreover thy sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead: and the ark of < iod is taken. lb* And when he had named the ark* of God, he • .VmurflA* mrk, Ift. There n (Treat l«aaon, by mil the*e cimitn- •law.-v to hope that lii-h ili.-.l m ihe state of grave ; awl by hu tem- poral punishments e*<-ape«l tlw eternal. f Ift lawf That u, WTurt it tkt fiery r or, ttm i» n* g lery. We tee 114 fell from his stool backwards by the door, and nroae his neck, and died, For he was an old man, and far advanced in years. And he judged [trad forty years. 19 And his daughter-in-law the wile of Phim was dig with child, and near her time : and hearing the news that lite ark ot (itx! was taken, and her fa- ther-in-law , anil her husband, were dead, she bowed herself, and fell in labour: for her pains come upon her on a sudden. 20 And when she was upon the point of death, they that stood about her said to her: Fear nor for thou hast hoi ne a son. She answered them not, nor ga\e heed lo them. 21 And she called the child It hahoil.T saying: The glory is gone from Israel, Irccause the ark ol (iod was takes* and for her father-in-law, and lot her hushand : J J And she said: The glory is departed from Is- rael, hecaiise the ark of God was taken. (HAP. V. Dagon ttrict fnlUtk ihitrn U furt tkt ark. Tkt Philistines | rt t>rinuutly iifflirtcii, tckcrivtr tin ark comtth. AND the Philistines took the ark of God, and -£*- carried it from the Stone of help inlo A/.olns. 2 And the Philistines took the ark of (iod, and brought it into the temple of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. ;> And when the Azotians arose early liie m \t da?, behold* Dagon lay upon his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord: and they took Dagon, and set him again m his place. ■!■ And the next dav again, when they rose in the morning, they found Dagon lying upon his face on the earth hcloie the irk ol the Lord: and the head of Dagon, and both (ne palms of his hands, were cut oil" upon the threshold : 5 And only the stump of Dagon remained in its place. Fortius cause neither the priests of Dagon. nor any that go into the temple treau on the threshold of Dagon in A/.otus uuio t Lis day 6 And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the V/otians: And he destroyed them, and afflicted Azotus and the coasts thereof with emerods. And in the Milages and fields in the midst of that coun- try, there came forth a multitude ol mice; ami there was the confusion of a great mortality in the city. 7 And the men of Azotus seeing this kind ol plague, said: The ark ol the God of Israel shall not slay with us: for his hand is heavy upon us, and upon I >agon our god. 8 And sending, they gathered together all the lords ol the Philistines to ihen.. and said. What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel. And the (iethites answered: Let the ark of the God of Israel he carried alxiut. And they carried the ark of ihe God of Israel ahout. 9 And while they wen carrying it altout, the Ikiw nun li taal Nrarliti-s huMQted tlir Iim of the ark, wlu< h wan bat mhol "i GodS presence amonrst lacm. How mm h more ought li in« ti> lament tlir li*» of God bap* If, when by tin they Wave ■ drove him out of lhc-ir souls > CHAP. VI, VII. hand of the Lord came upon every city with an exceeding great slaughter: and he smote the men of every city, both small and great ; and they had emerods in their secret parts. And the Gethiles consulted together, and made themselves seats of skins. 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God into Ac- caron. And when the ark of God was come into Aeearon, the Aecaronites cried out, saying : They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people. 1 1 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines: and they said: Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return into its own place, and not kill us and our people. 12 For there was the fear of death in every city, and the hand of God vyas exceeding heavy. The men also that did not die, were afflicted with the emerods: and the cry of every city went up to heaven. CHAP. VI. The ark is gent back to Jietfuames : where many are slain for looking, through curiosity, into it. NOW the ark of God was in the land of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines cal'ed for the priests &nd the diviners, saying: What shall we do with the ark of the Lord ? tell us how we are to send it back to its place. And they said: 3 If you send back the ark of the God of Israel, send it not away empty; but render unto him what you owe for sin, and then you shall be healed : and you shall know why his hand departeth not from you. 4 They answered : What is it we ought to ren- der unto him for sin? and they answered: 5 According to the number of the provinces of the Philistines you shall make five golden emerods, and five golden mice : for the same plague hath been upon you all, and upon your lords. And you shall make the likeness of your emerods, and the likeness of the mice, that have destroyed the land : and you shall give glory to the God of Israel, to see if he will take off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land. 6 Why do you harden your hearts, as Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts? did not he, after he was struck, then let them go, and they departed ? 7 Now therefore take and make a new cart : and two kine that have calved, on which there hath come no yoke, tie to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. 8_ And you shall take the ark of the Lord, and lay it on the cart: and the vessels of gold, which von have paid him for sin, you shall put into a little box, at the side thereof: and send it away that it may go. 9And you shall look : and if it go up by the way of his own coasts towards Bethsames, then he hath done us this great evil : but if not, we shall know that * Seen; and curiously looked into. It is likely this plapne reached to all the neighbouring country, ai w* 11 as the city of Bethsames. it is not his hand hath touched us, but it hath happen- ed by chance. 10 They did therefore in this manner: and taking two kine, that had sucking calves, they yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. 11 And they laid the ark of God upon the cart, and the little box that had in it the golden mice and the likeness of the emerods. 12 And the kine took the straight way that lead- eth to Bethsames: and they went along the way, lowing as they went, and turned not aside neither to the right hand nor to the left: and the lords of the Philistines followed them as far as the borders of Bethsames. 13 Now the Bethsamites were reaping wheat in the valley : and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark, arid rejoiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Josue a Bethsamite, and stood there. And there was a great stone, and (hey cut in pieces the wood of the cart, and laid the kine upon it a holocaust to the Lord. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of God, and the little box that was at the side of it, where- in were the vessels of gold; and they put them upon the great stone.- The men also of Bethsames offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims that day to the Lord. 16 And the five princes of the Philistines saw; and they returned to Accaron the same day. 17 And these are the golden emerods, which the Philistines returned for sin to the Lord : For Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Accaron one: 18 And the golden mice according to the num- ber of the cities of the Philistines, of the five pro- vinces, from the fenced city to the village that was without the wall, and to the great Abel (the stone) whereon they set down the ark of the Lord, which was till that day in the field of Josue the Bethsamite. 19 But he slew of the men of Bethsames, be- cause they had seen* the ark of the Lord : and he slew of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Bethsames said : Who shall be able to stand before the Lord this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us? 21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Cariathiarim, saying : The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord : come ye down, and fetch it up to you. CHAP VII. The ark is brought to Cariathiarim. By SamueFs exhortation, the people cast away their idols, ana' serve God alone. The Lord defeateth the Philistines, while Samuel offereth sacrifice \ ND the men of Cariathiarim came, and fetched -£*■ up the ark of the Lord, and carried it into the house of Abinadab in Gabaa:f and they sanctified FJeazar his son, to keep the ark of the Lord. f In Gabon. That is, on the hill, for Gabaa signifieth a tilt 21 S 2 And it eame to puss, that from the day the ark of tin- Lord abode in ( ariathiarim days were mnlti- ntied (for it WUS now the twentieth year) and id the house of Israel reeled following the Lord. H Awl Samuel spoke to ■II the house of Israel, Mviag: If von turn to the Lord with ;dl your heait. pot away the strange cods from among Jroa, Baalim and Astarotli: anti prepare your hearts unto the I rd, and serve him only: and he w ill deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the Children of Israel ptll away Baalim and Astaroth. and served the Lord onlv. 5 And Samuel said : GatheraM Israel to Masphath. that I mav prav to the Lord for you. ti lad they gathered together to Masphath: and lhe\ drew water, and pODPed it out before the Lord, and they fa-ted on that day. and they said tlxre: We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel lodged the children of Israel in Masphath. 7 \nd the Philistmes heard that the children ot Israel were gathered together to .Masphath : and tin- lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard this, they were afraid of the Philistines. iid they said to Sa mue l; Cease not to cry- to the Lord OBrGod for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel : and the Lord heard him. 10 And it came to pass, when Samuel was of- fering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle SgaJnsI Israel : Imt the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and terri- fied them : and they were overthrown before tin face of Israel. I 1 And the men of Israel going out of Masphath pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter ol them till they came under Bethchar. I J \nd Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen : and he called the place, The Stone of help. And he said : Thus far the Lord hath helped us. l.j And the Philistines were humbled : and they did not come any more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philis- tines, all the days of Samuel. 14 And the cities, which the Philistines had taken from Israel, wen' restored to Israel, from Ae- raron to (Jeth, and their borders : and be delivered Israel from the hand of the Philistines : and there \\a> peace between Israel and the Amorrhites. 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life : 16 And be went every year about to Bethel and to ( ialgal and to Masphath ; and he judged Israel in the foresaid plac • Rrjtrhd, tr< nt of Israel hitherto ha« tx-en a theoc- racy . in « tiinwrlf immediately ruled, hj law* which he had r himself: ami tt.. . . tin* that hi* pcoide «r<«ctad I iu dmiriiu* a i of (o»«rnineot. 1. KTN(.s. 17 And lie returned to Hnmatha : for there was his house, and there he judged Isra e l : he built also there an altar to the Lord. CHAP. VIII. Samuel groieing oil, and his sons not walking in his mrf*, lit ptople iltsirr a king. AND it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons to be judges owr Israel. 2 Now the name of his first-born son was Joel, and the name ol the second was Abb, judges in Bersabee. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside alter lucre, and took bribes, and pet- verted lodgment. 4 Then all the ancients of Israel Ining assem- bled, came to Samuel to Bamatha. 5 And they said to him : Behold, thou art old ; and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have. e- fore his chariots. 12 And he w ill appoint of them to be his tribunes, and centurions, and to plough his fields. and to reap his coin, and to make him arms and chariots. 13 Your daughters also he will take to make him ointments, and to be his cooks, and bakers. 14 And he will take your fields, and your vine- yards, and your best olive-yards, and give them to his servants. 15 Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the n\t nm s of your vineyards, to give to lus eunuchl and servants. 16 ^ our servants also and handmaids, and your goodliest young men, and your asses he will take BWay, and put them to his work. 17 Your flocks also he will tithe; and you shall Ik- his servants. f TV rir*». That >», the Mmarr (mitfkat) aftrr which he ahaJI pro. eefld.b.inog no one to control hun, when he ha., the power in bm hand*. CHAP. IX. 18 And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom yon have chosen to your- selves: and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king. 19 Rut the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said : Nay : but there shall be a king over us : 20 And we also will be like all nations : and our King shall judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles for us. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the peo- ple, and rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord. 22 And the Lord said to Samuel : Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel : Let every man go to his city. CHAP. IX. Saul seeking his father's asses, cometh to Samuel, by whom he is entertained. TVTOW there was a man of Benjamin whose name -L^ was Cis, the son of Abiel, the son of Seror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphia, the son of a man of Jemini, valiant and strong. 2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man : and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he : from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people. 3 And the asses of Cis, Saul's father, were lost: and Cis said to his son Saul : Take one of the sen ants with thee, and arise, go, and seek the asses. And when they had passed through mount Ephraim, 4 And through the land of Salisa, and had not found them, they passed also through the land of Salim ; and they were not there ; and through the land of Jemini, and found them not. 5 And when they were come to the land of Suph, Saul said to the servant that was with him : Come, let us return, lest perhaps my father forget the asses, and be concerned for us. 6 And he said to him : Behold, there is a man of God in this city, a famous man : all that he saith, cometh certainly to pass. Now therefore let us go thither ; perhaps he may tell us of our way, for which we are come. 7 And Saul said to his servant: Behold, we will go : but what shall we carry to the man of God ? the bread is spent in our bags : and we have no present to make to the man of God, nor any thing at all. 8 The servant answered Saul again, and said : Behold, there is found in my hand the fourth part * A seer. Because of his seeing by divine light hidden things and things to come. t A sacrifice. The law did not allow of sacrifices in any other place, but at the tabernacle, or temple, in which the ark of the covenant was kept; but Samuel, by divine dispensation, offered sacrifices in other places. For which dispensation this reason may be alleged, that the house of God in Silo, having lost the ark, was now cast off; as a figure of the reprobation of the Jews, Psal. lxxvii. GO, 67. And in C'nriathiatim where the ark was, there was neither tabernacle, nor ■Mar. of a side of silver : let us give i t » the man of God, that he may tell us our way. 9 Now in time past in Israel when a man went to consult God, he spoke thus : Come, let us go to the seer. For be that is now called a prophet, in time past was called a seer.* 10 And Saul said to his servant: Thy word is very good ; come, let us go. And they went into the city, where the man of God was. 11 And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water: and they said to them: Is the seer here? 12 They answered, and said to them : He is: behold, he is before you, make haste now : for he came to-day into the city, for there is a sacrifice f of the people to-day in (he high place.| 13 As soon as you come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he go up to the high place to eat : for the people 'will not eat till he come : because he blesseth the victim, and after- wards they eat that are invited. Now therefore go up, for to-day you shall find him- 14 And they went up into the city. And when they were walking in the midst of the city, behold, Samuel was coming out over-against them, to go up to the high place. 15 Now the Lord had revealed to the ear of Samuel the day before Saul came, saying: 16 To-morrow about this same hour 1 will send thee a man of the land of Benjamin ; and thou shalt anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel : and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Phi- listines : fori have looked down upon my people, because their cry is come to me. 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him : Behold the man, of whom I spoke to thee : this man shall reign over my people. 18 And Saul came to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and said : Tell me, 1 pray thee, where is the house of the seer ? 19 And Samuel answered Saul, saying : I am the seer : go up before me to the high place, that you may eat with me to-day, and I will let thee go in the morning ; and tell thee all that is in thy heart. 20 And as for the asses, which were lost three days ago, be not solicitous, because they are found. And for whom shall be all the best things of Israel ? Shall they not be for thee and for all thy father's house ? 21 And Saul answering, said: Am not I a son of Jemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then hast thou spoken this word to me? Ee J The high place. Excelsum. The excelsa, or high places, so often men- tioned in scripture, were places of worship, in which were altars for sacrifice. These were sometimes employed in the service of the true God, as in the present case ; but more frequently in the service of idols ; and were called Excelsa, which is commonly (though perhaps not so accurately) rendered high places ; not because they were always upon hills, for the very worst of all, which was that of Topheth or Gren- nom (Jeremiah \ix.) was in a valley ; but because of the high altars, and p'dliirs, or monuments erected there, on which were set up the idol», or images of their deities. 217 I. kings. •22 Thrn Samuel taking Saul and h i servant, brought t lu-ii i into (In- parlour, and cave them a place at the head of them that were invited; for there win altout thirty men. \iiil Samuel said to the cook: Bring the por- tion, which I pave thee, and commanded thee to set it apart by thee. 24 And (he cook took up the shoulder, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said: Behold what is left; set it before thee, and eat: because it was kepi of purpose for thee, when I invited the people. And Saul ate with Samuel that day. 25 And they went down from the high place into the town : and he spoke with Said upon the top of tlie house: and he prepared a bed for Saul on tin- top of the house; and he slept. 26 And w hen they were risen in the morning, and it began now to be light, Samuel called Saul on tin- top of the house, saying: Arise, that I may let thee go. And Saul arose: and they went out both of them, to wit, he ami Samuel. 27 And as they weak to the servant to go lie fore us, and pass on: but stand thou still a while, that I may tell thee the word of the Lord. CHAP. X. Saul it anointed. He propkesirtk, ami is changed into another man. Samuel ruW tk the people together, to make a king : the lot full, th on Saul. AND Samuel took a little vial of oil, and poured it U|K)ti his head, and kissed him, and said : Be- hold, the Lord hath anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance: and thou shall deliver his people out of the hands of their enemies, that are round about them. And this shall Im« a sign unto thee, that God hath anointed thee to Ik: prince. 2 When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt find two men by the sepulchre of Rachel in the borders of Benjamin to the south: and they shall lay to thee : The asst-s are found which thou went- est to seek: and thy father thinking no more of the concerned for you, and saith: What shall I do for ins son.' 3 And when thou shalt depart from thence, and go farther on, and shalt come to the oak of Thabor, there shall meet thee three men coin:; up to ( iod to Bethel,* one carrying three kids, and another carry- ing three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle oi trine. 4 And they will salute thee, and will give tin -e two loaves; and thou shalt take them at tln-ir hand. 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God,f where the garrison of the Philistines is: and when thou shalt be come there into the city, thou shall meet a company of prophets J toting down from * BttktL Where there war at that time an altar of God ; it being .'« wherr Saturn I jtiilcvil Nrai'l. * TV kill nf God. Gabaa, in which there »u al«o at that time, a hifk fUtt or oi/or. J. Prfluii. These were men whose office it »« to »ing liymm and oral-' far -Mill in tiolv writ *rv c riled yropkrtt, ami their»ing- tnr prane* tn God i« rallixt pnptunrmg. See t Pmralipon. alia* I CkfucUt xt. Tt. and xrv. I. Now there were in Umm- dart ooIm» IM the high place, with a psaltery and a timbrel, and a pi|>e, ami a harp before them: and tiny shall be prophesying. b Anil the spirit of the Lord shall come upou thee: and thou shall prophesy with them, and shall be changed into another man. 7 When therefore these signs shall happen to litre, tlo whatsoever thy hand shall find; lor the Lord is w ith thee. 8 Ami thou shalt go down before me to ( ia.gal , (for 1 will come down to thee,) that thou mayst oiler an oblation, and sacrifice victims of |>eace: seven days shall thou wait, till I come to thee; and 1 will show thee what thou art to do. 9 So when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, (iod gave unto him another heart: and all these things came to pass that day. 10 Ami they came to the foresaid hill; and be- hold, a company of prophets met him: and the Spirit ol the Lord came upon him, and he prophesied in the midst of them. 1 1 And all that had know n him yesterday and the day l>efore, seeing that he w as w ith the pro|ih« is, and prophesied, said to each oilier: \\ hat is this that hath happened to the sou of Cis? in Saul also among the prophets.' 12 And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? || therefore it became a proverb; l> Saul also among the prophets? 13 And when he had made an end of prophesy iug, he came to the high place. 14 And Saul's uncle said to him, and to his ser- vant: Whither went you? Thej answered: Tn«eek the asses: and not finding them we went to Samuel. 15 And his uncle said to him: Tell me what Samuel said to thee. 16 And Saul said to his uncle: He told us that the asses were found. But of the matter of the king- dom of which Samuel had spoken to him, he told him not. 17 And Samuel called together the people to the Lord in Maspha: 18 And he said to the children of Israel: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I brought tin Is- rael out of Egypt, and delivered JfOU from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all the kings who afflicted you. 19 But you Ibis day have rejected your God, who only hath saved you out of all your evils and your tribulations: and you have said : NaT! but sit a king out us. Now therefore stand before the Lord by your trilx-s, and by your families. 20 And Samuel brought to him all the tribes of Israel: and the lot fell on the tribe of Bciyamin. 21 And be brought the tribe of Benjamin and tin; kindreds thereof ; and the lot fell u|K>u the kindred get, or «cboob for training up theae prophet*; and it term* there tn mm of thee* acbooU at thu lull •/ CW, and another at Maioth in Ka- inatlia. See I Sm rn t i m -'".-' t GmlfL Here alao by di a p en aat i on war an altar of (., ! || Tknr falker. That u, their teacher or tiipcrHM-. A* much a* to aay. Who could bring about tucli a wonderful change a* to make haul a proohct' CHAr. of Metri, and it came to Saul the son of Cis. They sought him therefore, and lie was not found. 22 And after this they consulted the Lord whether he would come thither. And the Lord answered: Behold, he is hidden at home. 23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and he stood in the midst of the people: and he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders and up- ward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people: Surely you see him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people. And all the people cried and said: God save the king. 25 And Samuel told the people the law of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up be- fore the Lord: And Samuel sent away all the peo- ple, every one to his own house. 26 Saul also departed to his own house in Gabaa : and there went with him a party of the army, whose hearts God had touched. 27 But the children of Belial said: Shall this fellow be able to save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present; but he dissembled, as though he heard not. CHAP. XL Said defeatcth the Ammonites, and dtlivereth Jabes Galaad. AND it came to pass about a month after this, that Naas the Ammonite came up, and began to fight against Jabes Galaad. And all the men of Jabes said to Naas: Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2 And Naas the Ammonite answered them : On this condition will 1 make a covenant with you, that I may pluck out all your right eyes, and make you a reproach in all Israel. 3 And the ancients of Jabes said to him: Allow us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the coasts ol Israel : and if there be no one to defend us, we will come out to thee. 4 The messengers therefore came to Gabaa of Saul : and they spoke these words in the hearing of the people : and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. 5 And behold, Saul came, following oxen out of the field: and he said: What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabes. 6 And the spirit of the Lord came upon Saul, when he had heard these words: and his anger was exceedingly kindled. 7 And taking both the oxen, he cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by mes- sengers, saying: Whosoever shall not come forth, and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell upon the people; and they went out as one man. 8 And he numbered them in Bezee: and there were of the children of Israel three hundred thou- sand, and of the men of Juda thirty thousand. 9 And they said to the messengers that came: Thus shall you say to the men of Jabes Galaad: To-morrow, when the sun shall be hot, you shall XI, XII. have relief. The messengers therefore came, and told the men of Jabes: and they were glad. 10 And they said: In the morning we will come out to you: and you shall do what you please with us. 1 1 And it came to pass, when the morrow was come, that Saul put the people in three companies: and he came into the midst of the camp in the morn- ing watch, and he slew the Ammonites until the day grew hot: and the rest were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. 12 And the people said to Samuel: Who is he that said: Shall Saul reign over us? Bring the men, and we will kill them. 13 And Saul said: No man shall be killed this day, because the Lord this day hath wrought salva- tion in Israel: 14 And Samuel said to the people : come and let us go to Galgal, and let us renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to Galgal: and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Galgal; and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel re- joiced exceedingly. CHAP. XII. Samuel's integrity is acknotdedgrd. God showeth by a sign from heaven that they had done ill in asking for a king. AND Samuel said to all Israel: Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. 2 And now the king goeth before you: but I am old and grey-headed: and my sons are with yon: having then conversed with you from my youth un- til this day, behold, here I am. 3 Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: If I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand : and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you. 4 And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken aught at any man's hand. 5 And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness. 6 And Samuel said to the people: It is the Lord who made Moses and Aaron, and brought our fa- thers out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand up, that I may plead in judgment against you before the Lord, concerning all the kindness of the Lord, which he hath shown to you, and to your fathers: 8 How Jacob went into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the Lord: and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place: 9 And they forgot the Lord their God : and he de- livered them into the hands of Siscra captain ol the army of Hasor, and into the hands of the Philis- tines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. 81* I. KINGS. 10 But afterwards they cried to the Lord, and said: We have sin ned, because we ha ve forsaken the Lord, and hate served Baalim and Astaroth : hut now Deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we w ill serve thee. 11 And the Lord m nt Jerohaal and Badan,* and Jephte, and Samuel, and delivered \on trom the hand of your ineniice round about; and you dweh securely. 1'2 Hut seeing that Naas kins of the children of Amnion was come against you, yon asid to ate: Nay. hut a kins shall reign over us: whereas the Lord your ( Sod H;b your king. 13 Now therefore your kins is hire, whom you have chosen and desired : behold, the Lord hath given >ou a kinii. II If you will fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not provoke the mouth of the Lord; then shall hotli you, and the king who reigneth over you, be followers of the Lord your God. 15 But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Ix>rd, hut will rebel against his words, the hand of the Lord shall be u|>on you, and upon your fa- thers. 16 Now then stand, and see this great thing which the Lord will do in your sight. 17 Is it not wheat-harvest t to-day? I will call Upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain: and you shall know and see that you yourselves have done a great e\il in the sight of the Lord, m desiring a king over you. 18 And Samuel cried unto the Lord: and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day. 19 And all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the |>eople said to Samuel: Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a kin::. 20 And Samuel said to the people: Fear not; yoti have done all this evil : but yet depart not from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 And turn not aside after vain things, which shall never profit you, nor deliver you, because they are tain. 22 And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake : liecause the Lord hath sworn to make \ou his people* 2.3 And far from me Ik* this sin against the Lord, that I should eease to pray for you, and I will teach you the good and right way. 24 Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with your whole heart; for you have seen the great works which be hath done among you. But if you will still do wickedly, both you and your king shall perish together. • Jrriimml m* Sadea. That it, Gedeon. and ttameoo, called here Hid muei : fur which he is rrproctJ. WALL was a child of one yearj when he beeaii ^ to reign : and he reigned two years over Israel. 2 And Saul chose him three thousand men ol Is- rael : and two thousand Were with Saul in Mai limas, and in mount Bethel : and a thousand with Jona- than in Gahaa ol Benjamin: and the rest ol the people he sent back every man to their tlwelln 3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Phi- listines which was in Gahaa. And when the Phi- listines had heard of it, Saul sounded the trumpet overall the land, saving: Let the Hebrews hear. 4 And all Israel heard this report: Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines: and Israel took courage against the Philistines. And the peo- ple were called together alter Saul to Galgal. 5 The Philistines also were assembled to fight againM Israel, thirty thousand chariots, ami six thousand horsemen, and a multitude of people Im- sides, like the sand on the sea-shore for number. And going up they camped in Machmas at the east of Bethaven. 6 And when the men of Israel saw that they were straitened (for the people were distressed,) they hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in dens, and in pits. 7 And some of thy Hebrews passed over the Jor- dan into the land of Gad and Galaad. And when Saul was yet in Galgal, all the people that followed him were greatly afraid. 8 And he waited seven days according to the a|>- poiut incut of Samuel; and Samuel came not to Galgal; and the people slipt away from him. 9 Then Saul said: Bring me the holocaust, and the peace-olid ings. And he olfered the holocaust. 10 And when he had made an end of offering the holocaust, behold, Samuel came: and Saul went forth to meet him, and salute him. 11 And Samuel said to him: What hast thou done ? Saul answered : Because I saw that tlm people slipt from me, and thou wast not come ac- cording to the dayi appointed, and the Philistine. were gathered together in Machmas, 12 I said: Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Galgal ; and I have not appeased the l ice of the Lord. Forced by necessity, I offered the holocaust. 13 And Samuel said to Saul: Thou hast done foolishly, and hast not kept the commandim nts <.| the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee. And if thou hadst not done thus, the Lord would now have established thy kingdom over Israel lor ever. 14 But thy kingdom shall not continue. The Lord hath sought him a man according to his own \0ftu ftm-. That b. he wa« Rood and like an innorent child, and for two jrcan continued in that i nn oc en cy. CHAP. XIV. heart, and him hath the Lord commanded to he prince over his people, hecanse thou hast not ob- served that which the Lord commanded. 15 And Samuel arose, and went up from Galgal to Gahaa of Benjamin. And the rest of the people went up after Saul, to meet the people who fought against them, going from Galgal to Gabaa in the hill of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people, that were found with him, about six hundred men. 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, were in Gabaa of Benjamin : but the Philistines encamped in Machmas. 17 And there went out of the camp of the Phi- listines three companies to plunder. One company went towards the way of Ephra to the land of Sual. 18 And another went by the way of Bethoron : and the third turned to the way of the border, above the valley of Seboim towards the desert. 19 Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel; for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears. 20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake. 21 So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended. 22 And when the day of battle was come, there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jona- than, except Saul and Jonathan his son. 23 And the army of the Philistines went out in order to advance further in Machmas. CHAP. XIV. Jonathan attacketh the Philistines. A miraculous victory. SanPs unatlmsed oath,by which Jonathan is put in danger of his life, but is delivered by the people. "TVTOW it came to pass one day that Jonathan the -L * son of Saul said to the young man that bore his armour : Come, and let us go over to the garri- son of the Philistines, which is on the other side of yonder place. But he told not this to his father. 2 And Saul abode in the uttermost part of Ga- baa under the pomegranate-tree, which was in Ma- gron : and the people with him were about six hun- dred men. 3 And Achias the son of Achitob brother of Icha- bod the son of Phinees, the son of Heli the priest of the Lord in Silo, wore the ephod. And the peo- ple knew not whither Jonathan was gone. 4 Now there were between the ascents, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the garrison of the Philistines, rocks standing up on both sides, and steep cliffs like teeth on the one side, and on the other; the name of the one was Boses, and the name of the other was Sene: 5 One rock stood out toward the north over- against Machmas, and the other to the south over- against Gabaa. 6 Arc* Jouathan said to the young man that bore his armour : Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised : it may be the Lord will do fa" us : because it is easy for the Lord to save cither bj many, or by few. 7 And his armour-bearer said to him : Do all .hat pleaseth thy mind : go whither thou wiJt, and 1 will be with thee wheresoever thou hast a mind. 8 And Jonathan said: Behold, we will go over to these men. And when we shall be seen by them, 9 If they shall speak thus to us: Stay till we come to you : let us stand still in our place, and not go up to them. 10 But if they shall say: Come up to us: let us go up, because the Lord hath delivered them into our hands : this shall be a sign* unto us. 1 1 So both of them discovered themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said : Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes wherein they were hid. 12 And the men of the garrison spoke to Jona- than, and to his armour-bearer, and said: Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jona- than said to his armour-bearer : Let us go up ; fol- low me ; for the Lord hath delivered them into the hands of Israel. 13 And Jonathan went up creeping on his hands and feet, and his armour-bearer after him. And some fell before Jonathan, others his armour-bearer slew as he followed him. 14 And the first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer made, was of about twenty men, within half an acre of land, which a yoke of oxen is wont to plough in a day. 15 And there was a miracle in the camp, through the fields: yea, and all the people of their garrison, who had gone out to plunder, were amazed, and the earth trembled : and it happened as a miracle from God. 16 And the watchmen of Saul, who were in Ga- baa of Benjamin, looked, and behold, a multitude overthrown, and fleeing this way and that. 17 And Saul said to the people that were with him : Look, and see who is gone from us. And when they bad sought, it was found that Jonathan and his armour-bearer were not there. 18 And Saul said to Achias: Bring the ark of the Lord. (For the ark of God was there that day with the children of Israel.) 19 And while Saul spoke to the priest, there arose a great uproar in the camp of the Philistines: and it increased by degrees, and was heard more clearly. And Saul said to the priest: Draw in thy hand. 20 Then Saul and all the people that were with him, shouted together, and they came to the place of the fight : and behold, every man's sword was turn- ed upon his neighbour ; and there was a very greal slaughter. 21 Moreover the Hebrews that had been with * This shall be a sign. It is likely Jonathan was instructed by divine inspiration to make choice of this sign : otherwise the observation ul omens is superstitions and sinful. SN I. K the Philistines yesterdaj and tin- day before, Bud went tip with i ht-m into the camp, returned to I*- with tin* Israelites, who were with Said and Joan* than. \\m] all the I s r aelite s that fi;nl hid themselves in mount Ephrahn, bearing that the Philistines il< -* i - joined themselves w it h their countrymen in the fight. And there were with Saul about ten thou- saad men. 23 And the Lord saved Israel that day. And the fight went on as far as lh-thaveu. 24 And the men of Israel were joined together that day: and Saul adjured the people, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat food till evening. (ill I Ik- revenged of my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food : 25 And all the common people came into a forest, in which there was honey upon the ground. '2t> And when the people came into the forest, behold, the boner dropped ; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 Hut Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people : and he put forth the end of the rod, which he had in his hand, and dipped it in a honey -couih: and he carried bis band to his mouth, and his eyes wen 4 enlightened 28 And one of the people answering, said : Thy father hath hound the people with an oath, saying: Cursed he the man that shall eat any food this day. (And the people were faint.) 29 And Jonathan said : My father hath trou b le d the land: you have seen yourselves that my eyes are enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey: 30 How much more if the people had eateil of the prey of their enemies, which they found.' had there not been made a greater slaughter among the Philistines? 31 So they smote that day the Philistines from Machmas to Aialon. And the people Were Wea- ried exceedingly. • 52 And falling ti|>on the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground : and the people ate them with the blood. 33 And they told Saul that the people had sinned against the Lord, eating with the hlood. And In- said: You have transgressed; roll hen- to me now a great stone. 34 And Said said : Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them to bring me everv man his OX and his ram, and slay them upon this stone, and eat; and you shall not sin against the Lonl in eating with the blood. So all the people brought every man his ox with him till the night, and slew them there. 36 And Saul built an altar to the Lord: and he then first began to huild an altar to the Lord. 36 And Saul said: Let us fall ii|K>n the Philis- tines by ntgbt, and destroy them till the morning Rght: and let ns not leave a man of them. And tin people said: Do all thai sreineth good in thv eyes. And the priest said: Let us draw near hit her unto ( rod. • 7 And the servants of Saul said to him J lb- hold, noir an evil spirit from tiod troubleth thee. 10 Let our lord give orders; and thv servants who are before thee, will seek out a man skilful in playing on the harp, that when the evil spirit from the Lord is upon thee, he may play with his hand, and thou imivst bear it more easily. 17 And Saul said to his servants: Provide me then some man that can play well, and bring him to me. lb" And one of the servants answering, said : He- hold, I have seen a son of Isai the Betblebemite a skilful player, and one of great strength, and a man lit for war, and prudent in his words, and a comely person : and the Lord is frith him. 19 Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, saying: Send me David thy son, who is in the pastures. 20 And Isai took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of vv inc, and a kid of the (lock, and sent tin in bv the hand of David his son to Saul. 21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him : and he loved him exceedingly, and made hitr his armour-bearer. 22 And Saul sent to Isai, saying : Let I)avi< stand before me: for he hath found favour in D\| sight. 23 So whensoever the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, David took his harp, and played with bis hand : and Saul was refreshed, and \ better, for the evil spirit departed from him. J (HAP. Ml!. War irith the Philistines. Goliath challengeth Israel. H> is slain by liarul. 1V70W the Philistines gathering together their -L ' troops to battle asM mblcd at SoCnO of .luda ; and camped between Socho and A/.eca in the bor- ders of I )ommim. I \nd Saul and the children of Israel being thered together came to the valleV of Terebinth : and thej set the army in airav to fight against dM Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side ; and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side : and there was a valley between tli-m. 4 And there went out a man base-born from tin Camp of the Philistines named (ioliath, ofOetll. Whose height was si\ cubits and a span : t From tkf Lord. An evil •piril, by .In ina prmiHW C. 9 *f it* *!m |iiiih limint. < iiIht po*«« - «« If be cquM walk in amour: for be was uol accustomed tort. And Darid s.ii<] to I: I canuoi go ilms, for I an not used to it Ik i iid ilicin oil': 40 Ami he took his stall", which he bad alwa\.s in his hand*: and ebose bun five smooth stones ma oi the brook, and put them into the sbepberd'sscrip, which he had with him: and betook a stint] in his band, and went forth against the Philistine. il And the Philistine came on, and drew nigh > .iim David, and his armour-bearer before him. 12 Ami when the Philistiue looked, and beheld David, he despised him: lor he was a young man, ruddy, and of a comeli countenance. \ud the Philistine said to David : Am I a doc, that thou comes) to me with a stall'.' And the Phi- listine cursed David by his gods. 44 And he said to David: Come to inc. and I will give thv Beak to (he birds of the air, and to the ht ,im> of the earth. \nd David said to the Philistine: Thon contest to me with a SWOfd, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of ho^is. the God of the armies of Israel, which thon ban defied 46 This day : and the Lord will deliver thee into my hand; and I will slay thee, and take away thv head from thee : audi will give the carcasBes of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth : that all the earth mav 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 it is hi- battle, and he will deliver you into OUT hands. 48 And when the Philistine arose, and was com- ing, and drew sigh to meet David, David made haste, and ran to the fight t<> meet the Philistine. 49 And he put his hand into his snip, and took a stone, and east it with the sling; and fetching it about struck the Philistine in the forehead: and he fell on his face upon the earth. 60 And David prevailed over the Philistine, with a simg and a stone : and he struck, and slew the Philistine. And as David had no sword in his hand. 51 He ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head. Ami the Philistines seeing that their champion was dead, fled aw ay. 62 And the men Of Israel and .luda risinc Up shouted, and pursued after the Philistines till they came to the valley and to the gates of Accaron : and there fell many wounded of the Philistines in the .wav ot Si raini, and as far as Getb, ami as far as \ -non. 63 And the children of Israel returning, after they had pursued the Philistines, fell upon their camp. \id David taking the bead of the Philistine, brought it to Jerusalem . but his armour he put in his tent. the lime that Saul -i\v David going out against the Philistines, he -aid to Abner the cantata of the srmj : < m what famili is this young NG8. man descended. Aimer : And Aimer saKI : A- thv sold liveth, O king, I know not. ■ )<; lod the king said: Inquire thou, whose sod this young man i-. I \nd when I )av id was returned, after tin- Phi- listine was .slain, Abner took him. and brought him m before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 68 And Saul said to him : Yotmg man. of what family art thou? And David said: I am the son of thy servant Isai the Bcthlehcmite. CHAP. XVIII. Thrfrirnihhij) of Jonathan and I),, rid. Tlir enry of Saul, and !>■* dtxign upon DavicTi life. ll< wuariea him to hit daughter Mirhol. \ M) it came to pasv, w hen he had made an end •CM- of Speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David : and Jonathan loved him as his ovv n soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house. 3 And David and Jonathan made a covenant for he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the coat w itl which he was clothed, and ^ave it to David, and tin rest of his garments, even to his sword, and to hi- bow, and to his girdle. 5 And David went out to whatsoever business Saul sent him; and he behaved himself prudently : and Saul set him over the soldiers: and he was ac- ceptable in the eyes of all the people, and especially in the eves of Saul's servant-. (i Now when David returned, after he slew the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities ot Israel, sinKUig and dancing to meet king Saul, w ith timbrels of joy, and cornets. 7 And the women suns as they played : and tin v said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes: and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me thej bavemvenottJ a thousand: what can he have more but the kingdom } 9 And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward. 10 And the day after the evil spirit from Gad came upon Saul ; and he prophesied* in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand at other times. And Saul held a spear in his hand, 11 And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stepped aside out of his presence twice. 12 And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from himself. « I.') Then Inn Saul removed him from him. and made him a captain over a thousand nun: and he went out and came in before the people. 11- And David behaved wiselj in all I and the Lord was w ith him. Pr tfk t t itJ . Aottd '!.■• pr.yU'i in a mad in i CHAP. XIX. 15 And Saul saw that he was exceeding pru- lent, and began to beware of him. 10 But all Israel and Juda loved David; for he came in and went out before them. 17 And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only bea valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him; but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him. 18 And David said to Saul : Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that 1 should be son-in-law of the king? 19 And it came to pass at the time when Me- rob the daughter of Saul should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel the Mo- latbite to wife. '20 But Miehol the other daughter of Saul loved David. And it was told Saul ; and it pleased him. 21 And Saul said: 1 will give her to him, that she may be a stumbling-block to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David : In two things thou shalt be my son-in-law this day. 22 And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying : Behold, thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ears of David. And David said : Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son-in- law ? But I am a poor man, and of small ability. 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken. 25 And Saul said: Speak thus to David : The king desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to deliver Da- vid into the hands of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David, to be the king's son-in-law. 27 And after a few days David rose up, and went with the men that were under him: and he slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and brought their foreskins, and numbered them out to (lie king, that he might be his son-in-law. Saul therefore gave him Miehol his daughter to wife. 28 And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Miehol the daughter of Saul loved him. 29 And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became David's enemy continually. 30 And the princes of the Philistines went forth: and from the beginning of their going forth, David Behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul: and his name became very famous. CHAP. XIX. Other attempts of Saul upon David's Vfe. He cometh to Sa- muel. Saul's messengers and Saul himse'f prophesy. ^N|) Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan the son of Saul loved David exceed- ingly. 2 And Jonathan told David, saying: Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: wherefore look to thy- self, I beseech thee, in the morning; and thou shalt abide in a secret place, and shalt be hid. 3 And 1 will go out, and stand beside my father in the field where thou art: and 1 will speak of thee to my father; and whatsoever I shall see, 1 will tell thee. 4 And Jonathan spoke good things of David, to Saul his father; and said to him: Sin not, O king, against thy servant David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and his works are very good towards thee. 5 And he put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine: and the Lord wrought great salvation for all Israel. Thou sawest it, and didst rejoice. Why therefore wilt thou sin against innocent blood by killing David, who is without fault? 6 And when Saul heard this he was appeased with the words of Jonathan, and swore: As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 Then Jonathan called David, and told him all these words: and Jonathan brought in David to Saul: and he was before him, as he had been yes- terday and the day before. 8 And the war began again: and David went out and fought against the Philistines, and defeated them with a great slaughter: and they fled from his face. 9 And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul: and he sat in his house, and held a spear in his hand: and David played with his hand. 10 And Saul endeavoured to nail David to the wall with his spear. And David -slipt away out of the presence of Saul: and the spear missed him, and was fastened in the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. 11 Saul therefore sent his guards to David's house to watch him, that he might be killed in the morning. And when Miehol, David's wife, had told him this, saying: Unless thou save thyself this night, to-morrow thou wilt die: . 12 She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away, and escaped. 13 And Miehol took an image, and laid it on the bed, and put the goat skin with the hair at the head of it, and covered it with clothes: 14 And Saul sent officers to seize David: and it was answered that he was sick. 15 And again Saul sent to see David, saying: Bring him to me in the bed, that he may be slain.. 16 And when the messengers were come in, they found an image upon the bed, and a goat skin at its head. 17 And Saul said to Miehol: Why hast thou deceived me so, and let my enemy go and flee away? And Miehol answered Saul: Because he said to me: Let me go, or else I will kill thee. 18 But David fled, and escaped; and came to Samuel in Ramatha, and told him all that Saul had 227 I. KliXi «](nir to hirn : and In . Iwell in Najoth.* 19 And it w hold. Di\ id is in Najoth in Kamatha. 5 Saul seal officers t designs of imn against him whom God pn ' have peace: but if he be angry, know that his ma- lice is come to its height. 8 Deal mercifully then with thy servant : for thou hast bfOUgbl me thv servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee. But if there be any iniquity in me, do thou kill me ; and bring me not in to th> father. 9 And Jonathan said: Far be this from thee : foi if I should certainly know that evil is determined by my father against thee, I could do no otherwise than tell thee. 10 And David answered Jonathan : Who shall brinx me word, if thy father should answer thee harshly concerning me ? 11 And Jonathan said to David: Conic, and let us go out into the field. And when they were both of them gone out into the field, 12 Jonathan said to David: O Lord God of Is- rael, if I .shall discover m J father's mind, to-morrow or the day after, and there be any ihmg good for David] and I send not immediately to thee, and make it known to thee, 13 May the Lord do so and so to Jonathan, and add still more. But if my father shall continue in malice against thee, I will discover it to thy ear, and will send thee away, that thou mayst no in peace, and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. 14 And if I live, thou shalt show me the kindness of the Lord : but if I die, 15 Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted out the enemies of David, everyone of ihcni from the earth : maybe take away Jonathan^ from his house, and may the Lord require it|| at the hands ol David's enemies. 16 Jonathan therefore SSade a covenant with the house of David : and the Lord required it at the hands of David's enemies. 17 And Jonathan swore again to David, because he lovetl him: for he lined hi:n as bit own soul. 18 And Jonathan said to him : To-morrow it the new moon, and thou will be missed : 19 For thy seat will be empty till after to-morrow . So thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place. where thou must l>e hid on the day when it is law- ful to work: and thou shalt remain beside the stone, which is called I'.y.el. 20 And 1 will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark. 21 And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go, and fetch me the arrows. 22 If I shall say to the boy: Behold, the arrows arc on this side of tine lake them up: come thou to me, because there is (peace to tin e. and there is no { To-morrsse it tht nfl» mam. The neomrnU. or first day of the moon, .cording to the law, as a festival ; and therefore Saul feasted on that day; and expected the attendance of his family. ♦ Mof In lake svsy Jonmthan, Sec. It is a curse upon himself, if be should lint be faithnil to In- promise. | Rt quirt u. tt. That is, rman it n \ enemies and upon me, il I •!> old tail of my word Riven to linn. CHAP. XXI. evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the hoy: Behold, the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away. 23 And concerning the word which I and thou ba?c spoken, the Lord be between thee and inc for ever. 24 So David was hid' in the field : and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread. 25 And when the king sat down upon his chair according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side; and David's place appeared empty. 26 And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought it might have happened to him, that he was not clean, nor purified. 27 And when the second day after the new moon was come, David's place appeared empty again. And Saul said to Jonathan his son : Why cometh not the son of Isai to meat neither yesterday, nor to-day? 28 And Jonathan answered Saul : He asked leave of me earnestly to go to Bethlehem. 29 And he said : Let me go, for there is a solemn sacrifice in the city ; one ot my brethren hath sent for me : and now if I have found favour in thy eyes, 1 will go quickly, and see my brethren. For this cause he came not to the king's table. 30 Then Saul being angry against Jonathan, said to him : Thou son of a woman that is the ravisher of a man, do I not know that thou lovest the son of Isai to thy own confusion, and to the confusion of thy shameless mother? 31 For as long as the son of Isai liveth upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy king- dom. Therefore now presently send, and fetch him to me: for he is the son of death.* 32 And Jonathan answering Saul his father, said : Why shall he die ? What hath he done ? 33 And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David. 34 So Jonathan rose from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was grieved for David, be- cause his father had put him to confusion. 35 And when the morning came, Jonathan went into the field according to the appointment with David, and a little boy with him. 36 And he said to his boy: Go, and fetch me the arrows which I shoot. And when the boy ran, he shot another arrow beyond the boy. 37 The boy therefore came to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot : and Jonathan cried after the boy, and said: Behold, the arrow is there further beyond thee. 38 And Jonathan cried againafterthc boy,saying: * The son of death. That is, one that deserveth death, and shall sure- ly be put to death. t Jfobe. A city in the tribe of Benjamin, to which the tabernacle of the Lord had been translated from Silo. | If the young men be clean, See. If this cleanness was required of them that were to eat that bread, which was but a figure of the bread of life which we receive in the blessed sacrament; how clean ong-lit Christian* to be when they approach to our tremendous mysteries? And what reason hath the church of God to admit none to be her mi- Make haste speedily, stand not. And Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and brought them to Ids master: 39 And he knew not at all what was doing : for only Jonathan and David knew the matter. 40 Jonathan therefore gave his arms to the boy, and said to him: Go, and carry them into the city. 41 And when the boy was gone, David rose out of his place, which was toward the south, and falling on his face to the ground, adored thrice : and kissing one another, they wept together, but David more. 42 And Jonathan said to David : Go in peace : and let all stand that we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying : The Lord be be- tween me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. 43 And David arose, and departed : and Jonathan went into the city. CHAP. XXI. David receiveth holy bread of Acldmelech the priest ; and feigneth himself mad before Achis king of Geth. \ ND David came to Nobef to Achimelech the -^*- priest: and Achimelech was astonished at David's coming. And he said to him: Why art thou alone, and no man with thee ? 2 And David said to Achimelech the priest: The king hath commanded me a business, and said : Let no man know the thing for which thou art sent by me, and what manner of commands 1 have ghen thee : and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore if thou have any thing at hand, though it were but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou canst find. 4 And the priest answered David, saying : I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if the young men be clean,! especially from women. 5 And David answered the priest, and said to him : Truly, as to what concerneth women, we have refrained ourselves from yesterday and the day be- fore, when we came out, and the vessels^ of the young men were holy. Now this way is defiled, || but it shall also be sanctified It this day in the vessels. 6 The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread : for there was no bread there, but only the loaves of proposition, which had been taken away from be- fore the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be set up. 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, within the tabernacle of the Lord : and his name was Doeg an Edomite, the chiefest of Satd's herdsmen. 8 And David said to the Achimelech : Hast thou here at hand a spear, or a sword? for I brought not nisters to consecrate and daily receive this most pure sacrament, but such as devote themselves to a life of perpetual purity f i The vessels, i. e. the bodies, have been holy, that is, have been kept from impurity. II Is defiled. Is liable to expose us to dangers of uncleanness. I Be sanctified Sec. That-is, we shall take care, notwithstanding these dangerous circumstances, to keep our vessels holy, that is, to keep our bodies from every thing that may defile us. 229 1. KI.NCS my own swurd, nor my own weapons with me; for the kind's butinen required haste. 9 \nd the pries! said: La here is the sword of i;ih tin' Philistine whom (lion slew est in die val- ley of Terebinth, wrapped up in a cloth behind the ephod: if thoil wilt take this, take it; lor lure is no oilier hut this. Ami I Nil id said : There is none like that: give it me. Id And Da\id arose, and lied that day from the Tare of Saul; and came to Aehis the knagofGeth: II And the .sen ants of Aehis. when they saw I )a\ id, said to him : Is not this I )av id the kins of the land.' Did they not sing to him in their dances, say- ing: Saul hath slain his thousands, and Das id his ten thousands? 1J liui David laid up these words in his heart: and was exceedingly afraid at the face of Aehis the kinz of (ieth. 13 And In- channel! his countenance before them, and slipt down between their hands: and he stum- bled against the doors of the gate, and his spittle ran dow n upon his heard. 14 And Aehis said to his servants: You saw the man irus mad: why have yon brought him to me? 15 Have we need of madmen, that von have brought in this ft How, to play the madman in my pr esence * shall this fellow come into my house? CHAP. XXII. Many resort to David. Doeg arcuteth Adtimrlcch to Saul. Jlr ordrrcth him and all the other prints of Nobe to be slain. Abiathar escupeth. DAVID therefore went from thence, and fled to the cave of Odollam. And w Inn his brethren and all his father's house had heard of -it, they went down to him (hither. 2 And all that wire in distress, and oppressed with debt, and under affliction of mind, gathered them- scives unto him: and he became their prince: and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 And David departed from thence into Maspha Of Moab; and he said to the king of .Moali: Lei mv father and my mother tarrv with you, I beseech thee, till I know what God will do for me. 4 And he left them under the eyes of the king of Moab: and they abode with him all the days that Da\ id was in the hold.* 5 And Gad the prophet said to David: Abide not in the hold: depart, and go into the land of Juda. And David departed, and came into the forest of llaret, 6 And Saul heard that David was seen, and the men that were with him. Now whilst Saul abode in Gabaa, and was in the wood, which is by Kama, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants wen* standing about him, 7 He -aid to his servants t 1 ! about him: Hear me now, ye sous of Jetntnij will the son of [sai ;;i\. one of you beids, and vineyards, and make noii all tribunes and centurions: i iiat all of yon have conspired against me, and • Tfu koU. The strong >joM, or fortre** of Ma»| U. there is no one .<> inform me, especially wiim t\?n mi son hath entered into league \\ it h the son of li There is not one of you that pitieth mj case, nor that givetfa me any information: because mv son hath raised up my s e rva nt against me, plotting against me to this das. 9 And Doeg the Edomite w ho stood by. and v\ B9 the chief among the servants of Saul, answering, said: I saw the son of Isai, in Nobe, with Achime- lech the son of Achitob the priest 10 And he consulted the Lord for him, and him victuals, and gave him the swonl ol (.ioliah the Philistine. 1 1 Then the king sent to call for Achimelech the priest the son of Achitob. and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nobe: and the] came all ol them to the kin::. 1J And Saul said to Achimelech: Hear, thou son of Achitob. He answered: Hire I am, mv lord. 13 And Saul said to him: Why have you con- spired against me, thou, and the son of Isai, and thou hast given him bread and a sword, and hast con- sulted the Lord for him, that he should rise up against me, continuing a traitor to this daj - 14 And Achimelech answering the king, said' And who amongst all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the Jung's son-in-law , and gjoetfa forth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thy house: 15 Did I begin to-day to consult the Lord for him? far be this from me: let not the king suspect such a thing against his servant, or tun/ our in ah my father's house: for thy servant knew nothing ol this matter, either little or great. 16 And the king said : Dytnglbou shah die, Achi- melech, thou and all thy father's house. 17 And the king said to the messengers that stood about him: Turn, and kill (he priests of the Lord; for their hand is will) David, because they knew that he was fled, and they told it not to me. And the king's servants would not put forth their hands against the priests of the Lord. 18 And the king suid to Doeg: Turnthou, and fall upon the priests. And Doe;: the Ldomite turned, and fell upon the priests, and slew in that day eight) - five men that wore (he linen ephod. 19 And Nobe the city of the priest he smote with the edge of (he sword, both men and women, chil- dren, and sucklings, and ox and ass, and sheep w illi the edge of the sw ord. 20 But one of the sons of Achimelech (he sou of Achitob, whose name was Abiathar, escaped, and fled to David, 21 And told him that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord. 22 And David said to Abiathar: I knew thai day when Doeg the I'.douiile was (here, that williout doubt be would tell Saul : I have been the occa- sion of the death of all the souls of thy father 1 ! house. 23 Abide thou with me; fear not: for he thai ■eeketh my life, Seeketh thy life also; and with me thou shall be saved. CHAP. XXIII. he Phi- rob the David relicveth Ceila, besieged by the Philistines. He Jlee.lh into the desert of Zlph. Jonathan and he confirm their for* mer covenant. The Ziphites discover him to S. nil. ivho pur- suing close after him, is called away by an invasion from the Philistines. AND they told David, saying : Behold, listines fight against Ceila ; and they barns. 2 Therefore David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said to David: Go; and thou shalt smite the Philistines, and shalt save Ceila. 3 And the men that were with David, said to him: Behold, we are in fear here in Judea; how much more if we go to Ceila against the bands of the Philistines? 4 Therefore David consulted the Lord again. And he answered, and said to him: Arise, and go to Ceila : for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand. 5 David therefore, and his men, went to Ceila, and fought against the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and made a great slaughter of them: and David saved the inhabitants of Ceila. 6 Now at that time, when Abiathar the son of Achimelech fled to David to Ceila, he came down having an ephod* with him. 7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Ceila: and Saul said: The Lord hath delivered him into my hands ; and he is shut up, being come into a city, that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul commanded all the people to go down to fight against Ceila, and to besiege David, and his men. 9 Now when David understood, that Saul se- cretly prepared evil against him, he said to Abia- thar the priest: Bring hither the ephod. 10 And David said: O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath heard a report, that Saul designeth to come to Ceila, to destroy the city for my sake : 1 1 Will the menof Ceiladeliverme into his bands ? md will Saul come down as thy servant hath beard? O Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said: He will come down. 12 And David said: Will the men of Ceila de- liver me, and my men, into the hands of Saul? And the Lord said: They will deliver thee up. 13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose; and departing from Ceila, wan- dered up and down uncertain where they should stay: and it was told Saul that David was fled from Ceila, and had escaped : Wherefore he forbore '.o go out. 14 But David abode in the desert in strong holds: md he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Said sought him al- ways: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek * An ephod, or the ephod. That is, the vestment of the hifrh pries!, vith the urim a:u! thummim, by which the Lord gave his oracles. CHAP. XXIII, XXIV. his life. And David was in the desert of Ziph, in a wood. 16 And Jonathan the son of Saul arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hands in God: and he said to him: 17 Fear not: for the hand of my father Saul shall not find thee; and thou shalt reign over Israel and I shall be next to thee: yea, and- mv father knoweth this. 18 And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood: but Jona- than returned to his house. 19 And the Ziphites went up to Saul in Gabaa, saying: Lo, doth not David lie hid with us in the strong holds of the wood, in mount Hachila, which is on the right hand of the desert. 20 Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath desired to come down: and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king's hands. 21 And Saul said: Blessed be ye of the Lord; for you have pitied my case. 22 Go therefore, I pray you, and use all diligence, and curiously inquire, and consider the place where his foot is, and who hath seen him there: for he thinketh of me, that I lie craftily in wait for him. 23 Consider and see all his lurking holes where- in he is hid, and return to me with the certainty of the thing, that I may go with you. And if he should even go down into the earth to hide himself, 1 will search him out in all the thousands of Juda. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: and David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the plain at the right hand of Jesimon. 25 Then Saul and his men went to seek him : and it was told David; and forthwith he went down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon : and when Saul had heard of it, he pursued after Da- vid in the wilderness of Maon. 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain: and David and his men were on the other side of the mountain: and David despaired of being able to escape from the face of Saul: and Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about to take them. 27 And a messenger came to Saul, saying: Make haste to come; for the Philistines have poured in themselves upon the land. 28 Wherefore Saul returned, leaving the pursuit of David, and wenl to meetthe Philistines. Fortius cause, they called that place, the Rock of division. CHAP. XXIV. Saul seeketh David in the wilderness of Engaddi : he goeth into a cave where David hath him in his power. THEN David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds of Engaddi. 2 And when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, they told him, saying: Behold, Da- vid is in the desert of Engaddi. 3 Saul therefore took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went out to seek after David, and his men, even upon the most craggy rocks, which are accessible only to wild e;oats. 2fil I. KIM.s. ) \iul In came to the sheep-cotes which w. ni> way. Ami there v\as a care, into which Saul went, to ease nature : now David aad his bnmi lay bid in the inner pari of the caae. 5 Ami iln m n ana <>t David arid to him: Behold the day, of which thi> Lord aaid to thae: I will de- liver thy enemy uato thee, that thou mayst aim as it shall teem |dod in thy even. Then 1 >av id SO, and secretly cut oil' the hem of Saul's rube. :< r which Darid'sbeart struck him,* because In- had en' oil" the lain of Saul's lobe. 7 And la- said to liis men: The Lord be inerci- fnl unto mi-, that I may do no snrli thing tomv mas- ter the Loid's anointed, as to lav in v hand upon him. IUSC he is the Lord's anointed. 8 And I >a\ id Mopped DM men a ith his words, and suffered them not to rive against Saul. But Said rising up out of the caw, went on his way. 9 And David ifoo rose up alter him: and gOBM out of the cave, cried alter Saul, saving: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him: and Da- vid honing himself down to the ground, worship- ped, 10 And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say: David seeketh thy hurt? 1 1 Behold, this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the eave; and I had a thought to kill thee;t hut my eye hath spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed. 12 Moreover see and know, O my father, the hem of thy robe in my hand, that w inn I cut off the hem of thy rolx>, 1 would not put out my hand nist thee. Reflect, and Bee, that there is no evil in my hand, nor iuquity: neither have I sinned against thee: but thou best in wait for my life, to take it away. 13 The Lord judge between me and theo; and the Lord revenge me of thee 4 hut my hand shall not Ik? upon thee. I )■ As also it is said in the old proverb : From the vlcktd shall uickrilnrss rami fa ill : therefore my hand shall not be upon tin e. After w horn dost thou come out, O king of Israi I ? 1") After whom dost thou pursue? after a dead iftcr a flea. 16 But the Lord judge, and judge between me and ther. and see, and judge mv cause, and deliver me out of thy hand. 17 And when David had made an end of speaking tlnse words to Saul, Saul said : [i this thy voice, my -t>\\ David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept : 18 And he said to David : Thou art more just l ban I : for thou hast done good to me ; and I have rewarded thee with cv il. • fltwrt ttnxk kirn, »i*. with PHMTW. >« <> urmtr he had Hone amis*. \ A thought Is kill tint. That i», a tMgfl which I did not content. t Rrmgt me o/lkn or a* it it in the Hcbrrtr. feill rrrrngt mt. The meaning a, thai he refer* hi* whole canw it. Cod, 10 judpe and pun I3t 19 And thou hast shown this day what things thou hast done to me; how the Lord dr- ib end me into thy hand, and thou hast not killed me. SO lor a ho, w hen he hath found his eneun , w ill let him go well away? But the Lord reward thee for this good turn, for what thou hast done to me this day. Jl And now as I know that thou shah stirelv be king, and have the kingdom of Israel in thv hand : 22 Swear to me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seed after me, nor take away my nanit from the house of my father. 23 And 1 )av id sw on- to Saul. So Saul went home and Dav id and his men went up into safer plan ^. (HAP. XXV. The death of Samuel. David, provoked by Nairn/, threalmrth tt destroy him ; but it ujipeaxtd by Abigail AND Samuel died: and all Israel w as •gatht -n of Maon, and his possessions wire in Carmel: and the man was very great; and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; and it happened that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal ; and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman ; but her hus- band was churlish, and very bad, and ill natiired : and he was of the house of Caleb. 4 And when David beard in the wilderness, that Nabal w as shearing his sheep. 6 He sent ten young men, and said to them : Go up to Carmel, and goto Nabal, and salute him in Bl) name with peace. 6 And you shall sav : Peace be to my brethren and to thee, and peace to thy house, and peace to all that thou hast. 7 1 heard that thy shepherds that were with us in the desert were shearing: We never molested them, neither was there BUght missing to them of the flock at any time, all the while the] Were with us in Carmel. 8 Ask thy servants, and they will it II thee. Now therefore let thy servants find favour in thv eyes: for we are come in a good day: whatsoever thv hand shall find, give to thy servants, and to thy sou David. 9 And when David's st rvanls came, they spoke to Nabal all these words in David's name ; and then held their peace. 10 But Nabal answering thenervaBts of David, said : Who is David? and what is the sou of I servants are multiplied now-a-days who flee from their roa st e r s . 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water. and the flesh of my cattle, which I have killed fiw ith according; to hit jmtii-f fat to an to krep Ihnim If in the I time, from all pertonal haired to Baal, or d- - turn pai«ion, by necking: reren|re. So far (rum it, llwl » hen Saul wa» af- terwar It ►lain, we find, thai initea ! of 1 1 juicing at hit death, he mourn- ed mutt bitterly for him. CHAP. XXV. my shearers, and give to men whom I know not whence they are? 12 So the servants of David went back their way; and returning, came and told him all the words that he said. 13 Then David said to his young men : Let every man gird on his sword. And they girded on every man his sword. And David also girded on his sword : and there followed David about four hun- dred men : and two hundred remained with the bag- gage. 14 But one of the servants told Abigail the wife of Nabal, saying: Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness, to salute our master ; and he rejected them. 15 These men were very good to us, and gave us no trouble : neither did we ever lose any thing all the time that we conversed with them in the desert. 16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do ; for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house ; and he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak tohim. 18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hun- dred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of dry figs, and laid them upon asses : 19 And she said to her servants : Go before me: behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her husband Nabal. 20 And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over-against her, and she met them. 21 And David said : Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing w as lost of all that pertained unto him : and he hath returned me evil for good. 22 May God do so and so, and add more to the foes of David, if 1 leave* of all that belong to him till the morning any that pisseth against the wall. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she made haste, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David, on her face, and adored upon the ground. 24 And she fell at his feet, and said : Upon me let this iniquity be, my lord : let thy handmaid speak, I beseech, in thy ears ; and hear the words of thy servant. 25 Let not my lord the king, I pray, regard this naughty man Nabal ; for according to his name,f he is a fool, and folly is with him : but I thy handmaid did not see thy servants, my lord, whom thou sentest. 26 Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, who hath withholden thee from ( oming to blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee : * If I lame, tec David certainly sinner! in his designs against Na- bal and liis family, as he himself was afterwards sensible, when he Md (>ih1 for hindering him from executing the revenge he had proposed. t His name. Nabal ir Hebrew signifies a fool. G t and now let thy enemies be as Nabal, and all they that seek evil to my lord. 27 Wherefore receive this blessing, which thy handmaid hath brought to thee, my lord ; and give it to the young men that follow thee, my lord. 28 Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid : for the Lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house; because thou, my lord, fightest the battles of the Lord : Let not evil therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life. 29 For if a man at any time shall rise, and per- secute thee, and seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be kept, as in the bundle of the living, with the Lord thy God : but the souls of thy enemies shall be whirled, as with the violence and whirling of a sling. 30 And when the Lord shall have done to thee, my lord, all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have made thee prince over Israel, 31 This shall not be an occasion of grief to thee, and a scruple of heart to my lord, that thou hast shed innocent blood, or hast revenged thyself: and when the Lord shall have done well by my lord, thou shalt remember thy handmaid. 32 And David said to Abigail : Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me ; and blessed be thy speech : 33 And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to-day, from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand. 34 Otherwise as the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, who hath withholden me, from doing thee any evil ; if thou hadst not quickly come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. 35 And David received at her hand all that she had brought him ; and said to her: Go in peace into thy house; behold, I have heard thy voice, and have honoured thy face. 36 And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold, he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry : for he was very drunk : and she told him nothing less or more until morning. 37 But early in the morning when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife told him these words : and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone 38 And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died. 39 And when David had heard that Nabal Mas dead, he said: Blessed bef the- Lord, who hath judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Na- bal, and hath kept his servant from evil : and the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his head. Then David sent and treated with Abigail, that he might take her to himself for a wife. 40 And David's servants came to Abigail to Car- mel, and spoke to her, saying : David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife. 41 And she arose, and bowed herself down with \ Blessed be, fyc. David praiseth God, on this occasion, not out of joy for the death of Nabal (which would have argued a rancour of heart,) but because he saw that God had so visibly taken his cause in hand, in punishing the injury done to him ; whilst by a merciful provi- dence he kept him from revenging himself. 233 1. KINGS. her fact in the earth; aud said: Behold, let tin sst> \ :mr or a handmaid, to w ash I be fn t of tbc sen ants of ni\ lord. •Id Ami Abigail arose, ami made haste, and got ones) an ass: ami fire damsels went with her let « lit'mg maids; and she followed the messengers oi I tan id, ami became lus w ifc. •J.) Moreover David look also Achhioam of Jr/.ralu'l : and they were both of them hi^ wh U Hut S;inl uavc Michol his daughter. David's wile, to Phalli, the son of Lais, who was of (iallhn. ( II \l\ \\V|. Saul goeth out again nfii r David : irho cometh by night trhere SomJ and kit men are asleep, but stiff errth him not to In tutu lit is ii the son of Sarv ia the brother of Joab, saying: Who will {jo down with me to Saul into the camp? And tbisai said: I will go with thee. ', So David and \lii-ii came to the people by nidit. and found Saul lying and Bleeping in the tent. and his spear lived in the ground at his head; and Aimer ami the people sleeping round about him. :: \nd Abisai said to I )av id : ( Sod hath shut up thy enemy this day into thy hands: now then I will run him through with mj spear even to the earth at once: and there shall be no need of a second time. 9 \ d David said t" tbisai: Kill him not; for who shall put forth his baud against the Lord's anointed, ami shall be guiltli h» An I David said: As the Lord liveth, unless the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to or he shall go doWD to battle, SUM perish: 11 The Lord be merciful unto me, that I extend not inv hand upon the Lord's anointed. Hut now take the spear, which is at his head, ami the cup of vv aler: and let us go. I .' So David took the spear.and the cup of water, which. was at Saul's head: and iliev went awav: and no man saw it. or knew it, or awaked : but th< v Were all asleep, lor a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them. 13 And when David was jonf over to the other side, and stood on the top of the hill afar oil', and a good SpTCe W8J between them. 1 1 I )av id cried to the people, aud to Abner ih of Ner, saying: Wilt thou not answer* Abner ? Ami Abner answering, saki: Who an thou* that cri and distuibesl the ki: 15 And David said to Abner: Art not thou a man.' ami who is like thee in Israel? win then ha-t thou not kept thy lord the kin::.' toi there came one of the people in to kill the kin^ thy lord. 16 This thing is not pood, that thou hast done : as the lord liveth you are the sons of death, who have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed And now where is the kind's spear, and the dip water, which was at his head? 17 And Said knew David's voice, and said: Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said: It is my voice, my lord the kin::. 18 And he said: Wherefore doth my lord perse- cute his servant ? What have 1 done ? or w hat cv il is there in my hand? 19 Now therefore hear, I pray thee, my lord the king, the words of thy servant: If the Lord stir tine up against me, let him accept of sacrifice: but if the sons of men, they are cursed in the tight of the Lord, who have cast me out this day that I should not dwell in the inheritance of the Lord, saving: Go, serve strange gods. 20 And now let not my blood beshedupon the earth belore the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to se«dsanea,astdiepartridgeishunted in the mountains. 21 And Saul said: I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, be- cause my life hath been precious in tbj eves this day: far it appeareth that 1 bare done foolishly, and have been ignorant in very many thi 22 And David answering, said : Behold 'the kings spear; let one of the kind's servants come over and letch it, 23 And the Lord will reward every one Recording to his justice, and his faithfulness: for the Lord hath delivered thee this dav into inv hand: and 1 would n °ol )Ut * ortn m y ,i:,nn ;i ^'"ist the Lord's anointed. 24 And as thy life bath been much set by this dav in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in tin eyes °f 'he Lord, and let him deliver me from all distrt 25 Then Saul said to David: Blessed art thou. my son David: and truly doing thou shall do, and prevailing thou shaft prevail. And David went on his way; and Saul returned to bis place. (II \l\ XXVII. Davtd goeth again to Achu km. .,nd oblaititth < sort and some being weary stayed there. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred staved, who being weary could not go OVef the torrent Hcsor. 1 1 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: anil they gave him lire ad to eat, and water to drink, 12 As also a piece of a cake ofhgS, and two bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them. his spirit returned, and he was relit shed : for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said to him: To whom dost thou belong? or whence dost thou come ? and whither art thou going? lie said: I am a vouug man of ■I, the sen ant of an Annlec'ite : and my master left me. because I began to be sick three daj I 1- For we made an invasion on the south sid,- of 'cretin, and upon .luda.and upon the SOUthof Caleb" ami we burnt Sicelc: with lire. 15 \n.l David -aid to hi. n : Canst thou bring me to this company? And he said: Swear to me by I, that thou wilt not kill me, nor d< !iv ( r atC into CHAP. XXXI. the hands of my master, and I w ill bring thee to litis company. And David swore to him. 16 And when he had brought him, behold thei were lying spread upon all the ground, eating, and drinking, and as it were keeping a festival day, for all the prey, and the spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda. 17 And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled. 18 So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken : and he rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing missing small or great, neither of their sons or their daughters, nor of the spoils : and whatsoever they had taken, David re- covered all. 20 And he took all the flocks and the herds; and made them go before him : and they said : This is the prey of David. 21 And David came to the two hundred men, who being weary had stayed, and were not able to follow David, and he had ordered them to abide at the tor- rent Besor : and they came out to meet David, and the people that were with him. And David coming to the people, saluted them peaceably. 22 Then all the wicked and unjust men that had gone with David, answering, said : Because they came not with us, we will not give them any thing of the prey which we have recovered : but let every man take his wife and his children, and be content- ed with them, and go his way. 23 But David said : You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord bath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands : 24 And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. Butequal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle, and of him that abode at the bag- gage : and they shall divide alike. 25 And this hath been done from that day for- ward, and since was made a statute and an ordi- nance, and as a law in Israel. 26 Then David came to Siceleg, and sent pre- sents of the prey to the ancients of Juda his neigh- bours, saying : Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord. 27 To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramuth to the south, and to them that were (ii Jether, 28 And to them that were in Aroer, and that were in Sephamoth. and that were in Esthamo, 29 And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni, 30 And that were in Arama, and that were in the lake Asan, and that were in Athach, 31 And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men. CHAP. XXXI. Israel is defeated by the Philistines : Said and his sons are slmtt. \ ND the Philistines fought against Israel : and - 1 *- the men of Israel fled from before the Philis- tines,aud fell down slain in mount Gelboe. 2 And the Philistines fell upon Saul, and upon his sons : and they slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchisua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the whole weight of the battle was turned upon Saul : and the archers overtook him ; and he was grievously wounded by the archers. 4 Then Saul said to his armour-bearer : Draw thy sword, and kill me : lest these uncircumcised come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his ar- mour-bearer would not : for he was struck with ex- ceeding great fear. Then Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armour-bearer saw this, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sw ord, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his ar- mour-bearer, and all his men that same day together. 7 And the men of Israel, that were beyond the valley, and beyond the Jordan, seeing that the Israelites were fled, and that Saul was dead, and his sons, forsook their cities, and fled : and the Phi listines came, and dwelt there. 8 And on the morrow the Philistines came to strip the slain : and they found Saul and his three sons lying in mount Gelboe. 9 And they cut off Saul's head, and stripped him of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philis- tines round about, to publish it in the temples of their idols, and among their people. 10 And they put his armour in the temple of As- taroth : buthis body they hung on the wall of Bethsan. 11 Now when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad had heard all that the Philistines hand done to Saul, 12 All the most valiant men arose, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Bethsan : and they came to Jabes Galaad, and burnt them there 13 And they took their bones, and buried them in the wood of Jabes; and fasted seven days. 237 THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS. This book Ttlntes the transactions from the death of Saul until the end of Darid't reign, bting a history for the space of about 40 years. CHAP. I. Dirid tnnurnrth for the death of Saul and Jonathan : he or- dtreth the nan to be slain who pretended he had killed Saul. IVTOW it came t<» pats, after Saul was dead, that ■*»" David returned from the slaughter of the Am:i- mhI abode twodays in Siceleg. \inl on the third day, there appeared a man who came out of Saul's camp, with his garments rent, and dual strewed on his head : and when he came to David, he fell upon his face, and adored. 3 And David said to him : From whence comest thou.- And he said to him: I am fled out of the camp of Israel. 4 And David said unto him : What is the matter that is come to pass ? tell me. He said : The people are tied from the battle, and many of the people are fallen and dead: moreover Saul and Jonathan his son are slain. 5 And David said tothe voting man that told him : How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead ? 6 And the voting man that told him, said : I came bv chance u|kih mount Gclboe, and Said lean- ed upon his spear: and the chariots and horsemen drew nigh onto him, 7 \nil looking behind him. and seeing me, he called me. And I answered : Here am I. B < tod he said to me: Who art thou: Audi said to him : I am an Amaleeite. 9 tad he said tome: Stand over me, and kill me: for anguish is come upon me, and as yet my whole life is in me. 10 So standing over him, I killed him:* for I knew that he could not live after the fall : and I took the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither to thee my lord. 1 1 Then David took hold of his garments and vent them, and likewise all the men that were with him : 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted un- til evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword. IS And David said to the VOUUg man that told him : Whence art thou ? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalec. 1 \ David said to him : Whv didst thou not to put out thy hand to kill the Lord's anointed ; ' / kiOli Um. Ttii. .torr of (tie fOTag \mnli-rilr w»« not tmp, as may e»«ily be proved by comparing it with the lant chapter of the 1. 1' . p|M nook. MS 15 And David calling one of his servants, said : Go near, and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died. 16 And David said to him: Thy blood be upon thy own head: for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee. sa\ in^: I haveslainthe Lord's anointed. 17 And David made this kind of lamentation Over Said, and over Jonathan his son. 18 (Also he commanded that they should teach the children of Juda the use of the bow, as it is written in the Hook of the just.) And he said : Consider, O Israel, for them that are dead wound- ed on thy high places. 19 The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy mountains: how are the valiant fallen! 20 Tell it not in ( ieth ; publish it not in the streets of kscaioo: lest the daughters of the Philistines re- joice ; lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. -M Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rain come upon you, neither be they fields of first fruits: for there "as east away the shield of the valiant, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. -'.' From the blood of the slain, from the fat ol the valiant, the arrow of Jonathan nc\er turned back, and the sword of Said did not return empty. 23 Said and Jonathan, lovely and comely in their life, even in death the] were not divided : they wt re swifter than eagles, stronger than lions. J i Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you with scarlet in delights, whogaVC orna- ments of gold for your attire. 25 How are the valiant fallen in battle? Jonathan slain in the high places ? 26 I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan, I ceeding beautiful, sad amiable man above the love of women. As the mother Joveth her only sou, so did I love thee. 27 How are the valiant fallen, and the weapons of war perished ? CHAP. II. David is received and anointnl king of Juda. Jsbuscth the KM if Said n iisni th over the nst of Israel. A battle, between Abui r and Joab. \ ND after these things David consulted the Lord. •^*- saying: Shall I go up into one of the citk Juda? And the Lord said to bim: Go up. And David said : Whither shall I go up ? And be ans- wered him : Into Hebron. 2 So David went up. and his two wives, Aehi- noam the .le/.ralu litest, and Abigail the Wife ol .Yi- bal of Car mel : S And the men also thai were with him. David CHAP. III. brought up every nan with his household: and they abode in the towns of Hebron. 4 And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to lie king over the house of Juda. And it was told David, that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul. 5 David therefore sent messengers to the men of Jabes Galaad, and said to them: Blessed be you to the Lord, who have shown this mercy to your mas- ter Saul, and have buried him. 6 And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth ; and I also will requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing. 7 Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men of valour : for although your master Saul be dead, yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their king. 8 But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp, 9 And made him king over Galaad, and over Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Isboseth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel ; and he reigned two years:* and only the house of Juda followed David. 1 1 And the number of the days that David abode, reigning in Hebron over the house of Juda, was seven years and six months. 12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon. 13 And Joab the son of Sarvia, and the servants of David went out, and met them by the pool of Ga- baon. And when they were come together, they sat down over-against one another ; the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side. 14 And Abner said to Joab : Let the young men rise, and play before us. And Joab answered : Let them rise. 15 Then there arose and went over twelve in number of Benjamin, of the part of Isboseth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 And every one catching his fellow by the head, thrust his sword into the side of his adversary; and they fell down together: and the name of the place was called, The field of the valiant, in Gabaon. 17 And there was a very fierce battle that day: and Abner was put to flight, with the men of Israel, by the servants of David. 1 8 And there were the three sons of Sarvia there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asael : now Asael was a most swift runner, like one of the roes that abide in the woods. 19 And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 20 And Abner looked behind him, and said : Art thou Asael ? And he answered : I am. lie reigned two years,viz. Before lie began visibly to decline ; but in all lie reii>ned seven years and six months : for so long David reigned n Hebron 21 And Abner said to him : Goto the right hand, or to the left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and take thee his spoils. But Asael would not leave off following him close. 22 And again Abner said to Asael: Go off, and do not follow me, lest I be obliged to stab thee to the ground, and I shall not be able to hold up my face to Joab thy brother. 23 But he refused to hearken to him, and would not turn aside: wherefore Abner struck him with his spear with a back stroke in the groin, and thrust him through; and he died upon the spot: and all that came to the place where Asael fell down and died, stood still. 24 Now while Joab and Abisai pursued after Abner, the sun went down: and they came as far as the hill of the aqueduct, that lieth over-against the valley by the way of the wilderness in Gabaon. 25 And the children of Benjamin gathered them- selves together to Abner: and being joined in one body, they stood on the top of a hill. 26 And Abner cried out to Joab, and said : Shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair ? how long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren? 27 And Joab said: As the Lord liveth, if thou hadst spoke sooner, even in the morning the people would have retired from pursuing after their bre- thren. 28 Then Joab sounded the trumpet: and all the army stood still, and did not pursue after Israel any farther, nor fight any more. 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plains: and they passed the Jordan, and having gone through all Bethoron, came to the camp. 30 And Joab returning, after he had left Abnei assembled all the people: and there were wanting of David's servants nineteen men, beside Asael. 31 But the servants of David had killed of Ben- jamin, and of the men that were with Abner, three hundred and sixty, who all died. 32 And they took Asael, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father in Bethlehem : and Joab, and the men that were with him, marched all the night; and they came to Hebron at break of day. CHAP. III. David groweth daily stronger. Abner cometh over to him : ht is treacherously slain by Joab. NOW there was a long war between the house of Saulf and the house of David : David pros- pering and growing always stronger and stronger; but the house of Saul decaying daily. 2 And sons were born to David in Hebron : and his first-born was Amnon of Achinoam the Jezra- helitess: 3 And his second Cheleab of Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel : and the third Absalom the son __ . m ' f There was a long war between the house of Saul, SfC. Rather a strife or emulation than a war with arms; it lasted five years and a half. 230 ii. ki\ ;s. ofMaacha tin- daughter of Tholmai king ofG Mr: 4 And th«- fourth Adonias the son of Huggith: and die fifth Saphathia the son of Abital : \iiii the sixth Jethiaam of Kgla the wife ot David: these were born to David in Hebron. \.iw while there was war between the bouse of Saul and the house of David, Aimer the son of Ncr ruled the house of Saul. 7 And Saul had a concubine named Respha, thej daughter of Aia. And Isbosetn said to Abner: K Why didst thou go in to my father's concubine? And he was exceedingly angry for the words of Isbo- seth, and said: Vm I a dog's head against Juda this day, who have shown mercy to the house of Saul thy father, and to his brethren and friends, and have not delivered thee into the hands of David, and hast thou .sought this day against me to charge me vviili a matter concerning a woman? 9 So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him, 10 That the kingdom be translated from the house of Said, and the throne of David Ik- set ii|> over Israel, and over Juda, from Dan to Bcrsahee. I I And he could not answer him a word, because he feared him. I .' Aboer therefore sent tnes - to David for himself, saying: Whose is the land? and that they should sav : .Make a league with me, and my hand shall be with thee ; and I will bring all Israel to thee. \nd he said : Very well ; I will make a league with thee; but one thing 1 require of thee, saving: Thou shah not see my face belore thou hring Michol the daughter of Saul: and so thou shalt eome, and lie. \nd David sent messengers to [sboeeth the sou ot Said, saying: Restore my wife Michol, whom I espoused to me foe a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 15 And jsboseth sent, and took her from her hus- band I'haltiel, the son of Lais. 16 And her husband followed her, weeping, as far as Baburim: and Abner said to him: Go, and return. And he returned. 17 Abner also spoke to the ancients of Israel, Both yesterday and the day before you -lit lor David that he might reign over you. Vow then do it : because the Lord hath spoken to David, raying: By the hand of my servant David I will save my people! Israel from tiie hands of the riiilistines, and of all their enemies. 19 And Abner •Poke also to Benjamin. And he went to speak to David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to all Benjamin. H) \nd he came to David in Hebron withtwen* on : and David made a least for Abner, and his men that rani'- with him. Jl And Abner raid to David: 1 will ris.-. that I may gather all Israel unto the.- mv lord the kinx. and mav enter into a league with thee, and that thou ma\ sl reign over all as thy soul desireth. -Now w hen David had brought Aimer on his way, and he WM gone in I Immediately David's servants and Joab cai after having slain the robbers, with an exceeding great booty : and Abner was not with David in He- bron, for he had now sent him away, and lie was gone in peace. ! I Joab and till the army that was w ith him, came afterwards: and it was told Joab, that Abnei the son of Ner came to the kiim; and he hath sent him away: and he is gone in peace. fit And Joab went in to the kins, and said: What hast thou done ? Behold, Abner came to thee : \\ In didst thou send him aw ay, and he is gone aud dp parted ? 25 Knowest thou not Abner the son of Ner, thai to this end he came to thee, that he might deceive thee, and to know thy going out, and thy coming in, and to know all thou doest? 26 Then Joab going out from David, sent mes sengers after Abnei , and brought him back from the cistern of Sira, David knowing nothing of it. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treacherously: and he stabbed him there in the groin, and he died, in revenge of the blood of Asael his brother. 28 Aud when David heard of it, after the thing was now done, he said : I, and my kingdom are in- nocent before the Lord for ever of the blood of Ab- ner the son of Ner : 29 And may it come upon the head of Joab, aud upon all his father's house : aud let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue of seed, or that is a leper, or that holdeth the distal)", or that falleth by the sword, or that wanteth bread. 30 So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he hath killed their brother Asael at I liaon in the battle. 31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the funeral of Abner. And king David himself fol- lowed the bier. 32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lilted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner: and all the people also wept. 33 And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die. hath Abner died. 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feel loaden with fetters: but as men fall before the chil- dren of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people repeating it wept over him. 35 And when all the people came to take tie n with David, while it was vet broad day, David swore, raying: So do God to me, and more also, il 1 taste bread or any thing else before sun-s.t. 36 And all the people heard, and they w pleased: and all that the king did seemed good in the sight of all the people. 37 And all the people, and all lsra< I understood that day that it was not the king's doing, that Ab- ut i the son of Ner was slain. 38 The king also said to mo servants: Do jron CHAP. IV, V. not know that a prince and a great man is slain this day in Israel? .... 39 But I as yet am tender, tlwugh anointed king: and these men the sons of Sarvia are too hard for me : the Lord reward him that doeth evil according to his wickedness. CHAP. IV. Isboseth is murdered 6y two of his servants : David punts heth the murderer*. AND Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weak- ened : and all Israel was troubled. 2 Now the son of Saul had two men captains of his bands; the name of the one was Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rem- mon a Berothite of the children of Benjamin : for Beroth also was reckoned in Benjamin. 3 And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and were sojourners there until that time. 4 And Jonathan the son of Saul had a son that was lame of his feet: for he was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezra- hel. And his nurse took him up, and fled: and as she made haste to flee, he fell, and became lame: and his name was Miphiboseth. 5 And the sons of Remmon the Berothite, Re- chab and Baana coming, went into the house of Isboseth in the heat of the day : and he was sleeping upon his bed at noon.- And the door-keeper of the house, who was cleansing wheat, was fallen 6 And they entered into the house secretly taking ears of corn: and Rechab and Baana his brother stabbed him in the groin, and fled away. 7 For when they came into the house, he was sleeping upon his bed in a parlour: and they struck him, and killed him: and taking away his head, they went ofl' by the way of the wilderness, walking all night. 8 And they brought the head of Isboseth to David to Hebron: and they said to the king: Behold the head of Isboseth the son of Saul thy enemy who sought thy life : and the Lord hath revenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9 But David answered Rechab and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them : As the Lord liveth, who hath deli- vered my soul out of all distress, 10 The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehend- ed, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been rewarded for his news. 1 1 How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth ? 12 And David commanded his servants, and they slew them : and cutting off their hands and feet, hanged them up over the pool in Hebron: but th" head of Isboseth they took and buried in the se- pulchre of Abner in Hebron. Hh CHAP. V. David is anointed king of all Israel. He taketh Jerusalem, and dwelleth there. He difeatelh the Philistines. THEN all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron, saying: Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 Moreover yesterday also and the day before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that did lead out and bring in Israel: and the Lord said to thee : Thou shalt feed my people Israel ; and thou shalt be prince over Israel. 3 The ancients also of Israel came to the king to Hebron : and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord : and they anointed Da- vid to be king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign : and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Juda seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned three and thirty .years over all Israel and Juda. 6 And the king and all the men that weie with him went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites the inhabi- tants of the land : and they said to David : Thou shalt not come in hither unless thou take away the blind and the lame that say : David shall not come in hither. 7 But David took the castle of Sion ; the same is the city of David. 8 For David had offered that day a reward to whosoever should strike the Jebusites, and get up to the gutters of the tops of the houses, and take away the blind and the lame that hated the soul of David : therefore it is said in the proverb : The blind and the lame shall not come into the temple. 9 And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city of David ; and built round about from Mello and inwards. 10 And he went on prospering and growing up : and the Lord God of hosts was with him. 11 And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and ma' sons for walls: and they built a house for David. 12 And David knew that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom over his people Israel. 13 And David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem,* after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to David other sons also and daugh- ters : 14 And these are the names of them, that were born to him in Jerusalem, Samua, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 15 And Jebahar, and Elisua, and Nepheg, 16 And Japhia, and Elisama, and Elioda, and Eliphaleth. 1 7 And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David to be king over Israel: and they all came to seek David : and wht n David heard of it, he went down to a strong hold. * David took more concubines and tcives of Jerusalem. Not harlots, bu : wives of an inferior condition : for such iu scripture are styled cttcu- bines. 241 II. K 18 Ami the Philistines coming spread themselves in t he valley "I Raphaim. 19 Nii'l David consulted the Lord, saying: shall ! , up in the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mv hand? And the Lord said to David: Go up; for I will miicU deliver the Philistines into thy band. 20 And David came to Baal Pharisim: and de- rated thriu there, and he said: The Lord hath divided my enemies before me.ai waters ire divided. Therefore the name of the place was called Baal Pharisim. J I And they left there their idols; which David and his men took away. 22 And the Philistines came up ■gam, and spread themselves in the valley of Raphaim. Vnd David consulted the Lord: Shall I go up against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into mj bands? He answered: Go not np against ahem; bat fetch a compass behind them, and thou shalt come upon them OveT-againSt the pear tr< Vnd when thou shalt hear the sound of one coin;; in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou join battle: for then will the Lord go out before thy to strike the army of the PbiltStin 25 And David did as ihe Lord had commanded him: and he smote the Philistines from Gabaa until thou come to Gear. . CHAP. VI. Darul Jetchrin the ark from ( ariathiarim. Out is slrnrh dead far lunching it. It is ilrjinsitid in t/u honst of Oliedidam : and from (hence is curried to David's house. AN I) David again gathered together all the chosen men Of' Israel, thirty thousand. J \ in 1 David arose and went, vv ith all the people that were with him of the men of .luda, to fetch the ark of God, upon which the name of the Lord of ho>ts is invoked, who litteth over it upon the clie- rubtoMi .) And they laid the ark of God upon a new cart; and took it out oflhe house of Ahinadah. who Was m Gabaa;* and On and Ahio, the sons of Ahina- dah, drove tin new cart. I \nd when they had taken it out of the house of Abinadab, who was in Gabaa, Ahio having care of the ark Off* God went before the ark. 5 But David and all [trad played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of wood. on harps and lutes and timbrels and comets and cymbals. 6 Anil when they came to the floor of Xachon. < >/i put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it: because the oxen kicked, and made it lean aside. 7 And the indignation of the Lord was enkindled igainst <)/;i: and he struck him for his rashm and he died there before the ark of God. 8 Ami David was grieved because the Lord had Struck < )/ a : and the name of that place w as called, The striking ol I this dfl * Gala*. The hill of Cariathiarun. » here Ibe ark had been in Ihe bou«c of Abinadab, fmen tbe time of iU being restored bmt k by the Ikilutinw. ttt 1NGS. 9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day. sav ing: 1 low shall the ark ol the Lord come lo me? 10 And he would not have the ark of ihe Lord brought in to himself into the city of David: but lit caused it-to be carried into the house of Obedcdoai the (iethite. 11 And the ark of the Lord abode in the house ofObededom tbe (iethite three months: and the Lord blessed ( )bededoin.aud all his household. 12 And it was told kini; David, that the Lord had bl es s ed Obededom. and all that he had, because of the ark of God. So David went, and brought away the ark of God out of the house of Obededom into the city of David with joy. And there weie with i )a vid seven choirs, f and calv < % for victims. 13 And when they that carried the ark ol ihe Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an o.\ and i ram 14 And David danced with all his might before the Lord: and David was girded with a linen ephod. 15 And David and all the house of Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet. 16 And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, jookiag out through a window, saw kin:: David leap- ing and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. 17 And they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it: and David o Hi red holocausts and peace-offerings before the Lord. 18 And when he had made an end of offering holocausts and peace-offeringss he blessed the ; pie ill the name of the Lord 01 hosts. 19 And he distributed to all the multitude of Israel, both men and w omen, to even one. a cake of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and fine Hour fried vv it boil: and all the people departed every OOO to his house. 20 And David returned to bless his own house: and Michol the daughter of Saul coming out to meet David, said: How glorious was the kirn: of Israel to-day, uncovering himself before the handmaids ol his servants, and was naked, as if one of the builbous should be naked. 21 And David said to Michol : Before the Lord, who chose me rather than tin lather, and than all his house, and commanded me to be rub r over the people of the Lord in Israel. 22 I will both play and make myself meaner than I have done: and I will be little in mv own ( j and with the handmaids, of whom thou speakest, I shall appeal more glorious. 23 Therefore Michol the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her (bath. ( HAP. VII. Darid"t purpose to build a temple is mrardrd frith the pramist of great blessing* in hit teed: His prayer midt/mnkspiriisg. A ND it came to pass when the king sal in his ■£*- house, and the Lord hail given him n U on eery side from all his enemies, f Choirs. Or ooropa nim of B H i wcia ne. CHAP. VIII. 2 He said to Nathan tho prophet : Dost thou see that I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God is lodged within skins? 3 And Nathan said to the kin?: Go, do all that is in thy heart: Because the Lord is with thee. 4 But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying: 5 Go, and say to my servant David : Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt even to this day; but have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent. 7 In all the places that I have gone through with all the children of Israel, did I ever speak a word to any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying: Why have you not built, me a house cf cedar? 8 And now thus shalt thou speak to my servant David : Thus saith the Lord of hosts : I took thee out of the pastures from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel: 9 And I have been with thee wheresoever thou hast walked, and have slain all thy enemies from be- fore thy face: And I have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are on the earth. 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel: and I will plant them, and they shall dwell therein, and shall be disturbed no more : neither shall the children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did before, 1 1 From the day that I appointed Judges over my people Israel ; and 1 will give thee rest from all thy enemies. And the Lord foretelleth to thee, that the Lord will make thee a house. 12 And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels : and I will establish his kingdom.* 13 He shall build a house to my name; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 1 will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and if he commit any iniquity, 1 will cor- rect him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men. 15 But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before my face. 16 And thy house shall be faithful, and thy king- dom for ever before thy face: and thy throne shall be firm for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David 18 And David went in, and sat before the Lord, and said: Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? 19 But yet this hath seemed little in thy sight, O Lord God, unless thou didst also speak of the house of thy servant for a long time to come: for this is the law of Adam, O Lord God. * / vnll establish his kingdom. This prophecy partly relateth to Solo- mon; but much more to Christ, who is called the sod of David in 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God: 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thy own heart thou hast done all these great things; so that thou wouldstmake it known to thy servant. 22 Therefore thou art magnified, O Lord God, because there is none like to thee ; neither is there any God besides thee, in all the things that we have heard with our ears. 23 And what nation is there upon earth, as thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for them great and terrible things, upon the earth, be- fore the face of thy people, whom tho^ redeemedst to thyself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods. 24 Foi thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be an everlasting people: and thou, O Lord God, art become their God. 25 And now, O Lord God, raise up for ever the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house; and do as thou hast spoken, 26 That thy name may be magnified for ever, and it may be said : The Lord of hosts is God over Israel. And the house of thy servant David shall be established before the Lord, 27 Because thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, saying : 1 will build thee a house : therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to thee. 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art God, and thy words shall be true : for thou hast spoken to thy ser- vant these good things. 29 And now begin, and bless the house of thy servant, that it may endure for ever before thee : be- cause thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it ; and with thy blessing let .the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. CHAP. VIII. David's victories; and his chief officers. AND it came to pass after this thatDavid defeated * the Philistines, and brought them down, and David took the bridle of tribute out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he defeated Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the earth : and he measured with two lines, one to put to death, and one to save alive: and Moab was made to serve David under tribute. 3 David defeated also Adarezer the son of Rohob king of Soba, when he went to extend his dominion over the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen ; and houghed all the chariot-horses: and only re- served of them for one hundred chariots. 5 And the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Adarezer the king of Soba : and David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6 And David put garrisons in Syria of Damas- scripture, and who is the builder of the true temple which is th« church, his everlasting kingdom, which shall never fail. 243 II. KINGS. m>: and Syria Wired Dai id under tribute: and the Lord preserved David in all his enterprises, whither- soever be went. 7 And David took the arma of gold, which the servants n|' Adare/.er wore, and brought them to Je- rusalem. ft And out of" Bete, and out of Bcroth, cities of reser, king David took an exceeding (real euan- tity of I): 9 And Thou the kin? of Emath beard that David had defeated all the forces of Adare/.er, 10 And Thou seal Joram his son to kins; David, to >alute him, and to congratulate with him, and to return him thinks: because he had fought against Adare/.er, ami hail defeated him. For Thou was an enemy to Adare/.er: and in his hand were vessels of gold, and vessels of silver, and vessels of brass: 11 And kin? David dedicated them to the Lord, ther with the stiver and Cjo4d that he had dedi- cated of all the nations, which lie had subdued : 1 J Of Syria.and of Moan, and of the children of Animon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalec, and of the s|x>ils of Adare/.er, the son of Kohob king of Soba. 13 David also made himself a name, when lie returned after taking Syria in the valley of the salt-pits, killing eighteen thousand: 11 And he |>ut guards in Kdom, and placed the rr a garrison: and all Kdom was made to serve David: and the Lord preserved David in all enterprises he went about. 1") And David reigned over all Israel: and Da\id did judgment and justice to all his people. It! And Joafa t lie s<»n ol Sania Was over the armv: and Josaphat the sou of Ahilud was re- corder :* 17 And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Aehime- leeh the son of Ahiathar, were the priests; and Sa- raias was the scribe :f 1ft And Bauaias the son of Joiada WM over the Cerethi and I'helcthi :% and the sons of David were the prim. CHAP. IX. David's kiiulncit to Miphifmsrthfor the taken/ hi* father Jonathan. AND David said: Is there am one, think you, left of the house ofSaul, that I may show kind- ■ess to him for .Jonathan's s^ke? 2 Now there was of the house of Saul, a ser- vant named Siba: and when the kin:: had called him to him. he said to him: Art thou Siba? And be answered: I am Siba thy servant. .{ And the kirn; said: Is there anyone left of the house of Saul, that I ma\ show the inerev of God unto him? And Siba said to the kiuu: There is a son of Jonathan left, who is lame of his feet. 4 Where is be? said he. And Siba said to the kins: Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Atnmiel in Lodabar. Mtcvrdtr: or Chancellor. Srrihe or Socrrtarv. 7V Ctrtlki mU PkeUtU. The kinjrH fuarda. SM ") Then kins David sent, and brought himootc' the house of .Machir the son of Ammiel of l/odaliur. 6 And when Miphrhoseth the son of Jonathan lire son of Saul was come to David, lie fell on his lace. and worshipped. And David said: Miphiboseth? Ami he answered: Behold thy sertant. 7 And David said to him: Fear not, for I will surely show thee mercy for Jonathan ihy father's sake; and I will restore the binds of Saul thy fa- ther; and thou shalt eat bread at ni\ table always. 8 He bowed down to him, and said: Who am I thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am? 9 Then the king called Siba the servant of Saul, and said to him: All that belonged to Saul, and all his house, I have given to th\ master's son. 10 Thou therefore and thy sons mid thy servants shall till theland for him: and thou shah bring in food for thv master's son. that he mn\ Ik- maintain- ed: and Miphiboseth the son of thy master shall al- ways eat bread at ui\ table. And Siba bad fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 And Siba said to the khm: As thou my lord the king hast commanded thy servant, so w ill thy servant do: and .Miphiboseth shall eat at my table, as one of the sons of the kins. 12 And Miphiboseth had a young son whose name was Micha: and all the kindred of ike house of .-si- ba served .Miphiboseth. 13 Bui .Miphiboseth dwelt in Jerusalem ; because he eat always of the kind's table: and he was lame of both feet. (HAP. X. The Ammonites shamrfully abuse thr ambassadors nf David: thiy hire the Syrian* to their assistance : but ,irr overthrown by thrir allies. AND it came to pass after this, that the king -^- of the children of Amnion diet!; and llauou his son reigned in his stead. 2 And David said: I will show kindness to Ha- non the son of Daas, as his father showed kindness to me. So David sent his servants to comfort him for the death of his father. But w hen the servants of David were come into the land of the children ol Amnion, 3 The princes of the children of Ammon said to llanon their lord: Thinkest i lion that for the honour of thy father, David hath sent comforters to thee; and hath not David rather sent his servants to thee to search, and spy into the city, and overthrow it - 4 Wherefore llanon took the servanis of Da\id. and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut away one half of their garments even to the buttocks, and sent them away. 6 When this was told David, he sent to meet them: for the men wen sadly put to confusion: ami David commanded them, ttaytng: Stay at Jericho, till your beards begTOWBj and then return. 6 And the children of Amnion seeing that they ♦ rrine*$. Literally, jirittls. t'ohrn. Si mlled, by a title of be noar, and not from exerciaing u* pneaUr raoclioaa. CHAP. XI had done an injury to David, sent and hired the Sy- rians irf Robot), and the Syrians of Soha, twenty thousand footmen, and of the king of Maacha a thousand men, and of Istoh twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heard this, he sent Joab and the whole army of warriors. 8 And the children of Amnion came out, and set their men in array at the entering in of the gate: hut the Syrians of Soha, and of Rohob, and of Istob, and of Maacha were by themselves in the field. 9 Then Joab seeing that the battle was prepared against him, both before and behind, chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: 10 And the rest of the people he delivered to Abisai his brother, who set them in array against the children of Amnion. 11 And Joab said: If the Syrians are too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Amnion are too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 12 Be of good courage; and let us fight for our peof »le, and for the city of our God : and the Lord will do what is good in his sight. 13 And Joab and the people that were with him, began to fight against the Syrians : and they imme- diately fled before him. 14 And the children of Amnion seeing that the Syrians were fled, they fled also before Abisai, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Amnion, and came to Jerusalem. 15 Then the Syrians seeing that they had fallen before Israel, gathered themselves together. 16 And Adarezer sent and fetched the Syrians, that were beyond the river, and brought over their army : and Sobach, the captain of the host of Ada- rezer, was their general. 17 And when this was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam: and the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought against him. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel: and David slew of the Syrians tlie men of seven hundred cha- riots, and forty thousand horsemen ; and smote So- bach the captain of the army, who presently died. 19 And all the kings that were auxiliaries of Ada- rezer, seeing themselves overcome by Israel, were afraid, and fled away eight and fifty thousand men before Israel. And they made pence with Israel, and served them: and the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Amnion any more. CHAP. XI. David falleth into the crime of adultery with Brthmbee : and not finding other means to conceal it, causeth her husband Urias to be slain, then marrieth her, who beareth him a son. AND it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth to war, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they spoiled the children of Ammon, and be- sieged ttabba : but David remained in Jerusalem. 2 In the mean time, it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself, over-against him. and the woman was very beautiful. 3 And the king sent and inquired who the woman was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsahee the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite. 4 And David sent messengers, and took her: and she came in to him, and he slept -with her: and pre- sently she was purified from her uncleanness : 5 And she returned to her house having conceiv- ed. And she sent, and told David, and said : I have conceived. 