iii I THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES Vi^^ i& A \ PUBLISHED BY C. J. CLAY AND SON, (ir,ambrilicj£ ?Elar£f)ousc AYE MARIA LANE, LONDON. HENEY FEOWDE, ©xfortJ MarcDousc: AMEN CORNER, LONDON. THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES BEING THE VEESION SET FOETH A.D. 1611 COMPAEED WITH THE MOST ANCIENT AUTHOEITIES AND EEVISED. PRINTED FOR THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1885 Minion 8vo. All Eights reserved. /\ _r IrJilTTTllgW CAMBRIBGE: PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A., AND SON, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. i i ■'^ "^^ - PREFACE. I^EH^ The Revision of the Authorised Version was undertaken in consequence of a Resohition passed by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, as has been fully explained in the Preface to the Revised Version of the New Testament, which was first published in May 1881. When the two Companies were appointed for carrying out this work, the following (Jeneral Principles, among others, were laid down by the Revision Committee of Convocation for their guidance : — '1. To introduce as few alterations as possible into the Text of the Authorised Version consistently with faithfulness.' ' 2. To limit, as far as possible, the expression of such alterations to the language of the Authorised and earlier English Versions.' '4. That the Text to be adopted be that for which the evidence is decidedly preponderating ; and that when the Text so adoi)ted differs from that from which the Authorised Version was made, the alteration be indic- ated in the margin.' '7. To revise the headings of chapters and pages, paragraphs, italics, and punctuation.' In order to shew the manner in which the Old Testament Company have endeavoured to carry out their instructions, it will be ct)nvenient to treat the subjects mentioned in the foregoing rules in a somewhat difterent order. It will be observed that in Rule 4 the word 'Text' is used in a different sense from that in Rule 1, and in the case of the Old Testament denotes the Hebrew or Aramaic original of the several books. In this respect the task of the Revisers has been much simpler than that which the New Testament Company had before them. The Received, or, as it is commonly called, the Massoretic Text of the Old Testament Scriptures has come down to us in manuscripts which are of no very great antiquity, and which all belong to the same family or recension^. That other recensions were at one time in existence is probable from the variations in the Ancient Versions, the oldest of which, namely the Greek or Septuagint, was made, at least in part, some two centuries before the Christian era. But as the state of knowledge on the subject is not at present such as to justify any attempt at an entire reconstruction of the text on the authority of the Versions, the Revisers have thought it most prudent to adopt the Massoretic Text as the basis of their work, and to depart from it, as the Authorised Translators had done 2, only in exceptional cases. With regard to the variations in the Massoretic Text itself, the Revisers have endeavoured to translate what appeared to them to be the best reading in the text, and where the alternatiA^e reading seemed sufficiently probable or important they have placed it in the margin. In some few instances of extreme difficulty a reading has been adopted on the authority of the Ancient Versions, and the departure from the Massoretic Text recorded in the margin. In other cases, where the versions appeared to sujiply a very probable though not so necessary a correction of the text, the text has been left and the variation indicated in the margin only. In endeavouring to carry out as fully as possible the spirit of Rules 1 and 2, the Revisers have borne in mind that it was their duty not to make a new translation but to revise one already existing, which for more than two 1 The earliest MS. of wliicli the age is certainly hnown bears date A. p. 91 G. 2 See, for instauee, 2 Sam. xvi. 12 ; 2 Chr. iii. 1, xxii. 6 ; Job xxxvii. 7 ; Ezek. xlvi. 10; Am. V. 26; Hag. i. 2. 20929iil vi PREFACE, centuries and a half had held the position of an English classic. They have therefore departed from it only in cases where they disagreed with the Translators of 1611 as to the meaning or construction of a word or sentence ; or where it was necessary for the sake of uniformity to render such parallel passages as were identical in Hebrew by the same English words, so that an English reader might know at once by comparison that a difference in the translation corresponded to a difference in the original ; or where the language of the Authorised Version was liable to be misunderstood by reason of its being archaic or obscure ; or finally, where the rendering of an earlier English version seemed preferable, or where by an apparently slight change it was possible to bring out more fully the meaning of a passage of which the trans- lation was already substantially accurate. It has been thought advisable in regard to the word 'Jehovah' to follow the usage of the Authorised Version, and not to insert it luiiformly in place of 'Lord ' or ' God', which when printed in small capitals represent the words substituted by Jev;ish custom for the ineflfable Name according to the vowel points by which it is distinguished. It will be found therefore that in this respect the Authorised Version has been departed from only in a few passages, in which the introduction of a proper name seemed to be required. Terms of natural history have been changed only where it was certain that the Authorised Version was incorrect and where there was sufficient evidence for the substituted rendering. In cases of doubt the alternative rendering has been given in the margin ; and even where no doubt existed, but where there was no familiar English equivalent for the original word, the Old Version has been allowed to remain i, and the more accurate term has been placed in the margin. In some words of very frequent occurrence, the Authorised Version being either inadequate or inconsistent, and sometimes misleading, changes have been introduced with as much uniformity as appeared practicable or desirable. For instance, 'the tabernacle of the congregation' has been everywhere changed to ' the tent of meeting', on account of Exodus xxv. 22, xxix. 42, 43, and also because 'the tabernacle of the congregation' conveys an entirely wrong sense. The words 'tabernacle' and 'tent', as the renderings of two different Hebrew words, are in the Authorised Version frequently inter- changed in such a manner as to lead to confusion ; and the Revisers have endeavoured throughout the Pentateuch to preserve a consistent distinction between them. Their practice in regard to the words 'assembly' and 'con- gregation' has been the same in princij^le, although they have contented themselves with introducing greater consistency of rendering without aiming at absolute iniiformity. In consequence of the changes which have taken place in the English language, the term ' meat offei-ing ' has become in- appropriate to describe an offering of which flesh was no part ; and by the alteration to 'meal offering' a sufficiently accurate representation of the original has been obtained with the least possible change of form. As regards the use of words, there are only a few cases in which it has been found needful to deviate from the language employed in the Authorised Version. One of these deviations occurs so frequently that it may be well to state briefly why it was adopted. The word 'j^eoples' was nowhere used by King James's Translators in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament it occurs only twice (Rev. s. 11, xvii. 15). The effect of this was to leave the rendering of numerous passages inadequate or obscure or even positively misleading. Thus in one of the best known Psalms (Ps. Ixvii.), where the Septuagint has Xaot and the N \\\'g&iQ populi, the English had 'Let the people praise thee, God ; let all the people praise thee'; leaving it at least doubtful 1 As for instance, 'coney' (Lev. xi. 5), 'fitclies' ds. xx\'iii. 25, 27), 'gourd' (Jon. iv. 6V whether the 'nations' of verse 4, or God's people, Israel, be referred to. And in Isaiah Iv. 4, ' Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people', the word 'people' is naturally understood by the English reader to refer to Israel. Again, the Hebrew word goyim 'nations', which is applied to the nations of Canaan dispossessed by the Hebrews, and then also to the surrounding nations among whom the people of Israel were afterwards dispersed, acquired in later times a moral significance, which is represented in the Authorised Version by the rendering 'heathen' or 'Gentiles'. While recognizing this moral sense of the word, the Eevisers have employed it much more sparingly than their predecessors had done. Similarly, the Hebrew Sheol, which signifies the abode of departed spirits, and corresponds to the Greek Hades, or the under world, is variously rendered in the Authorised Version by 'grave', 'pit', and 'hell'. Of these renderings 'hell', if it could be taken in its original sense as used in the Creeds, would be a fairly adequate equivalent for the Hebrew word ; but it is so commonly understood of the place of torment that to employ it frequently would lead to inevitable misunderstanding. The Revisers therefore in the historical narratives have left the rendering 'the grave' or 'the pit' in the text, with a marginal note 'Heb. iyJieoV to indicate that it does not signify 'the place of burial'; while in the poetical writings they have put most commonly 'Sheol' in the text and 'the grave' in the margin. In Isaiah xiv. however, where ' hell ' is used in more of its original sense and is less liable to be mis- understood, and where any change in so familiar a passage which was not distinctly an improvement would be a decided loss, the Revisers have con- tented themselves with leaving ' hell ' in the text, and have connected it with other passages by putting ' Sheol ' in the margin. In connexion with this it may be mentioned that ' Abaddon ', which has hitherto been known to the English reader of the Bible only from the New Testament (Rev. ix. 11), has been introduced in three passages (Job xxvi. G; Prov. XV. 11, xxvii. 20), where a proper name appears to be required for giving vividness and point. The Hebrew word Asherah, which is uniformly and wrongly rendered 'grove' in the Authorised Version, most probably denotes the wooden symbol of a goddess ; and the Revisers therefore have not hesitated to introduce it as a proper name in the singular (Judg. vi. 25, &c.), with the plurals Asherim (Ex. xxxiv. 13, &c.) and Asheroth (Judg. iii. 7, &c.), following the analogy of the Baalim (Judg. iii. 7) and the Ashtaroth (Judg. ii. 13), which are already familiar. In regard to the language of the Authorised Version, the Revisers have thought it no part of their duty to reduce it to conformity with modern usage, and have therefore left untouched all archaisms, whether of language or construction, which though not in familiar use cause a reader no embarrass- ment and lead to no misunderstanding. They are aware that in so doing they will disappoint the largo English-speaking race on the other, side of the Atlantic, and it is a question upon which they are prepared to agree to a friendly difierence of opinion. The principle by which they have been guided has been clear and consistent. Where an archaic word or expression was liable to be misunderstood or at least was not perfectly intelligible, they have substituted for it another, in equally good use at the time the Authorised Version was made, and expressing all that the archaism was intended to convey, but more familiar to the modern reader. In such cases the gain was greater than the loss. But in other instances where the word or ex- pression, although obsolete, was not unintelligible, it was thought that the change would involve greater loss than gain, and the old rendering was therefore allowed to stand. More especially was this the case when the archaism was a perfectly correct rendering of the original and there was no viii PREFACE. exact modern equivalent for it. The principle adopted by the Company will be best illustrated by two typical examples. The verb ' to ear ' in the sense of ' to plough ' and the substantive ' earing ' for ' ploughing ' were very reluctantly abandoned, and only because it was ascertained that their meaning was unknown to many persons of good intelligence and education. But it was easy to put in their place equivalents which had a pedigree of almost equal antiquity, and it would have been an excess of conservatism to refuse to substitute for an unintelligible archaism an expression to which no ambiguity could be attached. On the other hand the word 'boiled' (Ex. ix. 31), which signifies 'podded for seed' and is known in provincial dialects, has no synonym in literary English. To have discarded it in favour of a less accurate or more paraphrastic expression would have been to impoverish the language ; and it was therefore left, because it exactly expresses one wiew which is taken of the meaning of the original. One of the few instances in which the language of the Authorised Version has been modified in accordance with later usage is the change of the neuter possessive pronoun from ' his ' to ' its '. It is well known that ' its ' does not occur in the Bible of 1611, and it does not appear to have been introduced into any edition before 1660. But it is found ten times in Shakespeare, and there is other evidence to shew that at the time of the Authorised Version it was coming into nse. It was found necessary in some cases to substitute ' its ' for ' his ' in order to avoid obscurity, and there seemed no good reason, when it was once introduced, for refusing to admit it generally when it re- ferred to purely inanimate objects. In making minor changes, whether in translation or language, the Revisers have followed the example of the translators of the Authorised Version, who allowed themselves in this respect a reasonable freedom, without permitting their liberty to degenerate into license. It will be at once seen that the old division of the books into chapters and verses has been al>anddned in favour of the arrangement in paragraphs, the numbering of the cliapters and verses being however retained for con- venience of reference. AVhere the change of subject seemed to require a greater break than was marked by the beginning of a new i^aragraph, it has been indicated by a space before the paragraph. Occasionally the divisions of the chapters in the Authorised Version differ from those in the common Hebrew Bibles. In such cases the variations are given in the margin. In the Psalms, the titles are printed in smaller type, as in some modern English Bibles, which differ in this respect from the edition of 1611. One con- sequence of the arrangement in paragraphs has been the omission of the headings of chapters, which for other and more imjjortant reasons it was thought advisable to abandon, as involving questions which belong rather to the province of the commentator than to that of the translator. With the headings of chapters the head-lines of pages naturally disappeared also, and for the same reason. In the poetical portions, besides the division into paragraphs, the Revisers have adopted an arrangement in lines, so as to exhibit the parallelism which is characteristic of Hebrew Poetry. But they have not extended this arrange- ment to the prophetical books, the language of which although frequently marked hj parallelism is, except in purely lyrical passages, rather of the nature of lofty and impassioned prose. In the use of italics the Revisers departed from the custom of the Authorised Version and adopted as their rule the following resolution of their Company : ' That all such words now printed in italics, as are plainly implied in the Hel)rew and necessary in English, be i)rinted in common type.' But where any doubt existed as to the exact rendering of the Hebrew, PREFACE. ix all words which have been added in order to give completeness to the English expression are printed in italic type, so that the reader by omitting them may be able to see how for their insertion is justified by the words of the original. This of course is especially true (jf those renderings for which an alternative is given in the margin, where the roman and italic type play exactly opposite parts. To complete the account of the Revised Version it remains only to describe the marginal notes. These will be found to contain (1) The renderings of such variations in the JMassoretic Text as appeared to be of sufficient importance. These variations are known by the teclmical names of K'ri {read) and C'thib {u-ritien), which denote that the K'ri, or reading in the margin of the Hebrew Bible, is to be substituted for the C'thib which appears in the written text. The Revisers have generally, though not uniformly, rendered the C'thib in the text, and left the K'ri in the margin, with the introductory note ' Or, according to another reading ', or ' Another reading is '. When the K'ri has been followed in the text, the C'thib has been placed in the margin, if it represented a variation of sufficient importance. (2) Alternative renderings, introduced by ' Or '. These are either dif- ferent meanings of the word or passage, or they serve to connect it with other renderings elsewhere. (3) Literal renderings of the Hebrew or Aramaic, indicated by the prefix ' Heb.' or 'Aram.' (4) Changes of text made on the authority of the ancient Versions. (5) Readings from ancient Versions which appeared to be of sufficient importance to be noticed. (6) Renderings of the Hebrew consonants as read with different vowel points, or as differently divided. These are introduced by the words ' Or, as otherwise read'. (7) Marginal references to other passages, which are either strictly parallel, or serve the purpose of illustrating or justifying a particular ren- dering. (8) Explanations of certain proper names, the meaning of which is referred to in the text. In the Proper Names the Revisers have endeavoured to ascertain the system of transliteration adopted by the Translators of the Authorised Version and to carry it out with somewhat greater consistency. They have not how- ever attempted anything like rigid uniformity, and have left unchanged all those names which by usage have become English; as, for instance, Moses, Aaron, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the like. Among the Rules laid down by the Revision Committee of Convocation for the guidance of the Revisers was one that no change should be finally made in the text of the Authorised Version except by the vote of two-thirds of the Company present and voting ; and this Rule has been invariably acted upon. The result has been that in many cases a rendering which was pre- ferred by the majority of the Companj^ voting has been recorded in the margin, the majority not being sufficient to give it a place in the text. But all questions of marginal readings, as well as of punctuation and division into paragraphs, except where these affected the sense of a passage, were decided by a simple majority. It may be of some interest to describe the method observed by the (Company in their work, if only to shew that every question raised was carefully and deliberately considered. In the first Revision it was the practice for the Secretary to read over each verse, first in the original and then in the Authorised Version : the proposals for change were then taken ; first those communicated in writing by absent members, and next those made by the members present. Each proposal was moved, and if seconded was dis- cussed and voted upon ; the decision in the first Revision being by a majority only. If a proposal met with no seconder, it was not discussed but allowed to drop. In the second Revision, the Secretary read out in order the changes which had been made at the first Revision ; if these wei-e unchallenged they were allowed to remain, otherwise they were put to the vote and aflirmed or rejected according as they were or were not supported by the requisite majority of two-thirds. In the second Revision new propositions could only be made by special permission of the Company, and discussion was limited, as far as possible, to exceptional cases. In the final review, which was in reality the completion of the second Revision, the Company employed themselves in making a general survey of what they had done, deciding finally upon reserved points, harmonizing inconsistencies, smoothing down roughnesses, removing unnecessary changes, and generally giving finish and completeness to their work. Everything in this final survey was decided by the vote of a majority of two-thirds. The Revisers had already made some progress, and had in fact gone twice through the Pentateuch, before they secured the co-operation of the American Old Testament Revision Company. The first Revision of the several books was submitted to the consideration of the American Revisers, and, except in the case of the Pentateuch, the English Company had the benefit of their criticisms and suggestions befoi'e they proceeded to the second Revision. The second Revision was in like manner forwarded to America, and the latest thoughts of the American Revisers were in the hands of the English Company at tlieir final review. In every instance the suggestions from America were treated with the same consideration as those proceeding from members of the English Company, and werfe adopted or rejected on their merits. It was a part of the terms of agreement with the Amei'ican Company that all points of ultimate difterence between them and the English Revisers should be placed on record, and they will accordingly be found fully stated at the end of the Old Testament, or' at the end of the several portions, according as the Revised Version appeal's in one or more volumes. Many of them will be found to be changes of language which are involved in the essentially different circumstances of American and English readers; others express a preference for the marginal rendering over that given in the text ; others again involve a real diflference of opinion ; but all shew that they have been dictated by the same leading principle, the sincere desire to give to modern readers a faithful representation of the meaning of the original documents. It could not but be expected that in the course of fourteen years many changes would take place in the members of the Company. Of the original number who first put their hands to the work on the 30th of June 1870, only fifteen now remain. Ten of the Company have been removed by death, and two resigned: the places of these were filled from time to time by others; but since October 1875 no new members have been added. The Revisioii was completed in eighty-five sessions, ending on 20th June, 1884; and it occupied 792 days. The greater part of the sessions were for ten days each, and each day the Company generally sat for six hours. The labour therefore has been great, but it has been given ungrudgingly ; and now with a feeling of deep thankfulness to Almighty God, and the earnest hope that their endea- vours may with His blessing tend to a clearer knowledge of the Old Testament Scriptures, the Revisers bring their long task to a close. Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey, 10 July, 1S81. THE NAMES AND ORDER or ALL THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Genesis 1 Exodus 41 Leviticus 76 Numbers 101 Deuteeonouy 137 Joshua 167 Judges 188 Ruth 208 I. Samuel 211 II. Samuel 237 I. Kings 259 II. Kings 284 I. Chronicles 308 II. Chronicles 330 E7,EA 358 Nehemiah 366 Esther 377 Job 383 The Tsalms 109 The Proverbs -172 ecclesiastes 194 The Song of Songs ..... 499 Isaiah 504 Jeremiah 543 Lamentations 588 Ezeziel 593 Daniel ' . . 634 HosEA 646 Joel 652 Amos 654 Ob.ujiah 653 Jonah C59 Micah ' 661 Nahum 664 Hacakkuk 665 Zephaniah 667 Haggai 669 Zechariah . . . 670 Malachi 677 THE NAMES AND ORDER OF ALL THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. I'aije S. Matthew 1 S. Makk 26 S. Luke 41 S. John 68 The Acts 88 To THE EoiIANS Hi I. COEINTHIANS 124 II. COKINTHIANS 134 To THE Galatians 141 To THE EpHESLiNS 144 To THE PniLIPPIAXS 148 Pcuje I. TlilOTHY ^ 156 II. Timothy 159 To Titus 161 To Philemon- 162 To THE Hebeews 162 James 170 I. Peter 173 II. Peter 176 I. John 178 II. John 180 III. John 181 To the Colossians 150 JUDE I. Thessalonians 152 n. Thessalonians 155 181 Eevelation 182 THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLEU GENESIS. 1 Or, wn8 brooding upon JHeb. cxpaiue. 1 In the begiiiiiiiig God created the 2 heaven and the earth. And the earth ■was waste and void ; and darkuess ■was upon the face of the deep : and the si)irit of God Amoved upon the 3 face of the waters. And God said, Let there be hght : and there was ■lUght. And God saw the Hght, that it was good : and God divided the Hght 5 from the darluiess. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. 6 And God said, Let there be a ^fii-ma- ment in tlie midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and di- vided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was 8 so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land ap- 10 pear : and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathermg together of the waters called he Seas : 11 and God saw that it was good. And God said. Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit tree bear- ing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth : and it was 12 so. And the earth brought forth gi'ass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree beariiig fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind : and God saw 13 that it was good. And there was even- ing and there was morning, a third day. 14 And God said. Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for 15 days and years : and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give Hght upon the earth: and it 16 was so. And God made the two great Hghts ; the gi-eater light to rule the daj', and the lesser light to rule the 17 night: he made the stars also. And God set them }i\ the finuament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the' Hght from the darkness: and God saw that it was 11) good. And there was evening and there \\as morning, a fourth day. 20 And God said. Let the waters -^ bring forth abundantlj' the moving creature that hath life, and let fowl fly above the earth •'in the open firmament of 21 heaven. And God created the gi-eat sea-monsters, and every living crea'- ture that moveth, which the waters brought forth abimdantly, after their kinds, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was 22 good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and nmltiply, and fill the ■waters in the seas, and let fowl mul- 23tiply in the earth. Aiid there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. 24 And God said. Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind : and it was 25 so. And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth ujion the ground after its kind : and God saw that it was good. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our uuage, after our likeness : and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thmg that creepeth ui^on the earth. 27 And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he 28 them. And God blessed them: and God said mito them. Be fruitful, aiid multiply, and rei)lenish the earth, and subdue it ; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that 29 5 moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you evei\y herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yield- ing seed ; to you it shall be for meat : 30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth ui)on the earth, wherein there is ^life, / have given every green herb for meat: and it 31 was so. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was 3Heb. $warm leith itttrarnis of living crea- ' turet. j 4 Heb. ( on the face of the ex- ' pajue of the heaven. !• Or, creepeth e Heb. a living loul. GENESIS. 1. 31. iHeb. Jehovah, as in other places wliere Lord is put in capitals. 2 Or, lieryl 3 That is, Tigris. i Or, to- ward the east of 5 Or, antiwar- ing to very good. And there was evening and there was mornmg, the sixth day. 2 And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made ; and he rested on the seventh day from all his 3 work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it : because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made. 4 These are the generations of the hea- ven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that itlie Lord .') God made earth and heaven. And no idant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up : for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there Avas not a man to till the gi'ound ; 6 but there went uj) a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of 7 the ground. And the Lord God form- ed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living soul. 8 And the Lord God i)lauted a garden eastward, in Eden ; and there he put 9 the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good 10 and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became four 11 heads. The name of the first is Pi- shon : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is 12 gold; and the gold of that land is good : there is bdelHuni and the 2 onyx 13 stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cusli. 14 And the name of the third river is f'Hiddekel: that is it which goetli *in front of Assyria. And tlie fourth 15 river is Euphrates. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dj-ess it and to IGkeei) it. And the Lord God com- manded the man, saying. Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely 17 eat : but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will 19 make him an help ^meet for him. And out of the gi-ound the Lord God f onned every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air ; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creatui-e, that was the name 20 thereof. And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for '' man there was not f oimd an help meet 21 for him. And the Lord God caused a deep sleej) to fall upon the man, and he slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and closed \\\) the flesh instead thereof: 22 and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from the man, '^ made he a woman, 23 and brought her unto the man. And the man said. This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called ^ Woman, because she was 24 taken out of ^Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and 2,'i they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. 3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,Ye shall not 2 eat of 1*^ any tree of the garden ? And the woman said unto the serpent. Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may 3 eat : but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall 4 ye touch it, lest ye die. And the ser- pent said unto the woman, Y'e shall not 5 surely die : for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as "God, 6 knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was i'^ to be desu'ed to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and she gave also mito her husband with her, 7 and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves 8 1-^ aprons. Aiid they heard the invoice of the Lord God walking in the gar- den in the I'cool of the daj': and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst 9 the trees of the garden. And the Lord God called unto the man, and said un- 10 to him. Where art thou '? And he said, I heard thy i^ voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked ; and 11 1 hid myself. And he said. Who told thee that thou wast naked '? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I command- ed thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said. The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave 13 me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman. What is this thou hast done ? And the wo- man said. The serpent beguiled me, 14 and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent. Because thou hast done this, cui-sed art thou i^ above all cattle, and i<5 above every beast of 4. 26. GENESIS. 2 Or, sorrow 3Heb. Hawaii, that is, Living, or. Life. 4Heb. kanah, to get. 5 Or, shall it not be lifted up J « Or, i? its de- sire, but thou shotlldest rul^ over it -neb. said unto. Many ancient authori- ties have, said unto AbelTti.i brother. Let us go into the field. the field ; upon tby belly shall thou go, aud dust shalt thou eat all the days of 15 thy life : and I will put enmity be- tween thee and the woman, and be- tween thy seed and her seed : it sliall 1 bruise thy head, and thou shalt 16 1 bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multijily thy sor- row and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desu'e shall be to thy husband, 17 and he shall rule over thee. And uiito Adam he said. Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying. Thou shalt not eat of it : cui-sed is the ground for thy sake ; in ^ toil shalt thou 18 eat of it all tlie days of thy life ; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of 19 the field ; m the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, tUl thou return unto the gromid ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and 20 unto dust shalt thou return. And the man called his wife's name ^Eve ; be- cause she was the mother of all living. 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his v.dfe coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 And the Lord God said. Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good aud evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : 23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the gromid from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 4 And the man knew Eve his ■wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have * gotten a man with '2 the help of the Lord. Aivl again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cam was a Stiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain lirought of the fruit of the ground 4 an offering mito the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect imto Abel and 5 to his offering: but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance feU. And the Lord said unto Cain, Whj art thou wroth ? and 7 why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, s shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door : and unto thee 6 shall be his desire, and thou 8 shalt rule over him. And Cain '' told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And tlio Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother ? And he said, I know not : am I my 10 brother's keeper ? And he said, Wliat hast thou done ? the voice of thy bro- ther's blood crieth unto me from the 11 ground. And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's 12 blood from thy hand ; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not hence- forth yield unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be 13 in the earth. And Cain said mito the Lord, 8 My punishment is greater 14 9 than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth ; and it shall come to i)ass, that whosoever findeth 15 me shall slay me. And the Lord said unto him. Therefore whosoever slay- etli Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord ap- pointed a sign for Cain, lest any find- ing him should smite hun. 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, aud dwelt in the land of 17 10 Nod, lion the east of Eden. Aud Cain knew his wife; and she con- ceived, and bare Enoch : and he build- ed a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, 18 Enoch. And imto Enoch was born L-ad : and Irad begat Mehujael : and Mehujael begat Methushael : and Me- 19thushael begat Lamech. And La- mech took unto him two wives : the name of the one was Adah, and the 20 name of the other Zillali. And Adah bare Jabal : he was the father of such 21 as dwell in tents and hm-e cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal : he was the father of all such as handle the harp 22 aud pipe. And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, i^the forger of every cut- ting instrument of i^bj-ass and iron : and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naa- 23 mah. And Lamech said unto his wives : Adah and Zillah, hear my voice ; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken imto my speech : For ui have slain a man i^for wounding me. And a yoimg man for bruising me : ' 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold. Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name i6 geth : For, said .the, God I'^hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel ; for Cain slew him. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son ; and he called his name Enosh : then began men to call upon the name of the Lord. 8 Or, .\fine iniquity oOr, than can be/or- given 10 That is, Wan- dering. "Or, in front of 12 Or, ati in- structor of every artificer 13 Or, copper and so else- where. "Or, / will slay 15 Or, to my woiotd- ing, and a young man to iny hurt IS Heb. Sheth. 17 Heb. slutth. GENESIS. 5. 1. lOi-, Man 9 10 11 1-2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 •20 21 2-2 '25 26 29 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him ; male and female created he them ; and blessed them, and called their name ^Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hmidred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image ; and called his name Seth : and the days of Adam after he begat- Seth were eight hundred j'ears : and he begat sons and daughters. And all the days that Adam lived were nuie hmidi'ed and thirty years : and he died. And Seth lived an hmidred and five years, and begat Enosh : and Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Seth v/ere nine hundred and twelve j'ears: and he died. And Enosh lived nuiety years, and be- gat Kenan : and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hmidred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters : and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years : and he died. And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel: and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hun- dred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters : and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten jears : and he died. And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared : and Mahal- alel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thu'tj' years, and begat sons and daughters : and aU the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred nine- ty and five years : and he died. And Jared lived an hundi-ed sixty and two years, and begat Enoch : and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hvmdi-ed years, and begat sons and daughters : and aU the daj's of Jared were nuie hundred sixty and two years : and lie died. And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah : and Enoch walked with God after he begat Me- thuselah three hundi-ed years, and be- gat sons and daughters : and all the days of Enoch were three hundred six- ty and five years : and Enoch walked with God : and he was not ; for God took him. And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech : and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters : and all the days of Methu- selah were nine hmidred sixty and nme years : and he died. And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a sou : and he called his name Noah, saying. This same shall 2 comfort us for our work and for the toil of our hands, ^ because of the ground which the Lokd hath SOcm-sed. And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daugh- 31 ters : and all the days of Lamech were seven hmidred seventy and seven years : and he died. 32 And Noah was five himdred years old : and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the gi'omid, and daughters were born 2 unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair ; and they took them wives of aU 3 that they chose. And the Lord said, My spu'it shall not ^strive with man for ever, '^for that he also is flesh : iJyet shall his days be an hmidred and 4 twenty years. The '^Neiihilmi were in the earth m those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in mito the daughters of men, and they bare children to them : the same were the mighty men which were of old, the 5 men of renown. And the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was gi'eat in the earth, and that every imagin- ation of the thoughts of bis heart 6 was only evil continually. And it re- pented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it gi'ieved him 7 at his heart. And the Lord said, I will 8 destroy man whom I have cre- ated from the face of the gi'ound ; both man, and beast, and creeping thuig, and fowl of the air; for it reijenteth 8 me that I have made them. But Noah fomid grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and "per- fect in his generations : Noah walked 10 with God. And Noah begat thi-ee 11 sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And the earth was corrujjt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrujit ; for aU flesh had cor- rupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy 14 them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood ; i" rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty culiits, and 16 the height of it thirty cubits. A flight shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it i- upward ;, and the door of the ark shalt thou set uiythe side thereof; with lower, second, and 8. 9. GENESIS. 17 third stories shalt thou make it. And I, beliold, I do bring the Hood of waters ni^on the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; every thing that is in the earth 18 shall die. But I will establish my covenant with thee ; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thj' wife, and thy sons' wives 19 with thee. Aiid of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; thej- shall be male 20 and female. Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the gi'ound after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keeji 21 them alive. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for 22 thee, and for them. Thus did Noah ; accordmg to all that God commanded him, so did he. 1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark ; for thee have I seen righteous before me 2 in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean 3 two, the male and his female; of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female: to kee}) seed alive 4 upon the face of all the earth. For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will 1 1 destroy from 5 off the face of the ground. And Noah did according unto all that the Lokd commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon 7 the earth. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because 8 of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth ujion the ground, 9 there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, 10 as God commanded Noah. And it came to jmss after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon lithe earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fomitains of the gi'eat deep broken up, and the 12 windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days 13 and forty nights. In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the tlu-ee wives of his 14 sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after its kind, and all iHeb. blot out. the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of e^•ery 1.5 2 sort. And they went in imto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh 16 wherein is the breath of life. And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded 17 hun : and the Lord shut him in. And the flood was forty days ui^on the earth ; and the waters increased, anil bare up the ark, and it was lift up 18 above the earth. And the waters pre- vailed, and increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face 19 of the waters. And the waters pre- vailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high mountains that were mi- der the whole heaven were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters j)revail ; and the mountains were cover- 21 ed . And all flesh died that moved uj)on the earth, both fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every ^ creepmg thing that creei^eth upon the earth, and every 22 man : aU in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of aU that 23 was in the dry land, died. ^ And every living thing was ^ destroyed which was upon the face of the gromid, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven; and they were 5 destroyed from the earth : and Noah only was left, and they that were with 24 him in the ark. And the waters pre- vailed upon the earth an hmidred and fifty days. 8 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a mnd to pass over the 2 earth, and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the wm- dows of heaven were stopped, and the 3 ram from heaven was restrained ; and the waters retm-ned from off the earth contmuallj-: and after the end of an hundred and fifty days the waters de- 4 creased. And the ark rested in the se- venth month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountams of Ara- 5 rat. And the waters decreased continu- ally until the tenth month : in the tenth mouth, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the momitains seen. 6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of 7 the ark which he had made : and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried uj) from 8 off the earth. And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the 9 ground; but the dove fomid no rest for the sole of her foot, and she re- tm'ued unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth : and he put forth his hand, and 2Heb. 3 Or. sicarni- inf/thing that swarm- eth 4 Or. And he de- stroyed every living thing 5Heb. blotted ont. GENESIS. 8. 9. lOr, a fresh olive leaf 2 Or, saTie;for the 3 Or, creepeth took her, and brought her in unto him 10 into the ark. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth 11 the dove out of the ark ; and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth ^an oHve leaf i^luckt off: so Noah knew that the waters 12 were abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove ; and she retui-ned 13 not again unto him any more. And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were di'ied uj) from off the earth : and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face 14 of the ground was dried. And in the second month, on the seven and tv/en- tieth day of the month, was the earth dry. 15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives 17 with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thmg that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and'cattle, and every creeping thmg that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fi'uitful, and mul- 18 tiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and 19 his sons' wives \vith him : every beast, every creeping thmg, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after then- families, went forth out of 20 the ai'k. And Noah builded an altar imto the Lord ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered bui'nt offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord smelled the sweet sa- vour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I wiU not again curse the ground any more for man's ^sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither %\'ill I again smite any more every thing living, as 1 22 have done. While the earth remain- eth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and 9 day and night shall not cease. And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them. Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air ; with all wherewith the ground steemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every mo^-ing thing that liveth shall be food for you ; as the green herb 4 have I given you all. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood 5 thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I requu-e; at the hand of every beast will I requke it : and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life 6 of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in 7 the image of God made he man. And you, be ye fruitful, and multij)ly ; bring •forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his 9sons with him, saying. And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and 10 with your seed after you; and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast 11 of the earth. And I will estabHsh my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut oii any more by the waters of the flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the 12 earth. And God said. This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every li^'ing creatm-e that is with you, for per- 13 petual generations : * I do set my bow m the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me 14 and the earth. And it shall come to i^ass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen 15 in the cloud, and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every Uving creatm-e of all flesh ; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all 16 flesh. And the bow shall be in ths cloud ; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlastmg coven- ant between God and every living creatm-e of aU flesh that is upon the 17 earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father 19 of Canaan. These three were the sons of Noah : and of these was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be an husband- 21 man, and planted a vineyard : and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told 23 his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw 24 not their father's nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his ^ youngest son had done unto 25 him. And he said. Cursed be Canaan ; A servant of servants shall he be imto his brethren. 11. 14. GENESIS. uOr, went forth Asshur 'Heb. Pellsh- tim. » Or, the brother o/Ja- pheth the elder 26 Aiid lie said, Blessed be the Louu, tlio Ciod of Shorn ; And let Canaan be ^ his servant. 27 God enlarge Japlieth, And 2 let him dwell in the tents of Shem ; And let Canaan be ^his servant. 28 And Noah lived after the Hood three 2it hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty yeai's : and he died. 10 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem Ham and Japlieth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and ii Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sous of Gomer; Ashkeiiaz, and 4!'Eiphath, and Togamiah. And the sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, 5Kittim, and ^Dodauim. Of these were the s isles of the nations divided iu their lands, every one after his tongue ; after their families, in their nations. (i And tlie sons of Ham; Cush, and 7 Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Ha-vilah, and Sabtah, and Eaamah, and Sabteca : and the sons of Kaamah ; Slieba, and 8 Dedan. And Cusli begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, Like Nim- rod a mighty hmiter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Ereeh, and Accad, and 11 Calneh, in the land of Siiinar. Out of that land "he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Eehoboth-Ii-, 12 and Calah, and Eesen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the gi-eat city). 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Aiia- mun, and Leliabun, and Naphtuhim, 14 and Pathrusim, and Casluliim (whence went forth 'the Phihstines), and Caphtorim. 15 And Canaan begat Zidon his first- 1(5 born, and Heth ; and the Jebusite, and 17 the Amorite, and the Girgashite ; and the Hivite, and the Ai'kite, and the 18 Sinite ; and the Ai-vadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the 19 Canaanite spread abroad. And the border of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza ; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiiin, 20 unto Lasha. These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in then' nations. 21 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, ^the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children 22 born. The sons of Shem; Elam, and Assliur, and Ai-paehshad, and Lud, and 2.'5 Aram. And the sons of Aram ; Uz, 21 and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. And Ai'pachshad ■' begat Shelah ; and Shelah 2r)))egat Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was if^Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name 20 was Joktan. And Joktan begat Al- modad, and Shelei)li, and Hazarma- 27veth, and Jerah ; and Hadoram, and 28 Uzal, and Diklali ; and " Obal, and 29 Abimael, and " Sheba ; and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were 30 the sons of Joktan. And their dwell- ing was from Meslia, as thou goest toward Sephar, the 12 mountain of the 31 east. These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations : and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. 11 And the whole earth was of one 21^ language and of one 1* speech. And it came to jjass, as they journejed 15 east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and is slime had tliej^ for mortar. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top 711 ai/ reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name ; lest we be scattered abroad 5 upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the chihh-eu of 6 men builded. And the Lord said, Be- liold,they are one peo^jle, and they have all one language ; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing wUl be withh olden from them, which thej' 7 pm-pose to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound then- language, that they may not understand one 8 another's speech. So the Lord scat- tered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left 9 off to build the city. Therefore was the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there i' confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them a- broad upon the face of all the earth. 10 These are the genei^tions of Shem. Shem was an hundi-ed years old, and begat Ai'pachshad two years after the 11 flood: and Shem lived after he begat Ai'pachshad five huiKh'ed j'ears, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Ai'pachshad lived five and thirty 13 years, and begat Shelah : and Ai'pach- shad lived after he begat Shelah four hunth'ed and three years, and begat sous and daughters. 14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and 6 The Sept. reiida, begat C'tiiiaii, and Cninan begat Hlielah. '"That is. Division. 11 111 1 Clu-. I. 2i, JSbal. i'^Or.hiU count ri) 13 Heb. lip. u Heb. leords. I'i Or, ill the east If! That is, bitu- men. V Heb. bajal, to con- found. GENESIS. 11. U. 1.5 begat Eber : and SbeJali lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived fom- and thu-ty years, 17 and begat Peleg : and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and 19 begat Reu: and Peleg lived after he begat Eeu two hiuidred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Keu lived two and thu-tj- years, 21 and begat Serug : and Eeu lived after he begat Serug two hundi-ed and seven j"ears, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and 23 begat Nahor : and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hmulred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty 25 years, and begat Terah: and Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and 28 Haran ; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran (bed in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, 29 in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives : the name of Abram 's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Mil- 30 call, and the father of Iscah. And Sarai was barren ; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law^ his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan ; and they came mito Haran, and dwelt tliere. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and live years: and Terah died in Haran. 12 Now the Lord said unto Al)ram. Get thee out of thy country, and from thj- kindred, and from thy fathers house, unto the land that I will shew thee : 2 and I ^ill make of thee a gi-eat nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing: 3 and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse : and in thee shall all the families of 4 the earth be blessed. So Abram went, as the Lord had spoken unto him ; and Lot went v/ith liun : and Abram was seventy and five years old 5 when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's soji, and aU their sub- stance that they had gathered, and tlie souls that they had gotten in Haran ; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land 6 of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the laud mito the jdace of Shechem, luito the i oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the 7 land. And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said. Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar imto the Lord, who appear- 8 ed unto him. And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east : and there he builded an altar un- to the Lord, and called upon the name 9 of the Lord. And Abram journeyed, going on still towai-d the ^ Soutli. 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram v.ent down into Egyjjt to sojourn there; for the famine was 11 sore in the land. And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife. Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon : 12 and it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall sa}-, This is his wife: and thej' will kill me. but they will save thee 13 alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art mj- sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that mj' soul may live 14 because of thee. And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the wo- 1,5 man that she was very fair. And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was 16 taken into Pharaoh's house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he- asses, and menservants, and maid- servants, and she-asses, and camels. 17Ajid the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because 18 of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me ? why didst thou not tell me that she was 19 thy wife? Why saidst thou. She is my sister ? so that I took her to be my wife: now therefore behold thy 20 wife, take her, and go thy way. And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him : and they l)rought him on the way, and liis wife, and all that he had. 13 And Abram went uj) out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in 3 silver, and in gold. Ajid he went on his journeys from the South even to Betli- el, mito the jilace where his tent had been at the beginnuig, between Beth- 4 el and Ai ; unto the jilace of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name 5 of the Lord. And Lot also, which 14. 24. GENESIS. lOr, Circle 2 Orjere- bhiths 9 Or, nations 4 Or, Joined them- $f?ves to- gether agaimt went Avith Abrain, had flocks, and 6 herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not d^\ell 7 together. And there was a strife be- tween the herdmen of Abram's cattle and tlie lierdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Cauaanite and the Perizzite dwell- 8ed then in the land. And Abram said imto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herd- 9 men ; for we ai'e brethren. Is not the ■\vliole land before thee ? separate thy- self, I pray thee, froia me: if iJiou wilt fake the left hand, then I wiU go to the right; or if thou take the right 10 hand, then I wiU go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the 1 Plain of Jordan, that it v/as AveU watered every where, before the Lord destroj^ed Sodom and Gomor- rah, like the garden of the Lohd, like the laud of Egj-^jt, as thou goest unto llZoar. So Lot chose him all the Plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the 12 one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom Avere wicked and sinners against the Lord excee^- 14 tugly. And tlie Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him. Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and west- 15 ward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee VviU I give it, and to thy 16 seed for ever. And I vnll make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be 17 numbered. Ai'ise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for unto thee wiU I give 18 it. And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the ^ oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. 14 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Ariocli king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of E- 21am, and Tidal king of SGoiim, that they made Avar with Bera king of Sodom, and with Bu'sha king of Go- morrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the 3 king of Bela (the same is Zoar). All these 4 joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). ■1 Twelve years they served Chedorlao- mer, and in the thirteenth year they 5 rebelled. And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were Avith hini, and smote the Ilephaim in Ashteroth-karnaun, and the Zuzun in Ham, and the Emun in ^-Shaveh- (i kiriathaim, and the Horites in their momit Seir, unto El-paran, Avhich is 7 by the Avilderness. And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the (-country of the Amalekites, and also the Ainorites, 8 that dwelt in Hazazo)i-tamar. And there Avent out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Ze- boiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) ; and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Sid- 9 dim; against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch khig of Ellasar; four kings against 10 the five. Now the vale of Siddim Avas fuU of ''slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to lithe mountain. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their Aictuals, and Avent their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, Avho dwelt in Sodom, and his 13 goods, and departed. And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: noAv he dwelt by the 2 oaks of Manii-e the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these Avere confederate Avith Abram. 14 And Avhen Abram heard that his bro- ther Avas taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, tlu-ee hundred and eighteen, and pur- 15 sued as far as Dan. And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pm-sued them unto Hobah, Avhich is 16 on the ^left hand of Damascus. And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the Avomen also, 17 and the people. And the kmg of So- dom Aveut out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedor- laomer and the kuigs that were Avitli him, at the A'ale of Shaveh (the same 18 is the King's Vale). And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and AA'ine: and he Avas priest of 9 God 19 Most High. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of 'J God Most High, 10 possessor of heaven and earth : 20 and blessed be "God Most High, aa-McIi hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave hun a tenth of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take 22 the goods to thj'self . And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, 9 God Most High, lOpossessor of heaven and earth, 23 that I AviU not take a thread nor a shoelatchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I haA'e made 24 Abram rich : ii save only that which the '' (Jr, theplain 0/ Kiria- thaim « Heb. field. "That Is, bitumen 2ntt. 8 Or, north 9 Heb. t:l Eli/oil. 10 Or. maker II Or, let there be nothing for me; only that ic. 10 GENESIS. 14. 24. 1 Or, thy reward shall br exceed- ing great JHeb. Jehovah, as in other places where Goi) is put in capitJils. 3 Or, go heura «Tha Chaldeo and Syriac have, Eliezer the Da- maKene. young men have eaten, and the por- tion of the men which went with me ; Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take tlieir portion. 15 After these tilings the word of the Lord came imto Abrani in a vision, saj'ing, Fear not, Abrani : I am thy shield, '^and thy exceeding great re- 2 ward. And A])ram said, O Lord 2 God, what wilt thou give me, seeuig I ''go childless, and he that shnU be possessor of my house is ^Dammesek SEHezer? And Abram said. Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : and, lo, one born in my house is mine 4 heir. And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saj'ing. This man shall not be thine heir; but lie that shall come forth out of thine Sown bovvels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look novv^ toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to tell them : and he said luito him. So shall 6 thy seed lie. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him 7 for righteousness. And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give a thee this land to inlierit it. And ho said, Lord God, whereb}' shall I 9 know that I shall inherit it? And he said luito him, Talce me an heifer of three years old. and a she-goat of tliree years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a 10 young ingeon. And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other : but the bu"ds divided he not. 11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram drove 12 them away. And when the sun was gomg dowii, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, an horror of great 13 darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abrani, Know of a suretj' tliat thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not tlieu-s, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four 14 hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out 15 with great substance. But thou shalt go to thy fathers m peace; thou shalt 16 be buried in a good old age. And ill the fourth generation thej' shall come hither again : for the iniquity 17 of the Amorite is not yet full. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch 18 that i^assed between these pieces. Li that day tlie Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egj-pt unto the great river, the 19 river Euphrates: the Kenite, and the 20Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the 21Rephaim, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. 16 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an hand- maid, an Egyjitian, whose name was 2Hagar. And Sarai said unto Aliram, Behold now, the Lord hath restiained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, mito my handmaid ; it may be that I shall •' obtain cliildi-en by her. And A- brani hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her haiKhnaid, after A- bram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her 4 husband to be his wife. And he went iu unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had con- ceived, her mistress was despised in 5 her eyes. And Sarai said luito Abram. My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid uito thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes : the Lord judge G between me and thee. But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from 7 her face. And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountaui in 8 the way to Shiu'. And he said, Ha- gar, Sarai's handmaid, whence earnest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I flee from the face of my 9 mistress Sarai. And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Keturn to thy mistress, anvood : but where is the 8 lamb for a burnt oifering ? And Abra- ham said, God will i provide hunself the lamb for a bm-nt oifering, my son: so they went both of them together. y And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his sou, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the Lokd called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham. Abraham: and he said. Here am I. 12 And he said. Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I knoAv that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not with- held thy son, thine only son, from me. 13.'uid Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and '-^ behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering 1 1 in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place " Jehovah- jireh: as it is said to this day. In the mount of the Loed -it sliall be pro- 15vided. And the angel of the Lord called mito Abraham a second tune out 16 of heaven, and said, By uiyseK have I sworn, saith the Lord, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not with- 17 held thy son, thine oidy son: that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multi- plymg I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his 18 enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the natitms of the earth ^ be blessed; be- lt) cause thou hast obeyed my voice. So Abi-aham returned uTito his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, say- iiig. Behold, Milcali, she also hath borne children luito thy brother Na- 21 hor ; Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kenniel the father of 22 Aram ; and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Kebekah : these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abra- 24 ham's brother. And his concubine, whose name was Remnah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacali. 23 And the life of Sarah v>'as an hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron ) , in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came to mourn fen- Sarah, Sand to weep for her. And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, say- 4ing, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burjingplace with you, that I may 5 bury my dead out of my sight. And the children of Heth answered Abraham, (3 saying unto him. Hear us, my lord: thou art c a mighty prmce among us: in the choice of our sei^ulchres bra-y thy dead ; none of us shall with- hold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed hunself to the people of the land, even 8 to the children of Heth. And he comnumed ■v^ith them, saying. If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of if Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, wiiich he hath, which is in the end of his field ; for the full price let him give it to uie in the midst of you for a jjossession of a 10 buryingidace. Now Ephron was sittmg in the midst of the children of Heth : and Eplu-ou the Hittite answered Abra- ham ui the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at 11 the gate of his city, sayuig, Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is thereui, I give it thee ; m the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee : bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham bowed himself down 13 before the people of the land. And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the jieople of the land, saying. But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me: I will give the price of the field ; take it "Or.WcM them- selves n Heb. a prince uf God. 16 GENESIS. 23. 13. i Or, /or an the good) of his master were in hia hand of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14Aiid Epliron answered Abraham, say- 15ing nnto hmi. My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hun- dred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore 16 thy dead. And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the children of Hetli, four hundred shekels of silver, current mo net/ with the mer- 17 chant. So the field of Eplu-on, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were made sure 18 unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his 19 city. And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingi)lace by the children of Heth. 24 And Abraham was old, and well stricken m age: and the Lord had 2 blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said unto bis servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had. Put, I pray thee, thy 3 hand under my thigh : and I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, 4 among whom I dwell : but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Per- adventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? 