6 And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Unas to David. 7 And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on. 8 And David said to Urias: Go into thy house, and wash thy feet. And Urias went out from the king's house: and there went out after him a mess of meat from the king. 9 But Urias slept before the gate of the king's house, with the other servants of his lord, and went not down to his own house. 10 And it was told David by some that said: Urias went not to his house. And David said to Urias: Didst thou not come from thy journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house? 11 And Urias said to David: The ark of God and Israel and Juda dwell in tents: and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord abide upon the face of the earth: and shall 1 go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to sleep with my wife ? by thy wel- fare, and by the welfare of thy soul, I will not do this thing. 12 Then David said to Urias: Tarry here to-day, and to-morrow I will send thee away. Urias tar- ried in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 And David called him to eat and to drink be- fore him: and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening, and slept on his couch with the ser- vants of his lord; and went not down into his house. 14 And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab; and sent it by the hand of Urias, 15 Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front of the* battle, whare the fight is strongest: and leave ye him, that he may be wounded, and die. 16 Wherefore as Joab was besieging the city, he put Urias in the place where he knew the bravest men were. 17 And the men coming out of the city, fought against Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Urias the Hethite was killed also. 18 Then Joab sent, and told David all things con- cerning the battle. 19 And he charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king, 20 If thou see him to be angry, and he shall say: Why did you approach so near to the wall to figlu ? knew you not that many darts are thrown from above off" the wall ? 245 II. klMiS -'I Who killed Mrimrlrrh thr nnn nf TrrnhaalF ciid not a woman east ■ piece of- a millstone upon him from the wall, anrl slew him in Thebes? Why did \nu go Rear the wall? Thou shalt lay: Thy servant I rias the Hetbite is aNo slain. J So the messt neer departed, ami eame and told David all that Joah had commanded him. 23 And the iiic-i ngt r said to David: The men prevailed against as j aodthej came out to ns into the field: and we vigorouslj charged and pursued them even to the sate of' the av id said to thr messenger ■ Thus shall thoa nj loJoab: Let not this thing discourage ihee: tor \aiions is tin- event of war: and sometimes one, sometimes another is consumed by the sword: en- courage tbv warriors against the city, and exhort them, that thou mavst overthrow it. \inl tin- wilr of I rias heard that Trias her husband was dead, and she mourned lor him. 1*7 Ami tin- mourning being over David, pent and brought her into his house: and sin became his wile, and she hore him a son: and this thin;; w hieh David had done, was displeasing to the Lord. CHAP. XII. Pint kiln's parnUr. Dnrid ronfrsscth his sin, mid is fnrizircn : jfrt so n» tit br xentrmrd tn most srrrrr trmjinritl punishment*. Thr ill nth of the child. I'hi birth «f Sntonmn. The tithing id KublMith. AND tin- Lord sent Nathan to l)a\id: and when he was come to him, he said to him: There were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other jAXir. J I In- rich man had exceeding many sheep and oxen. ■ '< lint the poor man had nothing at all but one little ewe-lamb, which he had iMiunht and nour- ished up; and which had grown up in his house to- S ether with his children, eating of his bread, and rinkim; of his cup, and sleeping in his bosom: and it was unto him as a daughter, 1 And when a certain Stranger h;k come to the rich man, he spared to |akc of his own sheep and !i, to make a least lor that Stranger, who was come to hint, but took the poor man's ewe, and i!i ed it for tie man that watCOmc to him. '> \inl DavitPs anger being exceedingly kindled list that man, he said to Nathan: As tin- Lord livcth, the man that hath done this is a child of death. 6 He shall restore the ewe four-fold; beCSUM he did this thin-, and had no pitv. 7 And Nathan said to David : Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed the*- king o\cr Israel: and I delivered thee from the band of Saul; * I wtU rmMt.tft All tlirv <-\il«, nta.iniieli a, the* mrrr tmnisk- mli, ram* opuu DavM I>t a ju»t juHirmi-nt »f God. (at hi* »in. and n>n.-fore Ood tay», / mil r*tu, itc. but matiiiucii w Uae* 8 Am! gave tine thy master's house and tbv mas- ter s wim -. into thy bosom, ami gave thee the' house ol Israel and Juda: and if these things he little. I shall add tar greater things onto thee. !' Why then lore hast thou despised the won! ot the Lord, to do evil in mi light? Thou hast kill- ed I rias the Hetbite with the sword, and bast taken hit; wile to he tbv wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Amnion. 10 Therefore the sword shall never depart from tbv house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the w ife of Liias the llelhite to he tin W iff. 11 Thus saith the Lord: Heboid, I will raise* up evil again* thee out of thy own house: and I will take thy wives before thy eves, and give tin in to thy neighbour: and he shall lie with thy wives in the si- lit ol this sun. \1 For thou didst it sccrctU : but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun. 13 And David said to Nathan: I Iiiiw sinmi] against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord hath also taken aw ay thy sin: thou shah not die. 14 Nevertheless, because thou hast given occa- sion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thin^. the child that is born lot bee. shall surch die. 15 And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wile of Trias had borne to David: and his life was despaired of. 16 And David besought the Lord for the child . and David kept a fast, and going in 1>> himself lay upon the ground. 17 And the ancients of bis house came, to make, him rise from the ground; hut he would not: neither did he eat meat with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died : and the servants of David feared to tell him, that the child was dead. For thev said : Heboid, when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how much more will he alllict himself, if we tell him that the child is dead ? 19 Hut when David saw his servants whispering, he understood that the child was dead : and he said to his servants ■ Is the child dead? They ans- w en d him : He is dead. 20 Then David arose from the -round, and wash- ed, and anointed himself: and w hen he had chang- ed his apparel, he went into the house of the Foul, and worshipped: and then he came into his own house, and he called for bread, and ate. 21 And his servants said to him : What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive: but when the child WM dead, thou didst rise up. and eat bread. .22 And be said : While the child was vet alive, I lasted and wept for him : for I said : \\ bo know eth whether the Lord may not ^.iv »• him to me, and the child mav li\ i on the part of Absalom and hit associate*, God wai mil On- nun them, but only permitted I" CHAP. XIII. 23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast ? Shall 1 be able to bring him back an}' more ? I shall go to him rather : but be shall not return to me. 24 And David comforted Bethsabee his wife, and went in unto her, and slept with her: and she bore a son ; and he called his name Solomon : and the Lord loved him. 2.5 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the pro- Chet, and called his name, Amiable to the Lord,* ecause the Lord loved him. 26 And Joab fought against Rabhath of the chil- dren of Ammon, and laid close siege tothe royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: I have fought against Rabbath, and the city of wa- ters! is about be taken. 28 Now therefore gather thou the rest of the peo- ple together, and besiege the city, and take it : lest when the city shall be wasted by me, the victory be ascribed to my name. 29 Then David gathered all the people together, and went out. against Rabbath : and after fighting, he took it. 30 And he took the crown of their king from his head, the weight of which was a talent of gold, set with most precious stones; and it was put upon David's head : and the spoils of the city which were very great, he carried away. 31 And bringing forth the people thereof, he saw- ed them, and drove over them chariots armed with iron : and divided them with knives, and made them pass through brick-kilns : so did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon : and David returned with all the army to Jerusalem. CHAP. XIII. Amnon ravisheth Thamar : for which Absalom kitteth him, andfieeth to Gessur. A ND it came to pass after this, that Amnon the -^*- son of David loved the sister of Absalom the son of David, who was very beautiful, and her name was Thamar. 2 And he was exceedingly fond of her, so that he fell sick for the love of her : for as she was a vir- gin, he thought it hard to do any thing dishonestly with her. 3 Now Amnon had a friend, named Jonadab the son of Semmaa the brother of David, a very wise man :% 4 And he said to him : Why dost thou grow so lean from day to day, O son of the king ? why dost thou not tell me the reason of it? And Amnon said to him : I am in love with Thamar the sister of my brother Absalom. 5 And Jonadab said to him : Lie down upon thy bed, and feign thyself sick : and when thy father shall come to visit thee, say to him : Let my sister Thamar, I pray thee, come to me, to give me to eat, and to make me a mess, that I may eat it at her hand. 6 So Amnon lay down, and made as if he were sick : and when the king came to visit him, Am- * Amiable to the Lord. Or beloved of the Lord. In Hebrew Jtdiiliak. t The city of waters. Rabbath the royal city of the Ammonites, was called tlu city of waters, from being encompassed with waters. non said to the king : 1 pray thee, let my sister Tha- mar come, and make in my sight two little messes, (hat I may eat at her hand. 7 Then David sent home to Thamar, saying : Come to the house of thy brother Amnon, and make him a mess. 8 And Thamar came to the house of Amnon her brother: hut he was laid down : and she took meal and tempered it : and dissolving it in bis sight, she made little messes. 9 And taking what she had boiled, she poured it out, and set it before him : but he would not eat : * and Amnon said : Put out all persons from me. And when they had put all persons out, 10 Amnon said to Thamar : Bring the mess in- to the chamber, that I may eat at thy hand. And Thamar took the little messes which she had made, and brought them in to her brother Amnon in the chamber. 11 And when she had presented him the meat, he took hold of her, and said : Come lie with me, my sister. 12 She answered him: Do not so, my brother, do not force me : for no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not thou this folly. 13 For I shall not be able to bear my shame ; and thou shall be as one of the fools in Israel : but ra- ther speak to the king, and he will not deny me to thee. 14 But he would not hearken to her prayers ; bur being stronger, overpowered her, and lay with her. 15 Then Amnon hated her with an exceeding great hatred : so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her before. And Amnon said to her : Arise, and get thee gone. 16 She answered him; This evil which now thou doest against me, in driving me away, is great- er than that which thou didst before. And he would not hearken to her : * 17 But calling the servant that ministered tohim, he said : Thrust this woman out from me ; ana shut the door after her. 18 And she was clothed with a long robe: for the king's daughters that were virgins, used such kind of garments. Then his servant thrust her out, and shut the door after her. 19 And she put ashes on her head, and rent her long robe, and laid her hands upon her head, and went on crying. 20 And Absalom her brother said to her : Hath thy brother Amnon lain with thee ? but now, sister, hold thy peace; he is thy brother: and afflict not thy heart for this thing. So Thamar remained pining away in the house of Absalom her brother. 21 And when king David heard of these things, he was exceedingly grieved : and he would not af- flict the spirit of his son Amnon, for be loved him, because he was his first-born. 22 But Absalom spoke not to Amnon neithei \ A very wise man. That is, a crafty and subtle man : for the coun- sel tie gave on this occasion shews that his wisdom was but carnal -*nd worldly. 247 II. KINGS. good nor evil : for Absalom bated Ainnon because be had ravished his sister Thamar. 23 And it came to pass alter two vi -ars, that the •beep of tbealom were shorn in Baalhasor, which is mar Kphraim : and Absalom invited all the lung's -"lis : 24 And hecametothr kin-, ami said to him: Behold, thy servant's sheep are ihorn : let the km-. ] pray, with his servants: come to bis servant vnd llie king said to Absalom : \av. my son, do BOt ask that ue should all tome, and be charge- able to thee. And when he pressed him, and he would not no, he Messed him. Jtl And Ahsalom said: IT thou wilt not come, at least let my brother Annum, I beseech thee, come w ith us. Ami the king Slid to him : It is not necessary that he should co with thee. 27 But Absalom pressed him, so that be let Am- nOO and all the kind's sons zo with him. And Absalom made a least as it were the least of a kiim. 28 And Absalom had commanded his servants, saving : Take notice when Annum shall be drunk with wine, ami when I shall say to you : Strike him, and kill him, tear not: tor it is I that command vou : take courage, and 1m- valiant men. 29 And the servants of Ahsalom did to Amnon, as Ahsalom had commanded them. And all the king's sous arose, and got up every man upon his mule, and tied. 30 Ami while they wire yet in the way, a rumour came to David, saying: Absalom hath slain all the king's sons ; and mere is not oneofthein left. 31 Then me kin:; rose up, and rent his garments, and fell upon the ground : and all his servants. thai stood about him, rent their varments. I But Joaadub the son of Seuunaa, David's brother, answering, said : Let not my lord the king think, that all the kirn:"-- sons are slain : Amnon only is dead ; for lie was appointed by the mouth <>l Absalom from the day that he ravished his sister Thamar. 33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take this thing into his heart, saving : All the king's sons are slain : for Ainnon only is dead. 34 But Absalom tied awaj : and the young man that kept the watch, lifted up his eves, and looked : and b e hold) there came much people by a by-way on the side of the mountain. 35 And Jouadah said to the king: Behold, the king's sous are come: as thy servant said, so it is. 36 And when be made an end of ■peaking, the kind's sous also appeared : and routing in, iliev lifted up their voice, and wept : and the kin:; also and all his servants wept very much. ■ '•'i lint Ahsalom fled, ami went to Tholomai the son of Amiiiiud the kin:: of GeMlir. And David mourned tor his Mm even day. : And Ahsalom after he was fled, ami come in- fo (iessur, was there three wars. \ml kiim David ceased to pursue alter Absalom, because he was comforted concerning the death of Amnon. 248 CHAP. XIV. Joab proevrtth Absalom's rtturn, and his admittance to tht king's prestnrr. A ND Joab the son of Sarvia. understanding that ■**•- the kind's heart was turned to Absalom, 2 Sent to Thecua, and fetched fromtheare a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel ; and he not anointed with oil. that thou niavst he as a woman that had a long time been mourning lor one dead. 3 And thou shalt go in to the king, and shall speak Jo him in this manner: And Joab put the words in her mouth. 4 And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the kin::, she fell hefor,e him upon the ground, and worshipped, and said : Save me, O kin::. 5 And the kin;: said to her : \\ hat is the matter with thee? She answered: Alas, I am a widow woman ; for my husband is dead. 6 And thy handmaid had two sons : and they quarrelled With each other in the field, and there was none to part them: and the oue struck the other, and slew him. 7 And behold the whole kindred rising against thy handmaid, saith: Deliver him that hath slain his brother, that we may kill him lor the life of his brother, whom he slew, that we may destroy the heir : and they seek to quench my spark which is left, and will leave my husband no name, nor re- mainder upon the earth. 8 And the king said to the woman : Go to thy house, and 1 will give charge concerning thee. 9 And the woman of Thecua said to the kin:: : Upon me, my lord, be the iniquity, and upon the house of my father: but ma\ the king and his throne be guiltless. 10 And the king said : If any one shall say aught against thee, bring him to me; and he shall not touch thee any more. 11 And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin lie not multiplied to take revenge j and that they may not kill mv son. And he said : As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son tall to the earth. 12 Then the woman said : Let thy handmaid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said : Speak. 13 And the woman said : Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of Cod, and why bath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his ow u exile ? 14 We all die; and like waters that return no more, we fall down into the earth: neither will God nave a soul to perish, hut recalleth, meaning that he that is cast oil' should not altogether perish. 15 Now therefore I am come to speak 'his woid to my lord the kinj:, before the people. And thy handmaid said : 1 will speak to the king j it may \h- the king will perform the request ol his hand- maid. 16 And the king hath hearkened to me to deliv- er his handmaid out of the hand of all that would ty 23 Then Joab arose, and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 24 But the king said : Let him return into his house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned into his house, and saw. not the king's faee. 25 But in all Israel there was not a man so come- ly, and so exceeding beautiful as Absalom : from the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. 26 And when he polled his hair (now he was polled ottce a year, because his hair was burden- some to him) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sides, according to. the common weight. 27 And there were' born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Thamar, and she was very beautiful. 28 And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. 29 He sent therefore to Joab, to send him to the king: but he would not come to him. And when he had sent the second time, and he would not come to him, 30 He said to his servants: You know the field of Joab near my field, that hath a crop of barley: go now and set it on fire. So the servants of Absa- lom set the corn on fire. And Joab's servants com- ing with their garments rent, said: The servants of Absalom have set part of theiield on fire, 31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his bouse, and said: Why have thy servants set my corn on fire ? * Blttud. That is, praised, and pave thanks to the king. I i , CHAP. XV destroy me and my son together out oT the inheri- tance of God. 17 Then let thy handmaid say, that the word of my lord the king be made as a sacrifice. For even as an Angel of God, so is my lord the king, that he is-neirher moved with blessing nor cursing : where- fore the Lord thy God is also with thee. 18 And the king answering, said to the woman: Hide not from me the thing that I ask thee. And the woman said to him : Speak, my lord the king. 19 And the king said : Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this ? The woman answered, and said : By the health of thy soul, lord my king, it is neither on the left hand, nor on the right in all these things, which my lord the king hath spoken : for thy servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy handmaid. 20 That I should come about with this form of speech, thy servant Joab commanded this : but thou, lord my king, art wise, according to the wisdom of an Angel of God, to understand all things upon earth. 21 And the king said to Joab: Behold, I am ap- peased and have granted thy request : Go, there- fore, and fetch back the boy Absalom 22 And Joab falling down to the ground upon his facej adored, and blessed* the king: and Joab said: '1 Ids day thy servant hath understood, that I have found grace in thy sight, lord my king : for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant 32 And Absalom answered Joab: I sent to thee beseeching thee to come to me, that I might send thee to the king, to say to him: Wherefore am I come from Gessur ? it had been better for me to be there: 1 beseech thee therefore that I may see the face of the king: and if he be mindful of myiniqui- . let him kill me. 33 So Joab going in to the king, told him all: and Absalom was called for, and he went in to the king, and prostrated himself on the ground before him : and the king kissed Absalom. CHAP. XV. Absalom's policy and conspiracy. David is obliged to flee. NOW after these things Absalom made himseli chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men, to run before him. 2 And Absalom rising up early, stood by the en- trance of the gate: and when any man had business to come to the king's judgment, Absalom called him to him, and said: Of what city art thou? He answered, and said: Thy servant is of such a tribe of Israel. 3 And Absalom answered him : Thy words seem to me good and just. But there is no man appoint- ed by the king to hear thee. And Absalom said . 4 O that they would make me judge over the land, that all that have business might come to me, that I might do them justice. 5 Moreover when any man came to him to saint* him, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kiss- ed him. 6 And this he did to all Israel that came for judg- ment, to be heard by the king: and he enticed the hearts of the men of Israel. 7 And after forty years, Absalom said to king David: Let me go, and pay my vows which 1 have vowed to the Lord in Hebron. 8 For thy servant made a vow, when he was in Gessur of Syria, saying: If the Lord shall bring me again into Jerusalem, I will offer sacrifice to the Lord. 9 And king David said to him : Go in peace. And he arose, and went to Hebron. 10 And Absalom sent spies into all the tribes of Israel, saying: As soon as you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, say ye: Absalom reigneth in Hebron. 11 Now there went with Absalom two hundred men out of Jerusalem that were called, going with simplicity of heart, and knowing nothing of the de- sign. • 12 Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilouite, David's counsellor, from his city Gilo. And while he was offering sacrifices, there was a strong con- spiracy; and the people running together increased with Absalom. 13 And there came a messenger to David, say ing: All Israel with their whole heart follow eth Absalom. 14 And David said to his servants that were with him in Jerusalem: Arise, and let us flee: for we shall not escape else from the face of Absalom: make haste to go out, lest he come and overtake 249 II. KINGS. lis, and bring ruin Upon us. ami smite the city with tin- edge. i»t iln- sn ord. I") \ikI tin- kin- nits said to him: What- soever our lonl tin- kin;: shall command, w c thy ser- ranta will w illinglj execute. It; \\h\ the kiiii went forth, and all his house- hold, M foot! and the king left ten women his con- cubines* in keep tin house. 1 7 \nd the kirn: going forth and all Israel on foot, stood alar oil' limn the house : 18 And all his servants walked by him: and the hands of the Cerethi, and the I'hclcthi, and all the Uutbites, valiant warriors. si\ hundred men who had followed him from GetB 00 foot, went before the kirn;. 19 And the king said to Kthai the (uthite: Why comesl thou with US? return and dwell with the kim:, lor thou art a Stranger, and art come out of thv ow n place. 20 yesterday thou earnest: and to-day shall thon be forced to go forth w iih us ? hut I shall go w hither I am going: return thou, and take hack thy brethren with thee; ami the Lord will show thee mercy, and truth, because thou hast shown grace and fidelity. 21 And Kthai answered the king, saying: As the I, ord liveth, and as my lord the kinn livelh : in what place soever thou shall he. lord my king, either in death, or in life, there w ill thy servant he. \iid David said to Kthai: Come, and pass over. And Kthai the (iethite patted, and all the men that were with him, and (he rest of the people. 2 '• \ud they all wept with a loud voice; and all the people passed oxer: the king also himself went over the hrook Cedron: and all the people march- ed towards the way that lookeih to the desert. \nd Sadoe the priest also came, and all the Lei ites w iih him, carrying the ark of the covenant ol < iod : ami they set down the ark of ( iod : anil Abiatbar went up, till all the people that was come out of the city had done passing. \ ikI the kim; said to Saooc: Carry hick the ark of God into the city: ifl shall find grace in the t of the Lord, he will bring me again, and be will show me it. and his tahernacle. 86 Bui if be shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is »ood be- fore him: 27 And the kin;: said to Sadoc the priest : O seer, return into the city in peace: And let A< himaas thv sou, ami Jonathan the son of Abiatbar, tout two sons, be with you. Behold, I will lie bid in the plains of the vvil- demess, (ill there come word from sou tocertilv me. Sadoc and Abiatbar carried hack the ark of God into Jerosalem : ami they tarried there. 30 Hut David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot, ami with his head covered: and all the people that were with him, went up with their heads covered ping-t amUmn. Tnat i«. wire* of an inferior iegrer. t tfW y li itj at note at Uut time, a* appear* Abisai the son of Sarvia. Joah's brother, and a third part under the band of Kth.ii, who was of (icth : and tin ki hz said to the people: I also W ill zo fort ll with }OU. iJ And the people answered : Thon shall not :.<> forth: for if we flee away, they will not much mind lis • or if half of ns should fall, the) w ill not greatly i an : for thou alone an accounted lor ten thousand : it is better therefore that thou shouldst be in the city to succour us. 4 And the king said to them. AY hat set melh good to you, that will 1 do. And the kin:: .stood by the -ate: and all the people went forth by their troops, by hundreds and bv thousands. 5 And the king commanded Joab. and Abisai. and Klhai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. And all the people heard the king giving charge to all the princes concerning Absalom. 6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was fought in the forest of Kphraiin. 7 And the people of Israel were defeated there bv David's aimv : arid a great slaughter was made that day, of twenty thousand men. 8 And the battle there was scattered over the lace of all the country: and there were maiiv more of the people whom the forest consumed f than whom the sword devoured that day. 9 And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went under a thick and large oak. his bead stuck in the oak : and while he hung between the heaven and the earth, the mule on which he rode passed on. 10 And one saw this, and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak. 11 And Joab said to the man that told him : If thou saw est him, why didst thou not stab him to the ground, and I would have given tine ten siclcs ol s'dxer. and a belt ? 12 And he said to Joab: If thou wouldst have paid down in my hands a thousand pieces of silver, I would not lay my hands upon the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged tin c. and Abisai, and Klhai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. 13 Yea. and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the kin::: and wouldst thou have stood bv me.' 14 And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but I will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three Ian in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absa- lom : and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak. 15 Tea young men, annour-oe ar en of Joab, ran up, and strikim: him slew him. 1G And Joab sounded the trumpet, tud kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare the multitude. 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a but all Israel ll< d lo tireat nit in the lorest : and thev laid an exceeding great heap of stones upon him their own dwellings. from il. having bren rho»*n by hbowlli fur I lie place of hi* if-tkieuoe* f C«nmtmud, vis. by put ainl precipice*. ^ 1R Now Absalom had reared up for himself, in his life-time, a pillar, whieh is in the king's valley : for he said : I have no son ;* and this shall be the monument of my name. And he called the pillar by his own name, and it is called The hand of Ab- salom, to this day. 19 And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said : I will run and tell the king, that the Lord hath done judg- ment for him from the hand of his enemies. 20 And Joab said to him : Thou shalt not be the messenger this day, but sha It hea r tidings another day : this day 1 will not have thee bear tidings ; because the king's son is dead. 21 And Joab said to Chusi : Go, and tell the king what thou hast seen. Chusi bowed down to Joab, and ran. 22 Then Achimaas the son of Sadoc said to Joab again : ^V'hy might not I also run after Chusi? And Joab said to him : Why wilt thou run, my son ? thou wilt not be the bearer of good tidings. 23 Heanswered: But what if I run ? And he said to him : Run. Then Achimaas running by a near- er way passed Chusi. 24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman that was on the top of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running alone. 23 And crying out, he told the king : and the king said : if he be alone, there are good tidings in his mouth. And as he was coming apace, and draw- ing nearer, 26 The watchman saw another man running ; and crying aloud from above, he said : 1 see another man running alone. Aud the king said : He also is a good messenger. 27 And the watchman said : The running of the foremost seemethto me like the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said : He is a good man, and cometh with good news. 28 And Achimaas crying out, said to the king : God save thee, O king. And falling down before the king with his face to the ground, he said: Bles- sed be the Lord thy God, who hath shut up the men that have lifted up their hands against the lord my king. 29 And the king said : Is the young man Absa- lom safe? And Achimaas said: 1 saw a great tumult, king, when thy servant Joab sent me thy servant : 1 know nothing else. 30 And the king said to him : Pass, and stand here. 31 And when he had passed, and stood still, Chusi appeared: and coming up he said : 1 bring good tidings, lord my king; for the Lord hath judged lor thee this day from the hand of all that have risen up against thee. 32 And the king said to Chusi : Is the young man Absalom safe ? aud Chusi answering him, said : Let the enemies of the Lord my king, and all that CHAP. XIX. rise against him unto evil, be as the young man * Jfo ton. The sons mentioned above, chap, xiv. ver. 27. were dead when tin, pillar ins erected; unless we suppose he raised this pillar betore ihcy were born. t H'ho would, Sfc. Lavid lamented the death of Absalom, because IS. 33 The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as be went he spoke in this manner : My son Absalom, Absalom my son : who would f grant me that 1 might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom! CHAP. XIX. David, at the remonstrances of Joab, ceasrth his mourning. He is invited back and met by Semei and Miphiboseth : a strife between the men ofJuda and the men of Israel. AND it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son: 2 And the victory that day was turned into mourn- ing unto all the people: for the people heard say that day: The kinggrieveth for his son. 3 And the people shunned the going; into the city that day, as a people would do that hath turned their backs, and fled away from the battle. 4 And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son! 5 Then Joab going into the house to the king, said : Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, that have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons, and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines. 6 Thou lovest them that hate thee; and thou hatest them that love thee : and thou hast shewn this day that thou carest not for thy nobles, nor for thy servants: aud I now plainly perceive that if Ab- salom had lived, and all wc had been slain, then it would have pleased thee. 7 Now therefore arise, and go out, and speak to the satisfaction of thy servants : for I swear to thee by the Lord, that if thou wilt not go forth, there will not tarry with thee so much as one this night: and that will be worse to thee than all the evils that have befallen thee from thy youth until now. 8 Then the king arose, anil sat in the gate : and it was told to all the people that the king sat in the gate: and all the people came before the king: but Israel fled to their own dwellings. 9 And all the people were at strife in all the tribes of Israel, saying: 1 he king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and lie saved us out of the hand of the Philistines : and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. 10 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in the battle: how long are you silent, and bring not back the king? 11 And king David sent to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, saying: Speak to the ancients of Juda, saying: Why are yo>" the last to bring the king back to his house? (For ie talk of all Israel was conic to the king in his house.) of the wretched state in which he died ; and therefore would have been glad to have saved his life, even by dying- for him. In which he was a figure of Christ weeping, praying, and dying for his rebellious children, and even for them that crucified him. 253 ii. kin<;s. 1 2 You arc my brethren : you arc my lione. ami my flesh; « hy arc von the last tobrmgbackthekingr I ■> \iid sav \c in Amasa: Art not ihou my hone, nndinv flesh? So do God lo inc. ami add more, it thou l>e not ilic chief Cantata o| thcarinv In lore mc always in the place of Joan* I V And lie inclined the heart of all the nun of Ju- ,i> it were o| one man: and I hey sen! to the king, saying: Return thou, and all thy servants. |0 And the king relumed, ami came as far as the Jordan: and all Juda cairn- as far asGalgal to met the lung, and to bring him over the Jordan. 16 Ami Scmcillic sou of Gent the sonol Jemini ol Bahurim, made haste, and went down with the men of Juda to meel km: I ).i\ id, 17 With a thousand men ol Benjamin, and Siha ihe servant of the house o| Saul : and his fifteen sons, and twentv servants were with him: and going over the Jordan, 18 They passed the fords before the king, that they might helpover the kind's household, and do accord iug to his commandment And Sinn i the son of G era falling dow u liefore the king, when he was (nine over the Jordan, l!> Said to him: Impute not to me, my lord, the iniquity; nor remember the injuries of thy servant on the day that thou, lord my king, wentest out of Jerusalem; nor lay it up in thy heart, kin-. Jn Fori thy teivaal acknowledge my sin: and therefore I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph, and am come dow u to meet my lord the king. 21 Bui Abisai the son of San ia answering, said : Shall Seinei for these words m>t he put to death, bc- caiise be Cursed the Lord's anointed.' tad David said: What have I to do with you, sonsof Sarvia? why areyou a satan this day to inc.- shall there any man he killed this day in Israel." do not I know that this day I am made king over Israel? \ml the king said to S.-inei: Thou sbalt not die. And he swore unto him. 24 And Miphiboseth the son of Saul, came down to mi it the king! and he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor Washed his gar- inenis, from the da] that the kin:; wcul out, until the dav of his return in peace. \ml when be met the king al Jerusalem, the kim; said to him: Why earnest thou not with mc, Miphihoseth - 26 Ami he answering, said: Lord mj king, my -' rvani despised me: for I thj servant s|:oke to him to saddle mi' an >s thai I might gel on. and go with the kin:;: for I tin sen ant am lame. 27 Moreover he hath also accused mc ill] s, r \aio to thee, my lord the kin:;: but thou ni\ lord lillg ail as an Amnio! ( iod; dow hat pleaseth thee. ill of im lather's house were uobelter than Worth] of death before my lord the kin::: and thou last set me thj servant among the guests ofthj ta- !.!«•: what just complaint therefore ha\t I'm what anj more to the kii I n ihe kin. said to I, in: Wh\ speakesl thou ZS4 MM more? whal I have said is determined: thou and Siha divide the possessions. 80 And .Miphihoseth answered the kin- \ • a. let him lake all, for as much as my lmd the king is returned peaceably into his house. • II lii r/.ellai also the Galaadite, coming down from Rogelim, brought the kin:: over the Jordan, beinc ready also to wait on him lievond the river. I Now Bermttai the Galaadite was of a greet thai is to saVj fourscore years old : and he pro* vided the kin:: with sustenance when he abode in the camp: for he was a man exceeding rich. -33 And the kim; said toBcrzcllai : ( dine with me, (hat thou maysl rest secure with me in Jerusalem. I And Bcr/.cllai said lo the kin::: How many are the davs of the \ cars of my life, that I should go up with the kin:; to Jerusalem? 35 I am this day fourscore years old fare my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? orcanmcat or drink delight tirj servant.' or can I hear an\ more the voice of singing-men and singing-women ? why should thy servant be a burden to the Lord 01) king.' .'>(> I thj servant will go on a little WSS from the Jordan with thee: I need not this recompense. 37 But I beseech thee let thy servant return, and die in my own citv. and he huried bj the sepulchre of my father, and of my mother, iiut there is thy servant ('hamaam, let him go with thee, lord my king; and do to him whatsoever scemethgood to thee 38 Then the kin:; said to him: Let (hamaam go over with me; and I will do for him whaisoevci shall pleats thee: and all that thou shalt ask ol ine, thou shalt obtain* 39 And when all tin- people and the king had pass- cd over the Jordan, the king kissed Ber/.t llai. ami hlcssed him: and he returned to his own place. 40 So the king went on to ( ialgal, and ( hamaam w ill) him. Now all the people ol Juda had brought the king over, and only halt of the people of Israel were there. 41 Therefore all the men of Israel running to- gether to the kin::, said to him : \\ liv have our brc- thrcnthe men of Juda stolen thee awav. and have brought the kin:: and his household over the .Ionian, and all the men ot David with him? I J And all tin- men of Juda answered the men of Israel: Because ihe kin:: is nearci to me: why art thou angry tor this matter .' have we eaten any thing of the king's, or have any gifts been given USf 43 And the men of Israel answered the men o! Juda. ami said: I have ten parts in the king more than thou; and David hclougcih to iiirimni tnauto thee: w hy hast ihou done me a w rong, and w hi was it not told me fust, that I Blight bring ha< k my kin:: .' And the nun ot Juda answered more harshly than (he men of Isiael. ( MAT. \\. Srl~i's rrhilliim. Amain is *laii> l>v Jimb. Abrhi in hrsirfrd but upon the citiitn* casting ova tht trull ilu In ,;oe. 13 And he drought from thence the hones of Saul, and the Ihmics of Jonathan his son: and i ln\ gather- ed up the hones of them that were crucified. 1-* And they huried them w ith the hones of Saul, and of Jonathan his son in tin' land of Henjainin. in the side, in the sepulchre of (is his father : and they did all that the king had commanded: and God showed mercy again to the land after these things. 15 And the Philistines made war again against Israel: and David went dow n, and his servants with him, ami fought against the Philistines. And David crow ing faint, 16 Jeshihenob, who was of the race of Arapha, the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred ounces, being girded with a new SWOtd, attempted to kill David: 17 And Abtsai the son of San hi rescued him, and •tricing the Philistine killed him. Then David's men sw ore unto him. sav im: : Thou shall go no more out with us to battle, lest thou put out tin lamp of Israel. 18 There was also a second battle in Gob against • Of Mukol. Ther were the anna of Memb, who «i< married to lladrwl : bin they ire here called the ton* of Michnl, became (be adopted them and brought them up aa bur own the Philistines: then Sobochaiof llusaihi slew Saph ol the race of Arapha of the fainilv of the giants. !!• And there was a third battle in Gob against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of the Forest f an embroiderer of Bethlehem slew Goliath the (icthitc, the shall of whose spear was like a Weaver! beam. SO A fourth battle was in Gethj where there was a man of great stature, that had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, four and twenty in all, and he was of the race of Arapha. 21 And he reproached Israel: and Jonathan the sou of Sanaa the brother of David slew him. Jl These four were born of Arapha in (ieth: and they fell by the hand of David, and of his »er- vanLs. CHAP. XXII. King David's ptalmqfthanksgmng for hit deliveranct from ail hit enemies. \ ND David spoke to the Lord the words of this -^*- canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 2 And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour. 3 God is my strong one; in him will I trust : my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and if. my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity. 4 I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies. 5 For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Beliel have made me afraid. 6 The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me. 7 In my distress I will call upon the Lord; and I will cry to ryy God: and he will hear DM voice out of his temple; and my cry shall come to his e;irs. 8 The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them. 9 A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a de- vouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled bv it. 10 fie bowed the heavens, ami came down: and darkness wns under his feet. 11 And he rode upon the chcrubims, and flew ; and slid upon the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness a covering round ■bout him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens. 13 By the brightness before him, the coals of fire Were kindled. 1 I The Lord shall thtmi't r from heaven: and the most High shall give forth his voice. 16 He shot a i row s. and scattered them; lightning, and consumed them. 16 And the overflowings of the sea appealed, ami f Mt*4mt*t tktxmtftkt For, af S- . it tral, h» (print; the interpretation of the Hebrew hanan the wo of Jaarav in the latin ''ill which art Kl CHAP. XXIII. the foundations of the world were laid open at tin; re- bukeoftheLord,atthe Wast of the spirit of his wrath. 17 He sent from on high, and look, me, and drew me out of many waters. IK He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. I!) He prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my stay. 20 And he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because I pleased him. 21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me. 22 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all his judgments are in my sight: and his precepts 1 have. not removed from me. 24 And I shall be perfect with him; and shall keep myself from my iniquity. 25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes. 26 With the holy one thou wilt he holy; and with the valiant perfect. 27 With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted. 28 And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eves thou wilt humble the haughty. 29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness. ^ 30 For in thee I will run girded : in my God 1 will leap over the wall. 31 God, his way is immaculate; the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust in him. 32 Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God? 33 God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect. 34 Making my feet like the feet of harts, and set- ting me upon my high places. 86 He feaeheth my hands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass. 36 Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me. 37 Thou shaft enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail. 38 I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them : and will not return again till I consume them. 39 1 will consume them, and break them in pieces, sothattheyshall not rise: theyshall fall under my feet. 40 Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hastmadethem thatresisted metobowunderme. 41 My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me; them that haled me, and 1 shall destroy them. * .Is the liglU, $-c. So shall be the king-dom of Christ. •f Neither is my house, fyc. As if he should say : This everlasting co- venant was not due to my house; hut pnrelv owing to his bounty, who is all my salvation, and my will : that is, who hath always saved me, and granted me what I beseeched of him ; so that I and my house, through his blessing, have sprung up, and succeeded in all thing* t Jesboham, the son of Hachamooi. For this w.is the name of this hero, as appears from 1 Chron xi. Most lender, S,-c. He appeared like Kk 42 They shall cry, and there shall be none to save to the Lord, and he shall not hear them. 43 I shall beat them as small as the dust of ihc earth; I shall crush them, and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets. 44 Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me. 45 The sons of the stranger will resist me: at the hearing of the ear they will obey me. 46 The strangers are melted away, and shall be straightened in their distresses. 47 The Lord liveth ; and my God is blessed : and the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted. 48 God who givest me revenge, and bringest down people under me: 49 Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and liftest me up from them that resist me; from the wicked man thou shalt deliver me. 50 Therefore will I give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name; 51 Giving great salvation to his king, and showing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever. CHAP. XXIII. 27m? last words of David. A catalogue of his valiant men. NOW these are David's last words. David the son of Isai said: The man to whom it was ap- pointed concerning the Christ of the God of Jacob, the excellent psalmist of Israel said : 2 The Spirit of the Lord hath spoken by me, and his word by my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God. 4 As the light* of the morning, when the sun riseth, shineth in the morning without clouds, and as the grass springeth out of the earth by rain ; 5 Neither is my housef so great with God, that he should make with me an eternal covenant, firm in all things and assured. For lie is all my salvation, and all my will: neither is there aught thereof that springeth not up. 6 But transgressors shall all of them be plucked up as thorns, which are not taken away with hands. 7 And if a man will touch them, he must be arm- ed with iron, and with the staffof a lance : but they shall be set on fire, and burnt to nothing. 8 These are the names of the valiant men of Da- vid. JesbahamX sitting in the chair was the w isest chief among the three: he was like the most tender little worm of the wood, who killed eight hundred men at one onset. 9 After him was Eleazer the son of Dodo§ the Ahohite, one of the three valiant men that were with David when they defied the Philistines, and they were there gathered together to battle. one tender and weak, but was indeed most valiant and strong. It seems the Latin has here given the interpretation of the Hebrew name of the hero, to whom Jesbahum was like, instead of the name it- self, which was Mino the Eznite, one much renowned of old for his valour. } Dodo. In Latin, Pntrui ejus, which is the interpretation of the Hebrew name Dodo. The same occurs in vcr. M. 257 II. Kl.\«,- 10 And when the mm of Israel w < r« gone away, M mimmI .iii.I mota the Philistines (ill hi* band mi weary, and grew BtiflT with the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day: and the people that were there Bed away, returned to take spoils of them thai were slain. 1 1 And alter him was Srinnia the son of \zr of Arari. And the Philistines were leathered together iua tr(H>|»: tor there was ■ field lull ol" lentils. And v hen the people were fled from the face of the i'hilistii I J 1 1, -tood in the midst of the field, and defend edit, and defeated the Philistines: and the Lord i rreal rictOI v . I ; Moreover also before this the three who were princes among the thirty, went down and came to David in the harvest time into the cave of Odol- lim: and the camp ol the Philistines was in the \ alley of the giants. 14 And David was thru in a hold : and there w is a garrison of the Philistines then in Bethle- hem. 15 And David longed, and said : O that some man would aire me a drink of the water out ol the cistern, that is in Methlelieui by the gate. Itj Ami the three valiant nun broke throimh the eamp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the eistern of Bethlehem, that was hv the gate, and brought it to David: hut he would not drink, but of- fered it to the Lord, 17 Saying: The Lord he merciful to me, that 1 may not do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that went, and the peril of their lives' therefore be would not drink. These things did these three mighty men. Musai also the brother of .loah the son of Sal- via, was chief among three: and be lifted up his spear against three hundred, whom he slew: and he was renowned BflOOng the three. 19 And the noblest of time, and was their thief: but to the three first he attained not. 20 And Banaias the son of Joiada a most valiant man, of meat deeds, ofCabscel: he slew the two lions of Moab: and he went down, and slett a lion in the midst of a pit, in the time of snow . 21 He also slew an Egyptian, a man worthy to be ;i sight, baring a spear in his hand : but he went down to him with a rod, and forced the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slew him with his o\v ii spear. 22 These things did Banaias the son of Joiada. 23 And he in//; renowned anions ike three va- liant men, who wore the most honourable among the thirty: but he attained not to the liist three: and I >.u id made him of his privy council. 24 Asael the brother of .loah was one of the thim. I'.lehanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, Scminaof llatodi, Rlica of Harodi. 16 lleles of Phalli, llira the son of Acres of Thecua, Uue/.er of Anathoth. Mobonnai ofllusati, Selmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netopha- thite, 29 Heled the son ofBaana, aire ■ \< fw hathrte, I thai the son of Hiliai ol (iabaath ol the children of lit njamin, 30 Banaia the I'haratlionite, lleddai of the tor- rem Gaaa, 31 Abialbonthe Arbathite, A/.maveth of Ibromi, 32 Kliahaof Salaboui. The Sons of Jaaaea, Jona- than. 33 Scmma of Orori, Aliannhe son of Savsjf the Arorite, 34 Kliphclct the son of AasfJW the son of Macha- ti, Kliainthc son of Achitophel the (ielonitc, 35 llesrai of Carmel, Pbarai of Arh'r, • ■!'• L.ial the son ol .Nathan ol Sobs, I ^ . 1 1 1 1 i of (iadi, 37 Selec of Ammoni, Naharai the Berothite, ar- mour-bearer of Joab the son of Sar\ la, 38 Ira the Jethrite, Garcbalsoa Jethiile, 39 Urias the Hethite; thirty and seven in all. CHAT. XXIV. David numbcrrth the jtrojih : Hod sendt th a pestilence, trhich it tUipt by Durid's prayer and sacrifice. \ ND the anger of the Lord was Bgauj kindled •*"*- against Israel, and stirred Up* David among them, saving: Go, number Israel and.luda. 2 And the kin« s;iil Ma- il of Joiada. who dew him, and he died. 26 And the kiim said also to tbiathar the priest: Goto ViMfhoth to thy lands; lor indeed thou art Worthy of death: l>nt I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst carry the ark of the Lord God before David m? lather, and hast endured trouble in all the troubles mv lather endured. 27 So Solomon east out Abiathar, from being the priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might Ik.* fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house of Heli in Silo. 28 And the news came to Joab, because Joah had turned after Adonias, nod had not turned after Solomon : ami Joab lied into the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold on the horn of the altar. 29 And it was told kins Solomon, that Joab was fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and was by the altar: and Solomon sent Banaias the son of Joiada, - 1\ ing: ( '">, kill him. • ><> Ami Banaias came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him : Thussaith the king: Come forth. And he said: I will not come forth: but here I Will die. Banaias brought word hack to the kinii, saying: Tims saith Joah. and thus he answered me. 31 \nd the king said to him : Do as he hath said: and kill him, and bury him: and thou shall remove the innocent blood which hath been shed by Joab, from me, and from the house of my father. 32 \u I the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, because he murdered two men. just ami better than himself: and slew them with the sword, mv father David not knowing it, Abner the son of Ner, general of the armv of Israel, and Amasa the son of .lether, general of the armv of Juda. \ud their blood shall return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed forever. But to David, and his seed, and his house, and to his throne, be pence for ever from the Lord. So Banaias the son of Joiada went up. and setting upon him slew him: and he was buried in his house in the desert. \nd the king ■ppohtted Banaias the son of Joiada in his room over the armv: and Sadoc the priest he put in the place of Abiathar. .'>''> The king also sent, ami called for Semei, and said to him: Build thee a house hi Jerusalem, and d\\ c|| there: and go not out Iron thence anv whither. 87 For on what day soever than shall go out, and sh dt pass over the hrook Cedron, know that thou shah be put to death : thy Mood shall be upon thy own head : \nd Semei said to the kins: The saving ia I : as mv lord the kins hath said, so will tliv ser- \ mt do. And Semei dwelt in Jerusalem main days. Higk pltrn That iv altar* whnrr IIk-v wnrthipiwd IbS t^inl. Iml linir Inthr ■• .film law; which allnwi-d tt Ml for MoriBoe but tin' i'ii>|>l<' •<<" '•"< Amour tbeae high i>l 39 And it came to pass after tnree years, that the Servants of Semei ran away to Achis the son of Maacha the king of Geth : and it was told Semei, that his servants were gone to Goth. U> And Semei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Achis to Geth, to seek his servants : and lie brought them out of Geth. 41 And it was told Solomon that Semei had gone from Jerusalem to Geth, and was come back. 42 And sending he called for him. and said to him: Did I not protest to tine by the Lord, and tell thee before: On what day soever thou shall go out, and walk abroad any whither, know that thou shall die? And thou answeredst me: The word that I have heard is good. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee? 4V And the king said to Semei: Thou .know est all the evil, of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father: the Lord hath re- turned thy wickedness upon thy own head : 45 And kin:; Solomon shall Ik- blessed: and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever. 46 So the king commanded Banaias the son of Joiada : and he went out, and struck him : and he died. CHAP. III. Solomon marrirth Pharao's iliiusihtrr. Jfr sarn 'fires in Clnhaon i in the choice rrhich doit truer him, he fireft rrdh malum. Hit wise judgment between the two horlott. A ND the kingdom was established in the hand -^*- of Solomon: and he made affinity with IMia- rao the king of Egypt •" for he took his daughter, and brought her into the city of I >avid until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house ot the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2 But yet the people sacrificed in the high placefl :* for there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day. 3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David his father; only he sacrificed in the high places, and burnt incense. 4 He went therefore to Gabaon, to sacrifice there : for that was the great high place: a thousand victims for holocausts did Solomon offer upon that altar in Gabaon. 5 And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream Ivy night, saying: Ask what thou wilt (hat I should give thee. 6 And Solomon said: Thou hast shewn great mercy to thy servant David my father, even as he walked before thee in truth, and justice, ami an upright heart with thee: and thou hast kept thv great mercy for him, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Lord God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David mv lather : and I am but a child, and know not how to go out and come in. iii.it nf Caba»n wa» the chiefest, became there »« tb< !r >t (he teatimonv, which bad been remove il from Silo in .Nobc, and (Vrtn Nobe to Gabaoji. CHAP. IV. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of the people which thou hast chosen, an immense people, which cannot be numbered nor counted tor multitude. 9 Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, and discern between good and evil. For who shall be able to judge this people thy people which is so numerous. 10 And the word was pleasing to the Lord that Solomon had asked such a thing. 11 And the Lord said to Solomon: Because thou hast asked this thing, and bast not asked for thy- self long life nor riches, nor the lives of thy enemies, but hast asked for thyself wisdom to discern judg- ment, 12 Behold, I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understand- ing heart ; insomuch that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee. 13 Yea, and the things also which thou didst not ask, I have given thee : to wit, riches and glory, so that no one hath been like thee among the kings in all days heretofore. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days. 15 And Solomon awaked, and perceived that it was a dream : and when he was come to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims of peace-offerings, and made a great feast for all his servants. 16 Then there came two women that were har- lots, to the king, and stood before him : 17 And one of them said: I beseech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house ; and I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber. 18 And the third day, after that I was delivered, she also was delivered ; and we were together, and no other person with us in the house, only we two. 19 And this woman's child died in the night: for in her sleep she overlaid him. 20 And rising in the dead time of the night, she took my child from my side, while I thy handmaid was asleep, and laid it in her bosom: and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead : but considering him more diligently when it was clear day, 1 found that it was not mine which I bore. 22 And the other woman answered : It is not so as thou sayest : but thy child is dead, and mine is alive. On the contrary she said : Thou best : for my child liveth ; and thy child is dead. And in this manner they strove before the king. 23 Then said the king : The one saith : My child is alive ; and thy child is dead. And the other an- awereth: Nay, but thy child is dead; and mine liveth. 24 The king therefore said : Bring me a sword. And when they had brought a sword before the king, • Mialhar. By this it appears that Abiathar was not altogether de- posed from the high-priesthood ; but only banished to his country 25 Divide, said he, the living child in two; and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 But the woman, whose child was alive, said to the king : (for her bowels were moved upon her child :) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said : Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. 27 The king answered, and said : Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed ; for she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged : and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment CHAP. IV. Solomon's chief officers. His riches and wisdom. \ ND king Solomon reigned over all Israel : -^*- 2 And these were the princes which he had : Azarias the son of Sadoc the priest : 3 Elihoreph, and Abia, the sons of Sisa, scribes: Josaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder : 4 Banaias the son of Joiada, over the army : and Sadoc and Abiathar* priests. 5 Azarias the son of Nathan, over them that were about the king : Zabud the sou of Nathan, priest, the king's friend : 6 And Ahisar governor of the house : and Ado- niram the son of Abda over the tribute. 7 And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and lor his household : for every one provided necessaries, each man his month in the year. 8 And these are their names : Benhur, in mount Ephraim. 9 Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, and in Bethsames, and in Elon, and in Bethanan. 10 Benhesed in Aruboth: his was Socho, and all the land of Epher. 1 1 Benabinadab, to whom belonged all Nephath- Dor : he had Tapheth the daughter of Solomon to wife. 12 Bana the son of Ahilud, who governed Tha- nac, and Mageddo, and all Bethsan, which is by Sarthana beneath Jezrael, from Bethsan unto Abel- mehula over-against Jecmaan. 13 Bengaber, in Ramoth Galaad : he had the towns of Jair the son of Manasses in Galaad: he was chief in all the country of Argob, which is in Basan, threescore great cities, with walls and brazen bolts. 14 Ahinadab the son of Addo was chief in Ma- naim. 15 Achimaas in Nephtali : he also had Basematb the daughter of Solomon to wife. 16 Baana the son of Husi, in Aser and in Ba- loth. 17 Josaphat the son of Pharue, in Issachar. 18 Semei the son of Ela in Benjamin. 19 Gaber the son of Uri, in the land of Galaad, in the land of Sehon the king of the Amorrhites and of house, and by that means excluded from the exercise of his func- tions. 263 III. KINGS. Or the kin:: of Basan, overall that were in that land. inil.t unci Israel wen innumerable, as the -and of ili. s( .1 in multitude ; catitu and drinking, and miim. J I Vinl Solamon had uvaser him all the king- dom! from the river* to the land ol the Philistine! even io the border of Egypt : and thej brought 1 him presents, and served him all the days of his life. JJ \inl the provision of Solomon for eaeh day, w i- thing meaMires of line Hour, and threescore measures of meal, Ten fat oxen, and twenty out of the pastures, and a hundred rams, besides venison of harts, i and bullies, and fatted fowls. lor he had all the country which wnshevond the river, from Thaphsa to ( la/.an, and all (he kim:s ol those countries : and he had peace on every side round about \ml Juda and Israel dwelt without any fear, ever? one under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon. 16 \nd Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot home, and twelve thousand for tin- saddle. J7 And the foresaid governors of the king l\t\ them : and they furnished the necessaries also for kin- Solomon's table, with great care in their time. Ilie\ bro ugh t barley also and straw for the horses, and beasts, to the place where the king was, according as it was appointed them. _".» And God nave to Solomon wisdom and un- deisiandinii exceeding much, and largeness of heart as ilo- sand that is on the sea shore. 30 And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the Orientals, and ol the Egyptians: 31 Ami he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan the L/.rahitc, and lleinan, and Chalcol, and Dorda the Bona of mahol : and be was renowned in all nations round about. Solomon also spoke three thousand parables:! and his poems were a thousand and live. \iiil lie treated about trees from the cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop thai comelhout ol the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34 And they came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who heard of his wisdom. (II \l\ \. Hiram king of Tiire agrnlh to furnish timlxr anil tnirkmrn far builtling tltttmplr: tin- mumher nf imrkmrn ami avirtrrrs. AND Hiram kin- of Tyre sent his servants to lomon : for lie heard that the\ had anointed him kin- in the room of his father : for Hiram had always been David's friend. \nd Solomon sent to Hiram, saying: IIioii knowest the will of David inv father, and thai he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the a of h s lei t. • TV rtW. r.m*rat«. 4 TVm rfcoMi— i porubltt. I( e - Tlieac work* arc all lo»t, excptinfrl BJM \ But BOW the Lord my God hath given me i my name. 6 Give orders therefore thai thy servants cut me down cedar trees out of Libanus : and let my scs- vants be with thy servants : and I w ill riff tbi e the hire of thy servants whatsoever thou will ask : for thou knowesi how there is uol anions my people a man that has skill to hew wood like to the Sidonians. 7 Now w hen Hiram had heard the wools , |" Solomon, he rejoiced exceedingly, and said : Mes- sed bathe Lord God this day, vi hohatrh niven to David a very wise son over this numerous ppM le. 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have heard all thon hast desired of me: and I will do all thy desire c on c e r ning cedar trees, and lirtn i s. 9 My servants shall bring them down from Lib** nus to the sea, audi will put them together in ioats in the sea, and convey them to the place, which thou shalt signify to me; and will land them there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt allow me necessaries, to furnish food for my household. 10 So Hiram nave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees, according to all his desire. 11 And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty thou- sand measures of wheat, for provision lor his house, and twenty measures of the purest oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram every vear. 12 And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon : and they two made a league togetlier. 13 And kins Solomon chose workmen oui of all Israel ; and the levy was of thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent tin -in to Libanus, ten thousand every month by turns, so that two months thej wcie at homeland Adoniram was aver this lew. 15 And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in (he mountain : 16 Besides the overseers who were over evi i v work, in number three thousand, and three hundred that ruled over the people, and I hem that did the work* 17 And the king commanded, that they should bring great Stone*, COStly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them: 18 And the masons of Solomon, and the masons of Hiram hewed (hem: and the (iiblians prepared timber and stones to build the house. CHAP. vi. The building qf Solomon's trmpfe. AND it Came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth vear after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, ill the fourth vear of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zh> (the •mm part of the parable* extant in tlw hook of I'ruverb* , and hit cbiaf puLm chUed th« Canticle of Canticle* CHAP. VI. same is the second month,) he began to build a house to the Lord. 2 And the house, which king Solomon built to the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height. 3 And tbere was a porch before the temple, of twenty cubits in length, according to the measure of the breadth of the temple: and it was ten cubits in breadth before the face of the temple. 4 And he made in the temple oblique windows. 5 And upon the wall* of the temple he built doors round about,} in the walls of the house round about the temple and the oracle :J and he made sides round about. 6 The floor that was underneath, was five cubits in breadth; and the middle floor was- six cubits in breadth; and the third floor was seven cubits in breadth. And he put beams in the house round about on the outside, that they might not be fasten- ed in the walls of the temple. 7 And the house when it was in building, was built of stones hewed and made ready :§ so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building. 8 The door for the middle side wason the right hand of the house: and by winding stairs they went up to the middle room, and from the middle to the third. 9 So he built the house, and finished it: and he covered the house with roofs of cedar. 10 And he built a floor over all the house fivecubits in height: and he covered the house with timber of cedar. 11 And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying: , ... 12 This house, which thou buildest, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments, walking in them, I will fulfil my word to thee, which I spoke to Da- vid thy father. 13 And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 15 And he built the walls of the house on the in- side, with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the top of the walls, and to the roofs, be covered it with boards of cedar on the inside : and he cover- ed the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built up twenty cubits with boards of cedar at the hinder part of the temple, from the floor to the top; and made the inner house of the oracle to be the Holy of Holies. 17 And the temple itself before the doors of the oracle was forty cubits long. 18 And all the house was covered within with ce- dar, have the turnings, and the joints thereof artful- ly wrought, and carvings projecting out: all was covered with boards of cedar : and no stone could be seen in the wall at all. * Upon the watt, i. e. joining to the wall. f He built floors round about. Chambers or cells adjoining to the tem- ple, for the use of the temple and of the priests, so contrived as to be between the inward and outward wall of the temple, in three stories, one above another. LI 19 And he made the oracle in the midst of the house, in the inner part, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 20 Now the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height. And he covered and overlaid it with most pure gold. And the altar also he covered with cedar. 21 And the house before the oracle he overlaid with most pure gold, and fastened on the plates with nails of gold. 22 And there was nothing in the temple that was not covered with gold : the whole altar of the ora- cle he covered also with gold. 23 And he made in the oracle two cherubims of olive-tree, of ten cubits in height. 24 One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub was five cubits : that is, in all ten cubits, from the extremity of one wing to the extremity of the other wing. 25 The second cherub also was ten cubits: and the measure, and the work was the same in both the cherubims : 26 That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits high, and in like manner the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubims in the midst of the inner temple : and the cherubims stretched forth their wings ; and the wing of the one touched one wall ; and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall : and the other wings in the midst of the tem- ple touched one another. 28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 29 And all the walls of the temple round about he carved with divers figures and carvings: and he made in them cherubims and palm-trees, and divers representations, as it were standing out, and coming forth from the wall. 80 And the floor of the house he also overlaid with gold within and without. 31 And in the entrance of the oracle he made little doors of olive-tree, and po.-ts of five corners. 32 And two doors ot olive-tree : and he carved upon them figures of cherubims, and figures of palm- trees, and carvings very much projecting; and he overlaid them with gold: and he covered both the cherubims and the palm-trees, and the other things with gold. 33 And he made in the entrance of the temple, posts of olive-tree four-square : 34 And two doors of fir-tree, one of each side and each door was double, and so opened with fold- ing leaves. 35 And he carved cherubims, and palm-trees, and carved work standing very much out : and lie overlaid all with golden plates in square work by rule. 36 And he built the inner court with three rows of polished stones, and one row of beams of cedar. | The oracle. The inner temple or holy of holies, where God- gave his oracles. { Made ready, fyc. So the stones for the building: of God's eternal temple in the heavenly Jerusalem, (who are the faithful) must first bo hewn and polished here by many trials and sufferings, before they can be admitted to have a place in that celestial structure. 265 III. KINGS 37 In the fourth mi was the house of the Lord Founded in the month Zio: »Aod in ili«- eleventh \.ar in tin- month Bui (which is the eighth month) tin- bouse was finished in ;ill tin- works thereof, and in all the appurtenan- ces thereof: and he was m rea years in building it. (HAP. VII. Solomon t palace, hit house in the forest, and the queen's house : the tevrk of the tu-o pillars : the sea ( or laver) and other ves- MttS, AND Solomon built his own house in thirteen -*•-*- years, aud brought it to perfection. 2 He built also the boose of the forest of Liba- mis: tl„ length oi it was a IiiiikIk - '|iuntitv of water whirh was usually put into it t.ut ,i capahh-, if Ma full, of holding 3000. See 'l Pmratip. iv. i, 7. CHAP. VIII. 31 The mouth also of the lnver within, was in the top of the chapiter: and that which appeared without, was of one cubit all round ; and together il was one cubit and a half: and in the corners of I he pillars were divers engravings : and the spaces be- tween the pillars were square, not round. 32 And the four wheels, which were at the four corners of the base, were joined one to another un- der the base : the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 And they were such wheels as are used to he made in a chariot: and their axletrees, and spokes, and strakes, and naves, were all cast. 34 And the four undersetters that were at every corner of each base, were of the base itself cast and joined together. * 35 And in the top of the base there was a round compass of half a cubit, so wrought that the laver might be set thereon, having its gravings, and divers sculptures of itself. 36 He engraved also in those plates, which were of brass, ana in the corners, cherubims, and lions, and palm-trees, in likeness of a man standing, so that they seemed not to be engraven, but added round about. 37 After this manner he made ten bases, of one casting and measure, and the like graving. 38 He made also ten lavers of brass : one laver contained four bases, and was of four cubits : and upon every base, in all ten, he put as many lavers. 39 And he set the ten bases, five on the right side of the temple, and five on the left: and the sea he put on the right side of the temple over-against the east southward. 40 And Hiram made cauldrons, and shovels, and basins, and finished all the work of king Solomon in the temple of the Lord. 41 The two pillars and the two cords of the cha- piters, upon the chapiters of the pillars: and the two net-works, to cover the two cords, that were upon the top of the pillars. 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two net-works : two rows of pomegranates for each net- work, to cover the cords of the chapiters, which were upon the tops of the pillars. 43 And the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases. 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea. 45 And the cauldrons, and the shovels, and the basins. All the vessels that Hiram made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of fine brass. 46 In the plains of the Jordan did the king cast them in a clay ground, between Socoth and Sar- than. 47 And Solomon placed all the vessels: but for exceeding great multitude the brass could not be weighed. 48 And Solomon made all (he vessels for the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, upon which the loaves of proposition should <>e set: 49 And the golden candlesticks, five on the right hand, and five on the left, over-against the oracle, of pure gold : and the flowers like lilies, and the lamps over them of gold : and golden snuffers, 50 And pots, and flesh-hooks, and bowls, and mortars, and censers, of most pure .gold . and the hinges for the doors of the inner house of the holy of holies, and for the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. 51 And Solomon finished all the work that he made in the house of the Lord ; and brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, tin; silver and the gold, and the vessels; and laid them up in the treasures of the house of the Lord. CHAP. VIII. The dedication of the temple : Solomon's prayer and sacrifices. IT HEN all the ancients of Israel with the princes - of the tribes, and the heads of the families of the children of Israel were assembled to king Solo- mon in Jerusalem ; that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, that is, out of Sion. 2 And all Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon on the festival day in the month of Etha- nim, the same is the seventh month. 3 And all the ancients of Israel came ; and the priests took up the ark, 4 And carried the ark of the Lord, and the taber- nacle of the covenant, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, that were in the tabernacle: and the priests and the Levites carried them. 5 And king Solomon, and all the multitude of Is- rael, that were assembled unto him, went with him before the ark: and they sacrificed sheep and oxen that could not be counted or numbered. 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims. 7 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and covered the ark, and the staves thereof above. 8 And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of them were seen without in the sanctuary before the oracle, but were not seen farther out: and there they have been unto this day. 9 Now in the ark there was nothing else* but the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the sanctuary, that a cloud filled the house of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. 12 Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud. ♦ Nothing eht, SfC. There was nothing else but the tables of the law within the ark. But on the outside of the ark, or near the ark, were als., the rod of Aaron, and a golden urn, with manna lleb. ix. 4 267 ill. ki.v.s. 13 Building I have buih a house for t liy dwell- in_. to be thv uiosr firm throne for evt r. 11 And the king turned liis face, and blessed nil tbe assemblj of Israel: tor all the assembly of Israel <■ die Lord the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David iu\ father, and w it li his own bands hatfa accomplish- ed it. s;i\ log : 16 Since the dav that [brought my people Israel out of Egypt* I chose no city nut of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be bout, thai my name might l>e there: but I chose David to he over my people Israel. 17 And David niv father would have built a house to the name of the Lord the (iod of Israel : 18 And tin: Lord said to David my father: Whereas thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to niv name, thou hast done well in having this same thing i" thj mind. 19 Nevertheless thou shall not build meahouse: but thv son, that shal come forth out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name. 20 The Lord hath performed his word which he spoke: and I stand in the room of David my lather, and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord pro- mised ; and have built a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made w ith our fathers, when they came out of the land of I rypt. 22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards heaven: 23 And said : Lord (iod of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven above, or on earth beneath : who kcepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that have walked before thee with all their heart: 24 Who hast kept with tin servant David my fa- ther, what thou hast promised him: w ith thy mouth thou didst speak, and with thy hands thou hast per- formed, as this day provetb. 25 Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David niv father what thou hast s|H)ken to him, saying: There shall not lie taken away of thee a man in my si^ht, to sit on the throne of Israel: yet so that thv children take heed to their way, that they walk la-fore me as thou hast walked in iu\ sight. 2(> And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy ser- vant David my father. J/ Is it then to be thought that God should in- di ed dwell upon earth? for if heaven and theheavens of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built? i'.ut have regard to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications. <) Lord m\ (iod: hear the hymn and the prayer, which thj servant prayeth be- fore thee this t\.i\ : 29 That thy eyes max be open Upon this house night and day: upon the house of which thou hast said : My name shall be there : that thou mayst hear- ken to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth in this place to thee. 'M That thou mayst he;u ken to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, whatsoever they shall pray for in this place; and hear them in the | dace of thy dwelling in heaven; anil when thou hearest. show them ineivv. 31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and have an oath upon him, wherewith he is hound, ami come because of the oath, before thy altar to thy house. 12 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the w icked. and bringiug his WSJ Upon his own head; and justifying thejust, and rewarding him according to his justice. 'M If thv people Israel shall fly before their ene- mies (because they will sin against thee) and doing penance, and confessing to thy name, shall come. and pray, and make supplications to thee in this house : 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them back to the land which thou gavest to their lathers. 35 If heaven shall be shut up. and there shall be no rain, because of their sins, and they praying in this place, shall do penance to thy name, and shall be converted from their sins, by occasion of their af- flictions: 36 Then hear thou them in heaven; and forgive the sins of thy servants, and of thy people lsrat i : and show them the good way wherein tiny should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thv people in possession. 37 If a famine arise in the land, or a pestilence, or corrupt air, or blasting, or locust, or mildew, if their enemy afflict them besieging the gates, what- soever plague, whatsoever inliimity, 38 Whatsoever curse or imprecation shall happen to any man of thy people Israel: when a man shall know the wound of his own heart, and shall Spread forth his hands in this house, 39 Then hear thou in heaven, in the place of thy dwelling; and forgive, and do so as to give to every one according to his ways, as thou shalt see his heart, (for thou only knowest the heart of all the children of men) 40 That they may fear thee all the dav i that they live upon the face of the land, which thou hast given to our fathers. 41 Moreover also the stranger, who is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far coon- trv for thy name's sake, (for they shall hear cm rj where of thv great name and thy mighty hand, 42 And thy stretched-out arm) so when he shall come, and shall pray inthis place, 43 Then hear thou in heaven in the firmament of thy dwelling-place; and do all those things, for which that stranger shall call upon thee: that all the people of the earth may ham to fear thy name, as do thy people Israel: and may prove thai ihi name is called upon on this house, which I ha> a built. CHAP. IX. 44 If thy people so out to war against their ene- mies, by what way soever thou shalt send them, they shall pray to thee towards the way of the city which thou hast chosen, and towards the house which I have built to thy name: 1 ..■") And then hear thou in heaven their prayers, and their supplications, and do judgment for them. 46 But if they sin against thee (for there is no man who sinneth not) and thou being angry deliver them up to their enemies, so that they be led away cap- tives into the land of their enemies far or near, 47 Then if they do penance in their heart in the place of captivity, and being converted, make sup- plication to thee in their captivity, saying: We have sinned; we have done unjustly; we have commit- ted wickedness: 48 And return to thee with all their heart, and all their sonl, in the land of their enemies, to which they have been led captives; and pray to thee towards the way of their land, which thou gavest to their fa- thers, and of the city which thou hast chosen, and of the temple which I have built to thy name : 49 Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament of thy throne, their prayers, and their supplications, and do judgment for them: 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their iniquities, by which they have transgressed against thee : and gave them mercy before them that have made them captives, that they may have compassion on them. 51 For they are thy people, and thy inheritance, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron. 52 That thy eyes may be open to the supplica- tion of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, to hear them in all things for which they shall call upon thee. 53 For thou hast separated them to thyself for an inheritance from among all the people of the earth, as thou hast spoken by Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. 54 And it came to pass, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, that he rose from before the altar of the Lord: for he had fixed both knees on the ground, and bad spread his hands towards heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: 56 Blessed be the Lord, who hath given rest to •his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed so much as one word of all the good things that he promised by his servant Moses. 57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers, and not leave us, nor cast us off*: 58 But may he incline our hearts to himself, that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his com- mandments, and his ceremonies, and all his judg- ments which he commanded our fathers. 59 And let these my words, wherewith I have prayed before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he may do judgment for his servant, and for his people Israel day by day: 60 That a" the people of the earth may know that the Lord he is God, and there is no ouier be- sides liim. 61 Let our hearts also be perfect with the Lord our God, that we may walk in his statutes, and keep his commandments,as at this day. 62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offer- ed victims before the Lord. 63 And Solomon slew victims of peace-offerings, which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and the children of Israel dedica- ted the temple of the Lord. 64 In that day the king sanctified the middle of the court, that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered the holocaust, and sacrifice, and fat of the peace-offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the Lord, was too little to receive the holocaust, and sacrifice, and fat of the peace-of- ferings. 65 And Solomon made at the same time a solemn feast, and all Israel with him, a great multitude from the entrance of Emath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, that is, fourteen days. 66 And on the eighth day he sent away the people : and they blessed the king, and went to their dwell- ings rejoicing and glad in heart for all the good things that the Lord bad done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. CHAP. IX. The Lord appeareth again to Solomon : he buildeth cities : he sendeth ajlcetto Ophir. \ ND it came to pass when Solomon had finished J -*- the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he desired and was pleased to do, 2 That the Lord appeared to him the second time, as he had appeared to him in Gabaon. 3 And the Lord said to him : I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, which thou hast made before me: I have sanctified this house, which tho • hast built, to put my name there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there always. 4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as thy father walked, in simplicity of heart,* and in uprightness; and wilt do all that 1 have commanded thee, and wilt keep my ordinances, and my judgments: 5 I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, as I promised David thy father, say- ing: There shall not fail a man of thy race upon the throne of Israel. 6 But if you and your children revolting shall turn away from following me; and will not keep my commandments, and my ceremonies, which 1 have set before you; but will go and worship strange gods, and adore them: 7 I will take away Israel from the face of the land which I have given them: and the temple * .fls thy father walked, in simplicity of heart. That is, in the sincerity and integrity of a single heart, as opposite to all iouble dealing and deceit. 269 III. KIN which I hare sanctified to my name, I will cast out <>i inv sight: and Israel shall be a proverb, and a by- word anion:; all people* \iiil tins house shall be made an example <>f: every out- that shall paasb] it. shall be astonished, and sliall hiss, and say : Why hath the Lord dour thus to tliis land, and to this lion 9 \nd they shall answer: Beoaaae they forsook the Lord theii God, who brought chow father*, uut of the l.uid of Egypt, and followed strange goda, and adored them, and worshipped them : therefore hath the Lord brought npon them all this evil. 10 And when twenty years were ended, after SokxBOfl had built the two houses, that is, the house of the Lord, and the bouseoftbe kin.. 11 (Hiram the king of Tyre furnishing Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and sold according to all he had need of) then Solomon gave Hiram twen- ty cities in the laud of Galilee. I J And Hiram i line out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him: and they pleased hun not : 1-i And be said: Are these the cities which thou hist given mc. brother? And be catted them the land of ('babul,* unto this da\. 1 \ And Hiram sent to king Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold. I") This is the sum of the expenses, which kin:; Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusa- lem, and lleser, and Mageddo, and Gazer. 16 i'harao the king ol Egypt came up and took Gazer, and burnt it with tire: and' slew the Cha- naanite that dwelt in the eity ; and gave it for a (low ry to his daughter Solomon's wife. 17 So Solomon built Gazer, and Bethhoron the nether, lb* And Malath, and Palmira in the land of the wilderness. 19 And all the towns that belonged to himself, and were not watted, be fortified; the cities also of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and whatsoever he had a mind to build in Jerusalem, and in Libanus, and in all the laud of his dominion. 20 All the people that were left of the Amorr- bttes. and llelhites, and I'here/.ites, and llevites, and Jebusites. that are not of the children of Israel ; 21 Their children, that were left in the land, to St it. such as the children of Israel had not been able to destroy; Solomon made tributary unto this (lax . JJ But of the children of Israel Solomon made not any to be bond-men: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and captains, and overseen of the chariots and hot \nd there were five hundred and fifty chief ol'li OVei all the works of Solomon : and they hid people under them, and had charge over the ap- pointed works. \ud the daughter of Pharao came up out of the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built lor her: then did he build .Mello. CAatW. That i», dirty or di«pl«uia(. I7Q i Solomon also offered three times every real holocausts, and victims of peace-offerings upon the altar which he had built to the Lord: and he burnt incense before the Lord: and the temple was finished. I And kirn; Solomon made a fleet in Asionga- ber. which is by Ailalh on the shore of the lb d Sea, in the land of Ldom. 27 And Hiram sent his servants in the licet, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 2b" And they came to Opliir: and they brought from tin nee to kins Solomon four hundred and twenty talents of gold. CHAP. X. 'llir qurrn of Saba come I A to kin if Salomon: hit richrt and glory. AND the queen of Saba, having heard of the fame -£*- of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to try him with hard questions. 2 \nd entering into Jerusalem with a great train, and riches, and camels that carried spices, and an immense quantity of gold, and precious stones, she came to kin;; Solomon, and spoke to him all that she had in her heart. 3 And Solomon informed her of all the things she proposed to him : there was not any word the kin;; was ignorant of, and which he eould not an- swer her. 4 And when the queen of Saba saw all the ft i ,- dom of Solomon, and the house which he had built, 5 And the meat of his table, and the apartments of his servants, and the order of his ministers, and their apparel, and the cup-lxarers, and the holo- causts which he offered in the house of die Lord; she had no longer any spirit in her: 6 And she said to the king: The report is true, which I heard in my own country, 7 Concerning thy words, and concerning thy w is- dom. And 1 did not believe them that told me, till I came myself, and saw with inv OW0 eyes, and have found that the half hath not been (old me: thy wisdom, and thy works, exceed the fame which I heard. 8 Blessed are thy men, and blessed arc thy ser- vants, who Stand before thee always, and hear thy w isdom. 9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, whom thou hast pleased, and who hath set thee upon the throne of Israel; because the Lord hath loved Israel lor cur, and hath appointed thee king, to do judgment and justice. 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great store, and precious stones : there was brought no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon. 1 1 (The navy also of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir gnat plenty ol (liyine-trees, and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the fhftne-trees the rails of the house of the Lord, and ol the king's CHAP. XI. house, and citterns and harps for singers : there wiic no such thyiue-Ureesas these brought, nor seen unto this day.) 1.3 And king Solomon gave the queen of Saba all that she desired, and asked of him; besides what he offered her ol himself of his royal bounty. And she returned, and went to her own country with her servants. 14 And the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon every year, was six hundred sixty-six ta- lents of gold : 15 Besides that which the men brought him that were over the tributes, and the merchants, and they that sold by retail, and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the country. 16 And Solomon made two hundred shields of the purest gold: he allowed six hundred sides of gold for the plates of one shield : 17 And three hundred targets of fine gold : three hundred pounds of gold covered one target : and the king put them in the bouse of the forest of Libanus. 18 King Solomon also made a great throne of ivorv, and overlaid it with the finest gold. 19 It had six steps : and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were two hands on either side holding the seat: and two lions stood, one at each hand. 20 And twelve little lions stood upon the. six steps on the one side and on the other: there was no such work made in any kingdom. 21 Moreover all the vessels, out of which king Solomon drank, were of gold: and all the furniture of the house of the forest of Libanus was of most pure gold : there was no silver; nor was any account made of it in the days of Solomon : 22 For the king's navy, once in three years, went with the navy of Hiram by sea to Tharsis, and brought from thence gold, and silver, and elephant's teeth, and apes, and peacocks. 23 And king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches, and wisdom. 24 And all the earth desired to see Solomon's face, to hear his wisdom, which God had given in his heart. 25 And every one brought him presents, vessels of silver and of gold, garments and armour and spices, and horses and mules every year. 26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand four hundred cha- riots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he be- stowed them in fenced cities, and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 And he made silver to be as plentiful in Jeru- salem as stones; and cedars to be as common as sycamores which grow in the plains. zo" And horses were brought for Solomon out of Egypt and Coa : for the king's merchants brought them out of Coa, and bought them at a set price. 29 And a chariot of four horses came out of Egypt, for six hundred sides of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. And after this manner did all the kings of the Hethites, and of Syria sell horses CHAP. XI. Solomon by means of his wircxfalleth into idolatry : God rait' (ih him adversaries, Adud, Razon, and Jeroboam : Solomon dieth. AND king Solomon loved many strange women besides the daughter of Pharao, and women of Moab, and of Amnion, and of Edom, and of Sidon, and of the Hethites: 2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto them ; neither shall any of them come in to yours : for they will most certainly turn away your heart to follow their gods. And to these was Solomon join- ed with a most ardent love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart. 4 And when he was now old, his heart was turn- ed away by women to follow strange gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5 But Solomon worshipped Astarthe the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch the idol of tbe Am- monites. 6 And Solomon did that which was not pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David his father. 7 Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos the idol of Moab, on the hill that isover-against Jerusa- lem, and for Moloch the idol of the children of Am- nion. 8 And he did .in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sa- crifice to their gods. 9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon : be- cause his mind was turned away from the Lord the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not follow strange gods: but he kept not the things which the Lord commanded him. 1 1 The Lord therefore said to Solomon : Because thou hast done this, and hast not kept my covenant, and my precepts, which I have commanded thee, I will divide and rend thy kingdom ; and will give it to thy servant. 12 Nevertheless in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 Neither will I takeaway the whole kingdom: but I will give one tribe* to thy son lor the sake of David my servant, and Jerusalem which 1 have chosen. 14 And the Lord raised up an adversary to Solo- mon, Adad the Edomite of the king's seed, in Edom. 15 For when David was in Edom, and Joabthe general of the army was gone up to bury them that were slain, and had killed every male in Edom, 16 (For Joab remained there six months with all Israel, till he had slain every male in Edom,) * One tribe. Besides that of Juda, his own native tribe "1 ill. KINGS. 17 Thru AcJacJ lied. In- ;ui\ arose mil ul .Madian. and came into Pliaran: and iliev look men with them Iroin I'hnran. 41 d w. in into Lgypt l*» IMiarao the kin- ot I _\pt ; who gave bin a home, and appointed him rictuals, and assigned him land. 19 And Adad found EMM favour before I'harao: insomuch that be gave him to w ile, the own sister of ln> w it.- Taphaes the queen. SO And the sister <>i Taphaes bore him his son (iennliath: and Taphaes brought him tip in the house of I'harao: and (icuuhath dwell With i'ha- rao among his children. 21 And when Adad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joah the general of the army was dead, he said to I'harao: Let me de- part, that I may so to my own country. 21 And I'd ai io said to him: Why what is want- ing to thee with me, that thou seekest to go CO thy own eoimirv ? But he answered: Nothing: yet I be- st cell I bee lo let tne go. God also raised up against him an adversary, lla/.on the sou of Kliada, who had lied from his master Adarczer the kingofSoba .' I And be gathered nun against him: and he ■me a captain of robbers, when I hu id slew them qfSoba: and they weal lo Damascus, and dwelt there: and they made him kinii in Damascus. IS And lie was an adversary to Israel, all the davs of Solomon: and (his is the evil of Adad, and hi- hatred against Israel: and be reigned in Syria. K .lerohoam also the son of Mahal an Kphrathitc of Sareda.a servanl ol Solomon, whose uiotherwas named Sarua, a widow woman, lifted up his hand against the kinx. 27 Anil this is the cans.- of hi- rebellion against him, that Solomon huilt Mello. and Idled np the breach efthe city of David his father. \nd Jeroboam a as a valiant and mighty man : and Solomon Seeing him a young man ingenious and industrious, made him chief over the tributes of all the house of Joseph. 29 So it came to pass at that time, that .leroho- am went out of Jerusalem : and the prophet Ahias the Silonite, clad wiih anew garment, found him in the way: and thev two wen alone in the field. 30 And Ahias taking his new garment, where- with he was thee : 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but yet not forever. 40 Solomon therefore sought to kill .lerohoam: but he arose, and fled into Egypt to Sesac the king of Egypt, and was in Egypt nil the death of Solo- mon. 41 And the rest of the words of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom : behold, thev are all written in the Book of the words* of the days of Solomon. 42 And the days that Solomon reigned in Jeru- salem over all Israel, were forty years. 43 And Solomon slcptf with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father : and Kohoam his son reigned in his stead. CHAP XII. R/>ltoamfoHiiirirn; the cotnn.il of yuung men tiliiiia/i th from Urn the minds of tin jteople. 1 1n \i mnl.r Jin' tribe* : he srttith up itliili/tni. trolxHim kinx an , ten \ ND Rohoam went to Sichem: for thither were •**- all Israel come together to make him king. 2 But Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was yet iu Egypt, _a fugitive from the face of king Solomon, hearing of hia death, returned out of Egypt 3 And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel: and they spoke to Rohoam. say ing: 4 Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now therefore do thou take off a little of the grievous ser- viceof thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which he put Upon us; and we will serve thee. 5 And he said to them: Co till the third dav, and come to me again. And when the people was -one, 6 King Kohoam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solonion his father while he vet lived : and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people? • The Fook of Ou vordt, tft. Ttii» book is U>*t, hhIi re. 7 And the kin:; said to the man of God : Come home with me to dims and I will make thee pre- ■anta. \ud the man of God answered the king: It thou wouldst ^i\e me hall thy house, I will not go with tine, nor eat bread, nor drink water in this place : '.» For so it was enjoined me by the word of the Lord commanding me : Thou shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way that thoU lamest. Id So he departed by another way. and returned not l>\ the way that became into Bethel. 11 Nova certain old prophet dwelt hi Bethel: and his son- cone to him ; and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel : and they told their father the words which he had spoken to the king. U And their father said to them: What way went he' Hi- sons shewed him the wa\ by which the man of ihc way thou w cutest. 18 He said to him : I also am a prophet like un- to thee: and an Amiel spoke to me* in the word of the Lord, saying : Brum him back with thee in- to thy house, that be may eat bread, and drink wa- ter. He deceived him, 19 And brought him back with him : so he eat bread, and drank water in his havse. 20 And as they sat at table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back : -'1 And he cried out to the man of Got! who came outofJuda, saying: Thus saith the Lord : Because thou hast not been obedient to the Lord, and nasi not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded t Ii> 22 And hast returned and eaten bread, and drunk water in the place wherein he comm a nded thee that thou shouldst not eat bread, nor drink water, thy dead body shall not he brought into the sepul- chre of thy fathers. 23 Ann when be bad eaten and drunk, he sad- dled his ass for the prophet, whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was cone, a lion found him in the way, and killed him :f and his bodj was cast in the way : and the ass stood by him; and the lion stood by the dead body. 25 And behold, men passing by saw the dead body cast in the w ay, ami the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city, wherein that old prophet dwelt. 9SB And win n that prophet, who had brought him back out of the way, heard ol it. he said: It is the man ol (iod. that was disobedient to the mouth of the Lord: and the Lord hath delivered him to the lion : and he hath torn him, and killed him ac- cording to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to him. 27 And he said to his sons : Saddle me an ass. And when they had saddled, 28 And when he w as mme, he found the dcadhody caat in the way. and the ass and the lion Standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten of the dead body, nor hurt the BBS. ' And the prophet took up the l>ody of the man of God, and laid it upon the a-s : and going back. brought it into the city of the old prophet, to moinn for him. ;K) And he laid his dead bosh in his own sepul- chre : and they mourned o\cr him, saying : Alas! alas! my brother. 31 And when they had mourned over him, he said to his sons: When I am dead, bury me in the lie- m.n *JMre tlirm hereafter. Kor the opinion, i hat (In- .in of lhi» prophet, ea, wu Dot mortal. Iil% of divine* are ol with ail it* circnni CHAP. XIV. sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried : lay my hones beside his hones : 32 For assuredly the word shall come to pass which he hath foretold in the word of the Lord against the altar that is in Bethel, and against all the temples of the high places, that are in the cities ol Samaria. 33 After these words Jeroboam came not back from his wieked way: but on the contrary he made of the meanest of the people priests of the high pla- ces : whosoever would, he filled his hand ; and he was made a priest of the high places. 34 And for this cause did the house of Jeroboam sin, and was cut off, and destroyed from the face of the earth. CHAP. XIV. Ahiax prophesieth the destruction of the family of Jeroboam. He dieth, and is succeeded by his son Nadab. The King of Egypt talcclh and pillageth Jerusalem. Roboam dieth ; and his son Abiain succeedeth. AT that time Abia the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife : Arise, and change thy dress, that thou be not known to be the wile of Jeroboam, and go to Silo, where Ahias the prophet is, who told me, that I should reign over this people. 3 Take also with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a pot of honey, and go to him : for he will tell thee what shall become of this child. 4 Jeroboam's wife did as he told her ; and rising up went to Silo, and came to the house of Ahias : but he eould not see ; for his eyes were dim by rea- son of his age. 5 And the Lord said to Ahias : Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh in, to consult thee concerning her son that is sick : thus and thus shalt thou speak to her. So when she was coming in, and made as if she were another woman, 6 Ahias heard the sound of her feet coming in at the door; and said : Come in, thou wife of Jero- boam: why dost thou feign thyself to be another? But I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. 7 Go, and tell Jeroboam : Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel : Forasmuch as 1 exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel : 8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to thee, and thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my command- ments, and followed me with all his heart, doing that which was well pleasing in my sight : 9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee ; and hast made thee strange gods and molten Sods, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me ehind thy back : 10 Therefore behold, I will bring evils upon the house of Jeroboam ; and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is • The Book of the iror /s rf the days of the kings of Israel. This book wh^ch is often mentioned in the book of ki ir-s, is long- since lost. For u to the books of Paralipomenon or On onicl. j ^which the Hebrews call shut up, and the last in Israel: and I will sweep a\\iay the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as dung is swept away till all he clean. 11 Them that shall die of Jeroboam in the city, the dogs shall eat : and them that shall die in the field, the birds of the air shall devour : for the Lord hath spoken it. 12 Arise thou therefore, and go to thy house : and when thy feet shall be entering into the city, the child shall die, 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and shall bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall be laid in a sepulchre: because in his regard there is found a good word from the Lord the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. 14 And the Lord hath appointed himself a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jerobo- am in this day, and in this time : 15 And the Lord God shall strike 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 river: because they have made to themselves groves, to provoke the Lord. 16 And the Lord shall give up Israel for the sins of Jeroboam, whohath sinned, and made Israel tosin. 17 And the wife of Jeroboam arose, and depart- ed, and came to Thersa: and when she was com- ing in to the threshold of the house, the child died : 18 And they buried him. And all Israel mourn- ed for him according to the word of the Lord, which he spokeby thehandof his servant Ahiasthe prophet. 19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he fought; and how he reigned, behold, they are writ- ten in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel.* 20 And the days that Jeroboam reigned, w'ere two and twenty years: and he slept with his fa- thers: and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. 21 And Roboam the son of Solomon reigned in Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign : and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naama an Ammonitess. 22 And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed. 23 For they also built them altars and statues, and groves, upon every high hill, and under every green tree : 24 There were also the effeminate f in the land : and they did according to all the abominations of the people whom the Lord had destroyed before the face of the children of Israel. 25 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. 26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the king's treasures, and cairied the words of the days) they were certainly written after the book of king's ; since they frequently refer to them. . t The effeminate. Catamites, or men addicted to unnatural lust. 175 III. KINGS. all o(T: ;is also the >li"uKN of gold which Solomon Ilk] made : 27 \ml Roboam made shields of brass instead of them, and delivered them into the hand of the captains of the shield -bearers, itnd of them that kept watch before the gate of the king's house. \ml when the king went into the home of the Lord, they whose office it was to ^1 before him, carried them: and afterwards thej brought them back to the armoury of the shield-bearers. Now the rest of the acts of Roboam, and all thai In- did, behold, they arc written in the Hook of tin- words of the days of the kings of Juda. 30 And there was war between Roboam and Je- roboam alwa\ s. .'il And Roboam slept with Ids fathers, and u;i> buried with them in tin- city of David : and his mo- ther's name was Naaroa an Ammonites*; and Abiam his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XV. The actt of Abiam ami of .ha Lings of .huht : and iff Natlab mill liana kings oj lsra< I. NOW in the eighteenth year of the reign of Je- roboam the sou of Nabat, Abiam reigned ovei Jnda. 1 He reigned three years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Maaclia* the daughter of Abcs- salom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of I )a\ id bis father. 4 But for David's sake the Lord his God gate him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son alter him, and to establish Jerusalem : 5 Because David had done that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside from any thins that he commanded him, all the davs ol his life, except the matter of Unas the He- thite. 6 But there was war between Roboam and Je- roboaui all the time of his life. ', \nd the rest of the words of Abiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda ? And there was war between Abiam and Jeroboam. 8 And Abiam slept with his fathers: and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. 9 So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, reigned Asa kins of Jnda, 10 And he reigned one and forty years in Jerusa- lem. Mis mother'sf name was Maacha, the daugh- ter of Abe-salom. 1 1 And *sa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as did David his father: * Bfurti, (rr She in called el«ewhcre Michaia, daughter ofl .,. i but it wa» common in tboae day* for the same penon to hare two I * Ifu wwtkrr, *rt. That i«, hi» rran.linotl.rr; nnlcaa we *uppo*e, which i« n<>t improbable, that Maacha here named ie different from the Ma-vha mentioned, ver. t. ( Tktkigk /Um. There were attl— or Ugk placet of two different 12 And he took BWBj the effeminate out of the id : and lit n mow 1 his fathers bad made. i\ tin .'lit In- land : and he removed all the tilth ol the idols, which 13 Moreover he also removed his mother Ma scha, Irom being the princess in the sacrifices Oi Fria['tis, ami in the grow which she had consecrat- ed to him: and he destroyed her den, and broke in pieces the filthy idol, and burnt it In the torrent ( i dron: 11 But the high places} he did not take BW8V. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days: 15 Ami he brought in the things w hit h his father had dedicated, and he had \<>w en, into the house of the Lord. silver and gold, and \csscls. 16 \ml there was war between Asa, andBaasa kins of Israel all their days. 17 Anil Baasa kingof Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, that no man might go out or come in. of the side of Asa lung of Jnda. 1 8 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that re- mained in the treasures of the house ol the Lord, and in thetn asim s ( >l the king's house, and deliver- ed it into the hands of his servants; and sent tin into Benadad son of Tabieinon the son of He/ion, king of Syria, who dwelt iu DamaM :US, saving: 15) There is a league between me anil thee, and between my father and thy father: therefore I have sent thee presents of silver and gold: anil I desire thee to come, and break thy league with Baasa kins of Israel, that he may depart from me. JO Benaadad hearkening to kins Asa, Bent the captains of his arinv against the cities of Israel: and they smote Ahion, and Dan, and Aheldoinnin .Ma- acba, and all Ce on e r o t h; that is, all the land of Nephtali. Jl And when Baasa had heard this, he left tifl building Rama, and returned into Theraa. - But king Asa sent wortl into all Juda, saving: Let no man be BXCtSSed: and they took awa\ the stones from Bama, and the timber thereof, whcie- w it h Baasa had been building: and with them king Asa built Gabaa of Benjamin, and iWasphu. 23 But the rest of all the BCtfl ol \sa, and all his strength, andall that he did. aiidthecitiesthathe built, are they not written in the Book of the w ords ol the days 01 the kings of Juda? But in the time of his old age, be was diseased in hi*- feet. Jl And he slept with his lathers, and was buried with them in the city of David his lather. And Jo- saphat his son reigned in his place. 25 But Nadab the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel the second year of Asa kingof Juda: and he reigned over Israel two years. 26* And he did evil iu the sight of the Lord, and walketl 111 the wa\s of his father, and in his |k)S, wherewith he made Israel to mil UiimK Some were »et up, and dedicated to the wi>r-0.i|> of idoh, or ■tranfre {rods : and tboae A«a removed, < fWafi/xm. nv.2. ; olheii were onlv altar* of the true God, but were creeled contrary to the law, winch allowed of no sacrifice, but in the temple ; and time / • i."i iht Ijord. Ata bad hi* fault*, but never forsook the worship of the Lord. CHAP. XVI. 27 And Baasa the son of Ahias of the house of Issaehar, conspired against him, and slew him in Gebbethon, which is a city of the Philistines: for Nadah and all Israel besieged Gebbethon. 28 So Baasa slew him in the third year of Asa king of Juda, and reigned in his place. 29 And when he was king he cut off all the house Of Jeroboam : lie left not so much as one soul of his seed, till he had utterly destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite : 30 Because of the sin of Jeroboam, which he had sinned, and wherewith he had made Israel to sin, and for the offence wherewith he provoked the Lord the God of Israel. 31 But the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel? 32 And there was war between Asa and Baasa the king of Israel all their days. 33 In the third year of Asa king of Juda, Baasa the son of Ahias reigned all over Israel, in Thersa, four and twenty years. 34 And he did evil before the Lord, and walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sins, where- with he made Israel to sin. CHAP. XVI. Jehu prophesieth against Baasa. His son Ela is slain, and all his family destroyed by Zambri. Of the reign of A mri fa- ther of Achab. THEN the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani, against Baasa, saying : 2 Forasmuch as I have exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins : 3 Behold, I will cut down the posterity of Baasa, and the posterity of his house : and I will make thy house as the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat. 4 Him that dieth of Baasa in the city, the dogs shall eat : and him that dieth of his in the country, the fowls of the air shall devour. 5 But the rest of the acts of Baasa, and all that he did, and his battles, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel ? 6 So Baasa slept with his fathers, and was bu- ried in Thersa : and Ela his son reigned in his stead. 7 And when the word of the Lord came in the hand of Jehu the son of Hanani the prophet against Baasa, and against his house and against all the evil that he had done before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of his hands, to become as the house of Jeroboam : for this cause_ he slew him, that is to say, Jehu the son of Hanani, the prophet. 8 In the nix and twentieth year of Asa king of Juda, £la the son of Baasa resigned over Israel in Thersa two years. * In the one and thirtieth year, Sfc. Amri began to reign in the seven »nd twentieth year of Asa ; but had not quiet possession of the king- 9 And his servant Zambri, who was captain of half the horsemen, rebelled against him : now Ela was drinking in Thersa, and drunk in the house of Arsa the governor of Thersa. 10 And Zambri rushing in, struck him, and slew him in the seven and twentieth year of Asa king of Juda : and he reigned in his stead. 1 1 And when he was king, and sat upon his throne, he slew all the house of Baasa : and he left not one thereof to piss against a wall, and all his kinsfolks and friends. 12 And Zambri destroyed all the house of Baasa, according to the word of the Lord, that he had spoken to Baasa in the hand of Jehu the pro- phet, 13 For all the sins of Baasa, and the sins of Ela his son, who sinned, and made Israel to sin, pro- voking the Lord the God of Israel with their vani- ties. 14 But the rest of the acts of Ela, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel ? 15 In the seven and twentieth year of Asa king of Juda, Zambri reigned seven days in Thersa : now the army was besieging Gebbethon a city of the Philistines. 16 And when they heardthat Zambri hadrebelled, and slain the king, all Israel made Amri their king, who was general over Israel in the camp that day. 17 And Amri went up, and all Israel with him from Gebbethon : and they besieged Thersa. 18 And Zambri seeing that the city was about to be taken, went into the palace, and burnt himself with the king's house: ana he died 19 In his sins, which he had sinned, doing evil before the Lord, and walking in the way of Jero- boam, and in his sin, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 20 But the rest of the acts of Zambri, and of h's conspiracy and tyranny, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Is- rael ? 21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts : one half of the people followed Thebni the son of Gineth, to make him king : and one half followed Amri. 22 But the people that were with Amri, prevailed over the people that followed Thebni the son of Gineth : and Thebni died, and Amri reigned. 23 In the one and thirtieth year* of Asa king of Juda, Amri reigned over Israel, twelve years : in Thersa he reigned six years. 24 And he bought the hill of Samaria of Somer for two talents of silver: and he built upon it : and he called the city which he built Samaria after the name of Semer the owner of the hill. 25 And Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and acted wickedly above all that were before him. 26 And he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherewith he dom till the death of his competitor Thebni, which was in the one and thirtieth year of Asa's reign. 277 III. KINGS. made load tossa; to provoke ilir Lord the CJtnl of In H I in angCf w ith I In ir rank*. 27 Now the rest til tin iSJCtg tit \inri. and the hat ilea In- fought, an- tiny not written in dm Hook oi tin- words of the days of the kings of Israel ? \ ml Aniri slept with his fathers, and #81 buried in Samaria : anil Achah liis son rcLncd in his stead. Mow Achah the sou of Atnri retched over Is- rael in the eight and thirtieth year or Asa king of .Inda. And Aeliali the son of Amri reigned over in Vim ii it iwo and twenty rears. \ud \i lial) the son of Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. .11 Nor was it enoudi for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat : but be also t(H>k to wife Jeaabd daughter of Ethhaal kim; of the sido- niant. And he Went, and served Baal, and adored him. 32 knd be set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria: \nd be planted a grove : and Achabdid more to provoke the Lord the God of Israel, than all the kiims of Israel that were before him. 34 In his da vs Hiel of Bethel hnilt Jericho: in Ahirain his liist-born he laid its foundations: and in his vomiiiest SOO Beguh he set tip the gates (hereof; according to the word of the Lord, which he spok in the hand of Josue the son of Nun. (HAP. XVII. h'Jins shuttrth up the hravcn from minim:. lie is frd by ra- mi*, ami aftrrmirds by a widow of Sun /iltta. He ruiseth thr widow's son to life. A ND Klias the Theshite of the inhabitants of -£*- (ialaad said to Aehab : As the Lord liveth the God of Israel, in whose siiiht I stand, there shall not bedew nor rain these wars, but according to tin- words of mj month. I \nd the word of the Lord came to bim, saying: i t thee hence, and go towards the east ; and hide thyself by the torrent of (arith, which is over- agaittSl the Jordan : 4 And there thon shalt drink of the torrent: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee ihere. 5 So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord: and going, hedwi It by the torrent Carith, which is over-a^ainst the .Ionian. (J Ami the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evcnini; : and he drank of the torrent. 7 But after some time the torrent was dried tip : for it had not mined ii|h)ii the earth. h* Thin the word of the Lord came to him. saving: '.' kltSO, and goto Sarephta ol the SidoniattS,t and dwell I here : for I have commanded a widow- Woinail there to feed thee. 10 He arose, and went to Sarephta. And when he w .is come to the gate of the on the child three times: and cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord my God, let the soul of this child, I beseech thee, return into his body. 22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elias: and the soul of the child returned into him: and he re- * ived. 23 And Elias took the child, and brought him down from the upper chaml>cr to the house lielow , and delivered him to his mother, and said to her: Behold, thy son liveth. l\ And the woman said to Elias: Now, by this I know (hat thon art a man of God : and the word of the Lord in thy mouth is trie . CHAP. XVIII. Elias cometh before Ackab. He ronrinrtth ..W fnhr prophets by bringing firr from heaven : he olttaineth ram by his jinn/i r AFTER many days the word of the Lord came to Klias, in the third year, saying: Go, and f $n the earth, put his face between his knees: 1. ! Ami be Mai to his servant : Go up. and look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said: Then' is nothing. And again he said to him: Return seven times. H And at the seventh time : Behold, a little eloud arose out of tin sea like a -mail's foot And he said. Go up, and savtoAchab: Prenafe thy chariot, and ^o down, lest the rain prevent thee. 45 And while he turned himself this way and that w ay. behold, the heavens grew dark w ill) clouds and wind; and there fell a peal rain. And Achali getting up, went away to Jezrahel: 46 And the hand of the Lord was upon Klias: and he girded up his loins, and ran before Aehah, till he tame to Jezrahel. CHAP. XIX. in in-; from JrzahJ it fed bil an .-In?*-! in the drstrt ; and Ly the ttrength itf lliatfuotl tratkrlh forty duyt, till he roineth In ll,iri h, ir!i, ri lu li.ilk a rt'WOH of ditii. AND Achat) told Jeaahel all thai Klias had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 \nil .le/.alxl sent a messenger to Klias, saying: Such and such things mat the gods do to me, and add still more, if bj this hour to-morrow I make not thy life as the life of one of them. 3 I hen dial WM afraid: and rising up he went whithersoever be had a mind and he came to Ber- sahee of Juda, and left his servant there i 4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he wa> there, and sal under a juuiper-trer. lie requested for his sonl that he might die;* ami said: It is enough for me, Lord; take aw a\ m\ s (( n| ; for I am no hetiei than ni\ fathers, .si himself down, and slept in the sha- dow ol the juniper-tree : and behold, an Angel of That he mtirht Av c iiie ntr ' •he Urn II..- wit. <— irr in the hi b. fried • ti wmt to I'm ID r> quested In i!h , ii.l nut ol nn| alienee or of real auain.t tin ; MM lli.it In- inijht im lixiir.r trie* of hi» peoele, and I lie war they were wag- lii. ial/i^dfl/r. 'Ill ' ilh which Klias wu *» a fltril"- ol 'if life whieh tre IV- we arc lo Kracr llimiitrli tW wililnmc of thw wnrlil tall iiiiiit.uti d in the strength of that foodt forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of (iod. Iloreh. 9 And when he was come thither, lie abode in B Give: and beheld, the word of the Lord nniii onto him : and he said to him : What dot st thou h Klias? 10 And he answered: With zeal have 1 been zealous for the Load t «»hI of hosts : tor the children of Israel have forsaken thv cove na nts they have thrown down thy altars; they have slain thy pro- phets with the sword: and I alone am left;! and they seek my life to take it away, 1 1 And he said to him : Go forth, and stand upon the mount, before the Lord: and behold, the Lord passeth ; and a great and strong wind before the Lord overthrowing the mountains, and breaking the roeks in pieces: The Lord is not in iht wind : and after the wind an earthquake: the Lord is not in the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a lire: the Lord is not in the fire: and aftei the lire a whistling of a gentle air. 13 And when Klias heard it, he covered his face with his mantle, and coming forth stood in the en- tering in of the cave; and behold, a voice unto him, saying: What doest thou here, Klias r And he an- swered : 14 With zeal have 1 been zealous for I he Lord (itxl of hosts: because the children of Israel ha\e Inrsaken thy covenant : they have destroyed thv altars: they have slain thy prophets with the SWord, and I alone am left ; and tliey seek my life to take it awav. 15 And the Lord said to him : Go, anil return on thy way through the desert to Damascus : and when thou art eome thither, thou shah anoint llazael to be king over Syria : 16 And thou shalt anoint Jehu the son of Nanisi to be king over Israel: and EKseus the son ol Sa- |ihat, of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoint to he prophet m thy room. 17 And it shall eome to pass, that whosoever shall escape the sword of Hazael, shall be slain by Jehu: ami whosoever shall escape the swonl of Jehtt, shall be slain by Klisetis.$ 18 And I will leave me seven thousand men in { lakme mm left, via. of the ujofibrti in tin- kingdom of Unci, or ol Mir tin tribal : liir in tin' lniipli'in "f . I u. la religion wa* al lliat lime in a very fionn Inner i ' l '"' king. A»a and Jutaphat. And even in lurael there re m ai n ed teveral propLeta, tbowgii not tix n known to Klias Sea chap- m I Shall be itain hy £KmM I kill urn nfthr Mnlaj— with the material »word ; hut he i% here joined with llazarland Ji Im, the ureal in«tnimeni. of Cod in {^. cmuac he foretold lu the former hi- eialUli g£r& gnat CHAPTER XX. Israel, "whose knees have not been bowed before Baal, and every mouth that hath not worshipped him kissing the hands. 19 And Klias departing from thence, found Eli- seus the son ol Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen : and he was one of them that were plough- ing with twelve yoke of oxen : and when Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon him. 20 And he forthwith left the oxen, and ran after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother; and then 1 will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee. 21 And returning back from him, he took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled the flesh with the plough of the oxen, and gave to the people ; and they ate : and rising up he went away, and followed % Elias, and ministered to him. CHAP. XX. The Syrians besiege Samaria : they are twice defeated by Achnb : toko is reprehended by a prophet for letting Bena- dad go. AND Benadad king of Syria gathered together all his host : and there were two and thirty kings with him, and horses, and chariots : and going up he fought against Samaria, and besieged it. 2 And sending messengers to Achab king of Is- rael into the city, 3 He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver and thy gold is mine: and thy wives and thy goodliest children are mine. 4 And the king of Israel answered : According )o thy word, my lord O king, 1 am thine, and all Jhat I have. 5 And the messengers came again, and said : Thus saith Benadad, who sent us unto thee: Thy jilver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy chil- dren thou shalt deliver up to me. 6 To-morrow therefore at this same hour I will send my servants to thee: and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants : and all that pleascth them, they shall put in their hands, and cake away. 7 And the king of Israel called all the ancients of the land, and said: Mark, and see that he lay- eth snares for us. For he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver and gold : Mini I said not nay. 8 And all the ancients, and all the people said lo him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him. 9 Wherefore he answered the messengers of Benadad : Tell my lord the king: All that thou didst send for to me thy servant, at first, 1 will do : but this thing I cannot do. 10 And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again, and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice liandfuls for all the people that follow me. 1 1 And the king of Israel answ ering, said : Tell him : Let not the girded* boast himself as the un- girded. 12 And it came to pass, when Benadad heard this word, that he and the kings were drinking in pavilions, and he said to his servants: Beset the city. And they beset it. 13 And behold, a prophet coming to Achab kin& of Israel, said to him: Thus saith the Lord : Hast thou seen all this exceeding great multitude? behold, 1 will deliver them into thy hand this day; that thou mayst know that I am the Lord. 14 And Achab said: By whom? And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: By the servants of the princes of the provinces. And he said : Who shall begin to fight r And he said : Thou. 15 So he mustered the servants of the princes of the provinces, and he found the number of two hundred and thirty-two : and he mustered after them the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand : 16 And they went out at noon. But< Benadad was drinking himself drunk in his pavilion, and the two and thirty kings with him, who were come to help him. 17 And the servants of the princes of the pro- vinces went out first. And Benadad sent. And they told him, saying : There are men come out of Samaria. 18 And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive : or whether they come to fight, take them alive. 19 So the servants of the princes of the pro- vinces went out, and the rest of the army followed : 20 And every one slew the man that came against him : and the Syrians fled ; and Israel pur- sued after them. And Benadad king of Syria fled away on horseback with his horsemen. 21 But the king of Israel going out overthrew the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. 22 (And a prophet coming to the king of Israel, said to him : Go, and strengthen thyself, and know, and see what thou doest : for the next year the king of Syria will come up against thee.) 23 But the servants of the king of Syria said to him: Their gods are gods of the hills ; therefore they have overcome us : but it is better that we should fight against them in the plains ; and we shall overcome them. 24 Do thou therefore this thing : Remove all the kings from thy army, and put captains in their stead : 25 And make up the number of soldiers that have been slain of thine, and horses according to the former horses, and chariots according to the chariots which thou hadst before : and we will fight and the vengeance he would execute against Israel ; and anointed the latter by one of his disciples to be king of Israel, with commission to I ext'~*ate the house of Achab. No * Let not the girded, fye. Let him not boast before the victory : it will tin 'ii be time to glory when he putteth off his armour, having 281 overcome his adversary. III. KINGS. against them in the plains; and thou slialt sec that ire shall overcome them. He bettered their coun- sel, ami (1» set their armies in array one inst the other seven days : and on the seventh day the hattle was fought : and the children of Is- rael slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand foot- men in one day. .{<) And they that remained fled to Aphec, into the city : and the w all fell upon seven and twenty thou- sand men, that were left. And Benadad fleeing went into the city, into a ehamher that was within a chamber. 31 And his servants said to hiin : Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful : so let us put sackcloths on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel : perhaps he will save our lives. 32 So they gilded sackcloth on their loins, and Of Is- lith : put ropes on their heads, and came the kins rael, and said to him: Thy servant Benadad sa I beseech thee let mc have my life. And he said : If lie be \et alive, he is my brother. 33 The men took this for a sign : and in haste caught the word out ol his month, and said: Tin brother Benadad. And he said to them : Go. and bring him to me. Then Benadad came out to him : and he lilted him up into his chariot 3-1 And he said to him father took from thy father, I will restore: and do thou make thee streets in Damascus, as my father in Samaria The cities which mv and having made a league I will Bo he made a league with him, made depart from thee. and let him go. 35 Then a certain man of the sons of the pro- Ehels said to his companion in the word of the ,onl : Strike me. But hi- would not strike. 36 Then he said to him: Because thou wouldst not hearken to the word of' the Lord, behold, thou ■hah depart from me, and a lion shall slay thee. And when he was gone a little from him, a lion found him, and slew him. 37 Then he found another man, and said to Strike me. And he struck him, and wounded him: him. 38 So the prophet went and met tin- kins in the w.n. .mil disguised himself by sprinkling dust on his face and his ryes. 39 And as the kins passed by, he cried to the king, ami said: Thy servant went () ut to fight hand SM io hand : and when a certain man Jras run away, one brought him to me, and said: Keep this man : and if he shall slip awa\. thj life shall he foj his life, or thou slialt pay a talent of silver. W) And whilst I in the hurry turned this way and that, on a sudden he was not to Im- seen. And the kins of Israel said to him: This is thy judg- ment, which thyself hast decr eed . 41 But he forthwith wiped oil the dust from his face: and the kin» of Israel knew him, that he was one of the prophets. 48 And he said to him': Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people. 43 And the king of Israel returned to his home, slighting to hear, and raging came into Samaria. CHAP. XXI. Naboth, for denying his vineyard to king Achab. it by Jt-uilnl't command mr ill, f abely acrut il, and stoned Io ill nth. For trim h rrimi I. /in* drnouncrth to Achab the judgment* of (Sod: upon his humbling himself, the sentence is ■iflffuf AND after these thing*, Nabotfa the Je/.rahelite, -£*- who was in Jezraiiel, had at that time a \ine- yard near the palace of Achab king of Samaria. 2 And Achah siioke to Nal>oth. saving: Give me thy vineyard, that I may make me a garden of herbs, because it is nigh, and joining to my house; and I will give thee for it a hetter vineyard: or if thou think it more convenient for thee, I will give tine the worth of it in money. 3 Naboth answered him: The Lord be merci- ful to me, and not let me give thee the inheritance of mv lathers. 4 And Achab came into his house Mgrj and fretting, because of the word that Naboth the J< /- rahelite had spoken to him, saving: I will not give thee the iuliei nanceof my fathers. And Casting hfOt- Seif upon hjs bed, he turned away his lace to the wall, and would eat no bread. 5 And .le/.abel his wife went in to him. and said to him : What is the matter that thy soul is so grieved? ami why eatest thou no bread? 6 And he answered her: I spoke toNuboth the .le/rahelite, and said to him : (ii\e me thy \ine\aid, and take money for it: or if it please thee, I will give thee a better vineyard for it. And In; said: 1 w ill not give thee my 7 Then .le/ahel h vines aid. is wife sai id to him: Thou art of great authority indeed, and govatuesl w ell the kingdom of Israel. Arise, and eat bread, ami be of ^.<)(mI cheer: I will give thee the vineyard ol Na- both the Jezrahelile. 8 So she wrote letters in Aehah's name, and sealed them with his rini, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth. 9 And this was the tenor ol the letters : Proclaim a last : and make Naboth sit anion- the dm I ol' Un- people: 10 And suborn two men. sons of Belial, against him ; and lei (hem bear false witness, (hat he hatb CHAP. XXII. blasphemed God and the king: and then carry him out, and stone him, and so let. him die. 11 And the men of his city the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jeza- bel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them : 12 They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people. 13 And bringing two men sons of the devil, they made them sit against him: and they, like men of the devil, bore witness against him before the people, saying: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king: wherefore they brought him forth without the city, and stoned him to death. 14 And they sent to Jezabel, saying : Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 15 And it came to pass, when Jezabel heard •that Naboth was stoned, and dead, that she said to Achab : Arise, and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezrahelite, who would not agree with thee, and give it thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 16 And when Achab heard this, to wit, that Naboth was dead, he arose, and went down into the vineyard of Naboth the Jezrahelite, to take pos- session of it. 17 And the word of the Lord came to Elias the Thesbite, saying : 18 Arise, and go down to meet Achab king of Israel, who is in Samaria : behold, he is going down to the vineyard of Naboth, to take possession of it : 19 And thou shalt speak to him, saying : Thus saith the Lord : Thou hast slain, moreover also thou hast taken possession. And after these words thou shalt add : Thus saith the Lord : In this place, wherein the dogs have licked the blood of Naboth, they shall lick thy blood also. 20 And Achab said to Elias : Hast thou found me thy enemy. He said : I have found thee, be- cause thou art sold, to do evil in the sight * of the Lord. 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee; and I will cut down thy posterity; and I will kill of Achab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the last in Israel. 22 And I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and like the house of Baasa the son of Ahias : for what thou hast done, to provoke me to anger, and for making Israel to sin. 23 And of Jezabel also the Lord spoke, saying . The dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of Jezrahel. 24 If Achab die in the city, the dogs shall eat him : but if he die in the field the birds of the air shall eat him. 25 Now there was not such another as Achab, who was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord : for his wife Jezabel set him on, 26 And he became abominable ; insomuch that he followed the idols which the Amorrhites had + Sold to do evil in Ike sight, SfC. That is, so addicted to evil, as if thou hadst sold thyself to the devil, to be his slave to work all kind of evil. made, whom the Lord destroyed before the face of, the children of Israel. 27 And when Achab had heard these words, he rent his garments, and put hair-cloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and sleot in sackcloth, and walked with his head cast down. 28 And the word of the Lord came to Eiias the Thesbite, saying . 29 Hast thou not seen Achab humbled before me? therefore, because he hath humbled himself for my sake, I will not bring the evtf in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. CHAP. XXII. Achab believing his false prophets, rather than Micheas, is slain in Ramolh-Galaad. Ochozias succeedeth him. Good king Josaphat dieth : and his son Jorum succeedeth him. AND there passed three years without war be- tween Syria and Israel. 2 And in the third year, Josaphat king of Juda came down to the king of Israel. 3 (And the king of Israel said to his servants : Know ye not that Ramoth-Galaad is ours, and we neglect to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria ?) 4 And he said to Josaphat: Wilt thou come with me to battle to Ramoth-Galaad ? 5 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel : As I am, so art thou : my people and thy people are one : and my horsemen, thy horsemen. And Josaphat said to the king of Israel : Inquire, I beseech thee, this day the word of the Lord. 6 Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men : and he said to them : Shall I go to Ramoth-Galaad to fight, or shall I for- bear ? They answered : Go up ; and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king. 7 And Josaphat said : Is there not here some prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire by him ? 8 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord : Micheas the son of Jemla ; but 1 hate him ; for he doth not prophesy good to me, but evil. And Josaphat said : Speak not so, O king. 9 Then the king of Israel called a eunuch, and said to him : Make haste, and bring hither Micheas the son of Jemla. 10 And the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, sat each on his throne clothed with royal robes, in a court by the entrance of the gate of Samaria: and all the prophets prophesied before them. 11 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord : With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it. 12 And all the prophets prophesied in like man- ner, saying : Go up to Ramoth-Galaad, and pros- per ; for the Lord will deliver it into the king's hands. 13 And the messenger, that went to call Miche- as, spoke to him, saying : Behold, the words of the 283 III. KINGS. prophets with one mouth dec. are good things to the king: let tliv word therefore be like io theirs, and speak that which is good. 11 But Micheai said to him : As the Lord liveth, Whatsoever the Lord shall sa\ to me, that w ill I speak. 15 So he came to the king: ami the king laid to him : Micbeas, shall we go to Ramoth-Galaad to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him : Go op,* and prosper: and the Lord shall deliver it into the kind's hands. 16 But the kins; s;iid to him : I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing l»ut that which is true in the name of the Lord. 17 And he said : I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd ; and the Lord said: These ha\e no master: let every man of them return to his house in peace. 18 (Then the kins of Israel said to Josaphat : Did I not tell thee, that he prophesied no good to me, hut always evil .') 19 And he added, and said : Here thou there- fore the word of the Lord : 1 saw the Lord silting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left : 20 And the Lord said :f Who shall deceive Achah kin^ of Israel, that he may go up, and fall at Ramoth-Galaad ? And one spoke words of this manner, and another otherwise. J I And there came forth a spirit^ and stood he- fore the Lord, and said : I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him : By what means? And he said : I will go forth, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And tin Lord said : Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt pre- Vaii : go forth, and do so.J 23 Now therefore heboid, the Lord hath given a Kin? spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets that are here : and the Lord hath spoken cvilagainst thee. 24 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and strut- k Micheas on the cheek; and said: Hath then the spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to thee ? 25 And Micheas said : Thou shalt see in the day when thou shalt go into a chamher§ within a chamber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of Israel said: Take Micheas. and let him abide with Anion the governor of the city, and with Joas the son of Atnalech : 27 And tell them: Thus saith the king: Put this man in prison, and feed him with bread of af- fliction, and water of distress, till I return in peace. \nd Micheas said: If thou return in peace, the Lord hath not sjM)ken by me. And he said: Hear, all ye people. • C» up, Ift, Thi« wan spoken ironically, »nd by way of jeMing at Otc flattering »pe*chea of the fal«c prophetic and to the king under- •t'»hal : Take armour, ami so into the battle, and put on ihy own garments, lint the king ol Israel changed his diess, ;itid wiiii into the battle. 31 And the king of Syria had commanded ihe two and thirty captains of his chanots, savin::: i oil shall not light against any, small or great, hut against the king of Israel only. .' So when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat, they suspected that he was the king of Israel: and making a violent assault they fought ■gainst him : and Josaphat cried out. 33 And the captains of the chariots perceived that he was not the kins of Israel: ami they turn- ed away from him. 34 And a certain man bent his bow, shooting ;■* a venture, and chanced to strike the kins Of Israel between the lungs and the stomach. But he said to the driver of his chariot: Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the army ; for 1 am greviously wounded. 35 And the battle was fought that day; and ihe king of Israel stood in his chariot against the Sy- rians; and he died in the evening: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. 36 And the herald proclaimed through all the army before the sun set, saying: Let every man return to his own city ? and to his own country. 37 And the king died, and was carried into >.i- maria: and they huried the king in Samaiia. 30 And they washed his chariot in the |>ool of Samaria : and the dogs licked up his blood, and they washed the reins, according to the word ol the Lord which he had spoken. 39 But the rest of the acts of Achah, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he made, and all the cities that he built, are thev not written in the Hook of the words of the days of the k; of Israel? 40 So Achah slept with his fathers : and Ocho- zias his son reigned in his stead. 41 But Josaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Juda in the fourth year of Achah king ol Is- rael. 42 He was five and thirty years old whin be In gan to reign : and he reigned five and twenty years in Jerusalem: the same of his mother has A/uha the daughter of Salai. 43 And he walked in all the way of Asa his la- ther: and he declined not from it : and he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. 44 Nevertheless he took not away 8 the high lor God never ordainotb lie*; though be often pemitteth the l\ mr spint to deceive those wrlio lo\e i»i« llie truth. -' Thtml. li. In Aim- in tin* mom it is »;k :iway ail others 9 Kja, xvii. 6. and note ver. 14: of chap. xv. 3 Kin-jf. CHAP. 1. places : for as yet the people offered sacrifices and burnt incense in the high places. • 45 And Josaphat had peace with the king of Israel. 46 But the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his works which he did, and his battles, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? 47 And the remnant also of the effeminate, who remained in the days of Asa his father, he took out Of the land. 48 And there was then nokingappointedin Edom. 49 But king Josaphat made navies on the sea, to sail into Ophir for gold : but they could not go : for the ships were broken in Asiongaber. 50 Then Ochozias the son of Achab said to Jo- saphat: Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. And Josaphat would not.* 51 And Josa^ Ml slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David his father : and Joram his son reigned in his stead. 52 And Ochozias the son of Achab began to reign over Israel in Samaria, in the seventeenth year of Josaphat king of Juda : and he reigned over Israel two years. 53 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 54 He served also Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the Lord the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. * Would not. He had been reprehended before for admitting such a partner ; and therefore would have no more to do with him. THE FOURTH BOOK OF KINGS. CHAP. I. Ochozias sendeth to consult Beelzebub: Elias foretelleth his death : and causeth fire to come down from heaven, upon two captains and their companies. AND Moab rebelled against Israel, after the death of Achab. 2 And Ochozias fell through the lattices of his upper chamber which he had in Samaria, and was sick : and he sent messengers, saying to them : Go, consult Beelzebub the g_od of Accaron, whether I shall recover of this my illness. 3 And an Angel of the Lord spoke to Elias the Thesbite, saying : Arise, and go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria; and say to them: is there not a God in Israel, that ye go to consult Beelzebub the god of Accaron ? 4 Wherefore thus saith the Lord : From the bed, on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down : but thou shalt surely die. And Elias went away. 5 And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back ? 6 But they answered him : A man met us, and said to us : Go, and return to the king that sent you ; and you shall say to him : Thus saith the Lord r Is it because there was no God hi Israel that thou sendest to Beelzebub the god of Accaron ? Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up ; but thou shalt surely die. 7 And he said to them : What manner of man was he who met you, and spoke these words? 8 But they said : A hairy man, with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said : It is Elias the Thesbite. * Let fire, SfC. Elias was inspired to call for fire from heaven upon these captains, who came to apprehend him ; not out of a desire to gratify any private passion: but to punish the insult offered to reli- 9 And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the fifty men that were under him. And he went up to him ; and as he was sitting on the top of a hill, said to him ; Man of God, the king hath command- ed that thou come down. 10 And Elias answering, said to the captain ol fifty : If I be a man of God, let fire* come down from heaven, and consume thee, and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him, and the fifty that were with him. 11 And again he sent to him another captain of fifty men, and his fifty with him. And he said to him : Man of God, thus saith the king: Make haste, and come down. 12 Elias answering, said : If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee, and thy fifty. And fire came down from heaven, and consumed him, and his fifty. 13 Again he sent a third captain of fifty men, and the fifty that were with him. And when he was come, he fell upon his knees before Elias, and besought him, and said : Man of God, despise not my life, and tne lives of thy servants that are with me. 14 Behold, fire came down from heaven, and con- sumed the two first captains of fifty men, and the fifties that were with them : but now I beseech thee to spare my life. 15 And the Angel of the Lord spoke to Elias, saying: Go down with him; fear not. He arose therefore, and went down with him to the king, 16 And said to him : Thus saith the Lord : Be- cause thou hast sent messengers to consult Beelze- bub the god of Accaron, as though there were not a gion, to confirm his mission, and to show how vain are the efforts Oi men against God, and his servants, whom he willeth to protect. 285 IV. K N find in Israel, of whom Ihon tnightesi inquire the word, there for e from the bed «>n w bieh thou ;irt com up, thou shah lit it ootte down : but thou shah surely die. 17 So he died according to the freed of the Lord which Klias spoke: and .lorain his brother reigned in his Bead, in the second v ,;ir of Joram* the son of Josaphat kin^ of Juda: because be had no son. 18 Hut the MM of the Mil of Ochozias which he did, an- they not written in the Hook of the words of the days of the kitms of Israel ? CHAP. II. Eliseus trill not part from Elins. The water ofthe Jordan is rli- viilrd fry KM rlnak. Elins fa taken up in a fieru chariot, and hit double spirit is firen to Eliseus. FJisrus healrth thr waters fry casting in salt, lloys are torn fry bears for mvcking Elite**. AND it came to pass, when the Lord would take U|> Klias into heaveiiT by a whirlwind, that Elias and Eliseus were going from Galgal. 2 \ mi Klias said to Kliseus : Stay thou here, be- cause the Lord hath sent me as far as Bethel. And Eliseus said to him : As the Lord liveth, and IS thy soul liveth: I will not leave thee. And when they wen- come down to Hethel, 3 The sons of the prophets,! that were at P>ethcl. came forth to EliseUS, ;md said to him : Dost thou know that this day the Lord will take away thv mas- ter from thee ? And he answered : I also know it : hold your peace. 4 And Klias said to Eliseus : Stay here, because the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said: As the Lord liveth. and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And when they were come to Je- richo, 6 The sons of the prophets that were at Jericho, came to Eliseus, and said to him: Dost thou know thai this dav the Lord will lake away thy master from thee; And hi said : I also know it: hold your peaee. 6 And Elias said to him : Stay here, because the Lord hath sent me as tar as the Jordan. And he said : As the Lord liveth. and as thy soul liveth. I will not leave thee. And they two went on to- gether. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets fol- lowed t In-ill, and stood in siidit at a distance : but they two stood by the Jordan. 8 And Klias took his mantle, and folded it to- gether, and struck the waters; and the] were di- vided hither and thither: and they both passed over on drv ground. 9 \nd when thev were cone (hit. I'.li SI said to Eliseus: Ask what thou wilt have me to do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Eli- * TW srrcnd »*«r nf Jvrmn, tr*- Counted from the lime that be was Macerated Id ill.- limine hv hi. father Josaphat. ♦ Btmm, Hv Wm here n meant the air, the lowest of the heavenly T* M aV* J 7V mm »/ Ikr prepArf t. That i«. the ili.eiplen of the pmphet. : who I t'i have had their •rhool., like roller... nrrommiitutir., in lhtli- el, J enc ho, and other place* id tbed»v> >•( Klia* and Kliaena. ISfl sens s;iiil : I beseech tine that in me may lie Iny double spirit.^ Ill And he answered: Thou hast asked a hard thing : nevertheless if thou see me when I am taken liom thee, thou shall have what thou hast asked : hut if thou si i' me not, thou shall not have it. 1 1 And as they went on, walking and talking to- gether, behold, a fiery chariot, and fiery horses part- ed them both asunder : and Klias went up by a w biriwmd into heaven. 12 And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own garments, and rent them in two pieces. 13 And he took up the mantle of Klias, that fell from him : and going back he stood upon the bank of the Jordan: 14 And be struck the waters with the mantle of Klias, that had fallen from him: and they were not divided. And he said : Where is now the (iod of Klias' And he struck the waters, and they were divided hither and thither: and Eliseus passed over. 15 And the sons of the prophets at Jericho, who were ovcr-against him, seeing it, said : The spirit of Elias hath rested upon Eliseus. And coming to meet him, they worshipped him,|| falling to the ground. 16 And they said to him: Behold, there are with thy servants fifty strong men, that can go, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the Spirit ofthe Kortl hath taken him up, and cast him upon some moun- tain or into some valley. And he said : Do not send. 17 But they pressed him, till he consented, and said : Send. And they sent fifty men : and they sought three days, but found him not. 18 And the] came hack to him : for be ahode at Jericho : and be said to them : Did I not say to you : Do not send. 19 And the men ofthe city said to Eliseus ; He- hold, the Situation of this city is \crv good, as thou my lord seest : but the waters are very had, autl the ground barren. 20 And he said : Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it, 21 He went out to the sprine ofthe waters, and east the salt into it ; and SBM : Thus saith the Lord : I have healed these waters: and there shall he no more in them death or barrenness. 22 And the waters were healed unto this day, according to the w ortl of Kliseus, which he spoke. 23 And he went up from thence to Hethel : and as he w is going np by the way, little boys catoe out of the city, and mocked him. saying: Co up, thou bald-head : go up. thou bald-head. I Dtiublr spirit. A douhlr portion of thy spirit, a* thy eldest d, who often passeth by us. 10 Let us therefore niake him a little chamber, and nut a little bed in it for him, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick, that when he comet h to us be mav abide there. 1 1 Now there was a certain day when he came, and turned in to the chamber, and rested their. 12 And he said to (iie/.i his servant: ("all this Sunam*tese. And when he had called her, and she Mood before him, 13 lit; said to his servant : Say to her : Behold. thou hast diligently served us in all things: what wilt thou have me to do for thee ? hast thou an\ business, and wilt thou that I speak to the king, or to the general of the army? and she answered : I dwell in the midst of mv own people. 14 And he said : What will she then that I do for her ? And Gie/.i said: Do not ask; for she hath no son ; and her husband is old. 15 Then he bid him call her: and when she was called, and stood In-fore the door, It! He said to her : At this time, and this SBBM hour, if life accompany, thou shall have a son in thy womb. But she answered : Do not, I beseech thee, my lord, thou man oft iod,donot lie to thy handmaid. 17 And the woman COnceirad, and brought forth a son in the time, and at the same hour, that Eliseus had said. 1H And the child crew. And on a certain day, when he went out to liis father, to the reapers, 19 He said to his father: My head acheth ; my tat. He (hat i.nent In raiw to life the (inner npiritu- n»t Miflrr hirmelf to be railed off, or diverted from , bv the •alntatioM or eeremonV* of the world. f St. Aof Mfwi a C 0W«id a n a (rreat our... !■■ wrought h\ the proohet Cliwai. tbu< Uy the . Im* (errant i« figured the rod of Mom* or the Old Law, whirh »», out iuffi< u-nt to hnng ssa head acheth. Hut he said to his servant: Take him, and carry him to his mother. And when he bad taken him, and brought him to his mother, she set him on her knees until nOOO : and then he died. Jl And she went up, and laid him upon the bed of the man of God, and shut the door: and going out, 22 She called her husband, and said : Send with me, 1 beseech the©, one of thy servants, and au ass that I may run to the man of God, and come again. And he said to her: Why dost thou go to him ? to-day is neither new moon nor sabbath. She an- swered : I will go. £4 And she saddled an ass, and commanded her servant: Drive, and make ha-te ; make no sta\ in going. And do that which 1 bid thee. ' So she went forward, and came to the man of God to mount Carmel : and when the man of God saw her coming towards, he said to Giezi his servant: Behold that SunamHess. 26 Go therefore to meet her, and say to her: Is all well with thee, and with thv husband, and with thy son? And she answered: Well. 27 And when she came to the man of God to the mount, she caught hold on his feet : ami ( lie/i came to remove her. And the man of God said : Let her alone ; for her soul is in anguish : and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 28 And she said to him : Did I ask a son of my lord? did I not say to thee: Do not deceive me.' 29 Then he said to (iie/.i: Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go. If any man meet thee, salute him not:* and if any man salute thee, answer him not : and lay my staff U|K)ii the face of the child. 30 Hut the mother of the child said : As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul livcth, I will not leave thee. He arose, therefore, and followed her. 31 Hut (iie/.i was ymc before them, and laid the stall' upon the face of the child :f and there was no voice nor sense : and he returned to meet him, and told him, saying! The child is not risen. 32 Eliseus therefore went into the house : and behold, the child lay dead on his bed : 33 Anil going in he shut the door upon him, and upon the child, and pra\ed to the Lord. St And he wiiu up. and lav upon the child: and he put his moUthupOU his mouth, and his eyesupoo his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he bowed himself upon him ; and the child's flesh trew warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the bouse, once to and fro: and he went Up, and lay upon him and the child gaped seven times, and opened hisej 36 And he called (iie/.i, and said to him : i mankind to life, then itfuil in (in. wlfuhouki come, ami 1 fle*h, and rMtore »« to life. Int it was neeeaaarr that 1 1" lilr, and re»ton him to hit mot a figure of the Church. It « i t him- otne !um*.'lf (t> ' imw here, in .» ir of oar n't. ., . CHAP. V. this Sunamitess. And she being called, went in to him : and lie said : Take up thy son. 37 She came, and fell at his feet, and worshipped upon the ground ; and took up her son, and went out. 38 And Eliseus returned to Galgal ; and there was a famine in the land ; and the sons of the pro- phets dwelt before him. And he said to one of his servants : Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather wild herbs : and he found something like a wild vine, and gathered of it wild gourds of the field,* and filled his mantle ; and coming back, he shred them into the pot of pottage : for he knew not what it was. 40 And they poured it out for their companions to eat : and when they had tasted of the pottage, they cried out, saying : Death is in the pot, O man of God. And they could not eat thereof. 41 But he said : Bring some meal. And when they had brought it, he cast it into the pot, and said : Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was now no bitterness in the pot. 42 And a certain man came from Baalsalisa, bringing to the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and new com in his scrip. And he said : Give to the people, that they may eat. 43 And his servant answered him : How much is this, that I should set it before a hundred men ? He said again : Give to the people, that they may eat : for thus saith the Lord : They shall eat ; and there shall be left. 44 So he set it before them : and they ate ; and there was left according to the word of the Lord. CHAP. V. Naaman the Syrian is cleansed of Ms leprosy. He professeth kis belief in one God, promising to serve him. Giezi tuktth gifts of Naaman ; and is struck with leprosy. NAAMAN, general of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable : for by him the Lord gave deliverance to Syria ; and he was a valiant man, and rich, but a leper. 2 Now there had gone out robbers from Syria, and had led away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid ; and she waited upon Naaman's wife. 3 And she said to her mistress : I wish my mas- ter had been with the prophet that is in Samaria ; he would certainly have healed him of the leprosy which he hath. 4 Then Naaman went in to his lord, and told nim, saying : Thus and thus said the girl from the land of Israel. 5 And the king of Syria said to him : Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed ; and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment ; 6 And brought the letter to the king of Israel, in * Wild gourds of tke field. Colocynthidas. They are extremely bitter, and therefore are called the gall of the earth ; and are poisonous if ta- Ken in a great quantity. f Ji bhssing. A present I Go in peace. What the prophet here allowed, was not an outward Oo these words : When thou shalt receive this letter, know that 1 have sent to thee Naaman my servant, that thou mayst heal him of his leprosy. 7 And when the king of Israel had read the let- ter, he rent his garments, and said : Am 1 God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sen' to me, to heal a man of his leprosy ? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me. 8 And when Eliseus the man of God had heard this, to wit, that the king of Israel had rent his gar- ments, he sent to him, saying : Why hast thou rent thy garments ? let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel. 9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus. 10 And Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying: Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan ; and thy flesh shall recover health.; and thou shalt be clean. 11 Naaman was angry, and went away, saying: I thought he would have come out to me, and standing would have invoked the name of the Lord his God, and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy, and healed me. 12 Are not the Abana, and the Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, that I may wash in them, and be made clean ? So as he turned, and was going away with indignation, 13 His servants came to him, and said to him : Father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, surely thou shouldst have done it : how much rather what he now hath said to thee : Wash, and thou shalt be clean ? 14 Then he went down, and washed in the Jor- dan seven times, according to the word of the man of God : and his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child ; and he was made clean. 15 And returning to the man of God with all his train, he came, and stood before him, and said : In truth I know there is no other God in all the earth, but only in Israel : I beseech thee therefore take a blessingf of thy servant. 16 But he answered: As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And when he pressed him, he still refused. 17 And Naaman said: As thou wilt; but I be- seech thee, grant to me thy servant, to take from hence two mules burden of earth : for thy servant will not henceforth offer holocaust, or victim to other gods, but to the Lord. 18 But there is only this, for which thou shalt intreat the Lord for thy servant; when my master goeth into the temple of Remmon, to worship, and he leaneth upon my hand, if 1 bow down in the tem- ple of Remmon, when he boweth down in the same place, that the Lord pardon me thy servant for this thing. 19 And he said to him: Go in peace. \ So he departed from him in the spring time of the earth. conformity to an idolatrous worship ; but only a service which by his office he owed to his master : who on all public occasions, leaned on him: so that his bowing down when his master bowed himself down, was not in effect adoring the idols; nor was it so understood by tho standers by, since he publicly professed himself a worshipper of Um 289 IV. KINGS. 20 But Giezi the servant of the man of God ■aid: My master bath spared Naamaii ibis Syrian, in not receiving of him thai which be brought : a* the Lord liM-tli, I will run after him, and lake sunn- thin; of him. M Ami Giexi followed after Maaman : ami when he saw him running after him, he leapt down from his chariot to meet him. and said: Is all well ? 22 And he said : Well : my master hath sent me to thee, sa\ in:;: JiM now then are come to me from mount Kpluaiui. two yoUOX nun of the sons of the prophets: give them a talent of silver, and two changes di garments. unausaid: It is hotter that thou take two talents. And he forced him, and hound two talents of silver in twobaga,' and two changes of gar- ments: and laid them ii|>on two of his servants: and the\ carried them before him. \nd whin he was come, and now it was the evening, he took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and sent the men away; and departed. lint he went in, and stood before bis master. And Klisens said: Whence corneal thou, Gie/ir II answered : Thy servant went no whither. 26 But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man lamed back from bis chariot to meet thee.' So now thou hast received money, and received gar- ments, to buy olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants* and maid-servants. 27 But the leprosy of Naamun shall also stick to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And be went out from him a leper as w bite as snow. CHAP. VI. Eliseus mtikt'i i/t n to stcim upin thi tcater : he leadrth the Sy- rians that trere srnt tn tipprrhind him, into Siimnriii. tr/ii rt their ryes hi ing opened, they are CM ttnusly entertained. Tin Syrian* berirge Samaria ; Ihr fam nr therr causetli a irnman to rat hrr otrn child. Upon this the Icing commandcth Eliseus to be put to drath. AM) the sons of the prophets said to Eliseus: Behold, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us: 2 Let us go as far as the Jordan, and take out of the wood, every man a piece of timber, that wo may build us there a place to dwell in. And ho said: Go. 3 And one of them s;iid : But come thou also with thy servants. He answered: I will come. 4 So he went with them. And when they were come to the Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 And it happened, as one was felling some tim- ber. thai the head of the axe fell into the water: and he cried out, and said: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, for this same w as borrowed. 6 And the man of (Joel said : Where did it fall ? and he showed him the place. Then ho cut off a piece of wood, and cast it in thither, and the iron swam. onlr true and living f»od ; but it wan no more than (loin? a civil office to tlba kinf hit master, whose leaning upon Urn obliged him to bow at lb* aame time that he bowed. * JaWisVim Tb* blindness her* spoken of was of a particular kind, which hindemd them from serine; the obiects that war* reall? before aerdilerent thorn ; and repi eaenled other < ■zw object* to their unaguiaUoQ ; so 7 And he said: Take it up. And he put out his hand, and look it. 8 And the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying : In such and such a place let us lay ambush. 9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, sav ing : Beware that thou pass not to such a plate : for the Syrians are there in ambush. 10 And the kim: of Israel sent to the place w hioh the man of God had told him, and prevented him, and looked well to himself there not once nor twice. 1 1 And the heart of the king of Syria was trou- bled for this thing. And calling together his ser- vants, he said: Why do you not tell mo who it is that betrays me to the king of Israel ? 12 And one of bis servants said : No one, my lord () king: but Eliseus the prophet, that is in Is- rael, telleth the king ot Israel all the words that thou speakes) in thy privy chamber. 13 And he said to them : Go, and see where he is, that I may send, and take him. And they told him. Saying: Behold, he is in Dothan. 14 Therefore be sent thither horses and chariots, and the strength of an army: and thev came by night, and beset the city. 15 And the servant of the man of God rising early, wont out, and saw an army round about the city, and horses and chariots : and he told him, say- ing: Alas, alas, alas, my lord ; what shall we do ? 16 But he answered: Feat not: for there are more w ith us than with thorn. 17 And Eliseus prayed, and said: Lord, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the servant; and he saw: and behold, the mountain IMS full of horses, and chariots of fire round about Eliseus. 18 And the enemies came down to him; hut EliseUJ prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike,! I>e- seech thee, this people with blindness.* And the Lord struck them With blindness, according to the word of Eliseus. 19 And Eliseus said to thorn: This is not the way; neither is this the city: follow me, and I will show you the man whom you seek. So he led them into Samaria. 20 And when they were come into Samaria, Eliseus said: Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their ; and they saw themselves to be in the midst of Samaria. 21 And the king of Israel said to Eliseus, when he saw them: Mj father, shall 1 kill them? 22 And be said : Thou shall not kill them: for thou didst not rake them with ihj sword, or thy bow, that thou mays! kill them: but set broad and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. - that they no longer perceived the city of I )..(!, an. nor were able to know the person of E Ua e tU . but were e»»ily li-d by him. arhassj iIkt took to be another man. to Samaria. So that lie truly told them. tUt (a nnf fa* «r«y, neither it (hit lh' ri/y. kc. because be spot* with : to tht way, aod to Uu city, which wu represented to them CHAP. VII. 23 And a great provision of meats was set be- fore them; and they ate and drank: and he let them go; and they went away to their master; and the robbers of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. 24 And it came to pass after these things, that Benadad king of Syria gathered together all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria : and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord O king. 27 And he said : If the Lord doth not save thee, how can I save thee ? out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine-press ? And the king said to her: What aileth thee ? And she answered : 28 This woman said to 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 ate him. And 1 said to heron the next day: Give thy son, that we may eat him. And she hath hid her son. 30 When the king heard this, he rent his gar- ments, and passed by upon the wall. And all the people saw the hair-cloth which he wore within next to his flesh. 31 And the king said : May God do so and so to me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus the son of Saphat shall stand on him this day. 32 But Eliseus sat in his house ; and the ancients sat with him. So he sent a man before: and be- fore that messenger came, he said to the ancients: Do you know that this son of a murderer hath sent to cut off my head ? Look then, when the messen- ger shall come, shut the door, and suffer him not to come in : for behold, the sound of his masier's feet is behind him. 33 While he was yet speaking to them, the mes- senger appeared, who was coming to him. And he said : Behold, so great an evil is from the Lord : what shall I look for more from the Lord? CHAP. VII. Elicits propkesieth a great plenty, which presently ensneth upon the sudden Jlight of the Syrians ; of which four lepers bring the news to the city. The incredulous nobleman is trod to death. AND Eliseus said : Hear ye the word of the Lord : Thus saith the Lord: To-morrow about this time a bushel of fine flour shall be sold for a stater,* and two bushels of barley for a stater, in the gate of Samaria. 2 Then one of the lords, upon whose hand the king leaned, answering the man of God, said: If the Lord should make flood-gates in heaven, can that possibly be which thou sayest? And he said: Thou shalt see it with thy eyes ; but shalt not eat thereof. 3 Now there were four lepers, at the entering in * -J ttaier. It is the same as a side or shekel. of the gate: and they said one to another: Wlut mean we to stay here till we die ? 4 If we will enter into the city, we shall die with famine: and if we will remain here, we must also die: come, therefore, and let us run over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare us, we shall live: but if they kill us, we shall but die. 5 So they arose in the evening to go to the Sy- rian camp. And when they were come to the first part of the camp of the Syrians, they found no man there. 6 For the Lord had made them hear, in the camp of Syria, the noise of chariots, and of horses, and of a very great army: and they said one to another: Behold, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyptians: and they are come upon us. 7 Wherefore they arose, and fled away in the dark, and left their tents, and their horses and asses in the camp; and fled, desiring to save their lives. 8 So when these lepers were come to the begin- ning of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank : and they took from thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it : and they came again, and went into another tent, and carried from thence in like manner, and hid it. 9 Then they said one to another : We do not well: for this is a day of good tidings. If we hold our peace, and do not tell it till the morning, we shall be charged with a crime: come, let us go, and tell it in the king's court. 10 So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians; and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing. 1 1 Then the guards of the gate went, and told it within in the king's palace^ .12 And he arose in the night, and said to his ser- vants: I tell you what the Syrians have done to us: They know that we suffer great famine: and there- fore they are gone out of the camp, and lie hid in the fields, saying: When they come outofthecity we shall take them alive ; and then we may get into the city. 13 And one of his servants answered : Let us take the five horses that are remaining in the city (because there are no more in the whole multitude of Israel, for the rest are consumed,) and let us send, and see. 14 They brought therefore two horses, and the king sent into the camp of the Syrians, saying: Go, and see. 15 And they went after them as far as the Jordan: and behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their fright : and the messengers returned, and told the ki«£- 16 And the people going out, pillaged the camp of the Syrians : and a bushel of fine flour was sold for a stater, and two bushels of barley for a stater, according to the word of the Lord. 17 And the king appointed that lord on whose hand he leaned, to stand at the gate : and the peo- 291 IV. KINGS. Ele trod upon him in the entrance of the gate ; ami e died, as the man of God had said, when the kin:: cane down n> him. 18 And it came to pass according to the word of the maiiof God, a hicb be spoke tothe kins, when be said: Two bushels of barley shall be for ■ stater, and a bushel of fine (lour for a slater, at this very time to-morrow in the sale of Samaria. 19 When that lord answered the man of God, and said: Although the Lord should make flood- gates in heaven, could this come to |>ass which thou sayest ; And he said to him : Thou shah see with thy : and shall not eat thereof. 20 And so it fell out to him as it was foretold : and the people trod upon him in the gate ; anil he died. CHAP.. VIII. Afttr seven years'' famine foretold by Eliseus, the Sunamiless re- turning home, rrrorrreth her land* and revenues. Elisen* foreshnwetk the death of Benadad king of Syria, and the rrign of Hazael. Jorum* wicked reign in Juda. He dirth, and his son Ochozias succeeiieth. A ND Eliseus spoke to the woman, whose son he -^*- had restored to life. sa\ ins: Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn whensoever thou canal find: for the Lord hath called a famine; and it shall come upon the land sewn tears. 2 And she arose, and did according to the word of the man of God: and going with her household, she sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days. 3 And when the seven years were ended, the woman returned out of the hmd of the Philistines: and she went forth to speak to the king for her house, and for her lands. 4 And the king talked with Giezi the servant of the man of God, saying: Tell me all the peat things that Eliseus hath done. 5 And when he was telling the king how he had raised one dead to life, the woman appeared, whose son he had restored to life, crying to the king for her house, and her lands. And Giezi said : My lord O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Klisens raised to life. 6 And the kins asked the woman: and she told him. And the king appointed her a eunuch, saying : Restore her all that is hers, and all the revenues of the lands, from the day that she left the land, to this present 7 Eliseus also came to Damascus: and Hcnadad king of Syria was sick: and they told him, saying: The man of God is come hitln r. 8 And the kins said to Hazael : Take with thee presents, and so to meet the man of God, and con- sult the Lord by him, saying : Can I recover of this inv illness? 9 And Hazael went to meet him. taking with him pr ind all the good things of Damascus, the hurdens of forty camels. Ami when he stood * Tilt Aim : I kit thait r act u r. By these won), the prophet »igm6ed that the king's disease was not mortal ; and that he would ncovv, if do violence were used. Or he might only express himself in this man- oer, by way of fi»"»J Hazael to understand that be knew both what re him. he said: Thy son Benadad the king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying: Can! recover of this inv illness ? 10 And Eliseus said to him: Go tell him: Thou shall recover:* but the Lord hath shewn me thai he shall surely die. 11 And he stood with him, and was troubled so far as to blush: and the man of God Wept. 12 And Hazael said to him: Why doth my lord Weep ? And he said : Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel. Their strong cities thou wilt burn with fire; and their yoUng men thou wilt kill with the sword; and thou vsilt dash their children, and rip up their pregnant women. 13 And Hazael said: Hut what am I thy servant a dog, that I should do this great thing r And Eliseus said: The Lord hath shown me that thou shalt be kins of Syria. 1 i And when he was departed from Eliseus, he came to his master, who said to him : What said Eliseus to thee ? And he answered: He told me: Thou shall recover. 15 And on the next day, he took a blanket, and poured water on it, and spread it upon bis face; and he died: and Hazael reigned in bis stead. 16 In the fifth year of Joram son of Achab king of Israel, and of Josaphat f king of Juda, reigned Jo- ram son of Josaphat kins of Juda. 17 He was two and thirty years okl when he be- gan to reign : and he reigned eight years in Jerusa- lem. 18 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as ihe house of Achab had walked: tor the daughter of Achab was his wife; and he did that w liieh was evil in the sight of the Lord. 19 But the Lord would not tlestroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him, to give him a light, and to his children always. 20 In his days Edom revolted, from being under Juda, and made themselves a king. 21 And Joram came to Seira, and all the chariots with him : and he arose in the night, and defeated the Edomites that had surrounded him, and the cap- tains of the chariots: but the people fled into their tents. 22 So Edom revolted from being under Juda, unto this day. Then Lobna also revolted at the same time. 23 But the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda ? 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and wat buried with them in the city of David : and Ocho- zias his son reigned in his stead. 25 In the twelfth vear of Joram son of Achah king of Israel, reigned Ochozias son of Joram king of Juda. 26 Ochozias was two and twenty years old when he would say and do; that he would indeed tell the king he should corer; hut would be himself the instrument of his death. t And «/Joiaph*t, let That is, Josaphat bcinr; yet alire ; who time before hit death made hi* too Joram king, a* David had. done (ore by bis too Solomon. CHAP. IX. he began to reign : and he reigned one year in Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter* of Amri king of Israel. 27 And he walked in the ways of the house of Aehab : and he did evil before the Lord, as did the house of Aehab: for he was the son-in-law ot»the house of Aehab. 28 He went also with Joram son of Aehab, to fight against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth- Galaad : and the Syrians wounded Joram : 29 And he went baekto be healed, in Jezrahel: beeause the Syrians had wounded him in Ramoth when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Oehozias the son of Joram king ot Juda, went down to visit Joram the son of Aehab in Jezrahel ; be- cause he was sick there. CHAP. IX. Jehu is anointed king of Israel, to destroy the house of Aehab and Jezabel. He killeth Joram king of Israel, and Oehozias king of Juda. Jezabel is eaten by dogs. AND Eliseus the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him : Gird up thy loins, and take this little bottle of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-Galaad. 2 And when thou art come thither, thou shalt see Jehu the son of Josaphat the son of Namsi : and going in thou shalt make him rise up from amongst his brethren, and carry him into an inner chamber. 3 Then taking the little bottle of oil, thou shalt pour it on his head, and shalt say : Thus saith the Lord: I have anointed thee king over Israel. And thou shalt open the door, and flee ; and shalt not stay there. 4 So the young man the servant of the prophet went away to Ramoth-Galaad, 5 And went in thither : and behold, the captains of the army were sitting; and he said : I have a word to thee, O prince. And Jehu said : Unto whom of us all? And he said : To thee, O prince. 6 And he arose, and went into the chamber: and he poured the oil upon his head, and said: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel : I have anointed thee king over Israel, the people of the Lord. 7 And thou shalt cut off the house of Aehab thy master: and I will revenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord at the hand of Jezabel. 8 And I will destroy all the house of Aehab: and I will cut off from Aehab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the meanest in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Aehab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and like the house of Baasa the son of Ahias. 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of Jezrahel : and there shall be no one to bury her And he opened the door, and fled. 1 1 Then Jehu went forth to the servants of his lord: and they said to him: Are all things well ? why * Daughter. That is, grand-daughter ; for she was daughter of Aehab son of Amri, vor. 18 came this mad man to thee t Ann ne said to them You know the man, and what he said. 12 But they answered: It is false; but rather do thou tell us. And he said to them': Thus and thus did he speak to me : and he said : Thus saith the Lord : I have anointed thee king over Israel. 13 Then they made haste, and taking every man his garment, laid it under his feet, after the manner of a judgment-seat : and they sounded the trumpet, and said: Jehu is king. 14 So Jehu the son of Josaphat the son of Namsi conspired against Joram. Now Joram had besieged Ramoth-Galaad, he and all Israel fighting with Ha- zael king of Syria : 15 And was returned to be healed in Jezrahel of his wounds; for the Syrians had wounded him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Jehu said : If it please you, let no man go forth or flee out of the city ; lest he go, and tell in Jez- rahel. 16 And he got up, and went into Jezrahel: for Joram was sick there; and Oehozias king of Juda was come down to visit Joram. 17 The watchman therefore, that stood upon the tower of Jezrahel, saw the troop of Jehu coming, and said: I see a troop. And Joram said: Take a chariot, and send to meet them; and let him that goeth say: Is all well ? 18 So there went one in a chariot to meet him, and said : Thus saith the king : A re all things peace- able? And Jehu said: What hast thou to do with peace? go behind, and follow me. And the watch- man told, saying: The messenger came to them ; but he returneth not. 19 And he sent a second chariot of horses: and he came to them, and said : Thus saith the king : Is there peace ? And Jehu said; What hast thou to do with peace? pass, and follow me. 20 And the watchman told, saying: He came even to them, but returneth not: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Namsi; for he drives furiously. 21 And Joram said : Make ready the chariot. And they made ready his chariot: and Joram king of Israel, and Oehozias king of Juda went out, each in his chariot: and they went out to meet Jehu, and met him in the field of Naboth the Jezrahelite. 22 And when Joram saw Jehu, he said : Is there peace, Jehu? And he answered: What peace? so long as the fornications of Jezabel thy mother, and her many sorceries are in their vigour. 23 And Joram turned his hand, and fleeing, said to Oehozias : There is treachery, Oehozias. 24 But Jehu bent his bow with his hand, and shot Joram between the shoulders: and the arrow went out through his heart: and immediately he fell in his chariot. 25 And Jehu said to Badacer his captain: Take him, and cast him into the field of Naboth the Jez- rahelite: for 1 remember, when I and thou sitting in a chariot followed Aehab this man's father, that the Lord laid this burden upon him, saying : 26 If I do not requite thee in this field, saith the 293 IV. KINGS. l^ord, for the blood of Naboth, ami for tin- blood of b'u children, frhkh I n« yesterday, sakh the Lord. So now take him, and cast hi in into the field, ac- cording tn (be word of the Lord. .', But Ochosias king of Juda seeina this. Bed by tin- ua> of ihc garden-house ! and Jena pursued him, and said: Strike him also in his chariot. And thei itruck bin in the going up to (Saver, w hich is by Jchlaam: and he tied into Mageddo, and died there. 28 And his servants laid him noon his chariot, and carried him to Jerusalem: and tliev buried him in his sepulchre w itli his fathers in the city of David. In t In- eleventh yeai ofJoram the son of Achah, Ochoaiaa reigaed over Jnda: 30 And Jehu came into Jezrahel. But Jezahel hearing ot liis coming in, painted her face with stihic stone, and adorned her head; and looked out of a window 81 It Jehu coming in at the gate: and said: Can there be peace for Zarnbri,thai hath killed bis master? \nd Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and said: Who is this? And two or three eunuehs bowed dow n to him. \nd he said to them : Throw her down head- long; and they threw her down ; and the wall was sprinkled with her blood; and the hoofs of the hor- ses trod upon her. 34 And when he w as come in, to eat and to drink, he said : Go, and lee after that cursed woman, and bury her: because she is a kind's daughter. 3o And when they went to bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the extremi- ties of her hands. 36 And coming hack they told him. And Jelin said : It is the word of the Lord, which he siioke by his servant Klias the Theshite, savin?: In the field of Jesrahel, the i\t>i-> shall eat the flesh of Jezahel : 37 And the flesh of Jezahel shall he as dlingopofl the face of the earth in the field of Jezrahel ; so that the? who pass hy shall say: Is this that same Jezabel? CHAP. X. Ji hit destroyeth the haute of Arhab ; abolisheth the worship of Umil ; ami Ltllrth thr >rurshipi>eri : but ttirks to the coins of Jeroboam. Israel is afflicted by the Syrians. AND Achah had seventy sooa in Samaria: so Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the chief men of the city, and to the ancients, and to tin in that brought up Achab's children, saying: 2 As soon as you receive these letters, ye that have your master's suns, sad « harlots, and horses, and fenced cities, and armour, 3 CboOSe the best, and him that shall please you most of your master's sons ; jind set him on his fa- ther's throne, and fight for the house of your master. \ Hut they wire exceedingly afraid, and said : Behold, two kin-s could not stand before him; and how shall We be able to resist? 5 Therefore the overseers of the house, and the rulers of the city, and the ancients, and the tutors sent to Jehu, saving: We are thy servants; what- soever thou shall command us we will do: neither SM w ill we make us a kin? : do thou all that pleased) til. e. 6 And h • wrote tetters the second tine to them, saying: If yon be mine, and will obey me, take the heads ot the sons ot \our master, and come to me to Jeisahej b\ to-morrow this time. Now the kn sons, being seventy men, were brought up with the chief bmmi of the city. 7 And when the letters came to them, they took the king's sons, sad slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezrahel. 8 And a messenger came, and told him, SBymg : They have brought the heads of the kind's sons. And he sai.l : La> \e them in two heaps by the en- tering in of the gate until the mornim:. 9 And when it was light, he went out, and Standing said to all the people : You are just : if I conspired against m) master, and slew him, who hath slain all these? 10 See therefore now that there hath not fallen to the ground any of the words of the Lord, which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Achah; and the Lord hath done that which he spoke in the hand of his servant Llias. 11 So Jehu slew all that were left of the house of Achah in Jezrahel, and all his chief men, and his friends, and his priests, till there were no re- mains left of him. 12 And he arose, and went to Samaria : and w hen he was come to the shepherd's cabin in the wav ' . ~ 13 He met with the brethren of Ochozias king of Juda, and he said to them : Who are you ? And they answered : \\ c are the brethren of Ochozias; and are come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen. I I And he said : Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them at the pit by the cabin, two and forty men ; and he left not any of them. 15 And when he was departed thence, he found Jonadab the son of Recbsb coming to meet him; and he blessed him. And he said to him: Is thy heart right as my heart IS with thy heart ? And Jo- said : It is. If it be, said be, give me thy And he lifted him with made me, and s, q him ride in nadah hand. He gave him his baud. up to him into the chariot, 16 And said to him: Come m\ seal for the Lord. So he his chariot, 17 And brought him into Samaria. And he slew all that were left of Achah in Samaria, to a man, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Llias. 18 And Jehu gathered" together all the people, and said to them: Achah worshipped Baal a little; hut I will worship him more.* 19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of • / trill wortSip Urn more. Jehu »innr.l in thu« pn-trmlin|r to wor- ship H..»l. an I < »minir «arrifice to bo otTere! u> dim bacMM e»ii m not to be done, tbat good may coma ol it Btm. in. 8. CHAP. XI. B;ial, and all his servants, and all his priests : let none be wanting ; for 1 have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal : whosoever shall be wanting shall not live. Now Jehu did this craftily, that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 20 And he said : Proclaim a festival for Baal. And he called, 21 And he sent into all the borders of Israel ; and all the servants of Baal came : there was not one left that did not come. And they went into the temple of Baal: and the house of Baal was filled, from one end to the other. 22 And he said to them that were over the ward robe; Bring forth garments for all the servants of Baal. Ancl they brought them forth garments. 23 And Jehu and Jonadab the son of Rechab went to the temple of Baal, and said to the wor- shippers of Baal: Search, and see that there be not any with you of the servants of the Lord, but that there be the servants of Baal only. 24 And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt- offerings : but Jehu had prepared him four score men without, and said to them : If any of the men escape, whom I have brought into your hands, he that letteih him go shall answer life for life. 25 And it came to pass, when the burnt-offering was ended, that Jehu commanded his soldiers and captains, saying: Go in, and kill them; let none escape. And the soldiers and captains slew them with the edge of the sword, and cast them out : and they went into the city of the temple of Baal, 26 And brought the statue out of Baal's temple, and burnt it, 27 And broke it in pieces. They destroyed also the temple of Baal, and made a jakes in its place unto this day. 28 So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel : 29 But yet he departed not from the sins of Je- roboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin ; nor did he forsake the golden calves that were in Bethel and Dan. 30 And the Lord said to Jehu : Because thou hast diligently executed that which was right and pleasing in my eyes, and hast done to the house of Achab according to all that was in my heart : thy children shall sit upon the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord the God of Israel with all his heart : for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, who had made Israel to sin. 32 In those days the Lord began to be weary of Israel : and Hazael ravaged them in all the coasts of Israel, 33 From the Jordan eastward, all the land of Galaad, and Gad, and Ruben, and Manasses, from Aroer, which is upon the torrent Arnon, and Galaad, and Basan. 34 But the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and his strength, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Is- rael ? 35 A J T ehu slept with his fathers ; and they buried him in Samaria : and Joachaz his son reign- ed in his stead. 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel, in Samaria, was eight and twenty years. CHAP. XI. .4thaha's usurpation and tyranny. Joas is made king. Atha- lia is slain. A ND Athalia the mother of Ochozias seeing - 1 *- that her son was dead, arose, and slew all the royal seed. 2 But Josaba the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas the son of Ochozias, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, out of the bed-chamber with his nurse; and hid him from the face of Athalia: so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her six years hid in the house of the Lord. And Athalia reigned over the land. 4 And in the seventh year Joiada sent, and tak- ing the centurions and the soldiers, brought them in to him into the temple of the Lord, and made a covenant with them : and taking an oath of them in the house of the Lord, showed them the king's son : 5 And he commanded them, saying: This is the thing that you must do: 6 Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath, and keep the watch of the king's house. And let a third part be at the gate of Sur : and let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shield- hearers : and you shall keep the watch of the house of Messa. 7 But let two parts of you all that go forth on the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king. 8 And you shall compass him round about, hav- ing weapons in your hands : and if any man shall enter the precinct of the temple, let him be slain ; and you shall be with the king coming in and go- ing out. 9 And the centurions did according to all things that Joiada the priest had commanded them : and taking every one their men, that went in on the sab- bath, with them that went out in the sabbath, came to Joiada the priest. 10 And he gave them the spears, and the arms of king David, which were in the house of the Lord. 11 And they stood, having every one their wea- pons in their hands, from the right side of the tem- ple, unto the left side of the altar, aud of the tem- ple, about the king. 12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the diadem upon him, and the testimony,* and they made him king, and anointed him; and clapping their hands, they said: God save the king. 13 And Athalia heard the noise of the people run- ning : and going in to the people into the temple of the Lord, 14 She saw the king standing upon a tribunal,! * Tht testimony. The book of the law. t A tribunal. A tribune, or a place elevated above the reit. MS IV. KINGS. as the manner was. and the singers, and the trum- pets near him, and all the people of the land re- loicing, and sounding the trumpets : and she rent her garments, and cried: A conspiracy, a conspiracy. 1 > But Joiada commanded the centurioos thai were over the army, and said to them: Have her forth without the precinct of the temple; and who- rer ihatl follow her, let him be slain with the >rd. For the priest had said : Let her not be slain in the temple of the Lord. It! And they laid hands on her; and thrust Tier .Hit by the way by which the horses go in, by the palace; and she was slain there. 17 And Joiada made a covenant between the Lord, and the kin:;, and the people, that they should be the people of the Lord, and between the king and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the temple of Baal, and broke down his altars: and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly; they slew also Mathau the priest of Baal before the altar. And the priest set guards in the bouse of the Lord. 19 And be took the centurions, and the bands of the Cerethi ami the Pbelethi, and all the people of the land: and they brought the king from the boose of the Lord: and thev came by the wav of the gate of the shield-bearers into the palace: and he sat on the throne of the kiims. \nd all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet : but Athalia was slain with the •word in the king's bouse. 21 Now Joas was seven years old when he began to reign. CHAP. XII. The temple is repaired. Hnzarl it bought off from attacking Jerusalem. Joas is slain. 1 \ the seventh year of Jehu, Joas began to reign: -*• and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee. 1 And Joas did that which was right before the Lord, all the davs that Joiada the priest taught him. 3 Bui yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high pla< I \iul Joas said to the nriesfs: All the money of the sanctified* things, which is brought into the temple of the Lord l>\ those that pass, which is of- ferred for the price of a soul, t and which of their own accord, and of their own free heart they bring into the temple of the Lord: 5 Let the priests take it according to their order, and repair the house, wheresoever they shall see any thing that wanteth repairing. 6 Vow till the three and twentieth war of kim: loas, the priests did not make the repairs of the temple. 7 And king Joas called Joiada the high priest and the priests, saving to them: Whv do \on not repair the temple? Take you therefore money no more ac- * tsmttifiU. That (TodH aerrice. t 7V» priet at a tout. That iv (he ordinary oblation, which erery •out wii to offer by the law. £W. ul m cording to your order; but restore it for the repairing of the temple. 8 And thepr estswere forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house. 9 And Joiada the high priest took a (best, and Inired a hole in the top, and set it by the altar at the right hand of them that came into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the doors put therein all the mone) that was brought to the tem- ple of the Lord. 10 And when they saw that there was very much money in the chest, the king's scribe, and tin- high priest came up, and poured it out, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord: 11 And they gawil out by number and measure into the hands of them that were over the builders of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters, and the masons that w rought in the house of the Lord, 12 And made the repairs; and to them that cut stones, and to buy timber, and stones, to he hewed, that the repairs Of the house of the Lord might Ik? completely finished, wheresoever there was need of expenses to uphold the house. 13 But there were not made of the same money for the temple of the Lord, bow Is or flesh-hooks, or censers, or trumpets, or any vessel of gold and sil- ver of the money that was brought into the temple of the Lord ; 11 For it was »i ven to them that did the work, that the temple of the Lord might be repaired. 15 And they reckoned not with the men that re- ceived the money to distribute it to the workmen ; but they bestowed it faithfully. 16 But the money for trespass, and the money for sins, they brought not into the temple of the Lord : because it was for the priests. 17 Then Ha/.ael king of Syria went up. and fought against (ielh, anil took it, and set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 18 Wherefore Joas king of Juda took all the sanc- tified things, which Josaphat. and Joram. and Ocho- zias, his fathers the kings of Juda had dedicated to holy uses, and which be himself had ofiered : and all the silver that could be found in the treasures of the temple of the Lord, and in the king's palace; and sent it to Hazacl king of Syria: and he went off" from Jerusalem. 19 And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he on horses: and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of Dai id. _' I And all the people of Juda took A/arias, w ho * Let ui —t one « m «Wr . T1ii« wa» a challenge to fif lit. ♦ Ophtr. In the tribeof Z;«huloo. J JUurUt. Olherwtta called Ouaa. M \\a^ sj\t,en years old, and made him king instead of his father Amasias. 22 He built Klath, and restored it to Juda, after that the kins slept with his fathers. I In the fifteenth rear of Amasias son of Joas king of Juda, reigned Jeroboam the son of J;-as kin:: of Israel in Samaria, one and forty years: I And he did that which is evil before the Lord. He departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam (he son of Nahat, who made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the borders of Israel from the entrance of Ematb, unto the sea of the wilderness, according to the word of the Lord the God of Is- rael, which be spoke hy his servant Jonas the son of Atnathi, the prophet, who was of Geth, which is in Opher.t 26 For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel that it was exceeding bitter; and that they were con- sumed even to them that were shut up in prison, and the lowest persons ; and that there was no one to help Israel. 27 And the Lord did not say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joas. 28 But the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his valour, wherewith he fought, and how he restored Damascus, and Emath to Juda in Israel, are thev not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fatbits the kings of Israel: and Zacharias his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XV. The reign of Azariat, and Joatham in Juda : and of ZacMariat, Si Hum. Stanahem, Phaceia, and Phacer, in Israel. TN the seven and twentieth year of Jeroboam king -■- of Israel, reigned A/.ariasJ son of Amasias, king of Juda. » 2 He was sixteen years old, when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty vears in Jeru- salem: the name of his mother was Jechclia of Je- rusalem. 3 And he did that which was pleasing before the Lord, according to all thai his father Amasias had done. 4 But the high places he did not destroy: for the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places. 5 And the Lord struck the king, so that he w as a leper$ unto the day of his death; and he dwelt in a free house apart: but Joatham the kins's son go- verned the palace, and judged ihe peopleofthe land. 6 And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda ? 7 And Azarias slept with his fathers: and they I A leftr. In puDi»hmen( of hit usurping the prie»tly function, t I'Toltf. (XTI. chap. xvi. ouried him with his ancestors in the city of David : and Joatliam his son reigned in his stead. 8 In the eight and thirtieth year of Azarias king of Juda, reigned Zacharias son of Jeroboam over Israel, in Samaria six months : 9 And he did that which is evil before the Lord, as his fathers had done : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Is- rael to sin. 10 And Sellum the son of Jabes conspired against him; and struck him publicly, and killed him; and reigned in his place. 1 1 Now the rest of the acts of Zacharias, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel ? 12 This was the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Jehu, saying: Thy children to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass. 13 Sellum the son of Jabes began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Azarias king of Juda ; and reigned one month in Samaria. 14 And Manahemthe son of Gadi went up from Thersa: and he came into Samaria, and struck Sel- lum the son of Jabes in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 15 And the rest of the acts of Sellum, and his conspiracy, which he made, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel? 16 Then Manahem destroyed Thapsa and all that were in it, and the borders thereof from Ther- sa, because they would not open to him: and he slew all the women thereof that were with child, and ripped them up. 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azarias king of Juda, reigned Manahem son of Gadi over Israel ten years in Samaria. 18 And he did that which was evil before the Lord : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin all his days. 19 And Phul king of the Assyrians came into the land ; and Manahem gave Phul a thousand ta- lents of silver, to aid him, and to establish him in the kingdom. 20 And Manahem laid a tax upon Israel, on all that were mighty and rich, to give the king of the Assyrians, each man fifty sides of silver: so the king of the Assyrians turned back, and did not stay in the land. 21 And the rest of the acts of Manahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel? 22 And Manahem slept with his fathers: and Phaceia his son reigned in his stead. 23 In the fiftieth year of Azarias king of Juda, reigned Phaceia the son of Manahem over Israel in Samaria two years. 24 And he did that which was evil before the * In the twentieth year of Joatham. That is in the twentieth year, from the beginning of Joatham's reign. The sacred writer chooses rather Lord : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 23 And Phacee the son of Romelia, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the tower of the king's house, near Argoh. and near Arie. and with him fifty men of the sons of the Galaadites: andheslewhim, and reigned in his stead. 26 And the rest of the acts of Phaceia, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel ? 27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azarias king of Juda reigned Phacee the son of Romelia over Israel in Samaria twenty years. 28 And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 29 In the days of Phacee king of Israel, came Theglathphalasar king of Assyria, and took Aion, and Abel Domum, Maacha, and Janoe, and Cedes and Asor, and Galaad, and Galilee, and all the land of Nephtali ; and carried them captives into Assyria. 30 Now Osee son of Ela conspired, and formed a plot against Phacee, the son of Romelia, and struck him, and slew him ; and reigned in his stead in the twentieth year of Joatham* the son of Ozias. 31 But the rest of the acts of Phacee, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel ? 32 In the second year of Phacee the son of Ro- melia king of Israel, reigned Joatham son of Ozias king of Juda. 33 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Jerusa, the daughter of Sadoc. 34 And he did that which was right before the Lord: according to all that his father Ozias had done, so did he. 35 But the high places he took not away: the people still sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places: he built the highest gate of the house of the Lord. 36 But the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda ? 37 In those days the Lord began to send into Juda Rasin king of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia. 38 And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David his father: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XVI. The wicked reign of Achaz: the kings of Syria and Israel war against him : he hireth the king of the Assyrians to assist him : he causeth an altar to be made after the pattern of that of Damascus. TN the seventeenth year of Phacee the son of Ro- ■*- melia, reigned Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda. 2 Achaz was twenty years old when he began to to follow here this date, than to speak of the year* of Achaz, who had not yet been mentioned. 899 IV. KINGS. reign : and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : he did not thai which wu pieasinc in the si-lit of the Lord Ids God, as David his father. 3 Hut he walked in the way of tin- kiagsof Israel : moreover he consecrated also Ins son, making him. pass through the lire according to the idols of the nations: which the Lord destroyed before the chil- dren of Israel. 4 He sacrificed also, and l)iirnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 Then Ram king of Syria, and Phacee son of Romclia kin:; of Israel, came up to •Jerusalem to fight: and i hey besieged Achaz, but were not able to overcome him. 6 At that time Rasin king of Syria restored Aila to Syria, and drove the men of Juda out of Aila: and the Kdomites came into Aila, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 And Achaz sent messengers to Theglathpha- lasar king of the Assyrians, saying: I am thy ser- vant and thy son : come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are risen up together against me. 8 And when he had gathered together the silver and gold that could be found in the house of the Lord, and in the king's treasures, he sent it for a present to the king of the Assyrians. 9 And he agreed to his desire: for the king of the Assyrians went up against Damascus, and laid it waste: and he carried away the inhabitants thereof to Cyrene : but Rasin he slew. 10 And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Theglathphalasar king of the Assyrians: and when he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Achaz sent to Trias the priest a pattern of it, and its likeness according to all the work thereof. 11 And I'rias the priest built an altar : according to all tlvat kin:: Achaz had commanded from Damas- cus, so did L'rias the priest, until king Achaz came from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damas- cus, he saw the altar, and worshipped it; and went up, and Offered holocausts, and his own sacrifice; 13 And offered libations, and poured the blood of the peace-offerings, which he had offered, upon the altar. 14 Hut the altar of brass that was before the Lord, lie removed from the lace of the temple, and from the place ol the altar, and from the place of the tem- ple of the Lord : and he set it at the side of the al- tar toward the north. 15 And king Achaz commanded Urias the priest. saying: U|>onthe great altar offer the morning hol- Mt, and the evening sacrifice, and the king's holocaust, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the whole people of the land, and their sacrifices, and their libations; and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim thou sh alt [Miiir out * Tfctire The rorert, or pmnlion, or tribune for the kinp . ♦ In tin htil/lk mot •/ JdfM king *f Jivi: lie >>«ff»n to ruga be- m ■KM it : but the altar of brass shall be ready at my pleasure. 16 So Urias the priest did according to all that kin:: Achaz had commanded him. I 7 Vnd kini; Achaz took away the graven bases, ami the laver that was upon them : anil he took down tin sea from the brazen OKM that held it up, and put it upon a pavement of stone. 18 The Musach* also lor the sabbath, which he had built in the temple, and the kind's entry from without, he turned into the temple of the Lord, lie- cause of the king of the Assyrians. 19 Now the rest of the acts of Achaz, which he did, are they not written in the Hook of the words of the days of the kings of Juda ? 20 And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was burled with them in the city of David : and Eze- i Idas bis son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XVII. The reign of Osee. The Israelites for their sin* are carried into captivity : other inhabitants are tent to Samaria, who make a mixture of religion. IN the twelfth vear of Achaz king of Juda,f Osee the son of Ela reigned in Samaria over Israel nine years. 2 And he did evil before the Lord : but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him. 3 Against him came up Salmanasar king of the Assyrians: and Osee became his servant and paid him tribute. 4 And when the king of the Assyrians found that Osee, endeavouring to rebel, had sent inessengets to Sua the king of Egypt, that he might not pay- tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as ne had done j year, he besieged him, bound him, and cast him into prison. 5 And he went through all the land : and going up to Samaria, he besieged it three years. 6 And in the ninth year of Osee, the king of the Adrians took Samaria, and carried Israel awav to Assyria: and he placed them in Hala, and Halior, by the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medcs. 7 Eor so it was that the children of Israel had sin- ned against the Lord their (iod, who brought them out of tin; land of Egypt, from under the hand of I'haraoking of Egypt; and they worshipped strange gods. 8 And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel because they had done in like maimer. 9 And the children of Israel offended the Lord their God with things thai were not right; and built them high places in all their cities, from the towel of the watchman to the fenced city. 10 And thev made them statues and groves or every high hill, and under every shady tree: II And they burnt incense there upon altars af ter the manner of the nations which the Lord hat fore | but was not in quiet poeteaetoo of the yeer of Acta*. kingdom till tbe t«rtftt CHAP. XVII. removed from their face : and they did wicked things, nrovoking the Lord. 12 And they worshipped abominations, concern- in? which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing. 13 And the Lord testified to them in Israel and in Juda by the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts, and ceremonies, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers; and as I have sent to you in the hand of my servants the prophets. 14 And they hearkened not, but hardened their necks like to the neck of their fathers, who would not obey the Lord their God. 15 And they rejected his ordinances and the co- venant that he made with their fathers, and the tes- timonies which he testified against them: and they followed vanities, and acted vainly: and they fol- lowed the nations that were round about them, con- cerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do as they did. 16 And they forsook all the precepts of the Lord their God: and made to themselves two molten calves, and groves, and adored all the host of hea- ven: and they served Baal; 17 And consecrated their sons, and their daugh- ters through fire: and they gave themselves to divi- nations, and soothsayings: and they delivered them- selves up to do evil before the Lord to provoke him. 18 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from his sight: and there remained oidy the tribe of Juda. 19 But neither did Juda itself keep the com- mandments of the Lord their God: but they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought. 20 And the Lord cast off" all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, till he cast them away from his face : 21 Even from that time, when Israel was rent from the house of David, and made Jeroboam son ofNabat their king; for Jeroboam separated Israel from the Lord, and made them commit a great sin. 22 And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam, which he had done: and they de- parted not from them, 23 Till the Lord removed Israel from his face, as he had spoken in the hand of all his servants the [>rophets: and Israel was carried away out of their and to Assyria, unto this day: 24 And the king of the Assyrians brought people from Babylon, and from Cutha, and from Avah, and from Emath, 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 cities, thereof. 25 And when they began to dwell there, they feared not the Lord : and the Lord sent lions among them, which k'Med them. 26 And it was told the king of the Assyrians, and it was said : The nations which thou hast re- moved, and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria, know not the ordinances of the God of the land : and the Lord hath sent lions among them: and be- hold, they kill them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. 27 And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying: Carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from thence captive: and let him go, and dwell with them: and let him teach them the or- dinances of the God of the land. 28 So one of the priests, who had been carried away captive from Samaria, came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should worship the Lord. 29 And every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the temples of the high places, which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their ci- ties where they dwelt. 30 For the men of Babylon made Sochothbenoth; and the Cuthites made Nergel: and the men of Emath made Asima. 31 And the Hevites made Nebahaz and Tharthac. And they that were of Sepharvaim burnt their chil- dren in fire, to Adramelech and Anamelech the gods of Sepharvaim ; 32 And nevertheless they worshipped the Lord. And they made to themselves, of the lowest of the people, priests of the high places: and they placed them in the temples of the high places. 35 And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods according to the cus- tom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria: 34 Unto this day they follow the old manner : they fear not the Lord ; neither do they keep his ceremo- nies, and judgments, and law, and the command- ment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he surnamed Israel: 35 With whom he made a covenant, and charg ed them, saying: You shall not fear strange gods , nor shall you adore them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them. 36 But the Lord your God, who brought you out of t lie land of Egypt with great power, and a strotch- ed-out arm, him shall you fear; and him shall you adore; and to him shall you sacrifice. 37 And the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do them always : and vou shall not fear strange gods. 38 And the covenant that he made with you, you shall not forget: neither shall ye worship strange gods. 39 But fear the Lord your God; and he shall de- liver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 But they did not hearken, but did according to their old custom. 41 So these nations feared the Lord, but never- theless served also their idols: their children also and grand children, as their fathers did, so do tney unto this day. 301 IV. KING*. CHAP. XVIII. The reign of Kzeehias : he akoiishrth idtJtttry, and protp>rrt/i. Smnaeherib cometh up agttiut him. RabtactM s<4t1 ol it MM 16 At that rune Kzeehias broke the doors of the temple of the Lord, and the plates of goM which In; bad fastened on them, and gave them to the king of the Assyrians. 17 \ml the king of the Ass y ri ans sent Tharthan, and Rabsaria, ami Rabsaces from Lachis to king Ezechias w ith a strong army to Jerusalem : and rhei went up and came to Jerusalem : and the} stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the wai of the fullers field. IK Antl they called for the kinn: and there wem out to them Eliacim the son of Helenas who was over the house, and Sohna the sciibe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder. 19 And Rabsaces saidtothem: Speak to Es> (bias: Thus saiih the great king, the kins of the Assy- rians : \\ hat is this confidence, w herein thou trtisi- est? 20 Perhaps thou hast taken counsel, to prepare thyself for battle. On whom dost thou trust, that thou darest to rel>el ? trust in Egypt, a staff of ■ broken Itch If a man lean, it will break, and fo into his hand, and pierce it? so isPharao king ol 'gvpt, to all that trust in him. 22 But if you say to me: We trust in the Lord our God : is it not lie, whose high places and altars Kzeehias hath taken away: and hath commanded Juda and Jerusalem: You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? 23 Now therefore come over to my master the king of the Assyrians; and I will give you two thou- sand horses, and see whether you be able lo have riders for them. 24 And how can von stand against one lord of the least of my masters servants ? Dost thou trust in EgJ pt for chariots and for horsi •men ? 25 Is it without the will of the Lord that 1 am coine up to this place to destto) It? The Lord said to me: Go up to this land, and destroy it. 26'riien Kliacim the son of Hcleias, and Sobna, e pray thee, speak we understand that 21 Dost thou reed, upon w' ' and Joahe said to Kabsaces: \\ to us thy servants in Syriac: for tongue : and speak not to us in the Jew s" language, in the hearing of the people that are ii|>oii the wall. 27 And Rabsaces answered them, saying: Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speak these words, and not rather to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their mine with you? J" Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said: Hear the words of the great king, the king of the Assi rians. 29 Thus saith the kinc: Let not Kzeehias de- ceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you 0U1 of my hand. 30 Neither let him make you trust in the Lord, saving: The Lord will surely deliver OS; and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of the Ass\ rians. 31 Do not hearken to Kzeehias. ForthttS nrith the king of the Assyrians: Do with roe thai which is for your ad\ antagc, and come out to me : and cv-.-> CHAP. XIX. man of you shall eat of his own vineyard, and of his own fix-tree : and you shall drink water of your own cisterns, 32 Till I come, and take you away to a land, like to your own land, a fruitful land, and plentiful in wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olives, and oil and honey; and you shall live and not die. Hearken not to Ezechias, who deceiveth you, saying: The Lord will deliver us. 33 Have any of the gods of the nations deliver- ed their land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where is the god of Emath, and of Arphad ? where is thegod of Sepharvaim, of Ana, and of Ava? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 35 Who are they among all the gods of the na- tions, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 36 But the people held their peace, and answer- ed him not a word : for they had received com- mandment from the king that they should not an- swer him. 37 And Eliacim the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobnathe scrilte, and Joahe the sun of Asaph the recorder came to Ezechias, with their garments rent ; and told him the words of Rab- saces. CHAP. XIX. Ezechias is assured of God's help by Isaias the prophet. The king of the Assyrians still threateneth and blasphcmeth. Eze- chias prayeth : and God promiseth to protect Jerusalem. An Angel destroyeth the army of the Assyrians. Their king re- turneth to Ninive ; and is slain by his own sons. \ ND when king Ezechias heard these words, he -^*- rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. 2 And he sent Eliacim, who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priests covered with sackcloths, to Isaias the prophet the son of Amos : 3 And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: the children are come to the birth; and the woman in travail hath not strength. 4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Kabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and to reprove with words, which the Lord thy God hath heard : and do thou offer prayer for the rem- nants that are found. 5 So the servants of king Ezechias came to Isaias. 6 And Isaias said to them : Thus shall you say to your master: Thus saith the Lord : Be not afraid, forthe words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphem- ed me. 7 Behold, I will send a spirit upon him; and he shall hear a message, and shall return into his own country: and 1 will make him fall by the sword in his own country. 8 And Rabsaces returned, and found the khi£ v( the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachis. 9 And when he heard of Theraca king of Ethio- pia: Behold, he is come out to fight with thee ; and was going against him, he sent messengers to Eze- chias, saying: 10 Thus shall you say to Ezechias king of Juda: Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest: and do not say : Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians. 1 1 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries; how they have laid them waste: and canst thou alone be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered any of them, whom my fathers have destroyed, to wit, Go- zan,and Haran, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, that were in Thelassar? 13 Where is the king of Emath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Ana and of Ava? 14 And when Ezechias had received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and had read it, he went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it be- fore the Lord. 15 And he prayed in his sight, saying: O Lord God of Israel, who sittestupon thecherubims; thou alone art the God of all the kings of the earth-: thou madest heaven and earth : 16 Incline thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see: and hear all the words of Sennache- rib, who hath sent to upbraid unto us the living God. 17 Of a truth, O Lord, thekings of the Assyrians have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all. 18 And they have cast their gods into the fire : for they were not gods, but the works of men's hands, of wood and stone: and they destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know, that thou art the Lord the only God. 20 And Isaias the son of Amos sent to Ezechias, saying: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I have heard the prayer thou hast made to me con- cerning; Sennacherib king of the Assyrians. 21 This is the word, that the Lord hath spoken of him: The virgin the daughter of Sion hath de- spised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: the daugh- ter of Jerusalem hath wagged her head behind thy back. 22 Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed? against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? against the Holy One of Israel. 23 By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproach- ed the Lord, and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus, and have cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir-trees. And I have entered into the furthest parts thereof, and the forest of i ts Carmel.* ♦ Carmel. A pleasant fruitful hill in the forest. These expressions are figurative, signifying under Ihe names of mountains and forest*, the kings and provinces whom the Assyrians had triumphed over. 303 IV. KINGS. 24 I hare cut down, and I have drunk strange waters ; and have (triad up withthe soles of m> all the shut up waters. 25 Hast thou not heard what I have done from the beginning? from the days of old I have formed it;* and now I have brought it to effect: that fenced cities of fighting men should be turned to heaps of ruin : 26 And the inhabitants of them were weak of hand; they trembled, and were confounded; thev became like the grass <>f the field, and the green herb on the torn of houses, w hieh withered before it came to maturity. 27 Thy dwelling and thy going out, and thy com- ing in. and thy way I knew before, and thy rage against me. 28 Thou hast been mail ■gainst me; and thy pride hathcome up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy MOB, and a bit between thv lips: and I will turn thee bock by the way, by which thou earnest. 29 And to thee, O Ezeehias, this shall be a sign : I'at this year what thou shalt find ; and in the se- cond year, such things as springof themselves : but in the third year sow and reap: plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 30 And whatsoever shall be left of the house of Juda, shall take root downward, and bear fruit up- ward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant. and that which shall be saved our of mount Sion: the /.rd of the Lord of hosts shall do this. 32 Wherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor come be- fore it wiih shield, nor cast a trench about it. 33 By the way that be came, he shall return : and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord. 34 And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and lor David my servant's sake. • ''"> \nd it came to pass that night, that an Angel of the Lord came, ami slew in the camp of the Cs- syrians a hundred anil eighty five thousand. And when he arose early in the morning, he saw all the bodies of the dead. 36 And SenittCherib king of the Assyrians de- parting went away : and he returned, and al>ode in Ninive. 37 And as he was worshipping in the temple of \i sroch his nod, Adramelech and Sarasa his sons slew him with the sword ; and they lied into the land of the Armenians : and Asarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. X\. Ezrrhia* bring tirk it told bu haias that hr shall dir « hut pray- ing to Hod hr nbtainrth lunger lifr ; anil in confirmation thrrr- nf rrreirrth a sign by the tun'* returning bark, Hr thoin th all hit trrntnrrs In the mnbnttud'/rt of the king of ftnbylon : haias reproving him fur it,foretdlcth the Babylonish cap- tirity. T\ those days Ezeehias was sick unto death : and ■*■ Isaias the Son of Amos the prophet, came and t Ikntfvrmti U,ifC. All thy riplmt., in which thoa t»We*t pride, are no more that what I hare e the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the temple of the Lord the third day ? 9 And Isaias said to him : This shall be the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the word which he hath spoken : Wilt thou that the shadow go forward ten lines, or that it go back so many de- gret 10 And Ezeehias said : It is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten lines: and I do not desire that this be done : but let it return back ten degrees. 1 1 And Isaias the prophet called upon the Lord : and he brought the shadow ten decrees backwards l>\ the lines, by which it had already gone down in the dial of Achaz. 12 At that time Berodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, king of the Babylonians, sent h Iters and presents to Kzechias: for he had heard that Em - chias had been sick. 13 And Ezeehias rejoiced at their coming : and he showed them the house of his aromalical spi O -, and the gold andthesilver, and dwell precious, hIoius, and ointments, and the house of his vessels, and all that he haa in bis treasures. There was no- thing in his house, nor in all his dominions that Ezeehias showed them not. 14 And Isaias the pronhet came to king Ezeehias, and said to him: What said then incur, or from whence came they to thee ? And Kzechias said to him : Krom a far country they came to me. out of Babylon. 15 And he said : What did they see in thy house 3 : ii;is said : They saw all the things that are in mv house: there is nothing among my treasures that 1 have not shown them. to tli'-e to take ami .!• ' ritiea, an.l to rnrrr terror whe'erer tbou corneal. ii*f «/ ndn. Literally, ntinafUlU CHAP. XXI, XXII. 1G And Isaiassaid to Ezechias: Hear the word of the Lord. 17 Behold, the days shall eome, that all that is in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon : nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. 18 And of thy sons also that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away : and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 19 Ezechias said to Isaias: The word of the Lord, which thou hast spoken, is good : let peace and truth be in my days. 20 And the rest of the acts of Ezechias, and all his might, and how be made a pool, and a conduit, and brought waters into the city, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? 21 And Ezechias slept with his fathers: and Manasses his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXI. The wickedness of Manasses : God's threats by his prophets. His wicked son Anion succcedcth him : and is slain by his servants. MANASSES was twelve years old when he be- gan to reign: and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Haphsiba. 2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, ac- cording to the idols of the nations, which the Lord destroyed from before the face of the children of Is- rael. 3 And he turned, and built up the high places which Ezechias his father had destroyed : and he set up altars to Baal, and made groves, as Achab the king of Israel had done: and be adored all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem 1 will put my name. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the temple of the Lord. 6 And he made his son pass through fire : and he used divination, and observed omens, and ap- pointed pythons,* and multiplied soothsayers to do evil before the Lord, and to provoke him. 7 He set also an idol of the grove, which he had made, in the temple of the Lord : concerning which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son : In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out or all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever. 8 And I will no more make the feet of Israel to be moved out of the land, which I gave to their fathers : only if they will observe to do all that I have com- manded them according to the law which my ser- vant Moses commanded them. 9 But they hearkened not ; but were seduced by Manasses, to do evil more than the nations which the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel. 10 And the Lord spoke in the hand of his ser- vants the prophets, saying : * Pythons. That is, diviners by spirits. Qq 11 Because Manasses king of Juda nam done these most vvieked abominations, beyond all that the Amorrhites did before him, and hath made Ju- da also to sin with his filthy doings : 12 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel : Behold, 1 will bring on evils upon Jerusa- lem and Juda ; that whosoever shall hear of them, both his ears shall tingle. 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the weight of the house of Achab : and I will efface Jerusalem, as tables are wont to be effaced : and I will erase and turn it, and draw the pencil often over the face thereof. 14 And I will leave the remnants of my inheri- tance, and will deliver them into the hands of their enemies: and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies. 15 Because they have done evil before me, and have continued to provoke me, from the day that their fathers came out of Egypt, even unto this day. 16 Moreover Manasses shed also very much in- nocent blood, till he filled Jeruaslem up to the mouth ; besides his sins, wherewith he made Juda to sin, to do evil before the Lord. 17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasses, and all that he did, and his sin, which he sinned, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda ? 18 And Manasses slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Ozar : and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 19 Two and twenty years old was Anion when he began to reign: and he •reigned two years in Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Mcssale- meth the daughter of Harus of Jeteba. 20 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasses his father had done. 21 And he walked in all the way in which his father had walked : and he served the abominations which his father had served : and he adored them, 22 And forsook the Lord the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord. 23 And his servants plotted against him, and slew the king in his own house. 24 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon ; and made Jo- sias his son their king in his stead. 25 But .the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? 26 And they buried him in his sepulchre in the garden of Oza : and his son Joaias reigned iu his stead. CHAP. XXII. Josias repaireth the temple. , The book of the law is found, up- on which they consult the Jj>rd ; and are told that great evils shall fall upon them, but not in the time ofjvsias. JOSIAS was eight years old when he began to reign : he reigned one and thirty years in Je rusalem : the name of his mother was Idida, thn daughter of Hadaia, of Besecath. 305 IV. KINGS. 2 Ami he tliil that which was righl in th< nf the Lord, and walked in all the ways of Dartd his lather: he turned nut a>ide to the right hand. or to the left. 3 And in the eighteenth year of kins Josias, the kin- sent Saphan the son of Assni. the son of M< I* sulam, the scribe of the temple of the Lord, saying to him : 4 (Jo to Helcias the high priest, that the money in iv he pal together which is brought into the tem- ple of the Lord, which the door-keepers of the tem- ple have gathered of the people : 5 And let it be given to the workmen by the overseers of the house of the Lord: and let them distribute it to those that work in the temple of the Lord, to repair the temple: 6 That is, to carpenters and masons, and to such as mend breaches; and that timber may be bought, and stones out of the quarries, to repair the temple of the Lord. 7 But let there he no reckoning made with them of the money which they receive ; but let them it in their power, and in their trust. 8 And Helcias the high priest said to Saphan the Scribe : I have found the l>ook of the law* in the house of the Lord : and Helcias gave the book - iphan ; and he read it. 9 And Saphan the scribe came to the king, and brought him word again concerning that which he had commanded, and said: Thy servants have I ithered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord : and they have given it to be distributed to the workmen, by the overseers of the works of the temple of the Lord. 10 And Saphan the scribe told the king, saving : Helcias the priest hath delivered to me a book. And when Saphan had read it before the king, 1 1 And the king had heard the words of the law of the Lord, he rent his Karments. 12 And he commanded Helcias the priest, and Ahicain the son of Saphan, and Achobor the son of Mi. ha, and Saphan the scribe, and Asaia the king's servant, saying : 13 Go and consult the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Juda, concerning the words of this l>ook which is found: for the great wrath of the Lord is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of this book, to do all that is written for us. 14 So Helcias the priest, and Ahicain. and Acho- bor, and Saphan, and Asaia went to Holda the pro- phetess the wife of Sellum the son of Thecua, the son of Araas keeper of the wardrobe, who dwelt in .Jerusalem in the Second ;t and they spoke to her. 1 "> And she said to them: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel : Tell the man that sent you to me : •16 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, I will bring evils upon this place, and upon the inhabitants there- • 7V. i~k tftht tmt, that i», Deuteronomy. ♦ TV Second: a .t reel, or part of the city, to called; io Hebrew, Minim 30« '| of, all the words of the law which the lungof Jud.l hath read : 17 Because thev have forsaken me, and have sacrificed to strange gods, provoking me by all tin- works of their hands : therefore mv indignation shall be kindled against this place, and shall not l>e quenched. 18 But to the kins of Juda, who sent you to consult the Lord, thus shall you say: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel : Forasmuch as thou hast heard the words of the book, 19 And thy heart hath been moved to fear, and thou hast bumbled thyself before the Lord, hear- ing the words against this place, and the inhabit- ants thereof, to wit, that they should become a won- der and a curse : and thou hast rent thy cannents, and wept before me, I also have beard thee, saith the Lord : 20 Therefore I will gather thee to thy fathers : and thou shall be gathered to thy sepulchre in peace, that thy eyes may not see all the evils which I will bring upon this place. CHAP. XXIII. Josias readeth the law before all the people : they promise to observe it. He abolishcth all idolatry ; relrbratrth the phase ; is slain in battle by the king of Egypt. The short rtigno/Jo- achaz, in whose place Joakim is marie king. A ND they brought the king word again w hat -^*- she had said. And be sent : and all the an- cients of Juda and Jerusalem were assembled to him. 2 And the king went up to the temple of the Lord: and all the men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, the priests and the prophets, and all the people both little and great: and in the hearing of them all he read all the words of the hook of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord. 3 And the king stood upon the step :t and made a covenant with the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies and his ceremonies, with all their heart, and with all their soul, and to perform the words of this covenant, which were written in that book : and the people agreed to the covenant. 4 And the king commanded Helcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the door-keepers, to east out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven : and he burnt them without Jerusalem in the valley of Ci (Iron; and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel. 5 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kin^s of Juda had appointed to sacrifice in the high places in the cities of Juda, and round a!>out Jeru- salem ; them also that burnt incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to the twelve si-ns. and to all the host of beaven. 6 And be caused the grove to be carried out from { TV king tlooi nptmlkt ttep : That it, hi* tribune, or tribunal, a more rimm-nt pfc*M, (ntm Ml gbt be aceii and heanl l>> the people. CHAP. XXIII. the house of the Lord without Jerusalem to the valley of Ccdron : and he burnt it there, and re- duced it to dust, and cast the dust upon the graves of the common people. 7 He destroyed also the pavilions of the effemi- nate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove. 8 And he gathered together all the priests out of the cities of Juda : and he defiled the high places, where the priests offered sacrifice, from Gabaa to Bersabee : and he broke down the altars of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Josue governor of the city, which was on the left hand of the gate of the city. 9 However the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem : but only ate of the unleavened bread among their bre- thren. 10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom ; that no man should consecrate there his son or his daughter through fire to Moloch. 1 1 And he took away the horses which the kings of Juda had given to the sun, at the entering in of the temple of the Lord, near the chamber of Na- thanmelech the eunuch, who was in Pharurim : and he burnt the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 And the altars that were upon the top of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king broke down: and he ran from thence, and cast the ashes of them into the torrent Cedron. 13 The high places also that were at Jerusalem on the right side of the Mount of offence, which Solomon king of Israel had built to Astaroth the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the scandal of Moab, and to Melchom the abomination of the children of Ammon, the king defiled. 14 And he broke in pieces the statues, and cut down the groves: and he filled their places with the bones of dead men. 15 Moreover the altar also that was at Bethel, and the high place, which Jeroboam the son of Na- bat, who made Israel to sin, had made ; both the altar, and the high place he broke down and burnt, and reduced to powder, and burnt the grove. 16 And as Josias turned himself, he saw there the sepulchres that were in the mount : and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the Lord, which the man of God spoke, who had foretold these things. 17 And he said : What is that monument which I see? And the men of that city answered: It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Juda, and foretold these things which thou hast done upon the altar of Bethel. 18 And he said : Let him alone, let no man move his bones. So his bones were left untouched with trie bones of the prophet, that came out of Samaria. 19 Moreover all the temples of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josias took away: and he did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. 20 And he slew all the priests of the high places, that were there, upon the altars: And he burnt men's bones upon them : and returned to Jerusalem. 21 And he commanded all the people, saying . Keep the phase to the Lord your God, according as it is written in the book of this covenant. 22 Now there was no such a phase kept from thedaysof the judges, whojudged Israel, norin all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Juda, 23 As was this phase that was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josias. 24 Moreover the diviners by spirits, and sooth- sayers, and the figures of idols, and the unclean- nesses, and the abominations, that had been in the land of Juda and Jerusalem, Josias took away : that he might perform the words of the law, that were written in the book which Helcias the priest had found in the temple of the Lord. 25 There was no king before him like unto him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, according to all the law of Moses : neither after him did there arise any like him. 26 But yet the Lord turned not away from the wrath of his great indignation, wherewith his anger was kindled against Juda : because of the provoca tions, wherewith Manasses had provoked him. 27 And the Lord said : I will remove Juda also from before my face, as 1 have removed Israel : and I will cast off this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the house, of which I said : My name shall be there. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josias, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda ? 29 In his days Pharao Nechao king of Egypt, went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates : and king Josias went to meet him ; and was slain at Mageddo, when he had seen him. 30 And his servants carried him dead from Ma- geddo: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias : and they anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. 31 Joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign : and he reigned three months in Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Jeremias of Lobna. 32 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. 33 And Pharao Nechao bound him at Rebla, which is in the land of Ematb, that he should not reign in Jerusalem : and he set a fine upon the land, of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 34 And Pharao Nechao made Eliacim the son of Josias king in the room of Josias his father ; and turned his name to Joakim. And he took Joachaz away, and carried him into Egypt : and he died there. 307 rv. KIN 35 And Joakim save the silver and the* ::old to I'liarao. after lie had taxed tin- laud lor every man, to contrihnte according to the eominandinent of Bharao: and be eZKtcd lx>th the silver and the fold of the people of the land, of e\ery man according to his abilitv, to ptre to l'harao .\e< hao. 36 Joakim was live and twent\ \eais old when he began to reign : ami he leagued eleven years in Jerusalem : the name of his mother w as Zehida the daughter of Phadaia of Kmna. 37 And he did evil before the Lord according to all that his fathers had done. CHAP. WIV. The reign of Joakim, Joachin, and Sedecias. IN his days Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon eame up; and Joakim became bJb servant three years : then anain he rebelled against him. 2 And the Lord sent against him the rovers* of the Chaldees. and the rovers of Syria, and the ro\ en o( Moab, ana the rovers of the children of Ammon : and he sent them against Juda, to destroy it, accord- ing to the word of the Lord, whieh he had s|>okcn by his servants the prophets. 3 And this came by the word of the Lord against Juda, to remove them from before him for all the sins of Manasses which he did, 4 And for the innocent blood that he shed, filling Jerusalem with innocent bhxxl : and therefore the Lord would not be appeased. 5 But the rest of the acts of Joakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the words of the daya of the kings of Juda ? And Joakim slept with his fathers: 6 And Joachin his son reigned in his stead. 7 And the kin:; of Egypt came not again any more out of his own country : for the king of Main- Ion had taken all that had belonged to the king of Egypt, from the river of Egypt, unto the river Ku- phrates. 8 Joachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign : and he reigned three months in Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Nohcsta the daughter of FJuathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his father had done. 10 At that time the servants of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, came up against Jerusalem : and the city was surrounded with their forts. 1 1 And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came to the city with his servants to assault it. 12 And Joachin king of Juda went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother, and his servants, and his nobles, and his eunuchs : and the king of Bain - Ion received him in the eighth year of hi^ reign. 13 And he brought out from thenee all the trea- sures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures Of the kind's house: and he cut in pieces ;ill the ressels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had * TW Ltrd M*( came. made in the temple of the Lord, according to the word of the Lord. 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the valiant men of thearmv.to the Dumber of ten thousand mtocapth itj : and even artificer and smith : and none were left but the poor sort of the people of the land. 15 And he carried away Joachin into Bain Ion, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, ana his eunuchs: and the judges of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem into Hah) Ion : 16 And all the strong men seven thousand, and the artificers and the smiths a thousand, all that were valiant men and fit for war: and the king of Babylon led them captives into Babylon. 17 And he appointed Matthanias his uncle in his stead ; and called his name Sedecias. 18 Sedecias was one and twenty years old w hen he began to reign: and he reigned eleven vear> in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Jercmias of Lobna. 19 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that Joakim had done. 20 For the Lord was angry against Jerusalem and against Juda, till he east them out from his face: and Sedecias revolted from the king of Bain Ion. CHAP. XXV. Jerusalem it besieged and taken by Nabuchodonosor : Srdccias is taken: the city and temple are distrovi/l. GtdoRas, who is left governor, is slain. Joachin is extdted by Kcil- merodach. AND it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that Nabuchodonosor kingof Bain Ion, came, he and all his army against Jerusalem : and they surrounded it, and mated works round about it. 1 Ami the city was shut up and licsiegcd till the eleventh year of king Sedecias, 3 The ninth day of the month : and a famine prevailed in the city: and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 And a breach was made into the city: and all the men of war lied in the night betweo the two walls by the king's garden (now the Chaldees l>e- sieged the city round al>out,) and Redefine fled by the way that leadeth to the plains of the w ildern 5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and oveitook him in the plains of Jericho: \. rs that were with ' lend, and left him and all the warriors that were him wi i. K 6 So they took the king, and brought him to the kins of Babylon to Heblatha: and he gave Judgment noun him. 7 And he slew the sons of Sedecias before his face: and he put out his eyes, and bound him with chains, and brought him to Bain Ion. 8 In the fifth month, the seventh da v ot the month, that is, the nineteenth year of the kin;: of Bain l< n. came Nabusarduu commander of the army, a ser- vant of the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem. 9 And he burnt the house of tin Loi.l, and thw 308 chap. xxv. kind's house, and l lie houses oi'Ji.riuah'm, and every house he burst wit ti lire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, which was with the commander of the troops, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about. 1 1 And Nabuzardan the commander of the army, carried away the rest of the people that remained in the city, and the fugitives that had gone over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the com- mon people. 12 But of the poor of the land he left some dres- sers of vines and husbandmen. 13 And the pillars of brass that were in the tem- ple of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass, which was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldees broke in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. 14 They took away also the pots of brass, and the mazers, and the forks, and the cups : and the mortars, and all the vessels of brass, with which they ministered. 15 Moreover also the censers, and the bowls, such as were of gold in gold ; and such as were of silver in silver ; the general of the army took away. 16 That is, two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made in the temple of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 17 One pillar was eighteen cubits high: and the chapiter of brass which was upon it was three cubits high: and the net-work, and the pomegranates that were upon the chapiter of the pillar, were all of brass: and the second pillar had the like adorning. 1 8 And the general of the army took Seraias the ehief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and three door-keepers ; 19 And out of the city one eunuch, who was cap- tain over the men of war; and five men of them that had stood before the king, whom he found in the city, and Sopher the captain of the army who exer- cised the young soldiers of the people of the land, and threescore men of the common people, who were found in the city. 20 These Nabuzardan the general of the army took away, and carried them to the king of Babylon to Reblatha. 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Reblatha in the land of Emath : so Juda was carried away out of their land. 22 But over the people that remained in the land of Juda, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had left, he gave the government to Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan. 23 And when all the captains of the soldiers had heard this, they and the men that were with them, to wit, that the king of Babylon had made Godo- lias governor, they came to Godolias to Maspha, Is- maelthe son of Nathanias, and Johanan the son of Caree, and Saraia the son of Thanehumeth the Netophatite, and Jezonias the son of Maachathi, they and their men. 24 And Godolias swore to them and to their men, saying: Be not afraid to serve the Chaldees: stay in the land, and serve the king of Babylon ; and it shall be well with you. 25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ismael the son of Nathanias, the son of Elisama of the seed royal came, and ten men with him; and smote Godolias so that he died : and also the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him in Maspha. 26 And all the people both little and great, and the captains of the soldiers, rising up went to Egypt, fearing the Chaldees. 27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda, in the twelfth month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Joachin, king of Juda out of prison. 28 And he spoke kindly to him : and he set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. 29 And he changed his garments which he had in prison: and he ate bread always before him all the days of his life. 30 And he appointed him a continual allowance, which was also given him by the king day by day, all the days of his life. 309 THE FIRST BOOK OF PARALIPOMEJNON. Thtst hooks are called by the Greek interpreters Paralipomrnon (nafXuwvpn;,) that is, of lh\ng% left out or omitl. ,| ; because then are a kind of a supplement of such things at teere passed over in the books of the kings. The Hebrews call them DSmc Hajainin, that is, The words of the days, or The Chronicles. Not that they are the books irhirh are so often quoted in ISM kings, under the title of The words of the d;iyi of tlie kings of bntf, and of the kings of Juda ; for the books of Pio-alipo- menon werr irnttrn after the books of kings ; but because in all probability they kare been abridged from those ann earth. 1 1 But Mesraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Laabim, and Nepbtoim, 1J I'lietrusim alto, and Casluim : from whom came the Philistines, and Caphtorim. 13 And Chanaan begot Sidon his first-l>om, and the Hethite. ^ 14 And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite, and the Gernsife, 15 And the Hevite, and the Aracite, and the Sinite, 16 And the Aradian, and the Samarite, and the Hamathite. 1 7 The sons of Sem: Elam, and Asur, and Ar- pliavad, and Lud, and Aram, and Hus, and Hul, and Gether, and Mosoch. 18 And Arpliaxad begot Sale; and Sale begot Heber. • 19 And to Heber were born two sons; the name of the one was Phaleg, because in his days the ♦ arth was divided ; and the name of his brother was Jectan. 20 And Jectan begot Elmodad, and Saleph, and Asannoth, and Jare, 21 And Adoram, and Usal, and Decla, 22 And Hebal, and Abimael, and Saba, 23 And Ophir, and lle\ ila. and Jobab. All these the sons of Jectan. 24 S*»ai Arpha.xad, S.i\e, 310 25 Heber, Phaleg, Ragaa, 26 Serug, Nachor, Thate, 27 Abram, tins is Abraham. 28 And the sons of Abraham: Isaac a:id iMiinne.. 29 And that* are the generations of them. The first-born of Ismahel, Nabaioth, then Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabsam, 30 And Masma, and Duma, Massa, Iladad. and Thema, 31 Jetur, Naphis, Cedma: these are the sow of ismahel. 