6 And Abraham said unto him. Beware thou that thou bring not my son 7 thither again. The Lord, the God of heaven, that took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativ- ity, and that spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying. Unto thy seed will I give this land ; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take 8 a wife for my son from thence. And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath ; only thou shalt not bring 9 my son thither agam. And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abra- ham his master, and sware to him 10 concerning this matter. And the serv- ant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; ^having all goodly thmga of his master's in his hand : and he arose, and went to 2 Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 11 And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that 12 women go out to draw water. And he said, Lord, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good speed this day, and shew kindness 13 unto my master Abraham. Behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city 1-1 come out to draw water: and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let do\vn thy i)itcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast ajipointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I laiow that thou hast shewed kind- ISness unto my master. And it came to pass, before he had done speakmg, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoiilder. 16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a "virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, 17 and came up. And the servant ran to meet her, and said. Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water of 18 thy pitcher. And she said. Drink, my lord : and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave 19 him drink. And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I wUl draw for thy camels also, until they 20 have done drinking. And she hast- ed, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran agam unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man looked stedfastly on her ; holding his peace, to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous 22 or not. And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of ^half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of 23 gold; and said. Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to 24 lodge in ? Ajid she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 2.') She said moreover unto him. We have both straw and provender enough, and 26 room to lodge in. And the man bowed his head, and worshipiied the Lord. 27 And he said. Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his mercy and his truth toward my master: as for me, the Lord hath led me in the way to the 28 house of my master's brethren. And the damsel ran, and told her mother's 29 house according to these words. And 24. 65. GENESIS. Eebekah had a brother, and liis name was Labaii : and Laban ran out unto HOtho man, unto tho fomitain. And it came to pass, wheii he saw the rm^, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and wlien he heard the words of Eebekah his sister, saying. Thus spake tlie man unto me ; that he came unto tho man ; and, behold, he stood by tho camels at tlie fountain. 31 And he said. Come in, thoit Idessed of tho Lord ; wherefore standest thou without? for I have ]5repared the house, and room for the camels. 32 And the man came into the house, and he ungirded tho camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the men's feet that were with him. 33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. Aiid 34 he said. Speak on. And he said, I 35 am Abraliam's servant. And the Lord hath blessed my master gi-eat- ly ; and he is become gi-eat : and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and menservants and maidservants, and camels and 36 asses. And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old : and unto him hath he given 37 all that ho hath. And my master made me swear, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose 38 land I dwell: but thou shalt go luito my father's house, and to my kindred, 39 and take a wife for my son. Aiid I said unto my master, Peradventure 40 the woman will not follow me. And he said unto me. The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: 41 then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kind- red ; and if they give her not to thee, 4'2 thou shalt be clear from my oath. And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my 43 way which I go: behold, I stand by the fountain of water ; and let it come to pass, that the maiden which cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water 44 of thy pitcher to drink ; and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed for my master's 45 son. And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Eebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder ; and she went down tmto the fount- ain, and drew: and I said unto her, 46 Let me drink, I pray thee. And she made haste, and let down her i)itcher from her slioulder, and said. Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also : so I dranlc, and she made the camels 47 drink also. Ajid I asked her, and said. Whose daughter art thou ? And she said. The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him : and I put tlie ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the (xod of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for 49 his son. And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the right hand, or to 50 the left. Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said. The thing pro- ceedeth from the Lord : we cannot 51 speak unto thee bad or good. Behold, Eebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's 52 wife, as the Lord hath spoken. And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth mito the 53 Lord. And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Ee- bekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were witli huu, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send 55 me away unto my master. And her brother and her mother said. Let the damsel abide with us a fern days, at the least ten ; after that she shall go. 56 And he said unto them. Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may 57 go to my master. And they said. We will call the damsel, and inquu-e at 58 her mouth. And they called Eebekah, and said unto her. Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Eebekah theu* sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's 60 servant, and his men. And they blessed Eebekah, and said unto her. Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the 61 gate of those which hate them. And Eebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode ui)on the camels, and fol- lowed the man: and the servant took 62 Eebekah, and went his way. And Isaac came ifrom the way of Beer-lahai-roi ; for he dwelt in the land of the South. 63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the fleld at the eventide : and he lifted uj) his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there 64 were camels coming. And Eebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw 65 Isaac, she lighted off the camel. And iThe Sept. lu« throxitjli the wil- derness. 18 GENESIS. 24. 65. lOr, si-ttlvd Heb./cH. 2 Or, over agahist she said rmto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the fiekl to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master : and she took her veil, and 66 covered herself. And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 And Isaac Ijrought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Kebekah, and she became his wife ; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. 25 And Aln-aham took . another wife, 2 and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zinnan, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midiau, and Ishbak, and 3 Shuah. And Jokshan ))egat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshmim, and Letushiin, and 4Leuuuuim. And the sons of Midian; Ephah, aiid Ejiher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eklaah. All these were 5 the children of Keturah. And Abra- ham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But luito the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac bis son, while he yet lived, 7 eastward, unto the east countrj'. And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hmidred threescore and fifteen years. 8 And Abraham gave vq) the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and fuU of years ; and \\as gathered to his 9 people. And Isaac and Islmiael his sons buried hun in the cave uf Machpelah, in the field of Ejjhron the son of Zoliar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 10 the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth: tliere was Abra- 11 ham buried, and Sarah his v.ife. And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son ; and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi. 12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's hanchnaid, bare 13 unto Abraham : and these are the names of the sous of Isluuael, by then- names, accorduig to their generations : the iu'stboi'n of Islunael. Nebaioth ; and 14Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, and Mislmia, and Dumah, and Massa; l.T Hadad, and Tenia, Jetm% Na2)hish, and 16 Kedemah: these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments ; twelve princes according to their ua- 17 tious. And these are the j-ears of the life of Islunael, an hundred and thirty and seven years : and he gave up the ghost and died ; and was gathered unto 18 his people. And they dwelt from Havi- lah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward AssjTia : he i abode 2 in the presence of aU his brethren. 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat 20 Isaac: and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the ^Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Liban the ^ Syrian, to be 21 his wife. And Isaac intreated the Lord for his \vife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of hun, and Rebekah his wife con- 22ceived. And the children struggled together within her; and she said. If it be so, * wherefore do I live? And 23 she went to inquire of the Lord. And the Lord said mito her, Two nations are in thy womb. And two i)eoples shall be separated even from thy bowels : And the one people shall be stronger than the other jjeople ; And the elder shall serve the young- er. 24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in 25 her womb. And the first came forth "red, all over like an hau-y garment; 26 and they called his name Esau. And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel ; and his name was called ^ Jacob : and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare 27 them. And the boj's grew : and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a ''plain man, 28 dwelling in tents. Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: 29 and Rebekah loved Jacob. And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came in from 30 the field, and he was faint: and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with *^that same redpattage ; for I am faint: therefore was his name called 31 '-'Edom. And Jacob said. Sell me i^this 32 day thy birthright. And Esau said. Behold, I am at the point to die: and what iirofit shall the birthright do to 33 me? And Jacob said, Swear to me 10 this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthi-ight unto Jacob. 34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and pot- tage of lentils; and be did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way : so Esau desiused his birthright. 26 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abunelech king of the 2 Philistines unto Gerar. And the Lord appeared mito him, and said. Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee ; for mito thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy 4 father ; and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth i^be 5 blessed ; because that Abraham obey- ed my voice, and ke])t my charge, my ■■> Heb. A rnvl- ean. J Or, where- fore a^n I thus I 5 Or, ruddy 6 That is, One tfutt takes by the heel or sup- pla nis. ^ Or, quiet Or, harm- less Hel). per/ecC. »Heb. thf red pottajie, this red pottage. « That is, Jlcd. wOr, first (if all 11 Or, liless the77i- selves 27. 10. GENESIS. 19 iHeb. liviwj. 2 That is, Conten- tion. 3 That is, Enmity. ■> That is, Broad places, 01, Room. 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 5'2 23 24 coimiiaiidments, my statutes, and my laws. And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: and the men of the place asked him of his wife ; and he said, Slie is my sister : for he feared to say, My wife; lest, .laid he, the men of the iilace should kill me for Rebekah : because she was fair to look upon. And it came to l)ass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Phil- istines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Eebekah his wife. And Abunel- ech called Isaac, and said. Behold, of a surety she is thj- wife : and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. And Abimelech said, "What is this thou hast done unto us ? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guilthiess upon us. And Abimelech charged all tlie people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. And Isaac sowed in that land, and fomid ill the same year an hundredfold : and tlie LoKD blessed him. And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great: and he had possessions of Hocks, and possessions of herds, and a great house- hold: and the Philistines envied him. Now all the w^ells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abra- ham his father, the Philistines had stop- ped them, and tilled them with earth. And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Ahraham his father ; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abranam : and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. And Isaac's servants digged in the val- ley, and found there a well of ^ spruig- ing water. And the herchnen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdmeu, sayhig, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well s'Esek; because they contended with him. And they digged another well, and they strove for that also : and he called the name of it ^Sitnah. And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it ^Eehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. And he went uji from thence to Beer-sheba. And the Lord apjieared unto huu the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father : fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 2.") And he buikhsd an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there 2(5 Isaac's servants digged a well. Then AIninelech went to him from Gerar, and Abuzzath his friend, and Phicol the 27 captain of his host. And Isaac said unto them. Wherefore are ye come unto nie, seeing j-e hate me, and have sent me 28 away from you? And they said. We saw plainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said. Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a coven- 29 ant with thee; that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothuig but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed 30 of the Lord. And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they de- 32 parted from him in peace. And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concern- ing the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found 3o water. And he called it *Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer- sheba unto this day. 34 And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 and they were "a gi-ief of mmd unto Isaac and to Eebekah. 27 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him. My son: 2 and he said unto him. Here am I. And he said. Behold now, I am old, I know 3 not the day of my death. Now there- fore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the 4 field, and take me venison; and make me savour}' meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before 51 die. And Eebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for G venison, and to bring it. And Eebekah spake unto Jacob her son, sajing. Be- hold, I heard thy father speak unto 7 Esau thj' brother, saying. Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before 8 the Lord before my death. Now* there- fore, my son, obey my voice according 9 to that which I command thee. Go no"w to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats ; and I wiU make them savom-y meat for thy 10 father, such as he loveth: and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he 5 See ch. xxi. ul. B Heb. bitter- Ttcss of apirit. 20 GENESIS. 27. 10. lOr, mocker may eat, so that he may bless thee 11 before liis death. And Jacob said to Eebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a 12 smooth man. My fatlier peradventui'e will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a 1 deceiver; and I shall bring a ciu'se upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son : only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his 15 father loved. And Eebekah took the goodly raiment of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger 16 son : and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and 17 upon the smooth of his neck: and she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand 18 of her son Jacob. And he came unto his father, and said. My father: and he said, Here am I ; who art thou, 19 my son? And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless 20 me. And Isaac said unto his son. How is it that thou hast found it so quick- ly, my son? And he said. Because the Lord thy God sent me good speed. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son 22 Esau or not. And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt hun, and said. The voice is Jacobs voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's 24 hands : so he blessed him. And he said. Art thou my very son Esau? And he 25 said, I am. And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's veni- son, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he 26 drank. And his father Isaac said mito him, Come near now, and kiss me, my 27 son. And he came near, and kissed him: and he smeUed the smeU of his raiment, and blessed him, and said. See, the smell of my son Is as the smeU of a field which the LoED hath blessed : 28 And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And i^lenty of corn and wine : 29 Let peoples serve thee. And nations bow down to thee : Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : Cursed be every one that cui'seth thee, And blessed be every one that bless- eth thee. 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came 31 in from his hunting. And he also made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father. Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul 32 may bless me. And Isaac his father said unto him. Who art thou? Aiad he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, 33 Esau. And Isaac trembled very exceed- ingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him? yea, 34«HfZ he shaU be blessed. When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father. Bless me, even 35 me also, my father. And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath 36 taken away thy blessing. And he said. Is not he rightly named 2 Jacob ? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birtlu-ight ; and, be- hold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said. Hast thou not 37 reserved a blessing for me ? And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for serv- ants; and with coi'n and wine have I sustained him: and what then shall 38 1 do for thee, my son ? And Esau said unto his fatlier. Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, my father. And Esau lifted 39 ui) his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him. Behold, ^ of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dweUmg, And 'of the dew of heaven from above; 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brotbar ; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose. That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck. 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart. The days of mom-ning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Ja- 42 cob. And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Eebekah ; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him. Behold, thy bro- ther Esau, as touching thee, doth com- 43 fort himself, 7Jj(?po.si»(/ to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice ; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother 44 to Haran; and tarry with hun a few days, until thy brother's fury turn 45 away ; until thy brother's anger turn 2 See ch. XXV. 26, 3 Or, away from 29. 12. GENESIS. 21 iHeb. El Shad- dai. 2Heb. Aram- tan. 3Heb. the jAace. i Or, be- side him SHeb. break forth. away from tlieo, and he forget that which thou hast done to him : tlien I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be bereaved of you both in one day ? 46 And llebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daugh- ters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what 28 good shall my life do me ? And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him. Thou shalt not take a wife of the 2 daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of 3 Laban thy mother's brother. And i God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou 4 mayest be a company of peoples ; and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest mherit the land of thy sojouruings, which God gave 5 unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the ^Syrian, the brother of Piebekah, Jacob's and 6 Esau's mother. Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a ■wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave hun a charge, say- ing. Thou shalt not take a wife of the 7 daughters of Canaan ; and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and 8 was gone to Paddan-aram: and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan 9 pleased not Isaac his father ; and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife. 10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, 11 and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon ^a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set ; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descend- 13ing on it. And, behold, the Lord stood *above it, and said, I am the LoiiD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and 14 to thy seed; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt ^ spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth 15 be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and wiU keep thee wliitherso- ever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that 16 which I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and lie said. Surely the Loud is in this place; 17 and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this i>lace ! this is none other but the house of God, 18 and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had i)ut under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and jioured oil upon the 19 top of it. And he called the name of that place '•Beth-el: but the name 20 of the city was Luz at the first. And Jacob vowed a vow, sayiug, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to jiut 21 on, so that I come again to my fa- ther's house in peace, '^then shall the 22 Lord be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I wiU surely give the tenth unto thee. 29 Then Jacob ^went on his journey, and came to the land of the children 2 of the east. And he looked, and behold a "^^■eU in the field, and, lo, tlu-ee flocks of sheep lying there by it ; for out of that well they watered the flocks : and the stone upon the well's mouth was 3 great. And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place. 4 Ajid Jacob said unto them. My breth- ren, whence be ye? And they said, 5 Of Haran are we. And he said unto them. Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? 6 Aaid they said. We know him. And he said unto them, Is it well with him ? And they said. It is well : and, behold, Eachel his daughter cometh with the 7 sheep. And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 And they said. We camiot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. 9 While he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheej); for 10 she kept them. And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Eachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's bro- ther, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's 11 brother. And Jacob kissed Piachel, and lifted iip his voice, and wejit. 12 And Jacob told Eachel that he was 6 That is, The house of Uod. 'Or. and the Lord wilt be my God, then this stone «t-c. «Heb. lifted up his feet. 22 GENESIS. 29. 12. iHeb. rafih beont/i. 2Heb. ihatna. her father's brother, and that he was Rehekah's son: and she ran and told 13 her father. And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidmgs of Ja- cob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these 14 things. And Laban said to liim, Sm-ely thou ait my bone and my flesh. And he abode v.itli him the space of a 15 month. And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, should- est tliou therefore serve me for nought? 16 tell me, what shall thy wages be '? And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder wasLeah. and the name of 17 the younger was Rachel. And Leah's ej'es were tender; but Rachel was 18 beautiful and weU fa\'ovu'ed. And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Racliel 19thj' younger daughter. And Laban said. It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to 20 another man: abide with me. Ajid Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed unto him but a few '21 days, for the love he had to her. And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that '221 may go in unto her. And Laban gathered together all the men of the 2:*) place, and made a feast, ibid it came to pass in the eveniiig, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in mito her. 24 And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid imto his daughter Leah for au hand- 25 maid. And it came to pass in tlic morning that, behold, it was Leali: and he said to Lalian, YvTiat is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve •^'sith thee for Rachel ? wherefore '20 then hast thou beguiled me ? And Lalmn said. It is not so done in oui' l^lace, to give the younger before the 27 firstborn. Fulfil the week of this one, and we will g\\e tliee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve 28 with me j'et seven other years. Aiid Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter 29 to v>'ife. And Laban gave to Rachel his da'aghter Bilhali his handmaid to 30 be her liandmaid. And he went in also mito Rachel, and he loved also Rachel m.ore than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And the Lord saw that Leah was hated, and he ojiened her womb: but 32 Rachel was barren. And Leah con- ceived, and bare a, son, and she called his name Reuben : for she said. Because the Lord ihath looked upon my afflic- tion ; for now my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said, Because the Loed 2 hath heard that I am hated, lie hath there- fore given me this son also: and she 34 called his name •'' Simeon. And she con- ceiA'ed again, and bare a son ; and said. Now this time will my husband be ^joined imto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his 35 name called Levi. And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said. This time ■n'iU I Upraise the Lord: therefore she called his name " Judah; and slie left bearing. 30 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister ; and she said unto Jacob, Give 2 me chilch-en, or else I die. And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel : and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hatli withheld from thee the fruit of the 3 womb ? jVnd she said. Behold my maid Bilhah, go in imto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may 4'? obtain children bj' her. And she gave him Bilhah her hanchuaid to wife : and 5 Jacob went in unto her. And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said, God hath ^ judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son : therefore called 7 she his name Dan. And Bilhah Ra- chel's handmaid conceived again, and 8 bare Jacob a second son. And Rachel s?id, Trith y mighty wrestlmgs have I lOvvrestled v.'ith my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name 9 Naphtali. When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to 10 wife. And Zilpah Leah's handmaid 11 bare Jacol) a son. And Leah said, iiFortmiate! and she called his name 12 12 Gad. And Zilpah Leah's handmaid 13 bare Jacob a second son. And Leah said, isHappj'am I! for the daughters will i^call me happy: and she called 14 his name Asher. And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found i-"'mandi'akes in the field, and brought them imto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray 15 thee, of thy son's mandrakes. And she said mito her, Is it a small m.atter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's nianehakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night IGfor thy son's man(h-akes. And Jacob came from the field in the evenmg, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandi'akes. And he lay with 17 her that night. And God hearkened luito Leah, and she conceived, and 18 bare Jacob a fifth sou. And Leah said, God hath given me my iGliiro, because I gave my handmaid to my husband : and she called his name Issachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare 20 a sixth son to Jacob. And Leah said, 3Heb. Shimeon. iFrom the root lavah. ^ From tlie Heb. hotlah. 6 Heb. Jehu- dtih. ■Heb. be build- ed by her. a Heb. dan, he judged. Heb. urest- lings of God. 10 Heb. niphtal, he wrestled. u Heb. With fortune/ Another reading is. For- tune is come. 12 That is. For- tune. 13 Heb. With my happi- ness I H Heb. ash^ry to call happy. IS Or, love- apples le Heb. saehfir. 31. 14. GENESIS. 23 iHcb. tabal, ho dwelt. ! Hob. jottt'ph. 3Heb. broken forth. * Heb. ac ^nif foot. 5 Or. ttortix free (toiT liath ondowed mo V\-illi n, good dowry; now will my husband idwell with nie, because I have bonio him six sous: and she called his name 21 Zel)uluu. And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name JJinah. 22 And God remembered Ivachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened '2;iher womb. And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken 24awaj' my reproach: and she called liis name Joseph, saying. The Lokd -add to me another son. 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my coun- 26 try. Gi\e me my wives and iny child- ren for whom I have served thee, and let me go : for thou knowest my service 27 wherewith I liave served thee. And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, /«rn/ : for I have divined that the Lokd hath 28 blessed me for thy sake. And he said, Appttint me thy v.ages, and I will give 29 it. And he said unto him, Thou knov/- est how I have served thee, and liow I 30 thy cattle hath fared with me. For it was little which tlioii hadst before I came, and it hath ^ increased unto a multitude ; and the Lord hath blessed thee ■* whithersoever I turned : and now when shall I provide for mine own .'51 house also ? And he said, VHiat shall I give thee ? And Jacob said. Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thuig for me, I will again feed thy 32 flock and keep it. I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats : and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me hei'eafter, when thou shalt come concerning mj- hire that is before thee : every one that is not speckled and spot- ted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that if found with me shall 3'4be counted stolen. And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according 35 to tlij- word. And he removed tliat day the he-goats that were riugstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, e^■ery one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave 36 them into the hand of his sons; and he set thi-ee days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob : and Jacob fed the 37 rest of Labau's docks. And Jacob took him rods of fresh ^ poplar, and of the almond and of the plane tree; and peeled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which 38 was in the rods. Aiid he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink; and tliey conceived when they 31) came to drink. And the flocks con- ceived l)efore the rods, and llu^ flocks brought forth riugstraked, speckled, ■10 and spotted. And .tacob separated tlie land)s, and set the faces of the flocks toward the riugstraked and all the black in the flock of Laban; and ho put his own droves apart, and put 41 them not imto Labau's flock. And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might 42 conceive among the rods; l)ut when the flock were feeble, he put them not in : so the feebler were Labau's, 43 and the stronger Jacob's. And tlu' man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maidservants and menservants, and camels and asses. 31 And he heard the words of Labau's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that v.as our father's ; and of that which was our father's hath he 2 gotten aU this ''glory. And Jacob be- held the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as 3beforetime. Arid the Lord said unto Jacob, Eeturu unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kinth-ed; and I 4 will be with thee. And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field 5 unto his flock, and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, th.at it is not toward me as bef oretime ; but the God of my father hath been 6 with me. And ye know that with all my power I have served your fathei-. 7 And your father hatli deceived me, and changed my wages ten times ; but 8 God suffered him not to hm-t me. If he said thus. The speckled shall be thy wages ; then aU the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus. The I'ingstraked shall be thy wages ; then bare all the 9 flock riugstraked. Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father. 10 and given them to me. And it came to pass at the time that the flock con- ceived, that I lilted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he- goats which leajied upon the flock were 11 ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. And the angel of God said unto me in the di-eam, Jacob : and I saiu J That is, the Eu- phrates. s Heb, rlitlst steal me. 15 for us in our father's house ? Are we not counted of Lim strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite 16 devoured loui- money. For all the riches -which God hath taken away from om- father, that is ours and our chUdreu's : now then, whatsoever God 17 hath said unto thee, do. Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives 18 ui)on the camels ; and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his gettuig, which he had gathered in Paddau-aram, for to go to Isaac his father unto the laud of Canaan. 19 Now Laban was gone to shear his sheei): and Eachel stole the ^teraphim 20 that T.'ere her father's. And Jacob ■''stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that 21 he fled. So he fled with all that he had ; and he rose up, and passed over *the Eiver, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead. 22 And it was told Laban on the tliird 23 day that Jacob was fled. And he t.iok his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the momitain of 24 Gilead. And God came to Laban the Syi'ian tu a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either 25 good or bad. And Laban came vq> with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and Laban with his brethi-en pitched in the mount- 26aiu of Gilead. And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives 27 of the sword? "WTierefore didst thou flee secretly, and ^ steal away from me ; and didst not tell rue, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with haiiJ ; 28 and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters ? now hast thou 29 done foolishlj'. It is in the jiower of my hand to do you hm-t : but the God of yom- father spake unto me yester- night, saying. Take heed to thyself that thou sj)eak not to Jacob either good or 30 bad. And now, thouf/h thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore long- edst after thy father's house, yci where- 31 fore hast thou stolen mj' gods ? And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Be- cause I was afraid: for I ,said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from 32 me by force. With whomsoever thou findest thj' gods, he shall not live : be- fore our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Eachel had stolen 33 them. Aiid Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maidservants ; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Eachel's 34 tent. Now Eachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's furuitiu-e, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but 35 found them not. And she said to her father. Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise uj) before thee ; for the mamier of Vvomen is vipon me. And he searched, but found not the 36 teraphim. And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban : and Jacob answer- ed and said to Laban, What is my tre,sj)ass? what is my sin, that thou 37 hast hotly pursued after me? ^Vliereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff ? Set it here before mj' brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge 38 betwixt us two. This twenty years have I been with thee ; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks 39 have I not eaten. Tliat which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether 40 stolen by day or stolen by night. Thus I was ; in the day the drought con- sumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from miue eyes. 41 These twenty years have I been in thy house ; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast 42 changed my wages ten times. Except the God of my father, the God of A- braham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mme affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 43 And Lal)au answered and said unto Ja- cob, The daughters are my daughters, and the chiklren are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mme : and what can I do this day unto these my daugh- ters, or unto their chilth-en which they 44 have borne? And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou ; and let it be for a witness between me and 45 thee. And Jacob took a stone, and set 46 it up for a xiillar. And Jacob said unto his brethren. Gather stones ; and they took stones, and made an heap: and 47 they did eat there by the heap. And Laban called it ^ Jegar-sahailutha : but 48 Jacob called it ''Galeed. And Laban said. This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the 49 name of it called' Galeed : and * Mizpah, for he said. The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are ^ absent one 50 from another. If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take T.ives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt 51 me and thee. And Laban said to 6 That is. The heap of wit- ness, in Aramaic. " That is, T>te heap of ivit- tiess, in Hebrew. 8 That is, The watcJi- tower. Heb. hidden. 33. 1. GENESIS. 25 " Thnt is. Hosts, or, Com- 3Heb. / am Uxs than at I Jacob, Behold this heap, and Lcliold the pillar, which I have set betwixt 52 me and thee. This heap be witness, and the pillar bo witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over tliis heap and this pillar unto nie, for 58 harm. The God of Abraham, and the (rod of Nahor, the i (lod of their father, judge betwixt us. Aiid Jacob sware by 54 the Fear of his father Isaac. And Ja- cob offered a sacritice in the mountain, and called liis brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried 55 all night in the mountain. And early ill the morning Labaii rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, 32 and returned unto his place. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels 2 of (iod met him. And Jacob said when he saw them. This is God's host : and he called the name of that plr.ce '•^Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land 4 of Seir, the field of Edoin. ^Vnd he commanded them, saying. Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau ; Thus saith thy h'ervant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now: 5 and I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and menservants and maidservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I 6 may find grace in thy sight. And the messengers returned to Jacob, say- ing. We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometli to meet thee, and four huii(b-ed men with him. 7 Then Jacob was gi-eatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the jieople that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, 8 into two companies; and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it. then the company which is 9 left shall escape. And Jacob said. (jod of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Lord, which saidst unto me. Return unto thy coun- try, and to thy kindred, and I will do 10 thee good: ^I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed un- to thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I 11am become two companies. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the 12 mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multi- 13 tude. And he lodged there that night ; and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother; 14 two hundred she-goats and twenty he- goats, two hundred ewes and twenty 15 rams, thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty IG she-asses and ten foals. And he de- livered them into the hand of his serv- ants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and 17 drove. And he commanded the fore- most, saying. When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying. Whose art thou? and whither goest thou ? and whose are these before thee ? 18 then thou shalt say. The;/ he thy serv- ant Jacob's ; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau : and, behold, he also is 19 behind us. And he commar.ded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, 20 when 3'e find him; and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said. I will aji- pease him with the present that goetli before me, and afterward I will see his face; iieradventure he will accept me. 21 So the iiresent jiassed over before him : and he himseK lodged that night in the companj-. 22 Aiid he rose up that night, and took his tv.o wives, and his tvvo handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed 23 over the ford of Jabbok. And he took them, and sent them over the stream, 24 and sent over that he had. And Jacob was left alone; and there ■wi-estled a man with limi until the breaking of 25 the daj'. And when he saw that he jirevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he 26 wrestled with liinl. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou 27 bless me. And he said unto bun, What is thy name'? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but "* Israel : for ^ thou hast •'striven with God and irifh men, 29 and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said. Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said. Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name ? 30 And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place ■? Peniel : for, said he, I have seen God face to 31 face, and my life is preserved. And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he halted upon his 32 thigh. Therefore the children of Is- rael eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day : because he touched the hol- low of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip. 33 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hiuidred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and 1 That is. //(■ who sfrii'cfh u'Uh God, or, (rod striveth. 5 The Sei>t.and Vulgate have, thou hast had power with God, and thou shalt prevail at/ainst ^nen. e Or, had power with "That is. The/arc of God. 26 GENESIS. 33. 1. 1 Or, far there- fore have I seen 2Heb. blessing. 3Heb. all. i That is, Booths. 5 Or, to Slialem, a city 6Heb. kesitah. 7 That is, God, the Ood of Jariip'h unto Rachel, and unto the two hand- "2 maids. And he put the handmaids and their childi-en foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and 3 Joseph hindermost. Aiid he himself passed over hefore them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and em- braced him, and fell on his neck, and 5 kissed him: and they wejjt. And he lifted u^) his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, "V^Tro are these with thee? And he said, The childi-en which God hath jri-aciously 6 given thy servant. Then the hand- maids came near, they and their child- 7 ren, and they bowed themselves. Aiid Leah also and her childi-en came near, and bowed themselves : and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they 8 bowed themselves. And he said, What meanest thou by all this company wliich I met ? And he said, To find gi-ace in 9 the sight of my lord. And Esau said, I have enough; my brother, let that 10 thou hast be thme. And Jacob said. Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my jjre- sent at my hand : i forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my ^gift that is brought to thee ; because God hath dealt gi-aciously with me, and because I have ■^enough. Arid he urged him, and he 12 took it. And he said. Let us take cm- journey, and let us go, and I will go be- 13 fore thee. And he said unto bun. My lord knoweth that the children are ten- der, and that the flocks and herds with me give suck: and if they overdi'ive 14 them one daj', all the flocks will die. Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant : and I will lead on softly, according to the pace of the cattle that is before me and according to the pace of the chikh-en, until I come unto my 15 lord unto Seir. And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are ■with me. And he said, What needeth it ? let me And grace in 16 the sight of my lord. So Esau retmiied 17 that day on his way unto Sen*. And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle : therefore the name of the place is called * Succoth. 18 And Jacob came ^in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan- aram; and encamped before the city. 19 And he bought the parcel of gromid, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the childi'en of Hamor, Shecheni's father, for an huncb-ed 20 fi pieces of money. And he erected there an altar, and called it 'El-elohe- Israel. 34 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out 2 to see the daughters of the land. And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the i^rince of the land, saw her ; and he took her, and lay with her, and 3 humbled her. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake * kindly 4 unto the damsel. And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get 5 me this damsel to wife. Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter ; and his sons were with his cattle m the field : and Jacob held his G peace until they came. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto 7 Jacob to commune with hun. And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daugh- ter ; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for j'our daughter: I jiray 9 you give her unto him to wife. And make ye marriages with us ; give your daughters imto us, and take our daugh- 10 ters mito you. And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get 11 you possessions therein. And Shechem said luito her father and unto her brethren. Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me 121 will give. Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I wiU give accord- ing as ye shaU say luito me : but give me 13 the damsel to wife. And the sons of Ja- cob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and sjiake, because 14 he had defiled Dmah their sister, and said unto them. We camiot do this thuig, to give oiu' sister to one that is imcu'cumcised; for that were a rejiroach 15 unto us : only on this condition will we consent mito you : if ye wiU be as we be, that everj' male of j'ou be cir- 16 cumcised ; then wiU we give our daugh- ters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we ivill become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circmncised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and 19 Shechem Hamor's son. And the young man deferred not to do the thing, be- cause he had delight in Jacob's daugh- ter: and he was honoured above all 20 the house of his father. And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with 21 the men of their city, saying, These men are peaceable with us ; thei'e- fore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein ; for, behold, the land is 8 Heb. to theheart of the damsel. 35. 29. GENESIS. 27 lOr, boldlu 2 Or, tere- binth 3 Heb. a terror of God. large enough for them ; let us take their (laughters to us for wives, and let us '22 give them our daughters. Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, 2.Sas they are circumcised. Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent imto them, and they will dwell 24 with us. And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circimicised, all that 25 went out of the gate of his city. And it came to pass on the third day, when ^ they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city i unawares, 26 and slew all the males. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because 28 they had deiiled their sister. They took theii- flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field ; 29 and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they caj)- tive and spoiled, even all that was in 30 the house. And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me to stink among the inhabit- ants of the land, among the Canaan- ites and the Perizzites : and, I being few in number, they will gather them- selves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and 31 my house. And they said. Should he deal with om- sister as with an har- lot? 35 And God said unto Jacob, Ai-ise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there : and make there an altar unto God, who appeared mito thee when thou fleddest from the 2 face of Esau thy brother. Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him. Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yom-selves, and change your gai-ments : 3 and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el ; and I will make there an altar mito God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the 4 way which I went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in then- hand, and the rings which were in their ears ; and Jacob hid tliem mider the ^oak which was by 5 Shechem. And they jom-neyed: and '' a great terror was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did 6 not pursue after the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built tliere an altar, and call- ed the place ^El-beth-el : because there God was revealed unto liim, when he 8 fled from the face of his brother. And Deborah Rebekah's imrse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak : and the name of it was called ^Allon-bacuth. 9 And God api^eared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, 10 and blessed huu. And God said tmto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name : and he 11 called his name Israel. And God said imto him, I am ''God Ahnighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins ; 12 and the land which I gave unto Abra- ham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the 13 land. And God went uj) from him in the iilace where he sjiake with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the iilace where he spake with him, a pillar of stone : and he poui'ed out a di'mk offer- ing thereon, and i^oured oil there- 15 on. And Jacob called the name of the idace where God spake with him, Beth- 16 el. And they journeyed from Beth-el ; and there was still some way to come to Ejihrath : and Rachel travailed, and 17 she had hard labour. Aiul it came to j)ass, when she was in hard labom*, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not ; for now thou shalt have another son. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departmg (for she died), that she call- ed his name 'Ben-oni: but his father 19 caUedhim^Benjamin. And Rachel died, and was bm-ied in the way to Ephrath 20 (the same is Beth-lehem). Aiid Jacob set uj) a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel's gi-ave 21 unto this day. And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower 22 of Eder. And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that laud, that Reuben went and lay with BiUiah his father's concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve : 23 the sons of Leah ; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and 24 Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun : the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benja- 25 min : and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's 26 handmaid ; Dan and Naphtali : and the sons of ZUpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad and Asher : these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Pad- 27 dan-aram. And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Ku'iath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham 28 and Isaac sojourned. And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore 29 years. And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his « That is, 'ihc. Hod of ISelh-el. 5 That is, Tlie oak of weep- ing. BHeb. El Shad- dau 1 That is, The son of rny sorrow, s That is, The son of the right hand. 28 GENESIS. 35. 29. 1 Some ancient authori- ties have. »o?(. See ver. 24. 2Heb. Edom. 3 In 1 Chr. i. 3li, Zeph i. 4 Or. cltiffa people, old and full of days ; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him. 36 Now these are the generations of 2 Esau (the same is Edom). Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan ; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the i daughter of 3 Zibeon the Hivite ; and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; 5 and Basemath bare Eeuel ; and Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born luito him 6 in the land of Canaan. And Esau took his wives, and his sous, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan ; and went mto a land away from his 7 brother Jacob. For their substance was too gi-eat for them to dwell to- gether; and the land of their sojom-n- ings could not bear them because of 8 their cattle. And Esau dwelt in mount 9Seir: Esau is Edom. And these are the generations of Esau the father of 2 the 10 Edomites in mount Seir : these arc the names of Esau"s sons ; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Eeuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, ^Zeplio, and Gatam, and Ke- 12uaz. And Tiuuia was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek : these are the sons of 13 Adah Esau's wife. And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerali, Shammah, and Mizzah : these were the 14 sons of Basemath Esau's wife. And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife : and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. 15 These are the * dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, 16 duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, ditke Korah, duke Gatam, duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the laud of Edom; these are the sons 17 of Adah. And these are the sons of Eeuel Esau's son ; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah : these are the dulses that came of Eeuel in the land of Edom; these are the 18 sons of Basemath Esau's wife. And these are the sonsof OhohbamahEsau's wife; duke Jeush. duke Jalam, dnke Korah : these are the dukes that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, 19 Esau's wife. These are the sons of Esau, and these are their dukes: the same is Edom. 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land ; Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, 21 and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the dukes that came of the Horites, the children of Sen- in the 22 land of Edom. And the children of Lotan were Hori and ■''Heniam; and 23Lotan's sister was Timna. And these are the children of Shobal; ^Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, ''Shepho 24 and Ouam. And these are the child- ren of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah: this is i\juah who found the hot spi-ings in the wilderness, as he fed the asses 25 of Zibeon his father. And these are the children of Anah; Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 And these are the children of * Dishon ; ■'Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran 27 and Cheran. These are the children of Ezer; Bilhan and Zaavan and 28ioAkan. These are the children of 29 Dishan; Uz and Ai-an. These are the dukes that came of the Horites ; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke 30 Anah, duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of the Horites, according to their dukes ui the land of Seir. 31 And these are the kings that reign- ed in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children 32 of Israel. And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of 33 his city was Duihabah. And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah 34 of Bozrah reigned in his stead. And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead : and 36 the name of his city was Avith. And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekali 37 reigned ui his stead. And Samlah died, and Shaul of Eehoboth by the Eiver 38 reigned in his stead. And Shaul dietl , and Baal-hanan the sou of Achbor 39 reigned in his stead. And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and "Hadar reigned m his stead: and the name of his city was ^^^Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the datighter of Hatred, the daughter of Me-zahab. 40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to tlieu* families, after their j)laces, by their names; duke Timnah, duke i^Alvah, 41 duke Jetheth ; duke Oholibamah, duke 42 Elah, duke Pinon ; duke Kenaz, duke 43 Teman, duke Mibzar; duke Magdiel, duke Ii'am : these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations ui the land of then- possession. This is Esau the father of ^the Edomites. 37 And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournmgs, in the 2 land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, beuig seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was ■'In 1 Chr. i. 39, I!o- niain. sjn 1 Chr. i. 40, Alian. "In 1 Chr. i. 40, A'/fe/>7f7. 8Heb. Dishan, nin 1 Chr. i. 41, Ham- ran. 10 In 1 Chr. i. 42, Jaa- kau. ninl Chr. i. 60, and some an- cient au- thorities, Hadad. 12 In 1 Chr. i. SO, Pal. "In 1 Chr. i. 51, Allah. 38. 3. GENESIS. 29 lOr, a long garment wth sleeves 2Heb. master of dreams. a lad with the sons of Billiah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of 3 them unto their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his cliild- ren, because he was the son of his old age : and he made him i a coat of many 4 colours. And his lirethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably mito Shim. And Josejih dreamed a dream, and he told it to his bretlu-en: and 6 they hated hun yet the more. And he sai(i unto them. Hear, I pray you, tliis 7 dream which I have dreamed: for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made 8 obeisance to my sheaf. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou in- deed reign over us '? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us ? And they hated hun yet the more for his dreams, 9 and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to iiis brethren, and said. Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream; and, liehold, the siui and the moon and eleven stars 10 made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the Hearth? And his bretlu-en envied him; but his father kept the saying in 12 mind. Aiid his bretlu-en went to feed theu- father's flock ui Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I wiU send thee unto them. And he said to him, 14 Here am I. And he said to him, (to now, see whether it be weU with thy bretlu-en, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he se)it him out of the vale of Hebron, and he 15 came to Shechem. And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field : and the man asked hun, saymg, AVhat seekest thou ? IGAnd he said, I seek my brethren: teU me, I pray thee, where they are 17 feeding the flocl-. And the man said. They are departed hence : for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Josejih went after his brethren, and ISfomid them ui Dothan. And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired agauist 19 him to slay hun. And they said one to another. Behold, this '-^dreamer 20 Cometh. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will saj'. An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his 21 dreams. And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand ; and 22 said, Let us not take his life. And Ileuben said luito them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand tipon him: that he might dehver him out of their hand, to restore him to 23 his father. And it came to pass, when Josei)h was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours that was on 24 him; and they took him, and cast hun into the i)it: and the pit was 25 empty, there was no water in it. And they sat down to eat bread : and thej- lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a travelling comjiany of Ish- maelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing ^spicery and ■^bahn and 5 myrrh, going to carry it down •26 to Egyiit. And Judah said unto his brethren. What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Islunaelites, and let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened 28 unto hun. And there passed by Midi- anites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Islunaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they 29 brought Joseph into Egyi)t. And Eeuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the jiit ; and 30 he rent his clothes. And he returned unto his brethren, and said. The child 31 is not ; and I, whither shall I go ? And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dii^iied the coat in the 32 lilood ; and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father ; and said. This ha^'e we found : know now whether it be thj' son s 33 coat or not. And he knew it, and said. It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devom-ed him; Josejih is 34 without doubt torn in pieces. And Jacob rent his gannents, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourii- 35 ed for his son many daj's. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted ; and he said. For I will go down to ''the grave to my son mourn- ing. And his father wept for him. 36 And the ''Midianites sold him into Egj-pt unto Potiphar, an ofiicer of Pharaoh's, the "^captain of the guard. 38 And it came to j^ass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethi-en, and tm-ned in to a certain Adullamite, 2 whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took 3 her, and went ui unto her. And she conceived, and bare a sou; and he ^Or.yMHi ti'figa- C'lnth Or, storax lOr, ^nnstic ■■■Or, lad- « Heh. Sheol, the name of the .tbode of the dead, answer- ing to the Greek Hades, Acts ii. 27. •JHeb. Medan- ites. SHeb. chief of the exeeu- tloners. 30 GENESIS. 38. 3. ISee Deut. XXV. 5. 2Heb. kede- .•ihnh, that is, a woman dedicat- ed to impure heathen worship. See Deut. xxiii. 17, Hos. iv. 14. 4 called liis name Er. And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and she called 5 his name Onan. And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah : and he was at Chezib, when she bare 6 him. And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Ta- 7 mar. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord ; and 8 the Lord slew him. And Judah said nnto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and i perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her, and raise 9 up seed to thy brother. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he 10 should give seed to his brother. And the thing whicli he did was evil in the sight of the Lord : and he slew him 11 also. Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Eemaiii a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up: for he said. Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's 12 house. And in jirocess of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died ; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his slieepsliearers to Tminah, he and liis friend Hirah the Adullam- 13ite. And it was told Tamar, saying. Behold, thy father in law goeth up to 14 Timnah to shear his sheep. And she jiut off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wi'apped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot ; for she had covered 16 her face. And he turned unto her by the way, and said. Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee : for he laiew not that she was his daughter in law. And she said. What wUt thou give me, that thou, mayest come in unto 17 me? And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said. Wilt thou give me a 18 pledge, tUl thou send it? And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on 20 the garments of her widowhood. And Judah sent the kid of the goats by tlie hand of his friend the AduUamite, to receive the jiledge from the woman's 21 hand: but he found her not. Then he asked the men of her place, saying. Where is the 2 harlot, that was at Enaim by the way side? And they said, There hath been no ^ harlot here. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not foinid her; and also the men of the place said, There hath 23 been no ^ harlot here. And Judah said. Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame : behold, I sent this kid, 24 and thou hast not found her. And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said. Bring her forth, and let her 25 be bm-nt. When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying. By the man, whose these are, am I with child : and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no 27 more. And it came to jiass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins 28 were in her womb. And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, 8'V\nierefore hast tliou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called ^ Perez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand : and his name was called Zerah. 39 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt ; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, which had brought 2 him down thither. And the Lord was with Joseph, and he vvas a prosi^erous man ; and he was in the house of his 3 master the Egyiitian. And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to 4 prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he ministered un- to him : and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he ijut in- 5 to his band. And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyjitian's house for Josej)h's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. G And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand ; and ''he knew not aught t7iaf was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and 7 well favoured. And it came to pass after these thmgs, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she 8 said, Lie with me. But he refused, and 40. '21. GENESIS. 31 lOr, knowcth not with ine what is &c. 2 Or, he ' t not said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master iknoweth not what is with me ill tlie house, aud he hath pnt all 9 that he hath into my hand; '-^ there is none greater in this house than I ; nei- tlier liath he kept back any thing from me hut thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great 10 wickethiess, and sin against God ? And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work ; and there was none of the men 12 of the house there within. And she caught him by his garment, saj'ing. Lie with me : and he left his garment in her hand, aud fled, and got liim out. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her 14 hand, and was fled forth, that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, sayuig. See, he hath brought m an Hebrew unto us to mock lis; he came in unto me to lie with 15 me, and I cried with a loud voice : and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and 16 got him out. And she laid up his gar- ment by her, until his master came 17 home. And she spake unto him ac- cording to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which tliou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to 18 mock me : and it came to pass, as I lift- ed up my voice and cried, that he left 19 his garment by me, and fled out. And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying. After this mamier did thy servant to me ; that his wrath 20 was kindled. And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bomid: and he was there m the 21 prison. But the Lord was •mt\i Jo- seph, and shewed kindness mito him, and gave him favour in the sight of the 22 keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison ; and whatsoever they did there, 23 he was the doer of it. The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand, because the Lord was with him ; and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper. 40 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their 2 lord the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, agamst the chief of the butlers, and 3 against the chief of the bakers. And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them: and they continued a 5 season in ward. And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of tlie king of Egyjjt, which were bound in 6 the prison. And Joseph came in unto them in the mornuig, and saw them, 7 and, behold, they were sad. And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in wai'd in his master's house, say- ing, Wherefore look ye so sadly to-day ? 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said mito them. Do not interiiretations be- long to God? tell it me, I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him. In my dream, behold, a vine was before me ; 10 and in the vme were three branches : and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth rijie 11 grapes : and Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cuj), and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 12 And Joseph said unto him. This is the interpretation of it : the tlu-ee branches 13 are three days ; within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, aud restore thee unto thine office: and thou shalt give Pharaoh's Cup into his hand, after the former manner when 14 thou wast his butler. But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and shew Idndness, I pray thee, unto me, and make men- tion of me unto Pharaoh, and Jiring 15 me out of this house: for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing tha. they should iiut me into 16 the dungeon. When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of 17 white bread were on my head : and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh ; and the birds did eat them out of the basket 18 upon my head. Aiid Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the tln-ee baskets are three 19 days; within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all liis servants : and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the cliief baker 21 among his servants. And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership 32 GENESIS. 40. 21. 1 Heb. I'eor, that is, the Nile. 2 ileb. fat. a Or, sacred scribes i Or, will inake mention 5 Or, / was re- stored... and he was hanged again; and he gave the cuiJ into 22 Pharaoh's hand: but he hanged the chief baker : as Joseph had interpreted 23 to them. Yet did not the chief butler remember Josejih, but forgat him. 41 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh di'eamed : and, behold, he stood bj- the driver. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kijie, well favoured and fatfleshed; and they fed in the reed- 3 grass. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and loanfleshed; and stood by the other kuie upon the brink of ■Ithe river. And tlie ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat ui> the seven well favoured and fat kuie . So Pharaoh 5 awoke. And he slejit and dreamed a second tune: and, behold, seven ears of corn caine up upon one stalk, 2 rank (iand good. And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east whid, 7 sprung up after them. And the thin ears swallowed up the seven 2 rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, Sit was a dream. And it came to pass in the mornuig that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the ^magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pha- raoh told them his dream; but there ■\\as none that could interpret them !) unto Pharaoh. Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I ''do 10 remember my faults this daj': Pha- raoh was wroth with his servants, and jnit me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the 11 chief baker: and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpreta- 12tion of his dream. And there was with us there aj-oiuignian.anHebrew, servant to the captain of the guard ; and we told him, and be interpreted to us our dreams ; to each man according 13 to his dream he did interiiret. And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; ^me he restored unto mine 11 office, and him he hanged. Then Pha- raoh seiit and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dmigeon : and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pha- 15 raoh. And Pharaoh said mito Joseph, I have di-eamed a dream, and there is none that can uiterpret it : and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst uiterpret it. 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying. It is not in me : God shall give Pharaoh 17 an answer of peace. Ajid Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, be- hold, I stood ui)on the brink of the 18 river : and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kuie, fatfleshed and well favoured ; and they fed in the reed- 19 grass: and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egj^)! 20 for badness: and the lean and ill fa- voured kine did eat up the first seven 21 fat kine: and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them ; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginnuig. So 221 awoke. And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon 23 one stalk, fuU and good : and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wmd, si)rung uj) after 24 them : and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears : and I told it luito the magicians ; but there was none that 2.5 could declare it to me. And Josejih said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what (xod is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh. 26 The seven good kuie are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven 27 years : the dream is one. And the seven lean and ill favoiu-ed kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years 28 of famine. That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is al)out to do he hath shewed unto 29 Pharaoh. Behold, there come seven years of great plentj' throughout all 30 the land of Egj^pt: and there shall arise after them seven j'ears of famine ; and all the plenty shall be forgotten ui the land of Egypt ; and the famine 31 shall consume the land ; and the plentj' shall not be known in the land by i-eason of that famuie which followeth ; 32 for it shall be very grievous. And for that the dream was doubled unto Pha- raoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will 33 shortl}' bring it to i)ass. Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land 34 of Egj-jrt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth j)art of the laud of Eg\i)t in the seven plenteous 35 years. And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay uj) corn mider the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let 36 them keep it. And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egyjit; that the land 37 perish not through the famine. And the thing was good in the ej'es of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his 38 servants. And Pharaoh said unto his servants. Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God 39 is? And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and 40 wise as thou: thou shalt be over my 42. 23. GENESIS. 3.3 2 Or, cotton probably ••iiiEcypt- ijinwnrri, einiilar ill se>uik1 to the Hebrew won I men tun:,' to kitt'cL i That is. Making toforget. j -"i From a I Hebrew '. word si£;- I iiifying to be i fruitful. house, and according unto tlij- word shall all my people Mje ruled: only in tlie throne will I lie f,'reater than •11 thou. And Phai-aoh said unto .Toscph, See, I have set thee over all the land •12 of EgJlit. And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and an-ayed hha in vestures of 2 fine linen, and put a gold •IP) eliain about his neck ; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; .ind they cried before him, ''Bov.- the knee: and he set him over all tiie •{4 land of Egj^)!. And Pharaoh said un- to .Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and v.ithont thee shall no man lift uj) his hand or his 45 foot in all the land of Egj-pt. And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaplie- nath-paneah ; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out •16 over the land of Eg^^jt. And Joseph was thirtj- years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And .Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the 47 land of Eg^^it- Ajid in the seven plen- teous years the earth brought forth by 48handfuls. i\iu\ he gathered up all tlie food of the seven j'ears which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of tlie field, which was round about every city, laid 4i)lie up in the same. Aiad Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering ; for it 50v,'as without number. And unto .Jo- seph were born two sons before the year of famine came, Avhich Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of 51 On bare unto him. Ai\A .Joseph called the name of the fi^rstborn ■'Manasseh: For, mid he. ftod hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 52 And the name of the second called he ^Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. 5o And the seven j-ears of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end. 54 And the seven years of famine began to come, according as .Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was 55 bread. And when all the land of E- gj'pt was famished, the i^eople cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go un- to .Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of tlie earth : and -Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Epji^tians; and the famine was sore 57 in the land of Egji^t. And all coun- tries came into Egypt to .Joseph for to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth. 42 Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egy|)t, and .Jacob said unto his sons, "Wliy do ye look one ujjon another? 2 And he said. Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get j-ou down thither, and biiy for us from thence; ?> tliat we may live, and not die. And .Joseph's ten brethren went down to 4 l)uy corn from Egj^it. But I3enjamin, .Joseph's l)rother, Jacob sent not with his ])rethren ; for he said, liCst perad- 5 venture mischief befall him. And the sons of Israel came to buj- among those that came: for the famine was Gin the land of Canaan. And .Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land : and .Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with 7 their faces to the earth. And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them ; and he said unto them, "Whence come ye? And they said. From the land of Ca- S naan to buy food. And .Joseph Imew his brethren, but they knew not him. And .Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them. Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him. Nay, my lord, l)ut to buj' food are thy servants come. 11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thj' servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them, Naj-, but to see the nakedness of the land j'e are 13 come. And they said. We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sous of one man in the land of Canaan; and, be- hold, the yomigest is this day with our 14 father, and one is not. And .Joseph said unto them. That is it that I spake 15 unto you, saying, Ye are spies : hereby ye shall be proved : by the life of Pha- raoh ye shall not go forth hence, ex- cept your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh siu-ely ye are sijies. 17Ajid he put them all together into 18 ward three days. And .Joseph said un- to them the third daj'. This do, and 10 live ; for I fear God : if j'e be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison house; but go ye, carry 20 corn for the famine of your houses : and bring j-our youngest brother unto me ; so shall j'our words be verified, and j'e 21 shall not die. And thej- did so. And they said one to another. We are veri- ly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we v.-ould not hear; therefore is this distress come 22 upon us. And Eeuben answered them, saying, Sjmke I not unto you, saying. Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, be- 23 hold, his blood is required. And they 34 GENESIS. 42. 23. lOr. upon 2Heb. Sheol. Seech. XXXTil. 35. knew not that Joseph maderstood them; for there was an interpreter between 24 them. And he turned himself about from them, and wei^t ; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound 25 him before theu' eyes. Then Joseph commanded to fill theu- vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them pro- vision for the way: and thus was it 26 done unto them. And thej' laded their asses with their corn, and departed 27 thence. And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender m the lodguig place, he espied his money ; and, behold, it was in the mouth of 28 his sack. And he said unto his breth- ren. My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, "What is this 29 that God hath done unto us ? And they came unto Jacob theu' father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that i 30 had befallen them; saying. The man, j the lord of the land, s^iake roughly ! with us, and took us for spies of the 31 country. Arid we said unto him, We 32 are true men ; we are no spies : we be twelve brethi-en, sons of om' father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with om* father in the land of Ca- 33naan. And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men ; leave one of your brethi-en with me, and take corn for the famme of your houses, 34 and go yom- way : and bring yoiir youngest brother unto me : theu shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men : so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall trafiSck in 35 the land. And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw theu- bundles of money, they 36 were afraid. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benja- min away : all these things are i against 37 me. And Reuben spake imto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I brmg him not to thee : deliver hiui into my hand, and I will bring hmi to thee a- 38 gam. And he said, My son shall not go do^\Ti with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left : if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hah's with sorrow to 2 the gi-ave. 43 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them. Go again, buy us a little 3 food. And Judah spake unto him, say- ing. The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, 4 except your brother be with you. If thou wilt send our brother with us, we 5 will go down and buy thee food : but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down : for the man said unto us. Ye shall not see my face, except yom- bro- 6 ther be with you. And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so Ul with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a 7 brother ? And they said, Tlie man asked straitly concerning om-selves, and con- cerning our kindred, saying. Is your father yet alive? have ye another bro- ther ? and we told him according to the tenor of these words : could we in any wise know that he would say, Brmg 8 your brother down? And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; that we may live, and not die, both we, and 9 thou, and also our little ones. I will be sm'ety for him; of my hand shalt thou requu'e him : if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then 8 let me bear the blame for ever: 10 for except we had lingered, surely we had now retm'ned a second tune. 11 And their* father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this; take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little ^balrn, and a little honey, spicery and myi-rh, ^nuts, and 12 almonds : and take double money in your hand; and the money that was retm-ned in the mouth of j'our sacks carry again in your hand; peradven- 13 tm'e it was an oversight : take also your brother, and arise, go again mito the 14 man: and "^God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release mito you yom- other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egyiit, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house. Bring the men into the house, and slay, and make ready ; for the men 17 shall dine with me at noon. And the man did as Joseph bade ; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Josejib's house ; and they said. Because of the money that was retm'ned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in ; that he may ^seek occasion agamst us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, 19 and our asses. And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spake unto hun at the door of 20 the house, and said. Oh my lord, we came uideed down at the fixst time to 41 23. GENESIS. 35 I Or, messpa were taken 2Heb. drank large!!/. 21 buy food: and it came to pass, wlien we came to the lodging place, that we opened om* sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the moutli of liis sack, our money in full weiglit: and we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we bi'ought down in our hand to buy food : we know not who put our money in our 23 sacks. Aiid he said. Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks : I had. j'our monej'. Aiid he brought Simeon out unto them. 24A2id the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they -washed their feet ; and he 25 gave their asses provender. And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon : for they heai'd that they 26 should eat bread there. Aiid when Jo- seph came home, thej' brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves 27 to him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said. Is your fa- ther well, the old man of whom ye spake? 28 Is he yet alive ? And they said. Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. Aiul they bowed the head, and 29 made obeisance. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamm his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is tliis your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be 30 gracious unto thee, my son. And Jo- seph made haste ; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother : and he sought where to weejp; and he entered into 31 his chamber, and wept there. And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained hunself, and said. Set on 32 bread. And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves : because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination 33 unto the Egyptians. And they sat be- fore him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youtli: and the men marvelled 34 one with another. Ajid ihe took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and ^^vere merry wdth him. 44 And he commanded the steward of his house, saymg. Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can caiTy, and put every man's money in 2 his sack's mouth. Aiid put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And lie did according to the word that Jo- 3 seph had spoken. As soon as the morn- ing w^as light, the men were sent away, 4 they and their asses. And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseidi said unto his steward. Up, foUow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them. Wherefore have ye rewarded evil 5 for good ? Is not this it in which my lord driidieth, and whei-eby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so douig. 6 And he overtook them, and he sjiake 7 unto them these words. Aaid they said unto him. Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? God forbid that thy servants should do such a thing. 8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the laud of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy 9 lord's house silver or gold ? Witli whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will 10 be my lord's bondmen. And he said. Now also let it be according unto your words : he with whom it is found shall be my bondman ; and ye shall be blame- 11 less. Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and 12 opened every man his sack. Aiid he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest : and the cup 13 was found in Benjamin's sack. Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before lum on the gi'ound. 15 And Joseph said mito them. What deed is this that ye have done ? laiow ye not that such a man as I can indeed 16 divine? And Judah said. What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak ? or hoW' shall we clear om-- selves? God hath found out the in- iquity of thy servants : behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so : the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bonchnan ; but as for you, get yoi; up in i)eace unto your father. 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said. Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger bm-n against thy servant : for thou art even as Pha- 19 raoh. My lord asked his servants, say- 20 ing, Have ye a father, or a brother? And we said unto my lord. We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and 21 his father loveth him. And thou saidst unto thy servants. Bring huu down unto me, that I maj' set mine eyes up- 22 on him. And we said mito my lord. The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his fa- 23 tlier would die. And thou saidst imto thy servants, Except youi- youngesj^ GENESIS. 44. 23. 1 !Teb. evU. ^Heb. KJieol. See ch. xxxvii. xotd is 7:nit with 1'if lafVf nottl See 1 Sam. xviii. 1. I Hell. ring down my gray hairs with i sorrow to ^the grave. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be ii.ot with us; seeing that -^his life is 31 bound up in the lads life; it shall come to iiass, when he see Hi that the lad is not icilJi us. that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the graj' hairs of thy servant iiur father 32 with sorrow to 2 the grave. For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, sayuig, If I liring liim not luito thee, then shall I bear the blnme 33 to my father for ever. Now therefore, let thy servant. I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a liondman to my lord ; and let the lad go up with his 34bretlu"en. For how shall I go up to 1113' father, and- the lad be not with nie ? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father. 45 Then Joseph could not refrain him- self before all them that stood by bun : and he cried. Cause every man to go out from me. And tliere stood no man with him, while .losepli made liini- 2 self known unto lie •'^vept aloud: lieard, and the ."heard. And .Tosepli lireth.ren, I am Joseph his lirethren. And and the Egyptians house of Pharaoh said inito b.is doth mv father ^ Or. to hr a great com- I esca^. yet live? And his brethren could not answer him: for fhey were troubled at 4 his presence. And Joseph said unto his brethren. Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am .Toseph your brother, whom 5 ye sold into Egypt. And now lie not grieved, nor angry witli yourselves, that ye sold me hither : fin- Had did send me liefore you to preserve life. 6 For these two years bath the famine been in the land : and there are yet five years, in the which there shall be nei- 7ther plowing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a reiminnt in the earth, and to save j-ou 8 alive ''bj' a gTeat deliverance. So nov.- it was not j'ou that sent me hither, but God: and lie hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all liis liouse, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say raito him. Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egji^t : come down unto me, tarry 10 not : and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and tliou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy cliildren. and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: i Hand there will I nourish thee; for; there are yet five years of famine: | lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of mj' brother Benjamin, that it is my month that speaketh unto 13 you. And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egji^t, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and 14 bring down luj' father hitlior. And he fell upon his livotber Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept 15 u^ion his neck. And he kissed all his bi-etlu'cn, and wept iipon them: and after tliat his In-ethi'en talked with him. l(i And the fame t}iereof was heard in Piiaraoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come : and it iileased 17 Pharaoh well, and his servants. And Pliaraoh said unto Josejdi, Say unto thy brethren. This do ye; lade your beasts, and go. get you unto tlie land IS of Canaan: and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egyiit, and ye shall eat the 19 fat of the laud. Nov\' thou art com- manded, this do ye : take you wagous out (if the laud of Egypt for your little ones, and for your Avives, and 20 bring your father, and come. Also regard not your stuff; for the good of 21 all the land of Eg_\q)t is yours. And the sons of Israel did so : and Josepli gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave 22t)iem provision for the vray. To all of them he gave each man changes of raunent; but to Benjamin he gave three huncb'ed pieces of silver, and 23 five changes of raiment. And to his father he sent after tliis manner ; ten asses laden with the good thmgs of Egyi)t, and ten she-asses laden with Corn and bread and victual for his 24 fa ther l)y the waj-. So he sent his breth- ren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not 25 out bj- the way. And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 26 And they told him. saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egj-jit. And his heart tainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told Inni all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them : 47. 5. GENESIS. 37 Un Num. xxvi. 13, 1 Chr. iv. 24, 2 III 1 Chr. l\. •2A.JarHi. 3 In Num. xxvi. KJ. 1 Chr. iv. -U, Zcrah. Unl Cbr. vi. 16, Ger- itiont. 3Inl Chr. vii. 1, Puali, Jashub. See Num. xxvl 23, Cln Num. xxvi. 15, •In Nmu. xxvi. It), Otni. 8 In Num. xxvi. 17, and when lie saw the wagons wliich Joseph had sent to carry hhii, the sph'it of Jacob their fatlier revived : 28 and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see hiiu before I die. 46 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-shelia, and offered sacrifices unto the God of 'iliis fatlier Isaac. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and 3 said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said. Here am I. Aiid he said, I am God, the God of thy father : fear not to go dovvii into Egypt ; for I will there make of thee 4a great nation: I will go down with thee into Egypt ; and I will also sure- ly bring thee up agaui : and Joseph shall init his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba : and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which 6 Pharaoh had sent to car)y him. And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, 7 and all his seed with huu : his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daugh- ters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with huu into Egypt. 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egjiit, Jacob and his sons : lieuben, 9 Jacob's firstborn. And the sons of Keuben; Haiioch, and Pallu, and Hez- 10 ron, and Carmi. And the sons of Sim- eon; iJemuel, and Jamiii, and Ohad, and 2Jachin, and -'Zohar, and Shaul 11 the son of a Canaanitish woman. And the sons of Levi; '^Gershon, Kohath, 12 and Merari. Aiid the sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zeiah : but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of 13 Perez were Hezron and Hamul. And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and ^Puv- 14 ah, and lob, and Shimron. And the sons of Zebulmi ; Sered, and Elon, 15 and Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-arain, with his daughter Di- nah : all the souls of his sons and his 16 daughters were thirty and throe. And the sons of Gad ; cZiphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and 'Ezbon, Eri, and ^^Arodi, 17 and Areli. And the sons of Asher ; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Islivi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister : and the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and Mal- 18chiel. These are the sons of Zilpah, which Laban gave to Leah his daugh- ter, and these she bare unto Jacob, 19 even sixteen souls. The sons of Piachel Jacob's wife; Joseph and Benjamm. 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egj-pt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti- phera priest of On bare unto him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin ; Bela, and Becher, and Ashl)cd, Gera, and Naa- in.^ai, '-'P^hi, and Itosli, lOMuppim, and 221'Huppim, and Ard. These are the sons of Kachel, which were born to Jacob : all the souls were foui'teen. ^■j And the sons of Dan ; i^Hushim. And " the sons of Nai)htuli; I'Mahzeel, and 25 (xuni, and Jezer, and i ' Shillem. These are the sons of Bilhali, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob : all the 26 souls were seven. All tins i" souls that came with Jacob into Egyi)t, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were tlu-ee- 27 score and six ; and the sons of Josei)h, which weie born to him in Egyjjt, \vere two souls : all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. 28 Aiid he sent Judah before him unto Josejih, to shew the way before him unto Goshen ; and they came into the 29 land of Goshen. And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his fatlier, to Goshen ; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good 30 while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thj' 31 face, that thou art j-et alive. And Jo- se^ih said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto hun, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come 32 unto me ; and the men are she^jherds, for they have been keepers of cattle ; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pha- raoh shall call you, and shaU say. What 34 is your occuiiation ? that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even luitil now, both we, and our fathers : that 3'e may dwell ill the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egjiitians. 4T Then Joseph went in and told Pha- raoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and then- herds, and all that tliej' have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and, be- hold, thej' are in the land of Goshen. 2 And from among his bretlu-eii he took live men, and presented them unto 3 Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, Wliat is your occupation ? Aiid they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and 4 our fathers. And they said unto Pha- raoh, To sojourn in the land are we come ; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks ; for the famine is sore in the laud of Canaan: now there- fore, A\'e pray thee, let thy servants 5 dwell in the laud of Goshen. And. Num. xxvl. :a. Ahint/n. 10 In Num. xxvi. ;Kt, !ilieph .1- ffhflni ui 1 Clir. vii. li', j'int. 11 In Num. xxvL :J9, Hit- J'ham. li In Nuiu. xxvi. 42. "In I Chr. vii. IJ. JahiUl. II In 1 Clir. vii. Vi, Sh,il- lU}H, "Or, souU btilong- inyto JacoU that 38 GENESIS. 47. 5. 'Or, ^nen of actMtj/ 2 Or. sq>owrn- in'jt s Or, ae- cordiwj to the number of their little «Heb. cattle of the flock*, and for the cattle of the herdi. 5Heb. led them as a shep- herd. Pliaraob spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are 6 come unto thee : the land of Egj'jDt is before thee ; in the best of the laud make thy father and thy brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou kuowest auy i able men amoug them, then make them 7 rulers over my cattle. And Joseph brought in Jacob bis father, and set him before Pharaoh : and Jacob bless- 8ed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the 9 years of thy life ? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my ^pilgi'image are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their '-^pil- 10 grimage. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of 11 Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his fa- ther and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the laud of Egj^jt, in the best of the land, in the laud of Eameses, as Pharaoh had commaud- 12 ed. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethi-eu, and all his father's household, with bread, '^according to their families. 13 And there was no bread in all the land ; for the famhie was very sore, so that the laud of Egj^jt and the laud of Canaan famted by reason of lithe famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the laud of EgyiJt, and in the laud of Ca- naan, for the corn which they bought : and Joseph brought the money into 15 Pharaoh's house. And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and ui the land of Canaan, all the Egj-pt- iaus came mito Joseph, and said, Give us bread : for why should we die in thy presence ? for our money faUeth. 16 And Joseph said. Give yom- cattle ; and I will give you for your cattle, if 17 money fail. And they brought their cattle unto Joseph : and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the ■* flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses: and he °fed them with bread in exchange for all tlieir 18 cattle for that year. AnA when that year Avas ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, "We wUl not hide from my lord, how that om' money is aU spent ; and the herds of cattle are my lord's ; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, 19 but om' bodies, and om- lands : where- fore should we die before thine eyes, both we and om' land '? buy us and ,. our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants imto Pharaoh : . and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the laud be not 20 desolate. So Joseph bought all the land of Egjiit for Pharaoh ; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them : and the land became Pha- •21raoli's. And as for the people, ^\\q removed them ''to the cities from one end of the border of Eg3^)t even to 22 the other end thereof. Only the land of the priests bought he not : for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pha- raoh gave them ; wherefore they sold 23 not then- land. Then Joseph said mi- to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pha- raoh : lo, here is seed for j-ou, and ye 24 shall sow the land. And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth imto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be yom' ovfM, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and 25 for food for yoiir little ones. And they said, Thou hast saved our lives : let us find gi'ace in the sight of my lord, and we wiU be Pharaoh's serv- 26 ants. And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth ; only the land of the priests 27 alone became not Pharaoh's. And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen ; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiphed exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years : so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were an hundi'ed 29 forty and seven years. And the time drew near that Israel must die : and he called his son Joseph, and said unto hun. If now I have found gi'ace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me ; bury me not, I 30 pray thee, in Egypt: but when I .sleep with my fathers, thou shaft carry me out of Egypt, and bm-y me m their bm-yiugplace. And he said, -311 will do as thou hast said. And he said, Swear unto me : and he sware imto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. 48 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Be- hold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and 2Eplu'aim. And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy sou Joseph cometh imto thee : and Israel strengthened 3 himself, and sat upon the bed. And Jacob said unto Joseph, ''God Al- mighty a^ipeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 and said unto me. Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I vnYi. make of thee a company of peoples ; and wiU give this land to 8 Accord- ing to Samar., Sept. and Vuk., Ae inade boiui- meii of thc^n, from. ad. to preiis. • Accord- ing to some ancient versions, Aihcr, hit bread Jte. »Heh.the so>t of a fruitful tree, SHeb. daugh- ters. 10 Or. active "Or, From thence. from the shep- herd Or, as other- wise read. By tha namQ of the ihepherd 13 Ac- cording to some ancient author- ities, the blessings of the ancient ■nwunt- aina, the deiire (or, de- sirable things) of the everlast- ing hills. "Or, tltatii prince among i;j Zebulmi shall dwell at the i haven of the sea : And he shall be for an i haven of ships ; Aiul his border shall be - upon Zidon. 1-1 Issacliar is a strong ass, Couchmg down between the sheep- folds : sQt.reH 15 AiiA he saw ■''a resting place that it was good. And the land that it was pleasant ; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, Aiid became a servant under task- work. Itj Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An '^ adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falletli backward. 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. 19 Gad, -"a troop " shall jjress upon him: But he shall press upon their heel. '20 'Out of Asher his bread shall be And he shaU j'ield royal dauities. '21 Naphtali is a hind let loose : He giveth goodly words. 22 Joseph is ** a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain ; His ''brandies rmi over the wall. 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him : 21 But his bow abode hi strength, And the arms of his hands v.ere made lo strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (11 From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel, I 25 Even by the God of thy father, v,h() shall hell) thee. And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee. With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath. Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. 20 The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above i'-^ the blessings of my progenitors Unto tlie utmost bomid of the ever- lasting hills : They shall be on the head of Jo- seph, And on the crown of the head of him I'^that v/as separate from his brethren. 27 Benjamin is a wolf that raviueth : In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the sijoil. 28 AH these are the twelve tribes of Israel : and this is it that their father spake mito them and blessed them ; ' every one according to his blessing 29 he blessed them. And he charged ; them, and said unto them, I am to j be gathered unto my people : bury j me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Epliron the Hittite, | 30 hi the cave that is in the field of Mach- pelah, which is l)efore Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a lim-j-- 31ingi)lacs: there they bm-ied Abraham and Sarah his v. ife ; there they biu'ied Isaac and Eebekah his wife ; and 32 there I buried Leah: the field and the cave tliat is thereui, which was purchased from the children of Heth. 33 And vv'hen Jacob made an end of charg- ing his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and j'ielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. 50 And Joseph fell upon his fatlier's face, and wept upon him, and kissed 2 him. And Joseph commanded his servants the i^hysicians to embahn his father : and the phjsicians embahued 3 Israel, ^ind forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming : and the Egyptians wept for him tlireescore and ten days. •i And when the days of weepuig for hmi were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If no\v I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, m the ears of Pharaoh, osajdng. My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die : in my grave which I i%ave digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt tliou bury me. Nov,- therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bm-y my father, and I will 6 come again. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as 7 he made tliee swear. And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the 8 elders of the land of Egj^it, and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9.