32 And the sons of Cetura, Abraham's concu- bine,* whom she bore : Zamran. Jecsan, Madan, Madian, Jesboc. and Sue. And the sons of Jec- tan, Saba, and Dadan. And the sons of Dadan : Assurim, and Latussim, and Laomim. 33 And the sons of Madia :i: Kpha, and Kplier, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa. All these are the sons of Cetura. 34 And Abraham begot Isaac: and his sons were Esau and Israel. 35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Rahuel, Jehus, Ihelorn, and Core. 36 The sons of Eliphaz : Theman, Omar, Sephi, Gathan, Cenez, and by Thamna, Amalec. 37 The sons of Rahuel: Nahath, Zara, Samma. Meza. 38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Sobal, Sebeon, Ana. Dison, Eser. Disan. 39 The sons of Lotan : Hori, Homam. And the sister of Lotan was Thamna. 40 The sons of Sobal : Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Sephi, and Onam. The sons of Seln - on: Aja and Ana. The sons of Ana : Dison. 41 The sons of Dison : Hamram, and Eseban, and Jethran, and Charan. 42 The sons of Eser : Balaan, and Zavan, and Jacan. The sons of Disan: Hus and Aran. 43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before then was a kins over the chil- dren of Israel : Bale the son of Beor : and the name of his city was Denaba. 4i And Bale died: and Jobab the son of Zare of Bosra, reigned in his stead. 45 And when Jobab alio was dead, Husam >l the land of the Themanites reigned in lii> st< ad. 46 And Husam also died: and Adad the son ol Badad reigned in his stead; and he defeated the Madianites in the land of Moab : and the uamt of his city was Avith. 47 And when Adad also was dead, Semla o» Masreca reigned in his stead. 48 Semla also died : and Saul of Kohohoth, M liich is near the river, reigned in his stead. 49 And when Said was dead, Balanan the sou of Achobor, reigned in his stead. * Coneulm*. She was his lawful wife, but of so infrrior drgrrv. CHAP. II. 50 lie also died: and Adad reigned ia bis stead: and tlie name of his city was I'hau, and his wife was called Meetabel the daughter of Mat red, the daughter of Mezaab. 51 And after the death of Adad, there began to be dukes in Edom instead of kings: Duke Thamna, duke Alva, duke Jetheth, 52 Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon, 53 Duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke Mabsar, 51 Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram. These are the dukes of Edom. CHAP. II. The twelve sons of Israel. The genealogy of Juda, down to Da- vid. Other genealogies of the tribe of Juda. AND these are the sons of Israel : Ruben, Sime- on, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephtali, Gad, and Aser. 3 The sons of Juda: Her, Onan, and Sela. These three were born to him of the Chanaanitess the daughter of Sue. And Her the 'first-bom of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord : and he slew him. 4 And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda, were five. 5 And the sons of Phares were Hesronand Hamul. 6 And the sons also of Zara: Zamri, and Ethan, and Eman, and Chalchal, and Dara ; five in all. 7 And the sons of Charmi: Achar,* who troubled Israel, and sinned by the theft of the anathema.f 8 The sons of Ethan: Azarias, 9 And the sons of Hesron that were born to him : Jerameel, and Ram, and Calubi. 10 And Ram J begot Aminadab: and Aminadab begot Nahasson, prince of the children of Juda. 1 1 And Nahasson begot Salma, the father of Booz. 12 And Booz begot Obed: and Obed begot lsai. 13 And lsai begot EJiab his first-born, the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa, 14 The fourth Nathanael, the fifth Raddai, 15 The sixth Asom, the seventh David. 16 And their sisters were Sarvia and Abigail. The sons of Sarvia : Abisai, Joab, and Asael, three. 17 And Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was J ether the Ismahelite. 18 And Caleb§ the son of Hesron took a wife named Azuba, of whom he had Jerioth: And her sons were Jaser, and Sobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to wife Ephrata, who bore him Ilur. 20 And Hur besot Uri: and Uri begot Bezeleel. 21 And afterwards Hesron. went in to the daugh- ter of Machir the father of Galaad; and took her to wife when he was threescore years old: and she bore him Segub. 22 And Segub begot Jair: and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad. * Jtchar, aiWi Arhan josue vn S The anatluma: the tiling devoted or accursed, viz. the spoils of Jericho. ' Rnin. Ho is commonly called .Irrim. Bill il is to he observed l»re ouou fjr all, that it was acotrvn >n thing among the Hebrews for 23 And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, three- score cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad. 24 And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia, who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua. 25 And the sons of Jerameel the first-born of Hes- ron, were Ram his first-born, and Buna, and Aram, and Asom, and Achia. 26 And Jerameel married another wife, named Atara, who was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jera- meel, were Moos, Jamin, and Achar. 28 And Onam had sons Semei and Jada. And the sons of Semei: Nadab and Abisur. 29 And the name of Abisur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahobban and Molid. 30 And the sons of Nadab were Saled and Ap- phaim. And Saled died without children. 31 But the son of Apphaim was Jesi: and Jesi begot Sesan. And Sesan begot Oholai. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei : Jether and Jonathan. And Jether also died with- out children. 33 But Jonathan begot Phaleth and Ziza. These were the sons of Jerameel. 34 And Sesan had no sons, but daughters : and a servant an Egyptian, named Jeraa. 35 And he gave him his daughter to wife : and she bore him Ethei. 36 And Ethei begot Nathan: and Nathan begot Zabad : 37 And Zabad begot Ophlal : and Ophlal begot Obed : 38 Obed begot Jehu : Jehu begot Azarias : 39 Azarias begot Helles : and Helles beget Elasa : 40 Elasa begot Sisamoi: Sisamoi begot Sellum: 41 Sellum begot Icamai: and Icamia begot Eli- sama. 42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jera- meel were Mesa his first-born, who was the father of Ziph: and the sons of Maresa father of Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron, Core, and Thaphua, and Recem, and Samma. 44 And Samma begot Raham, the father of Jer- caam: and Recem begot Sammai. 45 The son of Sammai Maon: and Maon the father of Bethsur. 46 And Epha the concubine of Caleb bore Ha- ran, and Mosa, and. Gezez. And Haran begot Gezez. 47 And the sons of Jahaddai, Rogom, and Jo- atham, and Gesan, and Phalet, and Epha, and Saaph. 48 And Maacha the concubine of Caleb bore Sa- ber and Tharana. the sarre persons to have different names : and that it is not impossi b'.e among so many proper names, as here occur in the first nine chap- ters of this book, that the transcribers of the ancient Hebrew copies mav h >ve made some slips in the orthography. { Caleb, alias Calubi, ver. 9. 311 I. P\R\UPOMENO.\. 49 Ami Sasphthe father of Madmena h the father <>f Machbeoa, and the rather of (Jabaa. And tin- daughter of Caleb was Aches. 50 These were the was of Caleb, the son of Hur the tir>t-born of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Caria- thiarim, 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hariph the father of Mi tlmader. Vnd Sobal the father of Cariathiarim had sons: He t tat cur* half of the places of rest 53 And of the kindred of Cariathiarim, the Jeth- rites, and Aphuthites, and Semathites, and Msse* riies. of thrill came the Samites and Iwhaolites. 54 The sons of Salma, Bethlehem and Netopha- thi, the Crowns of the house of Joab, and half of the place of rest of Sarai. 55 And the families of the scribes that dwell in Jabrs, singing and making melody, and abiding in tents. These are the Cinitcs, who came of Calor (Chamath) father of the house of Rechab. CHAP. III. The genealogy) of the house of David. TYTOW these were the sons of David that were -L ' born to him in Hebron: the first-born Amnon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess; the second Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess ; 2 The third Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tolmai king of Gessur; the fourth Ado- nias the son of Aggith ; 3 The fifth Sephatias of Abital; the sixth Jcthra- hem of Egla his wife. 4 So six sons were bom to him in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And in Je- rusalem be reigned three and thirty years. 5 And these sons were born to him in Jerusalem : Simmaa, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four of Bethaabee the daughter of Ammiel. 6 Jebaar also and Elisama, 7 And Eliphaleth, and Noge, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 Anil Elisama, and Eliada, and Elipheleth, nine: 9 All these the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines :f and they had a sister Thamar. 10 And Solomon's son was Rohoam : whose son Abia bqMl Ass. And his son w;is Josaphat, 1 1 The father of Joram : and Joram ()cgot Och- ozias, of whom was liorn JOSS ! 1 1 And his son Amasias begot Azarias. And Joathan the son of Annas 13 Begot Achaz, the father of Ezechias, of whom was born .Manasses. 14 And Manasses begot Amon the father of Josias. 15 And the sons of Josias were, the first-born Jo- hanan, the second Joakim, the third Sedecias, the fourth Sellutn. 1»; ( )l Joakim was born J e ch os i sa and Sedeciss 17 The sons of Jechonias were Asir, Salathiel, • Hi Ikal m, 4*. The L*tin Interpreter teem* to hirr (rirrn u» bare inttrad oft'ie prnnrr nainev t'te meaning nf thoie name*, in Jlw Hebrew. He has Jooe in like man"*' rer. SS. 311 18 Melchtram. Phadata, Benneser and Jecemia, s.im.i, and NadaoBL 19 Of Phadata were l>oni Zorobabel and Semei. Zorobabel begot Mosollam, llananias, ami Salnmith iluir sister: 20 Hasaba also, and Ohol, and Marachias, and llnsadias, Jossbbesed. Inc. 21 And the son of llananias, iras Phaltias the rather of Jeseias, whose son was Rapbata. And his son was Arnan, of whom was born Olnlia, whose son was Sechcuias. 22 The son of Sechenias toss Semeis: whose sons w i re Hattus.and Jegaal,and Bsns, and Naaria, and Sat hat, six| in number. 23 The sons of Naaria, Elioenai, and Ezechias, and Ezricam, three. 2 i The sons of Elioenai, Oduia, and Eliasub, and Pheleia, and Accub, and Johanan, and Dalaia, ami Anani, seven. CHAP. IV. Other genealogies of Juda and of Stmeim, and their rittoriet. THE sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi, and Hur ; and Sobal. 2 And Rata the son of Sobal begot Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi. 3 And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, and Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni. 4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the first-born of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem. 5 And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa and Naara. 6 And Naara bore him Ozam, and Hepher, and Themani, and Ahastbari: These are the sons ol Naara. 7 And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan. 8 And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, and the kin- dred of Aharehel the son of Arum. 9 And Jabes$ was more honourable than any of his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because 1 bore him with sorrow. 10 And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, say- ing: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he praved for. 11 And Caleb the brother of Sua begot Mahir, who was the father of Ksthon. 12 And Esthon begot Bethrapha, and Phesse, ami Tehinna father of the city of Naas: These are the men of Recha. 1 9 \nd the sons of Ccnez, were Othoniel, and Sarats. And the sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi. 14 Maonathi begot Ophra : and Saraia begot ! r The inferior wire*. Sis. ( ounting itie father in llie number. t JMt That i«, »err»w/W. CHAP. V. Joab the father of the Va.ley of artificers : for arti- ficers were there. 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone, were Hir, and Ela, and Naham. And the sons of Ela : Cenex. 16 The sons also of Jaleleel : Ziph, and Zipha, Tliiria, and Asrael. 17 And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered,and Either, and Jalon: and he begot Mariam, and Sam- mai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo. 18 And his wife Judaia bore Jared the father of > Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Icuthiel the father of Zanoe. And these are the sons of Bethia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mered took to wife. 19 And the sons of his wife Odaia the sister of Naham the father of Celia, Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Machathi. 20 The sons also of Simon, Amnon, and Rinna, the son of Hanan, and Thilon. And the sons of Jesi, Zoheth, and Benzoheth. 21 The sons of Sela the son of Juda : Her the father of Lecha, and Laada the father of Maresa, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen in the House of oath. 22 And He that made* the sun to stand, and the men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, who were Rrinces in Moab, and who returned into Lahem. [ow these are things of old. 23 These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plan- tations, and Hedges,! with the king for his works ; and they abode there. 24 1 he sons of Simeon: Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul : 25 Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, Masma his son. 26 The sons of Masma : Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Semei his son. 27 The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six daughters : but his brethren had not many sons ; and the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the children of Juda. 28 And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and Hasarsuhal, 29 And in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad, 30 And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and in Siceleg, 31 And in Bethmarchaboth, and in Hasarsusim, and in Bethberai, and in Saarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. 32 Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Rem- mon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities. 33 And all their villages round about these cities as far as Baal. This was their habitation, and the distribution of their dwellings. 34 And Mosabab, and Jemlech, and Josa the son of Am isias, 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josabia the son of Saraia, the son of Asiel, * He that miule, Src. viz. Joaziir., the meaning of whose name in He- Ijnw. is. he thai made the sun to stand. In like manner the following i •'n™. J-yingt (Choz ha,) Secure, (Joas,) and Burning: (Saraph) are %u istiliiloi hi place of the Hebrew names of tl'«> same signification. 2 B 36 And Elioenai, and Jacoba, and Isuhaia, and Asaia, and Adiel, and Ismiel, and Banaia, 37 Ziza also the son of Sephei, the son of Allon, the son of Idaia, the son of Semri, the son of Samaia. 38 These were named princes in their kindreds, and in the houses of their families were multiplied exceedingly. 39 And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as to the east side of the valley, to seek pastures for their flocks. 40 And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the race of Cham had dwelt before. 41 And these whose names are written above, came in the days of Ezechias king of Juda : and they beat down their tents, and slew the inhabitants that were found there, and utterly destroyed them unto this day : and they dwelt in their place ; be- cause they found there fat pastures. 42 Some also of the children of Simeon five hun- dred men, went into mount Seir, having for their captains Phaltias, and Naaria, and Raphaia, and Oziel, the sons of Jesi : 43 And they slew the remnant of the Amalecite*, who had been able to escape : and they dwelt there in their stead unto this day. CHAP. V. Genealogies of Ruben and Gad : their victories over the Agur- ites : their captivity- TVTOW the sons of Ruben the first- born of Israel -*- * (for he was his first-born : but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birth-right was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel ; and he w as not accounted for the first-born. 2 But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his brethren, came the princes ; but the first birth-right was accounted to Joseph.)! 3 The sons then of Ruben the first-born of Israel, were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi. 4 The sons of Joel : Samia his son, Gog his son, Semei his son, 5 Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son, 6 Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians carried away captive ; and he was prince in the tribe of Ruben. 7 And his brethren, and all his kindred, when they were numbered by their families, had for princes Jehiel and Zacharias. 8 And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of Samma, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo and Beelmeon. 9 And eastward he had his habitation as far as the entrance of the desert, and the river Euphrates. For they possessed a great number of cattle in the land of Galaad. 10 And in the days of Saul they fought against the Agarites, and slew them, and dwelt in their tents t Plantations and Hedges. These are the proper names of the places where they dwelt. In Hebrew, Jltharim and Gadira. | Accounted to Joseph, viz. as to the double portion, which belonged to the first-born : but the princely dignity was given to Juda, and l)i»' j priesthood to Levi 313 I. PARALIPOMENO.N. in their stead, in all the country, that looketb to tin- east ofGalaad. 11 And the children of ( lad dwelt ovcr-against them in the land of Hasan, as far as Selcha : 12 Johel the chic I. and Saplian the second: and Janai and Saphat in Hasan. 13 And their brethren according to the houses of their kindreds, were Michael, and Mosollam. and Sri*-, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zie, and Ileber, seven. 11 These were the sons of Aliihail, the son of Hnri, the son of Jara, the son of Galaad. the son of Michael, the son ofjesesi, the sou of Jeddo, the son of Bob. 15 And their brethren the sons of Abdiel, the son ol (iiini, chief of the house in their families. I'i And tlu-v dwelt in ( ial rid, and in Hasan, ami in the towns thereof, and in all the suburbs of Sa- ron, unto the border-. I 7 Ml these were numbered in the days of Joa- than king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 18 The sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses, fighting men, bearing shields, and swords, and bending the bow, and trained up to battles, four and forty thousand seven hundred and three score that went out to war. 19 They fought against the Agarites: but the Itu- reans, and Naphis, and Nodal), JO Gave them help. And the Agarites were de- livered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called uikmi Got! in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him. 21 And they took all that they possessed, of ca- mels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men ■ hundred thousand souls. 22 And many fell down slain : for it was the I attleol the Lord. And they dwelt in their stead till the captivity. 23 And the children of the half tribe of Manas- ses possessed the land, from the borders of Hasan unto Baal, llermon, and Sanir, and mount Her- mon; for their number was great. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their kindred, Kpher, and Jesi, and Eliel, and Es- riel, and Jeremia, and Odoia, and Jediel, most va- liant and powerful men, and famous chiefs in their families. 25 But they forsook the God of their fathers, and went astray alter the gods of the people of the laud, whom God destroyed before them. to And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of I'hul kiim of the Assyrians, and the spirit of Thel- tathphahiasar kingof Assur : and he carried away Kuben, and Gad, and the half tribe of Bfanal and brought them to Lahela, and to Habor, and to Ara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day. CHAP. VI. The gmeahgirt of Lcri, and of Aaron : the cities of the Istitc*. r pHK sons of Levi tcere demon, Cnath, and •- M#»r ir ir.. 314 2 The sous of (aalh: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and ( )/.iel. 3 The children of Ami-am : Aaron, Moses, and M ilia. The sons of Aaron : Nadab ami Abiu, Klea/.ar and Itliamar. 4 Klca/ar begot Phinees : and Phinees begot Abisue. 5 And Abisue begot Bocci : and Bocci begot Ozi. 6 Ozi begot Zaraias : and Zaraias begot Marioth. 7 And Marioth begot Amarias : and Amarias be- get Achitob. 8 Achitob begot Sadoc: and Sadoc begot Achi- niaas. 9 Achimaas begot Azarias : Azarias l>egot Jo- hanan. 10 Johanan begot A/arias. This is he that ess* euted the priestly office in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem. 11 And Azarias begot Amarias: and Amarias begot Achitob. 12 And Achitob begot Sadoc: and Sadoc hngol Selluin. 13 Sellum begot Helcias : and lk-Icias begot Azarias. 14 Azarias begot Saraias : and Saraias begot Jo- sedec. 15 Now Josedec went out, when the Lord car- ried away Juda and Jerusalem by the hands of Na- buchodonosor. 16 So the sons of Levi were Gerson,Caath, and Merari. 17 And these are the names of the sons of Gcr- son: Lobni and Semei. 18 The sons of Caath: Amram. and Isaar, and Hebron, and Ozicl. 19 The sons of Merari : Moboli and Musi. And these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families. 20 Of Gcrson, Lobni his son, Jahath his son, Zamma his son, 21 Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his son, Jethrai his son. 22 The sons of Caath: Aminadab his son, Core his son, Asir his son, 23 Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son, Asir his son, 24 Thahath his son, Uriel bis son. < >/ias has son, Saul his son. 25 The sons of Elcana: Amasai,and Achinioth, 26 And Elcana. The sons of Elcana : Bopttai his son, Nah. uli his son, 27 Eliab his son. Jeroham his son, Elcana his son. 28 The sons of Samuel : the first-born Yasseni, and Abia. 29 And the sons of Merari, Moholi: Lobni his son, Semei his son, O/.a his son, 30 Saminaa his son, Ha^^ia his son. Asaia his SOU. 31 These arc thev. whom Da\id s. t over the ringing men of the house of the Lord, after that the ark was placed. 32 And they ministered before the tabernaeleof the testimony, with sincin^ until Solomon built the chap vi. nouse of the Lord in Jerusalem: and they stood ac- cording to their order in the ministry. 33 And these are they that stood with their sons, of the sons of Caath, Hemani a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34 The son of Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Thohu, 35 The son of Suph, the son of Elcana, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elcana, the son of Johel, the son of Azarias, the son of Sophonias, 37 The son of Thahath, the son of Asir, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, 38 The son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa, 40 The son of Michael, the son of Basaia, the son of Melchia, 41 The son of Athanai, the son of Zara, the son of Adaia, 42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zamma, the son of Semei, 43 The son of Jeth, the son of Gerson, the son of Levi. 44 And the sons of Merari their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Meloch, 45 The son of Hasabia, the son of Amasia, the son of Helcias, 46 The son of Amasia, the son of Boni, the son of Somer, 47 The son of Moholi, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord. 49 But Aaron and his sons "offered burnt-offer- ings upon the altar of holocaust, and upon the altar of incense, for every work of the holy of holies ; and to pray for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisue his son, 51 Bocci his son, Ozi his son, Zambia his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amarias his son, Achitob his son, 53 Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son. 54 And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites : for they fell to them by lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about: 56 But the fields of the city and the villages to Caleb son of Jephone. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities for refuge Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs thereof; 58 And Jether and Esthemo, with their suburbs; and Helon and Dabir, with their suburbs; 59 Asan also and Bethsemes, with their suburbs. 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee an-i its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen. 61 And to the sons of Caath that remained of their kindred thev gave out of the half tribe of Ma- nasses ten cities in possession. 62 And to the sons of Gerson by their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephtali, and out of the tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities. 63 And to the sons of Merari by their families out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve cities. 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities, and their suburbs. 65 And they gave them by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Juda, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benja- min, these cities, which they called by their names. 66 And to them that were of the kindred of the sons of Caath, and the cities in their borders were of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gave the cities of refuge, Sichem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs, 68 Jecmaan also with its suburbs, and Bethho- ron in like manner, 69 Helon also with its suburbs, and Gethrem- mon in like manner. 70 And out of the half tribe of Manasses, Aner and its suburbs, Baalam and its suburbs: to wit, to them, that were left of the family of the sons of Caath. 71 And to the sons of Gersom, out of the kin- dred of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon in Ba- san, and its suburbs, and Astharoth with its su- burbs. 72 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes and its suburbs, and Dabereth with its suburbs, 73 Ramoth also and its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs. 74 And out of the tribe of Aser: Masai with its suburbs, and Abdon in like manner, 75 Hucac also and its suburbs, and Rohob with its suburbs. 76 And out of the tribe of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee and its suburbs, Hamon with its suburbs, and Cariathaim and its suburbs. 77 And to the sons of Merari that remained: out of the tribe of Zabulon, Remmonoand its suburbs, and Thabor with its suburbs: 78 Beyond the Jordan also over-against Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Ruben, Bosor in the wilderness with its suburbs and Jassa with its suburbs. 79 Cademoth also andits suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs. 80 Moreover also out of the tribe of Gad, Ra- moth in Galaad and its suburbs, and Manaim with its suburbs, 81 Hesebon also with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs. 315 I. I'aKALITOMT.NO.Y CHAP. VII. OtHtalogiet of lssachar, Benjamin, SrphJali, Manauts, I jihraim, and Ater. NOW the sons of [aaachar utn Tliola, and Pima, Jasub, and Simcron, lour. S The IPOS of Tliola: O/.i, and liaphaia, and Jeriel,and Jcmai, and Jehscm, and Samuel, chiefs of the houses of tin ir kindreds. Of the posterity of Tlmla wore Misaketed in the dun of David, two and twenty thousand six bundled moot valiant nun. 3 Tin- BOOS of O/.i: T/rahia, of whom were born Michael, and Obadia, and Joel, and Jesia, five, all great men. \nd there were with them by their families and peoples, six and thirty thousand most valiant men n -adv for war: for the] had inan\ wives and children. .") Their brethren also throughout all the house of Issac liar, were iiumhi red fourscore and seven thou- sand most valiant men for war. ti The sons of Benjamin were Bcla,and Bechor, and Jadilul, three. 7 The sons of Bela : Esbon, and Ozi, and Ozial, and Jerimoth and L'rai, five chiefs of their families, and most valiant warriors; and their number was twenty two thousand and thirty-four. 8 And the sons of Bechor were Zamaria, and Jnas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Amri. and Je- rimoth, and Abia and Anathoth, and Almath : all thi m- were the sons of Bechor. 9 And they were numbered by the families, heads ol tluir kindreds, most valiant men for war, twcnt\ thousand and two hundred. 10 And the ?ons of Jadihcl: Balan. And the sons of Balan : Jehus, and Benjamin, and Aod, and Chanana, and Zethan, and Tharsis, and Ahisahar. 11 All these wen sons of Jadihe], hi ads of their kindreds, most valiant men, seventeen thousand and two hundred fit to go out to war. 12 Sepham also and Hapham the sons of Hir: and Hasim the sons of Aher. 13 And the sons of Nephtali were Jasiel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Sellum, sons of Bala. I 1 \ iid the son ol Manasses, Ezriel : and his con- cubine the Syrian bore Machii the father of Galaad. 15 And Machii took wives for his sons Happhim and Saphan : and he had a sister nam* d Maacha : the name of the second was Salphaad : and Sal- phaad had daughters. \G And Maacha the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name i'hares: and the name of his brother wasSares: and his sons were U lam and lit cen. 17 And the son of Ulam, Badan. These are the sons of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasai 18 And his sister named Queen bore Goodlyman. and Abie/er. and Molmla. 19 And the sons ol S< inida were Ainu, and Se- chem, and I.eci, and Aniam. Jn \nd the sons of Ephraim were Sathala.Bared his son, Thabath his son, Klada his son, Thahath his viu, and hit son Zabad. 316 21 And his son Suthala, and his s ( , n K/er, an I Klad : and the men ol Getfa horn in the land slew them, lieeause tin \ came down to iinade their pos- •eoaons. 22 And Enhraim their father mourned many da\ I : ami his brethren came to comfort him. 23 And he went in to his wife: and she conceiv- ed, and bore a son; ami he called his name Beria,* because be was born when il went evil v\ith his house: 24 And his daughter was Sara, who built Betho- ron, the nether and the upper, and Ozensara. 25 And Kapha was his son, ami licscph, and Thole, ol whom was born Thaan, 26 Who besot Laadan: and hissonwasAmmiud, who begol Klisania, 27 Of whom was born Nun, who had Josuc far his son. 28 And their possessions and habitations were Bethel with her daughters, and eastward Noran, and westward Cia/ar and her daughters, Skin m also with her daughters, as far as Asa with hei daughters. 29 And by the borders of the sons of Manas Bethsan and her daughters, Thanach and her daugh- ters, Mageddo and her daughters, Dor ami hei daughters: in these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel. 30 The children of Asa were Jemna, and Jesua, and Jessui, and Baria, and Sara their sister. 31 And the sons of Baria: Haberaud Melchiel: he is the father of Barsaith. 32 And Heber begot Jephlat, and Somer, and I lot ham. and Suaa their sister. 33 The sons of Jephlat: Fhotrrh, and Chamaal, and Asoth : these are the sons of Jephlat. 34 And the sons of Somer : Alii, and Hoaga, and llaha, and Aram. 35 And the sons of Helam his brother: Supha. and Jemna, and Selles, and Amal. 36 The sons of Supha: Sue, Harnapher, and Sual, and Beri, and Jamra. 37 Bosorand Hod, and Samma, and Salusa, and Jet lii ;ni. and Bera. 38 The sons of Jether: Jephone, and Phas|il.a, and Ara. 39 And the sons of Olla: Aree, and Daniel, and lit sia. 40 All these were sons of Aser, heads of tluir families, choice and most valiant captains of cap- tains: and the number of them that were of the age that was lit for war, was six and twenty thousand. CHAP. VIII. The posterity of Benjamin it further declured down to Said. Hit tttue. NOW Benjamin bepot Bale his first-born, Asbcl the second, Ahara the third, 2 Nohaa the fourth, and Kapha the fifth. 3 And the sons of Bale were Addar, and Gera, and Abiud. * Brrim. Thi* Dame tigmfie* in ml, or m nfflicttt*. CHAP. IX. 4 And Abisue, and Naaman, and Ahoe, 5 And Gera, and Sephnphan, and Huram. 6 These are the sons of Ahod, heads of families that dwelt in Gabaa, who were removed into Mana- hath. 7 And Naaman, and Achia, and Gera he removed them; and begot Ozaand Ahiud. 8 And Saharim begot in the land of Moab, after he sent away Husim and Bara his wives. 9 And he begot of Hodes his wife Jobab, and Sebia, and Mosa, and Molohom, 10 And Jehus, and Sechia, and Marma. These were his sons heads of their families. 1 1 And Mehusim begot Abitob and Elphaal. 12 And the sons of Elphaal were Heber, and Misaamand Samad; who built Ono, and Lod, and its daughters. 13 And Baria and Sama wore heads of their kin- dreds that dwelt in Aialon: these drove away the inhabitants of Geth- 14 And Ahio, and Sesac, and Jerimoth, 15 And Zabadia, and Arod, and Heder, ' 16 And Michael, and Jespha, and Joha, the sons of Baria. 17 And Zabadia, and Mossollam, and Hezeci, and Heber, 18 And Jesamari, and Jezlia, and Jobab sons of Ephaal: 19 And Jacim, and Zechri, and Zabdi, 20 And Elioneai, and Selethai, and Elial, 21 And Adaia, and Baraia, and Samareth the sons of Semei. 22 And Jespham, and Heber, and Eliel, 23 And Abdon, and Zechri, and Hanan, 24 And Hanania, and Elam, and Anathothia, 25 And Jephdaia,and Phanuel the sons of Sesac. 26 And Samsari, and Sohoria, and Otholia, 27 And Jersia, and Elia, and Zechri the sons of Jcroham. 28 These were the chief fathers and heads of their families who dwelt in Jerusalem. 29 And at Gabaon dwelt Abigabaon: and the name of his wife was Maacha : 30 And his first-born son Abdon, and Sur, and Cis, and Baal, and Nadab, 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher, and Ma- celloth : 32 And Macelloth begot Samaa : and they dwelt over-against their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren. 33 And Ner begot Cis: and Cis begot Saul. And Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisua, and Abina- dab, and Esbaal.* 34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal : and Meribbaalf begot Micha. 35 And the sons of Micha were Phithon, and Melech, and Tharaa, and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz begot Joada: and Joada begot Alamath, and Azmoth, and Zamri: and Zamri be- got Mosa : 37 And Mosa begot Banaa, whose son was Ra- pha, of whom was born Elasa, who begot Asel. 38 And Asel had six sons, whose names wore Eziicam, Bochru, Ismahel, Saria, Obdia, and Ha- nan. All these were the sons of Asel. 39 And the sons of Esec his brother, wore Ulam the first-born, and Jehus the second, and Eliphalet the third. 40 And the sons of Ulam were most valiant men, and archers of great strength: and they had many sons and grandsons, even to a hundred and fifty. All these were children of Benjamin. CHAP. IX. Tlie Israelites, priests, and Levites, who first dwelt in Jerusalem after the captivity. A repetition of the genealogy of Saul. AND all Israel was numbered : and the sum of them was written in the Book of the kings of Israel and Juda: and they were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. 2 Now the first that dwelt in their possessions, and in theircities, were the Israelites, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathineans.f 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and of Manasses. 4 Othei the son of Ammiud, the son of Amri, the son of Omrai, the son of Bonni,of the sons of Phares the son of Juda. 5 And of Siloni: Asaia the first-born and his sons. 6 And of the sons of Zara : Jehuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin : Salo the son of Mosollam, the son of Oduia, the son of Asana: 8 And Jobania the son of Jeroham : and Elathe son of Ozi, the son of Modioli: and Mosollam the son of Saphatias, the son of Rahuel, the son of Je- bania : 9 And their brethren by their families, nine hun- dred and fifty-six. All these were heads of theii families by the houses of their fathers. 10 And of thepriests: Jedaia, Joiarib, andJachin : 11 And Azarias the son of Helcias, the son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Maraioth, the son of Achitob, high priest of the house of God. 12 And Adaias the son of Jeroham, the son of Phassur, the son of Melchias : and Massai the son of Adiel, the son of Jezra, the son of Mosollam, the son of Mossallamith, the son of Emmer. 13 And their brethren heads in their families « thousand seven hundred and threescore, very strong and able men for the work of the ministry in the house of God. 14 And of the Levites: Semeia the son of Has- sub the son of Ezricam, the son of Hasebia of the sons of Merari. 15 And Bacbacar the carpenter, and Galal, and Mathania the son of Micha, the son of Zechri the son of Asaph : * F.shanL alias TnHoseth. \ Meribbaal, aba* Miphiboseth. 2 King iv. 4. \ Jfathintans. These were the posterity of the Oabaonites, whoie office was to bring wood, water, fcc. for the service of the temple 317 I. PARAL1POMENON. 16 And Ol»din the son of Semen, the son ol" ( ia- hi, the KM of Milium: anil Hnrachia the son ol \-i. the son of Eleana, w ho dwelt in the suburbs of Ne- tophati. 17 And the porters wcreSellmn, and Aecnli, and Telmon, and Ahimam : and their hrother Sellum w .is the prince, 18 Until that time, in the king's gate eastward, the mmis dI Levi waited by their turns. 19 Hut Selhnn the son ol ( 'ore. the son of Abia- saph, the son of Core, with his brethren, and his fa- ther's house, the Coritcs were over the works of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle ; and their families in turns were keepers of the en- trance of the camp of the Lord: 80 And Phinees the son of Kleazar was their prince before the Lord: 21 And Zachaiias the son of Mosollamia, was porter of the gate of the tabernacle of the testimony. \l| these that were chosen to be porters at the gates wire two hundred and twelve : and they wire registered in their proper towns; whom David ami Samuel the seer appointed in their trust : 23 As ft ell them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns. JV In four quarters were the porters : that is to say. toward the east, and west, and north, and south. 25 And their brethren dwelt in \ illagcs, and came ni>on their sahhath-days from time to time. 26 To these four Levitts were committed tin- whole number of the porters : and they were over the chambers, and treasures, ofthe house of the Lord. \nd they abode ia their watches round about the temple ofthe Lord; that when it w as time, they might open the gates in the morning. 28 And some of their Stock had the charge ofthe vessels for the ministry : for the vessels Were both brought in and carried out by number. 29 Some of them also had the instruments of the sanctuary committed unto them, and the charge of the fine flour, and wine, and oil, and frankincense, and spices. 30 And the sons of the priests made the oint- ments of the spices. 31 And Mathathias a Lcvitc, the first-born of Sellum the Corite, was overseer of such things as were fried in the trying-pan. 32 And some of the sons of Caatn their brethren were over the loaves of proposition, to prepare al- ways new for every sabbath. 33 These are the chief of the singing men of the families ofthe Levites, who dwelt in the chambers, by the temple, that they might serve continually day and night in their ministry. i The heads of the Levites, princes in their families, abode in Jerusalem. i And in Gabaon dwelt Jehiel the father of Ga- baon: and the name of his wile was Maaeha. 36 His first-born son tbdon, and Sur, and Cis, and Baal, and Ner, and .\adah, 37 Gedof also, and Ahio, and Zacharias, and Macelloth. 318 38 And Macelloth begot Samaan : these dwen over-against their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren. ^ 39 Now Ner begot Cis: and Cis In-got Saul: and Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisua, and Ahina- dah, and Lsbaal. 40 And the son of Jonathan was Mcribbaal: and Meribbaal begot Micha. 41 And the sons of Micha, were Phithon, and Melech,and Thaiaa, and Aha/.. •VJ And Abas begot Jan: and Jan beajot Ala- math, and A/moth, and Zamri. And Zamri begot Mosa. 43 And Moafl In 'got Hanaa ; whose son Haphaia ■>t Llasa; of w horn was born Asel. 44 And \mI had si\ sons, whose names are, K/.ricani, Hochru, Ismahcl, Saria, OUha, llanan : these are the BOBS oi Aael. CHAP. X. Saul U ulain for his sins : he is Imriul by thr mm nf Jab NOW the Philistines fought against Israel : and the men of Israel lied from before the Philis- tines, and fell down wounded in mount Gelboe. 2 And (he Philistines drew near pursuing aftei Saul, and his sons: and they killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchisua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the battle grew hard against Saul: and the archers reached him, and wounded him with arrow s. 4 And Saul said to his armour-bearer : Draw thy sword, and kill me : lest these uncircumciscd come, and mock me. Hut his armour-bearer would not; for he was struck with fear : so Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armour-bearer saw it, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his su ord. and died. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house fell together. 7 And when the men of Israel, that dwelt in the plains, saw this, they fled : and Saul and his sons being dead, they forsook their cities, and were scat- tered up and down : and the Philistines came, and dwelt in them. 8 And the next day the Philistines taking away the spoils of them that were slain, found Saul and his sons lying on mount Gelboe. 9 And when they had Stripped him, and cut olT his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be carried about, and show u in the temples ofthe idols and to the people. 10 And his armour thev dedicated in the temple of their god: and his head they fastened up in the temple of Dagon. 1 1 And when the men of Jabes Galaad had heard this, to wit. all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 All the valiant men of tin in arose, and look the bodies of Saul and of Ins sous, and brought them to Jabes. and buried their bones under the oak that was in Jabes; and thev lasted KVen da\s. 13 So Saul died for his iniquities, because be Iransgn ssi d the commandment ol the Lord, w'iich CHAP. XF. lie had commanded, and kept it not; and moreover consulted also a witch, 14 And trusted not in the Lord: therefore he slew him, and transferred his kingdom to David the son of Isai. CHAP. XI. David is made king. He taketh the castle of Sion. A catalogue of his valiant men. rpHEN all Israel gathered themselves to David -*- in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh. 2 Yesterday also, and the day before, when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and brought- est in Israel: for the Lord thy God said to thee Thou shalt feed my people Israel ; and thou shalt be ruler over them. 3 So all the ancients of Israel came to the king to Hebron ; and David made a covenant with them before the Lord : and they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke in the hand of Samuel. 4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jehus, where the Jebusites were the in- habitants of the land. 5 And the inhabitants of Jehus said to David : Thou shalt not come in here. But David took the castle of Sion, which is the city of David. 6 And he said : Whosoever shall first strike the Jebusites, shall be the head and chief captain. And Joab the son of Sarvia went up first, ana was made the general. 7 And David dwelt in the castle; and therefore it was called the City of David. 8 And he built the city round about from Mello all round : and Joab built the rest of the city. 9 And David went on growing and increasing ; and the Lord of hosts was with him. 10 These are the chief of the valiant men of Da- vid, who helped him to be made- king over all Is- rael, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Israel. 1 1 And this is the number of the heroes of David : Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni the chief among the thirty: he lifted up his spear against three hun- dred wounded by him at one time. 12- And after him was Eleazar his uncle's son the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. 13 He was with David in Phesdomin, when the Philistines were gathered to that place to battle: and the field of that country was full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. 14 But these men stood in the midst of the field, and defended it: and they slew the Philistines; and the Lord gave a great deliverance to his peo- ple. 15 And three of the thirty captains went down to the rock, wherein David was, to the cave of Odal- .am, when the Philistines encamped in the valley of Raphaim. 16 And David was in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines in Bethlehem. 17 And David longed, and said: O that some man would give me water of the cistern of Bethle- hem, which is in the gate. 18 And these three broke through the midst of the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the cistern of Bethlehem, which was in the gate, and brought it to David to drink: and he would not drink of it, but rather offered it to the Lord, 19 Saying: God forbid that I should do this in the sight of my God, and should drink the blood of these men: for with the danger of their lives they have brought me the water. And therefore he would not drink. These things did the three most valiant. 20 And Abisai the brother of Joab, he was chief of three, and he lifted up his spear against three hun- dred whom he slew: and he was renowned among the three, 21 And illustrious among the second three, and their captain: but yet he attained not to the first three. 22 Banaias the son of Joiada, a most valiant man, of Cabseel, who had done many acts: he slew the two ariels* of Moab: and he went down, and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in the time of snow. 23 And he slew an Egyptian whose stature was of five cubits, and who had a spear like a weaver's beam : and he went down to him with a staff", and plucked away the spear that he held in his hand, and slew him with his own spear. 24 These things did Banaias the son of Joiada, who was renowned among the three valiant ones, 25 And the first among the thirty; but yet to the three he attained not: and David made him of his council. 26 Moreover the most valiant men of the army, were Asahel brother of Joab, and Elchanan the son of his uncle of Bethlehem, 27 Sammoth an Arorite, Helles a Phalonite, 28 Ira the son of Acces a Thecuite, Abiezer an Anathothite, 29 Sobbochai a Husathite, Ilai an Ahohite, 30 Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the son of Baana a Netophathite, 31 Ethai the son of Ribai of Gabaath of the sons of Benjamin, Banaia a Pharathonite, 32 Hurai of the torrent Gaas, Abiel an Arbathite, Azmoth a Bauramite, Eliaba a Salabonite, 33 The sons of Assem a Gezonite, Jonathan the son of Sage an Ararite, 34 Ahiam the son of Sachar an Ararite, 35 Eliphal the son of Ur, 36 Hepher a Mecherathite, Ahia a Phelonite, 37 Hesro a Carmelite, Naarai the son of Azbai, 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar the son of Agarai, 39 Selec an Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Sarvia, 40 Ira a Jethrite, Gareb a Jethrite, 41 Urias a Hethite, Zabad the son of Oholi, * Two ariels. That is, two lions, or lion-like men ; for ariel in He- brew signifies a lion. 319 I. PAHALIPO.MKNON. 42 Adiua the son of Si/.;i a Rubenite, the prince of the Kubenites, and thirty withliim: 13 llanan tin- son of Maacha. am] Josaphat a Mathanite, 41- O/.iaan Astarothite, Sainma, and Jchiel, the sons of llotham an Aroritc, 46 Jedibel the son of Zamri, ami Joha his brother a Tliovaite, 46 Hliel a Mahumite, and Jeribai, and Josaiathc Mins of Hlnaiui, and Jethma a Moabite, Elicl, and Obed, and Jasiel of Masohia. CHAP. XII. Who followed Dariil when hi Hi d from Saul: and who came to J Iibrun to make him king. "IVTOW these are they that came to David to Sice- -L' It::, while he yet lied from Saul the son of Cis: and tin \ were most valiant and excellent warriors, J Beading the Ik>\v, and using either hand in hurl- ins stones with slinks, and shooting arrows: of the b re t h re n of Soul of Benjamin. 3 1 he chief was Ahia/er. and Joas, the sons of Samaa of ( iaUiath, and Jaziel, and Phallet the sons of \y.moth, and Beracha, and Jehu an Anathothitc. 4 And Samaias of Ciabaon, the stoutest amongst the thirty, and over the thirty. Jeremias, and Jehe- ziel, and Johaiian, and Je/.ahad ofGaderoth. 5 And Eluzai, and Jerimuth, and Baalia, and Sa- maria, ami Saphatia the Haruphite. 6 l.lcana, and Jesia, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jesbaam of Carehim : 7 And Jtiela, and Zabadia the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. 8 From Gaddi also there went over to David, when he lay hid in the wilderness most valiant men, and excellent warriors, holding shield and spear: whose faces were like the faces of a lion, and they wen- >wil't like the roebucks on the mountains. ;• K/.cr the chief, Obdias the second, Eliab the third, 10 Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the fifth, I I Kthi the sixth. Hliel the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth, Kl/.diad the ninth, 13 Jeremias the tenth, Machhani the eleventh. 1 V The- >f the sons of Gad, captains of the army: the least of them was captain over a hundred soldiers, and the greatest over a thousand. 1") TIicm' are they who passed over the Jordan in the first month, when it is used to flow over its banks: and they put to flight all that dwelt in the v allies both toward the east and toward the west. 16 And there came also of the men of Benjamin and of Jnda to the hold in which David abode. 17 And David went out to meet them, and said: If \nii an come peaceably to me to help me, let my heart lie joined to you: but if you plot against me for my enemies, whereas I have no iniquity in in\ hands, let the God of our fathers see, and judge. 1". But the spirit came upon Ama>ai ihe chief anions thirty: and he said: We are thine. O David, and for thee, O son of Isai: peace, peace lie to thee, and peace t<> thy helper*. For thy God belpeth thee. So David received them, and made them raptains of the band. 19 And there Were some of Manages thai went OVei to David, when be came with the Philistines asainst Saul to fisht : tail be did not nghl w it li them because the lords of the Philistines taking COUM* sent him back, sa\ins: With the danger of om heads be will return to his master Saul. 20 So when he went bad U> Sicekg, there Bed to him of Manasses, Kdnas, and Jozabad, and Je dibel, and Michael, and Ednas ami Jo/.abad. and Eliu, and Saiathi, captains of thousands in Ma- nasses. 21 These helped David against the rovers : for they were all most valiant nun, and were mac 1 ■ commanders in the arniv. 22 Moreover day by day there came some to Dc- vid to help him, till they became a great mimbe , like the army of God. 23 And tliis is the number of the chiefs of the army who came to David, when he was in Hebron, to transfer to him the kingdom of Saul, according to the word of the Lord. 24 The sons of Juda bearingshield and spear, six thousand eight hundred well appointed to war. 25 Of the sons of Simeon valiant men for war, seven thousand one hundred. 26 Oftlu' sons of Levi, four thousand six hundred. 27 And Joiada prince of the race of Aaron, and with him three thousand seven hundred. 28 Sadoc also a young man of excellent disposi- tion, and the house of his father, twenty-two prin- cipal men. 29 And of the sons of Benjamin the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto a great part of them followed the house of Saul. 30 And of the sons of Kphraim twenty thousand eight hundred, men of great \alour, renowned in their kindreds. 31 And of the half tribe of Manasses, eighteen thousand, every one by their names came to make David king. 32 Also of the sons of Issachar, men of under- standing, that knew all times to order what Israel should do, two hundred principal men: and all the rest of the tribe followed their counsel. 33 And of Zabulon such as went forth to battle, and stood in array well appointed with armour for war, there came fifty thousand to his aid, with no double heart. % 34 And of Xephtali, a thousand leaders: and with them seven and thirty thousand, furnished with shield and spear. 35 Of Dan also twenty eight thousand six hun- dred p r e par ed for battle. 36 And of Aser forty thousand going forth to fight , and challenging in battle. 37 And on the other side of the Jordan of the sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half of the tribe of Manatees, ■ hundred and twenty thousand. furnished with arms lor war. 38 All these men of war well appointed to fight, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make Da- vid king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. CHAP. XIII, XIV, XV. ?fi* \*id they were there with David three days eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. 40 Moreover they that were near them even as far as I ssachar, and Zabulon, and Nephtali, brought loaves on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, to eat: meal, figs, raisins, wine, oil, and oxen, and sheep, in abundance: for there was joy in Israel. CHAP. XIII. The ark >e brought from Cariathiarim. Oza for touching it is struck dead. AND David consulted with the captains of thou- sands, and of hundreds, and with all the com- manders-. 2 And he said to all the assembly of Israel : If it please you, and if the words which I speak come from the Lord our God, let us send to the rest of out brethren into all the countries of Israel, and to the priests and the Levites, that dwell in the su- burbs of the cities, to gather themselves to us: 3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought it not in the days of Saul. 4 And all the multitude answered that it should be so: for the word pleased all the people. 5 So David assembled all Israel from Sihor of Egypt, even to the entering into Emath, to bring the ark of God from Cariathiarim. 6 And David went up with all the men of Israel to the hill of Cariathr.irim, which is in Juda, to bring thence the ark of the Lord God sitting upon the Cheruhims, where his name is called upon. 7 And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, out of the house of Abinadab. And Oza and his brother drove the cart. 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might with hymns, and with harps, and with psalteries, and timbrels, and cymbals, and trumpets. 9 And when they came to the floor of Chidon, Oza put forth his hand, to hold up the ark: for the ox being wanton had made it lean a little on oneside. 10 And the Lord was angry with Oza, and struck him, because he had touched the ark: and he died there before the Lord. 1 1 And David was troubled, because the Lord had divided Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza to this day. 12 And he feared God at that time, saying : How can I bring in the ark of God to me? 13 And therefore he brought it not home to him- self, that is, into the city of David; but carried it aside into the bouse of Obededom the Gethite. 14 And the ark of God remained in the house of Obededom three months : and the Lord blessed his house, and all that he had. CHAP. XIV. David's house, and children : his victories over the Philistines. AND Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and car- penters, to build him a house. 2 And David perceived that the Lord had con- Ss firmed him king over Israel, and that his kingdom was exalted over his people Israel. 3 And David took other wives in Jerusalem : and he begot sons and daughters. 4 Now these were the names of them that were born to him in Jerusalem: Sainua, and Sobad, Na- than, and Solomon, 5 Jebahar, and Elisua, and Eliphalet, 6 And Noga, and Napheg, and Japhia, 7 Elisama, and Baaliada, and Eliphalet. 8 And the Philistines hearing that David was anointed king over all Israel, went all up to seek him: and David heard of it, and went out against them. 9 And the Philistines came, and spread them- selves in the vale of Rapbaim. 10 And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up against the Philistines; and wilt thou deli- ver them into my hand ? And the Lord said to him : Go up, and I will deliver them into thy hand. 11 And when ihey were come to Baalpharasim, David defeated them there: and he said: God hath divided my enemies by my hand, as waters are di- vided : and therefore the name of that place was called Baalpharasim. 12 And they left there their gods: and David commanded that they should be burnt. 13 Another time also the Philistines made an ir- ruption, and spread themselves abroad in the valley. 14 And David consulted God again, and God said to him: Go not up after them, turn away from them, and come upon them over-against the pear- trees. 15 And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear-trees, then shalt thou go out to battle. For God is gone out before thee, to strike the army of the Philistines. 16 And David did as God had commanded him, and defeated the army of the Philistines, slaying them from Gabaori to Gazera. 17 And the name of David became famous in all countries : and the Lord made all nations fear him. CHAPTER XV. The ark is brought into the city of David, with great solem- nity. Michol derideth David's devotion. XTE made also houses for himself in the city of -*--*- David; and built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle for it. 2 Then David said : No one ought to carry the ark of God, but the Levites ; whom the Lord hath chosen tocarry it, and to minister unto himself for ever. 3 And he gathered all Israel together into Jeru- salem, that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it : 4 And the sons of Aaron also, and the Levites. 5 Of the children of Caatn, Uriel was the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty. 6 Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the chief; and his brethren two hundred and twenty: 7 Of the sons of Gersom, Joel the chief; and his brethren a hundred and thirty: 8 Of the sons of Elisanhan, Semeias the chief; and his brethren two hunched : 321 i. rwiu.iroMENON Klicl the chit I; ami Aminadah the chief; 9 Of the sous of Hebron, his brethren eight) : 10 Of the mm of O/.id, ami hi- brethrefl a hundred and twelve. 11 And David called Sadoe, and Ahiathar the Ericsts, and the I .<\ aee, Uriel, Asaia, Joel, Seaieia, dii-l, and Aminadah: I J \nd hi' said to ilicm: You tint arc the h. id- of the Leritical families, lie sanctified with your bre- tlircn. and bring the ark of ilic Lord the Ciod of Is- rael to the place, which is prepared for it : 13 Lest as (he Lord at firs! struck ti-, because Ml not present, the BMM should now al-<> come to pass, by our doing something against the law. I I So the priests and the Lcvites were sanctified, to earn the ark of the Lord the (mm! of Israel. 15 And the KIOS of Levi took the ark of God. as Moses had commanded, according to the word of tin- Lord, upon their shoulders, with the staves. 16 And David s|toketothe chiefs of the Lcvites. to appoint some of their brethren to be singers with musical instruments, to wit, on psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, that the joyful noise might resound on high. 17 And they appointed Lcvites, Neman the son of Joel, and of his brethren Asaph the son of Bara- chiaz: and of the sons of .Mer.iri, their brethren: Ethan the son of Casata. 18 And with them their brethren: in the second rank, Zacharias. and Hen, and Jaziel, and Semira- moth, and Jahiel, and Ani, and Kliab, and Banaias, and Maasias, and Mathalhias, and Lliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Jehiel, the porters. 19 .Now the siii-ers, Neman, Asaph, and Ethan, sotiudrd with cvmbals of lira--. 20 And Zacharias, and O/.iel, and Scmiramoth. and Jehiel, and Ani, and Khali, and Maasias, and Banaias, Mine mysterk i upon psalteries. 21 And Maihathias. and Lliphalu, and Maceni- as, and Obededom, and Jehiel and Ozaziu, sun- a sons; of victor v for the octaveupoa harps. 22 And < honenias chief of the Lcvites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes:* for he was very skilful. 23 And Barachtas,and Llcana were door-keepers of the ark. J V And Sebetuas, and Joeaphat and Nathanael, and \ma-ai. and Zacharias, and Benaias mid f ■ , | i , ■ - zer the priests, sounded with trumpets, before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehias were por- ter- of the ark. 25 So David and all the ancients of Lrael, and the captains over thousands, went to hrin- the ark of the covenant of the Lord, out ol the house of ( )liededom with joy. 26 And when God had helped the LevHes who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, thev offered in sacrifice seven oxen, ami seven rams. • TV rr°P*"H. fo fir* ml thr tunt: Sintrinjf pr*i«<* In Im.Ii. hrrr called profktry the more, toeaim thcae »ingm were often inspired 3." 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levitts that carried the ark, and the siinJiin men, and ( honenias the ruler of the pro- pheev among the Singers: and David also hail on him an epbod of linen. 2ii And all Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord with joy I ul shout in-, sad sounding with the sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and cym- bals, and psalteries, and harps. 29 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was come to the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul looking OUtal a window, saw kim; David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. CHAPTER XVI. The ark it plarrd in the tubrriinrlr. S-irriftre is offered. Da- vid blttsrth the people, dispotrth the qfictt of the fsriti *, and maheth a psalm of praise to God. CO they brought the ark of God. and set it in the ^midst of the tent, which David had pitched for it: and they offered holocausts and pcacc-offeriims before Clod. 2 And when David had made an end of offering holocausts, and peace-offerings, he blessed the pi <;- pie in the name of the Lord. 3 And he divided to all and every one, lioth men and women, a loaf of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and flour fried with oil. 4 And he appointed Lcvites to minister ln-forc the ark of the Lord, and to remember his works, and to glorify, and praise the Lord ImxI of Israel : 5 Asaph the chief, and next alter him Zachari- as ; moreover Jahiel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mathalhias, and Kliab, and Banaias, and Obe- dedom ; and Jehiel over the instruments of psaltery, and harpSj and Asaph to sound with cymbals : 6 But Banaias, and Jaziel the priests, to sound the trumpet continually before the ark Of the cove- nant of the Lord. 7 111 that day David made Asaph the chief to give praise to the Lord with his brethren. 8 Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make known his doings among the nations. 9 Sing to him ; yea sin- prai-es to him : and re- late all his wondrous works. 10 Braise ye his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice, that seek the Lord. 11 Seek ye the Lord, and his power: seek ye his face evermore. 12 Remember his wonderful works, which he hath done : his signs, and the judgments of his mouth. 13 O ye seed of Israel his servants, yc children of Jacob his chosen. \\ He is the Lord our God: his judgments an in all the earth. 15 Remember for ever his covenant ; the word, which he commanded los thousand generations. 1G The cov e n an t which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac. 17 And be appointed the same to Jacob I it a precept; and to Israel for an everlasting covenant '• CHAP. XVII. 18 Saying : To then will I give the Ian J of Cha- naan, the lot of your inheritance. 19 When they were but a small number; very few, and sojourners in it. 20 And they passed from nation to nation ; and from a kingdom to another people. 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake. 22 Touch not my anointed : and do no evil to my prophets. 23 Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth: show forth from day to day his salvation. 21 Declare his glory among the Gentiles ; his wonders among all people. 25 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised : and he is to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the nations are idols : but the Lord made the heavens. 27 Praise and magnificence are before him : strength and joy in his place. 28 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye families of the nations ; bring ye to the Lord glory and empire. 29 Give to the Lord glory to his name : bring up sacrifice, and come ye in his sight : and adore the Lord in holy becommgness. 30 Let all the earth be moved at his presence : for he hath founded the world immoveable. 3 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad : and let them say among the nations : The Lord hath reigned. 32 Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof : let the fields rejoice, and all things that are in them. 33 Then shall the trees of the wood give praise before the Lord: because he is come to judge the earth. 34 Give ye glory to the Lord, for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever. 35 And say ye : Save us, O God our Saviour : and gather us together, and deliver us from the na- tions, that we may give glory to thy holy name, and may rejoice in singing thy praises. 36 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity : and let all the people say: Amen, and a hymn to God. 37 So he left there before the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren to min- ister in the presence of the ark continually day by day, and in their courses. 38 And Obededom, with his brethren sixty- eight : and Obededom the son of ldithun, and Hosa he appointed to be porters. 39 And Sadoc the priest, and his brethren priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place, which was in Gabaon, 40 That they should offer holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of holocaust continually, morning and evening;, according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel. 41 And after him Heman, and ldithun, and the rest that were chosen, every one by his name to give praise to the Lord : because his mercy en- dureth for ever. 42 And Heman and ldithun sounded the trum- pet, and played on the cymbals, and all kinds ol musical instruments to sing praises to God: and the sons of ldithun he made porters. 43 And all the people returned to their houses ; and David to bless also his own house. CHAP. XVII. David's purpose to build a temple, is rewarded by most ample promises : David's thanksgiving. "jVTOW when David was dwelling in his house, - 1 -* he said to Nathan the prophet: Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar: and the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord is under skins. 2 And Nathan said to David : Do all that is in thy heart : for God is with thee. 3 Novv that night the word of God came to Na- than, saying : 4 Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord : Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in. 5 For I have not remained in a house from the time that I brought up Israel, to this day: but I have been always changing places in a tabernacle, and in a tent 6 Abiding with aH Israel. Did I ever speak to any one, of aH the judges of Israel, whom I charg- ed to feed my people, saving: Why have you not built me a house of cedar ? 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say to my ser- vant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: \ took thee, from the pastures, from following the flock, that thou shouldst be ruler of my people Israd. 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone ; and have slain all thy enemies before thee; and have made thee a name like that of one of the great ones that are renowned in the earth. 9 And 1 have given a place to my people Israel : they shall be planted, and shall dwell therein, and shall be moved no more : neither shall the children of iniquity waste them, as at the beginning, 10 Since the days that I gave judges to my peo- ple Israel, and have humbled all thy enemies. And I declare to thee, that the Lord will build thee a house. 1 1 And when thou shalt have ended thy days to go to thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons : and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me a house : and I will esta- blish his throne for ever. 13 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son : and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee. 14 But I will settle him in my house, and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be most firm for ever. 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David. 16 And king David came and sat before the Lord, and said : Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou shouldst give such things to me? 17 But even this hath seemed little in thv sight, 323 I. PARALIPOMENON. and therefore tlmn has! also spoken concerning the hooie of thy servant foi the time to rone: and hast made Die remarkable nbove all nun. O Lord God. 18 What can David add more, seeing thou haft tlnix glorified tin servant, and known him ? 19 o Lord, lor thv servant's sake, according io thv on n heart, ihou hast show n ;ill this marnrfieence, ana wouldsl have all the great things to be known. SO < \ Lord, there is none like tliee : and there is no other God beside thee, oi all whom we have heard of vv ith our Park. J! For what otiier nation is rhere upon earth Hke ill J people Israel, whom God went to deliver, and make a people lor himself, and bj his greatness and ti nois nut out nations before their lace, whom he h id delivered out of Egypt ? \nd thou has! made thy people Israel to Ik? thv own people lor ever : and thou, O Lord, alt be- come their (iod. 23 Now therefore, O Lord, let the word which thou hast spoken to thy servant, and concerning his house, be established forever; and do as thou hast said. \nd let thy name remain, and he magnified for e\i r : and let it he said : The Lord of hosts is God of Israel ; and the house of David his servant re- inaineih before him. 25 For thou, O Lord my God, hast revealed to the ear of thv servant, thai thou wilt huild him a house : and therefore thy servant hath found con/i- denec to pray before thee. 26 And now, O Lord, thou art God : and thou h i-t promised to tin servant such great benefits. 27 And thou hast begun to bless the bouse of thy seivant, that it m i\ be always before thee : for see- ing thou blessest it, O Lord, it shall l>c blessed for ever. (HAP. Will. DamiFs victories. Ili.i rliii f ofia is. A ND it came to pass after this, that David de- -**- feated the Philistines, and humbled them ; and look away Geth and her daughters out of the hand of the Philistines : 2 And he defeated Moah: and the .Moahitcs were made David's servants, and brought him gifts. 3 At that time David defeated also Adarezcr kim; of Sobn ol the land of I It •math, w In n he went to extend his dominions as laras the river Euphrates. 4 And David look from him a thousand chariots. and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : and he houghed all the rhariot-hon only a hundred chariots, which he reserved for himself. 5 And the Syrians of Damascus came also to help Adare/.er king of Soba : and David slew of them likewise two and tw enty thousand men. 6 And he put a garrison in Damascus, that Syria also should serve him. and bring gifts. And the Lord assisted him in all things to which he went. 7 And David took the golden quivers which the nts of Adarezcr had: and lie brought tin in to •«TUsah in. Si* 1! Likewise out ofThcbath and ("bun, titles of tdareser, be brought verj much brass, of which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 Now whin Thou khuj of Ileinath heard that David had deflated all the arm> of Adarezer kin^ of Soba, 10 He sent Adoram bis son to king David, to desire peace of him, and to congratulate him that he had defeated and ov erthrow n Adaiczcr: foi Thou w as ;iu enemy to Adarezcr. 11 And all the vessels of gold, and silver, and brass, kinu I >av id consecrated to the Lord, w ith the silver and gold which he had taken from all (he na- tions, as will from Ldom, and from Moah, and from the BOOBOf Amnion, as from the Philistines, and from Ainalcc. 12 And Ahisaithe son of Sarvia slew of the Ed* mites in the vale ol the salt-pits, eighteen thousand. 13 And he put a garrison in Ldom, that Edna should serve David: and the Lord pr eser v ed David in all things to which he west. 14 So David reigned over all Israel, and execut- ed judgment and justice anion!; all his people. 15 And Josh the son of Sarvia was over the ar- my, and Josaphat the son of Ahilud recorder. 16 And Sadoc the SOB of Achitoh, and Ahinielccli the son of Abinthar, were the priest ; and Susa,s< rilie. 17 And Bamriastha son of.loiada was over the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phclethi: and the sons Of David where chief aliout the king. CHAP. XIX. The Ammonites abusr Din-id's embassadors: both they and their confederate* are overthrown. NOW it came to pass that Naas the king of the children of Amnion died, and his son reigned in his stead. 2 And Da\ id said : I will show kindness to I la- non the son of Naas: for his lather did a favour to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him upon the death of his father. Put when thev were come into the land of the children of Amnion, to comfort 11 anon, 3 The princes of the children of Amnion said to llanon: Thou thinkest nerhaps that David to do honour to thy father hath sent comforters to thee : and thou dost not take notice, thai his servants aie come to thee to consider, and search, and spy out thy land. 4 Wherefore Hanon shaved the heads and lieards of the servants of David, and cut awa\ their gar- ments from the buttocks to the feet, and sent them away, 5 And when they wire gone, the) sent word to David, who sent to meet them (for thev had suffer- ed a great affront) and ordered them to stay at Jeri- cho till their beard* grew, and then to return. 6 And when the children of Amnion saw that thev had done an injury to David, llanon and tht rest of the people sent a thousand talents of silver, 10 hire them chariots and ImMinni out ol Wesopo- lamia. and out ol Syria M ia< ha. and out ol Soba- CHAP. XX, XXI. 7 And they hired two and thirty thousand cha- riots, and the king of Maacha, with his people. And they came and camped over-against Medaba. And the children of Amnion gathered themselves together out of their cities, and came to battle. 8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of valiant men: 9 And the children of Amnion came out, and put their army in array before the gate of the city : and the kings, that were come to their aid, stood apart in the field. 10 Wherefore Joab understanding that the battle was set against him before and behind, chose out the bravest men of all Israel, and marched against the Syrians. 11 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abisai his brother : and they went against the children of Ammon. 12 And he said: If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage; and let us behave ourselves manfully for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord will do that which is good in his sight. 14 So Joab and the people that were with him, went against the Syrians to the battle : and he put them to flight. 15 And the children of Ammon seeing that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled from Abisai his brother, and went into the city: and Joab also return- ed to Jerusalem. 16 But the Syrians seeing that they had fallen before Israel, sent messengers, and brought to them the Syrians that were beyond the river: and So- 1>hach, general of the army of Adarezer, was their eader. 17 And it was told David: and he gathered together all Israel, and passed the Jordan, and came upon them, and put his army in array against them, and the'-' fought with him. 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel: and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand chariots,* and forty thousand footmen, and Sophach the general of the army. 19 And when the servants of Adarezer saw themselves overcome by Israel, they went over to David, and served him : and Syria would not help the children of Ammon any more. CHAP. XX. Rabba is taken : other victories over the Philistineg. A ND it came to pass after the course of a year, -^*- at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab gathered together an army and the strength of the troops, and wasted the laud of the children of Am- mon ; and went and besieged Rabba. But David staid at Jerusalem, when Joab smote Rabba, and destroyed it. * Seven thousand chariots. That is, of men who fouirht in chariots, t The number, tfc. The difference of the numbers here, and 2 Kings xxiv. is to be accounted for, by supposing the greater number 2 And David took the crown of Melchom from his head, and found in it a talent weight of gold, and most precious stones: and he made himself a diadem of it: he took also the spoils of the city, which were very great. 3 And the people that were therein he brought out: and made barrows, and sleds, and chariots oc iron to go over them, so that they were cut and bruised to pieces: in this manner David dealt with all the cities of the children of Amnion : and he re- turned with all his people to Jerusalem. 4 After this there arose a war at Gazer against the Philistines; in which Sabachai the Husathite slew Saphai of the race of Raphaim, and humbled them. 5 Another battle also was fought against the Phil- istines, in which Adeodatus the son of Saltus a Beth- lehemite slew the brother of Goliath the Gethite, the staff" of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 6 There was another battle also in Geth, in which there was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand and foot; who also was born of the stock of Rapha. 7 He reviled Israel: but. Jonathan the son ol'Sa- maa the brother of David slew him. These were the sons of Rapha in Geth, who fell by the hand of David and his servants. CHAP. XXI. David's sin in numbering the people is punished by a pestilence : which ceaseth upon his offering sacrifice in the thrashing-Jloor. of Oman. \ ND Satan rose up against Israel; and moved **■ David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab, and to the rulers ot the people: Go, and number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan; and bring me the number of them that I may know it. 3 And Joab answered : The Lord make his people a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all thy servants? why doth my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel ? 4 But the king's word rather prevailed : and Joab departed, and went through all Israel; and returned to Jerusalem. 5 And he gave David the number f of them, whom he had surveyed: and all the number of Is- rael was found to be eleven hundred thousand men that drew the sword : and of Juda four hundred and seventy thousand fighting men. 6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not number : for Joab unwillingly executed the king's orders. 7 And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded : and he struck Israel. 8 And David said to God: I have sinned exceed ingly in doing this: I beseech thee take away the iniquity of thy servant ; for I have done foolishly. to be that which was really found, and Uie lesser to be that which Joab gave in. 325 I. PAKALIPOMEN Ami the Lord ipoketo Gad the ten of David, say 1 1 ■ 10 I So. ami •peak |o I > avid, and (ell him: Thus i the ! .'ii I: 1 tivathce thnchowt* of three things: cIiih>si- iiiic which thou will, and I will do ii lu tl 11 And when Gad was come to I 'and, he said to him: Thussaith the Lord: Choose which thou wilt: 1 1 Cither three mine;* or three month* to Bee Ii oni thy enemies, and not to be ahle to es- their sword; or three d IT! t<> have the sword ot die Lord, and pestilence in the land, and ihe An- gel of tin' I .oni destroying in all the coasts oj Israel : theretbl what I shall answer him who sent me. \.i And David said to (hid : 1 am on every side in n ,.nt : hut it is better for DM to Tall into the hinds of the Lord, tor his mercies are many, than into the hands of men. 1 1 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 1") \nd be sent an Angel to Jerusalem, lo strike it : and as he was striking it, the Lord heheld, and took pity for the greatness of the aril: and said to the Angel that destroyed : It is enough; now stop thy band. And the Angel of the Lord stood by the thrashing-door of Ornanf the Jebnsite. i ' ; And David lifting nphis even, saw the Angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn SWOfd in his hand, turned against Je- rusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in hair-cloth, fell down Baton the ground. 17 \iul David said to God : Am not I he that commanded the people to he numbered ? It is I that have sinned: It is I that have done (he evil: hut as for this flock what hath it deserved? O Loid my Qod, let thy hand he turned, I beseech thee, upon me, ami upon my lather's house: and let not thy people be destroyed. 19 And the AngH of the Lord commanded Gad to tell Druid, to go up, and build an altar to the Lord( Sod in the thrashing-floor of Oman the Jebnsite. 19 And David went up, according to the word of Gad. which he spoke to him in the name of the Lord. Jii Now when Oman looked up, and saw the An- gel, he and his four sons hid themselves : for at that time he was thrashing wheat in the Boor. H And as David was coming to Oman, Oman saw him, and went out of the thrashing- floor to inn t Warn, and bowed down to him with his face to the ground. 22 And David said to him: Give me this place of thy thrashing-floor, that I may build therein an altar to the Lord: but thou shalt lake of me as much money as it is worth, that the plague may cease from the people. \iid Oman said to David: Take it, and let mv lord the king do all that iilcascth him: and moreover the oxen also 1 give lor a holocaust, and • Tkrtt ymrt/amme; Which joined with (he three fureroinjr yean of famine mentioned it Kin** U& and the lerenlh MM of he land'* uld make up the seven year* proposed by the , rochet, 3 .. wn . 17 386 the drays for wood, and the wheat lor the sacrifice: I will give it all w illiuglv. JV And kim; David said to him: It shall not lie so; hut I will give thee moue\ as mm h as ii i- ^\ in ib: for I must not lake it from thee, and so oiler to the Lord holocausts free tost. 26 So David gate to Oman for the plan. -i\ hundred siclcsl ot gold of just weight. 26 And he Imilt there an altar lo (he Lord: and he offered holocausts and peace-offerings: mid he called upon (he Loid, and he heard him by sending fire from heaven upon the attar of the holocaust. 27 And the lord commanded the Angel: and he put up his sword again into the sheath. 28 And David seeing thai die Lord had heard him in the thmshing-floot of Oman the Ji busile, forth- with offered \ictiuis there. 29 But the talx-rnacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, was at that time in the high-place of Gaboon* 30 And David could not BO to the altar there to pray to God: for be was sewed with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the Angel of the Lord. CHAP. XXII. Darid having pripond all iietr.-xari* », chiir»t I'i Su'nmon to build the It uiple, und the priiirrs t» ussntt him. r T , HEN David said: This is the house of ( Sad ; -■- and this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel. 2 And he commanded to gather together all (he proselytes of the laud of Israel: and out of them he appointed stone-cullers to hew stones and polish them, to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the gates, and for the closures and joinings : and of brass an immense weight. 4 And the cedar-trees were without numlier, which the Sidonians and T_\ rians drought to David. 5 And David said : Solomon my son is very \ouug and tender: and the house which I would BUVS to be Imilt to the Lord, must Ik- such as to be reiiow ned in all countries: therefore I will prepare him neces- saries. And therefore before his death he prepared all the charges. 6 And be called for Solomon his son : and com- manded him to build a house to the Lord the God of Israel. 7 And David said to Solomon : My son, it was mv di sire to have built a house to the name of the Lord my God. 8 But the word of the Lord came to me, sa\ keg : Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many liat- tles, so thou canst not build a house to my name, after shedding so much blood before me: 9 The son that shall be bom to thee, shall be .t most quiet man : for I will make him rest from all his enemies round about : and therefore he shall lie called Peaceable: and I will give peace and i|uiet- ni ss to Israel all his days. \ Oman; othcrwUe An una. { Six kunJrtd rirlrt, Ifc Thit wat the price of the whole place, on whicli the trmplo was afterward* Imilt ; but the price of the omen was fifty mil'* of uilrer, t kingi, hit. J4. CHAP. XXIII. 10 He shall build a house to my name, and he shall be a son to me, and I will be a lather to him: and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 1 1 Now then, my son, the Lord be with thee, and do thou prosper, and build the house to the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken of thee. 12 The Lord also give thee wisdom ;md under- standing, that thou mayst be able to rule Israel, and to keep the law of the Lord thy God. 13 For then thou shah be able to prosper, if thou ke^p the commandments and judgments, which the Lord commanded Moses to teach Israel: take courage and act manfully; fear not, nor be dismayed. 14 Heboid, I in my poverty have prepared the charges of the house of the Lord, of gold a hundred thousand talents, and of silver a million of talents : but of brass, and of iron there is no weight; for the abundance surpasseth all account: timber also and stones I have prepared for all the charges. 15 Thou hast also workmen in abundance, hew- ers of stones, and masons, and carpenters, and of all trades the most skilful in their work, 16 In gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, whereof there is no number. Arise then, and be doing; and the Lord will be with thee. 17 David also charged all the princes of Israel, to help Solomon his son, 18 Saying: You see, that the Lord your God is with you, and hath given you rest round about, and hath delivered all your enemies into your hands; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people. 19 Give therefore your hearts and 5 r our souls, to seek the Lord your God: and arise, and build a sanctuary to the Lord God, that the ark of the co- venant of the Lord, and the vessels consecrated to the Lord, may be brought into the house, which is built to the name of the Lord. CHAP. XXIII. David appointeth Solomon king. The distribution of the Le- vites and their offices. AND David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Is- rael, and the priests and Levites. 3 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty eight thousand men. 4 Of these twenty four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges. 5 Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instru- ments, which he had made to sing with. 6 And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari. 7 The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semie. 8 The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Ze- than. and Joel, three- 9 The sons ofSemei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan. 10 And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria : these were the sons of Semei, four. 11 And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and Baria had not many children ; and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house. 12 The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Ozial, four. 13 The sons of Amram, Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated to minister in the Holy of Holies, he and his sons for ever, and to burn inconse before the Lord according to his ceremonies, and to bless his name for ever. 14 The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses were Gersom and Eliezer: 16 The sons of Gersom : Subuel the first. 17 And the sons of Eliezer were Rohobia the first : and Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly. 18 The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first. 19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Ama- rias the second, Jahazicl the third, Jecmaam the fourth. 20 The sons of Oziel : Micha the first, Jesia the second. 21 The sons of Merari : Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi : Eleazar and Cis. 22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters : and the sons of Cis their brethren took them. 23 The sons of Musi : Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three. 24 These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the num- ber of every head that did the works of the minis- try of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward. 25 For David said : The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever. 26 And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any more* the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service thereof. 27 So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward. 28 And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord. 29 And the priests have the charge of the loaves of proposition, and of the sacrifice of fine flour, and of the unleavened cakes, and of the frying-pan, and of the roasting, and of every weight and measure. 30 And the Levites are to stand in the morning to give thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord ; and in like manner in the evening, 327 I PARALIPOMENON. 31 As well in the oblation of the L il eusta ol In- Lord, as iii the sabbaths and in the new moons. nd the rest of the solemnities, according to the eumberand ceremonies prescribed for every thing, i ontiaoalh before ilie Lord. \nd lei then keep the observances of the tabenwde of the covenant, and the ceremonies i»t the sanctuary, and the charge of the BOM <>t Aaron I beir brethren; that they may minister in the house of the Lord. CHAP. XXIV. TKt divisions of thr prints into four and ttrenty courses, to serve in the temple : the chief* of the ljrritrs. NOW these were the divisions of the sons of \ iron : The son- oi Aaron : Xadab, and Aliin, and L lea /a r, and Ithamar. ni Nadaband Abiu died before their father, and had no children: so Klea/.ar and Ithamar did the office of the priesthood. 3 \ii>l David distributed them, that is, Sadoc of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelecb of the bom of Ithamar according to their courses and minis- 4 \nd there were found many more of the sons of Eleazar among the principal men, than of the - of Ithamar. And he divided them so, that then- were of the sons of Eleazar, sixteen chief men by their families ; and of the sons of Ithamar, eight by their families and houses. 5 And M divided both the families one with the other by lot: for there were princes of the snucluan, and princes of God, both of the sons of Klca/ar, and of the sons of Ithamar. And Semt ins the son of Nathanael the scribe a Levite, wrote them down before ihe kiim and the princes, and Sadoc the priest, and Ahiinelech the son of Abiathar, and the princes also of the priestly and Levitical families: one bouse, which was over the rest, ol Llen/.ai : and another house, which had the rest under it, of Ithamar. 7 Now the first lot bathe forth to Joiarib; the second to Jedci ; 8 The third to llarim ; the fourth to Seorim ; 9 The fifth to Melchia ; the sixth to Malthas ; 10 The seventh to Accos ; the eighth to A bia: 1 1 The ninth to .lestia, the tenth to Sechenia ; 12 The eleventh to Eliasib; the twelfth to Jacim: 13 Tne mirteenth to Ilo|)pha; the fourteenth to Isbaab ; 1 V The fifteenth to IJclga: the sixteenth to Finer, 15 The seventeenth to Hezir ; the eightccnlu to A | ili 16 The nineteenth to Phetcia ; the twentieth to HeZechiel ; 17 The one and twentieth to J;.chin ; the two and twentieth to Gamut ; 18 The three and twentieth to Dalaiau ; the four and twentieth to Maaziau. 19 Thise are their courses according to their ministries, to conic into tin bouse of the Lord, anil 328 according to their manner under the hand :f Aaron iheir father: m the Lord the Godot Israel bad commanded. J() Now the rest of the BOM OB* Levi there was of the sons of Ainram, Subacl : and ol the . sons ui Subael, Jehedeia. 21 Also of the sons of llohobia. the chief Jesias. 22 And the sou of lsaar, Salemoth: and the SOU of Salemoth, Jahnth : 23 And bis son Jeriau the first, Amarius the second, . I aba/.iel the third, Jis inaain the fourth. 24 The son of Oziel, Michu : the son ol Micha, Sauiir. 25 The brother of Micha, Jcsia : and the son of .lesia, Zacharias. 26 The sons of Merari : Moholi and Musi : the son of O/.iau, Benuo. 27 The son also of Merari : Oziau. and Soam, and Zacchur, and Hehri. 28 And the son of Moholi : Eleazar, who had no sons. 29 And the sons of Cis, Jeramacl. 30 The sons of Musi : .Moholi, Ldcr, and Jeri- motb. These are the sons of Levi according to the houses of their familu h 31 And they also cast lots over-against their brethren, the sons of Aaron before David the king, and .Sadoc, and Ahiinelech, and the princes ol the priestly and Levitical families, both the elder and the younger. The lot divided all equally. CHAP. XXV. The number and divisions of the musicians. IITOREOVER, David and the chief officers of -*-»-■- the armv separated for the ministry the sons of \ saph, and of 1 1 cman, and of Milium; to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, ami with cxmhals, ai ■- corning to their number serving in their oppoiated office. 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zacchur, and Joseph, and Natbania, and Asarela, sons of Asaph; under the hand of Asaph, prophesying near the kin;:. 3 And of Idithun : the sons of Idithun. Godolias, Sori, Jeseias, and llasahias, and Malhaihias, six, under the hand of their father Idithun, who prophe- sied with a harp to give thanks, and to praise the Lord. 4 Of Heman also: the sons of Heman, Bocciau, Mnihaniaii, O/.iel. Siibuel. and Jerinioth, Hananias, I lanani, Kliatha. ( ieddclthi, and Komenthie/.er, and Jesbacassa, Mellothi, Othur, Mabazioth: 5 All these were the sons of Heman the seer of the king in the words of God, to lift up the horn : and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three dauglm rs. 6 All these under their father's hand were distri- buted to sins in the temple of the Lord, with cym- bals, and psalteries, and harps, lor the service of the house of the Lord mar the king: to wit, ^Asaph, and Idithun, and Heman. 7 And the number of them wilh their brethren, that taught the song of the Lord, all the teach win two hundred and eighty-eight. CHAP. XXVI. 8 And they cast lots by their courses, the elder ei|ii;illv.\vitli the younger, the learned and the un- learned together. 9 And the fust lot came forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph. The second to Godolias, to him and his sons, and his brethren twelve. 10 The third to Zacchur, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 1 The fourth to Isari, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 12 The fifth to Nathania, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 13 The sixth to Bocciau, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 14 The seventh to. Isrcela, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 15 The eighth to Jesaia, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 16 The ninth to Mathanaias, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 17 The tenth to Semeias, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 18 The eleventh to Azareel, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 19 The twelfth to Hasabia, to his sons and his brethren twelve. , 20 The thirteenth to Subael, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 21 The fourteenth to Mathathias, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 22 The fifteenth to Jerimoth, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 23 The sixteenth to Hananias, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 24 The seventeenth to Jesbacassa, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 26 The nineteenth to Mellothi, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 27 The twentieth to Eliatha, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 28 The one and twentieth to Othir, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 29 The two and twentieth to Geddelthi, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 31 The four and twentieth to Romemthiezer, to his sons and his brethren twelve. CHAP. XXVI. The divisions of the. porters- Officers of other Levites. \ ND the divisions of the porters: of the Corites -^*- Meselemia, the son of Core, of the sons of Asaph. 2 The sons of Meselemia: Zaeharias the first- born, Jadihel the second, Zabadias the third, Ja- thanael the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. * He kail not a first-born. That is, liis first-born was either dead or not fit to be chief : and therefore lie made Semri the chief. T I 4 And the sons of Obededom, Semeias the first- born, Jozabad the second, Joaha the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael the fifth. 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phol- latlii the eighth: for the Lord had blessed him. 6 And to Semei his son were born sons, heads of their families: for they were men of great valour. 7 The sons then of Semeias were Othtii, and Raphael, and Obed, Elizabad, and his brethren most valiant men : and Elihu, and Samachias. 8 All these of the sons of Obededom : they, and their sons, and their brethren most able men for ser- vice, sixty-two of Obededom. 9 And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren strong men, were eighteen. 10 And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of Merari : Semri the chief (for he had not a first-born,* and therefore his father made him chief.) 1 1 Helcias the second, Tabelias the. third, Za- eharias the fourth : all these the sons and the brethren of Hoza were thirteen. 12 Among these were the divisions of the por ters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord. 13 And they cast lots equally, both little and great, by their families, for every one of the gates. 14 And the lot of the east fell to Selemias. But to his sou Zaeharias, a very wise and learned man, the north gate fell by lot. 15 And to Obededom and his sons, that towards the south: in which part of the house was the coun- cil of the ancients. 16 To Sephim and Hosa towards the west, by the gate which leadeth to the way of the ascent; ward against ward. 17 Now towards the east were six Levites ; and towards the north four a day; and towards the south likewise four a day ; and where the council was, two and two. 18 In the ce'lls also of the porters towards the west four in the way; and two at every cell. 19 These are the divisions of the porters of the sons of Core and of Merari. 20 Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels, f 21 The sons of Ledan, the sons of Gersonni: of Ledan were heads of the families, of Ledan, and Gersonni, Jehieli. 22 The sons of Jehieli: Zathan, and Joel his brethren over the treasures of the house of the Lord, 23 With the Amramites, and Isaarites, and He- bronites, and Ozielites. 24 And Subael the son of Gersom, the son of Moses, was chief over the treasures. 25 His brethren also Eliezer, whose son Raha^ bia, and his son Isaias, and his son Joram, and his son Zechri, and his son Selemith. 26 Which Selemith and his brethren, were over the treasures of the holy things, which king David, t Holy vasels. Or vessels of the holy places, or of things holy. Yata MHctorum. 329 I. PAKAI.IPOMENOX. nu.l the heads of families, and llw r;i|>t;tins ihit thousands and out hundreds, and the captains ol tin' host had dedicated, < )ut of the wars, and the spoils won in battles, which they had consecrated to the building and furniture of the temple of the Lord. Vn*l all these things that Samuel the and Saul the sou ol ( is. and Alincr the son of Ncr, and Joab the son of Salvia had sanctified : and whosoever had sanctified those thing*, they were under the hand of Scleuiith and his hrctlni n. 29 Hut (lionenias and his sons were over the huarkcs. for the bustseaiahsoadover Israel toteacfa them and judge them. 30 Ami of the Hehronttes Hasabias, and his hrethren most abb: men, a thousand seven hundred bad the charge over Israel beyond the Jordan west' ward, in all the works of the Lord, and for the service of the king. 31 And the chief of the Ilebronites was Jeria according to their families and kindreds. In tile fortieth year of the reisin of David thej were num- bered : and there were found most valiant men in Jazar (ialaad, St An. I his brethren of stronger age, two thou- sand seven hundred chiefs of families. And king David made them rulers over the Hnheuites and the (iadites, and the half tribe Of* Manasses, for all the service of God, and the king. CHAP. XXVII. The Iwtler enpt i ins for every month : the tieehe princes of tin trilta. Diiriil's M n nil nffirrn. NOW the children of Israel according to their number, the heads of families, captains of thousands and of hundreds, and officers, that sen - cd the kinu according to their companies, who came in and went out every month in the year, under every chief, were four and twenty thousand. 2 Over the first company the first month Jes- hoatn, the son of Zahdiel was chief; and under him W0K four and twenty thousand. 3 Of the sons of Phares. the chief of all the captains in the host in the first month. 4 The company of the second month was under Dudia, an Ahohite; and alter him was another named Macelloth, who commanded a part of the army of four and twenty thousand. 5 And the captain of the third company for the third mouthi was Hanaias the son of .loiada the priest ; and in his division were four and twen- ty thousand. 6 This is that Hanaias the most valiant among the thirty, and ahove the thirty. And Ami/.ahad his son commanded his company. 7 The fourth, for the fourth mouth, was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zabadias his s ( ,n after him: and in his company were four and twenty thou- sand. 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month, was v i maoth a Jezerite: ami hiscompanj were (bar and twenty thousand. 9 The sixth, lor the sixth month, was Ilira the son of A« . i s a Thecuite : and in bis company w ( n lour and twenty thousand. 10 The s, irnth, for the seventh month, was llelles a 1'hallonite of the sons of Kpluaiin : and in his companv were lour and twenty thousand. 11 The eighth, lor the eighth month, was SoImv chai a llusaihite of the race of Zaiahi : and in his company were lour and twenty thousand. I J The ninth, for the ninth month. Was A me- ter an Anathoihilc of the sons ol .li mini : and in his companv were lour and twenty thousand. Id The tenth, lor the tenth month, was .Marai, who was a Netuphathite of the race ol Zarai : and in his company were four and twenty thousand. 14 The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Hanaias. a l'harathonite of the sons of Kphraitn : and in his company were four and twenty thou- sand. 15 The twelfth* for the twelfth month, was lloldai a Nelophathite, of the race of (iothoiiiel : and in his company were four and twenty thou- sand. 16 Now the chiefs over the tribes of Israel were these: over the Hubenites, Eliezi r the son of Ze- chri was ruler ; over the Siniconites, Saphatias the son of .Maacha ; 17 Over the Lcvites, llasebias the sonofCa- mueJ; over the Aaronites, Sadoc ; 18 Over Juda, Eliu the brother of David ; over Issachar, Amri the son of Michael ; 19 Over the Zabulonitcs, Jesmaias the son of Adias ; over the Nephtalites, Jeriniolh the son ol ( )/riel ; 20 Over the sons of Ephraim, Osee the son of Ozaziii ; over the half tribe of Manassts, Joel the son of Phadaia : 21 And over the half tribe of Manasses in (ia- laad, .laddo the son of Za< harias ; and over Ben- jamin, Jasiel the son of Aimer ; 22 And over Dan, Ezrihel the son of Jeroham : these were the princes of the children of Israel. 23 But David would not number them from twenty years old and under: because the laid had said that he would multiply Israel like the stars of heaven. 24 Joab the son of Sarvia began to number : but he finished not; because upon this there fell wrath upon Israel: and therefor*' the number of them that were numbered, was not registered in the chronicles of king David. 25 And over the kind's treasures was Azmoth the BOO of Adiel : and over those stores which were in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan 'be son of Oman. 26 And over the tillage, and the husbandmen, who tilled the ground, was Ezri the son of Chcluh : 27 And over the dressers of the vineyards, was Semeias a Ilomathite : and over the w mc-ccllais, Zabdias an Aphonite. 28 And over the olive-yards and the fig-groi • which were in the plains, was Halanam a (iederite ; and over the otl-CellaiS, JOBS. 29 And over the herds that fed in Saron, was CHAP. XXVIII, XXIX. Setrai a Saronite : and over the oxen in the valleys, Saphat the son of Adli: 30 And over the camels, Ubil an Ismahelite : and over the asses, Jadias a Merouathite : 31 And over the sheep Jaziz an Agarene. All these were the rulers of the substance of king David. 32 And Jonathan, David's uncle, a counsellor, a wise and learned man : he and Jahiel the son ol Hachamoni where with the king's sons. , 33 And Achitophel was the king's counsellor, and Chusai the Arachite, the king's friend. 34 And after Achitophel was Joiada the son ol Banaias, and Abiathar. And the general of the king's army was Joab. CHAP. XXVIII. David's speech, in a solemn assembly : his exhortation to Solo- mon. Hegiveth him a pattern of the temple. A ND David assembled all the chief men of Is- -£ *- rael, the princes of the tribes, and the cap* tains of the companies, who waited on the king: and the captains over thousands, and over hun- dreds, and them who had the charge over the sub- stance and possessions of the king, and his sons with the officers of the court, and the men of power, and all the bravest of the army of Jerusalem. 2 And the king rising up, and standing said: Hear me, my brethren, and my people: I had a thought to have built a house, in which the ark of the Lord, and the footstool of our God might rest: and I prepared all things for the building. 3 And God said to me : Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood. 4 But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father's house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all Israel. 5 And among 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 tome: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him. 7 And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he continue to keep my commandments, and my judgments,asat this day. 8 Now then before all the assembly of Israel, in the hearing of our God, keep ye. and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God : that you may possess the good land, and may leave it to your chil- dren after you for ever. 9 And thou, my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and awillina, mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If thoi'eek him, thou shall find him: but if thou for- sati, j him, he will cast thee off for ever. 10 Now therefore seeing the Lord hath chosen thee to build the house of the sanctuary, take cour- age, and do it. 1 1 And David gave to Solomon his son a de- scription of the porch, and of the temple, and of the treasures, and of the upper floor, and of the in- ner chambers, and of the house for the mercy-seat, 12 As also of all the courts, which he had in his thoughts, and of the chambers round about, for the treasures of the house of the Lord, and for the trea- sures of the consecrated things, 13 And of the divisions ol the priests and of the Levitcs, for all the works of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of the service of the temple of ( he Lord : 14 Gold by weight for every vessel for the minis- try; and silver by weight according to the diversity of the vessels and uses. 15 He gave also gold for the golden candlesticks, and their lamps, according to the dimensions of eve- ry candlestick, and the lamps thereof. In like man- ner also he gave silver by weight for the silver can- dlesticks, and for their lamps, according to the di- versity of the dimensions of them. 10 He gave also gold for the tables of proposition, according to the diversity of the tables; in like man- ner also silver for other tables of silver. 17 For flesh-hooks also, and bowls, and censers of fine gold, and for little lions of gold, according to the measure he — ve by weight, for every lion. In like manner also for lions of silver he set aside a different weight of silver. 18 And lor the altar of incense, he gave the pur- est gold ; and to make the likeness of the chariot of the Cherubims spreading their wings, and covering the ark of the covevnant of the Lord. 19 All these things, said he, came to me written by the hand of the Lord; that 1 might understand ail the works of the 1 pattern. 20 And David said to Solomon his son: Act like a man, and take courage, and do: fear not; and be not dismayed : for the Lord my God will be with thee, and will not leave thee nor forsake thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. 21 Behold, the courses of the priests and the Le- vites, for every ministry of the house of the Lord, standby thee, and arejeady: and both the princes and the people know how to execute all thy com- mandments. CHAP. XXIX. David by word and example encourageth (he princes to contri- bute liberally to the building of the temple. His thanksgiv- ing, prayer, and sacrifices: his death. ND king David said to all the assembly: Solo- mon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is as yet young and tender: and the work is great; for a house is prepared not for man, but for God. 2 And I with all my ability have prepared the expenses for the house of my God. Gold for ves- sels of gold, and silver for vessels of silver, brass for A 1 things of brass, iron for things of iron. wood lor things of wood : and onyx-stones and stones like ala- baster, and of divers colours, and all manner of pre- 331 I. PARALIPOMENON and marble of Paraa in neat abuud- nons stones, aii< i : S Now mcr and above the things which I have offered into (In- bouse of m> Gorl, I give of my own proper Roods, solil and silver for ihe temple of ni) God, lii-Milculi.it tilings I bave prepared for the hol\ house: i Three thousand talents of sold of the gold of Ophir ; and seven thousand talents of refined silver, tn ouilav the walls of the temple: 5 \ ntl gold for wheresoever tbrre is need of gold: and silver lor wheresoever there is need of silver, lor the works to bfl made hv the hands of the artificers: now if any man is willing to oiler, let him fill bis hand to-day, and oiler what he pleaseth to the Lord. G Then the beads of the families, and the prin- of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thou- sands, and ot hundreds, and the overseers of the kind's possessions promised. 7 \ 1 1 1 1 tliev gave for the works of the house of the Lord, of Rold five thousand talents, and ten thousand solids; of silver tea thousand talents; and of brass eighteen thousand talents; and of iron ■ hundred thousand talents. 8 And all they that had stones, cava them to the treasures of the house ot the Lord, by the hand of Jahiel the ( ieroiisiie. 9 And the people rejoiced, when they promised their offerings willingly : because they one red them to the Lord with all their heart: and David the king rejoiced also with a great joy. 10 And he blessed the Lord before all the mul- titude; and he said : Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father Iroin eternity to eternity. 11 Thine, () Lord, is magnificence, and power, and glory, anil victory: and to thee is praise: for all that is in heaven, and in earth, is thine : thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art above all princes. 12 Thine arc riches, and thine is glory : thou hast glit ; ot a things. 13 Now therefore, our God, we give thanks to thee; and we praise thy glorious name. 14 Who am I, and what is my people, that we should l»c able to promise thee all these things Pall things are thine : and we bave given thee what we received of thy hand. 16 I <>r we are sojourners before thee, and stran- gers, as icerr all our fathers. Our days upon earth ate as a shadow; ami there is no sia\. 16 O Lord our God, all this store that we bave ■SM dominion over all : in thy hand is power and mi in thy band greatness, and the empire prepared to build tbee a bouse for thy holy name, is Iroin (hv hand ; and all things arc thine. 17 I know, mv God, that thou provest hearts, Jl" aN so in ttie sun and |o\i st simplicity; wherefore plicity of my heart, have joyfully offered all these things; and 1 bare seea with creel joy thy people which are here present, oiler thee their offerings. 18 O Lord Gad of Abraham, and ot Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep for cut this w ill ol their heart; and let this mind remain always for the wor- ship Of thee. 19 And t:i\e to Solomon my son a perfect heart, that he may keep thy commandments, thy testimo- nies, and thy ceremonies, and do all things: and build the bouse, for which I bave provided the charges. 20 And David commanded all the assembly : Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly Weasea the Lord the God of their fathers : and they bowed themselves, and worshipped God, and then the king. 21 And they sacrificed victims to tiie Lord: and they offered holocausts the next day, ■ thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their libations, and with everything prescribed most abundantly for all Israel. 22 And they ate and drank before the Lord that day with great joy. And they anointed the second time Solomon the son of David. And they anoint- ed him to the Lord to be prince, aud Sadoc to be high-priest 23 And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as kins instead of David his father: and he pleased all: and all Israel obeyed him. 2 )■ And all the prin es, and men of power, and all the sons of king David gate their band, and were subject to Solomon the king. -'•') And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel ; and gave him the glory of a reign, such as noktltg of Israel had before him. 26 So David the sonoflsai reigned overall Israel. 27 And the days that he reigned over Israel, were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem three and thirty years. 28 And he died in a good age, full of days, and riches, and glory. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead. 29 Now the acts of king David first and last are written in the Book ot >amuel the seer, and in the Book of Nathan the prophet, and in the Book ot Gad the seer: 30 And of all his reign, and his valour, and of the times that passed under him, either in Israel, or in all the kingdoms of the countries. THE SECOND BOOK OF PARALIPOMENON. CHAP. I. Sobmon ofcrcth sacrifices at (Inbaim. His choicn of wisdom, which God givcth him. AND Solomon the son of David was strengthen- ed in his kingdom : ;ind the Lord his God was frith him, and magnified him to a high degree. 2 And Solomon gave orders to all Israel, to the Captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and to the rulers, and to the judges of all Israel, and the heads of the families: 3 And he went with all the multitude to the high place of Gabaon, where was the tahernacle of the covenant of the Lord, which Moses the servant of God made, in the wilderness. 4 For David had brought the ark of God from Cariathiarim to the place which he had prepared fcr it, and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that is, in Jerusalem. 5 And the altar of brass, which Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Flip had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and all the assembly sought it. 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar, before the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up on it a thousand victims. 7 And behold, that night God appeared to him, saying : Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee. 8 And Solomon said to God : Thou hast shown great kindness to my father David; and hast made me king in his stead. 9 Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy word be fulfilled, which thou hast promised to David my fa- ther: for thou hast made me king over thy great people, which is as innumerable as the dust of the earth. 10 Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may come in and go out before thy people : for who can worthily judge this thv people, which is so great? 11 And God said to Solomon: Because this choice hath pleased thy heart, and thou hast not ask- ed riches, and wealth, and glory, nor the lives of them that hate thee, nor many days of life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge, to be able to judge my people, over which I have made thee king; 12 VVisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none of the kings before thee, nor alter thee, shall be like thee. 13 Then Solomon came from the hitdi place of Gabaon to Jerusalem before the tabernacle of the covenant, and reigned over Israel. 14 And he gathered to himself chariots and horse- men: and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he placed them in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem. 15 And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar-trees as sycamores, which grow in the plains in great multitude. 16 And there were horses brought him from Egypt, and from Coa by the king's merchants, who went and bought at a price, 17 Achariotof four horsesfor six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty : in like manner market was made in all the kingdoms of the Hethites, and of the kings of Syria. (HAP. II. Solomon's embassage to Hiram, who sends kirn a skilful workman, and limber. \ ND Solomon determined to build a house to the ■£*- name of the Lord, and a palace for himself. 2 And he numbered out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them. 3 He sent also to Hiram king of Tyre, saying: As thou didst with David my father, and didst send him cedars, to build him a house, in which he dwelt: 4 So do with me, that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to burn incense before him, and to perfume with aromatical spices, and for the continual setting forth of bread, and for the holocausts, morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and on the new-moons, and the solemnities of the Lord our God forever, which are commanded for Israel. 5 For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great above all gods. 6 Who then can be able to build him a worthy house ? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens can- not contain him ; who am I, that I should be able to build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him. 7 Send me therefore a skilful man, that knoweth how to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, and in iron, in purple, in scarlet and in blue, and that hath skill in engraving, with the artificers, which I have with me in Judea and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. 8 Send me also cedars, and fir-trees, and pine- trees from Libanus : for I know that thy servants are skilful in cutting timber in Libanus; and my ser- vants shall be with thy servants. 9 To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great and glorious. 10 And 1 will give thy servants the workmen that are to cut down the trees, for their food twenty thousand cores of wheat, and as many cores of bar- ley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil. 11 And Hiram kingofTyre sent a letter to Solo- mon, saying: Because the Lord hath loved his peo- ple, therefore he hath made thee king over them o33 TI. PARAL1P0MEN0N. 12 And he added, saving :J3tessnd be the Lord the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who hath given to king David a wise and knowing son. endued with understanding and prudence, to build a house l<> tin- Lord, and a |>;dacc tor liiniM'If. 13 I therefore have sent thee my rather Hiram, a and most skilful man, 1 V Tlii- son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a Tyriau, who knoweth how to work in gold, and in Silver, in brass, and in iron, and in marble, and in timber, in purple also, and violet, and silk, and scarlet : and who knoweth to ■rave all sort otgrat ing. and to devise ingeniously all that there may he need of in the work with thy arti- ficers, and with the artificers of my lord David tin father. |6 The wheat therefore, and the bailey, and the oil, and the wine, which thou, my lord, hast promis- ed, «.end to thy servants. 1*1 \nd we will eut down as many trees out of LibantlS as thou shall want, and will convey them in floats by sea to .Joppe : and it will be thy part to bring them thence to Jerusalem. 17 \nd Solomon numbered all the proselytes in the land of Israel, alter the numbering which David his rather had made : and they were found a hun- dred fifty-three thousand and six hundred. 18 And he set seventy thousand of them to earn burdens on their shoulders, and eights thousand to hew stones in the mountains ; and three thousand and six hundred to be over s eer s of the work of the people. CHAP. 111. The plan and ornament* nfthr temple: the chrnibim*, the rril. and the pdlurt. \ ND Solomon began to build the bouse of the j. JL Lord in Jerusalem, in mount Moria, which had been shown to David his father, in the place which David had prepared in the thrashing-floor of Oman the Jebiisite. 2 And he began tn build in the second month, in the fourth \e;ir of his reign. ■ '• Now these are the foundations, u hich Solomon laid, to build the house of God, the length by the first ■annate sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits. 4 Ami the porch in the front, which was ex- tended in length according to the measure of the breadth of the house, twenty dibits :and the height Was a hundred and twenty cubits : and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 And the greater house he ceiled with deal boards, and overlaid them with plaits of fine gold throughout : and he graved in them palm-trees, and like little chains interlaced with one another. He paved also the floor of the temple w ith most precious marble, of great beauty. 7 Anil the gold of the plates with which be over- laid the house, and the beams thereof, and the posts. and the a alK. :md the doors, was of the finest ■ and he graved eheruhinis on the walls. B He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, tweiiU cubits, and the breadth of it in like SJ4 manner twenty cubits : nun nc overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents. !» He made also nails of gold ; and the weight of every nail was fifty sides : the Upper chambers also he overlaid with gold. 10 He made also in the house of the holy of holies two eheruhinis of image-work: and he overlaid them w ith gold. 11 The wings of the eheruhinis were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was fivecubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was ;i|so five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub. I . In like manner the wins; of the other cherub was live cubits long, and reached to the wall : and his other wing u; ,s five cubits long, and touched the w ing of the other cherub. Id So the wings of the two eheruhinis were spread forth, and were extended twenty rooks : and they stood upright on their feet : and their faces were turned toward the house without. 14 He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk ; and wrought in if eheruhinis. lfi He made also before the doors of the ti tuple two pillars, which were five and thirty cubits high : and their chapiters were fivecubits. 1G He made also as it were little chains in the oracle : and he put them on the heads of ihe pillars ; and a hundred pomegranates, which he put between the little chains. 17 These pillars he put at the entrance of the temple, one on the right hand, and theothei on the left : that which was on the right hand, he called Jachin; and that on the left hand. Boo/. CHAP. IV. The altar of brass ; the molten sra upon ttrrlre orrn ; the ten Innrs j t'u nindli sti,k*, and other ve*sih, and ornaments of the temple. TJTL' made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, -*--■- and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high. 2 Also | molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass : it was five cubits high : and a line of thirty cubts compassed it round about. 3 And under it there was the likeness of oxen, and certain engravings on (he outside often cubits compassed the belly of the sea, as it were with two rows. 4 And the oxen were cast : and the sea itself was set upon the twelve oxen, three of which looked toward the north : and other three toward the west ■ and other three toward the south; and the other three that remained toward the east ; and the sea stood upon them: and the hinder parts of the oxen were inward under the sea. 6 Now the thickness of it was a hand-breadth, and the brim of it w as like the brim of a cup, or of a crisped lily: and it held three thousand measures. 6 He made also ten lavers : and he set five on the right hand, and liveon the left, to wash u , thm* all such things as they were to olfir lor holocaust j but the sea was for the priests to wash in. 7 And he made ten golden candlesticks, accord- 'iug to the form which tln\ were commanded to CHAP. V, VI be made by : and he sot them in the temple, five on the right hand, and live on the left. 8 Moreover also ten tallies: and lie set them in the temple, five on the rif;ht side, and five on the left ; also a hundred howls of gold. 9 He made also the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he coveted with brass. 10 And he set the sea on the right side over- against the east toward. the south. 11 And Hiram made caldrons, and flesh-hooks, and howls; and finished all the king's work in the house of God : 12 That is to say, the two pillars, and the pom- mels, and the chapiters, and the net-work, to cover the chapiters over the pommels: , 13 And four hundred pomegra'nates, and two Wreaths of net-work ; so that two rows of pome- granates were joined to each wreath, to cover the pommels, and the chapiters of the pillars. 14 He made also bases, and lavers, which he Bet upon the bases. 15 One sea, and twelve oxen under the sea. 16 And the caldrons, and llesh-hooks, and bowls. All the vessels did Hiram his father make for Solomon inthe house of the Lord, of the finest brass. 17 In the country near the Jordan did the king rast them, in a clay-ground between Sochot and Saredatha. 18 And the multitude of vessels was innumera- ble, so that the weight of the brass was not known. 19 And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, upon which were the loaves of proposition, 20 The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, ac- cording to the manner. 21 And certain flowers, and lamps, and golden torus: all were made of the finest gold. Zi The vessels also lor the perfumes and the cen- sers, and the howls, and the mortars, of pure gold. And he graved the doors of the inner temple, that is, for the holy of holies: and the doors of the temple without were of gold. And thus all the work was finished, which Solomon made in the bouse of the Lord. CHAP. V. The ark is brought with great solemnity into the temple : the temple is/illed icith the glory of Got/. ^THIEN Solomon brought in all the things that -*- David his father had vowed, the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he put among the treas- ures of the house of God. 2 And after this he gathered together the an- cients of Israel, and all the princes of the tribes, and the hands of the families, of the children of Und to Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord out of the city of David, which *s bton. 3 And all the men of Israel came to the king in the solemn day of the seventh month. 4 And w hen all the ancients of Israel were come, the Levites took up the ark; 5 And brought it in, together with all the furni- ture of the tabernacle. And the priests with the Levites carried the vessels of the sanctuary, which Were in the tabernacle. 6 And king Solomon, and all the assembly of Is- rael, and all that were gathered together before the ark, sacrificed rams and oxen without number; so great was the multitude of the victims. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord into its place, that is, to the ora- cle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the chei ubims : 8 So that the cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves. 9 Now the ends of the staves wherewith theaik was carried, because they were something longer, were seen before the oracle: but if a man were a little outward, he could not see them. So the ark has been there unto this day. 10 And there was nothing else in the ark but the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb when the Lord gave the law to the children of Is- rael, at their coming out of Egypt* 11 Now when the priests were come out of the sanctuary (for all the priests that coujd be found there, were sanctified : and as yet at that time the courses and order of the ministries were not divi- ded among them.) 12 Both the Levites and the singing men, that is, both they that were under Asaph, and they that were under H email, and they that were under Idi- ihnn, with their sons, and their brethren, clothed with fine linen, sounded with cymbals, and psalte- ries, and harps, standing on the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and tw cnty priests, sound- ing with trumpets. 13 So when they all sounded together, both with trumpets, and voice, and cymbals, and organs, and with divers kinds of musical instruments, and lilted up their voice on high; the sound was heard afar off, so that when they began to praise the Lord, and to say : Give glory to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy enduretb forever; the house of God was filled with a cloud. 14 Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory ol the Lord had filled the house of God. CHAP. VI. Solomon's blessings and prayer. HP HEN Solomon said: The Lord promised that -*- he would dwell in a cloud. 2 But I have built a house to his name, that be might dwell there for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the multitude of Israel (for all the multitude stood attentive) and he said : 4 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath accomplished in deed that which he spoke tc David my father, saying : 335 II. PARAMroMKXON. 6 From the day thai I broaghl my people out of tin- land of Egypt, 1 chose no city anion:; all the (lilies of Israel, lor a house- to be built in it to my name: neither cBOM I any other iii.ni, to be DM Tiller Of 111V people Israel. t» lint I chose Jerusalem, that my name might Ite. there: and 1 chose Da\id ti> set him over m\ ix-ople Israel. 7 And whereas D;i\id my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Diai'l, 8 The Lord said to him : Forasmuch as it w;is thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will : 9 But thou shall not build the house, but thy sou, who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name. 10 The Lord therefore hath accomplished his word which he spoke: and I am risen up in the place of David ni\ rather, and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised; and have built a botHa 10 the name of the Lord God of Israel. I 1 And I have put in it the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with the children of Israel. IJ And he stood before' the altar of the Lord, in presence o! all the multitude of Israel, and stretched forth his hands. 13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and had set it in the midst of the temple, w Inch was five cubits long, and li\e cubits broad, and three cubits high: and he stood upon it : then kneeling down in the presence of' all I he multitude of Israel, and lift- ing up his hands towards heaven, 14 He said :() Lord Ge>el of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven nor in earih: who kecpest covenant and mercy with thy servants, tlmt walk before thee with all their hearts: |.'» W ho hast pel turned to thv servant David my father all that thou hast promised him: and hast ac- complished in fact, what thou hast spoken with the mouth, as also the present time proveth. 16 NoiV then,() Lord God of Israel, fulfil to thy servant David my father, whatsoever thou hast promised him, savin;;: There shall not fail thee a man in my sight, to sit upon the throne of Israel: vet so that thy children lake heed to their wavs, and walk in my law. as thou hast vv;ilked before me. 17 And now. Lord God of Israel, let thy Word be established which thou hasl spoken to thv seivaut I >avid. 18 Is it credible then that God should dwell with men on the earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens do not contain thee, how much less this house, whieh | have built? 19 Hut to this end only it is made, that thou mavst regard the praver of thv servant, and his sup- plication, <) Lord niv ( iod : and majrSt hear the pray- ers which thy servant poureth out before thee. 20 That thou mavst open thv eves upon this house dav and nicht, upon the place wherein thou bast promisee that thv name should be called upon : -'I Am that thou would*! beat the praver which us thv servantprayeth in it : hearken then to the prayer* of 'thv servant, and of thy people Israel. \\ h« ever shall pray in this place, hear thou from thy dvv elling-place, that is, from heav en, and show mercy. .' It any man sin against his neighbour, and conic to swear against him, and bind himself with a curse before the altar in tins house : -'•! Then bear thou from heaven, and do justice to thy servants, se> as to requite- the Wicked by Unking his w ieke elncss fall upon his oft I In ael, and to revenge the-. iust, rewarding him according to I is justice'. Jl If thy people Israel be overcome by their cue mies, (for they will sin against thee) and bekig e-on- verte-d shall do pe-nancc. and call ttpon tin name, and pray lei the e- in this place, Eo Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin ofihy people Israel, and bring them back into the land, which them gavest to them, and their lathers. 26 If the- heavens be shut up, and there fall no rain by reason of the sins of the people, and tin \ shall pray to thee in this place, and confeas te> thy name, ami be- converted from their sins, w hen thou eieist afflict thein ; 27 Then hear thou from heaven? O Lord, and forgive the- sins of thy servants anil of thv people Israel, anil teach them the gooel way, in which they in iv walk: and give rain to thy land, which thou hast given to thy people to possess. 28 If a famine- arise in the land, or a pestilence, or blast ins, or mildew, or locusts, or caterpillars , or il their cm mies waste the country, ami besiege the- cities, whatsoever scourge or infirmity shall Be upon them: 29 Then if any of thy people' Israel, know bag bis own scourge and infiumtv, shall pray, and shall spread forth his hands in tins house'; 30 Hear thou from beavea,fron thy high dwell- ing-place, ami forgpvo, and render te> eve rv one 1 ac- cording to his wavs. whieh them know est him te> have- in his beart : (lor thou only know est the he at is of the- children e>l limn :) 31 That they may fear thee, and walk in thy ways all the days that the] live upon the blOS ofths land, whieh them hast given to our fathers. 32 If the Stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, COOM bom a far country, for the- sake' of thy great name, ami thy strong band, and thj stretch* el- out arm. and aelorc in this pMCC : 33 Hear them from heaven thy firm dwelling- (dace, and deiall thai which that stranger shall call upon thee for; that all ihe' people of the- earth may know th\ Dame, and may fear thee, as ihj people Israel, and may know . that thv name is invoked up- on this house, which 1 have built. 3i If thy people K'» out tei war against their ene- mies, bl tin' way thai thou shall senel them, anel adore thee towards the waj of this chy, which thou hast chosen, anil the house w hit h I have' built (o thy name : . Then hear thou from heaven then pr»yc . aiX their supplications, and ii reoge flu in. CHAP. VII, VIII. 36 And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou he angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand, • 37 And if they he converted in their heart, in the land to which they were led captive, and do penance, and pray to thee in the land or their captivity, say- ing: We have sinned; we have done wickedly; we have dealt unjustly : 38 And return to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, to which they were led away, and adore thee towards the way of their own land which thou gavest their fathers, and of the city, which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name: 39 Then hear thou from heaven, that is, from thy firm dwelling-place, their prayers, and do judgment, and forgive thy people, although they have sinned : 40 For thou art my God : let thy eyes, I beseech thee, be open, and let thy ears be attentive to 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, O Lord God, put on salvation, and thy saints rejoice in good things. 42 O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy .-inointed : remember the mercies of David thy servant. CHAP. VII. Fire from heaven consumeth the sacrifices. The solemnity of the dedication of the temple. God signifieth his having heard Solomon's prayer ; yet so if he continue to serve him. \ ND when Solomon had made an end of his -^*- prayer, fire came down from heaven, and con- sumed the holocausts and the victims: and the ma- jesty of the Lord filled the house. 2 Neither could the priests enter into the temple of the Lord ; because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord. 3 Moreover all the children of Israel saw the fire coming down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house : and falling down with their faces to the ground, upon the stone pavement, they adored, and praised the Lord; because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever. 4 And the king and all the people sacrificed vic- tims before the Lord. 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty- two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand rams: and the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 And the priests stood in their offices ; and the Leyites with the instruments of music of the Lord, which king David made to praise the Lord ; be- causehis mercy endureth for ever, singing the hymns of David by their ministry : and the priests sounded with trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. 7 Solomon also sanctified the middle of the court belore the temple of the Lord : for he offered there the holocausts, and the fat of the peace-offerings : because the brazen altar, which he had made, could not n °ld the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat: 8 And Solomon kept the solemnity at that time 2U seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregarion, from the entrance of Emath to the torrent of Egypt. 9 And he made on the eighth day a solemn as- sembly, because he had kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and had celebrated the solemnity seven days. 10 So on the three and twentieth day of the se- venth month he sent away the people to their dwell- ings, joyful and glad for the good that the Lord had done to David, and to Solomon, and to all Israel his people. 1 1 And Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he had designed in his heart to do, in the house of the Lord, and in his own house; and he prospered. 12 And the Lord appeared to him by night, and said : I have heard thy prayer ; and I have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 13 If I shut up heaven, and there fall no rain, or if I give orders, and command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people: 14 And my people, upon whom my name is call- ed, being converted, shall make supplication to me, and seek out my face, and do penance for their most wicked ways : then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins, and will heal their land. 15 My eyes also shall be open, and my ears at- tentive tothe prayerof himthatshall pray inthis place. 16 For I have chosen, and have sanctified this place, that my name may be there for ever, and my eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually. 17 And as for thee, if thou walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and keep my justice and my judgments: 18 I will raise up the throne of thy kingdom, as I promised to David thy father, saying: Theie shall not fail thee a man of thy stock to be ruler in Israel. 19 But if you turn away, and forsake my justi- ces, and my commandments, which I have set be- fore you, and shall go and serve strange gods, and adore them, 20 I will pluck you up by the root out of my land which I have given you: and this house which I have sanctified to my name, I will cast away from before my face, and will make it a by-word and an example among all nations. 21 And this house shall be for a proverb to all that pass by: and they shall be astonished, and say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house ? 22 And they shall answer: Because they forsook the Lord the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on strange gods, and adored them, and worshipped them : there- fore all these evils are come upon them. CHAP. VIII. Solomon's buildings and other acts. AND at the end of twenty years after Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house ; 2 He built the cities which Hiram had given to 337 II. lWKAI.iro.MENON. Solomon, :inil cans, d the children of Israel to dw< II there. 3 Ho went alao into K mat hSuba, and possessed it. \nd he built Palmira in the desert: and he built other strong cities in Kinath. 5 And he built Betttoron the upper, and Bctho- nui the mtlur, walled eities w it li gales and har.s and koeka j 6 Balaath also and all the Strong oam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Jnda. 6 And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and The- cue, 7 And Bethsur, and Socho, and Odollam, 8 And (ieth.and .Maresa, and Ziph, 9 And Adurain, and Lathis, and Azecha, 10 Sana also, and Aialon, and Hebron, Watch are '» Juda and Benjamin, well fenced cities. 1 1 And when he had enclosed them with walls, he put in them governors and store-houses of provisions, that is, of oil and of wine. 12 Moreover in every city he made an armotirv of shields and spears; and he fortified them frith at diligence; and he reigned over Juda and Ben- jamin. 13 And the priests and Levites, that were in all Israel, came to hjm out of all their seats, 14 Leaving their suburbs, and their possessions, and passing over to Juda, and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off, from exe- cuting the priestly office to the Lord. 15 And he made to himself priests for the high Clares, and for the devils, and for the calves which i had made. 16 Moreover out of all the tribes of Israel, w hoso- ever gave tin ir heart to seek the Lord the God of Israel, came into Jerusalem to sacrifice their victims before the Lord the God of their fathers. 17 And they Strengthened the kingdom of Jnda, and established Roboam the son of Solomon for three years: for they walked in the ways of David and of Solomon, only three years. 18 And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Airmail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai. 19 And they bore him sons Jehus, and Somorias, and Zoom. 20 And after her he married Maaeha the daugh- ter of Absalom, who bore him Abia, and Ethai, and Zi/a, and Salomitll. 21 And Roboam loved Maaeha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives, and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and time score con- enhines: and he Ingot tight and twentj sons, and three score danghti i-. 22 lint he pal at the head of them Abia the son of Maaeha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren : for he m« ant to make him king 23 Because he was wiser and mightier than all lii> sons, and in all the countries of Jnda, and of Uenjamin, and in all the walled cities: and he gave them provisions in abundance: and he sought mam wives. 340 CHAP. Ml. Roboam for hi* sin* is. drlirrrrd up into the hands of the king of Egypt : who carritth ateay alt the treasure* of the temple. \ \ I > vv henthe kingdom of Koboam vv as strength* - 1 *- ened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. 2 And in the fifth year of the reign of Koboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem (because they had sinned against the Lord) 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and three score thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt, to wit, Lybians, and Troglodites, and Ethiopians. 4 And he took the strongest cities in Juda, and came to Jerusalem. 5 And Semeias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda, that were gathered together in Jerusalem, fleeing from Sesac, and he said to them: Thus saith the Lord: You have It It me; and I have left you in the hand of Sesac. 6 And the princes of Israel, and the king, being in a consternation, said: The Lord is in-t. 7 And when the Lord saw that they were hum- bled, the word of the Lord came to §M imeias, sit- ing: Because they are humbled, I will not destroy them; and I will give them a little help; and my vv rath shall not fall upon Jerusalem by the hand of Sesac. 8 But yet they shall serve him, that they may know the difference between my service, and the service of a kingdom of the earth. 9 So Sesac king of Egypt departed from Jerusa- lem, taking away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the lung's bouse: and he tot>k all with him, and the golden shields that Solomon had made; 10 Instead of which the king made brazen ones, and delivered them to the captains of the shield- bearers, who guarded the entrance of the palace. 11 And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the shield-bearers came, and took them, and brought them back again to their armoury. 12 But yet because they were humbled, the wrath of the Lord turned away from tin in. and they were not utterly destroyed: for even in Juda there were found good works. 13 King Rolxinm therefore was strengthened in Jerusalem, and reigned: he was one and forty years old when lie began to reign, and he reigned seven- teen years in .It :ns;il« m. i he city whit lithe Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to establish his name there: and the name of his mother was Naa- ma an Ammonite--. 14 But be did evil, and did not prepare his heart k the Lord. 15 Now the acts of Roboam first ami last are written in the books of Bemeias the prophet, ano ni \dtlo the si 'i. and diligentlj recorded: and tin re was war between Koboam and Jeroboam all their days. lfi And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was burietl iii the citv <>l I»avid. And Abia his -on n igu- ed in his stead. * MitiMl, alias Maacha. Her father had also two names, viz. Ab- salom or * ^vssalom, aud Uriel. CHAP. XIII, XIV. CHAP. XIII. Abia's reign : his victory over Jeroboam. rN the eighteenth year of king Jerohoam, Abia reigned over Juda. 2 Three years he reigned in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Michaia,* the daughter of Uriel of Gabaa : and there was war between Abia and Je- roboam. 3 And when Abia had begun battle, and had with him four hundred thousand most valiant and chosen men ; Jeroboam put his army in array against him, eight hundred thousand men, who were also chosen and most valiant for war. 4 And Abia stood upon mount Semeron, which was in Ephraim, and said: Hear me, O Jeroboam, and all Israel: 5 Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel gave to David the kingdom over Israel for ever, to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt.f 6 And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up : and rebelled against his lord. 7 And there were gathered to him, vain men, and children of Belial: and they prevailed against Ro- boam the son of Solomon: for lloboam was unexpe- rienced, and of a fearful heart, and could not resist them. 8 And now you say that you are able to with- stand the kingdom of the Lord, which he possesseth by the sons of David: and you have a great multi- tude of people, and golden calves, which Jeroboam hath made you for gods. 9 And you have cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites: and you have made you priests, like all the nations of the earth: whosoever cometh and consecrateth his hand with a bullock of the herd, and with seven rams, is made a priest of those who are no gods. 10 But the Lord is our God, whom we forsake not: and the priests who minister to the Lord are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites are in their order. 1 1 And they offer holocausts to the Lord, every day morning and evening, and incense made accord- ing' to the ordinance of the law : and the loaves *re set forth on a most clean table : and there is with us the golden candlestick, and the lamps thereof, to be lighted always in the evening: for we keep the precepts of the Lord our God, whom you have for- saken. 12 Therefore God is the leader in our army, and his priests who sound with trumpets, and resound against you: O children of Israel, fight not against the Lord the God of your fathers, for it is not good for you. 13 While he spoke these things, Jeroboam caused an ambush ment to come about behind him. And while he stood facing the enemies, he encompassed Juda, who perceived it not, with his army. 14 And when Juda looked back, they saw the battle coming upon them both before and behind, and they cried to the Lord : and the priests began to sound with the trumpets. 15 And all the men of Juda shouted: and be- hold, when they shouted, God terrified Jeroboam, and all Israel that stood against Abia and Juda. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Juda: and the Lord delivered them into their hand. 17 And Abia and his people slew them wilh a great slaughter : and there fell wounded of Israel live hundred thousand valiant men. 18 And the children of Israel were brought down at that time : and the children of Juda were ex- ceedingly strengthened, because they had trusted in the Lord the Gbd of their fathers. 19 And Abia pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel and her daughters, and Je- sana with her daughters, Ephron also and her daughters. 20 And Jeroboam was not able to resist any more, in the days of Abia : and the Lord struck him ; and he died. 21 But Abia, being strengthened in his kingdom, took fourteen wives; and begot two and twenty sons and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of Abia, and of his ways and works, are written diligently in the book of Addo the prophet. CHAP. XIV. The reign of Asa : his victory over the Ethiopians. \ ND Abia slept with his fathers: and they buried -^*- him in the city of David: 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 pleas- ing in the sight of his God : and he destroyed the altars of foreign worship, and the high places, 3 And broke the statues, and cut down the groves. 4 And he commanded Juda to seek the Lord the God of their fathers, and to do the law, and all the commandments. 5 And he took away out of all the cities of Juda, the altars, and temples, and rei§ned in peace. 6 He built also strong cities in Juda, for he was quiet, and there had no wars risen in his time, the Lord giving peace. 7 And he said to Juda : Let us build these cities, and compass them with walls, and fortify them with towers, and gates, and bars, while all is quiet from wars ; because we have sought the Lord the God of our fathers, and he hath given us peace round about. So they built, and there was no hindrance in building. 8 And Asa had in his army of men that bore shields and spears, of Juda three hundred thousand, and of Benjamin ihat bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand : all these were most valiant men. 9 And Zara the Ethiopian came out against them with his army of ten hundred thousand men, and t A covenant of salt. That is, a firm and perpetual covenant. See Numb, xviii. 19. 3-11 II. PARALIPOMKNOX. with three hundred chariots* and he came as far as Mate* t. 10 And in Went OOt to meet him, and set his army in array Cor battle in tin- rale of Sephata, which is near Mares i : 1 1 Ami be called upon the Lord God, and said : Lord, there is do difference with thee, \\ In-therthou help with \\'\v, or with many : help ns, O Lord our God : for w it li confidence in thee, and in thy name. we are come against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. I J And the Lord terrified the Ethiopians before \- 1 and Joda : and the Ethiopian! fled. 13 And Asa and the people that were with him, pursued them to Gerara : and the Ethiopians fell > ren to utter destruction; for the Lord slew them: and his army fought against them ; and they were destroyed. And they took abundance of spoils. II And they took all the cities round about Ge- rara: lor | great fear was come upon all men: and they pillaged the cities, and carried off much booty. I 5 Viitl they destroyed the sheep-cotes, and took an infinite multitude of cattle and of camels : and returned to Jerusalem. CHAP. XV. The prophecy qf Azarias. Asa's utvrnanl with God. lie \t that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometfa in, but terrors on every side, amOM all tin; inhabitants of the earth. tl Tor nation shall light against nation, and citv against city; for the Lord will trouble them with all disti 7 I )o you therefore, take courage, and let not your hands be weakened : for there shall be a reward for your work 8 \nil when Asa had heard the words and the prophecy of A/arias the »on of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the rities of mount Ephraim. which he had taken : anil he dedicated the altar or the Lord, which was be- fore the porch of the Lord. 9 \ ni he gathered together all Juda and Benja- min, and the strangers with them o! Ephraim, and [VfanaSSt -. and Simeon : for manv wen- come over to him out of I eing that the Lord his God w is with him. 10 And when they were route to Jerusalem in 34< the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 1 1 Tiny sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils, and of the prey, that tiny had brought] seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams. 12 And he went in to confirm as usual the cove- nant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul. 13 And if any one, said he, seek not the Lord the God of Israel, let him die, whether little or great, man or woman. 14 And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, with joyful snouting, and with sound of Crumpet, and sound of cornets, 15 All that were in Juda with a curse: for with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they Sought him ; and they found him: and the Lord gave tin in rest round about. 16 Moreoi ei Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of. Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron. 17 But high places were left in Israel : never- thelesa the heart of Asa was perfect all his dav-.. IB And the things which his father had rowed, and he himself had \o\\ed, he brought into the house of the Lord, gold and silver, and ressela of divers 19 And there was no war unto tiie five and thir- tieth year of the kingdom of Asa. CHAP. XVI. Asa is reproredfor seeking hrlp from the Syrians : his last arts and (!((ith. AND in the sixth and thirtieth vear of his king- dom,* Baasa the king of Israel came up against Juda, and built a wall about Katun, that no one might saferj spout or come in of the kingdom of Asa. 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold, out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the kind's treasures, and sent to Benadad king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying: 3 There is a league between me and thee, as there w as b e tw een my father and thy father ; w here- fore I have sent thee silver and gold, that thou mayst break thy league with Baaaa king of Israel. and make him depart from me. 4 And when Uenadad heard this, he sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel: and the) took Ahion. and Dan, and Akhnaim, and all the walled cities ol Xci.hthali. 6 \ru\ when Baasa heard of it, he left offthebuild- ingof Kama, and interrupted his work. Then king Asa took all Juda. and they carried awaj from Kama, the stones and the timber that Baasa bad prepared for the building: and he built with them Gabaa and Maspha. 7 At that time llanani the prophet came to Asa k'nm of Juda. anil said to him : Because thou hast had confidence in the king of Syria, and not in the • Sir and Mrtittk ftor tf his IdngtUmt. That i«, of Hip kinp.lom o. Juda, taking- the date of it from the begtonmf of the rri(jn of Hoboa* CHAP. XVII, XVIII. Lord thy God, therefore hath the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand. 8 Were not the Ethiopians, and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceeding great multitude : yet because thou trustedst in the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand ? 9 For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, and give strength to those who with a perfect heart trust in him. Wherefore thou hast done foolishly; and for this cause from this time wars shall arise against thee. 10 And Asa was angry with the seer, and com- manded him to be put in prison : for he was greatly enraged because of this thing : and he put to death many of the people at that time. 11 But the works of Asa the first and last are written in the Book of the kings of Juda and Israel. 12 And Asa fell sick in the nine and thirtieth year of his reign, of a most violent pain in his feet : and yet in his illness he did not seek the Lord, but ra- ther trusted in the skill of physicians. 13 And he slept with his fathers : and he died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had made for himself in the city of David : and they laid him on his bed full of spices and odo- riferous ointments, which were made by the art of the perfumers : and they burnt them over him with very great pomp. CHAP. XVIlf Jusaphafs reign : his care for the instruction of his people : his numerous forces. AND Josaphat his son reigned in his stead, and grew strong against Israel. 2 And he placed numbers of soldiers in all the fortified cities of Juda. And he put garrisons in the land of Juda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 3 And the Lord was with Josaphat ; because he Walked in the first ways of David his father, and trusted not in Baalim, 4 But in the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not according to the sins of Israel. 5 And the Lord established the kingdom in his hand ; and all Juda brought presents to Josaphat : ami he acquired immense riches, and much glory. 6 And when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the Lord, he took away also the high places and the groves out of Juda. 7 And in the third year of his reign, he sent of his princes Benhail, and Abdias, and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Micheas, to teach in the cities of Juda : 8 And with them the Lcvites, Semeias, and Na- thanias, and Zabadias, and Asael, and Scmiranioth, and Jonathan, and Adonias, and Tobias, and Tho- hadonias Levites, and with them Elisama and J oram priests. 9 And they taught the people in Juda, having with them the book of the law of the Lord: and (hey went about all the cities of Juda, and instructed the people. t 10 And the fear of the Lord came upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Juda: and they durst not make war against Josaphat. 1 1 The Philistines also brought presents to Josa- phat, and tribute in silver: and the Arabians brougbt him cattle, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and as many he-goats. 12 And Josaphat grew, and became exceeding great : and he built in Juda houses like towers, and walled cities. " 13 And he prepared many works in the cities of Juda : and he had warriors and valiant men in Je- rusalem : 14 Of whom this is the number of the houses and families of every one : in Juda captains of the army, Ednas the chief; and with him three hun- dred thousand most valiant men. 15 After him Johanan the captain; and with him two hundred and eighty thousand. 16 And after him was Amasias the son of Ze- chri, consecrated to the Lord ; and with him were two hundred thousand valiant men. 17 After him was Eliada valiant in battle ; and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield. 18 After him also was Jozabad ; and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready for war. 19 All these were at the hand of the king, beside others, whom he had put in the walled cities in all Juda. CHAP. XVIII. Josaphat accompanies Achab in his expedition against Ramoih : where Achab is slain, as Micheas had foretold. TVTOW Josaphat was rich and very glorious, and -L* was joined by affinity to Achab. ■ 2 And he went down to 'him after some years to Samaria: and Achab at his coming killed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people that came with him : and he persuaded him to go up to Ramoth Galaad. 3 And Achab king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda: Come with me to Ramoth Galaad. And he answered him : Thou art as I am, and my peo- ple as thy people: and we will be with thee in the war. 4 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: In- quire, I beseech thee^ at present the word of the Lord. 5 So the king of Israel gathered together of the prophets four hundred men: and he said to them: Shall we goto Ramoth Galaad to fight, or shall we forbear? But they said: Go up; and God will de- liver it into the king's hand. 6 And Josaphat said : Is there not here a pro- phet of the Lord, that we may inquire also of him ? 7 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man, of .whom we may ask the will of the Lord: but I hate hirfi; for he never propliesiclh good tome, but always evil: and it is Micheas the son of Jemla. And Josaphat said : Speak not thus, O king. 343 II. I'AUlLOl'o.MI ;.\o.\. 8 And the king of Israel called one of the no- liuclis. and said to him: ( all quicklv Michcas the son of Jemla. 9 Now the king of Israel, and Joaanhal kin- of Jnda, both sat on their thrones, clothed in royal robes: and they sal in I lie open court by the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 10 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made him horns of iron, and said : 'I'lnis saith the Lord : Willi these slialt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it. ! 1 And all the prophets prophesied in like man- ner, and said : Go DO to lianioth (ialaad, and tlion shah prosper: and the Lord will deliver them into the kind's hand. IJ And the messenger that went to call Micheas, said to him : Behold, the words of all the prophets with one month declare good to the king: I beseech thee therefore let not thy word disagree with them, and speak thou also good success. 13 And Michcas answered him : As the Lord liveth, whatsoever my God shall say to me, that will I speak. I ) So he came to the king: and the king said to him: Michcas, shall we go to Hamoth Galaad to fight, or forbear? And he answered him: Go up; for all shall succeed prosperously: and the enemies shall be delivered into your hands. 15 And the king said: 1 adjure thee again and iv nothing but the truth to me, in the name of the Lord. 16 Then he said: I saw all Israel scattered in the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said: These have no masters: let every man return to his own house in peace. 17 And the king of Israel said toJosaphat: Did I not tell thee that this man would not prophesy me any good, but evil ? It) Then he said: Hear ye therefore the word of tin- Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left. 19 And the Lord said: Who shall deceive* Achab king of Israel, that he may go up, and fall in Ramotb < ialaad ? And when one spoke in this man- ner, and another Otherwise ! 20 There came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said : I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him : Bj w hat means wilt thou deceive him? 21 And he answered: I will go our, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive, and shall pre- vail : -«' oat, and do so. 22 Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a spirit of lying in the mouth of all thy prophets ;.and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee. 23 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and struck Michcas on the cheek, and said : Which way went the spirit of the Lord from me, to speak to th 24 Ami Ificheai -aid: Thou thyself shall seein • U'/U tkcli itttirt, tfc See ibe»nn And the kirn; of Israel c< minded, savin. : Take .Michcas, and carry him to Anion the gover- nor of the cit\ . and to Joas I In- son of \uie|ech, 26 And say: Thus saith the kin:: : I'ut this fel- low in prison, and give him bread and water in a small quantity till I return in pern I And Michcas said : If thou return in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by mc. And he said : Hear, all ve people. 28 So the king of Israel and Josaphat king ol Juda went up to Hamoth (ialaad. 29 And the king of Israel said to. Josaphat : I will change my dress, and so I will go to the battle ; but put thou on thy own -ai incuts. And the king of Is- rael having changed his dress, went to the battle. 30 .Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his cavalry, saving: Fight ve not with small or great, but with the king of Israel only. 31 So w hen the captains of the cavalry saw Jo- saphat, they said: This is the king of Israel. And they surrounded him to attack him: but be cried to i lie Lord, and he helped him, and turned them aw a> from him. 32 For when the captains of the cavalry saw that he was not the king of Israel, they left him. 33 And it happened that one of the people shot an arrow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the neck and the shoulders: and he said to his chariot-man : Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am wounded. 34 And the fight was ended that day: but the king of Israel stood in his chariot against the Sy- rians until the evening, and died at the sun set CHAP. XIX. iphaf's rhargr to thr judges and to the Isritct. A ND Josaphat king of Juda relumed to his house ■£*- in peace to Jerusalem. 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer met him, and said to him: Thou helped the ungodly, and thou art joined in friendship with them that hate the Lord; and therefore tl wrath of the Lord : in w III didst ( teserve indeed the 3 But good works are found in thee, because thou hast taken away the troves out of the land of Juda, and hast prepared th] heart SO seek the Lord the God of thy lathers. 4 And Josaphat dweh at Jerusalem : and he w eat out again to the people from llersahee to mount Kphraim, and brought them back to tin; Lord tin- God of their fathers. 5 And he set judges of the land in all the fenced cities of Juda, in even place. 6 And charging tin* judges, he said : Take heed what vou do: for j'ou exercise not the judgment ol man, but of the Lord: and w ha t s oever yon .indue, it shall redound to you. 7 Let the fear of the Lord lie with yon, and do all things w ith diligence: for there is no ini<|uilv with tin' Lord our (iod, nor n spect of | I rVOna, nor de- sire of |ifts. :; Iii Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levitos, CHAP. XX. and priests, and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for the inhabitants thereof. 9 And he charged them, saying : Thus shall you do in the fear of the Lord faithfully, and with a per- fect heart. 10 Every cause that shall come to you of your brethren, that dwell in their cities, between kin- dred and kindred, wheresoever there is question concerning the law, the commandment, the cere- monies, the justifications: show it them, that they may not sin against the Lord, and that wrath may not come upon you and your brethren : and so do- ing you shall not sin. 11 And Amariasthe priest your high priest shall be chief in the things which regard God : and Za- badias the son of Ismahel, who is ruler in the house of Juda, shall be over those matters which belong to the king's office : and you have before you the Le- vites for masters: take courage and do diligently; and the Lord will be with you in good things. CHAP. XX. 'flte Ammonites, Moabites, and Syrians, combine against Josa- phat. He seeketh God's help by public prayer and fasting. A prophet foretelleth that God trill fight for his people : the enemies destroy one another. Josaphat with his men gather the spoils. He reigneth in peace: but his navy perisheth,for his society with wicked Ochozias. AFTER this the children of Moab, and the chil- dren of Ammon, and with them of the Ammo- nites, were gathered together to fight against Josa- phat. 2 And there came messengers, and told Josaphat, saying: There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea, and out of Syria : and be- hold, they are in Asasonthamar, which is Engaddi. 3 And Josaphat being seized with fear, betook himself wholly to pray to the Lord : and he pro- claimed a fast for all Juda. 4 And Juda gathered themselves together to pray to the Lord : and all came out of their cities to make supplication to him. 5 And Josaphat stood in the midst of the assem- bly of Juda and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord before the new court ; 6 And said : O Lord God of our fathers, thou art God in heaven, and rulest over all the kingdoms and nations: in thy hand is strength and power; and no one can resist thee. 7 Didst not thou, our God, kill all 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 in it, and built in it a sanctua- ry to thy name, saying: 9 If evils fall upon us, the sword of judgment, or (>estilence, or famine, we will stand in thy presence >efore this house, in which thy name is called upon : and we will cry to thee in our afflictions; and thou wilt hear, and save us. 10 Now therefore behold the children of Am- mon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands thou didst not allow Israel to pass, when they rame out of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and slew them not: 2X 11 Do the contrary, and endeavour to cast us out of the possession which thou hast delivered to us. 12 O our God, wilt not thou then judge them Pas for us, we have not strength enough, to be able to resist this multitude, which cometh violently upon us. But as we know not what to do, we can only turn our eyes to thee. 13 And all Juda stood before the Lord, with their little ones, and their wives, and their children. 14 And Jahaziel the son of Zacharias, the son of Banaias, the son of Jehiel, the son of Mathanias, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, was there; upon whom the Spirit of the Lord came in the midst of the mul- titude. 15 And he said : Attend ye, all Juda, and you that dwell in Jerusalem, and thou king Josaphat : Thus saith the Lord to you: Fear ye not, and be not dismayed at this multitude : for the battle is not yours, but God's. 16 To-morrow you shall go down against them ; for they will come up by the ascent named Sis ; and you shall find them at the head of the torrent, which is over-against the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 It shall not be you that shall fight; but only stand with confidence, and you shall see the help of the Lord over you, O Juda, and Jerusalem : fear ye nof, 'nor be you dismayed : to-morrow you shall go out against them, and the Lord will be with you. 18 Then Josaphat, and Juda, and all the inhabi- tants of Jerusalem, fell flat on the ground before the Lord, and adored him. 19 And the Levites of the sons of Caath, and of the sons of Core, praised the Lord the God of Is- rael with a loud voice, on high. 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went out through the desert of Thecua: and as they were marching, Josaphat standing in the midst of them, said : Hear me, ye men of Juda, and all the inha- bitants of Jerusalem : believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be secure : believe his prophets, and all things shall succeed well. 21 And he gave counsel to the people, and ap- pointed the singing men of the Lord, to praise him by their companies, and to go before the army, and with one voice to say: Give glory to the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever. 22 And when they began to sing praises, the Lord turned their ambushments upon themselves, that is to say, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and of mount Seir, who were come out to fight against Juda : and they were slain. 23 For the children of Ammon and of Moab rose up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to kill and -destroy them : and when they had made an end of them, they turned also against one another, and destroyed one another. 24 And when Juda came to the watch tower, that looked towards the desert, they saw afar of] all the country, for a great space, full of dead bo- dies, and that no one was left that could escape death. 25 Then Josaphat came, and all the people 345 II. r.MIVLIl'O.MKNON. with him, to take away ihe sptib of the dead : and they found anion: the dead bodies, Muff of nh rious kinds, and garments, and most precious res- scls : and they took them lor themselves; inso- much that tiny could not carrv all, nor in three days take away the .spoils, the booty was m great \ it • I on the fourth day the; were assembled in the \ alley of Blessing: for there they blesaed the Lord : and therefore they called that place the I al- ii s of Blessing until this day. 27 And every man of .hula, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem returned, and Josaphat at their head. into Jerusalem with great joy; because the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. 28 Ami thej cane into Jerusalem with psalte- ries, and harps, and trumpets, into the house of the Lord. 29 And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands, when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 And the kingdom of Josaphat was quiet: and God cave him peace round about 31 And Josaphat reigned over Juda: and he was fa,, and thirty \ cars old when lie began to reign: and be reigned ii% «• and twenty years in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother w as Azuha the daugh- ter of Selahi. 32 And he walked in the way of his father Asa, and departed not from it, doing the things that were pteasing before the Lord. 33 But yet he took not away the high places: and the people had not vet turned their heart to the Lord the God of their fathers. 31 But the rest of the acts of Josaphat first and last, are written in t lit; words of Jehu the son of llanaui. which be digested into the Books of the kiims of Israel. After these things Josaphat king of Juda made friendship with Ocho/.ias king of Israel, whose works were very wicked. 3(> And he was partner with him in making ships, to goto Tharsig : and they made the ships in Asiongaber. \ud Lliezcr the son of Dodau of Mare* prophesied to Josaphat. saying: Because thou hast made a league with Ochozias, the Lord hath de- stroyed thy works ; and tire ships are broken; and tiie\ could not go to Thaisis. < II \|\ XXI. Jtramft trlcknl nigU : hi* jwnixhmrnt anil tlfftth. A \ I) Josaphat slept with hi* fathers, and was ■**- buried with them in the city of David: and Jorain his son reigned in his stead. 2 And he had brethren, the sons of Josaphat. V/ .h'i .is, and Jahiel. and Zacharias. and A/aria, and Michael, and Saphatias : all these were the sons of Josaphat king of Juda. 3 And their father gave them great gifts of sil- ver, and of gold, and pensions, with Strong cities in Juda: hut the kingdom he gave to Joram; be- cause In- was the eldest. 4 So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his fa- ther : and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel. 5 Joram was two and thirty years old when he in to reign: and he reigned eight years in Je- rusalem. 6 And he walked in the wavs of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achah had done; for his wife was a daughter of Achab: and he did evil in the Bight of the Lord. 7 But the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he had made with him ; and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever. 8 In those days Edom revolted, from being sub- ject to Juda, and made themselves a king. 9 And Joram went over with his princes, ana all his cavalry with him, and rose in the night, and defeated the Edomitcs who had surrounded him, and all the captains of his cavalry. 10 However Edom revolted, from being under the dominion of Juda unto this day : at that time Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand: for he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers: 11 Moreover he built also high places in the cities of Juda : and he made the inhabitants of Je- rusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to trans- gress. 12 And there was a letter brought him from Elias the prophet, in which it was written: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: Be- cause thou hast not walked in the ways of Josa- phat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa kiii- Juda, 13 But hast walked in the ways of the kin^s ol Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating die for- nication of tin- house of Achab: moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself; 14 Behold, the Lord will strike thee with a ureal plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, an (] all thy substance* 15 And thou sbalt be sick of a \ery grievous disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out by little and little every day. 16 And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians. 17 And they came up into the laud of Juda, and wasted it: and the] carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, his sons also. and his wives: so that there was no son left him but Joaehaz,* who was the jmiBgnst 18 And besides all this the Lord struck him with an incurable disease in his boweis 19 And as day came after day, and lime rolled on, two whole yi us passed ■ then after being wast- ed With a long consumption, so as to void Ins vi iv bowels, his disease ended wiili his life. And In- died ol a most w i itched illness: and the people did * Jfthsz, »lia», Ocktxim. CHAP. XXII, XXIII. not make a funeral for him according to the man- ner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors. 20 He was two and thirty years old when he began his reign : and he reigned eight years in Je- rusalem. And he walked not rightly: and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the se- pulchres of the kings. CHAP. XXII. The reign and death of Ochozias. The tyranny of Athalia. \ ND the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ocho- -*■*- zias his youngest son king in his place : for the rovers of the Arabians, who had broke in upon the camp, had killed all that were his elder brothers.. So Ochozias the son of Joram king of Juda reigned. 2 Ochozias was forty-two* years old when he began to reign : and he reigned one year in Jerusa- lem; and the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter of Amri. 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Achab: for his mother pushed him on to do wick- edly. 4 So he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Achab did: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction. 5 And he walked after their counsels. And he went with Joram the son of Achab king of Israel, to fight against Hazael king of Syria, at Ramoth Galaad: and the Syrians wounded Joram. 6 And he returned to be healed in Jezrahel ; for he received many wounds in the foresaid battle. And Ochozias the son of Joram king of Juda, went down to visit Joram the son of Achab in Jezrahel where he lay sick. 7 For it was the will of God against Ochozias, that he should come to Joram; and when he was come, should go out also against Jehu the son of Namsi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Achab. 8 So when Jehu was rooting out the house of Achab, he found the princes of Juda, and the sons pi the brethren of Ochozias, who served him: and he slew them. 9 And he sought for Ochozias himself, and took him lying hid in Samaria : and when he was brought to him, he killed him: and they buried him; be- cause he was the son of Josaphat, who had sought the Lord with all his heart. And there was no more hope that any one should reign of the race of Ocho- zias. 10 For Athalia his mother, seeing that her son was dead, rose up, and killed all theroval family of the house of Joram. 11 But Josabeth the king's daughter took Joas the son of Ochozias, and stole him from among the king s sons, that were slain. And she hid him with his nurse in a bed-chamber: now Josabeth that hid him, was daughter of king Joram, wife of Joiada the high priest, and sister of Ochozias : and therefore Athalia did not kill him. 12 And he was with them hid in the house of 4 Lo^vuT'lf*' D ' VerS GrCek b ' bleS ' e; d lwmt y- lwo ' a £reeably to God six years, during which Athalia reigned over the land CHAP. XXIII. Joiada the high priest causeth Joas to be made king ; Athalia to be slain ; and idolatry to be destroyed. \ ND in the seventh year Joiada being encouraged, -£*■ took the captains of hundreds, to wit, Azarias the son of Jeroham, and Ismahel the son of Johanan, and Azarias the son of Obed, and Maasias the son of Adaias, and Elisaphat the son of Zechri ; and made a covenant with them. 2 And they went about Juda, and gathered to- gether the Levites out of all the cities of Juda, and the chiefs of the families of Israel: and they came to Jerusalem. 3 And all the multitude made a covenant with the king in the house of God: and Joiada said to them: Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the Lord hath said of the sons of David. 4 And this is the thing that you shall do: 5 A third part of you that come to the sabbathf of the priests, and of the Levites, and of the porters, shall be at the gates ; and a third part at the king's house ; and a third at the gate that is called the Foundation : but let all the rest of the people be in the courts of the house of the Lord. 6 And let no one come into the house of the Lord, but the priests, and they that minister of the Levites: let them only come in, because they are sanctified : and let all the rest of the people keep the watches of the Lord. 7 And let the Levites be round about the king, every man with his arms: (and if any other come into the temple, let him be slain) and let them be with the king both coming in, and going out. 8 So the Levites, and all Juda did according to all that Joiada the high priest had commanded: and they took every one his men that were under him, and that came in by the course of the sabbath, with those who had fulfilled the sabbath, and were to go out. For Joiada the high priest permitted not the companies to depart, which were accustomed to succeed one another every week. 9 And Joiada the priest gave to the captains the spears, and the shields, and targets of king David, which he had dedicated in the house of the Lord. 10 And he set all the people with swords in their hands from the right side of the temple, to the left side of the temple, before the altar, and the temple, round about the king. 11 And they brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and the testimony, and gave him the law to hold in his hand; and they made him king : and Joiada the high priest and his sons anoint- ed him : and they prayed for him, and said : God save the king. 12 Now when Athalia heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came in to the people, into the temple of the Lord. 13 And when she saw the king standing upon t To the sabbath. That is, to perform in your weeks the functions of your office, or the weekly walches. 11. I'AKAI.iroMKNOX. the step in the entrance, and the princes, and the companies about him, and all the people ofthe land rejoicing, and sounding with trumpets, and playing on in>t riiiiit-iit s of diven kinds, and the voice of those that praised, she rent her garments, and said: Treason, treason. 11 And Joiaila the hLh p rie st coins out to the captains, and the chiefs of the army, said to them: Take her forth without the prccinrt of the temple; and when she is without, let her be killed w r ith the sword. For the priest commanded that she should not lie killed in the boOOB of the Lord. 16 And they laid hold on her In the neck: and when she was come within the horse-sate of the palace, they killed her there. It! And Joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people, and the king, that they should be the people of the Lord. 17 And all the people went into the house of I'aal, and destroyed it: and they broke down his altars and his idols: and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 And Joiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under tin- hands of the priests, and the Le\ites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord : to offer holocausts to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with joy and singing, according to the disposition of David. 19 He appointed also porters in the gates of the house of the Lord, that none who was unclean in anv thing should enter in. 20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the most valiant men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land : and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and brought him through the upper sate into the king's house, and set him 00 the roval throne. 21 And all the people of the land rejoiced,' and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the ■wosri. CHAP. XXIV. Joas-reignrth mil all t /ir day* nfji/itirla : nftenrards falhlh into idolntru. mill ruuxrlh Ziirlmrius to or. slain. lie is sluin him- self by his urrants. JOAS was seven years old w hen he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem : the name of his mother was SelVia of Ib-rsahee. 1 \nd he did that which is good before the Lord all the days of Joiada the priest. 3 And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom he had sons and daughters. V After this Joas had a mind to repair the house of the Lord. .') And he assembled the priests, and the Le- vites, and said to them: Go out to the cities of Juda. and gather of all Israel money to repair the temple of your God, from year to year, and do this with speed: but the Levites win negligent ml the kins called Joiada the chief, and said to him: Why hast thou not taken care to oblige the Levites to bring in OUt of Juda and Jerusalem the money that was appointed l>\ .Moses, the servant ol Ml the Lord, for all the multitude of Israel to bring into the tabernacle of the testimony : 7 For that wicked woman Athalia and her chil- dren have destroyed the house of ( iod, and adorned the temple of Baal with all the things that had l»t 1 1 dedicated in the temple of the Lord. 8 And the king commanded, and they made a cheat j and set it by the gate of the house of the Lord on the outside. 9 And they made a proclamation in Juda and Je- rusalem, that every man should bring to the Lord, the money which Moses the servant of God appoint- ed for all Israel, in the desert. , 10 And all the princes, and all the people rejoiced : and going in they contributed and east so much into the chest of the Lord, that it was fdled. 11 And when it was time to bring the chest be- fore the king by the hands of the Levites (for they MW there was much money,) the king's scribe, and he whom the high priest had appointed, went in: and they poured out the money that was in the cheat : and they carried back the chest to its place: and thus they did from day today; and there was gath- ered an immense sum of money. 12 And the king and Joiada gave it to those w ho were over the works of the house of the Lord: but they hired with it stone-cutters, and artificer* ol every kind of work to repair the house of the Lord : and such as wrought in iron and brass, to uphold what began to be falling. 13 And the workmen were diligent; and the breach of the walls was closed up by their hand-: and they set up the house of the Lord in its former state, and made it stand firm. 14 And w hen they had finished all the works, they brought the rest of the money before the kinu and Joiada: and with it were made vessels for the temple for the ministry, and for holocausts and howls, and other vessels of gold and silver: and ho- locausts were offered in the house of the Lord con- tinually, all the days of Joiada. 15 liut Joiada grew old, and was full of days, and died when he was a hundred and thirtv \ears old. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good to Is- rael, and to his house. • 17 And after the death of Joiada, the princes of Juda went in, and worshipped the kin::: and he was soothed by their services, and hearkened to them. 18 And they forsook the temple of the Lord the God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and Wrath came upon Juda and Jerusalem for thissin 19 And be sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord, and they would not give ear w Ik n tin \ testified against them. 20 The Spirit of God then came upon Zacharne. the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the Bight of the people, ami said to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Why transgress you the command- ment of the Lord, which will not be for vour good, and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake you ? CHAP. XXV. 21 And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king's commandment in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 And king Joas did not remember the kindness that Joiada his father had clone to him, but killed his son. And when he had died, he said: The Lord see, and require it. 23 And when a year was come about, the army of Syria came up against him: and they came to Juda and Jerusalem, and killed all the princes of the people : and they sent al the spoils to the king to Damascus. 24 And whereas there came a very small num- ber of the Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an infinite multitude, because they had for- saken the Lord the God of their fathers: and on Joas they executed shameful judgments. 25 And departing they left him in great diseases : and his servants rose up against him, for revenge of the blood of the son of Joiada the priest: and they slew him in his bed ; and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings: 26 Now the men that conspired against him were Zabad the son of Semmaath an Ammonitess, and Jozabad the son of Semarith a Moabitess. 27 And concerning his sons, and the sum of money, which was gathered under him, and the repairing the house of God, they are written more diligently in the book of Kings: and Amasias his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXV. A mamas' s reign : he beginneth well : but endeth ill. He is over- thrown by Joas ; and slain by his own people. A MASIAS was five and twenty years old when -^*- he began to reign : and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem : the name of his mo- ther was Joadan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was good in the sight of the Lord ; but yet not with a perfect heart. 3 And when he saw himself strengthened in his kingdom, he put to death the servants that had slain the king his father. 4 But he slew not their children ; as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying: The fathers shall not be slain for the children, nor the children for their fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin. 5 Amasias therefore gathered Juda together, and appointed them by families, and captains of thou- sands, and of hundreds, in all Juda and Benjamin : and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found three hundred thousand young men that could go out to battle, and could hold the spear and shield. 6 He hired also of Israel a hundred thousand valiant men, for a hundred talents of silver. 7 But a man of God came to him, and said: O king, let not the army of Israel go out with thee ; for the Lord is not with Israel, and all the children of Ephraim: 8 And if thou think that battles consist in the strength of the army, God will make thee to be | overcome by the enemies : for it belongeth to God both to help, and to put to flight. 9 And Amasias said to the man of God : What will then become of the hundred talents which I have given to the soldiers of Israel ? and the man of God answered him : The Lord is rich enough to be able to give thee much more than this. 10 Then Amasias separated the army, that came to him out of Ephraim, to go home again : but they being much enraged against Juda, returned to their own country. 1 1 And Amasias taking courage led forth his peo- ple, and went to the vale of salt pits, and slew of the children of Seir, ten thousand. 12 And other fen thousand men the sons of Juda took, and brought to the steep of a certain rock, and cast them down headlong from the top ; and they all were broken to pieces. 13 But that army which Amasias had sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, spread themselves among the cities of Juda, from Samaria to - Bethhoron, and having killed three thousand, took away much spoil. 14 But Amasias after he had slain the Edomites, set up the gods of the children of Seir, which he had brought thence, to be his gods, and adored them, and burnt incense to them. 15 Wherefore the Lord being angry against Ama- sias, sent a prophet to him, to say to him: Why hast thou adored gods that have not delivered their own people out of thy hand? 16 And when he spoke these things, he answered him : Art thou the king's counsellor r be quiet, lest I kill thee. And the prophet departing, said : I know that God is minded to kill thee ; because thou hast done this evil, and moreover hast not hearkened to my counsel. 17 Then Amasias king of Juda taking very bad counsel, sent to Joas the son of Joachaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying : Come, let us see one another. 18 But he sent back the messengers, saying: The thistle that is in Libanus sent to the cedar in Liba- nus, saying : Give thy daughter to my son to wife : and behold, the beasts that were in the wood of Li- banus passed by, and trod down the thistle. 19 Thou hast said : I have overthrown Edom , and therefore thy heart is lifted up with pride : stay at home ; why dost thou provoke evil against thee, that both thou shouldst fall, and Juda with thee? 20 Amasias would not hearken to him ; because it was the Lord's will that he should be delivered into the hands of enemies, because of the gods of Edom. 21 So Joas king of Israel went up; and they pre- sented themselves to be seen by one another: and Amasias king of Juda was in Bethsames of Juda : 22 And Juda fell before Israel, and they fled to their dwellings. 23 And Joas king of Israel took Amasias kingot Juda, the son of Joas, the son of Joachaz, in Beth- sames, and brought him to Jerusalem ; and broke down the walls thereof from the gate of Ephraim, to the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits. 349 II. IWKALll'OMI \<)\. 24 And he took all the gold, and siher. tad nil the vi'-m K, tint be found in the house of God, end with Obededom, end in the treasures of the king's house; moreover alto ihr MM of the hostages, be brought hack to Samaria. 25 And Amasias the son of Joas king of .Inda lived, alter the death of Joas the son of Joachaz king of Israel, fifteen \eais. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amasias the first and last, are written in the Book of the kings of Juda and Israel. 27 And alter he revolted from the Lord, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. And he Bed intoLachu; and they sent, and killed him there. 28 And they brought him back upon horses, and buried him with his lathers in the eity of David. CHAP. XXVI. Oziat rdgnrlh protperoudy tilt he inradtth the priests' office : upon tchich he is utrurk with a It prosy. AND all the people of Juda took his son Ozias who was sixteen years old, and made hitn king in the room of Amasias his father. 2 He Imilt Ailath, and restored it to the domin- ion of Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3 O/.ias was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and be reigned two and fifty years in Jerusa- lem: the name of his mother was Jeehelia of Je- rusalem. 4 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that AmasJM his father had done. 5 And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacha- rias that understood and saw (iod : and as long as lie soqghl the Lord he directed him in all things. »; .Moreover, he went forth, and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Geth, and the wall of Jabnta, and the wall of Azotus: and he built tow ns in Azotus, and among the Philistines. 7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurhaal, and against the Ammonites. 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Ozias : and his name was spread abroad even to the entrance of Lgypt for his frequent victories. And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem over the gate of the corner, and over the gate of the \ alley, and the rot, in the same side of the wall, and for- tified them. 10 And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns : for he had much cattle both in the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the moun- tains, and inCarmcl; for he was a man that loved husbandry. 11 And the army of his fighting men that went out to War, U as under the hand of Jehiel the scribe, and Masias the doctor, and under the hand of Ha nanias, w ho was one of the king's captains. I J \nd the whole number Of the chiefs by the fa- milies ol valiant men. were two thousand six hundred : 13 And the whole army under them three hun- dred and seven thousand five hundred; who wen 350 fit for war, and fought for the king against the enemy* 1 1 And Ozias prepared for them, that is, for the whole army, shields, and spears, and helmets, md coats of mail, and bows, and slings to cast Bttaa 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines of divers kinds, which he placed in the towers, and in the corners of the walls, to shoot arrows and great stones: and his name went forth far abroad; lor the Lord helped him. and had strengthened him. 16 But when he was made strong, his hem was lifted up to his destruction: and he neglected the Lord his God; and going into the temple of the Lord, he had a mind to burn incense upon the altai of incense. 17 And immediately Azarias the priest going in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, most valiant men, 18 Withstood the king, and said : It doth not lie- long to thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but to the priests, that is, to the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated for this ministry : go out of the sanc- tuary, do not despise : for this thing shall not be ac- counted to thy glory by the Lord God. 19 And Ozias was angry ; and holding in his hand the censer to burn incense, threatened the prii And presently there rose a leprosy in his forehead before the priests, in the house of the Lord at the altar of incense. 20 And Azarias the high priest, and all the rest of the priests, looked upon him, and saw the lepro- sy in his forehead : and they made haste to thrust him out. Yea, himself also being frightened, hast- ed to go out, because he had quickly felt the stroke of the Liord. 21 And Ozias the king was a leper unto the dav of his death : and he dwelt in a house apart, being full of the leprosy, for w bicfa he had been cast out of the house ot the Lord. And Joatham his son go- verned the king's house, and judged the people of tlie land. 22 But the rest of the acts of Ozias first and last were written by Isaias the son of Amos, the prophet. 23 And Ozias slept with his fathers: and they buried him in the field of the royal sepulchres, l>e- cause he was a leper: and Joatham his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXVII. Joatham's good reign. TOATHAM was live and twenty years old when y he began to reign : and he reigned sixteen \ears in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was J< insa the daughter of Sadoc. 2 And he did that which was right before the Lord, according toaM thai < hnaa his father had done; only that he entered not into the temple of tin Lord ; and the people still transgressed. 3 He built the high gate of the bouse of the Lord; and on the wall of Ophel he built much. i Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Juda. and castles and lowers in the forests. 5 He fought against the king of the < bUdreu ol CHAP. XXVIII. Amnion, and overcame them : and the children of Amnion gave him at that time a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and as many measures of barley: so much did the children of Amnion give him in the second and third year. G And Joatham was strengthened, because he had his way directed before the Lord his God. 7 Now the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all his wars, and his works, are written in the Book of the kings of Israel and Juda. 8 He was five and twenty years old when he be- gan to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jeru- salem. 9 And Joatham slept with his fathers: and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXVIII. The wicked and unhappy reign of Achaz. \ CHAZ was twenty years old when he began to -^*- reign : and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusa- lem : he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father had done ; 2 But walked in the ways of the kings of Israel ; moreover also he cast statues for Baalim. 3 It was he that burnt incense in the valley of Benennom, and consecrated his sons in the fire ac- cording to the manner of the nations, which the Lord slew at the coming of the children of Israel. 4 He sacrificed also, and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 And the Lord his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Syria, who defeated him, and took a great booty out of his kingdom, and carried it to Damascus: he wasalso delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, who overthrew him with a great slaughter. 6 For Phacee the son of Romelia slew of Juda a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men: because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers. 7 At the same time Zechri a powerful man of Ephraim, slew Maasias the king's son, and Ezri- cam the governor of his house, and Elcana who was next to the king. 8 And the children of Israel carried away of their brethren two hundred thousand women, boys, and girls, and an immense booty: and they brought it to Samaria. 9 At that time there was a prophet of the Lord there, whose name was Oded : and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: Behold, the Lord the God of your fathers be- ing angry with Juda, hath delivered them into your hands: and you have butchered them cruelly, so that your cruelty hath reached up to heaven. 1 Moreover you have a mind to keep under the ( hildren of Juda and Jerusalem for your bond-men and bond-women, which ought not to be done: for you have sinned in this against the Lord your God. 1 1 But hear ye my counsel, and release the cap- ites, that you have brought of your brethren; be- cause a great indignation of the Lord hangeth ovei you. 12 Then some of the chief men of the sons oi Ephraim, Azarias the son of Johanan, Barachias the son of Mosollamoth, Ezechias the son of Sel- lum, and Amasa the son of Adali, stood up against them that came from the war. 13 And they said to them: You shall not bring in the captives hither, lest we sin against the Lord. Why will you add to our sins, and heap up upon our former offences ? for the sin is great ; and the fierce anger of the Lord hangeth over Israel. 14 So the soldiers left the spoils, and all that they had taken, before the princes and all the multitude. 1 5 And the men, whom we mentioned above, rose up and took the captives, and with the spoils cloth- ed all them that were naked : arid when they had clothed and shod them, and refreshed them with meat and drink, and anointed them because of their labour, and had taken care of them; they set such of them as could not walk, and were feeble, upon beasts, and brought them to Jericho the city of palm-trees, to their brethren: and they returned te Samaria. 16 At that time king Achaz sent to the king ol the Assyrians asking help. 17 And the Edomites came, and slew many ol Juda, and took a great booty. 18 The Philistines also spread themselves among the cities of the plains, and to the south of Juda : and they took Bethsames, and Aialon, and Gade- roth, and Socho, and Thamnan, and Gamzo, with their villages : and they dwelt in them. 19 For the Lord had humbled Juda because' of Achaz the king of Juda ; for he had stripped it of help,* and had contemned the Lord. 20 And he brought against him Thelgathphalna- sar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him, and plundered him without any resistance. 21 And Achaz stripped the house of the Lord, and the house of the kings, and of the princes, and gave gifts to the king of the Assyrians: and yet it availed him nothing. 22 Moreover also in the time of his distress he increased contempt against the Lord, king Achaz himself by himself, 23 Sacrificed victims to the gods of Damascus that struck him : and he said : The godsof the kings of Syria help them; and 1 will appease them with victims; and they will help me; whereas on the contrary they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. 24 Then Achaz having taken away all the ves- sels of the house of God, and broken them, shut up the doors of the temple of God, and made himself altars in all the corners of Jerusalem. 25 And in all the cities of Juda he built altars to burn frankincense : and he provoked the Lord the God of his fathers to wrath. 26 But the rest of his acts, and all his works first * For he had stripped il of help : that is, Achaz stripped the kingdom of Juda of the divine assistance by his wickedness, and by his intro- ducing idolatry. 301 II. PAKALII'OMENON. ■ad last are written in the Book of the kings of Juda aiul Israel. \111l Achas slept with his fathers: and the] buried him in the chj of Jerusalem : for they receiv- ed him nut into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel. A 11. 1 L/.ct bias his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XX! \. hint pttrifieth the temple, and restnreth religion. N< >\\ Esechiaj began to reign, when he «as five and twenty \ ears old: and he reigned nine and twenty Tears in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abia, the daughter of Zacharias. 2 And he did that which was pleasing in the sight uf the Lord, according to all that David liis lather had done. 3 In the first vt-ar and month of his reign he open- ed the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. 4 And he brought the priests and the Levitcs, and assembled them in the east-street. 5 And he said to them: Hear me, ye Levitcs, and lie sanctified ; purify the house of the Lord the God of your fathers ; and take away all filth out of the sanctuary. 6 Our fathers have sinned, and done evil in the sight of the Lord God, forsaking him : they have tinned away their faces from the tabernacle of the Lord,and turned their backs. 7 They have shut up the doors that were in the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense, nor offered holocausts in the sanctuary of the God of Israel. 8 Therefore the wrath of the Lord hath been stirred un against Juda and Jerusalem: and he hath delivered them to trouble, and to destruction, and to be biased at, as von see w it 1 1 four eyes. 9 Behold, our fathers are fallen by the sword: our sons, and our daughters, and wives are led aw ay captives for 1 1 1 i~- w ickedness. 10 Now therefore I have a mind that we make a covenant with the Lord the God of Israel; and he will turn away the wrath of his indignation from US. 11 My sons, be not negligent: the Lord hath chosen yon to stand before him, and to minister to him, and to worship him, and to burn incense to him. 12 Then the Levitcs arose : Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of A/arias, of the sons of Caath; and of the sons of Merari, (is the son of Abdi, and A/arias the son of.lalaleel; and of the sons of Gerson, Joah the son of Zemma, and Eden the son of Joah : 13 And of the sons of Elisaphan. Samri and Jc- hiel : also of the sons of Asaph, Zacharias and Ma- thauias; 1 \ And of the sons of I leman, Jahiel and Scmei; and of the sons of Iditlmn. Semeias and < >/.iel. 1") And they gathered together their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in BCCOrdin the commandment of die kin::, and the precept of Lord, to purity the house of God. 16 Ami tin- priests went into the temvile of the Lord to sann ii\ it ; ami brought out all the uncl< m m ss, that they found within to the entrance of the house of the Lord: and the Levitcs took it awav and carried it out abroad to the torrent ( fdron. 17 Anil they began to cleanse on the first day ol tlie first month: and on the eighth day of the same month they came into the porch of the temple of the Lord: ana they purified the temple in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the same month thev finished what they had begun. 18 And thev went in to kins Iv/.t -chias. and said to him: \\ <■ have sanctified all the house of the Lord, and the altar of holocaust, and the vessels thereof, and the table of proposition with all its vessels. 19 And all the furniture of the temple, which king Achaz in his reign had defiled, after his trans- -nssion; and behold, they are all set forth before the altar of the Lord. 20 And king Ezechias rising early, assembled all the rulers of the city, ami went up into the house of the Lord: 21 And they offered together seven bullocks, ami seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven be-goats for sin, for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, for Juda : and he spoke to the priests the sons of Aaron, to offer them upon the altar of the Lord. 22 Therefore they killed the bullocks: and the priests took the blood, and poured it upon the altar: they killed also the rams, and their blood they pour- ed also upon the altar: and they killed the iambs, and poured the blood upon the altar. 23 And they brought the he-goats for am before the king, and the whole multitude: and they laid their hands upon them : 24 Ami the priests immolated them, ami sprink- led their blood before the altar for an expiation of all Israel : for the king had commanded that the ho- locaust and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel. 25 And he set the Levitts in the house of the Lord with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, ac- cording to the regulation of David the king, and of Gad the seer, and of Nathan the prophet: for it \yas the commandment of the Lord by the band of his prophets. 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments Of David, and the priests with trumpets. 27 And Ezechias commanded that they should offer holocausts upon the altar: and when the holo- causts were offered, they began to sing praises ti the Lord, and to sound w ith trumpets, and divers instruments which David the king of Israel had pre- pared. 28 And all the multitude adored : and the sin»- ers, and the trumpeters were in their olhec, till the holocaust was finished. 29 And when the (dilation was ended, the kinz. and all that wt re with him bowed down, and adored. 30 And L/.echias and the princes commanded the Lerhea t<> praise the Lord with the words ol David, and Asaph the seer: and thev praised him with peal joy, and bowing tin-knee adored. 31 And E/.ct In. is added, and said: You have fill- CHAP. XXX. ed your hands to the Lord; come and offer victims, and praises in the house of the Lord. And all the multitude offered victims, and praises, and holo- causts, with a devout mind. 32 And the number of the holocausts which the multitude offered, was seventy bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs. 33 And they consecrated to the Lord six hun- dred oxen, and three thousand sheep. 34 But the priests were few, and were not enough to flay the holocausts: wherefore the Le- vites their brethren helped them, till the work was ended, and priests were sanctified ; for the Levites are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests. 35 So there were many holocausts, and the fat of peace-offerings, and the libations of holocausts : and the service of the house of the Lord was com- pleted. 36 And Ezechias and all the people rejoiced, because the ministry of the Lord was accomplish- ed. For the resolution of doing this thing was taken suddenly. CHAP. XXX. Ezechias inviteth all Israel to celebrate thepasch : the solemni- ty is kept fourteen days. AND Ezechias sent to all Israel and Juda : and he wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasses, that they should come to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and keep the phase to the Lord the God of Israel. 2 For the king taking counsel, and the princes, and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep the phase the second month. 3 For they could not keep it in its time : be- cause there were not priests enough sanctified, and the people was not as yet gathered together to Je- rusalem. 4 And the thing pleased the king, and all the people. 5 And they decreed to send messengers to all Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, that they should come, and keep the phase to the Lord the God of Israel in Jerusalem: for many had not kept it as it is prescribed by the law. 6 And the posts went with letters by command- ment of the king, and his princes, to all Israel and Juda proclaiming according to the king's orders : Ye children of Israel, turn again to the Lord the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel : and he will return to the remnant of you that have es- caped the hand of the king of the Assyrians. 7 Be not like your fathers, and brethren, who departed from the Lord the God of their fathers ; and he hath given them up to destruction, as you see. 8 Harden not your necks, as your fathers did : yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanc- tuary, which he hath sanctified for ever : serve the Lord the God of your fathers ; and the wrath of his indignation shall be turned away from you. 9 For if you turn again to the Lord, your bre- thren and children shall find mercy before their mas- 2 x ters, that have led them away captive ; and they shall return into this land : for the Lord your God is merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him. 10 So the posts went speedily from city to city, through the land of Ephraim, and of Manasses, even to Zabulon ; whilst they laughed at them, and mocked them. 1 1 Nevertheless some men of Aser, and of Ma- nasses, and of Zabulon, yielding to the counsel, came to Jerusalem. 1,2 But the hand of God was in Juda, to give them one heart to do the word of the Lord, accord- ing to the commandment of the king, and of the princes. 13 And much people were assembled to Jeru- salem to celebrate the solemnity of the unleaven- ed bread in the second month : 14 And they arose, and destroyed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and took away all things in which incense was burnt to idols, and cast them into the torrent Cedron. 15 And they immolated the phase on the four- teenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites being at length sanctified, offered holocausts in the house of the Lord. 16 And they stood in their order, according to the disposition and law of Moses the man of God: but the priests received the blood which was to be poured out, from the hands of the Levites, 17 Because a great number was not sanctified : and therefore the Levites immolated the phase for them that came not in time to be sanctified to the Lord. 18 For a great part of the people from Ephraim, and Manasses, and Issachar, and Zabulon, that had not been sanctified, ate the phase, otherwise than it is written : and Ezechias prayed for them, saying: The Lord who is good, will show mercy . 19 To all them, who with their whole heart seek the Lord the God of their fathers; and will not impute it to them that they are not sanctified. 20 And the Lord heard him, and was merciful to the people. 21 And the children of Israel that were found at Jerusalem, kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy, praising the Lord every day : the Levites also and the priests with instru- ments, that agreed to their office. 22 And Ezechias spoke to the heart of all the Levites, that had good understanding concerning . the Lord : and they ate during the seven days of the solemnity, immolating victims of peace-of- ferings, and praising the Lord the God ot their fa- thers. 23 And it pleased the whole multitude to keep other seven days ; which they did with great joy. 24 For Ezechias the king of Juda had given to the multitude a thousand bullocks, and seven thou- sand sheep : and the princes had given the people a thousand bullocks, and ten thousand sheep : and a great number of priests was sanctified. 25 And all the multitude of Juda with the priests 353 II. PARALIPOMENON and Lcvitrs. and all the assembly thai came out of Israel ; and the proselytes of the land of Israel, and thai dwelt in .linla were lull of joy. V ml there was a great solemnity in Jerusa- lem, such a* had not been in that fit \ since the time of Solomon the son of David k\uz of Israel. 27 And the priests and the Levhes rote up, and Messed the people: and their voice was beard: and their prayer came to the holy dwelling place of heaven. CHAP. XXXI. Idolatry it abolished ; and provision* made for the ministers. AND when these things had been duly celebrat- ed, all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda went out, and they broke the idols, and cut down the groves, demolished the high place-, and destroyed the altars, not only out of all Juda and Beniamm, but out of Ephraim also and Manasses, till they had utterly destroyed them : then all the children of Israel returned to their possessions and fir i 2 And Kzechias appointed companies of the priests, and trie Lc\ites, hv their courses, every man in his own office, to wit, both of the priests, and of the Levites, for holocausts, and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to praise, and to Slug in the gates of the camp of the Lord. 3 And the kind's part was. that of his proper substance the holocaust should be offered always morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and the new moons, and the other solemnities, as it is writ- ten in the law of Musis. 4 He commanded also the people that dwelt in Jerusalem, to give to the priests and the Levites their portion, that they mig'it attend to the law of the Lord. 5 Which when it was noised abroad in the ears of the people, the children e\ cut h mouth they finished them. 8 Ami when Czechias and his princes came in. they saw the heaps; and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel. 9 And Czechias asked the priests and the Lei ito. why the heaps lay so. 10 A/arias the chief priest of the race of Sadoc answered him, saying: Since the first fruits began to lw offered in the house of the Lord, we have eaten, and have been filled, and abundance is left; because the Lord hath blessed his people: and of that w hich is left is this treat stoic w Inch thou seest 11 Then Ecechiaa commanded to prepare store- houses in the house of the Lord And when the\ had done so, 354 12 They brought in faithfully l>oth the first-fruits, and the tithes, and all the) Bad VOWfd. And the overseer of them was Chonenias the Levite, and Semei bis brother was the second. I.! And alter him Jchiel, and Azarias. and Na- hath, ami Asahcl, and Jer'unoih, and Jozabad, and I'.liel. and Jesinachias. and Mahath, and Hani overseers under the hand of Chonenias. and Scmci his brother, by the commandment of K/cchias the king, and Azarias the high priest of the bouse of God, to whom all things appertained. 1 I Hut (ore the son of Jemna the Levite, tin- port er of the east-gate, was overseer of the things which were freely offered to the Lord, and of the first-fruits, and the things dedicated lor the holies <>t holies. 15 And under his charge were Lden, and Ben- jamin, Jcsuc, ami Semt ias, and Amarias, and Se- clienias, in the cities of the priests, lo distribute faithfully portions to their brethren, both little and great: Iti Besides the males from three \ears old and upward, to all that went into the temple of the Lord, and whatsoever there was need of in the ministry, and their offices according to their eours< s, day by day. 17 To the priests by their families, and to the Le- vites from the twentieth year and upward, by their classes ami companies. 18 And to all the multitude, both to their wives, and to their children of both sixes, victuals were given faithfully out of the things that had been sanc- tified. 19 Also of the sons of Aaron who were in the fields and in the suburbs of each city, tin ic wi ire men appointed, to distribute portions loall the males, among the priests and the Levites. 20 So Czechias did all things which we have said, in all Juda; and wrought that which was good ami right and truth before the Lord his God, 21 In all the service of the ministry of the house of tin; Lord according to the law and the ceremo- nies, desiring toseeknis God with all his heart: and he did it, and prospered. CHAP. XXXII. Sennnrherih invadeth Juda : hit army it destroyed by an Angel, hias remit nth from his sickness : kit "th< r m t%. A FTKIl these things, and this truth, Sennache- **- rib king of the Assyrians his God. and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the Lord the ( .'oil of Israel, are contained in the words ol the kings of Ll.l. |. I!» His prayer also. and«his being heard, ami nil his -ins, ;in,| contempt, and places wherein lie built high places, and set up groves ami statin's, before he diil penance, are written in the words of llo/ai. 20 And Manasses slept with his fathers : ami tbej buried him in his house ; and his .son Amon reigned in his stead. J I Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign : and he reigned two years in Jeru- salem. Vnd he did evil in the sij;ht of the Lord, as Manasses his father had done : ami he sncrifii cd to all the idols w Inch Manasses his father had made, and served them. ; Vnd he did not humble himself before the Lord, is Vfanasses his father had humbled himself, but committed far greater sins. JV Vnd his servants conspired against him, and slew him iii his own house. -'"> Mut the rest of the multitude of the people slew them that had killed Anion, and made Josias his son king in his stead. CHAM. \\\IV. Josias dittrfiiiith idolatry ; rrp mr eti tfir Irmfih ; and rtnnrrth thv Covenant between God and tin j> upU. TOSIAS was eight years old when he began to *' reign: and he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem. 2 And be did that which was rijdit in the sight ot the Lord, ami walked in the ways of David his fa- ther: he dei lined not, neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 3 And in the eighth year of his reign, when he was yet a boy, he began to se< k the God of his fa- ther David : and in the twelfth year after he Regan to reign, he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem from the high places, and the gloves, and the idols, and the graven things. V And they broke down before him the altars of Baalim, and demolished the idols that had been set upon them : and he cut down the groves and the craven things, and broke them in pieces ; and strew- ed the fragments upon the gravis of them that had sacrificed to them. 5 And he burnt the bonesof the priests on the al- tars ofthe idols: and be cleansed Juda and Jerusalem. (> And in the cities of Manasses, and of Lphraim, and of Simeon, even to Nephthali. he demolished all. 7 And when he had destroyed the altars, and tlie troves, and had broken the idols in pieces, and had demolished all profane temples throughout all the land of Israel, he returned lo Jerusalem. !'. Now in the eighteenth \ ear of his reign, when he had cleansed the land, and the temple of the Lord, he s, nt Saphan the son of ETselias, and Maa- siai the governor ofthe citv, John the son of Joa- CHAP. XXXV. chaz the recorder, to repair the bouse of the Lord his God. 9 And they came to Helcias the high priest ; and received of him the money which had been brought into the house of the Lord, and Which the Levites Nid porters had gathered together from Manasses, rt-nd Epbraim, and all the remnant of Israel, and from all Juda, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 10 Which they delivered into the hands of them that were over the workmen in the house of the Lord, to repair the temple, and mend all that was weak. 11 But they gave it to the artificers, and to the masons, to buy stones out of the quarries, and tim- ber for the couplings of the building, and to rafter the houses, which the kings of Juda had destroy- ed. 12 And they did all faithfully. Now the over- seers of the workmen were Jahath and Abdias of the sons of Merari, Zacbarias and Mosollamof the sons of Caath, who hastened the work ; all Levites skilful to play on instruments. 13 But over them that carried burdens for divers uses, were scribes and masters, of the number of the Levites, and porters. 14 Now when they carried out the money that had been brought into the temple of the Lord, Hel- cias the priest found the book of the law of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. 15 And he said to Saphan the scribe: I have found the book of the law, in the house of the Lord: and he delivered it to him. 16 But he carried the book to the king, and told him, saying: Lo, all that thou hast committed to thy servants, is accomplished. 17 They have gathered together the silver that was found in the house of the Lord : and it is given to the overseers of the artificers, and of the work- men, for divers works. 1 8 Moreover Helcias the priest gave me this book. And he read it before the king. 19 And when he had heard the words of the law, he rent bis garments: 20 And he commanded Helcias, and Ahicam the son of Saphan, and Abdou the son of Micha, and Saphan the scribe, and Asaa the king's servant, saying: 21 Go, and pray to the Lord for me, and for the remnantof Israel, and Juda, concerning allthe words of this book which is found : for the great wrath of the Lorjl hath fallen upon us, because our fathers have not kept the words of the Lord, todo all things that are written in this book. 22 And Helcias and they that were sent with him by the king, went to Olda the prophetess, the wife of Sellum the son of Thecuath, the son of Hasra keeper of the wardrobe, who dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second part: and they spoke to her the words above-mentioned. 23 And she answered them: Thus saiththe Lord (he God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me: 24 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, I will bring evils upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, and all the curses that are written in this book which they read before the king of Juda. 25 Because they have forsaken me, and have sa- crificed to strange gods, to provoke me to wrath with all the works of their hands, therefore my wrath shall fall upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 26 But as to the king of Juda that sent you to beseech the Lord, thus shall you say to him: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel : Because thou hast heard the words of this book, 27 And thy heart was softened, and thou hast humbled thyself in the sight of God tor the things that are spoken against this place, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ana reverencing my face, hast rent thy gar- ments, and wept before me: I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. 28 For now I will gather thee to thy fathers: and thou shalt be brought to thy tomb in peace : and thy eyes shall not see all the evil that 1 will bring upon this place, and the inhabitants thereof. They therefore reported to the king all that she had said. 29 And he called together all the ancients of Ju- da and Jerusalem, 30 And went up to the house of the Lord, and all the men of Juda, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the Levites, and all the people from the least to the greatest. And the king read in their hearing in the house of the Lord, all the words of the book. *31 And standing up in his tribunal, he made a covenant before the Lord to walk after him, and keep his commandments, and testimonies, and jus- tifications, with all his heart, and with all his soul, and to do the things that were written in that book which he had read. 32 And he adjured all that were found in Jeru- salem and Benjamin, to do the same : and the in- habitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of the Lord the God of their fathers. 33 And Josias took away all the abominations out of all the countries of the children of Israel ,• and made all that were left in Israel, to serve the Lord their God. As long as he lived, they depart- ed not from the Lord the God of their fathers. CHAP. XXXV. Josias celebralcth a most solemn patch. He is slain by the king of Egypt, \ ND Josias kept a phase to the Lord in Jerusa- -*■*- lem ; and it was sacrificed on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their offices, and ex- horted them to minister in the house of the Lord. 3 And he spoke to the Levites, by whose instruc- tion all Israel was sanctified to the Lord, saying : Put the ark in the sanctuary of the temple, which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built : for you shall carry it no more: but minister now to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel, 4 And prepare yourselves by your houses and families, according to your courses, as David king 357 11. PARALIPOMENON. of Israel commanded, and Solomon his son hath written. 5 And mtvi' ye in the sanctuary by the families and companies of Lei i: \nd being sanctified kill the phase, and prepare your brethren, thai they may flayed the holocausts: 12 And they separated them to give them hv the hon>es and families of every one, and to be offered to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses ! and wiih the o\rn tiny did in like manner. » 13 And they roasted the phase with fire, accord- ing to that which is written in the law: but the vic- tims of peace-offerings they boiled in caldrons, and keitlcs, and pots: and thejj distributed them speedily among all the people. 1 l And afterwards they made ready for them- selves, and for the priests: for the priest wire hu- sii d in offering of holocausts and the fat until night: wherefore the Levins prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron last. 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph stood in their order, according to the commandment of Da- vid, and Asaph, and Ileman, and Milium, the prophets of the king: and the pollers kept guard at ev en -ate. so as no! io depart one moment from their sen iei • : and therefore their brethren the Levites prepared meats for them. 16" So all the service of the Lord \v:is dul\ ar eomplished that day, both in keeping the phase, and Offering holocausts upon the altar ol the Lord, ac- cording to the commandment of kin^ Josias. 17 And the children of Israel thai were fptmd there, kept the phase at that time, and the least pf unleavened bread -even days. ]>'• There was no phase like to this in Ltai I, from the days of Samuel the prophet: neither did an> of all the kin:;s ol Lrael keep such a phase as Josias kept, with the priests, and the Lev iles. and all .Itula, 3 lid Israel that Were found, and the inhabitant ol enis.d.ir 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias w:is this phase celebrated. 20 After that Josias had repaired the temple, Nechao king of Egypt came up to fight in Cbarca- mis by (he Euphrates: and Josias went OUt IO meet him. 21 But he sent messengers td him, saying: What have I to do with thee, kin;: of Ju.la- I come not against thee this day; but 1 fight against another house, to which God hath commanded me to go in baste: forbear to do against God, who is with me, lest he kill thee. 22 Josias would not return, but prepared to fight against him, and hearkened not to the words of Ne- chao from the month ol' God, but went to fight in i In- field of Mageddo. 23 And _ there he was wounded by the auhcrs : and he said to his servants: Cain me out of the battle: fori am grievously wounded. 24 And they removed him from the chariot into another, that followed him after the manner of kings : and they carried him away to Jerusalem; and In- died, and was buried in the monument ol his fa- thers: and all Jnda and Jerusalem mourned for him, 25 Particularly Jeremias: whose lamentations for Josias all the singing men and sin^in^ Women repeat unto this day, and it became like a law in Israel : Behold, H is found written in the Lamen- tations. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josias and of his mercies, according to what was commanded by tin- law of the Lord: 27 And his works first and last, are written in the Book of (he kings of Jnda and Israel CHAP. XXXVI, The reigns nfjonchtiz, Juukim, Jofirhin, and Stilerias : the rnp tirily nf B ibylmi rtlttisi (I nl huuth f>u Ct/rici. HPHEN the people ol the land look Joachaz the -*- son of Josias. and made him king instead of his father in Jerusalem. 2 Joachaz was three and twenty years old, when he began to reign: and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt came to Jerusalem, and deposed him, and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold* 4 And he made l.liakim his brother kin- in his stead, over Jnda and Jerusalem : and he turned his name to Joakim: blithe took Joachaz with him, and carried him away into Egypt 5 Joakim Was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven vears in Jerusalem: and he did evil before the Lord histoid. 6 Against him came up Nabuchodonosor kin. ol the Chaldeans, and led him hound in chains into Babylon. 7 And he carried also thither the m -m Is of the Lord, and put them in his temple. 8 But the rest of the acts of Joakim. and his abominations, which he wrought, and the things that were found in him, are contained in (he Hook ol the k'm-s ol Jnda and Israel. And Joachin his son reigned in his stead CHAP. I. * Joachin was eight years old* when he began to kOigu : and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem : and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 10 And at the return of the year, king Nabucho- donosor sent, and brought him to Babylon, carrying away at the same time the most precious vessels of the house of the Lord: and he made Sedecias his uncle king over Juda and Jerusalem. 11 Sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God, and did not reverence the face of Jeremias the Erophet speaking to him from the mouth of the .ord. 13 He also revolted from king Nabuchodonosor, who had made him swear by God: and he hardened his neck and his heart, from returning to the Lord the God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people wickedly transgressed according to all the abominations of the Gentiles: and they defiled the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to him- self in Jerusalem. 15 And the Lord the God of their fathers sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising early, and daily admonishing them: because he spared his people and his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused the prophets, until * Eight years old. He was associated by his father to the kingdom, when be was but eight years old : but after his father's death, when be reijned alone, he was eighteen years old, 4 Kmgs xxiv. 8. the wrath of the Lord arose against his people; and there was no remedy. 17 For ht: brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans: and he slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary: he had no com- passion on young man, or maiden, old man, or even him that stooped for age: but he delivered them all into his hands. 18 And all the vessels of the house of the Lord, great and small, and the treasures of the temple, and of the king, and of the princes, he carried away to Babylon. 19 And the enemies set fire to the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burnt all the towers; and whatsoever was precious they de- stroyed. 20 Whosoever escaped the sword, was led into Babylon, and there served the king and his sons, till the reign of the king of Persia; 21 That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, and the land might keep her sabbaths: for all the days of the desolation she kept a sabbath, till the seventy years were expired. 22- But in the first year of Cyrus king of the Per sians, to fulfil the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus king of the Persians: who commanded it to be proclaimed through all his king dom, and by writing also, saying: 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord the God of heaven given to me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea: who is there among you of all his people ? The Lord his God be with him; and let him go up. THE FIRST BOOK OF ESDRAS. This book taketh its name from the teriter: who was a holy priest, ami doctor of the law. He is called by the. Hebrews Ezra. CHAP. I. Cyrus king of Persia releaseth GorFs people from their captivi- ty, icith license to return and build the temple in Jerusalem : and restoreth the holy vessels which Nabuchodonosor had taken from thence. Ii\ the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jere- mias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians : and he made a pro- clamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writ- ing also, saying: 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord the God of heaven hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth : and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with hi.rn. Let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judea, and build the house of the Lord the God of Israel ; he is the God that is in Jerusalem. 4 And let all the rest in all places wheresoever they dwell, help him every man from his place, with silver, and gold, and goods, and cattle, besides that which they offer freely to the temple of God, which is in Jerusalem. 5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Juda and Benjamin, and the priests, and Levites, and every one whose spirit God hath raised up, to go up to budd the temple of the Lord, which was in Je- rusalem. 6 And all they that were round ' - Ht, helped their hands with vessels of silver, and ^d, with goods, and with beasts, and with furnitui", beside? what they had offered on their own accord. 7 And king Cyrus brought forth the yesse|s of ??9 I. ESDKAS. the temple of the I^ml, which Nabuchodonosor had taken from Jerusalem, and dm put tin m in the temple of bis god. Cyrus king of Peisia brought then forth. l>\ the hand of Mitbridates the son ofGasabar, and hiiiiiImtiiI them to Sassabasar the prince of Juoa. .' \nil this is the number of them: thirty bowk gold, ;i thousand bowls of silver, nine ami twenty kiim -^. thirtj cups of gold. |u Silver cups of ;i second sort, four hundred and ten : other vessels;! thousand. 1 1 All the vessels of gold and silver, fire thousand four hundred: All these Sassabasar brought with them that came up from the captivity of.Babylon to Jerusalem. CHAP. II. The number of them that returned toJudea I their oblation*. NOW these are the children of the province, thai went out of the captivity, which Nabuchodono- sor k'um of Babylon had carried awaj to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Juoa, every man to lii» city : 1 Who came with Zorobabel. Jotue, Nehemia, iia. Rahclaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphnr, Be- &uai, Kehiiin, Baana. The number of the men of the people of Israel: . | The children of Pharos, two thousand one hun- dred seventy-two. V The children of Sephatia, three hundred se- ventv-two. 6 The children of Area, seven hundred seventy - fire. 6 The children of Phahath Moab, of the chil- dren of Josue : Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve. 7 The children of Klam, a thousand two hun- dred fifty-four. ;; The children of Zethua, nine hundred forty- five. 9 The children of Zachai, seven hundred sixty. 10 Thechildren of Hani, six hundred forty-two. 1 1 The children of Bcbai, six hundred twenty- three. \Z Tin- children ol Azgad, a thousand two hun- dred twenty-two. 13 The children of Adonicam, six hundred six- t\ MX. 14 The children of Beguai, two thousand fifty- six. fifty- 15 The children of Adin, four hundred four. 16 Thechildren of Ather, who were of Ezechi- as. ninety-eight. 17 The children of Besai, three hundred and twi nty-three, 18 Thechildren of Jora, a hundred and twelve. 19 The children of Ilasum, two hundred twen- ty -th 20 The children ofGebbari ninetv-fivr. 21 The children of Bethlehem, a hundred twen- ly-tli 22 Tin unn of Netuphn, fifty-six. The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty eight. The children of A-/.ina\eth, forty-two i The children of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and Heroth. seven hundred forty-din 26 Th« children of Kama and Gabaa, six hun- dred twenty-one. 27 Tin' men of Machinas, a hundred twenty- two. 28 The men of Bethel and Hai, two hundred twenty-three. ' The children of Nebo. fifty-two. The children ol Megbts, a hundred filly-six 31 The children of the oilier Klam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four. ■ <2 The children of llarim, three hundred and tu enty. 33 The children of Lod, Madid, and Ono, sev< n hundred twenty- five. 34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty- five. 35 The children of Senaa, three thousand six hundred thirty. 30 The priests: The children of Jadaia of the house of Jostle, nine hundred seventy-three. 37 The children of Conner, a thousand fifty-two. 3b* The children of Phe.shur, a thousand two hundred forty-seven. 39 The children of llarim, a thousand and se- renteeu. 40 The Levites : The children of Josue and of Cedmihel, the children of Odovia, seventy-four 41 The singing men: The children ol Asaph, a hundred twenty-eight. I J The children of the porters: The children of Sellum. the children of Aler, the children ol Telmon, the children of Accub, the children of Hatita, the children of Sobai : in all a hundred tbklv-uine. 43 The Nathinites: The children of Siha, the children of Ilasiipha, the children of Tabbaoih, 44 The children of Ceroe, the children of Sia, the children of Phadon. 45 The children of I.chaii:i,1hc children of Ha- gaba, thechildren of Accub, 46 The children of Ilagah, the children of Sem- lai, the children of llauan. 47 The children of, Gaddel, the children of Ga- ber, the children of llaaia, 48 The children of IJasin, the children of Ne- coda, the children of (ia/.ain. 49 The children of Aza, the children of Phasea, the children of Best 50 The children of Asena, the children of Mil- ium, the children of Nephiisiin. 51 The children of Bacbuc, the children of Ha- cupha, the children of Harhor, 52 The children of Besluth, the children ol Mahida. the children ol Ilarsa, The children of Bercos, the children of Sisa ra. the children of Thi n 54 The children of .Yim.i, the children of \lo tiphu, CHAP. 55 The children of the servants of Solomon, tlie children of Sotai, the children of Sopheret, the children of Pharuda, 56 The children of Jala, the children of Der- con, the children of Geddel, 57 The children of Saphatia, the children of Hatil, the children of Phochereth, which were of Asehaim, the children of Ami, 58 All the Nathinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon-, three hundred ninety-two. 59 And these are they that came up from Thel- mela, Thelharsa, Cherub, and Adon, and Enter. And they could not show the house of their fathers and their seed, whether they were of Israel. 60 The children of Dalaia, the children of To- bia, the children of Necoda, six hundred fifty-two. 61 And of the children of the priests: The chil- dren of Hobia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of BerzelIaitheGalaaditc,and w-as called by their name: 62 These sought the writing of their genealogy, and found it not : and they were cast out of the priesthood. 63 And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the Holy of Holies, till there arose a priest learned and perfect. 64 All the multitudes as one man, were forty- two thousand* three hundred and sixty : 65 Besides their men-servants, and women-ser- vants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven ; and among them sing- ing men, and singing women two hundred. 66 Their horses seven hundred thirty-six ; their mules two hundred forty-five ; 67 Their camels four hundred thirty-five ; their asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 68 And some of the chief of the fathers, vvhen they came to the temple of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem, offered freely to the house of the Lord to build it in its place. 69 According to their ability, they gave towards the expenses of the work, sixty-one thousand solids of gold, five thousand pounds of silver, and a hun- dred garments for the priests. 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singing men, and the porters, and the Nathinites, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. CHAP. III. An altar is built for sacrifice : the feast of tabernacles is solemn- ly celebrated : and the foundations of the temple are laid. AND now the seventh month was come; and the children of Israel were in their cities : and the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 2 And Josuef the son of Josedec rose up, and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the son of Sa- * Forty two thousand, Sfc. Those who arc reckoned op above of the tribes of Juiia, Benjamin, and Levi, fall short of this number. The rest, who must be taken in to make up the whole sum, were of the other tribes. (• Jostu : or Jesus, (Jestiua,) the son of Josedec ; he was the high priest, at that lime. Zz 111, IV. Iathiel,and his brethren: and they built the altar of the God of Israel, that they might offer holocausts upon it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 3 And they set the altar of God upon its basis, while the people of the lands round about put them in fear: and they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord morning and evening. 4 And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the holocaust every day orderly according to the commandment, the duty of the day in its day. 5 And afterwards the continual holocaust, both on the new-moons, and on all the solemnities of the Lord, that were consecrated, and on all in which a free-will-offering was made to the Lord. 6 From the hist day of the seventh month they began to offer holocausts to the Lord: but the tem- ple of God was not yet founded. 7 And they gave money to hewers of stones, and to masons: and meat and drink, and oil to the Sido- nians and Tyrians, to bring cedar-trees from Liba- mis to the sea of Joppe, according to the orders which Cyrus king of the Persians had given them. 8 And in the second year of their coming to the temple of God in Jerusalem, the second month, Zo- robabel the son of Salathiel, and Jostle the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests, and the Levites, and all that were come from the captivi- ty to Jerusalem, began; and they appointed Leviies from twenty years old and upward, to hasten for- ward the work of the Lord. 9 Then Josue and his sons and his brethren, Cedmihel, and his sons, and the children of Juda, as one man, stood to hasten them that did the work in the temple of God : the sons of Henadad, and their sons, and their brethren the Levites. 10 And when the masons laid the foundations of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their or- naments with trumpets; and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise God by the hands of David king of Israel. 11 And they sung togt^her hymns, and praise to the Lord: because he is good, for his mercy endu- reth for ever towards Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, praising the Lord, be- cause the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid. 12 But many of the priests and the Levites, and the chief of the fathers and the ancients, that had seen the former temple; when they had the founda- tion of this temple before their eyes, wept with a loud voice: and many shouting for joy, lifted up their voice. 13 So that one could not distinguish the voice ot the shout of joy, from the noise of the weeping of the people: lor one with another the people shouted with a loud shout, and the voice was heard afar off CHAP. IV. The Samaritans by their letter to the king hinder the bhilding NOW the enemies of Juda and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the Lord the "God of Israel. 3C1 T. ESDRAS. 2 And they came to Zorobaln-1, and (he rhief of the fathers, and said to them: Lei lis build with von, tor hc M'lk Minr God as ye do: behold, we have sacrificed to him, since the days of Asor Haddan kins of Assyria, who brought us hither. But Zoiohahel, and Josue, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel said to them: You have nothing to do with ns to build a house to our (jiod: hm we ourselves alone will luiild lo the Lord dim God, OS Cyrus king of the Persians hath command- ed lis. 4 Then the people of the laud hindered the hands of the people of .luda, and (rotlliled them in building. \nd the) hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their design all the days of Cyrus kin:: of I'ersia. even until the reign of Darius king of the Persians. 6 And in the reign of Assuerus,* in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the in habitants of Juda and Jerusalem. 7 And in the days of Artaxc-rxes, Hcm lam, Mith- ridates, and Thabeel, and the rest that were in the council, wrote to Artaxcixes king of the Persians: and the letter of accusation was written in Syriac, and was read in the Syrian tongue. 8 Ileum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe wrote a letter from Jerusalem to king Artaxerxes, in this manner: 9 ileum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe, and the rest of their counsellors, the Dinites, and the Apharsathaeites, the Therphalites, the Apharsites, the Krchuites, the Bahvloniaus, the Susiinechites, the Dieviiis, and the Kdamites, 10 And the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Asenaphar brought over, and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the countries on this side of the river in peace. 1 1 (This is the copy of the letter, which they sent to him) To Arta\i i\cs the king, thy servants, tin- men that are on this side of the river, send greeting. 12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews, who came up from thee to u>. arc conic to Jerusalem a rebellious and wicked city, which they are building, setting up the ramparts thereof, and repairing the walls. 13 And now be it known to the king, that if this citv be built up, and the walls thereof repaired, they will not pay tribute, nor toll, or yearly revenue-,; and this loss will fall upon the kings. 1 | I » 1 1 r we remembering the salt that we have eaten in the palace, and because we count it a crime to see the king wronged, have therefore sent and certified the king, 15 That search may be made in the books of the histories of thy fathers, and thou shall find written in the records: and shalt know, that this city is | re- bellious city, and hurtful to the kings and prov inces ; and that wars were raised therein of old time: for w Inch cause also the city was destroy) d. ..f by a snriM called Cambytea, the aon and Oyni«. He i» alto in the following vtnt named Artaxerxea, name common to almuat all (Ik- km<> of Portia. .10 : 16 We certify the king, that if this city Ik? built, and the walls thereof repaired, thou shalt have no (Kisscssion on this side of the river. 17 The king sent word to Ileum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe, and to the rest that wen- in ilieir council, inhabitants of Samaria, and to the rest be- yond the river, sending gre< liug and pe;nc. 18 The accusation, which you have sent to u<. hath been plainly read Ik lore me. 19 And 1 commanded; ami search hath been made; and it is found, that this city of old time hath rebelled against kings; and seditions ami wais have been raised therein. 20 For there have been powerful kings in Jerusa- lem, who have had dominion over all the country that is beyond the river; and have received tribute, and toll, and rev. 21 Now therefore hear the sentence: Hinder those men, that this city be not built, till further orders Ik? given by me. 22 See that you be not negligent in executing this; lest by little and little the evil giow to the hurt of the kings. 23Now the copy of the edict of king Arta\.i\ es w as read Im fore Keiiin Beelteem. and Samsai the scribe, and their counsellors: and they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and hindered them with arm and power. 24 Then the work of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem was interrupted, and < cased till the se- cond year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians. chap. y. Hi/ the rxhnrtation of Aggrus, and Y.ncharint, the people proceed in building the temple : which their enemies strict in ruin to hinilrr. TVTOW Aggeus the prop h et, and Zachariasthe son ■*-* of Addo, prophesied to the Jews, that were in Judea and Jerusalem, in the name of the God ol ImicI. 2 Then rose up Zorohabel the son of Salathiel. and Josue the son of Josedec, and began to luiild the temple of God in J e r usale m ; and with them were the prophets of God helping them. 3 And at the same time came to them Thathanai, who was governor beyond the river, and Stharbu y.auai, and their counsellors: and said thus to (hem Who hath given TOO 0000004 to huild this house, ai.il to repair the walls thereof.' 4 In answer to which we gave them the names of the men who were the promoters of ilia! building. 5 But the eye ol their God was upon the ancients of the Jews; and they could not hinder them. Aial it was agreed that the matter should Im- referred to Darius: and then they should give satisfaction concerning that accusation. (> The copy of the letter that Thathanai governor of the country beyond the river, and Stliaraucanai, and his counsellors the Arphasachites ; who dwelt beyond the river, sent to Darius the king. 7 The letter which they sent him, was wiilten thus: To Darius the king all peace. ;; Be it known to the king, that we went to the province ol Judea, to the hOMBS of the great God, CHAP. VI. which they :ne nuilding with unpolished stones, and timber is laid in the walls: and this work is carried on diligently, and advanceth in their hands. 9 And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given yon authority to build this house, and to repair these; walls? 10 We asked also of them their names, that we might give thee notice : and we have written the names of the men that are the chief among them. 11 And they answered us in these words, saying : We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth: and we are building a temple that was built these many years ago, and which a great king of Israel built and set up. 12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he delivered them into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon the Chaldean : and he destroyed this house, and cai- ried away the people to Babylon 13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Ba- bylon, king Cyrus set forth a decree, that this house of God should be built. 14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the temple of God, which Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem, and had brought them to the temple of Babylon, king Cyrus brought out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one Sassabasar, whom also be appoint- ed governor : 9 15 And said to him: Take these vessels, and go and put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem ; and let the house of God be built in its place. 16 Then came this same Sassabasar, and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem ; and from that time until now it is in building, and is not yet finished. 17 Now therefore if it seem good to the king, let him search in the king's library, which is in Baby- lon, whether it hath been decreed by Cyrus the king, that the house of God in Jerusalem should be built : and let the king send his pleasure to us con- cerning this matter. CHAP. VI. Ki n? Darius favoureth the building, and rontribufeth to it. HP HEN king Darius gave orders: and they -* searched in rhe library of the books that were laid tip in Babylon. 2 And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written. 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits, 4 Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows of new timber: and the charges shall be given out of the king's house. 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nabuchodonosor took out of the temple of Jerusalem, and brought to Babvlon, W. restored, and carried back to the temple of Je- rusalem to their place, which also were placed in the temple of God. 6 Now therefore Thathanai governor of the coun- try, beyond the river, Stharbuzanai, and your coun- sellors the Apharsachites. who are beyond the river, depart far from them : 7 And let that temple of God be built by the governor of the Jews, and by their ancients, that they may build that house of God in its place. 8 1 also have commanded what must be done by those ancients of the Jews, that the house of God may be built; to wit, that of the king's chest, that is, of the tribute that is paid out of the country be- yond the river, the charges be diligently given to those men, lest (he work be hindered. 9 And if it shall be necessary, let calves also, and lambs, and kids, for holocausts to the God of hea- ven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the custom of the priests that are in Jerusalem, be given them day by day, that there be no complaint in any thing. 10 And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children. 1 1 And I have made a decree : That if any who- soever shall alter this commandment, a beam be ta- ken from his house, and set up ; and he be nailed upon it ; and his house be confiscated. 12 And may the God, that hath caused his name to dwell there, destroy all kingdoms, and the peo- ple that shall put out their hand to resist, and to de- stroy the house of God, that is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made the decree, which I will have diligently complied with. 13 So then Thathanai governor of the country beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and his coun- sellors, diligently executed what Darius the king had commanded. 14 And the ancients of the Jews built, and pros- pered according to the prophecy of Aggeus the pro- phet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built and finished, by the commandment of the God of Israel, and by the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of the Persians. 15 And they were finishing this house of God, until the third day of the mouth of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius. 16 And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the cap- tivity kept thededicationof the houseof'God with joy. 17 And they offered atthededicationof the house of God, a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israt I 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 over the works of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses. 19 And the children of Israel of the captivity kept the phase, on the fourteenth, day of the first month. 20 For all the priests and the Levites were puri- fied as one man : all were clean to kill the phase for I. ESDKAS. all the children of the captivity, and for their bre- thren tin- priests, and themselves. Jl \ud the children of Israel that were returned from captivity, and all that had separated themselves from the nlthinessot the natiousot the earth to them, to -ri-k the Lord the God of Israel, (lid eat. \ ml thev kept the feast Of" unleavened bread seven da vs with joy; lor the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Ks- svria to them, that he should bell) their hands in the work of the house of the Lord the God of Israel. (II \l\ VII. Esdras forth up to Jtrnsali-m to triuk. and assist the people, with a gracious decree of .Irlaxerxe*. NOW after these things in the reign of Artax- • hh kin:; of the Persians, Esdras the son of S.oaias. the son of A/arias, the son of Helens, I I'iie son nl Sellum, the son of Zadoc, the son of Aehitoh, 3 The son of Amarias, the son of Azarias, tin- son of Maraioth, 4 The son of Zarahias, the son of Ozi, the son of Bocci, ') The son of Ahisue, the son of Phinees, the .nn of Klea/.ar, the BOD of Aaron the priest from the beginning. 6 This Ksdras went up from Bah) Ion; and he VMS ready Sfiliha in the law of Moms, w hieh the Lord < iod had siven to Lrai I: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his ( iod upon him. 7 And there went up some of the children of Is- rael, and of the ehildren of the priests, anil of the children oi' the Le\ iies. and of the singing men, and of the porters, and of the Nathinites, to Jerota- lem ia the seventh jreor of Aftaserxes the king. \ id they came to Jerusalem in the tilth month, in the seventh \car of the king. !> 1'or upon the first day of the first month he be- gan to so up from Bah) Ion: and on the first day of the filth month he eame to Jerusalem, according to the coed hand ol his < iod upon him. Id I or Esdras liad prepared his heart to seek tin- law ol tin- Lord, and to do and to teach in Israel the commandments and judgment. II And I his is die copy of the letter of the edict, which kins; Artaxerves gave to Ksdras the priest, the Kcril>e«iustructed in the words and command- ment ot the Lord, and MS ceremonies in Israel. IJ \rti\er\es king of kings to Ksdras t he priest, the most learned scribe of the law of the (.iod of heaven, greeting. Id ll is decreed liv me. that all thev ol the people ol Israel, and of the priests and of the Levites in mv realm, that are minded to so into Jerusali in, should so with thee. 1 \ For thou art sent from before the kin:;, and Jerusalem is iii th\ his seven counsellors, to visit .India and Rccordine to the law of thy God which and: 15 And to earrv the silver and sold, which the kins and hi- counsellors have freely Ottered to the (iod of Israel, w hose tabernacle is in Jerusalem. • 16 And all the silver and sold that thou shall lad in all the province of Babylon, and that the people is willing to oiler, and that the i hall ofl.i of their own accord lo the house of their God w lech is in Jerusalem, 17 Take Irei l\ : and buy diligently with this mo- no calves, rams, lambs, with the sacrifices and lihn- tious of them, and oiler ihem upon the altar of the temple of vour God, that is in Jerusalem. IK And if it seem good to thee, and lo thy bre- thren, to do any thins w uh the rest of the silver and sold, do it according to the h ill of your God. 19 The ressela also, that are riven that for tin? sacrifice of the house of thy (iod, deliver thou in the sisht efOod in Jerusalem. 20 And whatsoever more there shall Im* need of for the house of thy God, how much soever ihou shah have occasion to s| end, it shall Ik- given out of the treasury, and the king's exchequer, ami by me. 21 I Artaxerxes the king have ordered and de- creed to all the keepers of the public dust, thai are lievond the river, that whatsoever Ksdras the priest, the scribe of the law of ihe (iod of heaven, shall require of you, you sive it without delay, 22 Unto a hundred talents of silver, and unto a hundred cores of wheat, and unto a hundred hales of wine, and unto a hundred hates of oil, and salt w ith- out measure. 1 23 All that heloneeth to the rites of the God of heaven, let it he given diligently in the house of the God of heaven: lest his wrath should he enkindled against the realm of the king, and of his sons. J i We sive \ on also to understand concerning all the priests, and the Levites. and the singers, and the porters, and the Xathinitcs. and ministers of the house of this God, that \ou have no million!) to impose toll, or tribute, or custom upon tin in. 25 And thou. Ksdras. according to the wisdom of thy (iod, which is in th\ hand appoint jut] and magistrates, that may judge all the people, that is beyond the river, that is, for them who know the law of thy (iod. yea. and iheisnorant teach ve freely, 26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king dilisently, judsuient shall be executed upon hint, either unto death, as unto banishment, or to the confiscation of goods, or al least to prison. 27 Blessed he the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put this in the kins's heart, to gloiify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem ; 25! And hath i in lined his mercy toward me before the kins and his counsellors, and all the mighty nrinees of the king: and I being strengthened by t fie hand of the Lord mv (iod. which was upon me, men to so up alhered together out of Israel chief with me. CHAP. XIII. The companions of Ksdras. Tht fast which ir nppoinletl. Titty bring thr halt/ rrssrli into ll" trn | NOW these aie the chit Is of families, and the of ihem, w ho came up w iih me from Bah) Ion in the reign of Aitaxerxes the king. CHAP VIII. 2 Of the sons of Phinees, Gersom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Haltns. 3 Of the sons of Seclienias, the son of Pharos, Zacharias, and with him were numbered a hun- dred and fifty men. 4 Of the "sons of Phahath Moab, Eleoenai the son of Zareha, and with him two hundred men. 5 Of the sons of .Scehenias, the son of Ezeehiel, and with him three hundred men. G Of the sons of Adan, Abed the son of Jona- than, and with him fifty men. 7 Of the sous of Alam, Isaias the son of Atha- lias, and with him seventy men. 8 Of the sons of Saphatia, Zebedia the son of Michael, and with him eighty men. 9 Of the sons of Joab, Obedia the son of Ja- hiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen men. 10 Of the sons of Selomith, the son of Josphia, and with him a hundred and sixty men. 11 Of the sons of Bebai, Zacharias the son of Bebai, and with him eight and twenty men. 12 Of the sons of Azgad, Joanan the son of Ec- cetan, and with him a hundred and ten men. 13 Of the sous of Adonicam, who were the last: and these are their names: Eiiphelet, and Jehiel, and Samaias, and with them sixty men. 14 Of the sons of Begui, Uthai and Zachur, and with theiTLseventy men. 15 And I gathered them together to the river, which runneth down to Ahava, and we stayed there three days : and I sought among the people and among the priests, for the sons of Levi ; and found none there. 16 So I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Semeias, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zacharias, and Mosollam, chief men ; and Joiarib and Elnathan, wise men. 17 And I sent them to Eddo, who is chief in the place of Chasphia : and I put in their mouth the words that they should speak to Eddo, and his brethren the Nathinites in the place of Chasphia, that they should bring us ministers of the house of our God. 18 And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a most learned man of the sons of Moholi the son of Levi the son of Israel, and Sara- bias and his sons, and his brethren eighteen, 19 And Hasabias, and with him isaias of the sons of Merari, and his brethren, and his sons twenty. 20 And of the Nathinites, whom David and the princes gave for the service of the Levites, Nathin- ites two hundred and twenty all these were call- ed by their names. 21 And I proclaimed there a fast* by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and mixht ask of him a right way for us and for our children, and for all our sub- stance. ♦ .iiid [proclaimed there a fast. It is DOl enough lo part from Baby- lon, that is, fururatirely, from sin, but wc must alsi do works of pe- nance : and therefore Esdras here proclaimed an extraordinary fast to 22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for aid and for horsemen, to defend us from the enemv in the way: because we had said to the king: The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him in goodness ; and his power and strength, and wrath upon all them that forsake him. 23 And we fasted, and besought our God for this ; and it fell out prosperously unto us. 24 And I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sarabias, and Hasabias, and with them ten of their brethren. 25 And I weighed unto them the silver and gold, and the vessels consecrated for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had offered. 26 And I weighed to their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred vessels of silver, a hundred talents of gold, 27 And twenty cups of gold, of a thousand solids, and two vessels of the best shining brass, beautiful as gold. 28 And 1 said to them : You are the holy ones of the Lord ; and the vessels are holy, and the sil- ver and gold, that is freely offered to the Lord the God of our fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, till you deliver them by weight before the chief of the priests, and of the Levites, and the heads of the families of Is- rael in Jerusalem, into the treasure of the house of the Lord. 30 And the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and gold, and the vessels, to carry them to Jerusalem to the house of our God. 31 Then we set forward from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Je- rusalem : and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there three days. 33 And on the fourth day the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, were weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Urias the priest, and with him was Ehazer the son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of Josue, and Noadaia the son of Bennoi, Levites : 34 According to the number and Weight of eve- ry thing : and all the weight was written at thai time. 35 Moreover the children of them that had been carried away that were come out of the captivi- ty, offered holocausts to the God of Israel, twelve calves for all the people of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for sin: all for a holocaust to the Lord. 36 And they gave the king's edicts to the lords that were from the king's court, and the governors beyond the river, and they furthered the people and the house of God. those that were come from captivity. This snows that fasting win commanded and practised from the earliest limes. 365 • ( li \l\ IV Etdrat mourne k for the ttamtgrrssion »f the people : Ms c*»l- ftssioH and pro], AM) after these things u. re accomplished, the priii" is came lo me, The people pi l>r;i> I, anii the pri«>t»> ami Leviles, have not sepa- rated themselves from the people of the hinds, and from their ahouiinaliniis, namely, of the ( hauaan- iiev. and the Hethites, and the I'here/.ites, and the Jchusites, and the Ajumonilcs, and the Moabilcs, and the Lg.vpliaus, and the Ainorrhiies : I lor they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for theu sons: and ibei hare min- gled the holy seed with the people of the lands. And the hand ot 'the princes and magistrate! hath bet n first in thi* transgn WtOtt.* \nd when I had heard this word. I rent mv mantle and my coat, and plucked oil the hairs ol my head and ins beard: and I sal down mourning. 4 And then wen assembled to me all that (eared the God ot Israel, because of the transgression of those, 'hat were mine Irom the captivity : and 1 sat sorrowful, until the evening sacrifice. 5 \nd at the evening sacrifice I rose tip from my affliction; and having rent mv mantle and ma gar- inenl. 1 It'll upon my knees, and spiead out m> hands to the Lord uiv God ; 6 And said : My God, I am confounded, and ashamed to lift up my lace lo thee: for our iniqui- tiea are multiplied over our beads ; and our sins an' grown up even onto heaven, 7 Prom the days of our fathers: and we our- sslves also have tinned grievouslj unto this daj : and for onr iniquities we and our kim:s. and our 1>rie»i> have been delivered into the hands of till .ings of the lands, and to the sword, and to cap- livitv, and lo s|>oil, and to confusion of lace, as it is at this day. 8 And now as a little, and for a moment has qui prayer been made Inline die I and our ( iod, to It av e us ,i remnant, and zive u> a pint m his holy place ; and that onr God would enlighten onr eyes, and would nive ns a little life in onr bondage. '.i For we are bondmen: and in our oondageour God halh not forsaken us. hut haih extended mercy upon us before the k'nm of the Persians, to ^ive us life, and to set up the house of our (iod, and to re- build the desolation* I hereof, and u» pre us a fence in .luda and Jerusalem, 1(1 And now, O our God, whit shall we Sfl) after this? for we have forsaken thy co tandments, 11 Which thou hisi commanded by the hand ol thy servants the prophet** saying : The laud which ve repentance in Israel concerning this, 3 Let us make a covenant with the Lord oui God, to put awaj all the w ive*. and such as are horn o( them, according to the will of the Lord, and of litem that (ear the commandment of the Lord our (iod : let it he done according to the law. 4 Arise; it is thy part to give orders, and wo w ill he w ill) thee: take courage, and do it. 6 So Ksdras arose, anil made tin- chiefs of the priests, and of the Levites, and all Israel, to swear ihat the) would do according to this Word: and they swore. 6 And l.sdras rose im from before the house ol God. and went to the chamber of Johanan the son of Kliasih, and entered in thither: he ale no bread, and drank no water: for be mourned for the traaa- -ression of them that w ere come out of the captiv tiv. 7 And proclamation was made in .luda and Je- rusalem lo all the children of ihe captivity, that they should assemble together into Jerusalem: 8 And that whottoever would not come within three days, according to ihe counsel of ihe prim's and the ancients, all liis tubstance should lie taken away; and he should he casi out of the company ol them that were returned from captivity. 9 Then all the men of .luda and Benjamin ga- thered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days, in the ninth mouth, the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sal in the stint «.( the ♦Thit »how« how •infill it i> '" mtrrmarrv with iIhmc thai ll.ii cbarctt forbids u«, on account of Die dinger of pcrroruoo, and foiling off from the true I SM * .1 fin nrnnl. In n- »l f H i » — M •Mtilrincnt or holding ; « Ltdnu brm Mr, to prraenrr rrrn a purt of thr |Kii|.lr, who, 'n their i gn-at iiii.|hih, had incurred Um auger ul Cud. CHAP. I. house of God, trembling because of the sin, and the rain. 10 And Esdras the priest stood up, and said to them: You have transgressed, and taken strange wives, to add to the sins of Israel. 1 1 And now make confession to the Lord the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and se- parate yourselves from the people of the land, and from your strange wives. 12 And all the multitude answered and said with a loud voice: According to thy word unto* us, so be it done. 13 But as the people are many, and it is time of rain, and we are not able to stand without, and it is not a work of one day or two (lor we have exceed- ingly sinned in this matter) 14 Let rulers be appointed in all the multitude: and in all our cities, let them that have taken strange wives come at the times appointed) and with them the ancients and the judges of every city, until the wrath of our God be turned away from us for this sin. 15 Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, and Jaasia the son of Thecua were appointed over this ; and Mesollam and Sebethai Levites helped them: 16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ksdras the priest, and the men heads of the families in the houses of their fathers, and all by their names, went and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives, by the first day of the first month. 18 And there were found among the sons of the priests that had taken strange wives. Of the sons of Josue the son of Josedec, and his brethren, Maa- sia, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Godolia. 19 And they gave their hands to put away their wives, and to offer for their offence a ram of the Hock. 20 And of the sons of Emmer, Uanaiii, and Ze- oedia. 21 And of the sons of Harim, Maasia, and Elia and Semeia, and Jehiel, and Ozias. 22 And of the sons of Pheshur, Klioenai, Maasia, Ismael, Nathanael, Jozabed, and Elasa. 23 And of the sons of the Levites, Jozabed, and Semei, and Celaia, the same is Calita, Phataia, Juda, and Eliezer. 24 And of the singing men, Eliasib : and of the porters, Sellum, and Telem, and Uri. 25 And ot Israel, of the sons of Pharos, Remeia, and Jezia, and Malchia, and Miamin, and Eliezer, and Melehia, and Banea. 26 And of the sons of Elam, Mathania, Zacha- rias, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jerimoth, and Elia. 27 And of the sons of Zethua,-Elioenai, Eliasib, Mathania, Jc-rimuth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 28 And of the sons ofBebai, Johanan, Hanania, Zabbai, Athalai: 29 And of the sons of Bani, Mosollam, and Mol- luch,and Adaia, Jasub, and Saal, and Ramoih. 30 And of the sons of Phahath Moab, Edna and Chalal, Banaias, and Maasias, Mathanias, Beseleel, Bennui, and Manasse. 31 And of the sons of Herem, Eliezer, Josue, Melchias, Semeias, Simeon. 32 Benjamin, Maloch, Samarias. 33 And of the sons of Hasom, Mathanai, Matha- tha, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jermai, Manasse, Semei. 34 Of the sons of Bani, Maaddi, Amram, and Uel, 35 Baneas, and Badaias, Cheliau, 36 Vania, Marimuth, and Eliasib, 37 Mathanias, Mathania, and .Jasi, 38 And Bani, and Bennui, Semei, 39 And Sahnias, and Nathan, and Adaias, 40 And Mechnedebai, Sisai, Sarai, 41 Ezrel, and Selemiau, Semeria, 42 Sellum, Amaria, Joseph. 43 Of the sonsofNebo, Jehiel, Mathathias, Za- bad, Zabina, Jeddu, and Joel, and Banaia. 44 All these had taken strange wives: and there were among them women that had borne children. THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAS, WHICH IS CALLED THE SECOND OF ESDRAS. This booh takes its name from the writer, who was r.up-bearer to Artaxerxes (sitrnamed Longimnnus) king (if Persia, ami was sent by him with a commission to ri build the walls of Jerusa- lem. It is also called the second book of F.sHras ; because it is a continuation of the history, begun by Esdras, of the state, of the people of God after their return from captivity. CHAP. I. Nehcmias hearing the miserable state of his countrymen in Jude.a, lamenteth,fasteth, and prayeth to (Sod for their relief. HP HE words of Nehemias the son of Helchias. -*- And it came to pass in the month of Casleu,in the twentieth year, as I was in the castle of Susa, 2 That Hanani one of my brethren came, he and some men of Juda ; and I asked them concerning the Jews, that remained and were left of the cap-, tivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me : They that have remained, and are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction, and reproach: and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down ; and the gates thereof are burnt with fire. 4 And when 1 had heard these words, I sat down, and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of heaven. 3C7 II. ESDRAS. 5 Ami I said: | beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who kee|>est co- ■v '-11:1111 :intl mercy wkh those thai lore thee, and p tin commandments : t! Let thy ears be attentive, and thy pyes open, to hear the pnjtX of tin MrvM, which I pray be- fore thee now, night mm day, for the children of Is- iai-1 t It v servants: and I confess the sins of the chil- dren of Israel, by which thej have sinned against thee: 1 and mj father's house have tinned. 7 Wc have been seduced bj vanity, snd have not kepi thv commandments, and ceremonies, mid i'udgmentS, which thou hast commanded thy servant rtos H Keinember the word that thou eommandedst to Moses thy servant, saj ins: li yon shall truosgn ss, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: 9 Hut if JOB return to me, and keep my com- mandments, and do them, though yon should he led awav to the Utter Si parts of die w orld, I will gather you from thence, and bring you hack to the place which I have chosen for my name tod well there. 10 And these arc tin servants, and thy people. w horn thou hast redeemed by thy great Strength, and In tin mighty hand. Ill beseech thee. O Lord, let thy ear he atten- tive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and direct thv servant this day, and give him mercy be- fore this man. For I was the king's cup-hearer. CHAP. II. Krhrmiat with enmmixtinn from Ling ■irta.rrrxrs rnmrth to Jcrii- ndeast on which I rode to pass. 15 And I went up in the nislit by the torrent, and viewed the wall; and goins back I came to the gate of the valley, and returned. 16 But the magistrates knew not whither I went, or what 1 did : neither had I as vet told any thing to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the rest that did the work. 17 Then 1 said to them: Von know the affliction wherein we are, because Jerusalem IS desolate, and the gates thereof are consumed w ith lire : come, and li t us build up the walls of Jerusalem ; and let us be no longer a reproach. 18 And I showed them how the hand of my God Wasgood with me, and the king's words, which he bad spoken to me: and I said: Let us rise up and build. And their hands were strengthened in good. 19 But Sanahallat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant the Ammonite, and GoBsem the Arabian beard of ii: and they scoffed at us, mid despised us, and said : What is this thing that you do: are \ on aoins to rebel asainsl the kins.' 20 And I answered lucm. and said to them : The God ol heaven he helpelh us, and we an- his ser- vants: let us rise up, ami build: but you have uo part, nor justice, nor remembrance in .Iciusal. 111. CHAP. III. They begin to build thr wall*: thr names and ordtr qf the Imilili r*. THEN Kliasib the hish priest arose, and his bre- thren the priests: and thev built the flock-sate they sanctified it. am! set up the doors thereof, even unto the tower ol' a bundled cubits thev sanctified it unto the tower of llananci 1. \nd ne\! lo him the m< II of Jericho built : and next to them built Zachtir the son of Amri. 3 Bui the fish-gate the sonsof Asnaa built • thev CHAP. IV. ( overed it, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks, and the bars. And next totliem built Mari- muth the son of Urias the son of Accus. 4 And next to him built Mosollam the son of Barachias, the son of Merezebel : and next to them built Sadoc the son of Baana. 5 And next to them the Thecuites built : but their great men did not put their necks to the work of heir Lord. 6 And Joiada the son of Phasea, and Mosollam the son of Besodia built the old gate : they covered it, uul set up the doors thereof, and the locks, and the bars. 7 And next to them built Meltias the Gabaonite, md Jadon the Meronathite, the men of Gabaon and Maspha, for the governor that was in the country beyond the river. 8 And next to him built Eziel the son of Araia the goldsmith : and next to him built Ananias the son of the perfumer: and they left Jerusalem unto the wall of the broad-street. 9 And next to him built Raphaia the son of Hur, lord of the street of Jerusalem. 10 And next to him Jedaia the son of Haromaph over-against his own house : and next to him built Hattus the son of Hasebonia. 11 Melchias the son of Herem, and Hasubtheson of Phahath Moab, built half the street, and the tow- er of the furnaces. 12 And next to him built Sellumtheson of Alo- hes, lord of half the street of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 13 And the gate of the valley Hanun built, and the inhabitants of Zanoe : they built it, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks, and the bars, and a thou- sand cubits in the wall unto the gate of the dunghill. 1 4 And the gate of the dunghill Melchias the son of Rechab built, lord of the street of Bethacharam : he built it, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks, and the bars. 15 And the gate of the fountain Sellum the son of Cholhoza built, lord of the street of Maspha : he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks, and the bars, and the walls of the pool of Siloe unto the king's guard, and unto the steps that go down from the city of David. 16 After him built Nehemias the son of Azboc, lord of half the street of Bethsur, as far as over- against the sepulchre of David, and to the pool, that was built with great labour, and to the house of the mighty. 17 After him built the Levites, Rehum the son of Benni. After him built Hasebias, lord of half the street of Ceila in his own street. 18 After him built their brethren Bavai the son oi Enadad, lord of half Ceila. 19 And next to him Aser the son of Josue, lord of Maspha, built another measure, over-against the going up of the strong corner. 20 After him in the mount Baruch the son of Zachai built another measure, from the corner to .he door of the house of Eliasib the high priest. 21 After him Merimuth the son of Urias the son 3 A of Haccus, built another measure, from the doo r of the house of Eliasib, to the end of the house of Eliasib. 22 And after him built the priests, the men of the plains of the Jordan. 23 After him built Benjamin and Hasub, over- against their own house : and after him built Aza- rias the son of Maasias the son of Ananias over- against his house. 24 After him built Bennui the son of Hanadad another measure, from the house of Azarias unto the bending, and unto the corner. 25 rhalel the son of Ozi over-against the bending and the tower, which lieth out from the king's high house, that is, in the court of the prison: after him Phadaia the son of Pharos. 26 And the Nathinites dwelt in Ophei, as far as over-against the water-gate toward the east, and the tower that stood out. 27 After him the Thecuites built another mea- sure over-against, from the great tower that standeth out unto the wall of the temple. 28 And upward from the horse-gate the priests built, every man over-against his house. 29 After them built Sadoc the son of Emmer over-against his house. And after him built Semaia the son of Sechenias, keeper of the east-gate. 30 After him built Hanania the son of Selemia, and Hanun the sixth son of Seleph, another measure : after him built Mosollam the son of Barachias, over- against his treasury. After him Melchias the gold- smith's son built unto the house of the Nathinites, and of the sellers of small wares, over-against the judgment-gate, and unto the chamber of the corner. 31 And within the chamber of the corner of the flock-gate the goldsmiths and the merchants built. CHAP. IV. The building is carried on, notwithstanding the opposition oj their enemies. \ ND it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard J -*- that we were building the wall, he was angry: and being moved exceedingly, he scoffed at the Je ws ; 2 And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt? 3 Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall. 4 Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity. 5 Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face; because they have mocked thy builders. 6 So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work. 7 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and To- bias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem weie 369 11. KSDKAS. made up, and the breaches be:; in to lie closed, thai they wen- exceeding!) imtt. 8 And ilicv all assembled themselves togetner, to come an. I to ti-lit against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes, 9 And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them. 1<» And Juda s;iid Tin- strength of the hearer of Durdeas is decayed ; and the rubbish is v< rj much; and we shall nut be able to build t In* wall 11 And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease. 12 And it tame to pass, that when the Jews that dwell by them, came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us, l> I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, ami l>n\\ -. 11 And I linked, and rose up: and I said to the Chief men, and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: Be not ■/ran of them. Remeaa ber the Lord who is great and terrible; and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and \otir WFfeBj and your houses. 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. Anil we returned all of us to the walls every man to his work. 16 And it tame to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work: and half were ready for to fight with spears, and shields, end bows, and eoats ..I" mail; and the rulers were Miiud them in all the house of Juda. 17 Of them that built on the wall, and that car- ried hardens, and that laded ; with one of his hands he ditl the work, and with the other he held a sword. 18 For ever] one of the builders was girded with a sword alxnit his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me. 19 And I said to the nobles, and to the magis- trates, and to the real of the common people: 'The work is great and wide; and we are separated on the wall one far from another : 20 In what place eoevei you shall hear the sound of the trum|M't, run all thither unto us : our God will fight for us. 21 And let us do the work : and let one half of tut hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear. 22 At that time also I said to the people : Let ry one with hi- servant stay in the midst of Je- rusalem : and let us take our turns in the night, and Sy day, to work. 23 Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen, that followed me, did not put off our clothes : only every man stript himself when he was to be washed. CHAP. V. NeAemai btamtth the rich, fnr.lhcir HBfKWimM the poor. Hit exhort nt ion. 'i,i/l haunty to hit eaitntrymrn. "|V"0\V there was a great cry of the people, and of - 1 -™ their wives, against their brethren the Jews. 370 2 And there were some that said : Our sons and our daughters are rerj maaj : let us take up corn for the price of them ; and let us eat and live. 3 And there were tome that said: Let us mort- our lands, and our vineyards, and on r In n and let us take corn because of the famine. 4, And others said : Let us borrow money for t 1m* king's tribute ; and let us give up our fields and vineyards: 5 And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren; and our children as their children. Behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters j and some of our daughters are bond-women already; neither tun e we w herein ith to redeem them ; and our fields and our vineyards other men possess. 6 And I was exceeding angry, when I heard their cry according to these words. 7 And my heart thought with myself: and I re- buked the nobles and magistrates, and said to them : Do \ou every one e\aet usury of your brethren ? And I gathered together a great assembly against them. 8 And I said to them : We. as you know, have redeemed according to our ability our brethren the Jews, that were sold to the Gentiles : and will vou then sell your brethren, for US to redeem them? And they held their peace, and found not what to answer 9 And 1 said to them : The thing you do is not good : why walk you not in the fear of our God, that we be not exposed to the r ep ro ache s of the Gentiles our enemies ? 10 Both I and my brethren, and my servants, have lent money and corn to many : le.' us all agree not to call for it again ; let us forgive the debt that is owing to us. 11 Restore ye to them this day their fields, and their vineyards, and their oli\e-yards, and their houses: and the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil. which you were wont to exact of them, give it rather for them. 12 And they said : We will restore, and we will require nothing of them : and we will do so as thou sayest. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, to do according to what 1 had said. 13 Moreover I shook my Ian, and said : So may God shake even man that shall not accomplish this word, out of his house, and out of his labours ; thus may he be shaken out, and become empty. And all the multitude said : Amen. And they praised God. And the people did according to what was said. 1 \ And from the day, in which the king com- manded me to be governor in the land of Juda. from the twentieth rear even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the kin::, for twelve years, I a no my brethren did not eat the \ early allowance that was due tt) the governors. 15 Bui the former governors thai had been before me, were chargeable to the people; and took of them in bread, and wine, and in money every day forty sides: and their officers also oppressed the people. Bui I tlitl not so for the fearoTGod. 1G Moreover I built in the work of the wall; ano CHAP. VI, VII. I bought no land ; and all my servants were gather- ed together to the work. 17 The Jews also and the magistrates to the number of one hundred fifty men, were at my table, besides them that came to us from among the na- tions that were round about us. 18 And there was prepared for me day by day one ox, and six choice rams, besides fovyls : and once in ten clays I gave store of divers wines, and many other things : yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor: for the people were very much impoverished. 19 Remember me, O my God, for good according to all that I have done for this people. CHAP. VI. The enemies seek to terrify Nehemias. He proceedeth and Jinisheth the wall. AND it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and To- bias, and Gossern the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates,) 2 Sanaballat and Gossem sent to me, saying: Come, and let us make a league together in the villages, in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers to them, saying : I am doing a great work ; and 1 cannot come down, lest it be neglected whilst I come, and go down to you. 4 And they sent to me according to this word, four times : and I answered them after the same manner. 5 And Sanaballat sent his servant to me the fifth time according to the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner : 6 It is reported amongst the Gentiles, and Gos- sem hath said it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel; and therefore thou buildestthe wall, and hast a mind to set thyself king over them : for which end 7 Thou hast also set up prophets, to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judea. The king will hear of these things : therefore come now, that we may take counsel together. 8 And I sent to them, saying : There is no such thing done as thou sayest : but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart. 9 For all these men thought to frighten us, think- ing that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more: 10 And I went into the house of Samaia the son of Delaia the son of Metabeel privately. And he said : Let us consult together in the house of God in the midst of the temple : and let us shut the doors of the temple, for they will come to kill thee ; and in the night they will come to slay thee. 1 1 And I said : Should such a man as I flee ? and who is there that being as I am, would go into the temple, to save his life ? I will not go in. 12 And I understood that God had not sent him, but that he had spoken to me as if he had been pro- phesying; and Tobias and Sanaballat had hired him. 13 For lie had taken money, that I being afraid should do this thing, and sin, and they might have some evil to upbraid me withal. 14 Remember me, O Lord, for Tobias and Sa- naballat, according to their works of this kind; and Noadias the prophet, and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear. 15 But the wall was finished the five and twenti- eth day of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days. 16 And it came to pass when all our enemies heard of it, that all nations which were round about us, were afraid, and were cast down within them- selves : for they perceived that this work was the work of God. 17 Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias ; and from Tobias there came letters to them. 18 For there were many in Judea sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Sechenias the son of Area; and Johanan his son had taken to wife the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias. 19 And they praised him also before me; and they related my words to him : and Tobias sent let- ters to put me in fear. CHAP. VII. Nehemias appointeth watchmen in Jerusalem. The list of those who came first fr 07ii Babylon. » IVTOW after the wall was built, and I had set up ^ ' the doors, and numbered the porters, and sing- ing men, and Levites, 2 I commanded Hanani my brother, and Hana- nias ruler of the house of Jerusalem (for he seemed as a sincere man, and one that feared God above the rest.) 3 And I said to them : Let not the gates of Je- rusalem be opened till the sun be hot. And while they were yet standing by, the gates were shut, and barred : and I set watchmen of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one by their courses, and every man over-against his house. 4 And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the midst thereof; and the houses were not built. 5 But God had put in my heart, and I assembled the princes, and magistrates, and common people, to number them : and I found a book of the num- ber of them who came up at the first, and tlterein it was found written : 6 These are the children of the province, who came up from the captivity of them that had been carried away, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned into Judea, every one into his own city : 7 Who came with Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemias, Azarias, Raamias, Nahamani, Mardochai, Belsam, Mespharath, Begoai, Nahum, Baana. The numb of the men of the people of Israel : 8 The children of Pharos, two thousand one hundred seventy-two. 9 The children of Sephatia, three hundred se- venty-two. 10 The children of Area, six hundred fifty-two 1 1 The children of Phahath Moab of the children 371 II. ESDRAS. of Josue and Juab, two thousand I Sghl hundred eighteen. I J The children of Elam, one thousand two huii- tln d fifty-four. IS Tho children of Zethua, eight hundred forty- l'|\r. 1 V The children of ZachaL teven hundred sixty. I ■ >Tliechildien olT>annui,.MX hundred fort y-» tight. lb' The children ol Bebai, six hundred twenty* elghti 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two. lit The children of Adouicain, six hundred : si \tv- sevcn. * 19 The children of Bcguai, two thousand sixty - M. rhe children of Ailin, six hundred fifty-five. J I The children ol ' Ater, children of Hezecias, ■linrty-eiiilit. JJ The children of Hascm, three hundred twen- \-« i-ht. 23 The children of Besai, three hundred twenty- our. 24 The children of Hareph, a hundred and twelve. 25 The children of Gaboon, ninety-live. 26 The children of Bethlehem, and Netupha, a lundred eighty-eight. 27 The men of Anathoth,a hundred twenty-eight. 28 The mcuof Bcthazmoth, forty-two. 29 The men of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and Be- roth, seven hundred forty-three. 30 The men of Kama and Geba, six hundred twenty -o ne. 31 The men of Machmas, a hundred twenty-two. 32 The men of Bethel and llai, a hundred twen- ty-three. 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two. 34 The men of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. 35 The children of Harem, three hundred and twenty. 36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty- five. 37 The children of Lod, of Hadid and Ono, se- ven hundred twenty-one. 38 The children of Senaa, three thousand nine hundred thirty. 39 The priests: The children of Idaia in tin- house of Josue. nine hundred and seventy-three. 40 The children of Emmer, one thousand fifty- two. 41 The children of Phashur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven. 42 The (hildreu of Arcm, one thousand and seventeen : The l.ev'm >. 43 The children of Josue and Cedmihel, the sons I )f Odtiia. seventy-four : The ringing men: 45 The children of Asaph, a hundred forty-eidit. 46 The porters: The children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the chil- dren of Accub, the children of Hatha, the children of Sobai: a hundred th'uU e'mht. 47 The Nathinites : The children of Soha, the children of HaMipha, the children of Tebhaoth. 48 The children of C'eros, the children of Siaa, the children of Pbadon, the children of Lebana, the children of 1 1 a^aba, the children of Sehnai. 19 The children of Hainan, the children of Ged- del, the children of Gaher, 50 The children of Kaaia, the children of Rasin, the children of Neooda* 51 The children of Gezem, the children of A the children of l'hasea. The children of Besai, the children of Munim, the children of Nephussim, 53 The children of Bacbuc, the children of II a- cupha, the children of Harhur, 54 The children of Besloth, the children of Ma- hida, the children of Ilarsa, 55 The children of Bercos, the children of Sisara, the children of Thema, 50 The children of Nasia, the children of Hatipha, .")7 The children of the servants of Solomon, the children of Sotbat, the children of Sophereth, the children of Pharida, 58 The childreu of Jahala, the children of Dar- con, the children of Jeddel. 59 The children of Saphatia, the children of Ila- til. the children of Phochereth, who was born of Sal iniin. the son of Anion. 60 All the Nathinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon, three hundred ninety-two. 61 And these are they that came up from Telme- la, Thelharsa, Cherub, Addon, and Emmer: and could not show the house of their fathers, nor theii !. w hether they were of Israel. 62 The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hundred forty-two. 63 And of the priests, the children of I labia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of Berzellai the Gala- adite, and he was called by their name. 64 These sought their writing in the record, and found it not : and they were cast out of the priest- hood. 65 And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the Holies of Holies, until there stood up a priest learned and skilful. 66 All the multitude as it were one man, forty two thousand three hundred sixty, 67 Beside their men-servants and women-ser- vants, who were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and among themsinging uicn, andsin-- ing women, two hundred forty-!i\e. 68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty-six: theii mules. tWO hundred for!\-live: 69 Their camels, lour hundred thirty-five, theii Bases, six thousand seven hundred and twenty . Hitherto it related what was written in the record M th is place forward ftodh on the history oj \iln mius. 70 And SOtne 6f the heads of the familii iintothe work. Athersatha* gave into the tr< asure a • .Itktrtmtkm. Tliali*, NcbciniM; a* appcara from chap, xn Kill,.- CHAP. VIII, IX. thousand drams of gold, fifty bowls, and five hun- dred and thirty garments for priests. 71 And some of the heads of families save to the treasure of the work, twenty thousand drams of Sold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver. 72 And that which the rest of the people s : *ve, was twenty thousand drams of s°ld, and two thou- sand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven garments for priests. 73 And the priests, and the Levites, and the por- ters, and the singing men, and the rest of the com- mon people, and the Nathinites, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. CHAP. VIII. Esdras readeth the law before the people. Nehemias comfort- eth them. They celebrate the feast of tabernacles. A ND the seventh month came : and the children -^*-of Israel were in their cities. And all the people were sphered together as one man to the street which is before the water-sate: and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to brins the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. 2 Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read it plainly in the street that was before the water-gate, from the mornins until mid- day, before the men, and the women, and all those that could understand : and the ears of all the peo- ple were attentive to the book. 4 And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made to speak upon : and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand ; and on the left, Phadaia, Misael, and Mel- chia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and Mosollam f b And Esdras opened the book before all the Eeople : for he was above all the people : and when e had opened it, all the people stood. 6 And Esdras blessed the Lord the great God : and all the people answered : Amen, amen, lifting up their hands : and they bowed down, and adored God with their faces to the ground. 7 Now Josue, and Bani, and Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Septhai, Odia, Maasia, Celita, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, the Levites, made silence among the people to hear the law : and the people stood in their place. 8 And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly to be understood : and they understood when it was read. 9 And Nehemias (he is Athersatha) and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites who inter- preted to all the people, said : This is a holy day to the Lord our God : do not mourn, nor weep : for *hat he was so called at the court of the king of Persia, where he was cup-bearer : or that, as some think, this name signifies governor ■ and he was at that time governor of Judea all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 10 And he said to them : Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them tha have not prepared for themselves : because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad : for the joy o. the Lord is our strength. 1 1 And the Levites stilled all the people, saying. Hold your peace, for the day is holy ; and be no sorrowful. 12 So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make s r eat mirth : because they understood the words that he had tausht them. 13 And on the second day the chiefs of the fami- lies of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Esdras the scribe, that he should interpret to them the words of the law. 14 And they found written in the law, that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in tabernacles, on the feast, in the seventh month : 15 And that they should proclaim and publish the word in all their cities, ana in Jerusalem, saying: Go forth to the mount, and fetch branches of olive, and branches of beautiful wood, branches»of myrtle, and branches of palm, and branches of thick trees, to make tabernacles, as it is written. 16 And the people went forth, and brought. And they made themselves tabernacles every man on the top of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water-sate, and in the street of the sate of Ephraim. 17 And all the assembly of them that were re- turned from the captivity, made tabernacles, and dwelt in tabernacles : for since the days of Josue the son of Nun, the children of Israel had not done so, until that day : and there was exceedins great joy. 18 And he read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last : and they kept the solemnity seven days, and in the eighth day a solemn assembly according to the manner. CHAP. IX. The people repent with fasting and sackcloth. The Levites con- fess God's benefits, and the people's ingratitude : they pray for them ; and make a covenant with God. A ND in the four and twentieth day of the month, J ^ the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them. 2 And the seed of the children of Israel separa- ted themselves from every stranger : and they stood, and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 And they rose up to stand : and they read in the book of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed, and adored the Lord their God. 4 And there stood up upon the step of the Levites Josue, and Bani, and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God. 5 And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Odaia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said : Arise, bless the Lord your God from eternity 373 II. ESDRAS. to etcrnitv : and blessed be the high name of thy glory with all blessing and pcatl 6 Thou thyself, O Lord, alone, thou hast Dade he.ixcn. and the heaven of hea\ ens, and all the host thereof; the earth and all things that are in it ; the s.;in and all that are therein: and thou niw st life 10 all these things ; and the host of heaven adoreth the*. 7 Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chal- dean-,* and gavest him the name of Abraham. 8 And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee : and thou madesi a covenant with him, to give him the land of the C'hanaanite, of the Hethite, and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of the Jebushe, and of the ( ler-esite, to give it to his I: and thou hast fulfilled thy words, because thou art just. 9 And thou saucst the affiietion of our fathers in Egypt : and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea. 10 And thou showedst signs and wonders upon IMiarao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land : for thou knowest that they dealt proudly against them : and thou madcst thyself a name, as it is at this day. 1 1 And thou didst divide the sea before them ; and thev passed through the midst of the sea on dry luid : but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth, as a stone into mighty waters. I J And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their hader by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, that thev might see the way by which they went. 13 Thou earnest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven : and thou _.i\est t In in right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts. 14 Thou madest known to them thy holy sab- hath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and eereinonies, and the law hy the hand of Moses thy servant. 15 And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst : and thou saidst to them that thev shouid go in. and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them. 16 But thev and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments. 17 And they would not hear; and they remem- bered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And thev hardened their necks, and gave the headf to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. Hut thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering and full of companion. didst not forsake them. I ■ i when thev had made also to themselves a molten calf, and had said: This is thy God, that • Tktfir* o/ Iht CkaUtmu. The city of ( V I i < haldea, the name of whU h »iifnittr« firt. Or out of the fire of the tribulations and tempta- tion*, to which tie was there exposed. The ancient Rabbins urulcr- 374 brought thee out of EgJ pt ; and had committed great blasphemies: 19 Vet thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave them in the desert : the pillar of (he cloud depart- ed not from them by day to lead them in the way, and the pillar of fire by night to show them the \\a\ liv which thev should go. 20 And thou i:a\est them thv good Spirit to teach them; and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth; and thou gavest them water for their thirst. 21 Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn. 22 And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations. and didst divide lots for tin m : and they po-si sst d the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hese- bon, and the land of Og king of Basan. 23 And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fade that they should go in and |>ossess it. i 24 And the children came and possessed the land : and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the (lianaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as it pleased them. 25 And they took strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods; cisterns made bj others, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fniit-treea inabundance: andtheyate, and w ere filled, and be- came fat, and abounded with delight in thy great goodness. 26 But they provoked thee to wrath, and depart- ed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished tin m earnestly to return to thee: and they were guilty of great blasphemies. 27 And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and tiny afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to tine, and thou heardest from heaven; and according to the multi- tudeof thy tender mercies thou gavest them sn\ lours, U) save them from the hands of their cnc.-ii 28 But after they had rest, they returned to do e\il in thy sight: and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies; and they had dominion o\er tin -in. Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou heardest from hea\en, and deliw xedst them many times in thy mercies. 29 And thou didst admonish them to return to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if ■ man do, be shall li\ e in them • and thev withdrew the shoulder, and hardened tin ir neck, and would not hear. 30 And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them bj thj spirit by ■tood tlii« literally, affirming that Abram wax cast into the fire by the idolaters, and brought out by a miracle witliout anv hurt. t Jlni for* Ikt ktad. That is, they tt their head, or were bent to II return to Egypt. CHAP. X. the hand of thy prophets : and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands- Si Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God. 32 Now therefore our God, great, strong, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy, turn not away from thy face all the labour which hath come upon us, upon our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people, from the days of the king of Assur, un- til this day. 33 And thou art just in all things that have come upon us : because thou hast done truth; but we have done wickedly. 34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them. 35 And they have not served thee in their king- doms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou deliveredst before them; nor did they return from their most wicked devices. 3Q Behold, we ourselves this day are bondmen : and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it. 37 And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will ; and we are in great tribu- lation. 38 And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, Hnd our priests sing it. CHAP. X. The names of the subscribers to the covenant, and the con- tents of it. AND the subscribers were Nehemias, Athersatha £*• the son of Hachelai, and Sedecias, 2 Saraias, Azarias, Jeremias, 3 Pheshur, Amarias, Melchias, 4 Hattus, Sebenia, Melluch, 5 Harem, Merimoth, Obdias, 6 Daniel, Genthon, Baruch, 7 Mosollam, Abia, Miamin, 8 Maazia, Belgia, Semeia: these were priests. 9 And the Levites, Josue the son of Azanias, Ben- l.ui of the sons of Henadad, Cedmihel, 10 And their brethren, Sebenia, Odaia, Celita, Phalaia, Hanan, 11 Micha, Rohob, Hasebia, 12 Zachur, Serebia, Sabania, 13 Odaia, Bani, Baninu. 14 The heads of the people, Pharos, Phahath- moab, Elam, Zethu, Bani, 15 Bonni, Azgad, Bebai, 16 Adonia, Begoai, Adin, 17 Ater, Hezecia, Azur, 18 Odaia, Hasum, Besai, 19 Hareph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20 Megphias, Mosollam, Hazir, 21 Mesizabel, Sadoc, Jeddua, 22 Pheltia, Hanan, Anaia, 23 Osee, Hanania, Hasub, 24 Alohes, Phalea, Sobec, 25 Rehum, Hasebna, Maasia, 26 Echaia, Hanan, Anan, 27 Melluch, Haran, Baana: 28 And the rest of the people, priests, Levites, porters, and singing-men, Nathinites, and all that had separated themselves from the people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, 29 All that could understand promising for their brethren, with their chief men, and they came to promise and swear that they would walk in the law of God, which he gave in the hand of Moses the servant of God, that they would do and keep all the commandments of the Lord our God, and his judg- ments and his ceremonies: 30 And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: 31 And if the people of the land bring in things to sell, or any things for use, to sell them on the sabbath-day, that we would not buy them of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day : and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every hand. 32 And we made ordinances for ourselves, to give the third part of a side every year for the work of the house of our God, 33 For the loaves of proposition, and for the continual sacrifice, and for a continual holocaust on the sabbaths, on the new moons, on the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offering : that atonement might be made for Israel, and for every use of the house of our God. 34 And we cast lots among the priests, and the Levites, and the people, for the offering of wood, that it might be brought into the house of our God by the houses of our fathers at set times, from year to year; to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law of Moses : 35 And that we would bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all fruit of every tree, from year to year, in the house of our Lord : 36 And the first-born of our sons, and of our cat- tle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our oxen, and of our sheep, to be offered in the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God : 37 And that we would bring the first-fruits of our meats, and of our libations, and the fruit of every tree, of the vintage also, and of oil to the priests, to the store-house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites. The Levites also shall receive the tithes of our works out of all the cities. 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the tithes of the Levites* and the Le- vites shall offer the tithe of their tithes in the house 376 II. ESDHAS. into tilt* treasurc- of our God, to the store-room house. 39 For the children of [mal and the children of Levi shall carry to the treasury the first-fruits of corn, of wine, and of oil: and the sanctified wssels shall he there, and the priests, and the tinging men, and the porters, and ministers: and we will uot for- sake the house of our God. CHAP. XI. Wmowere the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the other cities. AND the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusa- lem : hut the rest of the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine purls in the oilier cities. J \ nil the people blessed all the men that wil- lindv offered tbetnserrefl to dwell in JefnsaJem< 9 rhese therefore are the chief men of the pro- vince, who dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda. And every one dwelt in his possession, in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites. the Na- thinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon. 4 And in Jerusalem there dwelt some of the chil- dren of Juda, and some of the children of Benja- min: of the children of Juda, Athaias the son of A/iam, the son of Zacharias, the son of Amarias. the son of Saphatias, the son of Malaleel: of the sous of Phares, "> Maasia the sonof Baruch, the son of Cholhoza, the son of lla/.ia, the son of Adaia, the son of Joia- rih. the son of Zacharias, the sonof the Silonite: 6 All these the sons of Phares, who dwelt in Je- rusalem, were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men. 7 And these are the children of Benjamin: Sel- lum the son of Mosollam, the son of Joed, the son of Phadaia, the son of Colaia, the son of Masia, the son of l.theel, the son of Isaia, 8 And after him Gebbai, Sellai, nine hundred twenty-eight. 9 And Joel the son of Zechri their nder, and Ju- das the sou of Senna was second over the city. 10 And of the priests ldaia the son of Joarih, Ja- chin, 11 Saraia the son of llelcias, the son of Mosollam, the sou of Sadoc, the son of Mcraioth, the son of Acbitob the prince of the house of God, 12 And their brethren that do the works of the temple: eight hundred twenty-two. And Adaia the son of Jcroham, the son ol Phelelia, the son of Anisi, the son of Zacharias, the son of Pheshur, the son of Melchias, 13 And his brethren the chiefs of the fathers: two hundred forty-two. And Amassai the son of A/ni I, the son of Aha/i, the son of Mosollamoth, the son of Kmmer, I I \nil their brethren who were very mighty, a hundred twenty-eight: and their ruler Zabaiel son of the aright] . 15 And of I In Levites Semeia the son ol I lasub. the son of A /a i ieam, the sonof Ilasaliia, the son of Boni, 16 And Saliathai and Jozabed, who were over all the outward bttsinessof the house of God, of the princes of the Levites. 316 17 And Mathania the son of Micha, the son ol Zebedei, the son of Asaph was the principal man to praise, and to gb« idory in praver, and Becbeek the second, one of his brethren, and Alula the son o! Samua, the son of Galal, the son of Idithun. 18 All the l.e\itesin the holy city were two hun- dred eighty-four. 19 And the porters, Accuh. Tclmon, and their brethren, who kept the l o o t s , a hundred l e so nty- two. > 20 And the rest of Israel, the priests and the Le- vites were in all the cities of Juda, sects man in his possession. 21 And the Nathinites, that dwelt in Ophel, and Siaha, and Gaspha of the Nathiniti 22 And the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem, was Azzi the son of Bani, the son of llasahia, the son of Mathania, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, wire the singing men in the ministry of the house of God. 23 For the king's commandment was concerning them, and an order ■mOBg the singing men dav by day. 24 And Phathahia, the son of Mese/ebel of the children of Zara the son of Juda was at the hand of the king, in all matters concerning the people. 25 And in the houses through all their countries. Of the children of Juda some dwelt at Cariatharbe, and in the villages thereof; and at Dihon. and in the villages thereof; and at Cabscel, and in the villages thereof; 26 And at Jesue, and at Molada, and at Bethpha- leth, 27 And at Hasersual, and at Bersabee, and in the villages thereof; 28 And at S* -cleg, and at Mochona, and in the villages thereof; 29 And at Bemmon,andat Saraa,and at Jerimuth, 30 Zanoa, Odollam, and in their Tillages; at La- chis and its dependencies; and at Aseca and the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Bersabee unto the valley of Ennom. 31 And the children of Beninmin. from Geba, at Mechmas, and at Hai, and at Bethel, and in the vil- lages thereof, 32 At Anathoth, Nob, Anania, 33 Asor, Kama, Gethaim, 34 lladid, Seboim, and Neballat, l J od, 35 And Ono the valley of craftsmen. 36 And of the Levites were portions of Juda and Benjamin. CHAP. XII. The priests, and Levites that came up with ZarobabeL The sue cvskion of high priests : the solemnity of the. dedication of th* trull. NOW these are the priests and the Levites, that went up with Zorobabel the son of Sahuhiel, and Josue: Saraia, .leicinias, Esdras, 2 Amaria, Melluch, Harms, 3 Sclieuias, Khcuin, Meriinuth, 4 Addo, Genthon, Abia, 5 rMiamin, Madia. Bel 6 Semeia, and Joiarib, ldaia, Selluin, Amoc, llelcias, CHAP. XII. 7 Idaia. These were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren in the days of Josue. 8 And the Levites, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias, they and their brethren were over the hymns : 9 And Becbecia, and Hanni and their brethren < very one in his office. 10 And Josue begot. Joacim; and Joacim begot Eliasib; and Eliasib begot Joiada ; 1 1 And Joiada begot Jonathan ; and Jonathan begot Jeddoa. 12 And in the days of Joacim the priests and heads of the families were : Of Saraia, Maraia : of Jeivmias, Hanania ; 13 Of Esdras, Mosollam ; and of Amaria, Jo- lianan ; 14 Of Milicho, Jonathan ; of Sebenia, Joseph ; 15 Of Haram, Edna ; of Marioth, Helci : 16 Of Adaia, Zacharia ; of Genthon, Mosollam; 17 Of Abia, Zechri ; ofMiamin and Moadia, Phelti; 18 Of Belga, Sammua; of Semaia, Jonathan; 19 Of Joiarib, Mathanai: of Jodaia, Azzi ; 20 Of Sellai, Celai; of Amoc, Heber ; 21 Of Helcias, Hasebia ; of ldaia, Nathanael. 22 The Levites the chiefs of the families in the days of Eliasib, and Joiada, and Johanan, and Jed- doa, were recorded, and the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 The sons of Levi, heads of the families were written in the book of Chronicles, even unto the days of Jonathan the son of Eliasib. 24 Now the chief of the Levites were Hasebia, Serebia, and Josue the son of Cedmihel: and their brethren by their courses, to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, and to wait equally in order. 25 Mathania, and Becbecia, Obedia, and Mosol- lam, Telmon, Accub, were keepers of the gates and of the entrances before the gates. 26 These were in the days of Joacim the son of Josue, the son of Josedec, and in the days of Nehe- mias the governor, and of Esdras the priest and scribe. 27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusa- lem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, and to keep the dedication, and to rejoice with thanksgiving, and with singing, and with cymbals, and psalteries and harps. 28 And the sons of the singing men were gather- ed together out of the plain country about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of Nethuphati, 29 And from the house of Galgal, and from the countries of Geba and Azmaveth : for the singing men had built themselves villages round about Je- rusalem. 30 And the priests and the Levites were purified : and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 31 And 1 made the princes of Juda go up upon the wall ; and I appointed two great choirs to give praise. And they went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dunghill-gate. 3 B 32 And after them went Osaias, and half of the princes of Juda, 33 And Azarias, Esdras, and Mosollam, Judas, and Benjamin, and Semeia, and Jeremias. 34 And of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zacharias the son of Jonathan, the son of Semeia, the son of Mathania, the son of Michaia, the, son of Zechur, the son of Asaph, 35 And his brethren Semeia, and Azareel, Mala- lai, Galalai, Maai, Nathanael, and Judas, and Ha- nani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God : and Esdras the scribe before them at the fountain-gate. 36 And they went up over-against them by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall of the house of David, and to the water-gate eastward :» 37 And the second choir of them that gave thanks went on the opposite side, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, and upon the tow- er of the furnaces, even to the broad wall, 38 And above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish-gate, and the tower of HananeeJ, and the tower of Emath, and even to the flock-gate : and they stood still in the watch- gate. 39 And the two choirs of them that gave praise stood still at the house of God, and I and the half of the magistrates with me. 40 And the priests, Eliachim, Maasia, Miamin, Michea, Elioenai, Zacharia, Hananiawith trumpets. 41 And Maasia, and Semeia, and Eleazar, and Azzi, and Johanan, and Melehia, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sung loud ; and Jezraia was their overseer : 42 And they sacrificed on that day great sacri- fices, and they rejoiced ; for God had made them joyful with great joy: their wives also and their children rejoiced ; and the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off. 43 They appointed also in that day men over the store-houses of the treasure, for the libations, and for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, that the rulers of the city might bring them in by them in honour of thanksgiving, for the priests and Levites: for Juda was joyful in the priests and Levites that as- sisted. 44 And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the commandmeut of David, and of Solomon his son. 45 For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God. 46 And all Israel, in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of Nehemias, gave portions to the sing- ing men, and to the porters, day by day: and thev sanctified the Levites ; and the Levites sanctified* the sons of Aaron * Sanctified. That is, they gave them that which by the law was Ml aside, and sanctified for their use. 377 CHAP. XIII, Dicers abuses are reformed. A ND on that day thev road in the book of M ■**- in tlu- hearing of toe people: and therein was fbund written, that the Ammonites and the Moab- ites should not come in to tin- church of < Sod forever ! 2 Be< ausc they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and thev hired against them Balaam, to curse them: and oar God turned the curse into blessing. 3 And it came to pass, when they had heard'the law. that thev separated even stranger from Israel. id over this ihin^* was Kliasib the priest, w ho was set over the treason <>l the house of our God, and was m;ir akin to Tobias. 5 And he made him a sreat store-room, where be- fore him thev laid up gifts, and frankincense, and isels, and the tithes of the com, of the trine, and of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and or the sinsins men, and of the porters, and the first-fruits of the priests. 6 But in all this time 1 was not in Jerusalem ; be- cause in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxervs kins; of Babylon I went to the kin?;, aird after cer- tain days I asked the kin:; : 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliasib had done for Tobias, to make him a store-house in the courts of the house of Ciod. 8 And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the store-house. !* And I commanded, and they cleansed the store- houses : and I brought thither again the reasels of the houseofGod, the sacrifice, and the frankincense. 10 And I perceived that the portions of the l.t - rites had not been given them ; and that the Levites, and the singing men, and they that minister, d. were fled awai everv man to his own country: 11 And I pleaded the matter against the magis- trates, and said : Why have we forsaken the house of God ? And I gathered them together, and I made ihein to stand in their places. 12 And all .luda brought the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil into the Store-houses. \3 And we set over the store-houses Selemias the tiriest, and Sadoc the scribe, and of the Levites 'liadaia, and next to them Hauan the son of Xa- chUT. the son of Mathauia : for thev w ere approved as faithful ; and to them wr-rc committed the por- tions of their brethren. 1 X R e membe r me, O my God, for this thing, and wipe not out my kindnesses, which I have done re- lating to the house of my God, and his ceremonies. 15 In those days I saw in .luda some treading the presses oa the BBObath, and earn in:; sheaves, and la- ding asses with wine, and crapes, and I'lSs. and all manner of burdens, and bringing them into Jerusa- II. ESDRAS. lem on the sabbath-day. And I charged them that tbej should sell on a day on which it was lawful to brousht lish, and all manner ol wares: and the] soldthemon the sabbaths t„ the children of Jmla in Jerusalem. 1/ Audi rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them : \\ hat is this e\ il thing that you a..- do- ing, profaning the sabbath-day? 18 Did not our fathers do these things, and our liod brought all this evil upon us, and upon this cili - And you bring more wrath upon Israel by violating the sabbath. 19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Je- rusalem were at rest 00 the sabbath-day. 1 spoke- and they shut the sates, and I commanded that thev should not open them till after the sabbath : and 1 set some oi naj servants at the gates, that should bring in burdens on' the sabbath-dav. 20 So the merchants and the\ that sold all kind °f wares, stayed without Jerusalem once or twice. 21 And I charged them, and I said to them : \\ hv stay j on before the wall ? il von do so another time, I will lay hands on you. And from that time thev came no more on the sabbath. 22 I spoke also to the Levites, that they should be purified, and should come to keep the sates, ami to sanctify the sabbath-day: for this also remember "•" i m X God, and spare me according to the mul- titude of thy tender mercies. 23 In those days also I saw Jews that ma rricdw ives, women of A/otus, and ofAmmon,andofMoab. 24 And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotns, and could not speak the Jews' language; but they spoke according to the language of this and that people. 25 And I chid them, and laid mvciirse upon them. And I beat some of them, and shaved off* their haii. and made tin in swear by God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying: 2b Did not Solomon kins ol Israel sin in this kind of thing r and surely ai is many nations there was not a kins like him; and lie was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and ret women of other countries brought even him io sin. 27 And shall We also he disobedient and do all this si eat evil, totransgn list our God, and marry strange women? 28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of FJi- asib the btgh priest, was son-in-law to Sanaballat the Hnronitc: and 1 drove him from me. 29 Remember them, () Lord mj God. that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests ami Levites. 30 So I separated from them all Strangers: and I appointed theCOWSesof the priests and the Levites < \< iv man in his miuisti 31 And for the offering of wood at times appoint- ed, and for the fuat-f rut's : remember m»- ra ( rod, unto good. Amen. THE BOOK OF TOBIAS. flu bonk takes its name from the holy man Tobias, whose won- derful virlius arc herein recorded. It contains most excel- lent documents of great piety, extraordinary patience, and of a perfect resignation to the will of God. His humble prayer was heard : and the Angel Raphael was sent to relieve him. lie it thankful, and praises the Lord, calling on the children of Israel to do the same. Having lived to the age of one hundred and two years, he exhorts his son and grandsons to piety ; foretels the destruction of Ninive, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem : lie dies happily. CHAP. I. Tobias's early piety ; his works of mercy, particularly in bury- ing the dead. rpOBIAS of the tribe and city of Nephthali (which •*- is in the upper parts of Galilee above Naasson, beyond the way that leadeth to the west, having on the right hand the city of Sephet,) 2 When he was made captive m the days of Sal- manasar king of the Assyrians, even in his captivity, forsook not the way of truth ; 3 But every day gave all he could get to h„s bre- thren his fellow-captives, that were of his kindred. 4 And when he was younger than any of the tribe of Nephthali, yet did he no childish thing in his work. 5 Moreover, when all went to the golden calves which Jeroboam king of Israel had made, he alone fled the company of all, 6 And went to Jerusalem to the temple of the Lord, and there adored the Lord God of Israel, offering faithfully all his first-fruits and hi^ tithes: 7 So that in the third year he gave all his tithes to the proselytes, and strangers. 8 These and such like things did he observe when but a boy, according to the law of God. 9 But when he was a man, he took to wife Anna of his own tribe, and had a son by her, whom he called after his own name : 10 And from his infancy he taught him to fear God, and to abstain from all sin. 1 1 And when by the captivity he with his wife and his son and all his tribe was come to the city of Ninive, 12 (When all ate of the meats of the Gentiles) he kept his soul, and never was defiled with their meats. 13 And because he was mindful of the Lord with all his heart, God gave him favour in the sight of Salmanasar the king. 14 And he gave him leave to go whithersoever he would, with liberty to do whatever he had a mind. 15 He therefore went to all that were in captivity, and gave them wholesome admonitions. 16 And when he was come to Rages a city of the Medes, and had ten talents of silver, of that with which he had been honoured by the king: 17 And when amongst a great multitude of his Kindred, he saw Gabelus in want, who was one of lis tribe, taking a note of his hand he gave him the foresaid sum of money. 18 But after a long time, Salmanasar the king being dead, when Sennacherib his son, who reigned in his place, had a hatred for the children of Israel: 19 Tobias daily went among all his kindred, and comforted them, and distributed to every one as he was able, out of his goods: 20 He fed the hungry, and gave clothes to th** naked, and vyas careful to bury the dead, and they that were slain. 21 And when king Sennacherib was come back fleeing from Judea by reason of the slaughter that God had made about him for his blasphemy, and being angry slew many of the children of Israel, Tobias buried their bodies. 22 But when it was told the king, he commanded him to be slain, and took away all his substance. 23 But Tobias fleeing naked away with his son and with his wife, lay concealed ; for many loved him. 24 But after forty-five days, the king was killed by his own sons. 25 And Tobias returned to his house ; and all his substance was restored to him. CHAP. II. Tobias leaveth his dinner to bury the dead : he loseth his sight by God's permission, for manifestation of his patience. T? UT after this, when there was a festival of the ■*«* Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in To- bias's house, 2 He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe, that fear God, to feast with us. 3 And when he had gone, returning he told him, that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table, and left his dinner, and came fasting to the body: 4 And taking it up, carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously. 5 And when he had hid the body, he ate bread with mourning and fear, 6 Remembering the word which the Lord spoke by Amos the prophet: Your festival days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning. 7 So when the sun was down, he went and bu- ried him. 8 Now all his neighbours blamed him, saying : Once already commandment was given for thee to be slain because of this matter: and thou didst scarce escape the sentence of death, and dost thou again bury the dead/ 9 But Tobias fearing God more than the king, carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them 10 Now it happened one day, that being wearied with burying, he came to his house, and cast him self down by the wall, and slept. 1 1 And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a swallow's nest fell upon his eyes; and he was made blind. 12 Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to 379 TOBIAS. nappon to him, that an example might be (riven to posterity of his patience, of holy .lob. I.! por whereas he had always feared (iod from /lis infancy, and kept his commandments, be repioed not against (iod because ilie evil of blindness had befallen him; 1 I Bui continued immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to tiod all the days of ek life. 1") For as the kings* insulted over holy Job, so his relations and kinsmen moched at his life, saying: lb' \\h< re is thy hope, for which thou _ alms, and l»uried>t the dead? I 7 Hut Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not 18 lor we are the children of saints, and look for that life w Inch Ciod will give to those that never change their faith from him. ID Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work: and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands. 20 Whereby it came to pass, that she received I young kid, and brought it home: 21 And when her husband heard it bleating, he Raid: Take heed, lest perhaps it he stolen; restore ye it to its owners; for it is not lawful for us either to cat or to touch any thing that comet h by theft* 21 At these words his wife being angry answer- ed: It is evident thy hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear. 23 And with these, and other such like words she upbraided him. CHAP. III. The prayer of Tobias, and of Sara, in their several afflictions, are heard by God : and the Angel Raphael is sent to relieve i >. a.. 11 HEN Tobias sighed, and began to pray with tears, 2 Saying: Thou art just, O Lord; and all thy judgment! arejiist, and all thy wa\s niercv, ami truth, and judgment: 3 And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my tins; neither remember my offences, nor those of my parents. 4 For we have not obeyed thy commandments; thtrS few are we delivered to spoil and to captivity, and death, and are made a fable, and a reproach to all nations, amongst which thou hast scattered us. 5 And now, O Ford, meat are thy judgments, be- cause we have not done according to thy precepts. and have not walked Sincerely before thee; 6 And now, O Lord, do with me according to thy will, and command my spirit to be received in peace: for it is better for sse to die. than to lire. 7 Now it happened on the same day. that Sara daughter of Raguet, in Raeest a city oi the Medea, received a reproach from one of her father's servant- maids-, Because she had been niveu to seven husbands; and a devi! named \smodeus had killed them, at their first going in unto her. • Kim* S..I..V, e,-,<- fncn-1. are here called, became they were priro-M in their rwprctire ternloriea. \ Rum. la to • Greek it n EeUlatu, winch wai abw called Ra- sso 9 So when she reproved the maid for In r fault, she answered her. saying: Mag ol Kafreii. IU- fuel dwelt in ooe of ihcm, and Gain-Ins in Am other CHAP. V. 3 When God shall take my soul, thou shalt bury my body: and thou shalt honour thy mother all the days of her life : 4 For thou must he mindful what and how great perils she suffered for thee in her womb. 5 And when she also shall have ended the time of her life, bury her by me. 6 And all the days of thy life have God in thy mind: and take heed thou never consent to sin, nor transgress the commandments of the Lord our God. 7 Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person : for so it shall come to pass that the lace of the Lord shall not be turned from thee. 8 According to thy ability be merciful. 9 If thou have much, give abundantly: if thou have little, take care even so to bestow willingly a little. 10 For thus thou storest up to thyself a good re- ward for the day of necessity. 1 1 For alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness. , 12 Alms shall be a great confidence before the most high God, to all them that give it. 13 Take heed to keep thyself, my son, from all fornication, and beside thy wife never endure to know a crime. 14 Never suffer pride to reign in thy mind, or in thy words : for from it all perdition took its be- ginning. 15 If any man hath done any work for thee, im- mediately pay him his hire ; and let not the wages of thy hired servant stay with thee at all. 16 See thou never do to another what thou wouldst hate to have done to thee by another. 17 Eat thy bread with the hungry and the needy; and with thy garments cover the naked. 18 Layout thy bread and thy wine upon the bu- rial of a just man; and do not eat and drink thereof with the wicked. 19 Seek counsel always of a wise man. 20 Bless God at all times: and desire of him to direct thy ways, and that all thy counsels may abide in him. 21 I tell thee also, my son, that I lent ten talents of silver, while thou wast yet a child, to Gabelus, in Rages a city of the Medes, and 1 have a note of his hand with me : 22 Now therefore inquire how thou mayst go to him, and receive of him the aforesaid sum of mo- ney, and restore to him the note of his hand. 23 Fear not, my son : we lead indeed a poor life; but we shall have many good things if we fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is good. CHAP. V. Young' Tobias seeking a guide for Ins journey, the Angel Ra- phael in shape of a man, undertaketh this office. THEN Tobias answered his fattier, and said: I will do all things, father, which thou hast com- manded me. 2 But how I shall get this money, I cannot tell : he knoweth not me, and 1 know not him: what token shall I give him? nor did I ever know the way which leadeth thither. 3 Then his father answered him, and said : have a note of his hand with me, which when thou shalt show him, he will nresently pay it. 4 But go now, and seek thee out some faithful man, to go with thee for his hire: that thou mayst receive it, while 1 yet live. 5 Then Tobias going forth, found a beautiful young man, standing girded, and as it were, ready to walk. 6 And not knowing that he was an Angel of God, he saluted him, and said: From whence art thou, good young man ? 7 But he answered : Of the children of Israel. And Tobias said to him: Knowest thou the way that leadeth to the country of the Medes ? 8 And he answered: I know it: and I have often walked through all the ways thereof: and 1 have abode with Gabelus our brother, who dwelleth at Rages a city of the Medes, which is situate in the mount of Ecbatana. 9 And Tobias said to him : Stay for me, I beseech thee, till I tell these same things to my father. 10 Then Tobias going in told all these things to his father. Upon which his father being in ad- miration, desired that he would come in unto him. 11 So going in he saluted him, and said: Joy be to thee always. 12 And Tobias said : What manner of joy shall be to me, who sit in darkness, and see not the light of heaven ? 13 And the young man said to him: Be of good courage; thy cure from God is at hand. 14 And Tobias said to him: Canst thou conduct my son to Gabelus at Rages a city of the Medes ? and when thou shalt return, I will pay thee thy hire. 15 And the Angel said to him: 1 will conduct him thither, and bring him back to thee. 16 And Tobias said to him: I pray thee, tell me, of what family, or what tribe art thou? 17 And Raphael the Angel answered : Dost thou seek the family of him thou hirest, or the hired ser- vant himself to go with thy son? 18 But lest I should make thee uneasy, I am Azarias* the son of the great Ananias. 19 And Tobias answered : Thou art of a great family. But I pray thee be not angry that I de- sired to know thy family. 20 And the Angel said to him: I will lead thy son sale, and bring him to thee again safe. 21 And Tobias answering, said : May you have a good journey, and God be with you in your way and his Angel accompany you. 22 Then all things being ready, that were to be carried in their journey, Tobias bid his father and his mother farewell ; and they set out both together. 23 And when they were departed, his mother be- gan to weep, and to say : Thou hast taken the stafl of our old age, and sent him away from us. * Azarias. The angel took the form of Azarias ; and therefore might call himself by the name of the man whom he personated. Aza> Has in Hebrew signifies the help of God, and Ananias the grace of God. 381 TOBIAS. JV I w ish the mono) forwhich thou hast sent him. ri;id never been. 25 For our poverty was sufficient torus, thai we might account it ;is riches, that u. viw our son. 26 And Tobias said to her: Weep not; our son will arrive thither sate, and will return safe to us; ami thv eyes shall see him. 27 for I believe that the good Angel of God doth accompany him, and doth order all things well that are done about him, so that he shall return to us with jov . 28 At these words his mother ceased weeping, and held her peace. CHAP. VI. By the AngeTs tulrirr young Tobias takelh hold on a fish that tusaultcth him: rrserrcth the heart, the (.'all, and the lifer, for medicines. They lodge at the housr if Ixagvel, whose daugh- /, r Sura Tobias is to marry ; the had before been married to serin husbandf, trho were all slain by a dtril. AND Tobias went forward, and the dog follow- ed him : andhe.lodgcd the first night by the river of Tigris. 2 And he went out to wash his feet ; and behold, a monstrous fish came up to devour him. 3 And Tobias being afraid of him, cried out with a loud voice, saving: Sir, hecometh upon me. # 4 And the Angel said to him : take him by the gill, and draw him to thee. And when he had done so, he drew him out upon the land ; and he began to pant before his feet. 5 Then the Angel said to him : Take out the en- trails of this fish, and lay up his heart, and his gall, and his liver, for thee : for these are necessary for Useful medicines. 6 And when he had done so, he roasted the flesh thereof, and they took it with them in the way : the rest they salted as much as might serve them, till thev came to Rages the city of the Medes. 7 Then Tobias asked the Angel, and said to him : I beseech thee, brother Azarias, tell mc what reme- dies are these things good for, which thou hast bid me keep of the fish ? 8 And the Angel answering, said to him: If thou put a little piece of its heart* upon coals, the smoke thereof driveth away all kind of devils, either from man or from woman, so that they come no more to them. 9 And the gall is good for anointing the eyes, in which then- is a white speck, and they shall be cured. 10 And Tobias said to him : Where wilt thou that we lodge? 11 And the Angel answering, said: Here is one whose name is RagneLa near kinsman of thy tribe ; ami he hath a daughter named Sara; but he hath no son nor any other daughter beside her. I J All his substance is due to thee, and thou must take her to wife. 13 Ask her therefore of her father, and he will give her thee to wife. • Hi krarl, fft. Tht liver, Tpr. 19. God wan plca*ed to frire to MM thinpn a virtue apainM (hows proud »piril% to make them, who •fleeted to be like tbe MoM High, Mihjcct to rnicli mean corporeal crca- •irea, a* instrument! of hi* power. 3nj 11 Then Tobias answered, and said: I hear that the hath been given to seven husbands, and thev all died: moreover I have heard, that a devil killed them. 15 Now I am afraid, lest the same thing should happen to me also: and w henas I am the only child of my parents, I should bring down their old age with sorrow to hell.f 16 Then the Angel Raphael said to him: Hear me, and 1 will show thee who thev are, over whom the devil can prevail. 17 For they who in such manner receive matri- mony, as toshutoutGod from themselves, and from their mind, and to give themselves to their lust. ;is the horse and mule, which have not understand- ing, over them the devil hath power. 18 But thou when thou shalt take her, go into the chamber, and for thru' days keep thyself continent from her, and give thysell to nothing else but to prayers with her. 19 And on that night lay the liver of the fish on the fire; and the devil shall he driven away. 20 But the second night thou shalt be admitted into the society of the holy Patriarchs. 21 And the third night thou shalt obtain a blessing that sound children may be born of you. 22 And when the third night is past, thou shalt take the virgin with the fear of the Lord, moved rather for love of children than for lust, that in the seed of Abraham thou mayst obtain a blessing in children. CHAP. VII. They are kindly entertained by Ragurl. Tobiat demandeth Sura to wife. AND they went in to Raguel: and Raguel re- ceived them with joy. _ 2 And Raguel looking upon Tobias, said to Anna his wife: How like is this voung man to niv cousin ? 3 And when he had spoken these words, he said : Whence are ye, young men our brethren? 4 But they said : We are of the tribe of Neph- thali, of the captivity of Ninive. 5 And Raguel said to them : Do you know To bias my brother? And they said : We know him. 6 And when he was speaking manygood things of him, the Angel said to Raguel: Tobias, eon- ceruing whom thou inquire^, is this young man's father. 7 And Raguel went to him, and kiss, d | mu with tears, and weeping upon his neck, said : A blessing be upon thee, my son, because thou art the son of a goorl and most virtuous man. 8 And Anna hiswife. and Sara theirdaiighterwcpt. 9 And after they bad spoken, Raguel commanded a sheep to be killed, and a ii &st to be prepared. And when he desired them to sit dow n to dinner. 10 Tobias said : I will not eat nor drink here f To htU. That i«, to the place where the iouU of the good wer» kept before the coming of t'hriit CHAP. VI11, IX. this day, unless thou first grant me my petition, and promise to give me Sara thy daughter. 11 Now when Raguel heard this he was afraid, knowing what had happened to those seven hus- bands, that went in unto her: and he began to fear lest it might happen to him also in like manner : and as he was in suspense, and gave no answer to his petition, 12 The Angel said to him : Be not afraid to give her to this man ; for to him whofeareth God is thy daughter due to be his wife : therefore another could not have her. 13 Then Raguel said : I doubt not but God hath regarded my prayers and tears in his sight. 14 And I believe he hath therefore made you come to me, that this maid might be married to one of her own kindred, according to the law of Moses: and now doubt not but I will give her to thee. 15 And taking the right hand of his daughter, he gave it into the right hand of Tobias, saying : The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob be with you ; and may he join you together, and fulfil his blessing in you. 1 6 And taking paper they made a writing of the marriage. 17 And afterwards they made merry, blessing God. 18 And Raguel called to him Anna his wife, and bid her prepare another chamber. 19 And she brought Sara her daughter in thither ; and she wept. 20 And she said to her: Be of good cheer, my daughter: the Lord of heaven give thee joy for the trouble thou hast undergone. CHAP. VIII. Tobias burnetii part of the fish's liver ; and Raphael bindeth the devil. Tobias and Sara pray. \ ND after they had supped, they brought in the -*• *- young man to her. 2 And Tobias remembering the Angel's word, took out of his bag part of the liver, and laid it upon burning coals. 3 Then the Angel Raphael took the devil, and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt. 4 Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and said to her : Sara, arise, and let us pray to God to-day, and to-morrow, and the next day: because for these three nights we are joined to God : and when the third night is over, we will be in our own wedlock. 5 For we are the children of saints ; and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not God. 6 So they both arose, and prayed earnestly both together that health might be given them. 7 And Tobias said : Lord God of our fathers, may the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that are in them, bless thee. 8 Thou madest Adam of the slime of the earth, and gavest him Eve for a helper. 9 And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may ue blessed for ever and ever. 10 Sara also said : Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us ; and let us grow old both toge- ther in health. 1 1 And it came to pass about the cock crowing, Raguel ordered his servants to be called for ; and they went with him together to dig a grave. 12 For he said : Lest perhaps it may have hap- pened to him, in like manner as it did to the othei seven husbands, that went in unto her. 13 And when they had prepared the pit, Raguel went back to his wife, and said to her : 14 Send one of thy maids, and let her see if he be dead, that I may bury him before it be day. 15 So she sent one of her maid servants, who went into the chamber, and found them safe and sound, sleeping both together. 16 And returning she brought the good news: and Raguel and Anna his wife blessed the Lord ; 17 And said : We bless thee, O Lord God of Is- rael, because it hath not happened as we suspected. 1 8 For thou hast shown thy mercy to us, and hast shut out from us the enemy that persecuted us. 19 And thou hast taken pity upon two only chil- dren. Make them, O Lord, bless thee more fully: and to offer up to thee a sacrifice of thy praise, and of their health, that all nations may know, that thou alone art God in all the earth. 20 And immediately Raguel commanded his ser- vants, to fill up the pit they had made, before it was day. 21 And he spoke to his wife to make ready a feast, and prepare all kind of provisions that are ne- cessary for such as go a journey. 22 He caused also two fat kine, and four wethers to be killed, and a banquet to be prepared for all his neighbours, and all his friends. 23 And Raguel adjured Tobias, to abide with him two weeks. 24 And of all things which Raguel possessed, he gave one half to Tobias, and made a writing, that the half that remained should after their decease come also to Tobias. CHAP. IX. The Angel Raphael goeth to Gabelus, receiveth the money, and bringeth him to the marriage. THEN Tobias called the Angel to him, whom he took to be a man, and said to him : Brother Azarias, I pray thee, hearken to my words: 2 If I should give myself to be thy servant I should not make a worthy return for thy care. 3 However, 1 beseech thee, to take with thee beasts and servants, and to goto Gabelus to Rages the city of the Medes ; and to restore to him his note of hand, and receive of him the money, and desire him to come to my wedding. 4 For thou knowest that my father numbereth the days : and if I stay one day more, his soul will be afflicted. 5 And indeed thou seest how Raguel hath ad- jured me whose adjuring I cannot despise. 383 TOBIAS 6 Then Raphael look four of Ragucl's servants, «nd two camels, and went to Rages the city of the M : b; and finding Gabelus, gave him his note of hand, and received of him all the money. \iid lie told him concerning Tobias the > And he began to be exceeding sad, both he and Anna his wife with him: and tliev began lioth to weep together; because their son did not return to them on the day appointed. I I Jut hi- mother wept, and was quite disconso- late, and said: Wo. we is me, my son ; tj In did we ■end thee to ^o to ;i strange country, the light of our -, the stall' of our old age, the comfort of our lift*, the hope of our posterity. 5 We having all things together in thee alone, ought not to have let thee go from us. t» And Tobias said to her : Hold thy peace, and be not troubled: our sou is safe: that man with whom we sent him is very trusty. 7 But she could by no means be comforted, but daily running out looked round about, and w ent into all the ways by which there seemed any hope he might return, that she might if possible see him coming afar off. :: Cut Raguel said to his son-in-law : Stay here, and I will send a messenger to Tobias thy father, that thou art in health. 9 Ami Tobias said to him: I know that my fa- ther and mother now count the days; and their spirit i- grievously afflieted within them. 10 And when Raguel had pressed Tobias with many words, and he by no means would hearken to * Thidog, tft. Thii may ieeni a verv minutr < ir< um.tance to be re- corded in tacrvd hutorj : but a. wr letirn fmtn rair S a \ lour. M. M*U. tr. 18. there are ioUu and I1/1//1 in the won! of God ; tli.it is to aay, 381 him, he delivered Sara unto him, and half of all his substance in men-servants, and women-servant-, in cattle, in camels, and in kitie, and in much money, and sent him away safe and jovful from him, 11 Saying: The holy Angel of the Lord he with you in your journey, and bring you through sale, and that you may find all things well about yoin parents, and my eves may BOO VOW children before 1 die. 12 And the parents taking their daughter, ki- ller, and let lit r go: 13 Admonishing her to honour her father and mother-in-law, to love her husband, to take care ol the family, to govern the house, and to behave her- self irreprehensibly. CHAP. XI. Tobias anointcth his father's eves with the fish's gall: and he recovereth his sight. \ ND as they were returning they came to Cln- -*-*- ran, which is in the midway to Ntnive, tin ele- venth day. 2 And the Angel said : Brother Tobias, thou knowest how thou didst leave thy father. 3 If it please thee therefore, let us go before, and let the family follow softly after us, together with thy wife, and with the beasts. 4 And as this their going pleased him, Raphael said to Tobias: Take with thee of the call of tin: fish, for it will lie necessary. So Tobias took BOme of that gall, and departed. 5 But Anna sat beside the way daily, on the top of a hill, from whence she might see afar oft. 6 And while she watched his ooming from that place, she saw him afar oil", and presently perceived it was her son coming: and returning she told In r husband. Baying' Behold, thy son cometh. 7 And Raphael said to Tobias : As soon as thou shall come into thy house, forthwith adore the Lord thy God: and giving thanks to him, go to thy father, and kiss him, 8 And immediately anoint his eves with this call of the fish, which thou earnest with thee. For be assured that his eyes shall be presently opened : and thy father shall see the light of heaven, and shall rejoice in the sight of thee. 9 Then the dog,* which had been with them in the way, ran before, and coming as if he had brought the news, showed his joy, by his fawning and w ging his tail. 10 And his fatherthat was blind rising up, began to run stumbling with his feet; and giving a servant his hand, went to meet his son. 1 1 And receiving him, kissed him, as did also his wife: and they began to weep for ■joy. 12 And when they had adored God, and given him thanks, they sat down together. 13 Then Tobias taking of the gall of the fish, anointed 'tis father's eyes. 14 And he Btayed about half an hour : and a white thing* that appear minute, but which have indeed a deep ami tm Wo nun, meaning in tin in. CHAP. XII, XIII. skin began to come out of his eyes, like the skin of an egg. 15 And Tobias took hold of it, and drew it from his eyes: and immediately he recovered his sight. 16 And they glorified God, hotli he and his wife, and all that knew him. 17 And Tobias said : I bless thee, O Lord God of Israel, because thou hast chastised me, and thou hast saved me : and behold, I see Tobias my son. 18 And after seven days Sara his son's wife, and all the family arrived safe, and the cattle, and the ca- mels, and an abundance of money of his wife's; and that money also which he had received of Gabelus: 19 And he told his parents all the benefits of God, which he had done to him by the man, that conducted him. 20 And Achior and Nabath the kinsmen of To- bias came, rejoicing for Tobias, and congratulating with him for all the good things, that God had done for him. 21 And for seven days they feasted and rejoiced all with great joy. CHAP XII. Raphael maketh himself known. THEN Tobias called to him his son, and said to him: What can we give to this holy man, that is come with thee ? 2 Tobias answering, said to his father : Father, what wages shall we give him ? or what can be wor- thy of his benefits ? 3 He conducted me, and brought me safe again; he received the money of Gabelus, he caused me to have my wife; and he chased from her the evil spirit: he gave joy to her parents; myself he deli- vered from being devoured by the fish ; thee also he hath made to see the light of heaven ; and we are filled with all good things through him. What can we give hiin sufficient for these things? 4 But I beseech thee, my father, to desire him, that he would vouchsafe to accept of one half of all things that have been brought. 5 So the father and the son calling him, took him aside; and began to desire him that he would vouchsafe to accept of half of all things that they had brought. 6 Then he said to (hem secretly: Bless ye the God of heaven ; give glory to him in the sight of all that live; because he hath shown his mercy to you. 7 For it is good to hide the secret of a king ; but honourable to reveal and confess the works of God. 8 Prayer is good with fasting and alms, more than to lay up treasures of gold : 9 For aim delivereth from death; and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting. 10 But they that commit sin and iniquity, are enemies to their own soul. Ill discover then the truth unto you : and I will not hide the secret from you. * JtrmtleM. What is prophetically delivered here, and in the fol- Jowinff chapter, with relation to Jerusalem, is partly to be understood the rebuilding of the city after the captivity ; and partly of the spirit- 3 C 12 When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide thedead by day in thy house, and bury them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord. 13 And because thou wast acceptable to God, it was necessary that temptation should prove thee. 14 And now the Lord hath sent me to heal thee, and to deliver Sara thy son's wife from the devil. 15 For I am the Angel Raphael, one ofthe seven, who stand before the Lord. 16 And when they had heard these things, they were troubled ; and being seized with fear, they fell upon the ground on their face. 17 And the Angel said to them: Peace be to you ; fear not. 18 For when I was with you, I was there by the will of God: bless ye him, and sing praises to him. 19 I seemed indeed to eat and to drink with you: but I use an invisible meat and drink, which cannot be seen by men. 20 It is time therefore that I return to him, that sent me: but bless ye God, and publish all his won- derful works. 21 And when he had said these things, he was ta- ken from their sight; and they could see him no more. 22 Then they lying prostrate for three hours upon their face, blessed God: and rising up, they told all his wonderful works. CHAP. XIII. Tobias the father praiseth God, exhorting all Isr^d tndotht same. Prophesieth the restoration and better slate of Jew salem. \ ND Tobias the elder opening his mouth, bless- -^*- ed the Lord, and said : Thou art great, O Lord, for ever, and thy kingdom is unto all ages: 2 For thou scourgest, and thou savest : thou lead- est down to hell, and bringest up again : and there is none that can escape thy hand. 3 Give glory to the Lord, ye children of Israel, and praise him in the sight of the" Gentiles: 4 Because he hath therefore scattered you among the Gentiles, who know not him, that you may de- clare his wonderful works, and make them know that there is no other almighty God besides him. 5 He hath chastised us for our iniquities: and he will save us for his own mercy. 6 See then what he hath done with us, and with fear and trembling give ye glory to him: and extol the eternal King of worlds in your works. 7 As for me, I will praise him in the land of my captivity : because he hath shown his majesty toward a sinful nation. 8 Be converted therefore, ye sinners, and do jus- tice before God, believing that he will show his mercy to you. 9 And I and my soul will rejoice in him. 10 Bless ye the Lord, all his elect, keep days ot joy, and give glory to him. 11 Jerusalem* city of God, the Lord hath chas- tised thee for the works of thy hands. ual Jerusalem, which is the church ot Christ, and the eternal Jeruut lem in heaven. 395 ji:niTH. 12 Give dory to the Lord for thy good tilings nnd bless the God eternal, tli.it h<- maj rebuild Ins tabernacle in thee, and may *-n 1 1 back all the cap- ti\t s tot bee, and thou maysfl rejoice for ever and < 19 Thou shah shine with a glorious light : and all the ends of the earth shall worship thee. 14 Nations from alar shall come to thee: and shall bring gifts, and shall adore the Lord in thee. and shall esteem tin land as holy. 15 For ther shall call upon the great name in thee. 16 They shall be cursed that shall de s pi s e thee : nnd they shall Ik* cond e mned thai shall blaspheme thee: and blessed shall they In- that shall build thee up. 17 But thou shah rejoice in thy children; because they shall all be blessed, and shall be gathered to- gether to the Lord. 18 Blessed are all they that love thee, and that rejoice in thy peace. 19 My soul, bless thou the Lord; because the Lord our God hath delivered Jerusalem his city from all her troubles. 10 Happy shall I be if there shall remain of my . to see the glory of Jerusalem. . I The gates of Jerusalem shall be built of Sap- phire, and Of Emerald, and all the walls thereof round about of precious stones. 22 All its streets shall be paved with white and clean stones: and Alleluia shall be sung in its streets. 23 Blessed be the Lord, who hath exalted it ; and may he reign over it for ever and ever; Amen. CHAP. XIV. Old Tobtas dieth at the age of a hundred and tiro years, afttr ex- horting his son and grandsons to piety, foreshowing that •lire shall br destroyed, and J, •■rusidem rebuilt. The pot Tobias rrtiimeth irith hit family to Raguel ; and dieth 'hapjdly as he had lived. AND the words of Tobias were ended. And after - 1 *- Tobias was restored to his sight, he lived two and forty years, and saw the children of his grand- children. 2 And alter he had lived a hundred and two years, be was buried honourably in Ninive. 3 For he was six and fifty years old when he lost the sight of his eyes, and sixty when he recovered it again 4 And the rest of his rife was in joy ; and with great increaseot' the fear ol God he departed in peace. 6 And at the hour of bis death he called unto linn his son Tobias anil his children, seven young men, Ins .: rand-sons, and said to them : 6 The destruction of Ninive is at hand for the word ol the Lord must lie fulfilled: and our bre- thren, thai are scattered abroad from the land ol Is- rael, s|i ;l || return to it. 7 And all the land thereof that is desert shall l>e filled with people; and the house of God which is burnt in it, shall again he rebuilt: and all that fear God shall return thither. 8 And the Gentiles shall leave their idols, and shall come into Jerusalem, and shall dwell in it. 9 And all the kints of the earth shall rejoice in it, ndorillg the kinc ol Israel. Id Heaikcn therefore, my children, to your fa- ther: serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do ihe things that please him : 1 1 And command vour children that they do jus- tice and alms-deeds, and that they be mindful of God, and bless him at all limes in Hull), and with all their power. 12 And now, children, hear me, and do not stay- here: but as soon as yon shall bury your mother by me in one sepulchre, without delay direct your steps to depart hence : 13 For I seethat its iniquity will bring it todestruc- tion. 14 And it came to pass that after the death of his mother, Tobias departed out of Ninive w it li his w ile, and children, and children's children, and returned to his father and mother-in-law. 15 And he found them in health in a good old age : and he took care of them, and he closed their eyes: and all the inheritance of BagoeFs house came to him : and he saw his children's children to (he fifth generation. 16 And after he had lived ninetv-nine years in the fear of the Lord, with joy they buried him. 17 And all his kindred, and all his generation continued in good life, and in holy conversation, so that they were acceptable both to God, and to men, and to all that dwelt in the land. THE BOOK OF JUDITH. The Barred writer of this hook is generally hrliered to he the high priest Eliaehim railed oho Joachim. The transaclitms hire- in related, mint pmhahly huppi nrd in his day*, and in the reign qf Ma.iatscs, after his repentant t nnd n turn from cap- tivity . It takes its name from that illustrious woman, by whose virtue and fw'.itiidt ■ and armed irith prayer, the rhildnn ol Israel wert preserved from the destruction t/iniitrm tl tin m In/ Htil'ifernes and his great army. It finishes with her canticli qf thanksgiving to CHAP. I. babii.hndontjiur king of the Assyrians overeometh Arphaxad kinir tfthf Mrdts "IYTOW Arphaxad* king of the Medes had brought ■»-" many nations under his dominions : and be SM built a very strong city, which he called Ecliatnna, 2 Of stones squared and hewed: he made the walls thereof seventy cubits broad, and thirty cubits high: and the towers thereof he made a hundred cubits high. But on the square of them, each side was exiended the space of twent\ bet. 3 And he made the gates thereof according to the height of the towers : * Jlrpkaxsd He was probably Ibe tame u n railed Dtjtxti by 1 \e mdotns ; to wbotn be attribute* tbc buiUliug of Ecbataoa, tbe cafuUk city of Media. CHAP. II, III. haxad,and overcame him, 6 In the great plain which is called Ragau, about the Euphrates, and the Tigris, and the Jadason, in the plain of Erioch the king of the Elicians. 7 Then was the kingdom of Nabuchodonosor ex- alted, and his heart was elevated : and he sent to all that dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Liba- u us, 8 And to the nations that are in Carmelus, and Cedar, and to the inhabitants of Galilee in the great plain of Esdrclon, 9 And to all that were in Samaria, and beyond the river Jordan even to Jerusalem, and all the land of Jesse till you come to the borders of Ethiopia. 10 To all these Nabuchodonosor king of the As- syrians sent messengers: 1 1 But they all with one mind refused, and sent them hack empty, and rejected them without honour. 12 Then king Nabuchodonosor being angry against all that land, swore by his throne and king- dom that he would revenge himself of all those coun- tries. CHAP. 11. Nabuchodonosor sendrth Holof ernes to waste the countries of the west. IN the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodo- nosor, the two and twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of Na- oucbodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he would revenge himself. 2 And he called all the ancients, and all the go- vernors, and his officers of war, and communicated to them the secret of his counsel: 3 And be said that his thoughts were to hring all the earth under his empire. 4 And when this saying pleased them all, Nahu- chodonosor the king called Holofernes the general of his armies, 5 And said to him : Go out against all the king- doms of the west, and against them especially that despised my commandment. 6 Thy eye shall not spare any kingdom ; and all the strong cities thou shalt bring under my yoke. 7 Then Holofernes called the captains and offi- cers of the power of the Assyrians : and he mus- tered men for the expedition, as the king command- ed him, a hundred and twenty thousand fighting men on foot, and twelve thousand archers, horsemen. 8 And he made all his warlike preparations to go before with a multitude of innumerable camels, with all provisions sufficient for the armies in abundance, and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, without number. 9 He appointed corn to be prepared out of all Sy- ria in his passage. * Nabuchodonosor. P>ot the king of Babylon, who took and destroy- ed Jerusalem, but another of the same name, who reigned in Ninive ; •ad is called by profane historians Sootducliin. lie succeeded Asar- 10 But gold and silver he took out of the king's house in great abundance. 11 And he went forth, he and all the army, with the chariots, and horsemen, and archers, who co- vered the face of the earth, like locusts. 12 And vvhen he had passed through the borders of the Assyrians, he came to the great mountains ol Ange, which are on the left of Cilicia : and he went up to all their castles, and took all the strong places. 13 And he took by assault the renowned city of Melothus, and pillaged all the children of Tharsis, and the children oflsmahel, who were over-against the face of the desert, and on the south of the land of Cellon. 14 And he passed over the Euphrates, and came into Mesopotamia: and he forced all the stately cities that were there, from the torrent of Mambre, till one comes to the sea : 15 And he took the borders thereof, from Cilicia to thecoasts of Japhetb, which are towardsthe south. 16 And he carried away all the children of Ma- dian, and stripped them of all their riches : and all that resisted bun he slew with the edge of the sword. 17 And after these things he went down into the plains of Damascus in the days of the harvest ; and he set all the corn on fire ; and he caused all the trees and vineyards to be cut down 18 And the fear of him fell upon all the inhabit- ants of the land. CHAP. III. Mam ubmit themselves to Holofernes. He destroyeth their cities, and their" gods, that Nabuchodonosor only might be call- ed god. ^TMJFN the kings and the princes of all the cities -*- and provinces of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia, sent their am- bassadors, who coming to Holofernes, said : 2 Let thy indignation towards us cease: for it is better for us to live and serve Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subject to thee, than to die and to perish, or suffer the miseries of slavery. 3 Allourcities and our possessions, all mountains', and hills, and fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and goats, and horses, and camels, and all our goods, and families, are in thy sight: 4 Let all we have be subject to thy law. 5 Both we and our children are thy servants. 6 Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our ser- vice as it shall please thee. 7 Then he came down from the mountains with horsemen in great power, and made himself master of every city, and all the inhabitants of the land. 8 And from all the cities he took auxiliaries va- liant men, and chosen for war. 9 And so jgreat a fear lay upon all those provin- ces, that the inhabitants of all the cities, both princes and nobles, as well as the people, went out to meet him at his coming. 10 And received him with garlands, and lights, and dances, and timbrels, and flutes. haddon in the kingdom of the Assyrians, and ivas cotemporary with Manasses king of Judah. 387 JUDITH. 11 And thoudi they did these th'mzv thej coald not lor all that mitigate the fierceness <'t bin heart : 12 For In- lx>th destroyed their cities, and cut clown their groves. I> For Nabucbodonosor the kins; liail command- ed him to il< stray all the gods of the earth, that he nnlj might be called god bi those nations which could l>c brought under him by the power of Holo- fei 14 Ami wlnn he had passed through all Syria Sobal, and all Apauna, and all .Mesopotamia, be cone to the Iduineans into the land of Cmbaa : I") Ami he took possession oftheir cities, and stav- ed there foi thirty days, in whieh days he command- ed all the troops Of his arms to he united. chap, iv. The children of Israel prepare ihrmf Ivri to resist Holofcrnet. They cry to the Ijitrdfor help. THEN the children of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Juda, hearing these things, were ex- lingly afraid of him. J Dread and horror seized upon their minds; lest lie should do the same to Jerusalem and to the tem- ple of the Lord, that he had done toother cities, and their temples. 3 And ibej sent into all Samaria round about, as far as Jericho, and seized upon all the lops of the mountains : ) And they compassed their towns with walls. and gathered together com for provision for war. 5 And Eliachim the priest wrote to all that wen over-against Esdrelon, which faeetfa the great plain near Dothain, and to all by whom there might be a passage of way ; that they should take possession of the a>ccnts of the mountains, by which there might be an] way to Jerusalem, and should keep watch where the way was narrow between the mountain-. ti And the children of Israel did as the priest of the Lord, Eliachim, had appointed them. 7 And all the people cried to the Lord with preat earnestness: ana the) bumbled their souls in fast- ings, and prayers, Inith they and their wives. 8 And tin priests put on hair-cloths; and they caused the little children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord : and the altar of the Lord they covered with hair-cloth. 9 And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their children might not lie made a prey, and their wives carried off, and their cities destroyed, and their holj things profaned ; and that t he v m khi not be made a reproach to the Gentiles. 10 Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord Went about all Israel, and spoke to them. 11 Saying : Know ye that the Lord will hear J prayers, if you continue with perseverance in fast- ings and prayers in the sight of the Lord. 12 Remember .Moses the servant of the Lord, who own aim- Amalee that trusted in his rjWU strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not by fighting with the sword, but by holy prayers: 13 So shall all the enemies of Israel be, 'if you per- severe in this work which W>U have begun. 14 Bo the] being mo* edb\ this exhortation of his, prayed to the Lord, and continued in the sight ot the Lord. J6 So that even they who offered the holocausts to the Lord, offered the sacrifices to the Lord gird- ed with hair-cloths, and with ashes upon their head. 16 And they all begged of God with all tin ir heart, that he would \isit Ins people Israel. ( HAP. V. Achinr fires Hotofernet tin a< cnunt of the people of Israel. AND it was told liolofernet the general of the army of the Assyrians, that the children of Is- rael prepared themselves to resist, and had shut up the wa\s of the mountains. 2 And he was transported with exceeding great furv and indignation: and he called all the princes of Moab and the leaders of Amnion, 3 And he said to them : Tell me w hat is this peo- ple that hesetteth the mountains ; or w hat are tin ir cities, and of what sort, ami how great ; also w hat is their power, or what is their multitude; or who is the kinu o*er their warfare: 4 Ami why they shove all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to uieet us, that they might receive us with peace? 5 Then Achior captain of all the children of Ani- mon answering, said: If thou vouchsafe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains; and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth. 6 This people is of the offspring of the Chal- deans. 7 They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans. 8 Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods, 9 They worshipped one God of heaven, who also commanded them to depart from thence, and lo dwell in Charan. And when there was a famine over all the land, they went down into Egypt ; and there for four hundred years were so multiplied, that the army of them could not be numbered. 10 And when the lung of Egypt oppressed them, and made slaves of them to labour in clay and brick, in the building of his cities, they cried to their Lord; and he struck the whole land of Egypt with divers plagues. 1 1 And when the Egyptians had cast them put from them, and the plague had ceased from them, and they had a mind to take (hem again, and bring them back to their sen M 12 The God of heaven opened the sea to them in their lliidit. so that the waters were made to stand firm as a wall on either side; and they walked through the bottom of the sea. and passed it dn foot. 13 And when an innumerable arm] of the Egyp* tians pursued alter them in that place, they were so overwhelmed with the waters, that there wis not one left, to tell w hat had happened, to p o st er it y. 14 And after they came out ot the Ked Sea, they abode in the deserts o! mount Sim, in which never man could dwell, or son of man rested. CHAP. VI. 15 There bitter fountains were made sweet for chem to drink: and for forty years they received food from heaven. 16 Wheresoever they went in without how and arrow, and without shield and sword, their God fought for them, and overcame. 17 And there was no one that triumphed over this people, but when they departed from the wor- ship of the Lord their God. 18 But as often as beside their own God, they worshipped any other, they were given to spoil, and to the sword, and to reproach. 19 And as often as they were penitent for having revolted from the worship of their God, the God of heaven gave them power to resist. 20 So they overthrew the king of the Chanaan- ites, and of the Jebusites, and of the Pherezites, and of the Hethites, and of the Hevites, and of the Amorrhites, and all the mighty ones in Hesebon: and they possessed their lands, and their cities : 21 And as long as they sinned not in the sight of their God, it was well with them: for their God riateth iniquity. 22 And even some years ago when they had re- volted from the way which God had given them ♦o walk therein, they were destroyed in battles by many nations; and very many of them were led away captive into a strange land. 23 But of late returning to the Lord their Go.d, from the different places wherein they were scatter- ed, they are come together, and are gone up into all these mountains, and possess Jerusalem again, where their holies are. 24 Now therefore, my lord, search if there be any iniquity of theirs in the sight of their God ; let us go uj) to them, because their God will surely deliver them to thee, and they shall be brought under the yoke of thy power : 25 But if there be no offence of this people in the sight of their God, we cannot resist them; be- cause their God will defend them; and we shall be a reproach to the whole earth. 26 And it came to pass, when Achior had ceased to speak these words, all the great men of H,olo- fernes were angry: and they had a mind to kill him, saying to each other : 27 Who is this, that saith the children of Israel can resist king Nabnchodonosor, and his armies, men unarmed, and without force, and without skill in the art of war? 28 That Achior therefore may know that he de- ceiveth us, let us go up into the mountains : and when the bravest of them shall be taken, then shall he with them be stabbed with the sword : 29 That every nation may know that Nabncho- donosor is god of the earth, and besides him there is no other. CHAP. VI. Holofernes in great rage sendeth Arhinr to BetJiulia, there to be slain with the Israelites. A ND it came to pass when they had left off ■** speaking, that Holofernes being in a violent passion, said to Ach« 2 Because thou hast prophesied unto us, saying that the nation of Israel is defended by their God, to show thee that there is no God, but Nabuchodo- nosor : 3 When we shall slay them all as one man, then thou also shalt di<> with them by the sword of the Assyrians: and all Israel shall perish with thee: 4 And thou shalt find that Nahuchodonosoi is lord of the whole earth : and then the sword of my soldiers shall pass through thy sides: and thou shaft be stabbed, and fall among the wounded of Israel; and thou shalt breathe no more till thou be destroyed with them. 5 But if thou think thy prophecy true, let not thy countenance sink, and let the paleness that is in thy face, depart from thee, if thou imaginest these my words cannot be accomplished. 6 And that thou mayst know that thou shalt ex- perience these things together with them, behold, from this hour thou shalt be associated to their peo- ple ; that when they shall receive the punishment they deserve from my sword, thou mayst fall under the same vengeance. 7 Then Holofernes commanded his servants to take Achior, and to lead him to Bethulia, and to deliver him into the hands of the children of Israel. 8 And the servants of Holofernes taking him, went through the plains: but when they came near the mountains, theslingers came out against them. 9 Then turning out of the way by the side of the mountain, they tied Achior to a tree hand and foot ; and so left him bound with ropes, and returned to their master. 10 And the children of Israel coming down from Bethulia, came to him. And loosing him, they hrought him to Bethulia, and setting him in the midstof the people, asked him what was the mat- ter that the Assyrians had left him bound. 11 In those days the rulers there were Ozias the son ofMicha of the tribe of Simeon, and Charmi, called also Gothoniel. 12 And Achior related in the midst of the an- cients, and in the presence of all the people, all that he had said, being asked by Holofernes: and how the people of Holofernes would have killed him for this word : 13 And how Holofernes himself being angry had commanded him to be delivered for this cause to the Israelites; that when he should overcome the chil- dren of Israel, then he might command Achior also himself to be put to death by divers torments, for having said : The God of heaven is their defender. 14 And when Achior had declared all these things, all the people fell upon their faces, adoring the Lord, and all of them together mourning and weeping poured out their prayers with one accord to the Lord, 15 Saying: O Lord God of heaven and earth, behold their pride, and look on our low condition, and have regard to the face of thy saints*, and show that thou forsakest not them that trust on thee, and that thou humblest them that presumeof themselve*. and glory in their own strength. 380 jriMTii. 16 So wlun their weeping was ended, and the people's prayer, in wbkh they continued all the day, m concluded, they comforted Achior, 17 Saying : Tie God <>f our fathers, whose power thou hast set loith. will make this return to thee, thai thou rather shah see their destruction. 18 And when the Lord our God shall give t li i>« liberty to his servants, let God be with thee also in the miilst of us: that as it shall please thee, so thou with all thine maw converse with as. 19 Then Ozias, after the assembly was broken up, received him into his house, and made him a it supper. \n(l all the ancients were invited; and they refreshed themselves together after their fast was o?er. 21 And afterwards all the people wen railed to- gether; and they prayed all the night long within the church,* desiring help of the God of Israel. (HAP. VII. Holafrmet hesiegeth Bethulia. The dixtres* nf the besieged. "I>l.'T Hoiofernes on the oexi day jave orders to •*-* his army logo up against Bcthnha. J Now there were in his troops a hundred and twent] thousand footmen, and two and twenty thou- sand horsemen, besides the preparations of those men who had been taken, and who had been brought away out of the provinces and cities, of all the youth. 3 All these prepared themselves together to fight against the children of Israel, and they came by the hill side to the top, which lookelh toward Dotliain, from the place which is called Belma, unto C'hel- mon, which is over-aga'mst Ksdrelon. 4 But the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them, prostrated themselves Upon the ground, putting ashes upon their heads, praying with one accord, that the Godof Israel would show bis mercy upon his people. 5 \nd taking their arms of war, they posted them- selves at the places, which by a narrow path-wav led directly between the mountains ; and thev guard- ed them all day and night. 6 Now Hoiofernes, in goiug round al>out found that the fountain which supplied them with water, ran through an aqueduct without the city on the south sid": and he commanded their aqueduct to lie cut off. 7 Nevertheless there were springs not far from the w alls, out of which they were seen secretlj to draw water, to refresh themselves a little rather than lo drink their I'll. 8 lint the children of Ammon and Moah came to Hoiofernes, saying: The children of Israel trust not in their spears, nor in their arrows: but the mountains are their defence, and the steep hills and precipices guard them. 9 l\ berefore thai thou mays! overcome them with- out joining battle, set guards at the springs, that the; tin\ not draw water out of them ; and thou shall destroy them without sword; or it least being wea- ried out they will yield np their city, which the) * TVcWch. pr»»er. Th»t u, the tjnafof tie or place where they met t»r M suppose, l>erause it is situate iu the mo u n tai ns , to be impregnable. 10 And these words pleased Hoiofernes. and his officers: and be placed all round about a hundred men at every spring. 11 \nd wheuthej had kept this watch for full twenty (la\s. the cisterns, and tf,c reserve of wa- ters failed anion:; all the inhabitants of Hethulia; so that there was not within the city, enough to tisfv them, no not for one day : for water was daily given out to the people by measure. 1 J Then all the men and women. frOODg men, and children, gathering themselvestogetner to ( teias, all together wrth one mice, 18 Said: God be judge between ns and thee: for thou hast done evil against us. in that thou wonldst not speak peaceablj with the Assyrians: and lor this cause (iod hath sold us into their hands. 14 And therefore there is no one to help us, while we are cast down before their eyes in thirst, and sad destruction. 15 And now assemble ye all that are in the city that we may of our own accord yield OUTSetves all up to the people of Hoiofernes. 16 For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after We have seen our wives and our infants die before our cms. t!7 We call to witness thisda) heaven and earth, and the (iod of our fathers, who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins, conj u ring you to de- liver now the city into the hand of the army of Holo- lemes, that our end may be short by the edge of the sword, which is made longer by the drought of thirst. 18 And when they had said these things, there was ma! weeping and lamentation of all in the as- sembly; and for many hours with one voice they cried to God, sa\ ing: 1!* We have sinned with our fathers: we hjrre done unjustly: we have committed imqertj : J<> Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good ; or punish our iniquities by chastising us thy- self, and deliver not them that trust iu thee to a peo- ple that knoweth not thee, 21 That they may not say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? ' And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these w t ttfjttgs, they held their peace, 23 Ozias rising Up all in tears, said : He ol p courage, my brethren: and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord. 2 V For perhaps he will put a stop to his indigna- tion, and will »\\r glory to his own name. # 25 Hut if aftet ive davs be past, there come no aid, we will do the things which you have spoken. CHAP. VIII. The character ■>/ Judith : her discourse to the anrirnt$. TVTOW it came m pass, when Judith a widow had -L' heard these words, who was the daughter of Merari, the son of IdoX. the son of Joseph, the son of Ozias, the son of l-.lai, tin sou of Jainnor, the sou of (iedeon. the sou of Haphaim, the son of Achitob, the son of Mekhias, the son of Enan, the CHAP. IX. son of Nathanias, the son of Salathiel, the son of Simeon, the son of Ruben :* 2 And her husband was Manasses, who died in the time of the barley harvest: 3 For he was standing over them that hound sheaves in the field ; and the heat came upon his head; and he died in Bcthulia his own city, and was buried there with his fathers. 4 And Judith, his relict was a widow now three years and six months. • 5 And she made herself a private chamber in the upper part of her house, in which she abode, shut up with her maids. 6 And she wore hair-cloth upon her loins, and fasted all the days of her life, except the sabbaths, and new-moons, and the feasts of the houseof Israel. 7 And she was exceedingly beautiful : and her husband left her great riches, and very many ser- vants, and large possessions of herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep. 8 And she was greatly renowned among all, be- cause she feared the Lord very much ; neither was there any one that spoke an ill word of her. 9 When therefore she had heard that Ozias had promised that he would deliver up the city after the lifth day,shesentto the ancients Chabri andCharmi. 10 And they came to her; and she said to them : What is this word, by which Ozias hath consented to give up the city to the Assyrians, if within five days there come no aid to us? 1 1 And who are you that tempt the Lord ? 12 This is not a word that may draw down mercy, hut rather that may stir up wrath, and enkindle indignation. 1 3 You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord ; and you have appointed him a day, according to rour pleasure. 14 But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us be penitent for this same thing; and with many tears let us beg his pardon : 15 For God will not threaten like man, nor be inflamed to anger like the son of man. 16 And therefore let us humble our souls before him; and continuing in an humble spirit, in his service, 1 7 Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according to his will so he would show his mercy to us; that as our heart is troubled by their pride, so also we may glorify in our humility: 18 For we have not followed the sins of our father*, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods. 19 For which crime they were given up to their enemies, to the sword, and to pillage, and to con- fusion : but we know no other God but him. 2f Let us humbly wait for his consolation; and the Lord our God will require our blood of the * Simeon the son of Ruben. In the Greek it is the son of Israel. For Simeon the patriarch, from whom Judith descended, was not the son, b.il the brother of Ruben. It seems more probable that the Simeon and the Ruben here mentioned are not the patriarchs ; but two of the descendants of the patriarch Simeon : and that the genealogy of Ju- dith, lecorded in this place, is not carried up so high as the patriarchs. No more than that of Elcana the father of Samuel, 1 Kings i, 1. and that of king Saul, I Kings ix 1, afflictions of our enemies : and he will humble all the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring them to disgrace. 21 And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of God, and their very soul restcth upon you; comfort their hearts by your speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted, that they might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly. 22 They must remember how our father Abra- ham was tempted, and being proved by many tribu- lations, was made the friend of God. 23 So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all that have pleased God, passed through many tribulations, remaining faithful. 24 But they that did not receive the trials with the fear of the Lord, but uttered their impatience and thereproachof their murmuringagainstthe Lord, 25 Were destroyed by the destroyer, and perished by serpents. 26 As for us therefore let us not revenge ourselves for these things which we suffer, 27 But esteeming these very punishments to be less than our sins deserve, let us believe that these scourges of the Lord, with which like servants we are chastised, have happened for our amendment, and not for our destruction. 28 And Ozias and the ancients said to her: All things which thou hast spoken are true ; and there is nothing to be reprehended in thy words. 29 Now therefore pray for us; for thou art a holy woman, and one fearing God. 30 And Judith said to them : As you know that what I have been able to say is of God : 31 So that which I intend to do, prove ye if- it be of God, and pray that God may strengthen my design. 32 You shall stand at the gate this night, and I will go out with my maid-servant : and pray ye, that as you have said, in five days the Lord may look down upon his people Israel. 33 But I desire that you search not into what I am doing; and till 1 bring you word let nothing else be done but to pray for me to the Lord our God. 34 And Ozias the prince of Juda said to her : Go in peace, and the Lord be with thee to take revenge of our enemies. So returning they departed. CHAP. IX. Judith's prayer, to beg of God to fortify her in her undertaking. \ ND when they were gone, Judith went into her -^*- oratory ; and putting on hair-cloth, laid ashes on her head : and falling down prostrate before the Lord, she cried to the Lord, saying : 2 O Lord God of my father Simeon, who gavest him a sword t to execute vengeance against stran- f Gavest him a sward, fyc. The justice of God is here praised, in punishing by the sword of Simeon the crime of the Sichemites : and not the fact of Simeon, which was justly condemned by his father, Gen- xlix. 5. Though even with regard to this fact, we may distin- guish between his *eal against the crime committed by the ravishers of his sister, which aeal may be considered just i and "the manner of his punishing that crim«, which was irregular and excessive. 391 JUDITH. gers, who bad defiled l>y iheir unclcanucss, tod un- red tlit- \ir^in unto c-oiifusioii : \iid wlio gavest their \\ ives to Ik- made a prey, ;iui I their daughters into captivity : and all their Spoilt to lie divided to thy sen ants, who W< re Ei B lous with th> Seal : assist, 1 beseech lliee, () Lord n idow. V For thou nasi done the things of old, and bast devised one thing alter another : and what thou hast design* d hath been d -. 5 Tor all thy w a\ s are prepared, and in thy provi- denee thou hast placed thy judgments. • '. Look upon the camp of the Assyrians now, as thou wast pleased to look upon the camp ot the Egyptians, when they pursued armed after thy ser- \ nits, trusting in their chariots, and in their horse- men, and in a multitude of warriors. 7 Hut thou loofcedst over their camp, and dark- ness wearied them. The deep held their feet, and the waters over- whelmed them. 9 So may it lx- with these also, O Lord, who trust in their multitude, and in their chariots, and in tluir pikes, and in their shields, and in their arrows, and glorj in their spears, Id And know not that thou art our God, who destroyesi wars from the beginning, and the Lord is thy name. 11 Lift up thy arm as from the beginning, and crush their power with thy power: let their power tall in their wrath, w ho promise themselves to violate thy sanctuary, and defile the dwelling-place of th\ name, and to beat down with their sword the horn of thy altar. 1 1 lirim- to pass, O Lord, that his pride may be tut oflT with his own sword. 1.) Let him be caught in the net of his own eyes in m\ regard; arfd do thou strike him by the gra of the words of my lips. 14 Give me constancy in my mind, that I may despise him; and fortitude that I may overthrow him. 1") For this will be a glorious monument for thy name, when he shall fall by the hand of a wo- man. 1 ti For thy power, O Lord, is not in a multitude, nor is thy pleasure in the Btrength of horses; nor from the beginning have the proud been acceptable to thee : but the prayer of the humble and the meek bath always pleased tin 17 () (iod of the heavens, ( 'rcator of the waters, and Lord of the whole creation, hear me a poor w nidi, making supplication to thee, and presuming of thy mere) . 18 Remember, O Lord, thy covenant, and put thou words in my mouth, ami strengthen the re- solution in my heart, that thy house may continue in thy Imlim 1!' And all nations may acknowledge that thou art God, and there is no other besides thee. * Brtoun Iknrv. 1ft. In tla« Bad the following chanter, «4nnr thine* *r* related to have hern »aid bv Judith, whir* *eem hard to reconcile mih truth. But all that it related in ~ nntore of theaervanti of God MS CHAP. X. Judith goeth out totrardu the ramp, and it taken, and brmtgkt to IhtliUrnts. \ N I ) it came to pass, w hen she had ceased to cry ■**- to the Lord, that she rose from the place wherein she lay prostrate before the Lord. 2 And she called her maid : and going down into her house, she took off her haircloth, and put away the garments of her w idow hood. 3 And she washed her body, and anointed her- self with the best ointment, and plaited the hair of her head, and put a Ixninet upon her head, and clothed herself with the garments of her gladness, and put sandals on her feel, and took her bracelets, and lilies, and eailels. and rings, and adorned her- self with all her ornaments. 4 And the Lord also gave her more beat*} : be- cause all this dressing up did not proceed from sen- suality, but from virtue: and therefore the Lord in- creased this her beauty, so that she appealed to all men's eyes incomparablj lovely. 5 And she gave to her maid a bottle of wine to carry, and a vessel of oil, and parched corn, and dry tigs, and bread and cheese; and went out. 6 And w hen they came to the gate of the city, they found O/.ias and the ancients of the city Waiting. 7 And when they saw her, the\ were astonished, and admired bet heautx exceedingly. 8 But they* asked her no question; only they let her pass, saying : The ( iod of our fathers give thee grace, and may be strengthen all the counsel of thy heart wirh his power, that Jerusalem ma\ glory in thee, and thy name may be in the number of the liolv and just. 9 And they that were there said, all with one voice : So be it, so lie it. 10 But Judith praying to the Lord, passed through the gates, SM and her maid. 11 And it came to pass, when she went down the hill, about break of day, that the watchmen of the Assyrians met her, and Stopped her, sa\ing: Whence contest thou? or whither goest thour 12 And she answered : 1 am a daughter of the Hebrews, and I am fled from them, because I knew * they would be made a prey to you, because they despised you, and would not of their own accord Meld theuisehes, that they might find uure\ in \our sight. 13 For this reason I thought with myself, saying: I will go to the presence of the prince Hololerm s, that I may tell him their secrets, and show him by what way he may take them, without the losi of one man of his army. 14 And when the men had heard her words, they beheld her face, and their ayes were amazed ; lor they wondered exceedingly at her beauty. 15 And they said to her : Thou hast saved thy life by taking this resolution, to come don n to our lord. 16 And be assured of this, that when thou shall U not approved bv the acrinturc : and eren the tainU in tttc-ir food en terpriae* may •ocnetimea (lip into venial am*. CHAP. XI, XII. rfand before liim, he will treat thee well, and thou wilt be most acceptable to his heart. And they L.ought her to the tent of Holofernes, telling him of her. 1" And when she was come into his presence, forthwith Holofernes was caught by his eyes. 18 An 1 his officers said to him : Who can despise the peopl 5 of the Hebrews, who have such beautiful women, tiiat we should not think it worth our while for their sakes to fight against them ? 19 And Judith seeing Holofernes sitting under a canopy, which was woven of purple and gold, with emeralds and precious stones, 20 After she had looked on his face, bowed down to him, prostrating herself to the ground. And the servants of Holofernes lifted her up, by the com- mand of their master. CHAP. XI. Judith's speech to Holofernes. THEN Holofernes said to her : Be of good com- fort, and fear not in thy heart : for 1 have never hurt a man that was willing to serve Nabuchodono- sor the king. 2 And if thy people had not despised me, I would never have lifted up my spear against them. 3 But now tell me, for what cause hast thou left them, and why it hath pleased thee to come to us ? 4 And Judith said to him : Receive the words of thy handmaid; for if thou wilt follow the words of thy handmaid, the Lord will do with thee a perfect thing. 5 For as Nabuchodonosor the king of the earth liveth, and his power liveth which is in thee for chas- tising of all straying souls : not only men serve him through thee, but also the beasts of the field obey him. 6 For the industry of thy mind is spoken of among all nations: and it is told through the whole world, that thou only art excellent and mighty in all his kingdom ; and thy discipline is cried up in all provinces. 7 It is known also what Achior said; nor are we ignorant of what thou hast commanded to be done to him. 8 For it is certain that our God is so offended with sins, that he hath sent word by his prophets to the people, that he will deliver them up for their sins. 9 And because the children of Israel know they have offended their God, thy dread is upon them. 10 Moreover also a famine hath come upon them; and for drought of water they are already to be count- ed among the dead. 11 And they have a design even to kill their cat- tle, and to drink the blood of them. 12 And the consecrated things of the Lord their God which God forbid them to touch, in corn, wine, and oil, these have they purposed to make use of: anr 1 they design to consume the things which they ought not to touch with their hands: therefore be- cause they do these things, it is certain they will be given up to destruction. 13 And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled from them ; and the Lord hath sent me to tell thee ihese very things. 3D 14 For I thy handmaid worship God even now that I am with thee; and thy handmaid will go out, and I will pray to God : 15 And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins: and I will ^ome and tell thee, so that I may bring thee hrouf, . the midst of Jerusalem ; and thou shalt ha\ 2 all tne people of Israel, as sheep that have no shepierd; and there shall not so much as one dog bark against thee: 1G Because these things are told me by the pro- vidence of God. 17 And because God is angry with them, I am sent to tell these very things to thee. 18 And all these words pleased Holofernes, and his servants; and they admired her wisdom ; and they said one to another: 19 There is not such another woman upon earth in look, in beauty, and in sense of words. 20 And Holofernes said to her: God hath done well who sent thee before the people, that thou Brightest give them into our hands: 21 And because thy promise is good, if thy God shall do this for me, he shall also be my God ; and thou shalt be great in the house of Nabuchodonosor, and thy name shall be renowned through all the earth. CHAP. XII. Judith goeth out in the night to pray : she is invited to a ban- quet with Holofernes. ^T^HEN he ordered that she should go in where -■- his treasures were laid up, and bade her tarry there : and he appointed what should be given her from his own table. 2 And Judith answered him, and said: Now I cannot eat of these things which thou command) st to be given me, lest sin come upon me: but I will eat of the things which I have brought. 3 And Holofernes said to her: If these things which thou hast brought with thee fail thee, what shall we do for thee? 4 And Judith said: As thy soul liveth, my lord, thy handmaid shall not spend all these things till God do by my hand that which 1 have purposed. And his servants brought her into the tent which he had commanded. 5 And when she was going in, she desired that she might have liberty to go out at night and before day, to prayer, and to beseech the Lord. 6 And he commanded his chamberlains, that she might go out and in, to adore her God as she pleas- ed, for thrae days. 7 And she went out in the nights into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water. 8 And as she came up, she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, that he would direct her way to the deliverance of his people. 9 And going in, she remained pure in the tent, until she took her own meat in the evening. 10 And it came to pass on the fourth day, that Holofernes made a supper for his servants; and said to Vagao his runuch: Go, and persuade thai He brew woman, to consent of her own accord to dwell with me. 393 jrnmi. 11 For it is looked upon shameful among the rttan*, it a w out. in mock a man, In doing so as to pass free from him. 12 Then Vagao went in to Judith, ami mid: Let not my good in. ml he afraid to go in to my lord, that she may bt' honoured before his face, that she ma\ eal with him, and drink w ine, and M incrrv. 13 And Judith sjlssWflcd him: Who am I, that 1 should gaitisav m\ lord? 1 i- Ml that shall be good and best before his eyes, I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, diat shall b«' best to me all the days of my life. 15 And she arose, and dressed herself out with her garments; and going in she stood before his face. hi And the heart of llolofernes was smitten, for he was burning with the desire of her. 17 Anil Holofernes said to her : Drink now, and sit down, and he merry; for thou hast found favour before me. 18 And Judith said: I will drink, my lord; be- cause im life is magnified thisday above all my days, 19 And she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared for her. 20 And Holofernes was made merry on her occa- sion, and drank exceeding much wine, so much as he had never drunk in his life. CHAP. XIII. Judith cutteik off the head of Holofernes, and retumeth to Itcthulia. \ NT) when it was grown late, his servants made -^*- bMtC to their lodgings; and Vagao shut the chamber-doors, and went his way. 2 And they were all overcharged with wine: 3 And Judith was alone in the chamber. 4 Hut Holofernes lay on his bed, fast asleep, bring exceedingly drunk. • 5 And Judith spoke to her maid, to stan 1 with- out before the chamber, and to watch: 6 \ml Judith stood before the bed, praying with tears, ami the motion of her lips in silence, lying: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel; and in this hour look on the works of my hands, that as thou hast promised, thou mayst raise up Jerusa- lem thy city: and that I maj bring to pass that which I have piir|>osed, having a belief that it might be done bj thee. 8 And whin she had said this, she went to the pillar that was at kit bed's head, and loosed his sword that hung tied upon it. 9 And when she had drawn it out, she took him In the hair of his he.nl, ;iml said: Strengthen me, Lord < o>d, at this hour. 10 And she struck twice upon his neck, and cut ofl" his head, and took oil' his cauoity from the pillars, and rolled awa\ his headless body. 11 And alter a while she went out, ami deliver- ed the head of Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into het wallet. 1 J And ihe\ two went out according to their cus- tom, as if it wen to prayer: and they passed the camp, and having compassed the valley, the) came to the gate of the city. 3M 13 And Judith from afar off cried to the wau.tl- meii upon the walls: Open the for God is with us, who hath show n his power in Israel. 14 And it came to pass, when the men had beard her voice, that they called the ancients <>| the citv. |6 tad all ran to meet her from the least to thr greatest: for thej had now no hopes that she would come 16 And lighting up lights they all gathered round about her:' and she went up to a higher place, and commanded silence to be made. And when all had held their peace, 17 Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, w ho hath not forsaken them that hope in him. 18 And by tne his handmaid he hath fulfilled his mercy, which be promised to the house of Ism I: and he hath killed the enemy of his people bj my hand this night. 19 Then she brought forth the head of Holofernes out of the wallet, ami showed it them, saying: Be- hold the head of Holofernes the general of the army of the \ss\ i ians: and behold his canopy, w herein he lay in his drunkenness, where the Lord our God slew him bj the hand of a woman. 20 But as the same Lord li\eth, his angel hath been m\ keeper both going hence, and abiding there, and returning from thence hither: and the Lord hath not suffered me his handmaid to be defiled : but h i h brought me back to you without pollution of sin, rejoicing for bis victory, for my escape, and for your deliverance. 21 Give all of you glory to him, because be is good, because his mens endureth lor ever. 22 And they all adored the Lord, and said to her: The Lord hath blessed thee by bis power; because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nought. 23 And O/ias the prince of the people of Isiai I, said to her: Blessed art thou, O (laughter, by tin- Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth. 24 Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting olT the head of the prince of our enemies. 23 Because he hath so magnified thy name this da] . that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men, who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord forever: for that thou hast not spared t li\ life, bt reason of the distress and tribulation of tin peo- ple; but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our God. 26 And all the people said : So l>c it, so be it. 27 And Axhior being called for came; and Jurli h said to him: The God of Israel, to whom thou ..in si testimony, that be reveugeth himself of his enemies, he hath cut oft the head of all the unbe- lievers this night by my hand. J.'! And that thou mays! find that it is so, behold the head of Holofernes, who in the contempt of ilil pride despised the God of Israel; and threatened thee with death. sa\ing: When the people of Israel shall be taken, I will command thy sides to bepii n < d w ith a sword. 29 Then Achior seeing the head of Holofernes, CHAP. being seized with a great fear, he fell on his face upon the earth, and his soul swooned away. 30 But after he had recovered his spirits he fell Jown at her feet, and reverenced her, and said : 31 Blessed art thou by thy God in every taberna- cle of Jacob, for in every nation which shall hear thy name, the God of Israel shall be magnified on occasion of thee. CHAP. XIV. The Israelites assault the Assyrians, who, finding their general slain, are seized with a panic fear. AND Judith said to all the people: Hear me, my brethren, hang ye up this head upon our walls : 2 And as soon as the sun shall rise, let every man take his arms, and rush ye out, not as going down beneath, but as making an assault. 3 Then the watchmen must needs run to awake their prince for the battle. 4 And when the captains of them shall run to the tent of Holofernes, and shall find him without his head wallowing in his blood, fear shall fall upon them. 5 And when you shall know that they are fleeing, go after them securely; for the Lord will destroy them under your feet. 6 Then Achior seeing the power that the God of Israel had wrought, leaving the religion of the Gen- tiles, he believed God, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined to the people of Israel, with all the succession of his kindred until this pre- sent day. 7 And immediately at break of day, they hung up the head of Holofernes upon the walls: and every man took his arms, and they went out with a great noise and shouting. 8 And the watchmen seeing this, ran to the tent of Holofernes. 9 And they that were in the tent came, and made a noise before the doorof the chamberto awake him, endeavouring by art to break his rest, that Holofernes might awake, not by their calling him, but by their noise. 10 For no man durst knock, or open and go into the chamber of the general of the Assyrians. 1 1 But when his captains and tribunes werecome, and all the chiefs of the army of the king of the Assyrians, they said to the chamberlains: 12 Go in, and awake him; for the mice coming out of their holes, have presumed to challenge us to fight. 13 Then Vagao going into his chamber, stood be- fore the curtain, and made a clapping with his hands : for he thought that he was sleeping with Judith. 14 But when with hearkening, he perceived no motion of one lying, he came near to the curtain, and lifting it up, and seeing the body of Holofernes, lying upon the ground, without the head, weltering in his blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with weeping, and rent his garments. 15 And he went into the tent of Judith, and not finding her, he ran out to the people, 16 And said: One Hebrew woman hath made confusion in the house of king Nabuchodonosor ; for XIV, XV. behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground, and his head is not upon him. 17 Now when the chiefs of the army of the As- syrians had heard this, they all rent their garments; and an intolerable fear and dread fell upon them, and their minds were troubled exceedingly. 18 And there was a very great cry in the midst of their camp. CHAP. XV. The Assyrians fee : the Hebrews pursue after them, and are enriched by their spoils. A ND when all the army heard that Holofernes x *- was beheaded, courage and counsel fled from them : and being seized with trembling and fear, they thought only to save themselves by flight : 2 So that no one spoke to his neighbour, but hanging down the head, leaving all things behind, they made haste to escape from the Hebrews, w ho, as they heard, were coming armed upon them, and fled by the ways of the fields, and the paths of the hills. 3 So the children of Israel seeing them fleeing, followed after them. And they went down sound- ing with trumpets, and shouting after them. 4 And because the Assyrians were not united to- gether, they went without order in their flight; but the children of Israel pursuing in one body, de- feated all that they could find. 5 And Ozias sent messengers through all the cities and countries of Israel. 6 And every country, and every city, sent their chosen young men armed after them : and they pur- sued them with the edge of the sword, until they came to the extremities of their confines. 7 And the rest that were in Bethulia went into the camp of the Assyrians, and took away the spoils, which the Assyrians in their flight had left behind them ; and they were loaden exceedingly. 8 But they that returned conquerers to Bethulia, brought with them all things that were theirs, so that there was no numbering their cattle, and beasts, and all their moveables, insomuch that from the least to the greatest all were made rich by their spoils. 9 And Joachim the high priest came from Jeru- salem to Bethulia with all his ancients to see Judith. 10 And when she was come out to him, they all blessed her with one voice, saying : Thou art the glory of Jerusalem ; thou art the joy of Israel ; thou art the honour of our people : 1 1 For thou hast done manfully, and thy heart has been strengthened; because thou hast loved chastity, and after thy husband hast not known any other : therefore alsothehand of the Lord hath strengthened thee, and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever. 12 And all the people said : So be it, so be it. 13 And thirty days were scarce sufficient for the people of Israel to gather up the spoils of the As- syrians. 14 But all those things that were proved to be the peculiar goods of Holofernes, they gave to Judith, in gold, and silver, and garments, and precious stones, and all household stuff"; and they all were delivered to her by the people. 395 F>TUER. 15 And all the people rejoiced] w ith the women, and v u-^in-,, sod young men, playing on instruments and harps. CHAP. XVI. The canticle qfjuduk: ktr rirtuoun life and death. 'TMIF.N Judith sung this canticle to the Lord, o S ,jr, . U * : 2 Beau ye to the Lord with timbrels ; sing veto the Lord withcjmbals; tune unto him a new psalm; extoUind rail upon his name. 3 The Lord pulteth an end to wars, the Lord is his name. 4 He hath set his camp in the midst of his people, to deliver ns from the hand of all our enemies. 5 The Assyrian came out of the mountains from the north in the multitude of his strength: his mul- titude stopped up the torrents; and their In covered the valleys. 6 He bragged that he would set my borders on fire, and kill my young men with the sword, to make my infants a prey, and my virgins captives. 7 But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him. 8 For their mighty one did not fall by young men ; neither did the sons of Titan Strike him, DOT tall giants oppose themselves to him : bat Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty ol her face. 9 For she put off her the garments of widow- hood, and put on her the garments of joy, to give JOJ to I lit: children of Israel. 10 She anointed her face with ointment, and hound up her locks with a crown ; she took a new robe to ive him. 11 Her sandals ravished his eyes; her beauty made his soul her captive; with a sword she out off his head. 12 The Persians quaked at her constancy, and the Mcdes at her hold in 13 Then the ramp of the Assyrians howled, when mj lowly ones appeared, parched with thirst. 11 The sons of the damsels have pierced them through; and they have killed them like children fleeing away : they perished in battle before the luce of the Lord my (iod. 15 Let us sing a hymn to the Lord let us sing a new hymn to our God. It> O Adonai Lord, great art thou, and glorioui m thy power; and no one can Overcome th< 17 Let all thy creatines serve i h. e : because thou h:ist spoken, and the\ w. re made: thou didst send forth ihy Spirit, and the] were created ; and there is no one that can resist thy voice. 18 The mountains shall be moved from the foun datmns with the waters: the rocks shall melt as was before thy bee. 19 But they that fear thee, shall Ik- great with thee m all things. 20 Wo be to the nation that riseth up against my people: for the Lord almighty will take revenge on them; m the day of judgment he will vis.it them. 21 For he will give tire and worms into their o« t,,(V " KIN m,rn ' aml n,:iv , *' t ' 1 'or ever. 22 And it came to pass after these things, that all the people, alter the victory, came to Jerusalem, to adore the Lord : and as soon as ihe\ were purified, they all offered holocausts, and vows, and their promises. , 23 And Judith offered for an anathema of obli- vion* all the arms of Holoferues, which the people gave her, and the canopy that she had takes away out of his chamber. 24 And the people were joyful in the sight of the sanctuary ; and for three months the joy of this vic- tory was celebrated with Judith. . 25 And after those days every man returned to his house: and Judith was made great in Bethulia, and she was most renow ned in all the land of Israel. 26 And chastity was joined to her virtue, so that she knew no man all the days of her life, after the death of Mauasses her husband. 27 And on festival days she came forth w ith great glory. 28 And she abode in her husband's house a hun- dred and five years, an. I made her handmaid free ; and she died, and was buried with her husliand iu Bethulia. 29 And all the people mourned for seven days. 30 And all the time of her life there was none th.it troubled Israel, nor many years after her death. 31 But the day of the festivity of this victor) is received by the Hebrews in the number of bolj days, and is religiously observed by the Jews from thai time until this day. .Umalkttnt o/oWirio*. That a, a gift or offering made to God, by way of an everla^inp monument, to prevent the oblivion or for- getting' so great a benefit. THE BOOK OF ESTHER. Tkit book takes itt name from queen Esther ; whose history is here reenrdrd. 'I'hr pr-iurrd opinion of id most all commenta- tors em the Holv Srripturr mnkrs Mardorhai the writer of it: tekicn alto map be collected Mote from chap. ii. per. 20. CHAP. 1. King Astntms makrth a great feast. Queen I'asthi being sent for, refuuth to come : for tekicM disobedience stu u M FN the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India *• to Klhiopia over a hundred ami twent> s< \. n provinces i ~ When he sat on the throne of his kinedom, the citj Susan was the capital of his kingdom. 3 Now in the third year of his reign he made a great feast for all the princes, and for his servants. CHAP. II. for th-j most mighty of the Persians, and the nobles of the Medes, and the governors of the provinces in his sight, 4 That he might show the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the greatness, and boasting of his power, for a long time, to wit, for a hundred and fourscore days. 5 And when the days of the feast were expired, he invited all the people that were found in Susan, from the greatest to the least : and commanded a feast to be made seven days in the court of tin; gar- den, and of the wood, which was planted by the care and the hand of the king. 6 And there were hung up on every side sky- coloured, and green, and violet hangings, fastened with cords of silk, and of purple, which were put into rings of ivory, and were held up with marble pillars. The beds also were of gold and silver, pla- ced in order upon a floor paved with porphyry and white marble : which was embellished with painting of wonderful variety. 7 And they that were invited, drank in golden rups ; and the meats were brought in divers vessels one after another. Wine also in abundance, and of the best was presented, as was worthy of a king's magnificence. 8 Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not willing, but as the king had ap- pointed, who set over every table one of his nobles, that every man might take what he would. 9 Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace, where king Assuerus was used tod well. 10 Now on the seventh day, when the king was merry, and after very much drinking was well wanned with wine, he commanded Mauman, and Bizatha, and Harbona, and Bagatha, and Abgatha, and Zethar, and Charcas, the seven eunuchs that served in his presence, 1 1 To bring in queen Vasthi before the king, with the crown set upon her head, to show her beauty to all the people and the princes : for she was exceed- ing beautiful. 12 But she refused, and would not come at the kins's commandment, which he had signified to her by the eunuchs. Whereupon the king, being angry, and inflamed with a very great fury, 13 Asked the wise men, who according to the cus- tom of the kin^s, were always near his person, and all he did was by their counsel, who knew the laws, and judgments, of their forefathers: 14 (Now the chief and nearest him were, Char- sena, and Sethar, and Ad mat ha, and Tliarsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Mamnchan, seven princes of the Persians, and of the Medes, who saw the face of the king, and were used to sit first after him:) 15 What sentence ought to pass upon Vasthi the queen, who had refused to obey the commandment of king Assuerus, which he had sent to her by the eunuchs? 16 And Mamuchan answered, in the hearing of the king and the princes: Queen Vasthi hath not only injured the king, but also all people and princes that are in all the provinces of king Assuerus. 17 For this deed of the queen will go abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands, and will say: King Assuerus commanded that queen Vasthi should come in to him, and she would not. 18 And by this example all the wives of the princes of the Persians and the Medes will slight the commandments of their husbands: wherefore the king's indignation is just. 19 It it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king; but another that is better than her, be made queen in her place. 20 And let this be published through all the pro- vinces of thy empire (which is very wide) and let ajl wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands. 21 His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Ma- muchan. 22 And he sent letters to all the provinces or nis kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people. CHAP. II, Esther is advanced to be queen. Mnrdochai detecteth a plot against the king: A FTER this, when the wrath of king Assuerus -£*■• was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and what she had done, and what she had suffered : 2 And the king's servants and his officers said : Let young vvoaien be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful : 3 And let some persons be sent through all the provinces to look for beautiful maidens and virgins: and let them bring them to the city of Susan, and put them into the house of the women, under the hand of Egeus the eunuch, who is the overseer and keeper of the king's women : and let them receive w omen's ornaments, and other things necessary for their use. 4 And whosoever among them all shall please the king's eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi. The word pleased the king: and he commanded it should be done as they had suggested. 5 There was a man in the city of Susan, a Jew, named Mardochai, the son of Jair, the sou of Se- mei, the son of Cis, of the race of Jemini, 6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem at the time that Nabuchodonosor king of Bab}lou carried away Jechonias king of Jurla, 7 And he had brought up his brother's daughter Edissa, who by another name was called Esther: now she had lost both her parents, and was exceeding fair and beautiful. And her father and mother being dead, Mardochai adopted her for his daughter. 8 And when the king's ordinance was noised abroad, ami according to his commandment many beautiful virgins were brought to Susan, and were delivered to Egeus the eunuch : Esther also among the rest of the maidens was delivered to him to be kept in the number of the women. J7 9 And she pleased him. and found favour in hi* Sight. And he commanded (he eunuch to hasti n the women's ornaments, and lo deliver to hi r her part, and seven of the most beautiful maidens ol the Ling's I id to adorn and deck out Iwith her and her waiting-maids. In \nd she would not tell him her people nor her country ! for Mardochai had charged her to BBJ nothing at all of that. 11 And lie walked every day before the court of the house, in which the chosen \ ir_'ii^ were kept, having a care for Esther's welfare, and desiring to know what would befall her. 12 Now when every virgin's turn came to go in to the kin:;, alter all hail been done for setting them off to advantage, it was the twelfth month : so that faff six months tln\ were anointed w if li oil of myrrh : and for Other SIX mouths they used certain perfumes and sweet spi< 13 And when they w ere going in to the king, whatsoever they asked to adorn themselves thev mil: and being decked out. as it pleased tin in. they passed from the chamber of the women to the king's chamber. I I And she that went in at evening, came out in the morning; and from thence she was conducted to the second bouse, that was under ihe hand of Sil- sagaz the eunuch, who had the charge over the king's concubines: neither could she return anv more to tiie king, unless the king desired it, and had ordered her by name to come. I ') tad as the time came orderly about, the da\ was at hand, when Esther the daughter of Abihail the brother of Mardochai, whom he had adopted for his daughter, was to go in 10 the king. But sin sought not women's ornaments, but what soever Egeus the eunuch the keeper of the virgins had a mind, he gave her to adorn her. For she w;is , \ reeding fair, and her incredible beauty made her ap- pear agreeable and amiable in the exes of all. Iti So she was brought to the chamber of king Assuerus the tenth month, which is called Tebeth, in the seventh vear of his reiga. 17 And the king loved her more than all the wo- men : and she had favour and kindness In-fore him above all the women : and lie set the royal crown on her head, and made her QOeen instead ol Vasthi. 18 And he commanded a magnificent feast to lie prepared for all the princes, «k| for his servants, for the marriage and wedding of Esther. And he gave rest to all the provinces, and bestowed uilts accord- ing to princely magnificence. 19 And wlnnthe virgins were sought the second time, and gathered together, Mardocliai Stayed at the king'- gate : SO Neither had Ksther as yet declared her coun- trv.aud people, according to his commandment. For whatsoever be commanded, Esther observed : and she did all things in die BB0M manner as s| M was wont at that time when he brought her up a little one. '21 At that time therefore, when Mardochai abode at th<- king's gate. |; i at ban and Thares, two of the iaa ■ kingN eunuchs, who were porters, and presided in the liist entrv of the pain e. were angry: and they designed to rise up against the king, and to kill him. -' And Mardochai had notice of it, and iniinc- diaieU he told it to queen Esther : and she to the king in Mardochai's name, who had reported the. thing unto her. 23 It was inquired into, and found out ; and they were both hanged on a gibbet. And it was put in the histories, and recorded in the chronicles before the king. CHAP. III. Iiiuni advanced hit the king, it tffrnded at Marditrhni : and therefore proruritk the king's decree to destroy the tehuie na- tion of the Jihm. A FTER these things, king Assuerus advanced -^■Amaii the son of Amadalhi, w ho was of the race ol A gag: and he set his throne above all the princes that were with him. 2 And all the kind's servants, that were at the doors of the palace, bent their knees, and worship- ped Aman : lor so the emperor had commanded them : onh Mardochai did not bend his knee, nor worship him. 3 And the king's servants that were chief at the doors of the palace, said to him : Why dost thou alone not observe the king's commandment ? 4 And when they were saying this often, and he would not hearken to them, thev told Aman. desi- rous to know whether he would continue in his re- solution : for he had lold them that he was a Jew. 5 Now when Aman had heard this, and had prov- ed In experience that Mardochai did not bend his knee to him, nor worship him, he was exceedingly angry. 6 And he counted it as nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone: for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews; and he chose rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of AsMiern 7 In the first month (which is called Nisan)in the twelfth \eople scattered through all the provinces of thy iingdom, and separated one liom another, that use new law s and ct teutonics, and monov er despise the king's ordinances : and thou knowest ver.v well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that the} should grow insolent bv impiiuiiv. 9 If it please thee, decree that they ma> lie de- stroyed; and I will pa) ten thousand talents to thy MUIT8. 10 And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and ga\e it to Aman the son ol Ama- dalhi of the race ol Igag, the eiicniN of the Jena. 11 Ami he said to him : As to the monev which thou promisi s|, keep it lor thyself : and as to the ile, do with them as s, , mi ih good to thee. peo| 12 \nd the km,'> scribes wen called in the iir»l chap, iv, v. month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month : and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read and hear accord ins; to their different lan- guages, in the name of king Assuerus : and the let- ters sealed with his ring 13 Were sent by the king's messengers to all pro- vinces, to kill and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods. 14 And the contents of the letters were to this effect, that all provinces might know, and be ready against that day. 15 The couriers that were sent made haste to fulfil the king's commandment. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susan, the king and Aman feasting together, and all the Jews that were in the city weeping. CHAP. TV. Mardochai desireth Esther to petition the king for the Jews. They join in fasting and prayer. NOW when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head : and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, show- ing the anguish of his mind. 2 And he came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the palace : for no one clothed with sack- cloth might enter the king's court. 3 And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wail- ing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed. 4 Then Esther's maids and her eunuchs went in, and told her. And when she heard it she was in a consternation : and she sent a garment to clothe him, and to take away the sackcloth : but he would not receive it. 5 And she called for Athach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed to attend upon her : and she commanded him to go to Mardochai, and to learn of him, why he did this. 6 And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the street of the city, before the palace-gate: 7 And Mardochai told him all that had happened, how Aman had promised to pay money into the king's treasures, to have the Jews destroyed. 8 He gave him also a copy of the edict which was hanging up in Susan, that he should slnw it to the queen, and admonish her to go in to the king, and to entreat him for her people. 9 And Athach went back, and told Esther all that Mardochai had said. 10 She answered him, and bade him say to Mar- dochai : 1 1 All the king's servants, and all the provinces that are under his dominion, know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, cometh into the king's in- ner court, who is not called for, is immediately to be put to death without any delay except the king shall hold out the golden sceptre to him, in token of clemency, that so he may live. How then can I go in to the king, who for these thirty days now have not been called unto him ? 12 And when Mardochai had heard this, 13 He sent word to Esther again, saying : Think not that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou art in the king's house, more than all the Jews : 14 For if thou wilt now hold thy peace, the Jews shall be delivered by some other occasion : and thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knoweth whether thou art not therefore come to the kingdom, that thou mightest be ready in such a time as this ? 15 And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words : 16 Go, and gather together all the Jews whom thou shalt find in Susan, and pray ye for me. Nei- ther eat, nor drink for three days and three nights : and 1 with my handmaids will fast in like manner : and then I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose myself to death and to danger. 17 So Mardochai went, and did all that Esther had commanded him. CHAP. V. Esther is graciously received : she inviteth the ling and Aman to dinner. Aman prcparelh a gibbet for Mardochai. AND on the third day Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over-against the king's hall: now he sat upon his throne in the hall of the palace, over- against the door of the house. 2 And when he saw Esther the queen standing, she pleased his eyes, and he held out toward her the golden sceptre, which he held in his hand: and she drew near, and kissed the top of his sceptre. 3 And the king said to her: What wilt thou, queen Esther? what is thy request ? if thou shouldsv even ask one half of the kingdom, it shall be given to thee. 4 But she answered : If it please the king, I be- seech thee to come to me this day, and Aman with thee, to the banquet which I have prepared. 5 And the king said forthwith: Call ye Aman quickly, that he may obey Esther's will. So the king and Aman came to the banquet which the queen had prepared for them. 6 And the king said to her, after he had drunk wine plentifully : what dost thou desire should he given thee ? and for what thing askest thou? although thou shouldst ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it. 7 And Esther answered : My petition and re quest is this: 8 If I have found favour in the king's sight, and if ir please the king to give me what I ask, and to fulfil my petition; let the king and Aman come to the banquet which 1 have prepared them ; and to- morrow I will open my mind to the king. 9 So Aman went out that day joyful and merry. And when he saw Mardochai sitting before the gata 399 ESTIIKR. of the palace, anl ili:it ho not only did not rise up to honour him, hut did not so much as move from the place where he sat, he was exceeding!) angry: 10 But dissembling his auger, and returning into his house, ho rafted (ogetncr tolinu his friends, and Zares his \mIi-: 1 1 And he declared to them the greatness of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and with how great glory the kins had advanced him above all his princes and sen ants. 12 And after this he said: Qceen Father also hath invited no other to the banquet uiththe king, lint mo: and with her 1 am also lo dine to-morrow with the king. 13 And whereas 1 have all these things, I think 1 have nothing. so loBKM I MM .Mardochai the Jew sitting before the kind's gate. IV Then Zares his wile, and the rest of his friends answered him. Order a great beam to be prepared, titty cubits high : and in the morulas speak to the king, that Mardochai may be hanged upon it ; and mi thou shall go full of JOJ w it li the kiiiii lo the ban- quet. The counsel pleased him ; and he commanded a high gibbet to be prepared. CHAP. VI. The king hearing of the good service tlnnr him hy Mardochai, command/ tli Aman to honour him next to the king which he prrformrth HP HAT night the king passed without sleep : and -* be eommaudi d the histories and chronicles of former times to Ik; brought him. And when they ■71 re reading them before him, 2 They came to that place where it was written, how Mardochai had discovered the treason of Hana- than and Thnrcs the eunuchs, who sought to kill king Assuenis. 3 And when the kins: heard this, he said : A\ hat honour aod reward hath Mardochai received for this fidelity ? His servants and ministers said to him : He hath received no reward at all.* 4 And the king said immediately: 'Who is in the court? for Aman was coming in to the inner court of the king's noose, to sneak to the king, that he might onlei Mardochai to be hanged upon thegib- ln t which was prepared for him. 5 The servants answered: kman standeth in the court. And toe king said : Let him conn- in. 6 And when be was come in, he said to him: What Ottght 10 Ik' done to the man whom the king is desirous to honour .' But Aman thinking in his heart, and supposing that the king would honour no other but himself, 7 Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour, :: ( >ught to be clothed With the kinz's apparel. and to Im- set upon the horse that the king ridelh upon, and to have the royal crown upon his head. 9 And let the first of the king's princes and nobles hold his horse, and going through the street of the • .Va rrvsW «4 all lie received tome prrvnW from ihe kine. chap- »ii. 5. hut taeae wrre to incomiderahle in the n|iimua of the courticn, that lh«v et loomed the/n as uutliinf at all. (itv. proclaim before him, and say. Thus shall he lie honoured. v\ hom tin- king hath a mind to honour. It) And the king said to him: .Make baste, ana take the robe, and the horse; and do as thou hast spoken to Mardochai the Jew, who sitleth before the gates of the palace. Beware thou pass over any of those things wbk'h thou hast spoken. 11 >o Aman took the robe, and the horse, and arraying Mardochai in the street of the city, and Betting him on the horse, went Before him, and pro- claimed: This honour is he worthy of, whom the king hath a mind to honour. \1 And Mardochai returned to the palace-gate : and A man made haste to go to his house, mounting and having his head covered : 13 And he told Zares his wife, and his friends all that had In-fallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wile answered liim : it Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shall fall in his sight. 14 As ihev were vet speaking, the king's eunuchs came, and compelled him to 1:0 quicklv to the ban- quet which the queen had prepared. CHAP. VII. i'.ttht r's petition for ht-rsi If and her people : Aman is hinged upon the RiUitt he had prepared for Mardochai. SO the king and Aman w cut in, to drink w it h the queen* 2 And the kins said to her again the second day. after he was warm w ith w ine : \\ hat is thy petition, Esther, that it may be granted thee: and what wilt thou have done.' although thou ask the half of my kingdom, thou shall have it. • i Thin she answered : If I have found favour in tliv sight. O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which 1 ask, and my people for which 1 re- quest. 4 For we are given up, I and mv people, to be destroyed, to Ik- slain, anil to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen : the evil might he borne with, and 1 would have mourned in silence: but MOW we have an enemy whose cruelty redoundcth upon the king. 5 And king Assuerus answered, and said: Who is this, and of what power, that he should do these ihinf 6 And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not bring able to Inar tlie countenance of the king and of the queen. 7 Bui the king ileum angry rose up, and went from the place Off the banquet into the garden set w ith trees. Aman also rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his life; for he understood that evil was prepared for him bj the kin:;. And when the king I miic back out of the tar- den srt with trees, and entered into the place of the banquet, he found Aman was [alien upon the bed on which Esther lav : and he said: He will force the queen also in my presence, in im own house. The word was 111.1 v. t gone out of the kind's mouth, and —1 immediately thev covered his face. CHAP. VIII, IX. 9 And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that stood waiting on the kins, said : Behold, the gibbet which he hath prepared for Mardochai, who spoke for the king, standeth in Aman's house, being fifty cu- bits high. And the king said to him : Hang him upon it. 10 So Aman was hanged on the gibbet which lie had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased. CHAP. VIII. Mardochai is advanced: Aman's letters are reversed. ON that day king Assuerus gave the house of Aman, the Jews' enemy, to queen Esther: and Mardochai came in before the king. For Esther had confessed to him that he was her uncle. 2 And the king took the ring which he had com- manded to be taken again from Aman, and gave it to Mardochai. And Esther set Mardochai over her bouse. 3 And not content with these things, she fell down at the king's feet and wept; and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wick- ed devices which he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect. 4 But he, as the manner was, held out the golden sceptre with his hand, which was the sign of cle- mency: and she arose up, and stood before him, 5 And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not dis- agreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be de- stroyed in all the king's provinces, may be reversed by new letters. 6 For how can I endure the murdering and slaugh- ter of my people ? 7 And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman's house to Esther; and I have commanded him to be hang- ed on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on the Jews. 8 Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king's name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was the custom, that no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king's name, and were sealed with his ring. 9 Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month ; and letters were written, as Mardo- chai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia; to province and pro- vince, to people and people, according to their lan- guages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear. 10 And these letters which were sent in the king's • To revenge, &c. The Jews on this occasion by authority from the king, were made executioners of the public justice, for punishing by 3E name, were sealed with bis ring, and sent oy posts who were to run through all the provinces, to pre- vent the former letters with new messages. 11 And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil. 12 And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar. 13 And this was the content of the letter, that it should be notified in all lands and peoples that were subject to the empire of king Assuerus, that the Jews were ready to be revenged of their enemies. 14 So the swift posts went out, carrying the mes- sages ; and the king's edict was hung up in Susan. 15 And Mardochai going forth out of the palace, and from the king's presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour, wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple. And all the city rejoiced, and was glad. 16 But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing. 17 And in all peoples, cities, and provinces, whithersoever the king's commandments came, there was wonderful rejoicing, feasts and banquets, and keeping holy-day: insomuch that many of other na- tions and religion, joined themselves to their wor- ship and ceremonies. For a great dread of the name of the Jews had fallen upon all. CHAP. IX. The Jews kill their enemies that would have killed them. The day of Phurim are appointed to be kept holy. SO on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge* themselves of their adversa- ries. 2 And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on theii enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them; for the fear of their power had gone through every people. 3 And the judges of the provinces, and the go- vernors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mardochai : 4 For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power : and the fame of his name increased daily, and was spread abroad through all men's mouths. . 5 So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them : 6 Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the death a crime worthy of death, viz. A malicious conspiracy for extur pating their whole nation. 401 ESTHr.K. Agagite, the enemy of the Jews : whose mm ere lhe> 7 Pharsandatha, and Pelphon, and Esphatha, 8 And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridaiha, 9 And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatlia. 10 And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods. 1 1 And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king. 12 And lie said to the queen : The Jews have killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides the ten sons of Aman : how many dost thou think they have slain in all the provinces? What askest thou more, anil uh at wilt thou have me to command 10 be done? 13 And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do to-morrow in Susan as they have done to-day, and that the ten sons of A man mav l>e banged upon gibbets. 14 And the kins commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was bttttg up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were banged. 15 And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar, the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance. 16 Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king's dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecu- tors; insomuch that the number of them that wire killed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods. 17 Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they or- dained to l)C kept holy-day, so that all times hereaf- ter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets. lb But they that were killing; in the city of Susan. were emplo\ed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month: and on the fif- teenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that dav to lie a holy-day of feasting and gladness. 19 But those Jews that dwelt in towns not wall- ed, and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar lor banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice on that dav, and send one another portions of their banquets and meats. 20 And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in all the king's provinces, both those that lav near and those alar off, 21 That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holv-days. and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour: 22 Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, and that these Should he days of feas ti n g and gladness, in which they should send one to another portions of meats, and should give gifts to the poor. en 23 And the Jews undertook to ohscrve with so- lemnity all thei hail begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to U- done I or Aman, the son of Aniatlalhi of the race of Agag, the enemy and adversan of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and destroy them : and had cast Phur, that is, the lot. 25 And afterwaids Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that bb endeavours might he made void by the kind's letters: and the evil that he had intended against the Jews, might return upon his own head. And so both he and his sons w hanged upon gibbets, 26 And since that time these days are called Phurim, that is, of Lots: because l'hur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that were done, are contained in the volume of this epistle, that is, of this hook : 27 And the things that they suffered, and tnat were afterwards changed, the Jews took upon them selves and their seed, and upon all that had a mind to be joined to their religion, so that it should \n> lawful for none to pass these days w ithout soleinnilv : which the writing testifieth, and certain times re- quire, as the years continually succeed one another. 28 These are the days which shall never be for- got: and which all provinces in the whole world shall celebrate throughout all generations^ neither is there any city wherein the days of l'hurim, that is, of lots, must not he observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which is hound to these ecu monies. 29 And Esther the queen the daughter of Ahi- hail, and Mardochni the Jew wrote also a second epistle, that with all diligence this day should be established a festival for the time to come. 30 And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven prov inces of king As- Mieriis.thai they should have peace, and receive truth, 31 And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time, ^ Mardochai and Esther had appointed: and (hey undertook them to be observed by themselves and by their seed, fasts, and cries, and the days of lots. 32 And all things which sre contained in the histo- ry of this book, which is called Ksther. CHAP. X. Assuerus's greatness. Mardochafs dignity. AND king Assuerus made all the laud, and all the islands of the sea tributary. 2 And his strength and his empire, and the digni- ty and greatness wherewith he exalted Mardochai, are written in the !>ooks of the Modes, and of the Persians : 3 And how Mardochai of the race of the Jews, was next after king Assuerus : and great among the Jews, and acceptable to the people of his bre- thren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking those things which were for the welfare of his seed. 4 Then Mardochai* said : God hath done these things. * Tktn Mardochai, Ift. II' D M J«NM arlvertivth the IM that what fcUowi is not in the Hebrew ■ but u (uuad in the ttptuafiot CHAP. XI, XII, XIII. 5 I remember a dream that I saw, which signified these same things: and nothing thereof hath failed. 6 The little fountain which grew into a river, and was turned into a light, and into the sun, and abounded into many waters, is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen. 7 But the two dragons: are I, and Aman. 8 The nations that were assembled : are they that endeavoured to destroy the name of the Jews. 9 And my nation ' is Israel, who cried to the Lord, and the Lord saved his people: and he delivered us from all evils, and hath wrought great signs and wonders among the nations: 10 And he commanded that there should be two lots, one of the people of God, and the other of all tiie nations. 11 And both lots came to the day appointed al- ready from that time before God to all nations: 12 And the Lord remembered his people, and had mercy on his inheritance. 13 And these days shall be observed in the month of Adar on the fourteenth, and fifteenth day of the same month, with all diligence, and joy of the people gathered into one assembly, throughout all the gene- rations hereafter of the people of Israel. CHAP XI. The dream of Mardochai which in the ancient Greek and Latin bibles was in the beginning of the book, but was detached by St. Jrrome, and put in this place. IN the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest, and of the Levitical race, and Ptolemy his son brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said Ly- simachus the son of Ptolemy had interpreted in Je- rusalem. 2 In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mar- dochai the son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the tribe of Benjamin: 3 A Jew who dwelt in the city of Susan, a great man and among the first of the king's court, had a dream. 4 Now he was of the number of the captives, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Juda : 5 And this was his dream :* Behold, there were voices, and tumults, and thunders, and earthquakes, and a disturbance upon the earth. 6 And behold, two great dragons came forth ready to fight one against another. 7 And at their cry all nations were stirred up to fight against the nation of the just. 8 And that was a day of darkness and danger, of tribulation and distress, and great fear upon the earth. 9 And the nation of the just was troubled, fearing their own evils, and was prepared for death. 10 And they cried to God : and as they were crying, a little fountain grew into a very great river, and abounded into many waters. 1 1 The light and the sun rose up, and the hum- ble were exalted, and they devoured the glories. I J reek edition, which the 72 interpreters translated out of the Hebrew, «- added by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. 12 And when Mardochai had seen this, and arose out of his bed, he was thinking what God would do: and he kept it fixed in his mind, desirous to know what the dream should signify ? CHAP. XII. Mardochai detects the conspiracy of the two eunuchs. AND he abode at that time in the king's court with Bagatha and Thara the king's eunuchs, who were porters of the palace. 2 And when he understood their designs, and had diligently searched into their projects, he learn- ed that they went about to lay violent hands on king Artaxerxes, and he told the king thereof. 3 Then the king had them both examined, and after they had confessed, commanded them to be put to death. 4 But the king made a record of what was done : and Mardochai also committed the memory of the thing to writing. 5 And the king commanded him to abide in the court of the palace, and gave him presents for the information. 6 But Aman the son of AmadathitheBugite was in great honour with the king, and sought to hurt Mardochai and his people, because of the two eunuchs of the king who were put to death. CHAP. XIII. A copy of a letter sent by Aman to destroy the Jews. MardochaPs prayer for the people* AND this was the copy of the letter. Artaxerx- es the great king who reigneth from India to Ethiopia, to the princes and governors of the hun- dred and twenty-seven provinces, that are subject to his empire, greeting. 2 Whereas 1 reigned over many nations, and had brought all the world under my dominion, 1 was not willing to abuse the greatness of my power, but to govern my subjects with clemency and lenity, that they might live quietly without any terror, and might enjoy peace, which is desired by all men. 3 But when I asked my counsellors how this might be accomplished, one that excelled the rest in wisdom and fidelity, and was second after the king, Aman by name, 4 Told me that there was a people scattered through the whole world, which used new laws, and acted against the customs of all nations, despised the commandments of kings, and violated by their opposition the concord of ail nations. 5 Wherefore having learned this, and seeing one nation in opposition to all mankind using perverse laws, and going against our commandments, and disturbing the peace and concord of the provinces subject to us, 6 We have commanded that all whom Aman shall mark out, who is chief oyer all the provinces, and second after the king, and whom we honour as a father, shall be utterly destroyed by their enemies, * A dream. This dream was prophetical and extraordinary : other- wise the general rule is not to observe dreams. 403 ESTHER. with then wives and children, and that none shall have pity on iln-m, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of this present war: 7 That these wicked men point? down to hell in one day, may restore ID our empire the peace which they had d istu rbed. 8 But Mardochai besought the Lord, remember- ing all his works, 9 And nid: Lord, Lord, almighty king, lor all things are in thy power, and there is none thai can r.sist thy will, if thou determine to save Israel. 10 Thou hast made heaven and earth, and all things that are under the cope of heaven. 1 I Thou art Lord of all, and there is none that can resist thy majesty. 1 -! Thou knowc-t nil things, and thou knowest that it was not out of pride and contempt, or any desire of glory that I refined to worship the proud Am in. 1 ; For I would willingly and readily for tin ration of Israel have kissed even the steps of his fi 1 \- Hut I reared lest I should transfer the honour of my God to a man, and lest 1 should adore any one except my God. 1 6 \m\ now, O Lord, O King, O God of Abra- ham, have mercy on thy people, because our enemies resolve to destroy us, and extinguish thy inheritance. 16 Despise not thy portion, which thou hast re- deemed for thyself out of Egypt 17 Hear my supplication, and he merciful to thy lot and inheritance, and turn our mourning into joy, that we may live and praise thv name, O Lord, and shut not the mouths of them that sing to thee. 18 And all Israel with like mind and supplication cried to the Lord, because they saw certain death hanging over their heads. (HAP. XIV. The proper of Esther for hertclf and her people. Ql LL.\ Ksihei also, fearing the danger that was at hand, had recourse to the Lord. 2 And when she had laid away her royal apparel, she put on garments suitable for weepiugand mourn- ing, instead of divers precious ointments, she cover- ed her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body with rastt : and all the places in w Inch be- fore she was accustomed to rejoice, she filled with her torn hair. 3 And she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, saying: O my Lord, who alone art our king, help me a desolate woman, and who have no other help- er but thee. 4 My danger is in my hands. 6 I have heard of my father that thou, O Lord, didst take Israel from among all nations, and our la- thers from all their predecessors, to possess them as an everlasting inheritance, and thou hast done to them as thou hast promised. »; We have sinned in thy sight, and therefore thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies: 7 For we have worshipped their gods. Thou srtjust, Lord. 8 And now they are not content to oppress us 404 with most hard bondage, but attributing the strep£*h of their hands to the power of their idols, 9 They design to change thy proaiises. : ■ 1 1 < 1 de- stroy thy inheritance, and shut the mouths of them that praise thee, and extinguish the -lory of thy tem- ple and altar, 10 That they may open the- mouths of Gentiles, and praise the strength of idols, mid magnify lor ever a carnal kin 11 Give not, O Lord, thy sceptre to them that are not, lest they laugh at our ruin: but Hun their counsel upon themselves, and destroy him that hath begun to rage against Us. 12 Remember, O Lord, and show thyself to us in the time of our tribulation, and give me bold;. O Lord. King of gods, and of all power: \S dive me a well ordered speech in my mouth in the presence of the lion, and turn his heart to the hatred of our enemy, that both he himself maj pe- rish, and the rest that consent to him. 1 \- Hut deliver us by thy hand, and help me. who have no other helper, but thee, O Lord, who hast the knowledge of all things. 15 And thou know est that I hate the glory of the wicked, and abhor the bed of the uncircumcisi I. and of every stranger. 16 Thou know est my necessity, that I abominate the sign of my pride and glory, which is upon my head in the days of my public appearance, and de- test it as a niiustruous rag, and wear it not in the days of my silence. 17 And that I have not eaten at Amaii's table nor hath the king's banquet pleased me. and that J have not drunk the wine of the drink-offerings; 18 And that thy handmaid hath never rejoiced, since I was brought hither unto this day, but in thee, O Lord, the God of Abraham. 19 O God, who art mighty above all, hear the voice of them that have no other hope, and deliver us from thehaudof the wicked, and deliver me from my fear. CHAP. XV. Esther comet into the king's pretence : she it terrified, hut (I'd turns hit heart. AND he commanded her (no doubt but he was Mardochai) to goto the king, and petition for her people, and for her country. 2 Rcmemlier (said he) the days of thy low estate, how thou wast brought up by my hand, because Aman the second after the king hath spoken against us unto death. 3 And do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king for us, and deliver us from death. 4 And on the third day she laid away tie mentsshe wore, and put on her glorious apparel. 5 And glittering in royal robes, after she had call- ed upon God the ruler and saviour of all. she took two maids with her, 6 And upon one of them she. leaned, as if for de- licatencss and overmuch tenderness, she were not able to l>ear up her own InmIv: 7 And the other maid followed her lady, bearing up her train flowing on the ground. CHAP. XVI. 8 But she with a rosy colour in her face, and with gracious and bright eyes, hid a mind full of an- guish, and exceeding great fear. 9 So going in she passed through all the doors in order, and stood before the king, where he sat upon nis royal throne, clothed with his royal robes, and glittering with gold, and precious stones, and he was terrible to behold. 10 And when he had lifted up his countenance, and with burning eyes had shown the wrath of his heart, the queen sunk down, and her colour turned pale, and she rested her weary head upon her hand- maid. 11 And God changed the king's spirit into mild- ness, and all in haste and in fear he leaped from his throne, and holding her up in his arms, till she came to herself, caressed her with these words : 12 What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother, fear not. 13 Thou shalt not die: for this law is not made for thee, but for all others. 14 Come near then, and touch the sceptre. 15 And as she held her peace, he took the golden sceptre, and laid it upon her neck, and kissed her, and said : Why dost thou not speak to me? 16 She answered: I saw thee, my lord, as an Angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty. 1 7 For thou, my lord, art very admirable, and thy face is full of graces. 18 And while she was speaking, she fell down again, and was almost in a swoon. 19 But the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her. CHAP. XVI. A copy of the Icings Utter in favour of the Jews. 'T'HE great king Artaxerxes, from India to Ethi- -■- opia,* to the governors and princes of a hun- dred and twenty-seven provinces, which obey our command, sendeth greeting. 2 Many have abused unto pride the goodness of princes, and the honour that hath been bestowed up- on them : 3 And not only endeavour to oppress the king's subjects, but not bearing the glory that is given them, take in hand to practice also against them that gave it. 4 Neither are they content not to return thanks for benefits received, and to violate in themselves the laws of humanity, but they think they can also escape the justice of God who seeth all things. 5 And they break out into so great madness, as to endeavour to undermine by lies such as observe dili- gently the offices committed to them, and do all things in such manner as to be worthy of all men's praise, 6 While with crafty fraud they deceive the ears of princes that are well-meaning, and judge of others by their own nature. 7 Now this is proved both from ancient histories, and by the things which are done daily, how the good • From India to Ethiopia. That is, who reigneth from India to Ethiopia designs of kings uie depraved by the evil suggestions of certain men. 8 Wherefore we must provide for the peace of all provinces. 9 Neither must you think, if we command differ- ent things, that it cometh of the levity of our mind, but that we give sentence according to the quality and necessity of times, as the profit of the common- wealth requireth. 10 Now that you may more plainly understand what we say, Aman the son of Amadathi, a Mace- donian both in mind and country, and having no- thing of the Persian blood, but with his cruelty stain- ing our goodness, was received being a stranger by us : 1 1 And found our humanity io great towards him, that he was called our father, and was worshipped by all as the next man after the king: 12 But he was so far puffed up with arrogancy, as to go about to deprive us of our kingdom and life. 13 For with certain new and unheard-of devices he hath sought the destruction of Mardochai, by whose fidelity and good services our life was saved, and of Esther the partner of our kingdom, with all their nation : 14 Thinking that after they were slain, he might w r ork treason against us left alone without friends, and might transfer the kingdom of the Persians to the Macedonians. 15 But we have found that the Jews, who were by that most wicked man appointed to be slain, are in no fault at all, but contrariwise use just laws, 16 And are the children of the highest and the greatest, and the ever-living God, by whose benefit the kingdom was given both to our fathers and to us, and is kept unto this day. 17 Wherefore know ye that those letters which he sent in our name, are void and of no effect. 18 For which crime both he himself that devis- ed it, and all his kindred hang on gibbets, before the gates of this city Susan : not we, but God repaying him as he deserved. 19 But this edict, which we now send, shall be published in all cities, that the Jews may freely fol- low their own laws. 20 And you shall aid them that they may kill those who had prepared themselves to kill them, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is called Adar. 21 For the almighty God hath turned this day of sadness and mourning into joy to them. 22 Wherefore you shall also count this day among other festival days, and celebrate it with all joy, that it may be known also in times to come, 23 That all they who faithfully obey the Persians, receive a worthy reward for their fidelity : but they that are traitors to their kingdom, are destroyed for their wickedness. 24 And let every province and city, that will not be partaker of this solemnity, perish by the sword and by fire, and be destroyed in such manner as to be made unpassable both to men and beasts, for an example of contempt, and disobedience. 405 THE BOOK OF JOB. This b-tok takes ./» name from the holy man. of whom it trrats : who, according to the more probable opinion, was of the rare of Esau ; and the tame as Jobab, king of Edom, mentioned Gen. xxivi. 3A. It is uncertain tcho teas the writ,r ni it. Some attributt it to Job himself ; others to Moses, or some out of the pr„phrt». In the Hebrew it is written in pert*, from the beginning of the third chapter to the forty-second chapter. CHAP. I. Job's rirtue and riches. Satan, by permission from God, strip- peth him of all his substance. His patience. 'TMIKIIK was a man in tin- land of II us,* whose •*■ name was Job, and diat man was simplef and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil. J \ud then were born lo him seven sons and three daudiu i > \ml his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and li\e hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a family . cdiiii greal : and this man was great among ail the people <>f the east. 4 And his sons went, and made a feast by hous- es,! every one in his day. And lending they called their three sisters, to eat and drink with them. 5 And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them : and rising up early offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said : Lest perhaps my sons have sin- ned, and have blesscd|| God in their hearts. So did Jol all days. 6 Now on a certain dav when the sons of God$ came to stand before the Lord, Satan alsoll WU present anion- them. 7 And the Lord said to him: Whenre contest thon p And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it. H And the Lord said to him: Hast thou consi- dered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and Upright man, and fearing G<»d, and avoiding evil ? 9 And Satan answering, said : Doth Job fear God in vain ? 10 Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house, and alibis substance round about, blessed I the works of his hands, and his possession hath in- creased on the earth ? 1 1 Hut stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that hehath, and seeif he blesseth theenot to tbv face. 12 Then the Lord said to Satan : Heboid, all that he hath is in thv hand : only put not forth thy hand upon his person. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. 13 Now upon a certain day when his sons and * Hut. The land of tins was a part of Edom : as appear* from msnt. iv. SI. \ mmplt. Thai is. innocent, sincere, and without iruilr .Ind malt • /ml ky It— t o . Thai it, each made a frail in hi» own • and bad his day, inviting the others ami their »i«trr«. I BUttd For (rrealrr horror of the very HwftH of hlaaphemv, the srni>lure both here and ver. II and in the following chapter, ver. 5. tod 9. utn (ha word »Uu to signify it« contrary. daughters were eating and drinking wine in tin house of their eldest brother, l ) There came a messenger to Jon. and said: Tim oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding inside them, 15 And the Baheans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. 16 And while he was ret Speaking, another came, and said: The tire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. 17 And while bealsovras vet speaking, the r e cam e another, and said: The( haldeansmade threetroops, and have fallen upon the camels, ant) taken them, morem er they hare slain the sen ants with the sword, ■nd I alone have escaped to tell thee. # 18 He was yet speaking, and heboid another catre in, and said : Thy sons anil daughters were eating and drinking nrtne in the house of their elder brother. 19 A violent wind came on a sudden from thr- side of the desert, and shook the four corners of thr house, and it fell upon thy children, and thev an dead, and 1 alone have escaped to tell ihee. 20 Then Job rose up, and tent bis garments, ant having shaven his head, fell down upon the ground and worshipped. 21 And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thiilur: the Lord gave* and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord, so it is done: blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all these thing! Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God. CHAP. II. Satan, by GotT* permission, sfriketh Job trith ulcers from head to foot : lb patience is still invincible. A ND it came to pass w hen M a certain dav the -£*- sous of God came, and stood before the Lord, and Satan came IHOtl them, anil stood in his sight, 2Tbat the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest thou? and he answered, and said: I have gone roundabout the earth, and walked throudi it. 3 And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou con- sidered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man simple and upright, and feaiing God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his inno- cence? But thou hast mofed me against him, that I should afflict him without cause. 4 And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin, and all that a man hath he w ill gfve for his life. 5 Hut put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and l7VK.it/ 0*4. The anr. I«. 1 Smlmn also, tic. This passage represents to m in a fieure. accom- modated to the wajri and understandings of men. I . The restless en- deavour* of Satan against the servants of God ; %. That be can da nothing; without God's permisaioo ; 3. Thai Qad doth Dal permit l.nn to attempt them above their strength: but aiM«t> them In Ins ilivina graj <■ in such manner, that the vain efforts of the a illustrate their virtue and increase their merit. I wm y only serve la CHAP. Ill, IV. his flesh, and then thou shalt see that he will hless thee to thy face. 6 And the Lord said to Satan: Behold he is in thy hand, but yet save his life. 1 So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his bead : 8 And he took a potsherd and scraped the cor- rupt matter, sitting on a dunghill. 9 And his wife said to him : Dost thou still con- tinue in thy simplicity? bless God and die. 10 -And he said to her: Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women : if we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not re- ceive evil ? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips. 1 1 Now when Job's three friends heard all the evil, that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment to come to- gether and visit him, and comfort him. 12 And when they had lift up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out they wept, and rending their garments they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 13 And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no man spoke to him a word : for they saw that his grief was very great. CHAP. III. Job' expresseth his sense of the miseries of man's life, by cursing the day of his birth. \ FTER this Job opened his mouth, and cursed - L *- his day,* 2 And he said : 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: a man-child isconceived. 4 Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness. 6 Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months. 7 Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise. 8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to raise up a Leviathan. 9 Let the stars be darkened with the mist there- of: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day : 10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes. 11 Why did I not die in the womb, why did 1 not perish when I came out of the belly ? 12 Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts ? 13 For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep : * Cursed his day. Job cursed the day of his birth, not by way of wishing evil to any thing of God's creation ; but only to express in a 14 With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes : 15 Or with princes, that possess gold, and fill their houses with silver: 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light. 17 There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest. 18 And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master. 20 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul ? 21 That look for death, and it comelhnot, as they that dig for a treasure. 22 And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave. 23 To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness? 24 Before I eat 1 sigh : and as overflov\ ing wa- ters, so is my roaring: 25 For the fear which I feared, hath come upon me ; and that which I wasafraidof, hath befallen me. 26 Have I not dissembled? have I not kept si- lence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me. CHAP. IV. Eliphaz charges Job with impatience, and pretends that God never afflicts the innocent. THEN Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said: 2 If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived ? 3 Behold, thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands: 4 Thy words have confirmed them that were stag- gering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees: 5 But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest : it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled. 6 Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways? 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished be- ing innocent? or when were the just desfrcwed? 8 On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them, 9 Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken: 1 1 The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad. 12 Now there was a word spoken to me in pri- vate, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper. stronger manner his sense of human miseries in general, and of his own calamities in particular. 407 JOB. 13 In tin- horror of ;i vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to liolil MM, I \ I /c.l ii|M)n me, and trembling, and all mv Itones were affrighted: 1 ") \nd when a spirit passed before me, the hail of my flesh stood up. h; Then stood one whose countenance I knew not. an Man befotC nn <\,s, audi heard the N ice as it were of a gentle wind : 17 Shall man lie justified in comparison of < Jod.* or shall a man 1h: more pure than his maker? 18 Behold, thev (hat serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness: 19 How much more shall they that dwell m houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed a> with the modi ? 20 From morning till evening they shall l>e cut down: and be caus e no our imdeistaudelh, they shall perish for ever. J I And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: thev shall die, and not in wisdom. CHAP. V. EJiphaz proceeds in his charge, and exhorts Job to acknoieltdgt his sins. CALL now if there l>e any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints. I Vnser indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slav- eth the little one. 3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his l>eauty immediately. 4 His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall l>e none to deliver them. .") \\ hose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirttt shall drink up his riches. 6 Nothing ii|M>n earth is done without a cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground. 7 Man is bom to labour, and the bird to fly. 8 Wherefore 1 will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God : !> Who doeth great things, and unsearchable and wonderful things without number: 10 Who givcth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters: _ II Who seiteth up the humble on high, and com- forteth wi(h health those that mourn. 1 J Who hringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what thev had begun: 13 Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness and disappointed! the counsel of the wicked : I I They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noon-day as in the light. 16 But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the Violent. 16 And to the needy there shall be hope, but ini- quity shall draw in her mouth. * Shall mm irjuttifui >* companion of (ioj. Sic. Itww are the wonW >!n< I> Kliphax had lxninl (run an Angel, which, »er. I&. be caiU a Mi sims, ttc. He doe* not mean to compare tin ni Seringa with 10. 17 Blessed is the man whom God rorrccfeth refuse not therefore the chastising of the Lord: 18 For he woundcdi, and curcth, he striked] and his hands shall heal. 19 In si\ troubles he shall dt liver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch tin 20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death-, and in hattle from the hand of the sword. 21 Thou shall In; hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shall not tear calamity when it coineth. 22 In destruction and famine thou shah laugh : and thou shalt not be afraid of the heasts of the earth. 23 But thou shalt have a cov enant vv ith the sioin s of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall l>e at peace with thee. 24 And thou shalt know that thy tal>ernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin. 23 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth. 26 Thou shall enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season. 27 Behold, this is even so. as we have searched out : which thou having heard, consider it thorough- ly in thy mind. CHAP. VI. Job maintains his innoci ure, ami tuinphiiiis of hit friends. BUT Job answered and said : J () that my sins,f wherehv I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance. 3 As the sand of the sea this would appeal heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow : 4 For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage w hereof driuketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me. 5 Will the wild ass bray when he hath gra- or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger? 6 Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt ? or can a man taste that which when tasted hringeth death? 7 The things which before my soul would not touch, now through anguish are my meats. 8 Who will grant thai mv request may come: and that God tnav give me what I look for? 9 And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut sse oiT? 10 And that this may be my comfort, that afflict- ing me with sorrow, he span not, nor I contradict the words of the Holy one. 11 For what is mv strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end that I shoulil keep patience f 12 .My strength is not the stiengih of stones, nor is mv flesh of bra 13 Behold, there is no help for me in tnvself, and my familiar friends also are departed from im i. 14 He thai taketh away menv from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord. hit real tins ; but the imaginary crimes which hit friend, imputed to him : and etpiyially with hit «r«U, or jrirf. rxprettcd in the third chapter, which they so much ac cu sed. Though, at lie ti-llt litem her*, it bore no proportion with the |,naUl— of hw calamity CHAP. VII, VIII. 15 My brethren have passed by me, as the tor- rent that passeth swiftly in the valleys. 16 They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall f all upon them. 17 At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish : and after it groweth hot they shall be melted out of their place. 18 The paths of their steps are entangled : they shall walk in vain, and shall perish. 19 Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while. 20 They are confounded, because I have hoped : they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame. 21 Now you are come : and now seeing my if- fliction you are afraid. 22 Did I say : Bring to me, and give me of your substance ? 23 Or deliver me from the hand of the enemy, and rescue me out of the hand of the mighty ? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace : and if I have been ignorant in any thing, instruct me. 25 Why have you detracted the words of truth, whereas there is none of you that can reprove me ? 26 You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind. 27 You rush in upon the fatherless, and you en- deavour to overthrow your friend. 28 However, finish what you have begun : give ear and see whether I lie. 29 Answer, I beseech you, without contention : and speaking that which is just, judge ye. 30 And you shall not find iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth. CHAP. VII. Job declares the miseries of man's life : and addresses him- self to God. HPHE life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his -*- days are like the days of a hireling. 2 As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hire- ling looketh for the end of his work, 3 So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights. 4 If I lie down to sleep, I shall say : When shall I arise? and again I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness. 5 My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together. 6 My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope. 7 Remember that my life is but wind, and my eyes shall not return to see good things. 8 Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more- 9 As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up. 10 Nor shall he return any more into his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 Wherefore I will not spare mv mouth, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: f will talk with the bitterness of my soul. 3 F 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast en- closed me in a prison ? 13 If I say : My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved speaking with myself on my couch: 14 Thou wilt frighten me with dreams, and ter- rify me with visions. 15 So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death. 16 I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing. 17 What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him? 18 Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly. 19 How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle? 20 I have sinned, what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee, and I am become burdensome to myself? 21 Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not tak« awa" mine iniquity? Behold now, I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be. CHAP. VIII. Baldad, under pretence of di fending the justice of God, accuses Job, and exhorts him to return to God. HP H EN Baldad the Suhite answered, and said : ■- 2 How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Al- mighty overthrow that which is just? 4 Although thy children have sinned against him, and lie hath left them in the hand of their iniquity : 5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty: 6 If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake unto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable: 7 In so much, that if thy former things were small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceed- ingly- 8 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow :) 10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts. 11 Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water? 12 When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs. 13 Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish : 14 His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web. 15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand ; he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise : 16 He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth. 17 His root shall be thick upon a heap of stones, J and among the stones he shafl abide. 409 9 Who maketh Arcturus,* and Orion, and Hy- ades, and the inner parts of the south. \0 Who doeth things great and incomprehensi- ble, ;in.l wonderful, of which there is no number. 11 If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand. 12 If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him.' or w ho can say: Why doest thou SO? 13 Ciod, whose wrath no man can resist, and un- der w horn they stoop that hear up the world. 1 I What am I then, that 1 should answer him. and have words with him? 15 I, who although I should have any just thing, wool. I not answer, hut would make supplication m my judge. 1 1 '> \ nd if he should hear me u hen I call, I should not believe thai be had beard my voice. 17 For he shall crush DC in a whirlwind, and multiply mv wounds even without cause. f lb He allowed) not my spirit to rest, and he All- ot h me w ith bitterness. 19 [/strength !><• demandeil, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no mandare bear witness for me. J<» If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would show myself inno- ke,l. simple, even this mv soul cent, he shall prove me wic 21 Although I shouldlx shall lx- ignorant of, and I shall DC weary of mi) life. One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked be eoosometh. let him kill at once, and not laugh ;n the pains of the innocent. * Jhttwru; kr. Theaa are name* of »Ura or comU-llstion*. In Hebrew, Atb, Cecil, and Cimah. Hen mite ch. xxariii. rer. 31. 410 JOB. 10 If one swallow him up out of his place, he I shall deny him, and shall say : I know thee not. 19 Fof this is the joy of his wa\,that others m a\ spring agoia out of the earth. ; will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evil doer : 21 Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and tin lips w ith rejoicing 11 l'liev that hate thee, shall be clothed with contusion : and the dwelling of the wicked shall not .stand. CHAP IX. Job acknowledges God's justice ; although he often afflicts the innocent. \ \ I ) Job answered and said : -**- 2 Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified, compared with God. oil he w ill contend w ith him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength : who hath resisted him, and hath had peace? 5 Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not. 6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Who commandeth the sun and it riseth not : and slum, ih up the stars as it were under a seal. b* Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and Walked) upon the waves ol" the sea. can- go my the bit- 2-1 The earth is given into the hand of tnr wick- ed, he eorereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it Ih- not he, who is it then? -'."> M\ days have been swifter than a post : they have tied away and haw not seen good. 26 They have passed by as ships earning fruits a> an eagle Hying to the psey. rj If I say: I will not speak so: I change my race and am tormented with sorrow. 28 I feared all my w orks, know ing that thou didst not spare the oilender. 88 But if so also I am wicked, why have I la- boured in vain ? 30 If 1 be washed as it were with snow-waters, and mv hands shall shine ever so clean : 31 Vet thou shall plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me. 32 For I shall not answer a man that is like my- self: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment. 33 There is none that may be able to reprove both, and tojuit his hand between both. 34 Let him take his rod aw ay from me, and let not his fear terrify me. 33 I will speak, and will not fear him : for 1 not answer while I am in fear. CHAP. X. Job laments hit afflictions, and beg< to be delivered. "JV/TY soul is weary of my life, I will let -L"-*- speech against myself, I will speak in terness of my soul. 2 I will say to God : Do not condemn me : tell DM why thou judgest me so. 3 Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work ol th\ own hands, and help the counsel of the Wicked ? 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh: or shall thou see as man seeth ? 5 Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy yean as the times of men: 6 That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin ? 7 And shouldst know that I have done no wick- ed thing, whereas there is no man that can tfefivei out of thy hand. 8 Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me wholly round about, and dost thou thus cast me down headlong on a sudden' 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou Wilt bring me into dust again. 10 Hast thou not milked me asmilk, and curdled me like cheese .' 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh: thou hast put me together with bones and sinews* 12 Thou hast granted me life and mercy, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 13 Although thou conical these things in thy heart, yet I know that thou icmemberest all thil 14 If I have sinned and thou hast spared me lot f WilkmU cause. Ttmt », wiiImjuI my kix wmj lite value : or wilb out any crime of mine. chap, xi, xir. an hour: why dost thou not suffer me to be clean from my iniquity? 15 And if I be wicked, wo unto me: and if just, I shall not lift Up my head, being filled with affliction and misery. 16 And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness, and returning thou tormentest me wonderfully. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and multipliest thy wrath upon me, and pains war against me. 18 Why didst thou bring me forth out of the womb ? O that I had been consumed, that eye might not see me! 19 I should have been as if I had not been, car- ried from the womb to the grave. 20 Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly ? suffer me, therefore, that l may lament my sorrow a little: 21 Before I go and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death: 22 A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting hor- ror dwelleth. CHAP. XI. Sophar reprooeth Job for justifying himself , and inviteth him to repentance. HP HEN Sophar the Naamathite answered, and ■*- said : 2 Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified? 3 Shall men hold their peace to thee only? and when thou hast mocked others, shall no man con- fute fehee? 4 For thou hast said : My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight. 5 And I wish that God would speak with thee, and would open his lips to thee, 6 That he might show thee the secrets of wis- dom and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth. 7 Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly? 8 He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? He is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know ? 9 The measure of him is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. 10 If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him ? 11 For he knowcth the vanity of men. and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it ? 12 A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt. 13 But thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him. 14 If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand, and let not injustice remain in thy tabernacle : 15 Then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be steadfast, and shah not fear. 16 Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away. 17 And brightness like that of the noon-day, shall arise to thee at evening; and when thou shall think thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day-star. 18 And thou shalt have confidence, hope being set before thee ; and being buried thou shalt sleep secure. 19 Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to make thee afraid: and many shall entreat thy face. 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul. CHAP. XII. JoVs reply to Sophar. He extols God's power and wisdom. HP HEN Job answered, and said : -*- 2 Are you then men alone, and shall wisdom die with your 3 I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know? 4 He that is mocked by his friend as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him : for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn. 5 The lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich, is ready for the time appointed. 6 The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly, whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands : 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee : and the birds of the air and they shall tell thee. 8 Speak to the earth and it shall answer thee : and the fishes of the sea shall tell. 9 Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord hath made all these things? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man. 1 1 Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate of him that eateth, the taste? 12 In the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days prudence. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he haih counsel and understanding. 14 If he pull down, there is no man that can build up: if he shut up a man, there is none that can open. 15 If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and 'if he send them out they shall over- turn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wisdom : he know- eth both the deceiver, and him that is deceived. 17 He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility. 18 He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their loins with a cord. 19 He leadeth away priests without glory, and overthroweth nobles. 20 He changeth the speech of the true speakers, and taketh away the doctrine of the aged. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and re- lieveth them that were oppressed. 22 He disco\ereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth up to light the shadow of death. 23 He multiplieth nations, and destroyeth them, and restoreth them again after they were overthrown. 24 He changeth the heart of the princes of (he people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way. 411 JOB. t!i Phev shall grope as in the od ? 9 Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be CODCealed? <>r shall he be deceived as a man, with \our deceitful dealings? 10" He shall reprove urn, because in secret yeu ace -ept his person. 1 1 As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you. I J Your remembrance shall he compared to ash- es, and vour necks shall he bronchi to clay. 13 Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever in v mind shall irnfgfTl to me. 1 i Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and earn mv soul in my hands? 15 Although he should kill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove niv ways in his sight. 16 And he shall be my saviour: lor no hypocrite shall come In-fore his presence. 17 Hear ye my speech, and receive with your ears hidden truths. 18 If 1 shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just . 19 Who is he that will plead against me r let him come: why am I consumed holding mj peace? I'uo things only do not to me, and then from th\ face 1 shall not lie hid: 21 Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me. .'J (all me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me. 29 How manv are niv iniquities and sins? make me know mv crimes and offences. 24 Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkesi me th\ enemy? '25 Against a leaf, that is carried awav with the wind, thou showest thy |>ower; and thou pursues! a dn straw. Jii lor thou writes! hitter things against me, ami will consume me for the sins of my votith. * Tktt thou auytf pnUct ms in ktll. That i«,"in the ttate of the dead, •r.| ii, uh place when the tout* an krpt waiting Tor U.tir Hedeemcr. 41-' 27 Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, ami hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of mv feet : 28 \\ ho am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is moth-eaten. CHAP. XIV. Job declares the shortness of man's days ; ami professes his be- lief of a resurrection. MAN born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. 2 Who Cometh forth like a Ilower, and is de- stroyed, and lleeth as a shadow, and never conti- nueth in the same state. 3 And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such a one, and to bring him into judgment wilh thee? 4 Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art? 5 The days of man are short, and the number of liis months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot lie passed. 6 Depart a little fiom him, that he may rest, un- til his wished for day come, as that of the hireling. 7 A tree hath hope : if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the 1m>iij:I)s thereof" sprout. 8 If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust, 9 At the scent of water it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as w hen it was first planted. 10 But man when he shall be dead, and strip- ped and consumed, 1 pray you where is he? 11 As if the w ali rs should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up: 12 So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again till the heavens lie broken: he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep. 13 Who will Kraut me this, that thou mavst pro- le ct me in hell,* and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a time w'hen thou wilt remember me? 14 Shall man that is dead, thinkrst thou, live again ? all the days, in which I am now in warfare, 1 expect until mv change come. 15 Thou shall call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shall reach out thy right hand. 16 Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare niv sins. 17 Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a has, but hast cured my iniquity. 18 A mountain falling Cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place. I',) Waters wear away the stones, and with in- undation the DOUnd by little and little is w ashed awav : so in like niaiint r thou shah destrO) man. 20 Thou hast st lengthened him for a little wh'vje, that he may pass away lor ever: thou shall change his face, and shalt semi him awav. .'1 \\ bother his children conic to honour or dis- honour, he shall not understand. 22 Hut yet his flesh, w hile he shall live, shall havs I>aiu, and his soul shall mourn over him. CHAP. XV, XVI. CHAP. XV. Eliphaz returns to the charge against Job, and describes the wretched stale of the wicked. AND Eliphaz the Thetnanite answered, and said: 2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking ir the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat? 3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee. 4 As much as in thee, thou hast made void fear,* and hast taken away prayers from before God. 5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imilatest the tongue of blasphemers. 6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I : and thy own lips shall answer thee. 7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills ? 8 Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee ? 9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant ofr what dost thou understand that we know not? 10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers. 11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee ? but thy wicked words hinder this. 12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if thou wert thinking great things? 13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to ut- ter such words out of thy mouth? 14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just? 15 Behold, among his saints, none is unchange- able: and the heavens are not pure in his sight. 16 How much more is man abominable, and un- profitable, who drinketh iniquity like water? 17 1 will show thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen. 1 8 Wise men confess, and hide not their fathers :f 19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them. 20 The wicked man is proud all his days: and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain. 21 The sound of dread is always in his ears : and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason. 22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side. 23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24 Tribulation shall terrify him; and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle. 25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengtheued himself against the Al- mighty. * Tlum host made void fear. God That is, cast off the fear of offending- 26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck. 27 Fatness hath covered his face; and the fat hangeth down on his sides. 28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in de- sert houses that are reduced into heaps. 29 He shall not be enriched ; neither shall his substance continue; neither shall he push his root in the earth. 30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth. 31 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price. 32 Before his days be full, he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away. 33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive-tree that cast- eth its flower. 34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is bar- ren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes. 35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits. CHAP. XVI. Job expostulates with Ms friends ; and appeals to the judg~ ntent of God. HP HEN Job answered, and said : -■- 2 1 have often heard such things as these ; you are all troublesome comforters. 3 Shall windy words have no end ? or is it any trouble to thee to speak ? 4 I also could speak like you : and would God your soul were for my soul. 5 I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you. 6 I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips as sparing you. 7 But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not. rest : and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me. 8 But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing. 9 My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me. 10 He hath gathered together his fury against me, and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me : my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes. 1 1 They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek; they are filled with my pains. 12 God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked. 13 1 that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces : he hath taken me by my neck ; he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark. 14 He hath compassed me round about with his f Wise men confess, and hide not their fatliers. That is, the knowledge and documents they liave received from their fathers they are not asha. med to own. 413 .inn. lances; he hath wounded my loins; lit- kadi not apnrt'il. ami h.nli poured out my bowels on the earth. 15 He bath torn me w ith wound upon wound: he hath rushed in upon me like a giant. It'. I have sowed sackcloth ti|K>n my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes. 17 M> t.ii v is swoln with weeping, and m> eye- lids arc dim. 18 TbeM things have I sa fl et ed without the ini- quitvof my hand, when I offered pure pra vers to God. 19 earth, core* not thou mv blood, neither let ni\ cry find I hiding place in tli 20 For behold, m\ nritaeas is in heaven, and he that knowetli m> conscience is on high. 21 My friends arte full of words: my eye poureth out ttar» to God. 22 And O tliat a man Bight so Ik? judged with God. ;is the son of own b judged withhiscompanion! For behold, short years pass away, and I am walking in a path by which I shall not return. CHAP. XVII. Job's hope in God : he expects reti in death. MY spirit shall be wasted : my days shall be shortened; and only the crave remainclh tor me. 2 I have not sinned,* and my eye abide! h in bit- terness. 3 Deliver me, Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me. 4 Thou hast set their heart Far from understand- in. : therefore they shall not be exalted. 5 He promise! h a prey to his companions ; and the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 \\c hath made me as it were a by-word of the people : and I am an example before them. 7 .My eve is dim through indignation ; and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing. 8 The just shall be astonished at this : and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite. 9 And thejtist man shall hold on his way : and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. Ki Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find anions you any wise man. 1 1 My days have passed away ; my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting m\ heart. 1 2 They have turned nigh I into day ; and after darkness I hope for licht again. 13 If I wait. he||T is m\ house; and I have made my bed in darktx 14 I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father: to worms: my mother and tn\ sister. 15 Where is now thru m\ expectation, and who considered! mi patience ' 16 All that I have shall go down info the deepest pit:} thinkest that there at least 1 shall bare rest? CH\I\ Will. Raldad again reproves Job ; and ilescribts the miseries of the wirkrd. THEN Baldad the Suhite answered, and said: .' Mow long will ye throw out words? un- ders f an ! I rst, and so let us speak. me with. That it, I am not puilty of tucb tint m they charge 414 3 rVfcj are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you? 4 Thou that deetroyeet thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their pfaw 5 Shall not the hgbl of the wicked be extin- guished, and the ll.inie of his lire not shine - b* The light shall be dark in his la)>ernaclc . and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out. 7 The step of his strength shall Ik- straightened: and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong. 8 For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walk- eth in its meshes. 9 The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare; and thirst shall burn against him. 10 \ gin is hidden lor him in the earth, and his trap upon the path. 1 1 Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shak' entangle his feet. 12 Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his rihs. 13 Let it devour the beauty of bis skin, let the first-born death consume his arms. 14 Let his confidence be rooted out of his taber- nacle, and let destruction treatl upon him like a kins. 16 Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in bis tabernacle: let brimstone !>e sprinkled in his tent. 16 Let his roots he dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed alnwe. 17 Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowned in the streets. 18 He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world. ID His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country. 20 They that come alter him shall be astonished at his day: and horror shall fall upon them that went before. 21 These then are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knowcth not God. CHAP. XIX. Job complain* of the ( rmllu of his fritmk : he describes his own sufferings, and his Iteluf of a future resurri ttiun. r lMIFN Job answered, and said: -■- 2 How Ion:; do you afflict m\ soul, ;i nd break me in pieces with words. - 8 Heboid, these tea times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress inc. 4 For if I bare been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me. 5 Hut yon set yourselres np sgainsl ma, and re- prove me w ith my reproaches. 6 At least now understand, that God hath not af- flicted me with an equal judgment.' and compass- ed me with his scour 7 Behold. I shall ou, my words, and do penance. 3 Suffer me, and I will speak; and after, if you please, laugh at my words. 4 Is niv debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled? 5 Hearken to me and Ih* astonished; and lay vour tinner on \our mouth. 6 As lor me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. 7 W kj then do the wicked live, arc they advan- ced, and strengthened with riches? heir seed eoutiuueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight. .9 Their houses are secure and peaceable: and the rod of God is not upon them. 10 Their cattle ha\e conceived, and failed not: their cow hath calved, and is not deprived of her fruit. I I Their little ones go out like a flock; and their children dance and play. 1 _' They take the timbrel, and the harp, and re- joice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment (hey go down to hell: 14 Who nave said to God : Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge oi tin ways. 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and what doth it profit ns if we pray to him ? 1 6 Yet because their (mod things are not in their hand, ma} the counsel ol the wicked be far from me. 17 How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge i otne upon them, and he sball distribute the sorrows of his wrath? 18 They shall fie ai chaff before the face of the «ind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattered). 19 God shall la\ up the sorrow of the father for his children : and w hen he shall repay, then shall he know . 20 His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what is it to him what befallelh his house after him : and it the number of his months be di- minished by one half? 22 Shall any que teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high? 1 hie man dieth strong and hale, rich and hap- RJ : 2 V His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened w ith marrow. 25 But another dieth in bitterness of soul with- out any richest 26 And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall covet them. 27 Surely I know your thoughts, and your un- just judgments against me. 2J! For you saj : Where hi the house of the prince? and w here are the dwelling-places of the w icked? 29 Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knowcth these same thines. 30 Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to tin- day of w rath. 31 Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead. 33 He hath been* acceptable to the gravel ofCo- cytur* and he shall draw every man alter him, and there are innumerable before him. 34 How then dove comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shown to be repugnant to truth? CHAP. XXII. Eliphaz falsely imputes many Crime* t» Job: but promises him prosperity if he trill n pint. ■TMIEN Eliphaz the Tbemanite answered, and -*- said : 2 (an man be compared with God, even though be were of perfect know ledgi 3 What doth it profit God if thou be just ' or w hat dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted ? 4 Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee intojudgmenl : 5 And not for thy manifold wickedness, and thy infinite iniquities? (! For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren w itlioul cause, and slript the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to* the weary; thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry. 8 lii the Strength of thy arm thou didst post the land: and being the most mighty thou boldest it. 9 Thou hast sent willows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces. in Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubh th thee. 11 And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not lie covered w ith the violence of ovei flowing w at- 12 I >ost not thou think that God is higher than beaven, and u elevated above the height of the stars? !l» lb freer' •/ Cory/us. Thr Hebrew wi.nl. which St. i bare rendered liv Ihr namr rVw/u, (whi< h Um . at a rirpr in liell.) iifinfiea a M&y or a larrmt . arnl in tbU |m place, u taken for the low rrgi..n of death and lull which willingly, J rkrd at their death ; win are uabered in by ive gone before them, and are followed by uitiluui'ft iitxiYC nuinDcr. CHAP. XXII I, XXIV. 13 And thousayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist. 14 The clouds are his covert ; and he doth not consider our things ; and he walketh about the poles of heaven.. 15 Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden ? 16 Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation: 17 Who said to God: Depart from us; and look- ed upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing: 18 Whereas he had filled their houses with good things; whose way of thinking be far from me. 19 The just shall see, and shall rejoice: and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn. 20 Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them ? 21 Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits. 22 Receive the law of his mouth ; and lay up his words in thy heart. 23 If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle. 24 He shall give for earth flint, and for flint tor- rents of gold. 25 And the Almighty shall be against thy ene- mies; and silver shall be heaped together for thee. 26 Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Al- mightv, and shalt lift up thy face to God. 27 Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee; and thou shalt pay vows. 28 Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall come to thee; and light shall shine in thy ways. 29 For he that hath been humbled shall be in glory : and he that shall bow down his eyes, shall be saved. 30 The innocent shall be saved ; and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands. CHAP. XXIII. Job wishes to be triedat God's tribunal. nn HEN Job answered, and said : -■- 2 Now also my words are in bitterness : and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning. 3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne? 4 I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints. 5 That I might know the words that he would answer me, ana understand what he would say to me. 6 I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwlielm me with the weight of his greatness. 7 Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory. 8 But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him. 9 If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him : if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him. 3G 10 But he knowcth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire: 11 My foot hath followed his steps. I have kept his way, and have not declined from it. 12 I have not departed from the commandments of his lips: and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom. 13 For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought : and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done. 14 And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him. 15 And therefore I am troubled at his presence; and when I consider him I am made pensi/e with fear. 16 God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me. 17 For I have not perished because of the dark- ness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face. CHAP. XXIV. God's providence often suffers the wicked to go on a long lime in their sins ; but punisheth them in another life. 'XHMES are not hid from the Almighty : but they -*- that know him, know not his days. 2 Some have removed land-marks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them. 3 They have driven away the ass of the father- less, and have taken away the widow'sox forapledge. 4 They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth. 5 Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work : by watching for a prey, they get bread for their children. 6 They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed. 7 They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold : 8 Who are wet with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones. 9 They have violently robbed the fatherless and stript the poor common people. 10 From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn. 1 1 They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the wine- presses suffer thirst. 12 Out of the cities they have made men to groan; and the soul of the wounded hath cried out ; and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged. 13 They have been rebellious to the light; they have not known his ways ; neither have they return- ed by his paths. 14 The murderer risethatthe very break of dav: he killeth the needy, and the poor man : but in the night he will be as * thief. 15 The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see -me: and he will cover his face. 16 He diggeth through houses in the dark as in 417 JOB. the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light. 17 If th«.> morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness i- if it were in light. 18 He is light upon the face of the water: curs- ed be his portion on the caith : let him not walk !>\ the way of the rinejaida. 19 Let him pass froiu the snow waters to exces- Un heat, and his sin even to hell. 20 Let mercy forget hint : may worms he his sweetness; ht him be rememhered no more, but be broken in pieces a> an unfruitful tree. _M For he hath fed the barren that Ixareth not : and to the widow he hath done no good. He hath pulled down the strong by Ids might: and when lie sjandeth up, lie shall uot trust to his life. 23 God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride : but his eyes are upon his wa 24 They are lifted up for a little while, and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all thugs, and shall betaken away : and as the lops of the ears of corn they shall be broken. 26 And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God? CHAP. XXV. Baidad represents the justice of Cod, brfure whom no man can be justified. HP HEN Baidad the Suhite answered, and said : »■ 2 Power and terror are with him, who inaketh peace in his high places. _ 3 Is there any numbering of his soldiers? and up- on whom shall not his light arise? 4 Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is l>orn ol a woman appear clean ? 5 Behold, even the moon doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man that is rottenness, and the son of man w ho is a worm ? CHAP. XXVI. Job derlarts his sentiments of the wisdom and power of God. THEN Job answered, and said: 2 Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength ? 3 To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom; and thou hast shown thy very great prudence. 4 Whom hast thou desired to teach ? was it not him that made life ?. 5 Behold, the giants groan under the waters, and thevthat dwell with them. 6 Hell is naked before him, and there is noco- vcring for destruction. 7 He stretched out the north oner the empty space, and hangctli the earth upon nothing. • Hit tksUtrit hand rrvugkl forth the vindinf trrprnt. That i», the ' iotM>t power of God, which brought fortli all iluoo created in but conceived in the Diwne mir d frofp C XWOtU. The 418 8 He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out ami fall down together. 9 He withholdcth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it. 10 He hath set Ixiunds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end. 11 The pillars ol heaven tremble, and dread at his heck. 12 By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has .struck the proud one. li His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.* 14 Lo, these things are said in part of his wa\s : and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his great lie- CHAP. XXVII. Job persists in asserting his oirn innocence, and that hypocrites will be punished in the end. JOB also added, taking op his parable, and said: 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness : \s long as breath remaineth in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrils, 4 My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive King. 5 God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence. 6 My justification, which I have begun to hold. I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life. 7 Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my ad versary as the wicked one. 8 For w hat is the hop*: of the hypocrite, if through copiousness be take by violence, and God deliver not his soul. 9 Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him ? 10 Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times? 1 1 I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath; and I will not conceal it. 12 Behold you all know it : and why do you speak vain things without cause ? 13 This is the portion of a w icked man w ith God. and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If his sons be multiplied, they shall he for the sword, and his grandsons shall not lie filled with bread. 15 They that shall remain of him, shall lie buried in death, and his widows shall not weep. 16 If he shall heap together silver as earth, ami prepare raiment as clay : 17 He shall prepare indeed; but the just man shall he clothed with it, and the innocent shall divide the silver. tcin'■• S fued »iir. winding round th* north pole, called Ih-ru-o. '« few *f0 ' * 'eotr IV i i rtej j-u-t of ihe ta*ie rerie i Hit spirit /Ui tit ■'•'**,. CHAP. XXV III, XXIX. 18 He hath built his house as a moth ; and as a eeper he hath made a booth. 19 The rich man when he shall sleep shall take awaj' nothing with him: he shall open his eyes, and find nothing. 20 Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night: 21 A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place. 22 And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee. 23 He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place. CHAP. XXVIII. Man's industry searcheth out many things; true wisdom is taught by God alone. SILVER hath beginnings of its veins; and gold hath a place wherein it is melted. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth ; and stone melted with heat is turned into brass. 3 He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all tilings he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the foot of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at. 5 The land out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire. 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold. 7 The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eve of the vulture beheld it. 8 The children of the merchants have not trod- den it ; neither hath the lioness passed by it. 9 He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint: he hath overturned mountains from the roots. 10 In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious tiling. 11 The depths also of rivers he hath searched : and hidden things he hath brought forth to light. 12 But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding ? 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights. 14 The depth saith : It is not in me: and the sea saith : It is not with me. 15 The finest gold shall not purchase it : neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. 16 It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire. 17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it; neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it. 18 High and eminent things shall not be men- tioned in comparison of it : but wisdom is drawn out of secret places. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it; neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dying. ,20 Whence then cometh wisdom ? and where is the place of understanding ? 21 It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not. 22 Destruction and death have said : With otu ears we have heard the fame thereof. 23 God understandeth the way of it; and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world : and looketh on all things that are under heaven. 25 Who made a weight for the winds, and weigh- ed the waters by measure. 26 When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms. 27 Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it. 28 And he said to man : Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom ; and to depart irom evil is understanding. CHAP. XXIX. Job relates his former happiness, and the respect that all mm showed him. TOB also added, taking up his parable, and said : ** 2 Who will grant me, that I might be accord- ing to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me ? 3 When his lamp shined over my head, and 1 walked by his light in darkness ? 4 As 1 was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle ? 5 When the Almighty was with me, and my ser- vants round about me ? 6 When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil ? 7 When 1 went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair ? 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves : and the old men rose up and stood. 9 The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth. 10 The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat. 1 1 The ear that heard me blessed me ; and the eye that saw me gave witness to me : 12 Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out, and the fatherless that had no helper. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I comforted the heart of the widow. 14 I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself" with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem. 15 1 was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame 16 I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligentl 17 1 broke the jaws of the wicked man : and out of his teeth I took away the prey. 18 And I said : I shall die in my nest, and as a palm-tree shall multiply my da vs. 19 My root is opened beside the waters ; and dew shall continue in my harvest. 20 My glory shall always be renewed : and my bow in my hand shall be repaired. 21 They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel. 22 To my words they durst add nothing: and my speech dropped upon them. 419 JOB. 23 They waited for me as for rain ; and thej opened their mouth as tor a latter shower. 24 If at anv time I laughed on them, they believt d not : and the light of my countenance fell not on the earth. 25 It I had a mind to go to them, I sat first : and when I sat as a kin:;, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned. CHAP. XXX. Job skew s the wonderful change of hit temporal estate, from wcl- fart to great calamity. BUT now the younger i n time* scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock : 2 The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing : and they were thought unworthy of life itself. 3 Barren with want and lumper, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and miserj ■ 4 And they ate crass, and harks of trees : and the rout of junipers was their food. 5 Who snatched up these things out of the valleys : and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry. 6 They dwelt in the desert p laces of torrents, and in caves of the earth, or upon the gravel. 7 They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to he under the briars. 8 The children offboKsh and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth : 9 Now I am turned into their song, and am he- come their by-word. 10 They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face. 1 1 For he hath opened his ipi'iver. and hath afflict- ed me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth. 1 2 \t the right hand of mv lis'uii:, nn calamities forthwith arose : they have overthrown mv feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves. 13 They bare destroyed my ways; tbej have lain in wait against me ; and thev ha\e prevailed ; and there \v;is none to help. 14 They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled them- selves down to my miseries. 15 I am brought to nothing : as a wind thou hast taken aw ay my desire : and my pro s p eri ty hath passed away like a cloud. 16 And now my soul fadeth within myself; and the days of affliction possess me. 17 In the night mv hone is pierced with sorrows : and they that feed upon me, do not sleep. 18 With the multitude of them mv garment is con- sumed : and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat. 19 I am compared to dirt, and am likened to em- bers and ashes. • Bui tkt fuugtr m txmu : that i«. yoangrr than I am, and is a. it were oUcurr. when 1 tu cooapicuutu and in magnificence , the) now look down on me. 420 20 I cry to thee, and thou hearest mc not : I stand up, and thou dost not regard me. 'J I Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thv hand thou art against me. 22 Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind : and thou' hast mightily dashed me. 23 I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth. 24 But yet thou stretches! not forth thy hand to their consumption : and if they shall fall down, tholi wilt save. 25 I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted ; and my soul had compassion on the poor. 26 I expected good things, and e\ils are conn- up- on me : I waited for light, and darkness broke out J7 Mv inner parts have boiled without any rest ■ the days of affliction have prevented me. 28 f went mourning without indignation ; I rose up and cried in the crowd. 29 I was the brothel of dragons,f and companion of ostriches. 30 My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat. 31 My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep. CHAP. XXXI. Job, to defend himself from the unjust judgments of his friends, give* a sincere account of his otcn virtues. I MADE a covenant w ith my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin. 2 For w hat part should Ciod from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high ? 3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity? 4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps ? '5 If 1 have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit : ti Let him weigh me in a jusl balance ; and let God know my simplicity. 7 If my step hath turned out of the way. and if my heart hath followed my eves, and if a spot hath ( -leav- ed to my hands : 8 Then let me SOW. and let another eat : and let my offspring be rooted out 9 If my heart hath been dec e i v ed upon a woman, and if 1 have laid wait at my friend's door: 10 Let my wife be the harlot ol another, and let other men lie with her. 1 1 For this is a heinous crime, and a most griev- ous iniquity. I J It is a fire that devoured) even to distinction, and rooteth up all things that spring. 13 If I have despised to abide judgment w ith my mail-servant, or mv maid-servant, w hen they had anv controversy against me: 14 For what shall I do when (iod shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him? } SrvHirr of Draft**, ItC. at.lc I Imitating theae creature- n their hwent- CHAP. XXXII. 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make nim also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb? 16 If I have denied to the poor what they desir- ed, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: 17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fa- therless hath not eaten thereof: 18 (For from my infancy mercy grew up with me : and it came out with me from my mother's womb:) 19 If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no co- vering : 20 If his sides 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 fa- therless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate : 22 Let my shoulder fall from its joint : and let my arm with its bones be broken. 23 For I have always feared God as waves swell- ing over me, and his weight I was not able to bear. 24 If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold : My confidence : 25 If 1 have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much : 26 If I beheld the sun* when it shined, and the moon going in brightness: 27 And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth : 28 Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God; 29 If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.- 30 For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul. 31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said : Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled? 32 The stranger did not stay without; my door was open to the traveller. 33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and have con- cealed my iniquity in my bosom: 34 If I have been afraid at a very great multi- tude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me : and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door : 35 Who would grant me a hearer, that the Al- mighty may hear my desire : and that he himself that judgeth would write a book : 36 That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown ? 37 At every step of mine, I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince. 38 If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows therrof mourn; 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without mo- ney, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof: * If I beheld the sun, &c. If I behold the sun and moon with adinira- boc, knowing- them to be created and governed by the power of God, I call on my adversaries to produce any thing against me, whereby I could be charged with worshipping the sun or moon. f J will not Uvel God with man. Here £ was formed. 7 Hut >et lit not my wonder terrify thee, and let not -in \ eloquence be burdensome to thee. :: Now thou hast said in my hearing, and I have heard (lie voice of thy words: '.» I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me. 10 Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore be hath counted me for his enemy. 11 He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths. IJ Now this is the thins in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. 13 Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words? 11 tiod speaketh once and repeateth not the self same thing the .second time. 15 By a dream in a vision by night) when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds: lb" Then he openeth the ears of men, and teach- ing instrucieth them in what they are to lenm. 17 That he may withdraw a man from the things lie is doiilft. and may deliver him from pride. HI Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from parsing to the sword. 19 lie rebuketh also hy sorrow in the bed, and he inakelh all his hones to wither. I Wead becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the in< at which before he desired. 21 His flesh shall he consumed away, and his bones that were covered, shall be made bare. His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers. J '. It there shall he an Angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man's uprightness. lie shall have mercy on him, and shall say: I K liver him, that he may not ^o down to corruption: I have found wherein I may he merciful to bun. Hi- flesh i- consumed with punishments, let jt return to the nays of his youth. He shall pray to God, and he will b. cious to him: and he shall see his fact with joy, and he will render to man bis justice. _'7 He shall look noon men, and shall say: ] have sinned, and indeed I have offended; and I have not received what I have deserved. He hath delivered his soul from noiug into destruction, that it may live and see the light. 20 Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one. That he may withdraw their souls from cor- ruption, and eiilkliten them with the light of the living. 31 Attend, Job, and hearken to me: and hold thy peace, whilst I speak. 1 But if thou hast any thing to s;iy, answer me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just. .l> And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy peace, and 1 will teach line wisdom. CHAP. XXXIV. Klin charge* Job teith blnyjhemi/ ; and sets forth the power and justice of God. j\ND Fliu continued his discourse, and said: 2 Hear, ye wise men, my words: anil ye learn- ed, hearken to me: 3 For the ear trieth words, and the mouth dis- cerneth meats hy the taste. 4 Let us choose to us judgment, and let us see anion? ourselves what is the best. 5 for Job hath said: I am just; and God hath overthrown my judgment. _ 6 For in judging me, there is a lie: my arrow is violent without any sin. 7 What man is there like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 8 Who goeth in company with them that work iniquity, and waJketh with wicked men? 9 For he hath said: .Man shall not please Cod, although he run with him. 10 Therefore, ye men of understanding, hear me; far from Cod l>e wickedness, and iniquity from the Almighty. 11 For he will render to a man his work: and according to the ways of every one he will reward them. I I For in very deed Cod will not condemn with- out cause: neither will the Almighty pervert judg- ment 13 What other hath he appointed over the earth.' or whom hath beset over the world which he made? 14 If* he turn his heart to him, he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself. 15 All flesh shall perish together: and man shall return into ashes. 16 If then thou hast understanding, hear what is said, and hearken to the voice of mv words. 17 Can lie he healed that loveth not judgment? and how dost thou so far condemn him thai is just? III Who saith to the kin^: Tho* art an apos- tate; who calleth rulers ungodly: 19 Who accepteth not the persons of princes; nor hath regarded the tyrant, w hen he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands. 20 They shall Suddenly die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight] and they shall pass, ami take away the violent without hand. 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he eonsidereth all their steps. There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of death, where they may Ik- hid who work iniquity. CHAP. XXXV, XXXVI. 23 For it is no longer in the power of man to en- ter into judgment with God. 24 He shall break in pieces many and innumera- ble; and shall make others to stand in their stead. 25 For he knoweth their works: and therefore he shall bring night on them; and they shall be de- stroyed. 26 He hath struck them as being wicked, in open sight. 27 Who as it were on purpose have revolted from him, and would not understand all his ways: 28 So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor. 29 For when hegranteth peace vyho is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men? 30 Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people? 31 Seeing then I have spoken of God, I will not hinder thee in thy turn. 32 If I have erred, teach thou me: if 1 have spo- ken iniquity, I will add no more. 33 Doth God require it of thee, because it hath displeased thee? for thou begannest to speak, and not I : but if thou know any thing better, speak. 34 Let men of understanding speak to me ; and let a wise man hearken to me. 35 But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline. 36 My father, let Job be tried even to the end : cease not from the man of iniquity. 37 Because he addeth blasphemy upon his sins, let him be tied fast in the mean time among us : and then let him provoke God to judgment with his speeches. CHAP. XXXV. Eliu declares that the good or evil done by man cannot reach God. IVrOREOVER, Eliu spoke these words: ±Y_I_ 2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God? 3 For thou saidst : That which is right doth not please thee : or what will it profit thee if I sin ? 4 Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee. 5 Look up to heaven, and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee. 6 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him ? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shaltthou do against him? 7 And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand ? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee : and thy justice may help the son of man. 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out ; and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants. 10 And he hath not said : Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night? *Out of the narrow mouth. That is, out of hell, whose entrance is nar- row, and its depth bottomlesg, but 6gurativclv meant here, that is, from his miseries and calamity to be restored to his former state of happiness. 1 1 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air. 12 There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men. 13 God therefore will not hear in vain: and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one. 14 Yea when thou shalt say: Heconsidereth not : be judged before him, and expect him. 15 For he doth not now bring on his fury: neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly. 16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge. CHAP. XXXVI. Eliu proceeds in setting forth the justice andpotcer of God. T^ LIU also proceeded, and said: <*-* 2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf. 3 1 will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my maker just. 4 For indeed my words are without a lie: and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee. 5 God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty. 6 But he saveth not the wicked: and he giveth judgment to the poor. 7 He will not take away his eyes from the just: and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted. 8 And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty, 9 He shall show them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent. 10 He also shall open their ear, to correct them; and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity. 11 If they shall hear and observe, they shall ac- complish their days in good, and their years in glory. 12 But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly. 13 Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God : neither shall they cry when they are bound. 14 Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate- 15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction. 16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth,* and which hath no foundation un- der it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness. 17 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked : cause and judgment thou shalt recover. 18 Therefore let not anger overcome thee, to op- press any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside. 19 Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength. 20 Prolong not the night, that people may come up for them. 21 Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery. f t For this thou hast begun to follow after mitery, Eliu charges Joh, that notwithstanding his misery, he does not fear God as he ought but in his judgment, falls into iniquity. 423 JOB 22 Beno.n, Ci.nl is high in his strength : and none is like him among the lawgivers. 23 Who cm search out his ways? or who can say to him : Thou hast wrought iniquity ? I Remember that thou knowest not hit work, concerning which men have sun \ll men tee bin: ever] onebebeMethaiaxofT. 26 Behold, God is great, ex<*eeding our know- ledge: the number of his years is inestimable. 11 He lit'teth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods: I Which flow from the clouds that rover all above. 29 It" he will spread out clouds ;is his tent, 30 And lighten with his li^ht from above, he shall covet also the ends of the sea. 31 For by these he judgeth people, and giwth food to many mortals. 32 In his hands he hideth the light, and com- mandeth it to come again. 33 He show ctli his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it. CHAP. XXXVII. FJiu got* on in his discourse, shotting (loti's wisdom and power, by his wonderful works. AT this my heart trembleth, and is moved out of its place. I Hi ar ye attentively the terror of his voice, and the sound that cometh out of his mouth. 3 He beholdctli under all the heavens; and his bght is upon the ends of the earth. 4 \lirr it a noise shall roar: he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found out, wheai his roiee shall be heard. 5 God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doeth great and unsearchable things. G He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his Strength. 7 lb sealeth up* the hand of all men, thai every one may know his works. 8 Then the beast shall go into his covert, and shall abide in his den. 9 Out of the inner parts shall a tempest come, and cold out of the north. 10 When God blowt th, there cometh frost ; and again the waters are poured out abundantly. I I Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread their liicht : 1 1 Which go round about, whithersoever the w ill of him that governeth them shall lead them, to what- soever he shall command them U|k>ii the face of the whole earth : 13 Whether in one tril>e, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his men y he shall command them to be found. I \ Hearken to these things, Job: Stand, and con- sider the wondrous works of God. * lit utlttk tat, fas. Whrn be tend* tkatt ttmnn of Us t&rnttk. that ta, those ttorm* of rain, kt mats up, that is, he shut- up the l. ..ml. of am from their mtual work* abroad, and confine* Um-iii wittun door*. to consider kit work*; or to forecast Ikm work*, that it, what Hmj tl.i'in« !»•. .ir. t.< do 16 Dost thou know when God commanded tlie rains, to show the lijdit of his clouds 16 Knowest (huii the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect kaowledgi 17 Are not thy garments hot, whea the south wind blows upon the earth ? 18 Thou perhaps hast made the hea\( ns with him, which are most strong, as if they were of mol- ten brass. 19 Show us what we may say to him : for we are wrapped up in darkness: 20 Who shall tell him the things I Speak .' <\< n if a man shall speak, he shall Ik- swallow ed up.f 21 But now they see not the light, the air on a sudden shall lie thickened into clouds, and the w ind shall pass and drive them away. 22 Gold cometh out of the north, and to God praise with fear. 23 We cannot find him worthily : he is great in Strength, and in judgment, and in justice, ami he is ineffable. 24 Therefore men shall fear him : and all that seem to themselves to be w is< , shall not dare to be- hold him. CHAP. XXXVIII. God interposes ; and shows from the things he hath made, that limn canniit comprehend his jmiriT und oitdmu. HP HEN the Lord} answered Job out of a whirl- A wind, and said : 2 Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in un- skilful words ? 3 Gird up thy loins like a man : 1 will ask thee, and answer thou me. 4 Where Wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it ? 6 I'pon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the coiner stone thereof, 7 When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody ? 8 Who shut up the sea with doors w hen it broke forth as issuing out of the Womb: 9 When I made a cloud the* varment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands? 10 1 set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors; 11 And I said: Hitherto thou shall come, and shalt go no further: and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves. 12 Didst thou since thy birth command the morn- ing, and show the dawning of the day its place' 13 And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the un- godlv out of it .' 14 The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment : 4 lit shall kt nrtlUtrtd up. All that man can ui whrn he speaks of ■ mi little and inconsiderable in comparison with tin- subject, that man H lost and a* it were .wallowed up m so immriw an ocean | 7bM That la, an angel aoeukmg in the name of U.e !x>rd. •I .'I CHAP. XXXIX. 15 From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep? 17 Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors? 18 Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth ? tell me, if thou knowest all things? 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness: 20 That thou mavst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths. of the house thereof. 21 Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days? 22 Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail : 23 Which I have prepared for the time of the en- emy, against the day of battle and war? 24 By what way is the light spread, and heat di- vided upon the earth? 25 Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder: 26 That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth: 27 That it should fill the desert, and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass ? 28 Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it? 30 The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed. 31 Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades,* or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus ? 32 Canst thou bring forth the day-star in its time, and make the evening-star to rise upon the children of the earth ? 33 Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth? 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee ? 35 Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return, and say to thee : Here we are? 36 Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man, or who gave the cock understanding ?f 37 Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep ? 38 When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together ? 39 Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps, 40 When they couch in the dens, and lie in wait in holes ? 41 Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat ? * Pleiades. Hebrew, Cinuh A cluster of seven stars in the constel- lation Taurus, or the Bull. Arcturus a bright star in the constellation Bootes. The Hebrew name Cesil is variously interpreted ; by some Orion; by others, the rreal Bear is understood. 3H CHAP. XXXIX. TJie wonders of the. power and providence of God in many ofhtt creatures. KNOWEST thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou ob- served the hinds when they fawn ? 2 Hast thou numbered the months of their con- ceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth ? 3 They bow themselves to bring forth young, and they east them, and send forth roarings. 4 Their young are weaned, and go to feed : they go forth, and return not to them. 5 Who hath sent out the wild-ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds ? 6 To whom 1 have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land. 7 He seorneth the multitude of the city, he hear- eth not the cry of the driver. 8 He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing. 9 Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib ? 10 Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee ? 1 1 Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him ? 12 Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barn-floor? 13 The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk. 14 When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust. 15 She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beast of the field may break them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers : she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her. 17 For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding. 18 When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high : she seorneth the horse and his rider. 19 Wilt thou give strength to the horse, or clothe his neck with neighing ? 20 Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts ? the glory of his nostrils is terror. 21 He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he pranccth boldly, he goeth forward to meet armed men. 22 He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword. 23 Above him shall the quiver rattle, the spear and shield shall glitter. 24 Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground : neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth. 25 When he heareth the trumpet, he saith . Ha, t Understanding. That instinct by which he distinguishes the timet of crowing in the night. 4*5 jon. ha! be sm< Hctli the bottle afar off, the encouraging of the cairfains, and the shouting of the fumy. 26 l)oth the hawk was feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south ? Will the eagle roouiii upal thy command, and make her ncs| in high plan 28 She abideth among the rocks, and dwelled) HKMa; ctagfjed dims, and Moaj hills, where there is no ;irccs>. 29 From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold alar oil". 30 1 1 t-r _\niin:i ours shall suck up blood : and whensoever the carcass shall be, she is immediate- ly there. . i| And the Lord went on, and said to Job: Shall he thai contendeth w ith God be so easi- ly silenced ? surely be thai reproved) God ought to auswer him. 33 Then Job answered the Lord, and said : What can I answer, who have spoken incon- siderately .'* I will lay my hand upon my month. 35 One thing. 1 have spoken, which I wish I had not said : and another, to w Inch 1 will add no more. CHAP. XL. Of the potter nf Gini in the Im hi moth and theJtviathan. AND the Lord answering Job out of the whirl- wind, said : 2 (iird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, anil do thou tell me. 3 Wilt thou make void my judgment : and con- demn me, that thou mayst be justified? 4 And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him? iothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high, and be glorious, anil put on goodly garments. Scatter the proud in thv indignation, and be- hold every arrogant man, ami humble him. 7 Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the w icked in their place. 8 Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit. 9 Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee. 10 Behold behemotht whom I made with thee. he eateth grass like an ox. 11 His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of bis belly. 12 He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of liis t esticles are wrapped together. 13 His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron. 14 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him : he will apply his sworil.J 16 To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the benatl of the field shall play. lt> lie sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist pfcv fnxT • Sfktn {iwwuUrratWy. If we dracnM all Job*i worth (tmtk 81. Grt- r*.) we «hall find nothing impiously spoken; as may be ralhcrrd . lite wunl« <>f the l»nl Ininvlf, chap. xlii. rer. 7. k II. but what tii reprehensible in turn, »»« the manner of exnrrssinr; himself at time), tpeakinr; too much of hi« own affliction, and too little ol Gofi towards him, which here he acknowledge* aa wMeajulrrafa. 17 The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him aliout. 18 Behold, be "ill drink up a river, and not Wonder: and be trustcth thai 'he Jordan may run into bis mouth. I!' In his cm- as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes. 20 Canst thou draw out the leviathan^ with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord ? 21 Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or boic through his jaw with a buckle.' 22 Will he. make liiiinv supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee? -'. > W ill he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever.' 24 Shall thou play wilh him as with a bin), or tie him up for thy handmaids? 25 Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall mer- chants divide him? 'J*! Wilt thou till nets with his skin, and the ca- bins of fishes with his head: 27 Lay thy hand upon him: remember the bat- tle, and speak no more. 28 lb-hold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down. CHAP. XLL A further description qf the leviathan. I WILL not stir him up, like one that is cruel: for , who can resist my countenance? 2 Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven aie mine. 3 I will not spare him, nor his mighty w onls. and framed to make supplication. 4 Who can discover the face of his raiment? or who can go into the midst of his month? 5 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round aliout. 6 His ImmIv is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another. 7 One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them: 8 Thev slick one to another, and they hold one another fast, ami shall not be separated. 9 His snee/.iim is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eye- lids of the morning. 10 Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted tire. 1 1 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a |>ot heated and boilings 12 His breath kindle th coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth. 13 In bk neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face. 1 \ The members of his flesh cleave one to ano- ther: be shall send lightnings against him, am) they shall not be carried to another place. f Bfkrmotk. in Hebrew fearaw, which »i|rnine» in rrneral an but m:mv authors explain, that here it i» pill f»r (lie Klrphmnl. I llr vill tpply hit nemd This test is rariously explained tome ex- plain the nrard, th* liorn given to the animal for lii» defence : oilier* the power that Cod hath fired to man to slay him, iiotwuh lauding hn p^eat »i/.e and strength. I Lnimlkm*. Tlie while, or totne tea monster. CHAP. 15 His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith's anvil. 16 When he shall raise him up, the angels* shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves. 17 When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breast-plate. 1 8 For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 19 The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling to him are like stubble. 20 As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and ne will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear. 21 The beams of the sun shall be under hnn,t and he shall strew gold under him like mire. 22 He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil. 23 A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old. J 24 There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one. 25 He beholdeth every high thing, he is kiug§ over all the children of pride. CHAP. XLII. Job submits himself. God pronounces in his favour. Job offers sacrifice for his friends. He is blessed with riches and chil- . dren, and dies happy. THEN Job answered the Lord, and said: 2 I know that thou canst do all things, and no thought is hid from thee. 3 Who is this that hideth counsel without know- ledge? Therefore 1 have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge. 4 Hear, and I will speak : 1 will ask thee, and do thou tell me. 5 With the hearing of the ear I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee. 6 Therefore 1 reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes. 7 And after the Lord had spoken these words to * .ingcls. Elim, Hebrew: which signifies here, the mighty, the most valiant, shall fear this monstrous fish, and in their fear shall seek to be purified. f Under him. He shall not value the beams of the sun ; and gold to him shall be like mire. XLII. Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite : My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends, because you have not spoken the thing that is right before me, as my servant Job hath. 8 Take unto you therefore seven oxen, and se- ven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a holocaust: and my servant Job shall pray for you: his face 1 will accept, that folly be not imputed to you: for you have not spoken right things before me, as my servant Job hath. 9 So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite, went, and did as the Lord had spoken to them: and the Lord ac- cepted the face of Job. 10 The Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they eat bread with him in his house : and bemoaned him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and one ear-ring of gold. 12 And the Lord blessed the latter end of Jol more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. 13 And he had seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of one Dies, and the name of the second Cassia, and the name of the third Cornustibij. 15 And there were not found in all the earth wo- men so beautiful as the daughters of Job : and their father gave them inheritance among their bre- thren. 16 And Job lived after these things, a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children's children, unto the fourth generation: and he died an old man, and full of days. | The deep as growing old. Grow ing hoary, as it were, with the froth wliich he leaves behind him. i He is king, &c. He is superior in strength to all that are great and strong amongst living creatures : mvstically it is understood of the devil, who is king over all the proud. THE BOOK OF PSALMS. The Psalms are called by the Hebrews tehillim, that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of them at leaarts of the earth for thv possession. '.' ' ("In ui sh;i|t rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieees like a potter's vessel. 10 And now, () ye kin^s, understand : receive in- struction you that judge the earth. 1 1 Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling. 12 Embrace discipline, lrst at any time the Lord be angry, and \ou perish from the just way. 13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all thev that trust in him. PSALM III. Domine, quid multiplicati. Tne prophet's danger anil delivery from his ton Abtalom: nyx- tiriilly the pnuitm and resurrection of Christ. 1 The psalm of David when he lied from the face of his son Absalom. [- Kings w.J 2 \\THV ; () Lord, are they multiplied that afflict " me ' many are thev who rise up against me. .'? Many say to my soul : There is no salvation for him in his God. 4 But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head. F, I have cried to the Lord with my voice : and he hath heard me from his holy hill. t! I have slept and have taken my rest : and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me. 7 I will not fearthoiisandsoftlie people, surround- ing me : arise. ( ) Lord : save me, O m\ < Sod. 8 For thou hast struck all them who are my ad- versaries without cause : thou bast broken the teeth of sinners. 9 Salvation is of the Lord : and thy blessing is ui»on tin people. * l'»ta the nU. Or, ai Si. Jerome render, it, rtrlori, /• Urn that orer- tMfU; which tome understand of lit chief sssuicim ; to whom thc\ suppose the pwlmv which tx-ar ih ,i title, were given to he mmjj: we rather unlerMand Ihe patlm il. ped to refer l« Christ. » Um end of Ik* law. and I lie great conqueror of death and hell, and to the New Testament. Ibid. Interiet.incarmtlmhut. In the Hebrew it it n/ghinotk, suppo- m PSALM IV. Cum invocarem. The prophet ttocheth u* to fUe to Hod in tribulation, with conjl- I Into the end, * in verses. A psalm for David. 1 \\ III..N I called U|K)ii him, the ( Sod of my JUS- » * tice heard ine ; when I was in distress, llioil hast enlarged me. Haas mercy on me, and hear my prayer. 3 O ye sons of men, how long will vou be dull of heart? why do \ou love vanity, and seek alter Ijmf 4 Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him. 5 Be ye angry, and sin not: the things you s ; ,\ in vour hearts, be sorry for them upon >our In-ds. 6 Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord : many say, Who showeth us good thii. 7 The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed itiKiii us: thou hast given gladness in m\ heart. 8 By the fruit of their corn, their Wine, ami oil, they are multiplied. 9 In peace in the self same I will sleep, and I will rest : 10 For thou, O Lord, singularly hast settled me in hope. PSALM V. Verba una auribus. A prayer to (1ml agoiiut the iniquities of men. 1 Unto tne end, for her that obtaineth the inherit* ance.f A psalm for David. 2 f~^ IVE ear, O Lord, to my words, understand ^*~ my cry. 3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my king and my God. 4 For to thee will 1 pray : O Lord, in the morn- ing thou shalt hear my voice. 5 In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that wiliest iniquity. b Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes. 7 Thou bates! all the workers of iniquity: thou will destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor. 8 But as forme in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; 1 will worship tow;, thy holy temple, in thv fear. 9 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of mv enemies, direct my way in thy si-ht. Ki For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain. 1 1 Their throat is an open sepulchre: thev dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, Goo. Let them fall from their devices: according to acd by wmr to be a musical instrument, with which this psalm wa* to Ih' aunt?* !. For Dmwid, or U Dmwid, rS W, Uut i», inspired to David . ur ti> l>e .u.ir. i rV her thai obtaineth the mkeriUmtt. That i», for the church ut f'hrist. PSALMS VI, VII, VIII. the.multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord. 12 Hut let all them he glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoiee for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And alt they that love thy name shall glory in thee: 13 For thou wilt hless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will. PSALM VI. Domine, ne in furore. A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The first penitential Psalm. 1 Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave.* 2/~\ LORD, rebuke me not in thy indignation, ^^ nor chastise me in thy wrath. 3 Have mercy on me, U Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. 4 And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, Lord, how long? 5 Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake. 6 For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell? "7 I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears. 8 My eye is troubled through indignation : I have grown old amongst all my enemies. 9 Depart from me all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 10 The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer. 1 1 Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily. PSALM VII. Domine Deus meus. David, trusting in the justice of his cause, prayeth for God's help against his enemies. 1 The psalmof David which he sungtothe Lord, forthe words of Chusi the son of Jemini. [2 Kings xvi.] 2^"\ LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust: ^-* save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. 3 Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save. 4 O Lord my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands 5 If I have rendered to them diat repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies. 6 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust. 7 Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger : and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. * For the octave. Thatis, to besungon an instrumentof eight strings. St. Augustine understands it mystically, of the last resurrection, and the world to come; which is, as it were, the octave, or eighth dav, after the seven days of this mortal life: and for this octave, sinners!! \ The presses. In Hebrew Gillith, supposed- to be a musical inslrti 11 ment. 439 And arise, O Lord my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded: 8 And a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their sakes return thou on high. 9 The Lord iudgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me. 10 The wickedness of sinners shall be brougbt to nought; and thou shalt direct the just : the search- er of hearts and reins is God. Just 11 is my help from the Lord: who saveth the upright of heart. 12 God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day? 13 Except you will be converted, he will bran- dish his sword: he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 14 And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.f 15 Behold, he hath been in labour with injustice: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity. 16 He hath opened a pit and dug it : and he is fallen into the hole he made. 17 His sorrow shall be turned on his own head : and his iniquity shall come down upon his crown. 18 I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice : and will sing to the name of the Lord the most high. PSALM VIII. Domine Dominus noster. God is wonderful in his works : especially in mankind, singu- larly exalted by the incarnation of Christ. 1 Unto the end, for the presses :f a psalm for David. 2 f\ LORD our Lord, how admirable is thy name ^f in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens. 3 Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou ma v st destroy the enemy and the avenger. 4 For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded. 5 What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him? 6 Thou hast made him a little less than the An- gels, thou hast crowned him with glory and ho- nour: 7 and hast set him over the works of thy nands. 8 Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields. 9 The birds of the air and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea. 10 O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in all the earth! must dispose themselves like David, by bewailing thcirsins, whilst they are here upon earth. f For them that burn. That is, arrain9t the persecutors ofliis Saints PSALM-. PSALM IV I ufitcbor til)i, Domine. The ekttrek praiselk God for kit protection against ker enemies 1 Unto the end, for the hidden things of the son.* A psalm lor I )a\id. 2 T Will give praise to thee. Lord, witli m\ whole •■- heart: I will relate all thj wonders. 3 I will be clad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thv name, thou inosi high. 1 when mv enemi shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and perish before thy face. m tin. u bast maintained m> judgment and mv cause: thou hast sal on the throne, who judges! justi • . 6 I'liou hast rebuked the gentiles, and the wick- ed one bath perished: thou bast blotted out their name for ever and ex er. . 7 The swords of the enemy have railed unto the end: and their titles thou hast destroyed. Tin ir memory hath perished with a noise: 8 But the Lord remained) for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment: 9 and he shall judge the world in equity, lie shall judge the people in justice. 10 And the Lord U become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation. 1 1 And let them trust in thee whokuow thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord. . ' 12 Sing ye to the l,ord, who dwelled) in bion: declare his ways among the ^.«ntil«> : l.i For requiring their blood be hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor. 14 Have menv on me, O Lord: see my humilia- tion uhirh I suffer from my enemies. I") Thou that liftest roe up from the gates ol d.ath, that I may declare all thy praises in the gales of the daughter of Siou. 16 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in tin: wry antra which they bid. 17 The Lord shall be known when he e\c( uteth judgments: theaianei bath been caught in the works of his own bands. 18 The wicked shall !«■ turned into hell, all the nations thai forget God. 19 For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the |>oor .shall not perish for ever. _ 20 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the -entiles be judged in thy sight. i\ Appoint, <) Lord, a law-giver over them, that the gentiles may know themselves to l>e but men.f Psalm X. according to Ike Hebrew*. 1 Whv, Ixml, hast thou retired afar off 5 why dost thou slight MM our wants, in fAc /jot* (/trouble .- • TV h' JJ — things of the —*. The humility awl «unorinjr« of Chri»l, the Son of (Jod ; and of jp»"d rhri«tian». who nrt tii« mm hv adoption; HuUtn things, with rrfjr.l in tin- children of tlm world, wfco ktxiw Dot «nd iwnt of itiroi. e late Hebrew doctor- d.»rfe tliit p»altn into two, making, 49S Whilst the w icked man is proud, the poor is set on lire; they are caught in the counsels which they (lev; 3 For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed. ) The sinner hath provoked the Lord: according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him 5 God is not before hk eyes: bis ways are filmy at all times. Thy Judgments are removed from his sight; he shall rule over all his enemies. 6 For be hath said in his heart: I shall not 'r, whilst he draw eth him to him. 10 In his in t he will bring him down: he will crouch and fall, when he shall have powefOVei ihe poor. 11 For he hath said in his heart: God hath for- gotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end. 12 Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand lie exalted: forget not the |x>or. l.i Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it, 11 Thou seest it. tor thou considerest lalxmi and sorrow : that thou ma\st deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wiltbea helper to the orphan. 15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found. 1G The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea for e\rr and ever: ye gentiles shall perish from his land. 17 The Lord hath heard the desire of the |xx>r: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart, 18 To judge for the fatherless and for the humble. that man may no more presume to magnify himsrlt upon earth. I'SXLM X. In Domino conlido. Tke jutl mnn* confidence in u : tbey have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright oi heart. 4 For the\ have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has thejttst man done? ver. « the he«inninfr of paalm «• And ajrain they join tine pralm* <\U\. A; rxlvn. into one, in order that the whole numher of pnJmt •hould not exceed 150. And in tlm maimer U* ptalou arc uuinberad in the. proteaUnt luhlc. PSALMS XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV 5 TheLordts in liisholy temple: the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eye-lids ex- amine the sons of men. 6 The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: hut he that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul. 7 He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brim- stone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup. 8 For the lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness. PSALM XI. Salvum me fac. The prophet calls for Cod s help against the wicked. 1 Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David- 2 C AVE me, O Lord, for there is now no Saint; ^ truths are decayed from among the children of men. 3 They have spoken vain things every one to his neighbour : with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken. 4 May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things. 5 Who have said : we will magnify our tongue ; our lips are our own ; who is Lord over us? 6 By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set hi in in safety ; 1 will deal confidently in his regard. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words : OS sil- ver tried by the fire, purged from the earth refined seven times. 8 Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us and keep us from this generation for ever. 9 The wicked walk round about; according to thy highness, thou hast multiplied the children of men. PSALM XII. Usquequo, Domine. A prayer in tribulation. 1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. HOW long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end ? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me i 2 How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sor- row in my heart all the day ? 3 How long shall my enemy be exalted over me ? 4 Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep in death : 5 lest at any time my enemy say : I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved : 6 but I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation : I will sins *o the Lord, who giveth me good things : yea I will sing to the name of the Lord the most high- PSALM XIII. Dixit insipiens. 1. The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ. 1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. TH E fool hath said in his heart : There is no God. They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: there is none that doeth good, no not one. 2 The Lord hath looked down from heaven up- on the children of men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are become un- profitable together : there is none that doeth grvod, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they acted deceitfully ; the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and unhappiness in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes. 4 Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people as they eat bread ? 5 They have not called upon the Lord : there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. 6 For the Lord is in the just generation : yon have confounded the counsel of the poor man, but the Lord is his hope. 7 Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Is- rael ? when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Is- rael shall be glad. PSALM XIV. Domine, quis habitabit. What kind of men shall dwell in the heavenly Sion. 1 A psalm for David. ORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle ? -" who shall rest in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice : 3 He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue : Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours. 4 In bis sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifietb them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not, 5 he that hath not put oui his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent: He that doeth these things shall not be moved for ever. PSALM XV. Conserva me, Domine ; Clirist's future victory and triumph over the world, and death. 1 The inscription of a title* to David himself. PRESERVE me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee. 2 1 have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods. 3 To the saints who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them. 4 Their infirmities were multiplied : afterwards they made haste. or * The inscription of a title. That is, of a pillar or monument, rv*°rt*- 0«i : which is as much as to say, that this psalm is most worthy to be engraved on an everlastinjr monument. PSALMS. I will not Rather together _ their meetings forblood- oferinzs : nor will I lie mindful of their names li\ my lii>*. 5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore mv inherit- ance to me. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in goodly pi for mv inheritanee is goodly to me. 7 f will bfotttbe Cord, who hath given me un- derstanding : moreover my reins al-o have corrected me even till night 3 I Set the Lord always in mv night : for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved. 9 Therefore mv heart hath lieen glad, and mv tlMJglM hath rejo ic ed: moreover mj flesh also shall rest in hope. 10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption. I I Thon hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shah (ill me w it H joy with thy countenance : at thy right hand are delights even to the end. PSALM XVI. Exaudi, Domine, justitiam. A just mm'i prayer in tribulation against the malice of his enemies. 1 The prayer of David. HEAR, O Lord, my justice: attend to my sup- plication. Give ear unto my prayer, xohich proceedeth not from deceitful lips. 2 Let my judgment come forth from thy counte- nance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable. 3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night; thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me: 4 That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard wavs that mv in to •pi 5 Perfect thon my goings in thy paths footsteps be not moved. f> I have cried to ther, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline ihj eat unto me, and hear my words. 7 Show forth thy wonderful mercies ; thou who savest them that trust in thee. r) From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings. 9 From the face of the wicked w ho h:i\ e afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul : 10 they have shut up their fat:* their mouth hath spoken proudly. 1 1 They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth. 12 They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places. * Tfcrir fit. That it, their bowels of companion : for tiny have nun* for me. t Piridt Ikrmfrom thr frit. SB. Tli:it is. ml thrtn ofTfrom Ike rurlh, and the fne triri ir« >•> |>r..n,l af, <.r *%■ rvU tktm frtm. Ik- it Ih.-v way no longer have it in their powrr tn opprcai tin m It k not 432 13 Arise. O Lord, disappoint htm. and supplant htm; deliver my soul from the wicked one; thv ■word 1 V from the enemies of lb) hand. O Lord, divide them from the' few + ol the earth in their life: their bellj is filled from th\ hidd stort*.% They are full of children : and thev have hit their little 0068 the rest ,,/' thrir snlistiince. 15 But as for me, I will appear before thv sight injustice: 1 shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear. PSALM M II. Diliiiam te. Domine. David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. I Into the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. [2 King* wii.) T Will love thee. O Lord, my strength : ■*■ 3 The Lord is my firmament, ray refuge, and my deliverer. \l\ God is pay helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support 4 Praising I will call upon the Lord : and I shall be saved from mv enemies. 5 The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me. 6 The sorrows of he|| encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me. • 7 In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my (iod : And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and mv civ before him came into his ears. 8 'The earth shook and tremhled : the foundations Of the mountains were troubled and were moved. In cause he was angry w ith them. 9 There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals wire kindled hy it. 10 He bowed the heavens, and came down : and darkness iras under his feet. 11 And In- ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew upon the wings of the winds. 12 And be made darkness his covert, his pavilion round aboul him: dark waters in the clouds of the air. 13 At the brightness thut was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of lire. 1 V And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of lire. 15 And lie sent forth his arrow s, ; ,| l( ] |, ( > scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and trouhled them. 16 Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the Mast of the spirit of thy wrath, by way of a carte or imprecation ; hut, as many other the like pama er« in'thi- p»alm«, by wav ..' bSBJ »f what thouid come Opoa thrm. in ptiniUirnMt of their « if-knlneM. J 7'Av hiMrn ilortt: thy wcrrt treasure., "in of wlilrh Ihon fnrimli- ih,i il.ox- rarthlv (rood*, whi< ti with a bountiful hand ihuu ha*t diatri '>uted lx>Ui to th>- gtmd and the bad. PSALM XVIII. .7 lie sent from on high, aud took me: and re- ceived me out of many waters. 18 He delivered ine from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my afflic- tion : and the Lord became my protector. 20 And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me. 21 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the clean- ness of my hands: 22 Because 1 have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my Cod. 23 For all his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me. 24 And I shall he spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity. 25 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes. 26 With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent: 27 And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted. 28 For thou wilt save the humble people ; but wilt brine down the eyes of the proud. 29 For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I shall be delivered from tern pta- tion: and through my God I shall go over a wall. 31 As for my God, his way is undefiled : the words of the Lord are fire-tried : he is the protector of all that trust in him. • 32 For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God ? 33 God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless. 34 Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who settetb me upon high places. 35 Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow. 36 And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: Andthy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline the same shall teach me. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me ; and my feet are not weakened. 38 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and 1 will not turn again till they are con- sumed. 39 I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet. 40 And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle ; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me. 41 And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hastdestroyed them that hated me. 42 They cried, but there was none to save them: to the Lord, but he heard them not. 43 And I shall beat them as small as the dust be- fore the. wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets. 31 44 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the gentiles. 45 A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me. 46 The children that are strangers have lied to me: strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths. 47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God: aud let the God of my salvation be exalted. 48 O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies. 49 And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt de- liver me. 50 Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name. 51 Givinggreat deliverance tohisking, and show- ing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever. PSALM XVIII. Coeli enarrant. The works of God show forth his glory : his law is greatly to be esteemed and loved. 1 Unto the end. A psalm for David. 2 'T'HE heavens show forth the glory of God, and -*- the firmamentdeclareth the workof his hands. 3 Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night showeth knowledge. 4 There are no speeches nor languages where their voices are not heard. 5 Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the world. 6 He hath set his tabernacle in the sun : and he as a bridegroom coming out of his bride-chamber, Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way : 7 His going out is from the end of heaven, And his circuit even to the end thereof: and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat. 8 The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls : the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones. 9 The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts : the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes. 10 The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring foi ever and ever : the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves, 11 More to be desired than gold and many pre- cious stones : and sweeter than honey and the honey-comb. 12 For thy servant keepeth them, and in keeping them there is a great reward. 13 Who can understand sins ? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord : 14 and from those of others spare thy servant. If they shall have no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot : and I shall be cleansed from the greatest sin. 15 And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please : and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight. O Lord, my helper, and mv redeemer. 433 PSALMS. PSALM XIX. E&xaudiai te Dominus. Aprayrrfor the king. 1 I'nto the end. A psalm lor David. 2 7\I X^i ili«' Lord hear thee in the dav of trihula- -L"- 1 - tion : may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee. 3 May he send thee help from the sanctuary : and defend thee out of Sum. i \l;i\ hfl l»e mindful of all thy sacrifices : and man thy whole In u an offering be made rat. 5 Mm he ^ive thee according to thy own heart ; and confirm all thy counsels. 6 We will rejoice in thy salvation; and in the name of our God we shall he exalted. 7 I'll.- Lord fulfil all thy petitions : now have I known that the Lord hath saved his anointed. He will hear him from his holy heaven : the sal- vation of his right hand is in powers.* ^onie trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God. 9 They are hound, and have fallen : but we are mm n, and are set upright. O Lord, save the king: and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee. PSALM XX. Domine, in virtute. Praise to God for Christ's exaltation after his passion. 1 Unto the end. A psalm for David. 2 TN thy strength, O Lord, the kiug shall joy ; and -*- in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly. 3 Thou hast men him his heart's desire : and hast not wiihhnldeii from him the will of his lips. 4 For thou hast prevented him with blessings of etness : thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. He asked life of thee : and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever. 6 His glory is great in thy salvation : glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him. 7 For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever : thou shalt make him joyful in glad- ness with thy countenance. 8 For the king hopeth in the Lord : and through the mercy of the most High be shall not be moved. 9 Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee. 10 Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them. 1 1 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth : and their seed from among the children of men. 12 For they have intended evils against thee : they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish. • The tahation tf Us right hand is in jmrtrt. That », in strength. Hii right hand ia strong ami mighty to sare them that tni»t in him. \ In thy rtrnnmnt$ thou skull f tmtr t their fart : or thnti .halt «
  • im liononr Boa than what might lawfu the »nfrl, in i nn«bli-ra bad br«n raioed, I > tl, ■ it/ of St. Jolio, -u ftf pii | hut wa* ne 1 dignity to » ln< or indeed ant other h iMir human 1 .im! tin- ile- itis mouth : and all the birds were filled with tin ir flesh. CH W. \\. Sitlun i* hminrt fin it thousand vrnrs : thr suuh of thr mnrtyrt ,-n icith Christ in thrjirtt rrtumttion. Ihr lint uttrmjit, of StitiiH aguiiul thr ckurck : the lint juil^mi nt. A M' I saw an SOgd coming down from heaven, -^*- baring the kej <>f the bottomless pit, and > great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, tin* old serpent which is the devil and Satan, and bound liimf for I thousand years : .) And he cast him into the bottomless pit ai shut him up. and set a seal upon him. that he should no more seduce the nations, till the thousand years be finished : and after that he must Ik- loosed a little lime. 4 And I saw Seats, and thaj sat upon them : ami judgment was giveu unto them: and the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony ol Je- sus, and for the word of (iod, ami who hail not adored the In-ast, nor his image, nor received Ins mark in their foreheads, or in their hands: ami they lived and reigned w ith ( luist a thousand vears. 5 The rest of the dead lived not, till the thou- sand years were finished. This is the fust resur- rection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection : in these the second death li.iih no power: but they shall be priests o! (iod and ot Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when the thousand years shall be finish- ed. Satan shall be loosed out 01 his prison, ami shall EO forth, and seduce the nations, w Inch are over the tour qaarters of the earth, Gog, ami Magog, and shall gather them together to battle, whose nuuiuef is as the sand of the sea. 8 And they ascended upon the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the betofed city. 9 Ami lire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them: ami the dev il, w ho seilm < d them, was cast into the pool of lire and biiinstune, vv lure both the beast 10 And the false prophet shall be tormented day ami night for ever and ever. 1 1 And I saw a great w hile throne, and him that sat upon it, from w hose presence the earth and hea- ven lied away, and there was noplace found for them. 1 I \i;l I saw the dead cieat and Small, stand- in", hi lure the throne ; and the books w ere niiriu tl : ami another book was opened, which is tin book of life; and the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their WOlks. f Btmnd him, 4c. Tin- ; .tan ha- !>.•• n im inn. I, limit od by the paa.ion ofChtrtat, (or a tkouund fnri ; Ih.a ia.br iba n hole tine of the new tpttament : but r«p«H lally fniin the lime .miction of ttnbyl,tn or pagan Rome, nil the n< ■ t Cor and • araio*! the charch, towardi Ibeead of the «oi|,i. During tune tin' mall of the iiiari\r> and ..unl« ttro Bad reign v. it It CnriM in ht:i\in, in tliejlr»/ rtiurrtrlion. whu h is thai ,1 to i!h- life of glory; as tbo Ht-ontt wa mid w i t will Ik- that of the I**!), at the day of tbe general judgment. CHAP. XXI, XXII. 13 And the sea gave up the dead, that were in it: and death and hell gave op their dead, that were in them: and they were judged every one according to their works. 14 And hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the hook of life, was cast into the poo! o<" fire. CHAP. XXI. The new Jerusalem described. AND I saw a new heaven, and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was passed away:* and the sea is no more. 2 And I John saw the holy city the new Jerusa- lem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And 1 heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with* men; and he will dwell with them: And they shall he his people : and God himself with them shall be their God : 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more; nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more; for the former things are passed away. 5 And he who sat on the throne, said : Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me: Write, for these words are most faithful and true. 6 And he said to me : It is done : I am alpha and omega ; the beginning and the end. To him that thirsteth I will give of the fountain of the water of life, gratis. 7 He that shall overcome, shall possess these things: and I will be his God, and lie shall be my son. 8 But to the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their portion shall be in the pool burning with fire and brimstone ; which is the second death. 9 And there came one of the seven angels, who nad the vials full of the seven last, plagues, and spoke with me, saying: Come, and I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. 10 And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain : and he showed me the holy city Jerusa- lem, coming down out of heaven from God, 1 1 Having the glory of God ; and the light thereof like unto a precious stone, as it were to a jasper- stone, as crystal. 12 And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates; and in the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. 13 On the east, three gates ; and on the north, three gates ; and on the south, three gates ; and on the west, three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve founda- tions ; and in them, the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that spoke with me, had a measure, a • The first heaven and Ihc first earth iroj vnssed aicay, being changed, not M to tb«ir substance, but in their qualities. golden reed, to measure the city and the ga es there- of, and the wall. 16 And the city is situate four-square ; and the length thereof is as great as the breadth . and he measured the city with a golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs : and the length, and the height, and the breadth of it are equal. 17 And he measured the wall thereof a hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a mau,t which is of an angel. 18 And the building of the wall thereof was of jasper-stone ; but the city itself pure gold, like to clear glass. 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation, jasper : the second, sapphire : the third, a calcedony : the fourth, an emerald : 20 The filth, sardonyx : the sixth, sardius : the seventh, chrysolite : the eighth, beryl : the ninth, a topaz : the tenth, a chrysoprasus : the eleventh, a jacinth : the twelfth, an amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, qne to each : and every several gate was of one several pearl : and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 22 And I saw no temple in it. For the Lord God Almighty is the temple thereof, and the Lamb. 23 And the city needeth not sun nor moon to shine in it: for the glory of God hath enlightened it: and the Lamb is the lamp thereof. 24 And nations shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And the gates thereof shall not be shut by day : for there shall be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 27 There shall not enter into it any thing defiled, or any one that worketh abomination, or a lie ; but they who are written in the book of life of the Lamb. CHAP. XXII. The water and tree of life. The conclusion. AND he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God, and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the river, was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations. 3 And no curse shall be any more : but the throne of God, and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his ser- vants shall serve him. 4 And they shall see his face : and his name shall be on their foreheads. 5 And night shall be no more: and they shall not need the light of a lamp, nor the light of the sun ; for the Lord God shall enlighten them ; and they shall reign for ever and ever. 6 And he said to me : These words are most f Tilt measure ofaman, i. e. According to the measure o/nten, and used 6j the angel : This sterns to be the true meaning of these word* 221 THE APOCALYPSE. faithful and true. And the Lord Cod of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show his mwuitl the things w hiHi must [>,• done shortly. 7 And, behold, I rome rjuickly. lilcssed is he that keepeth the words ol tin- prophec] ol this book. 8 And I John, who have heard and seen these things. And alter I had heard and net, I fell dou n to adore before the fcet-of tin- angel, who showed me these things : 9 And he said to me : See thou Ho it not : for I am thy fellow-servant, and of tli\ hrethren the pro- phets, and of them who keep the words of the pro- phecy of this book : Adore God. 10 And he saith to me: Seal not the words of the prophecy of this book : for the time is at hand.* 11 He that hurteth. lei him hurt -.till :\ and he that is filthy, let him he filth) still : and he that is just, let him he justified Mill: and he that is holt, let him lie sanctified still. ]1 Behold, I come quickly : and my reward is wjth me, to render to every man according to his works. 13 I am alpha, and omega, the first, and the last, the bediming, and the end. 1 I Blessed are they that wash their robes in the i • Fur the lime is ml hand. ThM is, when riirn- ir. .1 In eternity, til time and temporal tliinp> vnm-.li. and an' but of short duration. As to the time when tin- chief pmiictioni should come ' hare ni> certain' liflerenl opinion*, h >t I > of the ancient fathers anil lata interpreters. M.nn ilunk that moil things set down from the finirlli chapter to tli.- end, will not Im' fulfilled till ;i little tunc before the end nf the world. Other* lion, that srreat i them, and particulath the hil of the « » kid Babj Ion, happened at the dotnirtion of 1'atiiii.m. by the destruction of I me, and it- p'-rseentinjj heathen emperor*. Of these inter; in his long commentary, *ee the l<.m. hopol Meaux, in reatiae on thin Bonk, and P. Allcman, in Ml note- on the tame Apocalypse, torn. 12, who in his Preface *ayi, that this, in a (Treat meaaure, may be now looked upon a* Ok- opinion followed b] the learned men. In fine, others think that St. John 1 - d«iigo was in I mystical way, by metaphor* an I allegories to roproaont tM attempts ttl blood of the l,aml>; that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in in the gates into lite cilv. i.'i Without "" dogs, and sorcerers, and the im- iliasic. and nuirdercis, ami those that sene idols, and even one that loveth and maktlli a lie. lii I Jesus have sent n*y angel, to testify to these fhiiigs in tlie churches. 1 am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star. 17 And the Spirit and the bride sa> : (dine. And lie that heanih, let him say : Come. And he that lliirsleih, let him come : and lie that will, let him take the water ol life, gratia. 18 I or i testify to ever] one thai bearetfa the words of the prophecj of this l>ook : If an] man shall add to these things. God shall add upon him the plagues written in this book. 1!' And if an] man shall take away from the words ol the hook of this prophecy. God shall take away his pari out of the book of life, and out ol the Im.|\ city, ami from these things Which are written in this book. 20 lie that givelhtestimony of these things, saith: Surel] I come quick)] : Amen. Come, Lord .b J I Tin grace ol our Lord Jesus Christ In; with you all. Amen. and punetllUoni of the wieked BraJMl I he -errant* of God, the punish- menti thai should in a short tunc fall epon Babylon, thai 1-. upon all the wicked if) general I the eternal happiness and reward, which God had reserved for the piou- inhabitants of Jerusalem, that is, for hil faithful servants, after their short trials and the tribulations of thi* mortal life. In the mean time we meet with many profitable m-truo- tiom and admonitions, which we may easily enough understand i but we ban- DO certainty, when we apply the*. ,s to parti. in nts; i.,r a- Bt, .icrom takes notice, tin se has as many inysti 'Is. or rather mysteriei id every word. .tfccUytit Jonnnit toi habtt Sarromrnta quo! rrrba — porum diri, in trrhu stngulu mulliplurl Inlrnl infr/hfrmiiir. l.p. ail I'atlllll. t. -4. p. 614, Kallt. BeUI j l.rt htm hurl stUL It is not an exhortation or license to go on in sin; but an iniunation, that how far soever the wicked may pro. their progress shall quickly end, and then they mutt expect to meet with proportionable punndiineuU KND OF THE NEW TESTAMENT A TABLE OF ALL THE EPISTLES AND GOSPELS FOR ALL THE SUNDAYS AND HOLY-DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR-, AND ALSO, OF THE MOST NOTABLE FEASTS IN THE ROMAN CALENDAR It must be observed, that the Verses at which the Epistle or Gospel begin and end are set down after the Chapter. ADVENT, 1 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xiii. 11. 14. Gospel Luke xxi. 25. 34. 2 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xv. 4. 13. Gospel Matt. xi. 2. 10. 3 Sunday, Epistle Philip, iv. 4. 7. Gospel John i. 19.28. 4 Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. iv. 1. 5. Gospel Luke iii. 1. 6. Christmas, 1 Mass, Epistle Tit. ii. 11. 15. Gospel Luke ii. 1. 15. 2 Mass, Epistle Tit. iii. 4. 8. Gospel Luke ii. 15. 21. 3 Mass, Epistle Heb. i. 1. 12. Gospel John i. 1. 14. St. Stephen, Epistle Acts vi. and vii. 54. 49. Gospel Matt. xxiii. 34. 39. St. John, Epistle Eccl. xv. 1. 7. Gospel John xxi. 20. 24. Holy Innocents, Epistle Apoc. xiv. 1. 6. Gospel Matt. ii. 13. 18. St. Thomas Cant. Epistle Heb. v. 1. 7. Gospel John x. 11. 17. St. Sylvester, Epistle 2 Tim. iv. 1. 9. Gospel Luke xii. 35. 41. Circumcision, Epistle Tit. ii. 11. 15. Gospel Luke ii. 21, 22. Epiphany, Epistle Isai. lx. 1. 7. Gospel Matt. ii. 1. 13. 1 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xii. 1. 6. Gospel Luke ii. 42. 52. 2 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xii. 6. 16. Gospel John ii. 1. 12. Name of Jesus, Epistle Acts iv. 8. 12. Gospel Luke ii. 21. 3 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xii. 16. 21. Gospel Matt. viii. 1. 13. 4 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xiii. 8. 11. Gospel Matt. viii. 23. 28. 5 Sunday, Epistle Coloss. iii. 12. 18. Gospel Matt. xiii. 24. 31. 6 Sunday, Epistle 1 Thess. i. 2. 10. Gospel Matt. xiii. 31. 36. Septuagesima, Epistle 1 Cor. ix. 24. x. 6. Gospel Matt. xx. 1. 17. Sexagesima, Epistle 2 Cor. xi. 19. xii. 10. Gospel Luke viii. 4. 16. Quinquagesima, Epistle 1 Cor. xiii. 1. 13. Gospel Luke xviii. 31.34. Ash-Wednesday, Epistle Joel ii. 12. 20. Gospel Matt. vi. 16. 22. 1 Lent, Epistle 2 Cor. vi. 1. 11. Gospel Matt. iv. 1. 12. 2 Lent, Epistle 1 Thess. iv. 1. 8. Gospel Matt. xvii. 1. 10. 3 Lent, Epistle Ephes. v. 1. 9. Gospel Luke xi. 14. 29. 4 Lent, Epistle Gal. iv. 22. 31. Gospel John vi. 1. 16. Pass. Sunday, Epistle Heb. ix. 11. 15. Gospel John viii. 46. 59. Palm-Sunday, Epistle Phil. ii. 5. 11. Gospel Matt. xxi. 1. 10. and chap. xxvi. xxvii. Maunday -Thursday, Epistle 1 Cor. xi. 20. 33. Gospel John xiii. 1. 15. Good Friday, Epistle Exodus xii. L 12. 1. Gospel John xviii. six. Holy Saturday, Epistle Coloss. iii. 1. 4. Gospel Matt, xxviii. 1 7. Easter Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. v. 7. 8. Gospel Mark xvi. 1. 7. Easter Monday, Epistle Acts xx. 37. 43. Gospel Luke xxiv. 13. 35. Easter Tuesday, Epistle Acts xiii. 26. 33. Gospel Luke xxiv 36. 47. Low-Sunday, Epistle 1 John v. 4. 10. Gospel John xx. 19. 31. 2 Sunday after Easter, Epistle 1 Peter ii. 21. 25. Gospel Joha x. 11. 16. 3 Sunday, Epistle 1 Peter ii. 11. 18. Gospel John xvi. 16. 22. 4 Sunday, Epistle James i. 17. 21. Gospel John xvi. 5. 14. 5 Sunday, Epistle James i. 22. 27. Gospel John xvi. 22. 30. Ascension, Epistle Acts i. 1. 11. Gospel Mark xvi. 14. 20. 6 Sunday, Epistle 1 Peter iv. 7. 12. Gospel John xv. 26. xvi 4. Whit. Sunday Epistle Acts ii. 1. 11. Gospel John xiv. 23. 31. Whit. Monday, Epistle Acts x.42. 48. Gospel John iii. 16. 21. Tuesday, Epistle Acts viii. 14. 17. Gospel John x. 1. 10. Trinity-Sunday, Epistle Rom. xi. 33. 36. Gospel Matt, xxviii. 18. 20. Corpus Christi, Epistle 1 Cor. xi. 23. 29. Gospel John vi. 56. 59. 2 Sunday, Epistle 1 John iii. 13. 18. Gospel Luke xiv. 16. 24. 3 Sunday, Epistle 1 Peter v. 6. 11. Gospel Luke xv. 1. 10. 4 Sunday, Epistle Romans viii. 18. 23. Gospel Luke v. 1. 11. 5 Sunday, Epistle 1 Peter iii. 8. 15. Gospel Matt. v. 20. 24. 6 Sunday, Epistle Rom. vi. 3. 11. Gospel Mark viii. 1. 10. 7 Sunday, Epistle Rom. vi. 19. 23. Gospel Matt. vii. 15. 21. 8 Sunday, Epistle Rom. viii. 12. 17. Gospel Luke xvi. 1. 9. 9 Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. x. 6, 14. Gospel Luke xix. 41. 47. 10 Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. xii. 2. 11. Gospel Luke xviii. 9. 14. 11 Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. xv. 1. 10. Gospel Mark vii. 31. 37. 12 Sunday, Epistle 2 Cor. iii. 4. 9. Gospel Luke x. 23. 37. 13 Sunday, Epistle Gal. iii. 16. 22. Gospel Luke xvii. 11. 19. 14 Sunday, Epistle Gal. v. 16. 24. Gospel Matt. vi. 24. 33. 15 Sunday, Epistle Gal. v. 25. vi. 11. Gospel Luke vii. 11. 16. 16 Sunday, Epistle Eph. iii. 13. 21. Gospel Luke xiv. 1. 11. 17 Sunday, Epistle Eph. iv. 1. 6. Gospel Matt. xxii. 35.46. 18 Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. i. 4. 9. Gospel Matt. ix. 1. 8. 19 Sunday, Epistle Eph. iv. 23. 28. Gospel Matt. xxii. 1. 14. 20 Sunday, Epistle Eph. v. 15. 21. Gospel John iv. 46. 53 21 Sunday, Epistle Eph. vi. 10. 17. Gospel Matt, xviii. 23. 25 A TABLE OF EPISTLES AND GOSPELS. 22 S.mchv, Epistle Philip, i. 6. 11. Gospel Matt. xxii. 15. 21. 2.1 Sundaj . Epistle Philip, lii. 17. 21. Gospel Matt. ix. 18. 26. lav, Emstle Col. i. 9. 14. Gospel Matt. xxir. 15. 35. i EpJrtla K»in. x. 10. 18. Gospel Matt. it. la 22. I : the Blessed Virgin Mary, Epistle Pror. riii. 18. Utwpel Matt. i. 1. 16. St. Thomas, Epistle Kph. ii. 19. 22. Gospel John xx. 24. 29. Conversion of St. Paul, Epistle AcU ix. 1. 22. Gospel Matt. Hi-mas, Epistle Malachi iii. 1. 5. Gospel Luke ii. 22. 32, ■l M ittksM. Epistle AcU i. 15. 26. Gospel Matt. xi. 26. 30. St. Patrick, Epistle Bed. xliv. xlr. Gospel Matt. xxr. 14. 27. St. Joseph, Epistle Eccles. xlr. 1. 6. Gospel Matt. i. 18. 22. Aiimiiii i.itiuii, Epistle Isai. vii. 10. 16. Gospel Luke i. 26. 38. St. George, Epistle 2 Tim. ii. 8. 10. iii. 10. 12. Gospel John xr. 1.7. - M >rW. Epistle Exec. i. 10. 15. Gospel Luke x. 1. 10. SS I'tnlip and James, Epistle VVisd. r. 1. 6. Gospel John xir. i. a Invocation of the Cross, Epistle Philip, ii. 5. 11. Gospel John in. 1. 15. St l< nimby, Epistle AcU xi. 21. 27. Gospel Matt. x. 16. 22. ohn Baptist, Epistle Isai. xlix. 1. 8. Gospel Luke i. 67.68. SS Peter and Paul, Epistle AcU xii. 1. 11. Gospel Matt. xvi. 13. 19. Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Epistle Cant. ii. 8. 14. i. i "k- i. 39. 4" St. Mary Magdalene, Epistle Cant. iii. 2, kc. Gospel Lake > n St James, Epistle 1 Cor. ir. 9. 15. Gospel Matt. xx. 20. 23. St. Ann, Epistle Pror. xxxi. 10, kc. Gospel Matt \m. 44. f>2. Transfiguration, Epistle 2 Peter i. 16. 19. Gospel Matt, xvu 1.9. St. Laurence, Epistle 2 Cor. ix. 6. 10. Gospel John xii. 24. 26. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Epistle Eccles. xxir 11. 20. Gospel Luke x. 38. 42. St. Bartholomew, Epistle 1 Cor. xii. 27. 31. Gospel Luke ri 12. 19. Natirity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Epistle Pror. viii. 22. 36. Gospel Matt. i. 1. 16. Exaltation of the Cross, Epistle Phil. ii. 5. 11. Gospel John xii 31.36. St. Matthew, Epistle Exek. I. 10. 15. Gospel Matt. ix.9. V.\. St. Michael, Epistle Apoc. i. 1.6. Gospel Malt. win. 1 10 Angel-Guardians, Epistle Exodus xxiii. 20. 23. Gospel Matt xviii. 1. 10. St. Luke, Epistle 2 Cor. viii. I& 24. Gospel Luke x. 1. 9. SS. Simon and Jude, Epistle Eph. ir. 7. 13. Gospel John xr 17. 22. All Saints, Epistle Apoc rii. 2. 12. Gospel Matt. r. 1. 12. All Souls, Epistle 1 Corinthians xr. 61. 57. Gospel John r 25.29. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Maiy, Epistle Eccl. xxir 14. 16. Gospel Luke xi. 27, 28. 224 A TABLE OF REFERENCES. ABSOLUTION. The power promised and given to the pastors of the church, St. Matt. chap. xvi. ver. 19. xviii. 18. St. John xx. 22, 23. Angels. They have a charge over us, St. Matt, xviii. 10. Heb. i. 14. See also Exodus xxiii. 20, 21. Psalm xc. 11, 12, &c. They offer up our prayers, Apoc. viii. 4. and pray for us, Zacharias i. 12. We have a communion with them, Heb. xii. 22. They have been honoured by the servants of God, Josue v. 14, 15. and invocated, Gen. xlviii. 15, 16. Osee xii. 4. Apoc. i. 4. Baptism. Ordained by Christ, St. Matt, xxviii. 19. Necessary to salvation, St. John iii. 5. Administered by the Apostles in water, Acts viii. 36. 38. chap. x. 47, 48. See also Ephes. v. 26. Heb. x. 22. 1 St. Peter iii. 20, 21. For the baptism of infants, see St. Luke xviii. 16. compared with St. John iii. 5. . Christ. He is the only begotten, the true and natural Son of the living God, St. Matt. xvi. 16. St. John i. 14. 18. chap. iii. 16. 18. Rom. viii. 32. 1 St. John iv. 39. The same God, with his Father, and equal to him, St. John v. 18, 19. 23. chap. x. 30. chap. xiv. 1. 9, &c. chap. xvi. 14, 15. chap. xvii. 10. Philip, ii. 5, 6. True God, St. John i. 1. chap. xx. 28, 29. Acts xx. 25. Romans ix. 5. Titus ii. 13. 1 St. John iii. 16. chap. v. 20. See also Isaias ix. 9. chap. xxxv. 4, 5. St. Matt. i. 23. St. Luke i. 16, 17. Heb. i. 8. He is the Creator of all things, St. John i. 3. 10, 11. Coloss. i. 5. 16, 17. Heb. i. 2. 10, 11, 12. chap. iii. 4. The Lord of Glory, 1 Cor. ii. 8. The King of kings, and Lord of lords, Apoc. xvii. 14. chap. xix. 16. The first and the last: alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, the Almighty, Apoc. i. 7, 8. 17, 18. chap. ii. 8. cnap. xxii. 12, 13. He died for all, John iii. 16, 17. Rom. v. 18. 2 Cor. v. 14, 15. 1 Tim. ii.'3, 4, 5, 6. chap. iv. 10. Heb. ii. 9. 1 John ii. 1, 2. Even for the Reprobate, Rom. xiv. 15. 1 Cor. viii. 11. 2 Peter ii. 1. The Church of Christ stands for ever, St. Matt. xvi. 18. chap, xxviii. 10. St. John xiv. 16,17. Ps. xlviii. 8. Ps. lxxi. 5. 7. Ps. lxxxviii. 3, 4. 29. 36, 37. Ps. exxxi. 13, 14. Isaias ix. 7. chap, liv. 9, 10. chip. lix. 20, 21. chap. Ix. 15. 16, &c. chap. lxii. 6. JiThmias xxxi. 35,36. chap.xxxiii. 17, &c. Ezechiel xxxviii. 24. 26. Dan. ii. 44. The church is the kingdom of Christ, St. Luke i. 33. Daniel ii. 44. The city of the great King, Ps. xlvii. 2. his rest and his habitation for ever, Ps. exxxi. 13, 14. Tht house of the living God, 1 Tim. iii. 15. The fold, of which Christ is the shepherd, John x. 16. The body, of which Christ is the head, Coloss. i. 18. Ephes. v. 23. The spouse, of which he is the bridegroom, Ephes. v. 31, 32. Ever sub- ject to him, and ever faithful to him, v. 24. ever loved and cherished by him, v. 25. 29. and joined to him by an indisso- luble, union, v. 31, 32. The church is the pillar and ground or (strong foundation) of the truth, 1 Tim. iii. 15. God's covenant vilh /it is an everlasting covenant of peace, Ezec. xxxvii. 62. confirmed by a solemn oath, never to be altered; like that made to Noe, Isaias liv. 9. A covenant like that of tlm day and night to stand for all generations, Jeremias xxxiii. 20, 21. God shall be her everlasting light, Isai. Iv 18, 19. Ff Whosoever shall gather together against her, shall fall; and the nation that wul not serve her, shall perish, Isai. Ix. 12. 15 17. The church is always one, Cantic. vi. 9, 10. John x. 16 Ephes. iv. 4, 5. Always visible, Isai. ii. 2,3. Micheas iv. I 2. Matt. v. 14. Spread far and near, and teaching many nil tions, Psalm ii. 8. Psalm xxi. 27. Isai. xlix. 6. chap. liv. 1, 2, 3 Daniel ii. 35. 44. Malach. i. 11, &c. The church is infalli ble in matters of faith. This follows from the premises: par ticularly see St. Matt. xvi. 18. chap, xxviii. 19, 20. St. Johi ' xiv. 16, 17. 26. chap. xvi. 13. 1 Tim. iii. 14, 15. Isai. xxxv. 8 chap. liv. 9, 10. chap. lix. 19, 20, 21, &c. Church Guides, and their authority, Deut. xvii. 8, 9. &c. St Matt, xviii. 17, 18. chap, xxviii. 18, 19, 20. St. Luke x. 16 St. John xiv. 16, 17. 26. chap. xvi. 13. chap. xx. 21, &t Ephes. iv. 11, 12, &c. Heb. xiii. 7. 17. 1 John iv. 6. Communion in one kind sufficient to salvation, St. John vi. 51. 57, 58. Body and blood of Christ now inseparable, Rom. vi 9. Mention of one kind alone, Luke xxiv. 30, 31. Acts ii 42. 46. chap. xx. 7. 1 Cor. x. 17. Confession of sins, Numb. v. 6, 7. St. Matt. iii. 6. Acts xix. 18 St. James v. 16. The obligation of confession is gathered from the judiciary power of binding and loosing, forgiving and retaining sins, given to the pastors of Christ's cburch, St. Matt, xviii. 18. St. John xx. 22, 23. Confirmation, administered by the apostles, Acts viii. 15. 17. chap. xix. 6. See also 2 Cor. i. 21, 22. Heb. vi. 2. Continency, possible, Matt. xix. 11, 12. The vow binding, Deut. xxiii. 21. The breach of that vow damnable, 1 Tim. v. 12. The practice commended, 1 Cor. vii. 7, 8. 27. 37, 38. 40. For reasons which particularly have place in the clergy, ver. 32, 33. 35. Councils of the church, gathered in Christ's name, are assisted by Christ, St. Matt, xviii. 20. And by the Holy Ghost, Acts xv. 28. Their decrees are diligently to be observed by the faithful, Acts xv. 41. chap. xvi. 4. See Church Guides. Eucliarist. The real presence of the body and blood of Christ, and Transubstantiation proved from Matt. xxvi. 26. Mark xiv. 22. 24. Luke xxii. 19. John vi. 51, 52, &c. 1 Cor. x. 16. chap. xi. 24, 25. 27. 29. Eternity of Hell's torments, Matt. iii. 12. chap. xxv. 41. 46. Mark ix. 43, 44, 45, 46. 48. Luke iii. 17. 2 Thes. i. 7, 8, 9. Jude 6,7. Apoc. xiv. 10, 11. chap. xx. 10. See also Isai xxxiii. 14. Extreme Unction, James v. 14, 15. Faith. True faith necessary to salvation, Mark xvi. 16. Acts ii. 47. chap. iv. 12. Heb. xi. 6. Faith without good works i* dead, James ii. 14. 17. 20, &c. Faith alone doth not justify, ver. 24. But faith working by charily, Gal. v. 6. Faith doth not imply an absolute assurance of our being in grace; much less of our eternal salvation, Rom. xi. 20, 21, 22. 1 Cor. ix 27. chap. x. 12. Philip, ii. 12. Apoc. iii. 11. Fasting, commended in Scripture, Joel ii. 12. Practised by God's servants, 1 Esdras viii. 23. 2 Esdras i. 4. Daniel x. 3 7. 12, &c. Moves God to mercy, Jonas iii. 5, &c. Is of great efficacy against the devil, Murk ix. 29. And is to be 225 A TABLE OF REFERENCES. oh*cr\> '1 >>y .'11 the children of Christ, M.itt. ix. 15. Mark ii. ■ alio Arts xiii. 3. chap. xiv. 63. 2 Cor. • xi. 27. Christ'* fa»t of forty days, Matt. it. 2. t x\x 19. Kccles. xv. 14, &c. Often i God, Prov. i. 24, &c. Isai. v. 4. Exec. win 23 81, -V-i < hap. xxxiii. 11. Matt xxiii. 37. Luke xiii. Arts vii. 51. Heb Eli. 15, 2 P. ■(. r iii. 9. Apoc. iv. 20. II ■hi (ihost. His divinity, Acta v. 3, 4. chap, xxviii. 25, 26. 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11 11.19,20. See also Matt. xii. .'.2. AcU xin. ft. .hap. xx. 28, &c. 2 Cor. mil 14. And ii form of Papism, Matt, xxviii. 19,20. He pro- ceeds from the F.ithcr and the Son, John xv. 26. wage* commanded by God. Exod. xxv. 18, &c. Num. xxi. 8, 9. A I side of the mercy seat, in the sanc- ii. 7. And in the t< mple of Solomon, 2 n in. 1. B Kings vi. 23. 32. 35. And this hy divine EXviii. 18, 19. Relative honour to the d the Saints authorised, Heb. xi. 21. See , 12, [3, 14, 15, 16. 2 Par. v. 2, &c. Pa. xcviii. igtttca. The power of granting them, Matt. xvi. 18, 19. The ate of tl. I Cor. ii. 6,7,8. 10. «. The sacrifice prefigured, Gen. xiv. 18. Foretold, i Iii is i. 10, II. Psalm cix. 4. Instituted and celebrated Luke xxii. 19,20. Attested, 1 Cor. x. 16. 18, 19, 20, 21. lit -h. xiii. 10. See Eucharist, &c. AI ilnmatitj. A sac r.iim-nt IHMnlkl the indissoluble union ,rist and the church, Kph. v. 32. See also 1 Thesi. iv. ft. Marriage not to be dissolved hut by death, Gen. ii. I ttt. six. (i Mark x. 11, 12. Luke xvi. 18. Rom. vii. 2, ft, 1 Cor. vii. 10, 11.8ft. Jfoly Orders inntitul d by Christ. Luke xxii. 19. John xx. 22, 23. Conferred by imposition of hands, Acts vi. 6. chap. xiii. 3. , Give grace, 1 Tim. iv. 14. 2 Tim. i. 6. Original Sin. Job \iv. 1. Psalm 1. 7. Rom. v. 12. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22. Eph. ii. 3. Penance, a sacrament. See Absolution. Confession. i bief Bishop. St. Peter, by Christ s ordinance, was 1 to this dignity, Matt. xvi. 18, 19. Luke xxii. 31,32. John x\i. 16, kc Sec also Matt. x.2. AcU v. 29. Gal. ii. 7, 8. I'rai/.rsfor the dead, 2 Mac hah. xii. 43, &c. Purgatory, or a middle state of souls, suffering for a time, on account of their sins, is proved by those many texts of Scrip- ture, which affirm that God will rendir t« ■ r, ry man ,,r ing to his works: so that such as die in lesser sins shall Dot escape without punishment: for which also see Mai xh 36. Apoc. xxi. 27. Consult likewise Matt. \ bap. xii. 22. 1 Cor. iii. 19, 14, 15. 1 Pet. iii. 1-, 19, 20. Relics, miraculous, 2 Kings xiii. 21. Matt. ix. 20, 21. A. is \i\ 11, 12. Saints departed, assist us by their prayers, Luke xvi. 9. 1 < xii. 8. Apoc. v. 8. We nave a communion with tin i:i. Heb xii. 22, 23. They have power over nations, Apoc ii. IS, 27 chap. v. 10. They know what passes amongst us, Luke xv. 10. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. 1 John iii. 2. They are with ChrtH in vin, before the general resurrection, 2 Cor. r. 1 ft, Philip, i. 23, 24. Apoc. iv. 4. chap. vi. ft. chap. vii. ft. 1 I, 16, &c. cliap. xiv. 1. 3, 4. chap. xlx. 1. 4, 5, 6. chap, xx their invocation, consult the texts quoted above with r tion to Angels: and such as testify the gnat powtf whk b the prayers of God's servants have with him; and which thorise us to call for their prayers: For which see Kxot. xxxii. 11. 14. 1 Kings vii. 8, 9, 10. Job xln. 7. ft. Rom. xv 30. Eph. vi. 18, 19. 1 Thess. v. 25. II. h. xiii. 13. lames v. 16. Holy Scriptures, hard to be understood, and w rested hy many to their own destruction, 2 Peter in. 16, Not of private ni- teipretation, 2 Peter i. 20. Corrupted by Heretics, St. Matt. xix. 11. 1 Cor. vii. 9. chap. ix. 5. chap. xi. 27. GaL v. 17. Heb. xi. 21. Apostolical Traditions, 1 Cor. xi. 2. 2 Thes. ii. 15. chap. iii. 6 2 Tim. i. 13. chap. ii. 2. chap. iii. 14. See also Dent, xxxii. 7. Psalm xviii. 5, 6, 7. Transubslaniialion. See Eucharist. Trinity of persons in God, Matt, xxviii. 19. 2 Cor. xiii. 13. 1 John v. 7. The B. Virgin Mary. Her dignity, Luke i. 28. 42. 43. All fenerations of true Christians shall call bet blessed, Luke i. 9. See fur her veneration and invocation, what is said above of angels and saints. HVmen, must not preach nor teach, 1 Cor. xv. 34,35 37. 1 Tim ii. 11, 12. Good Works, meritorious, Gen. iv. 7. chap. xxii. 16, 17. 18. P» xvii. 11. 23, 24. Ps. xviii. 8. 11. Matt. v. 11, 12. chao.x 42 chap. xvi. 27. 1 Cor. iii. 8. 2 Tim. iv. 8. AN HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. Km A7TJ 12 30 31 32 SACRED HISTORY. CHRIST is born at Bethlehem. Luke 2. He is circumcised. Luke 2. The wise men come and adore him. Matthew 2. He is presented in the temple. Luke 2. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin mother fly with the child Jesus into Egypt. Matthew 2. The massacre of the infants by Herod. Matthew 2. Joseph with the Blessed Virgin and her Son, return from Egypt, but for fear of Archelaus, go live at Naza- reth in Galilee. Matthew 2. Jesus is found in the temple disputing with the doc- tors when he was twelve years of age. Luke 2. St. John Baptist begins to preach penance, and to baptise. The chief of the Jews send messengers to ask if he was not the Messias. John 1. Jesus himself is baptised by John. A voice from heaven declares him the beloved Son of God, the Holy Ghost comes down like a dove. Matthew 3. Mark 1. Luke 3. Christ is no sooner baptised, but he retires into a wilderness, where he fasted for forty days. The devil there tempts him. The angels come and minister to him. Matthew 4. Mark 1. Luke 4. Christ's first miracle at Cana in Galilee, turned water into wine. John 2. St. John baptist is cast into prison, and beheaded by Herod. Matthew 14. Mark 6. Luke 9 Christ makes choice of twelve of his disciples, whom he calls apostles: Peter is the first of them. Matthew 10. Mark 3. Luke 6. Christ's Sermon, or his instructions on the moun- tain. Matthew 5, 6, and 7. He preaches in Judea and Galilee, casts out devils, cures all manner of diseases, and sometimes on the Sabbath-days, confutes and puts to confusion his adversaries, who blame him for it. Matthew 12. Luke 14, 8,-c. He raiseth to life the daughter of Jairus. Matthew 9. Mark 5. Luke 8. Also the son of the widow of Nain. Luke 7. He calms the sea by his word. Matthew 8. Mark 4. Luke 8. He heals the man thirty-eight years ill of a palsy. John 5, He sends his twelve apostles to preach, with power of iloinppmiracles. Matthew 10. Mark 6. Luke 9. He teneheth them to pray. Matthew 6. Luke 11. He makes choice of seventy-two disciples. Luke 10. He promises to make Peter the head of his church, to build his church upon him, to give him the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 16. He declares himself the Messias in plain terms to the S 'in iritan woman. John 4. He excuseth his disciples for plucking the ears of corn on the second first S \bbath. Matthew 12. He feeds at one time five thousand men with five loaves. Matthew 14. At another time four thousand with seven loaves. Matthew 15. He promises to give them his body to be truly meat, 32 33 SACRED HISTORY. &c. Many, even of his disciples, leave him, looking upon that doctrine as hard and harsh. John 6. His transfiguration. Matthew 17. The Sunday, or first day of the week in which he died on the cross, he came riding upon an ass into Jerusalem. Matthew 21. In the beginning of that week, he went daily into the temple, and in the evenings retired to Bethania, to pray in the garden of Gethsemani. Luke 21, 38, S?c. On Wednesday Judas made a bargain with the chief priests to deliver him up to them for a sum of money. Matthew 26. 15. On Thursday he sent his disciples in the afternoon to bring the paschal lamb offered in the temple, which after sunset he eat with his twelve apostles. Matthew 26. He washed thejr feet. John 13. After supper he instituted the Blessed Sacrament and Sacrifice of his Body and Blood. Matthew 26. He gave his apostles those excellent instructions set down by St. John. c. 14 — 17. Christ's prayer in the garden three times repeated. He is there seized, being betrayed by Judas. He is led away to Annas, and then to Caiaphas. He is condemned as guilty of blasphemy, and death, for owning himself the Son of God. He is spit upon, buffeted, &c. On Friday morning they deliver him up to the Roman, governor, Pontius Pilate, who sees and declares him innocent, yet fearing not to be thought a friend to Cesar/ condemns him to the death of the cross. He dies on the cross, and is buried. For the history of his passion, see Matthew 26, 27, 28. Mark 14, 15, 16. Luke 22, 23. 29. John 18, 19, 20. The miracles at his death. Ibid. He riseth from death the third day. Ibid. His different apparitions that very day: and others afterwards. Ibid. He gives his apostles power to forgive sins. John 20. 23. He gives to St. Peter the charge over his whole church. John 21. He promiseth to be with his church to the end of the world. Matthew 28. After forty days he ascends in their sight into heaven Acts 1 St. Matthias is chosen an apostle in the place of Judas the traitor. Acts 1. The day of Pentecost the Holy Ghost descended upon them, and upon all present with them, in a visible man- ner. Acts 2. The wonderful change wrought in the apostles li\ the coming of the Holy Ghost. Their undaunted courage. Acts 2, SfC. They preach the rusurrection of Christ, the necessity of believing in him, of repenting and doing penance. St. Peter, the chief of the apostles, converts on Oi et day three thousand, on another five thousand. Acts 2. 41.and/6tf. 4.4 227 P HISTORICAL INDEX. A I) 34 39 41 42 43 49 51 n tACKr.n i the gate nf the temple. Acts :t I The new Christians have »U thing* in common, cssities are supplied out of the common Acts 4. 32. and S.iphira for reserving tome part of the money of a field sold, ami lor hint; to the Holy Ghost, fall (kftd at St. Peler'n feet. Acts 5. The election of the seven deacons. AcIm 6. Saul by virtue of a commission from the chief priests persecute, tin- fTllssHim Acts 9. 1 to death. Acts 7. 58. The minuter* of the gospel being dispersed, preach in Jade* and Sunaria, tic. Philip in Samaria baptiseth Simon the Magician. He offers money to St. Peter to have the power of giv- ing the Bolj Goo**. Acts 8. I I'aul is miraculously converted, going to persecute the Christians at Damascus. Acts 9. He presently preacheth Jesus. St. lVter cures Eneas at Lydda, and raiscth to life Tabitha at Joppa. Acts 9. The very shadow of his body cures all diseases. Acts 5. 15. He receives Cornelius the Centurion, and other Gen- tiles with him into the church. Acts 10. He is thought to have gone about this time to Anti- och in Syria, and to have founded the episcopal see. He preached in I'ontus, Galalia, &c. St. Barnaby and St. I'aul preach at Antioch, where the believers were first called Christians. Acts 17. 26. Herod Agrippa puts to death St. James, the brother of St. John, and imprisons St. Peter, who was miracu- lously delivered. Acts 12. St. Matthew, and afterwards St. Mark, wrote their Gospels. St. Paul and Barnaby sent to preach in Pamphylia, Pttidia, Lycaonia. — Afterwards in Pontus, Thracia, &c. Art, lit, 14. Si. Peter about this time wrote his first epistle. A dispute between St. Paul and some zealous converts that li ul been Jews, about the obligation of making even the Gentiles observe the Jewish laws. Acts 15. St i'aul and Barnaby are sent to Jerusalem, to have this quest i. mi ilc. ided by the apostles, &c. A council «f the apostles and bishops decides the question. St. Peter speaking first, and St. James join- ing with him. The Utter of the council to their bre- thren the converted Gentiles. Acts 16. ul and St. Barnaby separate. Acts 15. Paul with Silas goes to Asia. St. Timothy, and also St. Luke, U-corne his companions. He goes to Philippi in Macedonia, to Thcssalon ica, to Berea, to Athens. M8 A l» H 66 67 fv> 60 61 62 66 i.v SACItMi IIIMulil 96 Foids there an altar dedicated to the unkt. i. Acts 16. 17. He writes his first epistle to the Thessalonians, and his second soon after. He stayi months at Corinth, tsbifl8.il. He |0« to F.pht-sua. After a short visit to the bre- thren at Jerusalem, he goes to Ai.tioch, and from thence again into Galatia and Phrygia, and stays three years at Fphcsus and thereal>outs. Acts 19. He writes to the Gatalians. II. writes his first, and soon after his second epistle to inthiana. He prepares to go to Jerusalem with alms he had gathered. Ac Is 20 and 21. He writes to the Romans. He comes to Jerusalem. Acts 21. The Jews seise St. Paul in the temple, being beaten and in daUM of being murdered b] tl.cm.he i» r. h\ L\sias the tribune and his soldiers. Acts 21 Lysias sends him to Felix the governor of Judca then at Cesarea, where he was two years a prisoner. His discourse before king Agrippa, Felix, &c. Acts 25. Having appealed to the tribunal of Cesar, he is sent to Rome with other prisoners. Acts 27. A description of his voyage, and shipwreck on the coast of Malta. Every one in the ship are saved, being two hundred and seventy-six persons. Acts 27. I St. James about this time wrote his catholic epistle. St. Paul's arrival at Rome, He is kept under Cttstod] for two years, with a soldier to goard him. Acts . He converts Onesimns, and sends him with his letti r to Philemon. He writes to the Philippians and Colos- sians. St. James, bishop of Jerusalem, there mart\ St. Paul being set at liberty, writes to the Hebrews. Goes again into Asia. Made St. Timothy bishop in Asia, and went into Macedonia, from whence he wrote his first epistle to Timothy. St. Peter about this time wrote his second epistle. About this time St. Peter and St. Paul came to Rome See Tillemont, &c. Not long after they were both put in prison, and suf- fered martyrdom. St. John about this time came to live in Asia, and governed all those churches for many years. St. John' was put into a caldron of boiling oil at Home under Domitian, and banished to the island of Patmos, where he had those wonderful visions of his Apocalypse. He returns to Ephesus under the emperor Nerva. He writes his gospel. He dies at Ephesus under Trajan about the year 100 AN HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX TO THB OLD TESTAMENT. THE CHRONOLOGY FOLLOWED HERE IS ACCORDING TO THE MORE GENERAL OPINIONS OF DIVINES ANtf CHRONOLOGERS. NOTE. A. M. signify Anno Mundi: That is, In the Year of the World. I A. M. Patriarchs. 2 130 325 395 460 622 687 874 Adam the first man, of whom all man- kind is propaga- ted. Seth born 235 Enos born 1056 Cainan Malaleel lured Enoch Mathusala Lamech Noe born SACRED HISTORY. CREATION of heaven and earth, and all things therein, in six days Gen. 1. Man, last created, was made lord of all living creatures of this lower world, and placed in Paradise. Gen. 2. For transgressing God's commandment Adam and Eve were cast out of paradise : but by God's grace repenting had promise of a Redeemer. Gen. 3. Cain the first-born became a husbandman, Abel next born, a shepherd. Gen. 4. God respecting Abel's sacrifice, and not Cain's, Cain killed Abel. Gen. 4. Cain went forth from the face of our Lord; began a new city opposite to the city of God. Gen. 4. v. 16. His generations in the right line to La- mech, are those, without notice of the time when they were born or died: Enoch, Irad, Maviel, Mathusael, Lamech. Gen. 4. v. 17. Some declining from God, joining in mar- riage with Cain's race, begot those monstrous men huge of stature, most wicked and cruel, called giants. Gen. 6. v. 4. Seth's children and other faithful were called the sons of God, to distinguish the true Church from the wicked city begun by Cain. Gen. 6. In the days of Enos began public prayers by many assembling together (besides sacri- fice, which was before.) Gen. 4. v. 26. Enoch a prophet pleased God in all his ways. None born in the earth like to Enoch. Eccl. 49. v. 16. Adam died at the age of 930 years Gen. 5. v. 5. to whom Seth succeeded chief Patri- arch: and so in the rest. Enoch, in the year of his age 365, was seen no more ; because God took him. Gen. 5. v 24. Enoch teas translated that he should not see death. Heb. 11. v. 5. Seth died in the year of his age, 912. Enos died, aged 905. Cainan died, aged 980. Malaleel died, aged 895. A. M. Patriarchs. 1556 1651 1656 1656 1658 1693 1723 1757 Sem born. And the next two years Cham Japhet. Arphaxad born, the son of Sem. Sale Heber Phaleg SACRED HISTORY. Iarad died, aged 962. Noe, the preacher of justice, forewarned all men, that except they repented, God would destroy them with a flood. Noe, by God's commandment, built an ark (or ship) wherein himself, and his family, with other living creatures, were preserved from drowning. Lamech died (before his father) in the year of his age 777. Mathusala died, aged 969, immediately before the flood, as seemeth most probable. The same year of the world 1656, the 17th day of the second month, Noe with his three sons, his wife and their wives, in all eight persons, and seven pair of every kind of clean living creatures, and two pair of un- clean, entered into the ark. And presently it rained forty days and forty nights to- gether. All living creatures on the earth out of the ark were drowned. Gen. 7. All Cain's race, with other wicked infidels, were utterly destroyed by the flood. Gen. 7 The whole earth being covered with water. Noe, with his family, and other living crea- tures, remained in the ark twelve months and ten days: then coming forth, built an altar, and offered sacrifice, which God ac- cepting, blessed them for new generation. Gen. 8. v. 9. Nemrod the son of Chus, and nephew to Cham, about threescore years after the flood, by force and subtilty drawing many follow- ers, began a new sect of infidels; and after- wards was the principal author of building the tower of Babel : where the tongues of the builders were confounded, and so they were separated into many nations, about 140 vears after the flood. Gen. 11. v. 4, &c. After Nemrod, his son Belus reigned in Babylon, about the year of the world 1871, which was 216 years after the flood. Heber consented not to the building of Babel. And therefore his family kept still their former language, which thenceforth for 229 HISTORICAL INDEX i'ii. i 1819 I | ig N ti Tn.ire Abra- ll Mil born. 20S3 •-I'M MSB •-in.) lieu 2107 2108 1146 2J.V) 2MB 2ls:i Isaac born. J null ami A.'iuu born IACHI . ii take, was called the Hebrew tongue, lie lived to «cc Abraham's father. N Arphaxad, Phaleg, and other | mi n, lived sonic part of Abraham'* tunc, who were never corrupted in faith nor religion. Hy God'i commandment, Abraham at the age- of 75 years, having been much perse- cuted for religion, went forth of his coun- try Chaldea. Whereupon his father Thare went as far as Har.m, in the confines of Mesopotamia: and Lot went further with him into Chanaan; which country God tin n |u..:niv, (I to give Inm, and to multiply bis seed, ami tlierein to bless all nations. Gen. 11. v. 31. ami 12. v. 1. and 7. ision of a famine in Chanaan, Abraham went into Egypt with his wife ami with Ixt. < r. 10. They returned into Chanaan; became very rich; and God renewed his great promises to Abraham. Gen. 13. . Lot (among others) being taken captive, Abraham with three hundred and eighteen nun rescued them all. Whereupon Melchi- sedech offered sacrifice in bread and wine; blessed Abraham, and received tithes of him. II. 1 r -.i long barren, persuaded Abraham to take her handmaid Agar to wife. Agar conceived, and brought forth a son, who was named lsmael. Gen. 16. Circumcision was instituted, that Abra- ham, and his sons, and all the men of his family, might be distinguished from others. 17. Sodom and Gomorrha with other cities were burnt with brimstone: from whence Lot MM delivered by Angels. Gen. 19. S.rai conceived, and bore a sou called Isaac. Gen. 21. Abraham by God's commandment was rea- dy to otter Isaac in sai i i& c, but was stayed by an Angel. And former promises were renewed. Gen. 22. Isaac married Rebecca the daughter of Hit Inn I, >on of Nachor, Abraham's brother. 24. After the death of Sarai, Abraham mar- ., by whom he had six sons. Gen. ■ I lsmael attempting to corrupt Isaac in morals (which St. Paul callcth persecution, Gal.4.) was cast out of Abraham's house, together with his mother. Gen. 21. v. 29. Ami nevertheless had twelve sons, all dokea, before Isaac had any issue, vhich St. I'aui MM*. 1 Cor. 1ft. v. 46. First that 230 \ \i Pan HH MM UBB MM IBM 2271 2276 2296 2297 2296 2315 2369 Ruben Simeon Levi Judas Dan Nelih- thali Gad Aser ■kl bar Za In lion Joseph born. Benjamin born. SACHEH HISTORY. Caatfc Amram irf.irh it ti,.turtil, oftinrards thai tr/ur/, u ,j i riturl. Esau also had much issue, anil in the world. But bis ; mael's, and all Abrahai ng by In- - last w lie I tin- promised inheritance, and other bless Om.SK. Abraham died at the age of 175 years. Gen. 25. Isaac blessed Jacob, thinking bim to he Esau. Gen. 27. Jacob going into Mesopotamia to flee tin- danger of bis brother's tbreals, saw in hi»| sleep a ladder reaching from the earth to heaven. Gen. 28. And being then- be served his uncle Laban seven years for hisj younger daughter Kachel; received Lia the elder; and served other seven for Rachel; and six more for certain fruit of the ll. 29,30. Jacob returning from Mesopotamia « i. - tied with an Angel, and was called Israel. IL Rachel died, and was buried in Bethlehem. 0s*siSMr. 1S&. 19. Joseph was sold, and carried into Egypt; and shortly after cast into prison, win re !■• interpreted the dreams of two Eunuchs M. Isaac died at the age of 180 years. Joseph interpreting King 1'harao's dreams, and Bring wise counsel to provide for tin ,ty to come, was made ruler of Egypt He linn inariicd, and bad two sons, Manas- sesand Epliraiui,in the seven years of pi- Gen. 11. Jacob sent his ten sons into Egypt to buy corn: where they were, threatened as sus- pected spies, and one was kept in prison, till they should bring their brother Benjamin. Gen. 42. They returning into Egypt with Benjamin : in their company, Joseph first tcrr lied ii afterwards manifested himself unto them And sending for his father and whole kin dred, thev all went into Egypt. Gen. 43, 44, 45, and 46. Jacob blessed and adopted the two sons of Joseph, preferring Epbraim the young Ion- Manasaes. Gen. 48. Prophesied of all his twelve sons, and in Judas of Christ. Gen. 49. v. 10. And then died. Joseph buried his father in Chanaan, and nourished his brethren w ith than families, as their patron and superior, (im. 60. v. 1-- Ile died at the age of 110 years. Gen\ 60. HISTORICAL INDEX. ia.m. Line of Levi. Line of Judas. 2130 2133 2473 2513 Aaron born. Moses ' born. SACRED HISTORY. Aram Amina- dab 2514 Aaron 2520 2552 Eleazar After his death, the superiority of the children of Israel descended not to hi-* sons, but to his brethren, and rested in Levi the third brother, living longest of all the twelve, to the age of 137 years, Exod. 6. v. 16. whose genealogy is there declared, to show the descent of Aaron and Moses. Moses an infant of three months was put in a basket on the water, and taken thence by Pharao's daughter, nursed by his own mother, and brought up in Pharao's court. Exod. 2. At the age of forty years he went to his brethren to comfort them: where killing an Egyptian that oppressed an IsraelFte, he was forced to flee into Madian. Exod. 2. After other forty years, God appear- ed to Moses in a bush fuming and not consuming; sent him into Egypt with power to work miracles, and to bring the children of Israel out of that bon- dage, j ' Pharao and the Egyptians resisting, were plagued with sundry afflictions. At last the Israelites were delivered, and Pharao with all his army drowned. Exod. 3. to 15. The law was given in mount »mai, the fiftieth day after their going out of Egypt. Exod. 19, 20. In the absence of Moses, the people forcing Aaron to consent, made and adored a golden calf for God. Exod.32. The tabernacle, with all things per- taining thereto, was prepared in the first year, and erected the first day of the second year of their abode in the desert. Exod. 40. In the same second year, Aaron was consecrated High Priest, and his sons Priests, for an ordinary succession; Moses remaining Superior extraordina- ry during his life. Levit. 8. Nadab, and Abiu offered strange fire in sacrifice, and were burnt to death. Leoit. 10. i Chore, Dathan, and Abiron, with many others murmuring and rebelling against Moses and Aaron, were partly swallowed alive into the earth: others burnt with fire from heaven. Num. 16. Balaam a sorcerer hired by Balac king of Moab to curse the Israelites, was forced by God's power to prophe- sy good things of them. iVam. 22 23 24. job, either of the progeny of Nachor, or as seemeth more probable, of Esau, lived at the same time in which the children of Israel were oppressed with servitude in Egypt. Job wrote the history of his afflic- tion in the Arabian tongue, which Moses translated into Hebrew. Moses and Aaron doubting that God would not give water out of a rock to the murmuring people, were foretold that they should die in the desert, and should not enter into the promised land. Num. 20. _ . Aaron died in the mount Hor; and his son Eleazar was made High Priest. Num. 20. A. M. 2553 High Priests. Line of Judas. 2559 2562 2570 Phinees 2599 2679 2719 2759 2768 2771 Abisue SACRED HISTORY. Naas- son. Moses repeated the law, commending it earnestly to the people, then died, and was secretly buried by Angels in the valley of Moab. Deut. 34. To whom Josue succeeded in tempo- ral government, the spiritual remaining with the High Priest. Num. 17. v 20. All the children of Israel that came forth of Egypt above the age of twen- ty years died in the desert, except two,| Josue and Caleb. Num. 26. v. 64, 65 Presently after Moses's death, Josue brought the people over Jordan into Chanaan, Josue 3; and in the space of seven years conquered the land. Josue 6, &c. And divided the same amongst the tribes. Josue 13. The tribes of Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasses having received inheri- tance on the other side of Jordan, Num. 32. v. 33. and now returning thither, made an altar by the river side, which the other tribes suspecting to be for sacrifice, and so to make a schism, prepared to fight against them: but they answering that it was only for a monument, all were satisfied. Josue 22. Josue at the age of. 110 years died, Josue 24. v. 29. and had no proper sue- ccssor. Eleazar the High Priest died the same year, Josue 24. v. 33. and his son Phinees succeeded. After the death of Josue the people were afflicted by foreign nations, God so permitting for their sins: but they repenting, he raised up certain captains, who were called Judges of divers tribes, without ordinary succession, to deliver and defend the country from invasions. These were in all fourteen, in the space of near 300 years. Othoniel the first judge, of the tribe of Juda, delivered the Israelites from molestation of the king of Syria. He governed (comprehending also the in- termission) 40 years. Judg. 3. T. 11. Aod, of the tribe of Benjamin, the second judge, killed Eglon king of Moab, and so delivered Israel, and slew ten thousand Moabites. Judg. 3. Samgar a husbandman, the third judge, killing six hundred Philistines with the coulter of a plough, detendcf 1 Israel. Jud. 3. v. 31. He with Aod and the times wanting judges, govern ed seventy-five years. Barach, by direction of Debora a Prophetess, fighting against Sisara. chief captain of Jabin king of Asor, Jahil a stout woman slew the same captain, striking a nail in his head. Jud. 4. They governed 38 years. Gedeon confirmed by miracles that Salmon he was sent "of God, overthrew the Madianites, and delivered Israel, go- verning forty years. Jud. 6, ,7, 8. Abimelech the base son of Gedeon, unjustly usurping authority, killed his seventy brethren, one only escaping; but within three years was hated ot his followers, and slain by a woman. Jud. 9. 231 IIISTOUKWI, INDKX. \ M Bocci MM asn Cm "i Ja 1.1% nsg 2847 ■Ml m Oii U.HJ/. Obcd Heli Isai, or J< ■ ACRED Mil TORT. 1 Qu country from ic« twenty-three years, an 1 died. Jud. 10. 2. Jair a powerful nobleman defended the people twenty-two yean. Jud. 10. Jepte first rejected but afterwards entreated by t' a of the people, fought for them and overthrew the enc- . unl in ide in indiscreet vow to offer hii daughter in aacrificc. Jud. 11. Efa V B( ! in civil war forty-two l i mutes, and governed \rs. Jud. 12. Abesan, a fortunate good man, ruled In peace seven >c.ir*. Jud. 12. The people ill thin time of- pi u c fell i'ry: for which God suf- I tlie Philistine* to afflict them. Jud 13. The tribe of Dan set up idolatry. jud. ia About this time Booz of the tribe of Juda married Kuth a Moabite: bv whom the rinht line of Judas descend- ed by Phares to David. Ruth 4. v. 18, &c. Ahialon governed likewise in peace ten rears. Jud. 12. v. 11. Abdon, another nohleman, governed eight years. Jud. 12. v. 13. tnaon, from his birth a Nazarite of admirable strength, did many heron al acts, killed many Philistines in his life, and more by his own death. He go- verned twenty years. Jud. 13. v. 5. & ch. 16. v. 31. A heinous crime being committed in the tribe of Benjamin, and not punish- ed, the other Israelites made battle against them; and being themselves also great sinners, lost many men in two conflicts; but in the third the tribe of Benjamin was almost destroyed. Jud. 19. v. 20. Heli of the stock of Aaron by the line of Ithamar was High Priest, and 231 ' pfflS MM IMJ 29m 2968 2992 3001 Marai- oth Achi- melech or Amari- Linc of Juda*. Abia- thar or Achitob Sadoc David made king Solo- mon SACRED HISTORY. governed Israel forty years. 1 Kingt 4. Samuel (whose mother being long barren had presented him an inf. tin- temple, aciording to her i ante and a prophet, from a child. 1 A'nig# 1. and 3. And aftel I of Heli, he governed the people of Is- rael before Saul twenty years; and ith him twenty years more, and died. 1 A'irigf 25. 1. By the im])ortunity of the people to have a king, God appointed Samuel to anoint Saul, 1 A'ine;* 10. who at first governed well; but afterwards dec lm from God, was deposed, and David anointed by the same prophet San \ K g* 16! Yet Saul was not actually deprived of the sceptre so long as he lived 1 KmitSl. Slain. 1. Par. 10. \ David, king and prophet, ruled his kingdom as a true pattern to all good kings; author of the book of Ps.. winch are full of divine knowledge; prepared means for building the tem- ple; ordained divers sorts of musicians; and reigned forty years :■ A $ tot 2 Par. 2,t, &c. Solomon excelling in wisdom, pros- pered in this world. 3 A'ing* 3, .V He built the temple, and adorned the same with all excellent furniture re- quisite for God's service; disposing all in order, as David had ordained. The temple being lipishcd was then dedicated most solemnly, with e\> ing devotion of the king and all the people, with abundance of aacriAi And afterwards the same king Solo- mon wrote three sapiential books. Proverbs, Eedctiattet, and the Canticlr of Cantieltt. , But in his old age he fell from 0od< and it is uncertain whether he died penitent or not. He reigned forty years. 3 A'lngi 11. Died. 2 Par 9. v. HISTORICAL INDEX. A. M- 3029 3046 3049 High Priests 3090 3115 3119 3120 3126 3165 3194 3246 3262 3277 3306 Achi mas Azarias Joha- nam Joiada Zacha- rias Sadoc, or Joa- than Sellum Helcias Azarias Urias Kings of Judea. Roboam Abdias Asa Josaphat Joram Ochozias Joas Amasias Ozias, or Azarias Joatham Achaz Ezechias BACHED HISTORY. King Roboam leaving the advice of the ancients, and following young counsellors, offended the peo- ple: and his servant Jeroboam was made king of ten tribes: only Juda and Benjamin remaining to Roboam. He reigned seventeen years. 3 Kings 14. v. 21. His son Abdias reigned wickedly three years. 3 King* 15. v. 2. Asa a good kinjr, destroyed idolatry, and reign- ed 41 years. 3 Kings 13. Josaphat governed the kingdom well 25 years, 3 Kings 22. v. 42. and 43. saving that he joined af- finity with Achab king of Israel, and with Jezabel. 2 Par. 18. v. 1. Jorom reigned wickedly eight years. 4 Kings 8. v. 17. and 18. 2 Par. 21. v. 5. and 6. The three next are omitted by St. Matthew. By the evil counsel of his mother Athalia, Ocho- zias governed wickedly one year, and was slain by Jehu, together with Joram king of Israel. 4 Kings 8. v. 27. and c. 9. v. 27. 2 Par. 22. v. 3. and 9. Queen Athalia murdering the children of her own son the late king, usurped the kingdom six years. 4 Kings 11. v. 1. The youngest son of Ochozias called Joas, being saved from the slaughter, was made king by means of Joaida High Priest, and Athalia slain. 4 Kings 11. v. 4. He governed well during the life of Joiada: but afterwards fell into idalatry, and caus- ed Zacharias the High Priest and son of Joiada to be slain. 2 Par. 24. v. 22. And shortly after the same king was treacherously slain, when he had reigned 41 years. 4 Kings 12. v. 20. and 2 Par. 24. v 25. Amasias beginning well did some good things, 4 Kings 14. v. 3. But after the spoil of the Idume- ans, he worshipped their idols. 2 Par. 25. v. 14. and reigned 29 years, ibid. Ozias some time reigned well, 4 Kings 15. v. 3. but afterwards presuming to offer incense on the altar was repelled by the High Priests, and pre- sently struck with leprosy, and cast out of the tem- ple and city. He lived after he was king 52 years. 2 Par. 26. v. 16. Kings of Israel. Jeroboam Manasses Joatham a godly king governed a great part of his father's time, and after his death sixteen years. 4 Kings 15. 2 Par. 27. Achaz a wicked king, after many benefits re- ceived from God, fell into idolatry, reigning six- teen years, destroyed holy things, shut up the tem- ple, and perverted many of the people. 4 Kings 16. 2 Par. 28. Ezechias a most godly king advanced true reli- gion, which was much decayed. He recovered health being mortally sick, which was confirmed by a miracle in the sun's returning back; and made a canticle of praise with thanks to God, and reigned 29 years. 4 Kings 18. 2 Par. 29, 30, 31, 32. Manasses for his great sins was carried captive into Babylon, where he repented, and was restored SACRED HISTORY. Nadab Baasa Ela Zambri Achab Ochozias Joram Jehu Joachaz Joas Jeroboam Zacha- rias. Sellum Maha- nem Phaceia Phacee Osee Jeroboam the first king of the ten tribes made a wicked schism, setting up two golden calves in Bethel and Dan; which most of the people wor- shipped as their gods. He reigned 22 years. 3 Kings 12. After him were these kings of d vers families of the same ten tribes. Nadab son of Jeroboam reigned two years. 3 Kings 14. Baasa of the tribe of Issachar reign ed 24 years. 3 Kings 15. Ela two years. 3 Kings 16. Zambri but seven days. 3 Kings 16. v. 15. Amri 12 years, whereof Thebni reigned in civil wars against him three years, v. 22. Achab married Jezabel a Sidonian, and served Baal, reigning 21 years. 3 Kings 10, &c. Ochozias reigned two years. 3 Kings 22. v.52. B Joram twelve years. 4 Kings 3. Jehu killed Joram and Jezabel, and destroying the whole house of Achab, reigned eight years. 4 Kings 9. and 10. Joachaz reigned seventeen years 4 Kings 13. Joas reigned sixteen years. 4 Kings 13. v. 10. Jeroboam forty-one years. 4 Kings 14.V.23. y y Zacharias reigned but six months 4 Kings 15. v. 8. Sellum but one month. 4 Kings 15. v. 15. Mahanem reigned 10 years. 4 Kings 15. Phaceia two years 4 Kings 15. v. 21. Phacee reigned 20 years. 4 Kings 15. v. 27. Osee reigned nine years. 4 Kings 17. The kingdom of Israel having stood above two hundred and fifty years was subdued by the Assyrians, and much people carried captive into As- syria. 4 Kings 17. v. 6. The Grecians every fourth year set forth interludes in honour of Jupiter Olympius, whereof began reckoning by Olympias, about the year of the world 3417 And after six Olympi- ades,that is 24 years, Rome was buil* 233 lOUICAL, INDEX. I M Praia 3361 Mi Ml Zaraias MB 8416 Jmo- dcch Kin inn .if J'lll.M. Anion Jom.iS Joachaz, or Jecho- niai Joakim, or Jccho- niai Sedecias IACMID HI1TORT. to tii— kingdom : h.- re ik ned and lived In captivity 56 years. 4 A I'ar.M. Judith killed Holofcrnes, either about tliis time, or in the days of Manasses, before the captivity. Judith. >:i reigned evil two years. 4 Kingn 21. 18. 3 Par. X\. Josias a very good king purged the Church of idolatry; repaired the temple, celebrated a most ■Oleum Pawn TrM slain in battle by the king of Egypt, (which all the people much lamented, cs- ly Jeremias the prophet) when be had reign- ed 81 yean. 4 A3*gi 22, 23. 2 Par. 34, 35. Joachaz, otherwise called Jechonias, reigning but three iftBtrw. was carried into Egypt (where he afterwards dud. 4 A'ings 23. v. 34.) and Elia- kim, otherwise called Joakim, his brother was made king; who in the third year of his reign was carried into Babylon. 4 Kingt 23. v. 3-1. 2 Par. 36. v. 4, 6. and with him Daniel, and the other children. Dan. 1. :tly after which time happened the history of Susanna. Dan. 13. And the same Joakim after his reign of three years, lived other eight years in captivity. 4 Kings 24. v. 1. 2 Pur. 36. v. 4. and 5. Joachin, called also Jechonias, son of the former Jechonias, or Joachaz, reigned but three months, and was carried into Babylon, and with him Eze- chiel the prophet and others. And his uncle Ma- thanias, otherwise named Sedecias, was made king, who reigned eleven years. 4 Kingt 24. 2 Par. 36. In the eleventh year of Sedecias, when king Je- chonias the younger was prisoner in Babylon, Jeru- salem was taken, the Temple destroyed, and the roplc carried captive into Babylon. 4 Kingt 25. Par. 36. In the mean time Daniel was in singular great estimation both with the faithful people, and Pa- gans, and was advanced to authority, as also by his means the other children; for which they were envied and persecuted, but were miraculously pro- tected. Dan. 1, &c. to 7. and 13, 14. A certain captain picking a quarrel apprehend- ed Jeremias, and by consent of principal men, cast him into a dungeon, the king not knowing thereof. 4 Kingt 26. Jer. 37, 3a Ismael killed Godolias the governor, and others. 4 Kingt 25. Jer. 41. Many Jews lied into Egypt, and fell into idola- try, resisting and contemning Jeremias 's admoni- tions to the contrary. Jer. 42, 43, 44. 234 Bnp of Israel. intialiilalits be Assyria into Judea.mis. ism with the Israelites' many wicked and ik tgt 17. v. 29. • ACRID HISTOHV. lien 1". •■ • HISTORICAL INDEX A. M. 13442" 3468 High Priests. Jesus son of Jose- dech Line of David SACRED HISTORY. A.M 3469 3470 3473 3477 3485 3494 Joachin From the captivity the Jews had no Ikings: | but the line of David continu- ed in these per- sons from Jecho- nias to Christ Salathiel Zoroba- bel Abiud Evilmerodach delivered Jechonias (or Joachin) from prison, and enter- tained him as prince. 4 Kings 25. v. 27. Baltazar being slain, Darius king of Medes and Persians possessed Babylon: and Cyrus succeeded Darius, released the Jews from captivity, and gave li- cense to Zorobabel and Jesus to bring back the people into Judea. 2 Par. 36. v. 22. 1 Esd. 1. Eliasib 3350 3550 Joiada Eliacim Azor 3668 3727 The Jews being returned into Jeru salem, set up an altar, and offered sa- crifice. lEsd. 3. v. 2. The next year they began to build the temple. 1 Esd. 3. v. 8. Artaxerxes (otherwise called Cam- byses, also Assuerus) forbade to perfect the temple. And Jesus the High Priest returned into Babylon. 1 Esd. 4. v. 7. Daniel understood by vision that Christ should come within seventy weeks, which make 490 yeare from the perfecting of the temple, and the walls of Jerusalem. Dan. 9. v. 25. Aggeus and Zacharias the Prophets exhorted to build the temple. 1 Esd. 5. In the captivity by diligence of the prophets, many Jews had great zeal| in true religion. And about the 24th year of the captivity, Assuerus, other- wise called Astyages, made Esther queen, and wicked Aman seeking to destroy all the Jews in those parts, was himself hanged on the gallows which he had prepared for Mardocheus. Es- ther 7, &c. The temple being perfected, Mala- chias (who is supposed to be Esdras") ex- horted to offer sacrifice with sincerity. Mai. 1. and 2. And Nehemias brought the* king's edict for the reparation of Jerusalem. 2 Esd . 2. Esdras, Nehemias, and others labour- ed in repairing Jerusalem; but were often interrupted. 2 Esd. 3. About this time the city was well re- paired with three walls. 2 Esd. 3. and 7. And so by the judgment of some I Divines, the reckoning of seventy! 235 :«29 High Priests Jona- than Jaddus Line of David Sadoc Eliud 3834 383S 3861 SACRED HISTORY. 3897 3898 3994 Onias Simon Priseus Eleazar Manas- ses an Apos- tate Onias Simon Onias Matha- thias Judas Macha- beus Jona- thas Simon Joan- nes Hyrca- nus Aris- tobulus Alex- ander Hyrca- nus Achim weeks began, according to the prophe- cy of Daniel, ch. 9. v. 26. Nehemias returning from Persia (or Chaldea) into Judea found thick water, for the fire which Jeremias had hid in a deep cave. 2 Mach. 1. v. 20. and 23 Alexander the Great honoured J ad dus the High Priest. Joseph, lib. 11. c 8. Antiq. The seventy-two interpreters being sent by Eleazarus High Priest to Ptolo- meus Philadelphus king of Egypt, trans- lated the Hebrew scriptures into Greek. Onias a most zealous godly High Priest, 2 Mach. 4. was persecuted by Simon a Churchwarden, slain by Adro- nicus a courtly minion, v. 34; and at his death prayed for all the people, chap. 15. v. 12. Jesus the son of Sirach wrote the book of Ecclesiasticus, in the time of this Simon High Priest, as seemeth, chap. 50. v. 24. and 25. Another Jesus (nephew of the for mer) translated Ecclesiasticus into Greek. Prolog. Eccli. Eleazar Mathan Jacob Joseph Philo the elder wrote tne book of Wisdom in Greek. S. Jeroin. in pref. Antiochus Epiphanes persecuted the church most cruelly, like as Antichrist will do near the end of the world. 1 Mach. 1. v. 11. and 2 Mach. 5, 6, 7. In defence of the church, Mathathias and his sons with others made war, killed and overthrew all the#r enemies, advanced religion, cleansed the temple, and delivered the people from persecu- tion. Died, 1 Mach. 2. v. 70. 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