\jid tliere went uj) with him both chariots and horsemen : and it was a 10 very great coiaijanj-. And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they lament- ed with a very gi'eat and sore lament- ation : and he made a mourning for llliis father seven days. And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said. This is a grievous i^ mournuig '^ Heb. to the Egj-ptians : wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, v.'hich 12 is beyond Jordan. And his sons did unto him' according an he commanded " Or, bought ebtl. 1. 16. EXODUS. 41 1 Or, too many and too mighty for ii» 13 them: for his sous carried him into the laud of Canaau, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a buryuigplace, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 14 And Joseph returned uito Egj'pt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after 15 he had bui'ied his father. And when Joseph's brethi-en saw that theu* father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did 16 unto him. And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying. Thy father did 17 command before he died, saying. So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy bretlu-en, and then- sin, for that they did mito thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the sei-vants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept \\hen they spake 18 unto hini. And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said. Behold, we be thy 19 servants. And Joseph said unto them, I in the place of- you, ye meant evil Fear not: for am 20 God? And as for against me ; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this 21 day, to save much people alive. Now therefore fear ye not: I wiU noui'ish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake i kindly unto them. 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph Uved 23 an hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraini's children of the third generation: the children also of Ma- chir the son of Manasseh were born 24 upon Joseph's knees. And Joseph said mito his brethren, I die : but God will sui'ely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and 25 to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall 26 carry up my bones from hence. So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten j'ears old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED EXODUS. 1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came 2 with Jacob. Eeuben, Simeon, Levi, 3 and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and 4 Benjamin; Dan and Naphtah, Gad 5 and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in 6 Egj'pt ah-eady. And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and aU that genera- 7 tion. And the children of Israel were fi-uitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and vraxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose a new king over 9 Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are 10 1 more and mightier than we: come, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there faUeth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight agauist us, and get 11 them up out of the land. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afilict them with their- bui'dens. And they built for Pharaoh store cities, 12Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiijlied and the more they spread abroad. And they ^were grieved be- 13 cause of the children of Israel. And the Egyptians made the children of 14 Israel to serve with rigour : and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all theu' service, wherein they made them sei've with rigour. 15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew mid wives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name 16 of the other Puah : and he said, Wlien ye do the oflice of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool ; if it be a son, then ye shall iHeb. to their heart. 2 Or. ab- horred 2-5 42 EXODUS. 1. 16. iSee Gen. xll. 1. a That is, papyrut, 3 That is, *Heb. Moilieh, »Heb. mashah, to draw out. kill him ; but if it be a cLiugliter, tbeu 17 she shall live. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men 18 children alive. And tlie king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women ; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the mid- 20 wife come unto them. And God dealt well with the midwives : and the peojjle multiijlied, and waxed very might}'. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made 22 them houses. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into ithe river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. 2 Aiid there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter 2 of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son : and when she saw him that he was a goodly cliild, she hid Shim three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of '■^buh'ushes, and daubed it with " slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laicl it in the tiags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to know 5 what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river side; and she saw the ark among the flr.gs, and Gsent her handmaid to fetch it. And she opened it, and saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is 7 one of the Hebrews' children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter. Shall I go and call thee a nm-se of the Hebrew women, that she may nm-se 8 the child for thee? kx\A Pharaoh's daughter said to her. Go. And the maid went and called the child's 9 mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I ^vill give thee thy wages. And the woman took the 10 child, and nursed it. And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name * Moses, and said. Because I ''drew him out of the water. 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an E- gyjitian smiting an Hebrew, one of his 12 brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw tliat there was no man, he smote the Egj^ptian, 13 and hid him in the sand. And he v,'ent out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and ho said to him that did the wrong, ■\Vlierefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14 And he said. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egj-ptian ? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the 15 thing is known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses tied from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troiighs to water 17 their father's flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away : but Moses stood uj) and helped tliem, and watered 18 their flock. And when they came to Reuel their father, he said. How is it 19 that ye are come so soon to-day ? And they said. An Eg5'ptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, 20 and watered the flock. And he said unto his daughters, And where is he ? why is it that ye have left the man ? 21 call bun, that he may eat bread. And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah 22 bis daughter. And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom : for lie said, I have been i^a sojourner in a strange laud. 23 And it came to pass m the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt tlied : and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up mito 24 God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their groanmg, and God re- membered his covenant with Abi-aham, 25 with Isaac, and witli Jacob. And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them. 3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jetln-o his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the moiuitaiu of God, unto Horeb. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of Are out of the midst of a bush : and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, 3 and the bush v/ns not consmned. And Moses said, I will tm-n aside iiow, and see this gi-eat sight, whj' the busli is 4 not burnt. And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto hun out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he 5 said, Here am I. And he said, Drav.- not nigh hither : put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou 6 standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the (iod of Isaac, 4. 13. EXODUS. 43 lOr, / AM, BH- CA USK I Ail Or, 1 AM WBUAH Or. / WILL BH THAT I WILL BH a Or, / 'hen Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thmiders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and * hardened his heart, 35 he and his servants. And the heart of Pharaoh ^was hardened, and he did not let the childi-en of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses. 10 And the Lord said mito Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have * hard- ened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my 2 signs in the midst of them : and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, ^^what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them ; that ye may know that I am the 3 Lord. And Moses and Aaron went in imto Pharaoh, and said ruito him, Thus saith the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring 5 locusts into thy border : and they shall cover the face of the earth, that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which gi-oweth for you out 6 of the field: and thy houses shall be filled, and the liouses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians ; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh. 7 And Pharaoh's servants said mito him. How long shall this man be a snare mito us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord theii' God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is 8 destroyed? And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them. Go, serve the Loud your God: but who are they 9 that shall go? And Moses said, We will go with om- young and with our old, with oiu" sons and with our daugh- 5 Or, was in bloom iHeb. tnade heavy. 6Heb. was strong. 6 Or, how 1 have mocked the Egypt- ians 12. 3. EXODUS. 49 'Or, what yc purpose Heb. be/ora pour face. 2 Heb. made, strong. ;' Or, so thatmen shall grope in darkness ters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go ; for we must hold a 10 feast unto the Lord. And he said unto them, So be the Loud with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is i before you. 11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Loud; for that is what ye desii-e. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 12 And the Loud said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all 13 that the hail hath left. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the la-^ad of Egji^t, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the laud all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought 14 the locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested m all the borders of Egj'pt; very gi'ievous were they ; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the laud, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thmg, either tree or herb of the field, through 16 all the land of Egypt. Then Pha- raoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and 17 against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord yom* God, that he may take av/ay from me this death only. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and 19uitreated the Lord. And the Lord turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Eed Sea; there re- mained not one locust in all the border '20 of Egypt. But the Lord 2 hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go. "21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch oixt thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, '^even darkness which may be 22 felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven ; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt 23 thi'ee days ; they saw not one another, neither rose any from his jilace for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellmgs. 24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said. Go ye, serve the Lord ; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed : let your little ones also go with you. 25 Aiid Moses said, Thou must also give uito our hand sacrifices and burnt offer- ings, that we may sacrifice unto the 26 Lord qnr God. Our cattle also shall go with us ; there shall not an hoof be left behind ; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God ; and we know not with what we must serve 27 the Loud, until we come thither. But the Lord ^hardened Pharaoh's heart, 28 and he would not let them go. Ajid Pharaoh said unto him. Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest 29 my face thou shalt die. And Moses said. Thou hast spoken well; I vriU see thy face again no more. 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence: ^when he shall let you go, he shall surely thi-ust 2 you out hence altogether. Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his ueighl)om% and every woman of her neighbour, jewels 3 of silver, and jewels of gold. And the Lord gave the peoi^le favour in the sight of the Egyjjtians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. 4 Aiid Moses said. Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out 5 into the midst of Egyjjt : and all the firstborn in the land of Egj-j^t shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the miU; and all the firstborn 6 of cattle. And there shall be a gi'eat cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath been none like it, 7 nor shall be like it any more. But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog ''move his tongue, a- gainst man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and 8 Israel. And all these thy servants shall come down imto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saymg. Get thee out, and aU the people that f oUow thee : and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pha- raoh will not hearken unto you: that my wonders may be multiplied in the 10 land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh : and the Lord 2 hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron ui the land of EgyjDt, saj'iug, 2 This month shall be unto you the begin- ning of months: it shall be the first 3 month of the year to you. Speak ye unto aU the congregation of Israel, say- ing, In the tenth dai/ of this month they 4 Or. when he shall let you, go alto- getfier, he shall utterly thrust you out hence !> Heb. whet. 50 EXODUS. 12. 3. 1 Or. kid 'Heb. between the two even- ings. 'Or./oc j a de- 1 ttroi/er shall take to tliem every man a ^lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a 4 lamb for an houseliolcl: and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall lie and liis neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls ; according to every mans eating ye shall make .5 your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without l)lemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it from 6 the sheeii, or from tlie goats: and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month : and the whole assembly of the congregation of 7 Israel shall kill it '^at even. And they ' shall take of the blood, and put it on j the two siile posts and on the lintel, i upon the houses wherein thej' shall Seat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread : with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with lire: its head v.'ith its legs 10 and witli the inwards thereof. And ye shall let notliing of it remain until the morning; but that whicli remainetli of it until the morning ye shall burn 11 with tire. And thus shall ye eat it; with .your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your stail in your hand : and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the 12 Lord's passover. For I vi-ill go through the land of Egj-jit in that night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egj-pt, both man and beast; and against aU the gods of Egypt I will execute judgements: I am the Lord. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses v>iiere ye are : and v.-lien I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no x'lague be ui)on j'ou ^to destroy you. when I 14 smite the land of Egypt. And this da^- shall lie unto you for a memorial, and ye sliall keep it a feast to the Lord: throughout 3'our generations ye shall keej) it a feast by an ordiu- 15 aiice for ever. Seven days shall .ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye sliall put away leaven out of your Ijouses : for whosoever eateth leavened lircad from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be 16 cut off from Israel. And in tlie first day there sliall be to you an holy con- vocatio'i, and in the seventh day an holy convocation ; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that onlj- may 17 be done of you. And ye shall observe i\\& feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought j'our hosts out of the land of Egypt : there- fore sliall ye observe this daj' through- out yoiu- generations by an ordinance 18 for ever. In the fii'st month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall cat unleavened liread, until the one and twentieth day of the month 19 at even. Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is lea- vened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is bom 20 in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, ^Draw out, and take you *> lambs according to your families, and kiU the passover. 22 And ye shall take a liuncli of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts witli the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall ,go out of the door of his house until 2." the morning. For the Lord will pass tlirough to smite the Egjiitians; and \vhen he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord Avill pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto 243'our houses to smite you. And ye shall oliserve this thing for an ordin- ance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord v.'ill give you, according as lie hath pro- mised, that j'e shall keep this service. 20 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you. What 27 mean ye b.y this service? that .ye shall say. It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, "^ who passed over the houses of the ciiildren of Israel in Eg.ypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered om' houses. And the people 28 bowed the head and worshipped. And the children of Israel went and did so ; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 29 And it came to pass at midnight, that the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the first- born of Pharaoh that sat on liis throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon ; and all the first- 30 born of cattle. And Pharaoh rose xx]^ in the night, he, and all his serv- ants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egj-jit; for there was not a house where there was not 31 one dead. And he called for Moses and Aaron bj- night, and said. Else up, get you fortli from among my people, lioth ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have 32 said. Take both your flocks and .your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; 33 and bless me also. And the Egj-ptians vv'ere urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste ; for they 34 said. We be all dead men. And the people took their dougli before it was i Or, Go fortli 6 Or, kidt '-•Or, for that he passed 13. i: EXODUS. 51 1 Or, a niffhl of watch- ing un- to the JjORl) ' Or, this Kame flight ix a night ofwafch- iitg un- to the JjiHI) far all ic. 3Heb. do it. leavened, tlicir kneadingtrouglis being bound up in their clotlies ujion their .".") phonlders. And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, .30 and raiment: and the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let thom have what they asked. And they spoiled the Egj-ptians. S7 And the children of Israel journeyed from Kaineses to Suecoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were 38 men, beside children. And a mixed nmltitude went up also with them; and flocks, and hei'ds, even very much ,S9 cattle. And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough wliicli they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egj-pt, and could not tarry, neither had tliey j^repared for tliem- 40 selves an 3- %actual. Now the sojomui- ing of the children of Israel, which thej' sojourned in Egypt, was four 41 hundred and thirty years. Aiid it came to jiaas at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land 42 of Egyi^t. It is ^a night to be much observed luito the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egj^it: -this is that night of the Lord, to be much observed of all the clsildreu of Israel throughout theii* generations. 43 And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the oidinance of the passover: there shall no alien eat 44 thereof : but everj- man"s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circimicised him, then shall lie eat 45 thereof. A sojourner and an hired 46 servant shall not eat thereof. In one house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house ; neither shall ye lireak 47 a bone thereof. All the congi-egation 48 of Israel shall •''keei> it. And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and wiU keep the jjassover to the Lord, let all his jnales he circmncised, and then let him come near and keep it; and lie shall be as one that is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person 49 shall eat thereof. One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and .'SI Aaron, so did they. And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Loi-.d did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egjiit by their hosts. j 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, ; 2 saying, Sanctify unto me all the first- I born, whatsoever openeth the womb 1 among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. 3 And Moses said unto the peojile. Re- member this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of •'bond- age ; for l)y strength of hand the Lord brought j-ou out from this jilace : there 4 shall no leavened bread be eaten. This day ye go forth in the month Abib. ;") And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaan- ite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite. and the Jebusite. which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. Seven days thou shalt cat un- leavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. 7 Unleavened lu'ead shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen 8 with thee, in all thy borders. And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying. It is because of that whicii the Lord did for me when I came forth 9 out of Egypt. And it .shall be for a sign xinto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egyjjt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordin- ance in its season from year to year. 1 1 And it shall l)e when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaan- ite, as he sware luito thee and to thy 12fathers, and shall give it thee, that thou shalt •'' set apart unto the Lord all that oiieiieth the womb, and every firstliaig which thou hast that cometh of a beast ; 13 the males shall be the Lord's. And every firstlmg of an ass thou shalt re- deem with a "lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck : and all the firstborn of man a- 14 inong thy sons shalt thou redeem. And it shall be ■when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying. What is this ? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord l:)rought us out from Egyiit, from the house of ''bondage: 15 and it came to pass, wlien Pharaoh ''would haiilly let us go. that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the laud of Egj-pt, both the firstliorn of man, and the firstborn of beast: flierefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that ojieiieth the womb, being males; but all the 16 firstborn of my sons I redeem. And it sliaU be for a sign upon thine hand, and for frontlets betv>'een tlnne eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the laud of < Ileh. bond- men. PHeb. cause to pa.'is over. " Or, kid ■Or, hard- ened himself againtt letting Its go 52 EXODUS. 13. 17. I Or, he took not away the pillar of cloud by day. nor the &c. 2Heb. make strong. 3 Or, churiots *Heb. inade strong. the Philistines, although that was near ; for Gofl said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and 18 tliey return to Egypt : but God led the people about, bj- the way of the wilder- ness by the lied Sea : and the children of Israel went up armed out of the 19 land of Egyi)t. And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him : for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel. saying, God will surely visit you ; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence 20 with you. And they took their- journey from Snccoth, and encamped in Etham, 21 in the edge of the wilderness. And the LoED went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way ; and by night in a i)illar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day 22 and by night : ^ the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people. 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 sayuig. Speak unto the childi'en of Is- rael, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahu-oth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon : over against it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 And Pharaoh will say of the childi'en of Israel, They are entangled in the land, 4 the wilderness hath shut them in. And I will ^harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them ; and I wiU get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; and the Egyptians shaU know that I am the Loed. And they 5 did so. And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said. What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving 6 us? And he made ready his s chariot, 7 and took his people with him : and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains 8 over all of tliem. And the Loed * harden- ed the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel : for the children of Israel went 9 out with an high hand. And the Egyi)tians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his anny, and over- took them encamping by the sea, be- side Pi-hahu'oth, before Baal-zephon. 10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them ; and they were sore afraid : and the children of Israel cried out 11 unto the Loed. And they said mito Moses, Because there were no graves in Egj^pt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wdderness ? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to brmg us 12 forth out of Egypt? Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, sayuig, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians ? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, tlian that we should die in the wil- ISderness. And Moses said unto the people. Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you to-day: *for the Egj'ptians whom ye have seen to-day, j-e shall see them again no more for 14 ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 1.5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Where- fore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go 16 forward. And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Is- rael shall go into the midst of the 17 sea on dry ground. And I, behold, I will 2 harden the hearts of the Egypt- ians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get me honour upon Pha- raoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his 19 chariots, and ujion his horsemen. And the angel of God, which went before the canij) of Israel, removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood 20 behind them : and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel ; and there was the cloud and the dark- ness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all 21 the night. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go hacJi by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were di- 22 vided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry gi'ound: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on 23 their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his 24 chariots, and his horsemen. And it came to pass in the morning watch, that the Lord looked forth upon the host of the Egyjitians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and dis- comfited the host of the Egyptians. 25 Aiid he "took off their chariot wheels, ■^ that they di'ave them lieavily : so that the Egyiitians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 26 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thme hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyjitians, upon their chariots, 27 and upon theii- horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its ^ strength when the morning ajipeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the 15. 26. EXODUS. 53 iHeb. shook off. !Heb. hand. ' Or, 11 highly czaltfU iHeb. Jah. Lord i overthrew the Egyptians iu the 28 midst of the sea. And the waters re- turned, and covered the cliariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much 29 as one of them. But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea ; and tlie waters were a wall unto them on their right 30 hand, and on their left. Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea 31 shore. And Israel saw the great 2 work which the Lord did upon the Egypt- ians, and the people feared the Lord : and they heUeved in the Lord, and in his servant Moses. 15 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song mito the Lord, and spake, saymg, I will sing unto the Lord, for he ■^ hath triumx)hed gloriously : The horse and his rider hath he thi'own into the sea. 2 * The Lord is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation : This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 The Lord is a man of war : The Lord is his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea : And his chosen captains are sunk in the Eed Sea. 5 The deeiDS cover them : They went down into the depths like a stone. 6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Lord, dasheth iu pieces the enemj'. 7 And iu the greatness of thine excel- lency thou overtlu'owest them that rise up against thee : Thou seudest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled vqy, The floods stood upright as an heap ; The deeps were congealed iu the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil : My lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them : They sank as lead iu the mighty waters. 11 Who is like mito thee, Lord, among the gods ? "Who is like thee, glorious in holi- ness. Fearful in praises, doing wonders ? 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand. The earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy meicy hast led the people which thou hast redeemed : Thou hast guided them iu thy strength to thy lioly habitation. 11 The peoples have heard, they tremble ; Pangs have taken hold on the in- habitants of Philistia. 15 Then were the dukes of Edom amazed ; The 5 mighty men of Moab, trem- bling taketh hold upon them : All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. 1(5 Terror and dread faUeth upon them ; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone ; Till thy people pass over, O Lord, TiU the people pass over which thou hast 1^ purchased. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and jjlant them in the mountain of thme in- heritance, The place, Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in. The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. 18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horse- men into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them ; but the children of Israel walked on 20 dry laud iu the midst of the sea. And Mu'iam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her 21 with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he ^hath triumphed gloriously ; The horse and his rider hath he thi'owu into the sea. 22 And Moses led Israel onward from the Eed Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur ; and they went thi-ee days iu the wilderness, and found 23 no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not di-iuk of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called 24 'Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we 25 drink '! And he cried unto the Lord ; and the Lord shewed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordin- 26 auce, and there he proved them ; and he said. If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his corn- 's Heb. ramn. 8 Heb. gotten. 7 That is, Bitter- ness. 54 EXODUS. 15. 26. iHeb. Betfi een the two eve II- inijs. mantlments, and keep all Ms statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians : for I am the Lokd that healeth thee. 27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve spruigs of water, and three- score and ten pahn trees: and they 16 encamped there by the waters. Ajid they took their journey from Ehm, and all the congi-egation of the child- ren of Israel came unto the wilder- ness of Sin, which is betvifeen Eliin and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out 2 of the land of Egj'pt. And the whole congi-egation of the chiklren of Israel murmured against Moses and agamst 'i Aaron in the wilderness : and the child- ren of Israel said unto them, "Would that we had died by the hand of tlie Loud m. the land of Egji^t, when we sat by the flesh iiots, when we did eat bread to the fidl ; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill tliis whole asseml'ly with hiuiger. •IThen said the Lord unto Moses, I3e- hold, I will raui bread from heaven for yoii; and the people sliaU go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I maj- prove them, whether tliey 5 will walk in my law, or no. And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they Ijring in, and it shall be twice 6 as much as they gather daDy. And Moses and Aaron said mito aU the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that tlie Loud hath brought 7 you out from the land of Eg^^pt: and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmui-ings agauist the LoEU : and what are we, that ye mm-- 8 mur against us ? And Moses said, Th is shall he, when the Loud shall give you in the evenuig Hesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your mm-m.m-- ings which ye mminur against him: and what are we ? your miu-mm-uigs are not against us, but against the Lord. And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the congi-egation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord: for he hath heard your mmium-uigs. lO^Vnd it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared ui the 11 cloud. And the Lord spake unto Moses, 12 saying, I have heard the mm-nmrJigs of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, i At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread ; and ye shall know that I 13 am the Lord your God. And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camj) : and in the morning the dew lay roimd about the 11 camp. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small ^roimd thing, small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the cliildreu of Israel saw it, they said one to another, ^What is it? for they wist not what it was. And Moses said mito them, It is the bread which the Lord hath given you 16 to eat. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. Gather ye of it every man according to his eating ; an omer a head, according to the nmnber of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them which are in his tent. 17 And the chikh'en of Israel did so, and 18 gathered some more, some less. Aiul when thej' did mete it with an omer, lie that gathered much had nothuig over, and he that gathered little had no lack ; they gathered every man according 19 to his eatuig. And Moses said vuito them. Let no man leave of it till the 20 mornuig. Notwithstandmg thej' heark- ened not unto Moses ; but some of them left of it mitil the morning, and it bred worms, and stank : and Moses 21 was wroth with them. And they gath- ered it morning by morning, every man according to his eatuig : and when 22 the smi waxed hot, it melted. And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one: and all the rulers of the congi-egation came and 23 told Moses. And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath spoken, To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath imto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that Avhicli ye wiU seethe ; and all that remaiueth over lay up for you to be 24 kept mitil the mornuig. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there 25 any worm therein. And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sab- bath luito the Lord: to-day ye shall 2(3 not find it in tlie field. Six days ye shall gather it ; l)ut on the seventli day is the sabbath, in it there shaU be none. 27 And it came to pass on the seventli day, that there went out some of the people for to gather, and they found 28 none. And the Lord said unto Moses, IIow long refuse ye to keep mj' com- 20mandineiits and my laws? See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he givetli you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man ui his place, let no man go out of his place on the 30 seventh day. So the people rested 31 on the seventh day. And the house of Israel called the name thereof ■* Manna : and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers 32 made with honev. And Moses said. 2 Or. Jlukj 3 Or. n it >/tan- na Heh. Jltin hu. Mail. 18. U. EXODUS. 55 I Or, itaijea 2 That Is, Tempt- ing, or, Proving, 3 That is. Chiding, or. Strife. This is the thing which the Lord hath comniaiicled, Let an omcrful of it be kept for your generations; tliat they may see the bread wherewitli I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an onierful of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, 34 to be kept for your generations. As the Lord coninianded Moses, so Aaron laid it \\\y before the Testimony, to bo i 35 kept. And the children of Israel did eat the mainia forty years, until they came to a land inhabited ; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the 36 borders of the lar.d of Canaan. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. 17 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their ^ journeys, according to the coinmaiubnent of the Lord, and pitched in Eephidim : and there v.'as no water for the people to 2 drink. Wherefore the peojile strove with Moses, and said. Give us water that we may driiik. And Moses said luito them. Why strive ye with me? 3 wherefore do ye temjit the Lord ? And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmiu'ed against Moses, and said. Wherefore liast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kiU us and our cliilfb-en and our cattle with 4 thirst V And Moses cried mito the Lord, saying. What shall I do mito this people? they be abnost ready to 5 stone me. And the Lord said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel : and thy rod, where^vith thou smotest the river, take in tlime liand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there vqion the rock in Horeb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drmk. And Moses did so in the sight 7 of the elders of Israel. And he called the name of the place ^Massali, and •^Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not ? 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with 9 Israel in Eephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight witli Amalek : to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with 10 the rod of God in mine hand. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses. Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of 11 the hill. And it came to i)ass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed : and when he let down his 12 hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy ; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon: and Aaron and Hm- stayed up his hands, the one on the ono side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until 13 the going down of the sun. And Joshua •* discomfited Amalek and his l)eoi)le with the edge of the sword. 14 And tlio Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and re- hearse it in the ears of Jo.shua : •' that I will utterly blot out tlie remembrance 15 of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar, and caUed the IGnaiue of it i* Jehovah-nissi : and he said, ''The Lord hath sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. 18 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that the Lord had 2 brought Israel out of Egjpt. And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zip- porah, Moses' wife, after he had sent 3 her away, and her two sons ; of which the name of the one was Gershom ; for he said, I have been **a sojourner in 4a strange land: and the name of the other was ''Eliezer; for he mid. The God of my father was mj' help, and de- livered me from the sword of Pharaoh : 5 and Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was en- 6 camped, at the mount of God: and he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare ; and they came into the 8 tent. And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pha- raoh and to the Egj'j^tians for Israel's sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the 9 Lord delivered them. And Jethro re- joiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, ui that he had delivered them out of the hand of the 10 Egji)tians. And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egj-jitians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh ; who hath delivered the people from under lithe hand of the Egyi)tians. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: yea, in the tiling whereui 12 they dealt proudly against them. And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a bm'nt olfermg and sacrifices for God : and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father 13 in law before God. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people : and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto 14 the evening. And when Moses' father i Hcb. pros- trated. lOi-./or 6 That Is, Tim Loiai I is m,u I banner. 7 Or, Because there is a hand ttguinst the th rona of the L'RU Heb. A hand is lifted up ulfni the throne of Jah. 8 Heb. Ger. See ch. ii. 22. 9 Heb. El. God. and ezer, help. 56 EXODUS. 18. 14. iu law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people ? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto 15 even ? And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the peoiile come unto 16 me to iuquu-e of God : when they have a matter, they come unto me ; and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes 17 of God, and his laws. And Moses' father in law said unto him. The thing 18 that thou doest is not good. Thou Avilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee ; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee comisel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God- ward, and bring thou the causes unto 20 God: and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating imjust gain ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundi'eds, rulers 22 of fifties, and rulers of tens: and let them judge the people at all seasons : and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bruag unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the. burden 23 with thee. If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this peojde also shall go to theii' place in 24 peace. So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did aU 25 that he had said. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers 26 of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged 27 themselves. And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his o^vu land. 19 In the thu-d month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came 2 they into the wilderness of Suiai. And when they were departed from Eephi- dim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they pitched in the wilder- ness ; and there Israel camjied befoi'e 3 the mount. And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called mito him out of the mountain, saymg. Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and 4teU the children of Israel; Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings. Sand brought you mito myself. Now therefore, if j'e wiU obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a pecuhar treasure unto me 1 from among aU peoples : for aU the 6 earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of 7 Israel. And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the Lord 8 commanded him. And all the people answered together, and said. All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people 9 unto the Lord. And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the peojile may hear when I speak with thee, and may also beUeve thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord. 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash 11 their garments, and be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come dovvii in the sight of 12 aU the ijeople upon mount Smai. And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yom'selves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall 13 be siu'ely put to death: no hand shall touch '2 him, but he shall siurely be stoned, or shot thi-ough ; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the 3 trumpet soundeth long, they shall 14 come up to the mount. And Moses went down from the momit unto the jjeople, and sanctified the people ; and 15 they washed then- garments. And he said unto the people, Be ready a- gainst the third day : come not near a 16 woman. And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trmnpet exceeding loud ; and aU the people that were in the 17 camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God ; and they stood at the nether 18 part of the momit. And mount Sinai was altogether on smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a fm-nace, and the whole 19 ■'mount quaked gi'eatly. And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God 20 answered him by a voice. And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount : and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mount ; 21 and Moses went uj). And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the 21. 11. EXODUS. 57 people, lest they break throu;.';h unto tile Louu to tjaze, and many of tlieiu •22 perish. Aiiil let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctil'y them- selves, lest the Loud hnnli forth upon '23 them. And Hoses said unto the Loud, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, say- ing, Set bound.s about the mount, and '24 sanctify it. And the Lokd said unto him. Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the l^eoplo break through to come up unto the^Lora), lest he break fortli upon '25 them. So Moses went down unto the people, and told them. 20 And God spake all these ^^■ords, sayuig, '2 I am the Lokd thy God, which brought thee out of tlie land of Egj'pt, out of the house of i bondage. 3 Thou shalt have none other gods '•'befoi'e me. •1 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor the li7.-f:ne^.< of any fonii that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the .5 water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers uijon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth geuer- 6 ation of them that hate mo ; and sheA'.'ing mercy unto '^ thousands, of them that love me and keep my com- mandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God ^iu vain; for the Lord wiU not hold him guiltless that taketh his name •'in vain. 8 Eemember the sabbath day, to keep 9 it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, 10 and do all thj^ work : but the seventh day is a sabbath milo the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that His within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : \vherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honom- thy father and tliy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which "the Lord thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt do no mm-der. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbom-. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighboui-'s house, thou shalt not covet thy neigh- bour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 18 And all the people saw the thun- derings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking : and when the people saw it, they •'tremliled, and stood afar off. 19 And tliey said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and v/e will hear : but let not •20 God speak with us, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people. Fear not : for (iod is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that 21 ye sin riot. And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. '2'2 And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye youi'sclves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. '23 Yc shall not make other gods with me ; gods of silver, or gods of gold, •24 ye shall not make unto you. An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thj' bm'nt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in everyplace where I "J record my name I will couie 25 mito thee and I will bless thee. And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, 20 thou hast polluted it. Neither shalt thou go up by steps mito mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. 21 Nov/ these are the judgements which thou shalt set before them. '2 If thou buy an Hebrew 'servant, six years he shall serve : and in the seventh 3 he shaU go out free for nothing. If he come in by himself, he shaU go out by himseU' : if he be married, then 4 his wife shall go out with him. If his master give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters; the v/iie and her children shaU be her master's, 5 and he shall go out by himself. But if the servant shall plainly saj', I love mj' master, my wife, and my cliildren ; () I v.'ill not go out free : then his master shall bring him unto «God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door post ; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl ; and he shall serve him for ever. 7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a ''maidservant, she shall not go 8 out as the menservants do. If she please not her master, i^who hath espoused her to hunself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceit- 9 fully with her. And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he take him another wife ; her 11 food, her raiment, and her duty of 11 marriage, shall he not diminish. And if he do not these three unto her, then 5 Or, were movvd i^Or, cam*: my name to be rciy^eni' bered lOr, bond- man 8 Or, the Jiul'jed "Or. bond- ivunuin 10 An- other reading is. so that he hath not espoused her. " Heb. Jtesh. 58 EXODUS. 21. 11. 'Or, revileth 2Heb. his sitting or ceasing. 3 Or, his bond- man, or his bond- woman shall she go out for nothing, without money. 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he 13 die, shall surely be i)ut to death. And if a man he not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand ; then I will appomt thee a place whither he shall 1-4 flee. And if a man come iiresumptu- ously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile ; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be siu-ely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and seUeth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 And he that icurseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 And if men contend, and one smiteth the other with a stone, or with his fist, 19 and he die not, but keep his bed : if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall joay for '-the loss of his time, and shall cause liim to be thoroughly healed. 20 And if a man smite ^his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die imder his hand ; he shaU sm-ely be iJimished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he contiuue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for he is his money. 22 And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with chUd, so that her fruit depart, and yet no mischief follow : he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him ; and he shall pay as the judges deter- 23 mine. But if any mischief follow, then 24 thou shalt give life for life, e5'e for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot 25 for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it ; he shall let him go free for 27 his eye's sake. And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidserv- ant's tooth ; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the o^^^ler of the ox shall 29 be quit. But if the ox were wont to gore in time i^ast, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put 30 to death. If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the re- demption of his life whatsoever is laid 31 upon him. Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, ac- cording to this judgement shall it be 32 done unto him. If the ox gore a man- servant or a maidsei-vant ; he shall give unto their master thu-ty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein, 34 the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead heast shall be his. 35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it ; and 86 the dead also they shall divide. Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and his o^vner hath not kept him in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead heast shall be his own. 22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it ; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four 2 sheep for a sheep. If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall be no ^ bloodguilti- 3 ness for him. If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for htm : he should make restitution ; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for 4 his theft. If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep ; he shall pay double. 5 If a man shall cause a field or vme- yard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vine- yard, shall he make restitution. 6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be con- sumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it 1)6 stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, he shall pay 8 double. If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto ^God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his 9 neighbour's goods. For every matter of tresi^ass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheeii, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thmg, whereof one saith. This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before ^God; he whom ''God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbour. 10 If a man deliver mito his neighbom- an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep ; and it die, or be hurt, 11 or driven away, no man seeing it: the oath of the Lord shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution. 12 But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner there- 23. 23. EXODUS. 59 6 Or, bear witness 13 of. If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness ; lie shall not make gooii that which was torn. 14 And if a man i borrow aught of his neighbour, and it bo hurt, or die, tlie owner thereof not being with it, he 15 shall surely make restitution. If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good : if it be an hired thuig, 2 it came for its hire. 16 And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowi-y for her to be his 17 wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 Tliou shalt not sutfer a sorceress to live. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lokd only, shall be 21 ''utterly destroyed. And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him : for ye were strang- 22ers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless 23 child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will 24 surely hear their cry; and my wrath shaU wax hot, and I will kill j-ou with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 25 If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor ; uei- 26 ther shall ye lay upon him usmy. If thou at all take thy neighbour's gar- ment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down : 27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin : wherein shall he sleep ? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am giacious. 28 Thou shalt not revile ^God, nor 29 curse a ruler of thy people. Thou shalt not delay to offer of ^ the abund- ance of thy fruits, and of thy liquors. The firstborn of thy sous shalt thou 30 give unto me. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be v/ith its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it 31 me. And ye shall be holy men unto me : therefore j'e shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts m the field ; ye shall cast it to the dogs. 23 Thou shalt not take up a false re- port: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil ; neither shalt thou ^ speak in a cause to tmm aside after a multitude 'S to wve&t judgement: neither shalt thou favour a poor man iu his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely 5 bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, 'and wonki- est forbear to help him, thou shalt sm'ely help with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgement 7 of thy poor iji his cause. Keeii thee far from a false matter; and the in- nocent and righteous slay thou not: 8 for 1 will not justify the wicked. And thou shalt take no gift: for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the ^ words of the righteous. 9 And a stranger shalt thou not oppress : for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye ^\'ere strangers in the lam I of Egypt. 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase 11 thereof : but the seventh year thou shalt '■'let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with tliy vineyard, and with thy 12 oliveyard. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt i^i-est: that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be 13 refreshed. Aiid in all things that I have said vmto you take ye heed : and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 14 Thi'ee times thou shalt keep a feast 15 unto me in the year. The feast of un- leavened bread shalt thou keep : seven days thoiT shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time ap- pomted in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egj'pt) ; and none shall appear before me empty: 16 and the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field : and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gath- erest in thy labours out of the field. 17 Tkree times m the year aU thy males shall ajipear before the Lord God. 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all 19 night until the morning. The first of the firstfruits of thy ground thou shalt brmg into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. 20 Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bi'ing thee into the place which I have 21 prepared. Take ye heed of him, and hearken unto his voice; n provoke him not : for he will not pardon your transgression; for my name is in 22 hun. But if thou shalt indeed heark- en unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary 23 unto thine adversaries. For mine 7 Or, and woiUdest forbear to release it/or hun, thou shalt surely rrlranext vnth him 'Or. cause oOr, release it and let it lie fa llow See Dent. XV. 2. 10 Or, keep sabbath n Or. be not re- bellious against hint. 60 EXODUS. 23. 23. lOr, oheUt>l:s See Le\ . xxvi. 1, 2 Kins.s ill. 2. ■i That Is, the Eu- phrates. angel shall go before tliee, and bring thee in nnto the Amoritc, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Ca- naanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 24 and I wiU cut them olf. Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but tliou shalt utterly overthrow them, and 25 break in i)ieccs their ipilLirs. Aiid ye shall serve the Lord j'oiir God, and he sh.all bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness awaj' from the •26 midst of thee. There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land : the number of thy days I will fullil. 27 1 will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I v.'ill make all thine enemies turn theu- backs unto 28 thee. And I v/ill send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Ilivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from 29 before thee. I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multijilv against thee. 30 By little and httle I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be 31 increased, and inherit the land. Aiid I will set thy border from the Ked Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto ^tlie Kiver: for I will deliver the inhabit- ants of the land into your hand ; and thou shall drive them out before thee. 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with 33 them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in thy land, lest thej' make thee sin against me : for if thou serve their gods, it will sm'cly be a snare unto thee. 24 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ; and worshiij ye 2 afar off : and Moses alone shall come near unto the Lord; but they shall not come near; neither shall the pco- 3 pie go uj) with him. And Moses cane and told the peoijle all the words of the Lord, and all the judgements: and all the people answered viith one voice, and said. All the words which the Lord hath spoken will we do. 4 And Moses wrote all the v,'ords of the Lord, and rose up early in the moiii- ing, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve jiiUars, according 5 to the twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men of the chUdren of Israel, which olfered burnt offer- ings, ar.d sacrificed jjeace offerings of 6 oxen unto the Lord. And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on 7 the altar. Aiid he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the i)eople : and they said. All that the Lord hath spoken will we do. Sand be obedient. And Moses took the blood, and spruilded it on the Ijeople, and said. Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made v/ith you 3 concerning aU these 9 words. Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the 10 elders of Israel : and they saw the fiod of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were -^a paved work of sapphu'e stone, and as it were the 11 very heaven for clearness. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink. 12 And the Lord said mito Moses, Come \\^ to me into the mount, and be there : and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the lav\' and the command- ment, which I have wi'itten, that thou ISmayest teach them. And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses 14 went up into the momit of God. And he said unto the elders. Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, Jjehold, Aaron and Hur are with you : whosoever hath a cause, let him 15 come near mito them. And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud 16 covered the mount. And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he cnUed unto Moses out 17 of the midst of the cloud. And the api^earance of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children 18 of Israel. And Moses entered into the midst of the cloiid, and went ujj into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. 25 And the Lord spake mito Moses, 2 saying. Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an *offer- ing : of every man whose heart niaketh him willing ye shall take my ^offer- Sing. And this is the ^offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and 4 silver, and brass ; and blue, and pur- ple, and scarlet, and sfine linen, and 5 goats' hair; and rams' skins dyed red, 6 and '' sealskins, and acacia wood ; oil for the light, sjiices for the anoiutmg 7 oil, and for the sweet incense; '*onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the Sepliod, and for the breastplate. And let them make me a sanctuary ; that I 9 may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, the pattern of tlie "tabernacle, and the imttern of all the fiu-niture thereof, even so sliall ye make it. 10 And they shall make an ark of acacia wood : two cubits and a half shaU be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit 11 and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou over- 26. 8. EXODUS. 61 ' Or, rim Or. y/totUd- ing 2 Hcb. rib. 3 Or. cmicrtng «0r. turned * Hob. out of the mercy- seat. «%ef ver. 11. ' Or, Pre- ience- I bread lay it, and slmlt make upon it a 12 1 crown of fjolcl rotuid about. And tbou shall cast lour rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; and two rings shall he on the one " side of it, and two rings on the other 1?> " side of it. And thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay tliom with 14 gold. And thou shalt put th.e staves into the rings on the sides of the l.'iark, to licar the ark withal. The staves shall be in the rings of the ark : 16 they shall not be taken from it. And thou shalt put into the ark the testi- ITmony which I shall give thee. And thou shalt make a ■* mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shull he the le'igtli thereof, and a cubit and a 15 half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt raake two cherulmu of gold; of ''beaten work shalt thou make Ihem, at tlie two ends of the mercj-- 1 9 scat. And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: ^of one piece with the mercy- seat shall ye make the cherubim 20 on the two ends thereof. And the cherubim shall spread out tlieii- wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their v.ings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall 21 the faces of the cherubim be. And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall 22 give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will cs of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 12 And the overhanging part that remain- eth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang 13 over the back of the tabernacle. And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remainetli in the length of the cur- tains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the taliernacle on this side and 14 on that side, to cover it. And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of 3 sealskins above. 15 And thou shaltmake the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing 16 up. Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth 17 of each board. Two tenons shall there be hi eacli board, ^joined one to an- other : thus shalt thou make for all the 18 boards of the tabernacle. And thou shalt make the boards for the taber- nacle, twenty boards for the south side 19 southward. And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under tlie twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons : 20 and for the second side of the taber- nacle, on the north side, twenty boards : 21 and their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under one board, and two 22 sockets under another board. And for the hinder part of the tabernacle ■westward thou shalt make six boards. 2.8 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the 24 hinder part. And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto the top thereof unto ^one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two cor- 25 ners. And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen ' sockets ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one 27 side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, 2Sfor the hhider part westward. And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass thi-ough from end to 29 end. And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars : and thou shalt 30 overlay the bars with gold. And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shewed thee in the mount. 31 And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twmed linen : with cherubim the work of the cmming workman shall it be made: .32 and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks shall he of gold, upon four sockets of 33 silver. Aiid thou shalt hang up the YeU imder the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall di- vide tmto you betv/een the holy place 34 and the most holy. And thou shalt imt the mercy-seat upon the ark of the 35 testimony in the most holy place. And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle to- ward the south: and thou shalt put 36 the table on the north side. And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work 37 of the embroiderer. And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold : and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. 27 And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad ; the altar shall be fom-square: and the height there- 2 of shall be three cubits. And thou. shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with 3 brass. And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basons, and its fleshhooks, and its fii-epans: all the vessels thereof 4 thou shalt make of brass. And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass ; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen ruigs in the four 5 6 corners thereof. And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar be- neath, that the net may reach halfway Gup the altar. And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves thereof shall be put into the ruigs, and the staves shall be upon the two 'sides of the altar, in bearing Bit. Hollow with planks shalt thou make it : as it liath been shewed thee in the moiuit, so shall they make it. 9 And thou shalt make the com-t of the tabernacle: for the south side south- ward there shall be hangings for the com-t of fine twined linen an hundi-ed 10 cubits long for one side : and the pillars CHeb. ends. " Hell. ribs. 28. 25. EXODUS. 63 1 Or, to set up ti lamp continu- al!!/ 2 See ch. XXV. 22, xxix. 42, XXX. 36. 3 Or, due lOr. from • Or, turban thereof shall be twenty, and their Bockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the inllars and then- fillets shall he of 11 silver. And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings an hmi- dred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their 12 fillets of silver. And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of iifLy cubits: their pillars 13 ten, and then- sockets ten. And the breadth of the court on the east side 14 eastward shall be fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: tlieir pillars 15 three, and their sockets three. And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and 16 their sockets three. And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine t\vined linen, the work of the embroiderer: their pillars four, and 17 their sockets four. All the pillars of the court round about shall be fillet- ed with silver; their hooks of silver, 18 and their sockets of brass. The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and then- sockets of 19 brass. All the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the coui't, shall be of brass. 20 And thou shaft command the child- ren of Israel, that they bring unto thee inu'e olive oil beaten for the light, ifo cause a lamp to burn 21 continually. In the 2 tent of meet- ing, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morn- ing before the Lord: it shall be a 3 statute for ever throughout their generations ^on the behalf of the children of Israel. 28 And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with hun, from among the children of Is- rael, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, 2 Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, 3 for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are \nse hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's 4 office. And these are the garments which they shall make ; a breast]3late, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of chequer work, a ^niitre, and a girdle : and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the 5 priest's office. And they shall take 6 the gold, and the blue, aiid the puqile, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. 6 And they shaU make the ephod of gold, of blue, and x)urple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the woi'k of the 7 cuiming \\orkman. It shall have two shoulderpieces joined to the two ends thereof; that it maybe joined together. 8 And the cimningly woven band, which is upon it, to gird it on withal, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and pur^jle, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two ' onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the 10 children of Israel : six of then- names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, 11 according to their birth. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be inclosed 12 in ouches of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder- pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names be- fore the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold : 14 and two chains of pure gold ; like cords shalt thou make them, of wreathen work : and thou shalt put the wreathen 15 chains on the ouches. And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgement, the work of the cunning worlanan; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, s^halt 16 thou make it. Foursquare it shall be and double ; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth there- 17 of. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones : a row of Sgardius, topaz, and » carbuncle 18 shall be the first row ; and the second row an lo emerald, a sapphire, and a 19iidiamond; and the third row a 12 ja- 20 cinth, an agate, and an amethyst ; and the fourth row a i3 beryl, and an ^onyx, and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in 21 gold in their settings. And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names ; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, 22 they shall be for the twelve tribes. And thou shalt make upon the breast- plate chains like cords, of wi-eathen 23 work of pure gold. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the 25 ends of the breastplate. And the Seo ch. XXV. 3. •Or, b,:ri/l 8 Or, rub!/ "Or, emerald 10 Or, car- buncle 11 Or, sard- onyx 12 Or. amber 13 Or, chal- cedony 64 EXODUS. 28. 25. I 1 That is, the J.ights and the Perfec- tions, 2 Or, tJiere shall be a hole in the top I "fit 3 Or. tvrban « Or. «?»■ othrr two ends of tlio two ■wreatlieii chains thou shalt put on the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder- pieces of the ejihod. in the forepart 26 thereof. And tliou shialt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is to- ward the side of the ephod inward. 27 And thou slialt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two slioulderpieccs of the ephod under- neath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling tlicreof, aliove tlie cun- 28 ningly woven hand of the ephod. And thej- shall l)ind the breastplate bj- the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the cimningly woven band of the ephod, and that the l)reastplate be 29 not loosed from the ephod. And Aaron shall bear the r.ames of the children of Israel ui the l)rcaRtplate of judge- ]nent uxion his heart, wheji he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial .30 before the Loun continually. And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgement ithe Urim and the Tlnim- -mim; and thej* shall be upon Aaron's heart, wlien he goeth in l)efore the Lonn: and Aaron shall Ijear the judge- ment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Loud continually. 31 And thou slialt make the robe of 32 the ephod all of blue. And 2 it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of Vv'oven woi-k roimd about the hole of it, as it were tiie hole of a coat of mail, that .3.3 it be not rent. And uj)on the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, romid altout tiie skirts thereof; and bells of gold between tliem round a- 34 bout: a golden bell ajid a pomegranate, a golden l)ell and a pomegranate, Tipon the skirts of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be w\}0\\ Aaron to minister: and the sound tliereof shall be licard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Loiu), and when he cometh out, that he die not. 30 And thou shalt make a ];late of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the en- gi'avings of a signet, holy to the 37 i.oEi). And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the ■''mitre; upon the forefront of the •''mitre it shall 38 be. And it shall be upon Aaron's fore- head, and Aaron shall bear the iniqtiity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their lioly gifts; and it shall be always upon, liis forehead, tliat they may be accepted 39 before the Lokd. And thou slialt weave the coat in chequer work of ^ fine linen, and thou shalt make a "mitre of ^fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, 40 the work of the embroiderer. And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coals, and thou shalt make for them gu'dles, and headtires shalt thou make for them, for •tlglorj' and for beauty. Ar.d tliou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and ''consecrate them, and sanctifj' them, that they may minister unto mc in the priest's office. •12 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even mito 43 the thighs they shall reach : and they sliall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when the}- come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place ; that they bear not iniquity, and die : it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after liim. 29 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in tlie priest's office: take one young bullock and two rams 2 without blemish, and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of line wlicaten flour shalt 3 thou make tliem. And thou shalt put them into one basket, and 1)ring tlicm in the basket, with tlie bullock and the 4 two rains. And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash •them .") with water. And thou slialt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the l>reastplate, and gird him with the cunningly woven () band of the ephod : and thou shalt set the •''mitre upon his liead, and put 7 the hoi J' crown upon the •''mitre. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 8 ^Vud thou shalt bring his sons, and put 9 coats upon them. And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and Ins sons, and ])ind headtires on them : and they shall have the priesthood by a j)er- petual statute: and thou shalt coiise- 10 crate Aaron and his stms. And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of 11 the bullock. And thou shalt Idll the bullock before the Lord, at tlie door of 12 the tent of meeting. And thou shalt take of the blood of tlie bullock, and inxt it uiion tlie liorns of the altar with tliy finger ; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. 13 And thou shalt take all tb.e fat that coAcreth the inwards, and the caul ujion the liver, and the two kidnej's, and the fat that is upon them, and 14 burn them \\])o\\ the altar. But the flesli of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp ; it is a "sin offering. '■ Heb tin. 30. L EXODUS. 65 15 Thou sbalt also take the one ram ; aud Aaron and his sons shall lay their 10 hands upon the head of the ram. And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and s^n-inkle it 17 round about upon the altar. And thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them iwith its pieces, and ^with its 18 head. And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt of- fering unto the Lokd: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto 19 the Lokd. And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of "20 the ram. Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, aud upon the thumb of then* right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, aud siirinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oU, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, aud upon his garments, aud upon his sous, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and 22 his sons' garments with him. Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, aud the right ^ thigh; for it is a ram 23 of consecration: and oue loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the 24 Lokd: and thou shalt put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons ; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the 25 Lord. Aud thou shalt take them from theu' hands, and bm-n them on the altar upon the bm-nt oilering, for a sweet savour before the Lord : it is an offer- 26 ing made by fire unto the Lokd. And thou shalt take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord : and it 27 shall be thy portion. And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the ^ thigh of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, aud of that 28 which is for his sons : and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as a due for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: aud it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of then- peace offerings, even then- heave offer- 29 ing unto the Lord. And the holy gar- ments of Aaron shall be for his sons after hun, to be anouited in them, .SO and to be consecrated in them. Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in 31 the holy iilace. And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, aud seethe 32 its flesh in a lioly place. And Aaron and his sous shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meet- 33 ing. And they shall eat those thmgs wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them : but a stranger shall not eat thereof, be- 34 cause they are holy. And if aught of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remauider with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is 35 holy. And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, accordmg to all that I have commanded thee : seven 36 days shalt thou consecrate them. And every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt 3 cleanse the altar, when thou makest atonement for it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make atone- ment for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; ^whatso- ever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt oif er in the morning; and the other lamb thou 40 shalt offer ^ at even : and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mmgled with the fourth jjart of an bin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an bin of wuie for a drmk 41 offering. And the other lamb thou shalt offer ^at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meal offering of the morning, and accordmg to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet sa- vour, an offering made by lu-e unto the 42 Lord. It shall be a continual biu-nt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before the Lord: where I will meet with you, to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and the Tent shall be sanc- 44 tified by my glory. Aud I will sanctify the tent of meetuig, aud the altar: Aaron also and his sons wUl I sanctify, to minister to me in the iwiest's office. 45 And I will dwell among the children 46 of Israel, and will be then* God. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egj^jt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God. 30 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood 3 Or, pHrge the aUar, ill! thy vtaklng atone- ment ^ Or, who- soever 5Heb. between the two evenings. 66 EXODUS. 30. 1. iHeb. roof. 2Heb. waLU. 3 Or. ri^n Or, mow^rf- ing «0r, setteth up Heb. eauseth to as- cend. 6 Heb. between the two evenings. 6 Or, /or ^Or. ttpon 2slialt thou make it. A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a ciibit the breadth thereof; four-square shall it be : and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the homs thereof shall be 3 of one jjiece with it. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the ^top thereof, and the 2 sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a ^ crown of 4 gold round about. And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs there- of, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them; and they shall be for places for staves to bear it mthal. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with G gold. And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testi- mony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet 7 with thee. And Aaron shall burn there- on incense of sweet spices: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps. She shall burn it. And when Aaron '^lighteth the lamps ^at even, he shall burn it, a peii)etual uicense before the LoKD throughout youi- generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and ye shall pour no drink 10 offering thereon. And Aaron shall make atonement "upon the horns of it once in the jear : with the blood of the sin offermg of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement 7 for it throughout your generations: it is most holy mito the Loku. 11 And tlie Lord spake unto Moses, 12 saying. When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are nmnbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul mito the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou num- ISberest them. This they shaU give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (the shekel is twenty gerahs :) half a shekel 14 for an offering to the Loed. Every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of 15 the Lord. Tlie rich shall not give more, and the x^oor shall not give less, than the lialf shekel, when they give the offering of the Lord, to make 16 atonement for your souls. And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt ap- point it for the service of the tent of meeting ; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls. 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 18 saying, Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, to wash withal : and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water thereui. 19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20 when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offer- 21 mg made by fire unto the Lord: so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not : and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to Mm and to his seed thi-oughout their generations. 22 Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, 23 saying, Take thou also mito thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinna- mon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, and of ^ cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary, and of oUve oil an bin: and thou shalt make it an holy anointmg oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer : it shall be an holy anomting oil. And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meetmg, and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offeiing with all the vessels there- of, and the laver and the base thereof. And thou shalt sanctify them,, that they may be most holy: ^ whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. And thou shalt anoint Aai'on and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister imto me in the priest's office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. This shall be an holy anointing oil mito me thi'oughout yom- 32 generations. Ujion the flesh of man shall it not be jiom-ed, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: it is holy, and it 33 shall be holy unto you. Whosoever comijomideth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people. 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take mito thee sweet spices, ^^stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense : of each shall 35 there be a like weight ; and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, n seasoned 36 with salt, pure and holy : and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I wUl meet with thee : it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for your- selves: it shall be unto thee holy for 32. 15. EXODUS. 67 38 the Lord. Whosoever shall make like unto tliat, to smeU tlici'eto, he shall be cut off from liis people. 31 Ajul the Lord spake unto Moaes, 2 sayinff, Sec, I have called hj name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of 3 Hiir, of the tribe of Judah: and I ha\e filled him with the spirit of G-od, in wisdom, and in understanding;, and in knowledge, and in all manner of work- 4manship, to devise cmming works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in 5 brass, and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work ill all manner of worlnnanship. 6 And I, behold, I have appointed with liim Oiioliab, the son of AMsamach, of the tribe of Dan ; and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make aU that 7 1 have commanded thee : the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, 8 and all the fimiiture of the Tent ; and the table and its vessels, and the ]}uve candlestick with all its vessels, and tlie 9 altar of incense ; and the altar of biu-ut offering with all its vessels, and the lOlaver and its base; and the i finely wrought garments, and the holy gar- ments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the 11 priest's office; and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place : according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 13 saying, Speak thou also unto the cliildren of Israel, saying. Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations ; that ye may know that I am the Lord which sanctify 14 you. Ye shall keej) the sabbath there- fore; for it is holy unto you: every one that ijrofaneth it shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut 15 off from among his people. Six days shall work be done ; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall 16 surely be put to death. Wherefore the cliUdi-en of Israel shall keep the sab- bath, to observe the sabbath through- out their generations, for a jiei-petual 17 covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. IS And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. 32 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves to- gether unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us 2 gods, which shall g(j before us ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of tlie land of Egypt, wo know not what is 2 become of liim. And Aaron said unto them. Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters. Sand bring them unto mo. And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought 4 them unto Aaron. And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, ^ These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up 5 out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar be- fore it ; and Aaron made proclamation, and said. To-morrow shall be a feast 6 to the Lord. And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings ; and the jjeople sat dovm to eat and to drink, and rose ui? to play. 7 And the Lord spake luito Moses,. Go, get thee down ; for thy peo^ile, which thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, liave corrupted themselves : 8 they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacri- ficed unto it, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up 9 out of the land of Egj-pt. And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked 10 people: now therefore let me alone, that my wi-ath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them : and I win make of thee a great nation. 11 And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy j)eople, which thou liast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a 12 mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying. For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth ? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this 13 evil against thy people. Eemember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy serv- ants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I wiU multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and aU this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, 14 and they shall inherit it for ever. And the Lord repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people. 15 And Moses tm-ned, and went down from the mount, mth the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides ; 2 Or, a ffocl 3 0i- TItis is thy god 3-2 68 EXODUS. 32. 15. iHeb. whisper- ing. 2Heb. FlUijour hand. 3 Or. for every man ^ath ■Been against his son and against his brother <0r, Upo7l on the one side and on the other were 10 they written. And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in 18 the camp. Aiid he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for beuig overcome : but the noise 19 of them that sing do I hear. And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath 20 the mount. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, Wliat did this iteople unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them ? 22 And Aaron said. Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the 23 people, that they are set on evil. For they said unto me. Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not 24 what is become of him. And I said unto them, Wliosoever hath any gold, let them break it off; so they gave it me : and I cast it into the fire, and 25 there came out this calf. And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose; for Aaron had let them loose for a 1 derision among their enemies: 26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said. Whoso is on the Lord's side, let Iiini come unto me. And aU the sons of Levi gathered 27 themselves together imto him. And he said unto them. Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the cami), and slay every man his brother, ^.nd every man his comj»anion, 28 and every man his neighbour. And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand 29 men. And Moses said, ^ Consecrate yourselves to-daj' to the Lord, ^yea, every man ^agauist his son, and ■'a- gahist his brother ; that he may bestow 30 upon you a blessing this day. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people. Ye have sumed a great sin : and now I will go up imto the Lord; peradventure I shall make atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said. Oh, this jieople have smned a great sin, and have made them gods 32 of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou 33 hast written. And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him v/ill I blot out of my book. 34 And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go be- fore thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin 35 upon them. And the Lord smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. 33 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the laud of which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed 2 will I give it : and I will send an angel before thee ; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hit- tite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and 3 the Jebusite : imto a land flowing with milk and honey : for I wiU not go up in the midst of thee ; for thou art a stiff- necked people : lest I consume thee in 4 the way. And when the j)eople heard these evil tidings, they mourned : and no man did put on him his ornaments. 5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people : if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may 6 know what to do unto thee. And the children of Israel stripped themselves of theu' ornaments from moimt Horeb onward. 7 Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp ; and he called it. The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tent of meeting, 8 which was without the camp. And it came to i)ass, when Moses went out luito the Tent, that all the peo2)le rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he 9 was gone into the Tent. And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the piUar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and the 10 LojtD spake with Moses. And all the lieople saw the piUar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent : and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man at 11 his tent door. And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man si^eaketh mito his friend. And he turn- ed again into the camp : but his minis- ter Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent. 12 And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this peojile: and thou hast not let me know 5 whom thou wUt send with 34. 24. EXODUS. 69 lOr, and he stood with Jiitn there, and called upon ie. 2 Or, Jehovnh by 7t(ime 3 See ch. XX. 5, 6. me. Yet tbou hast said, I know tliee by name, and thou hast also found grace IB in my sight. Now therefore, I pi'ay thee, if I have found grace hi thy sight, wliew me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find grace m thy sight: and consider tliat 14 this nation is thy people. And he said, My presence shall go ivifh thee, and I 15 will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not loith me, 16 carry us not uj) hence. For wherein now shall it be known that I have foimd grace in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not iii that thou goest with us, so that we be separated, I and thy jieople, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth ? 17 And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou bast foimd grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. 18 And he said, Shew me, I pray thee, 19 thy glory. And be said, I will make aU my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee ; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gi-acious, and will sliev; mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 20 And be said, Ihow canst not see my face : for man shall not see me and live. 21 And the Loud said. Behold, tbei-e is a place by me, and thou shalt stand 22ui)on the rock: and it shall come to pass, while my glory i^assetb by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand 23mitil I have passed by: and I will take away mine baud, and thou shalt see my back : but my face shall not be seen. 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like mito the first : and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, 2 which thou brakest. And be ready by the mornmg, and come up m the morn- ing unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the 3momit. And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount ; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that 4 mount. And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Suiai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took 5 in his band two tables of stone. And the Lord descended in the cloud, i and stood with him there, and proclaimed 6 2 the name of the Lord. And the Lord liassed by before bun, and proclaim- ed, The Lord, the Lord, a God fiill of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and iilenteous in mercy and 7 truth; ^ keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin: and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers up(m the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed liis head toward the earth, and wor- 9shii)ped. And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiilnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, 10 and take us for thine inheritance. And be said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been * wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which tbou art shall see the work of the Lord, for it is a terrible thing that I do with 11 thee. Observe thou that which I com- mand thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Je- 12 busite. Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither tbou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee : 13 but ye shall break dowai their altars, and dash in pieces their ^ pillars, and ye shall cut down their sAsherim: 14 for thou shalt worship no other god : for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, 15 is a jealous God: lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoruig after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat 16 of his sacrifice ; and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring 17 after their gods. Thou shalt make 18 thee no molten gods. The feast of im- leavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days tbou shalt eat mileavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time aj)- poiuted in the month Abib : for in the month Abib thou earnest out from 19 Egypt. All that openeth the womb is mine ; and all thy cattle that is male, 20 the firstlings of ox and sheep. And the firstling of an ass tbou shalt re- deem with a '^lamb: and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none 21 shall appear before me empty. Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in plow- ing time and in harvest thou shalt 22 rest. And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the fiirstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of in- 23 gathering at the year's 8 end. Tkree times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord God, the God 24 of Israel. For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders : 1 Heb. created. 5 Or, obelisks 6 Proba- bly the wooden symbols of a goddess Asherah. ' Or, hid y 8 Heb. revolu- tion^ 70 EXODUS. 34. 24. iHeb. imrds. 2 Or, sent forth beams (Heb. Tiorns) 3 Or, while he talked with him 4 See ch. xxxi. 15. "■See ch. XXV. i-7. neither shall any man desire thj' land, when thou goest uj) to appear before the LoED thy God three times in the 25 year. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the moru- 26 ing. The first of the firstfruits of thy gi-ouud thou shalt bring unto the house of the Loud thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's mUk. 27 And the Loed said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a coven- 28 ant with thee and with Israel. And he was there with the Loed forty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat bread, nor driak water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten i commandments. 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount SLuai with the two tables of the testunony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skiu of his face 2 shone ^by reason of his speak- 30 ing with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, be- hold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the con- gregation returned unto him: and 32 Moses spake to them. And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the Loed had sijoken with him 33 ia mount Sinai. And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil 34 on his face. But when Moses went Lu before the Lord to speak mth him, he took the veil off, until he came out ; and he came out, and spake mito the chUdi'eu of Israel that which he was 35 commanded ; and the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses jjut the veil upon his face again, untU he went in to sjjeak with him. 36 And Moses assembled all the con- gregation of the chUdren of Israel, and said unto them. These are the words which the Loed hath eom- 2 manded, that ye should do them. ^ Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to the Loed : whosoever doeth any work 3 therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. 4 And Moses spake unto all the con- gregation- of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thmg which the 5 Lord coin manded, saying, ^Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a wiUing heart, let him bring it, the Lokd's of- 6 fering ; gold, and silver, and brass ; and blue, and xJui'ple, and scarlet, and 7 fine Imen, and goats' hair ; and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and 8 acacia wood ; and oil for the light, and spices for the anomting oil, and for 9 the sweet incense ; and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, 10 and for the breastplate. And let evei'y wise hearted man among you come, and make aU that the Lord hath com- 11 manded; the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, 12 its bars, its ijillars, and its sockets ; the ark, and the staves thereof, the mercy- 13 seat, and the veil of the screen; the table, and its staves, and all its ves- 14sels, and the ''shewbread; the candle- stick also for the light, and its ves- sels, and its lamps, and the oil for the 15 light ; and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; 16 the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and aU its 17 vessels, the laver and its base; the hangings of the court, the pUlars there- of, and then- sockets, and the screen IS for the gate of the court; the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the 19 court, and their cords; the ''finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the jiriest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. 20 And aU the congregation of the child- ren of Israel departed from the jire- 21 sence of Moses. And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spu-it made wUling, and brought the Lord's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for aU the service thereof, and for the 22 holy garments. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought brooches, and 8 earrings, and signet-rings, and "armlets, aU jewels of gold; even every man that offered an offering of gold 23 unto the Lord. And every man, with whom was found blue, and pm-ple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and 24sealskms, brought them. Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord's offering: and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the 25 service, brought it. And aU the women that were vns,e hearted did spin with then- hands, and brought that which they had sjiun, the blue, and the lim^ple, the scarlet, and the fine linen. 2G And all the women whose heart stirred them uj) in v/isdom si)un the goats' Tl hair. And the riders brought the I*' onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; 36. 29. EXODUS. 71 1 See clu xxxi. 1-6. 2 Or, man 3 See ch. xxvi. l-U •28aud tlio spice, ami the oil; for the light, and for the anointing oil, and 29 for the sweet mcense. The children of Israel brought a freewill offering unto the Lord; every man and woman, wliose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, whicli the Loud had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. 30 lAnd Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the 31 sou of Hui-, of the tribe of Judah ; and he hath filled him with tlie spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all mamier 32 of workmanship ; and to devise cmming works, to work in gold, and in silver, 33 and in brass, and in cuttmg of stones for setting, and in carvuig of wood, to work in all manner of cumimg 34 workmanship. And he hath put in ills heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the sou of Ahisamach, 35 of the tribe of Dan. Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the 2engi-aver, and of the cunning work- man, and of the embroiderer, in blue, aud in pm'ple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those 36 that devise cunning works. And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord hath put wisdom and imder- standmg to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord hath commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholi- ab, and every wise hearted man, m whose heart the Lord had put viis- dom, eveu every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the 3 work to do it: and they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him freewill offerings every 4 morning. And aU the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which 5 they wi-ought; and they spake unto Moses, saymg. The people brmg much more than enough for the service of the work, v^'hich the Lord commanded 6 to make. And Moses gave conunand- ment, and they caused it to be pro- claimed throughout the camp, saying. Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were re- 7 stramed from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8 3 And every wise hearted man among them that \\T;ought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and i)urple, and scarlet, with cherubim the worlv of the cunning workman made he 9 them. The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadtii of each curtain four cubits: 10 all the curtains had one measure. And he coupled five curtains one to an- other: and the other five curtauis be 11 coupled one to another. And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain ^from the selvedge in the couphng: likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost 12 in the second ^ coupling. Fifty loops made he m the one curtain, and fifty loopy made he in tlie edge of the cui'- taiu that was in the second * coupling : the loops were opposite one to another. 13 And he made fifty clasjis of gold, and coupled the cm-tains one to another with the clasps : so the tabernacle was one. 14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle : eleven 15 curtains he made them. The length of each ciu'tain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain : the 16 eleven curtains had one measure. And be coupled five curtains by themselves, 17 and six cm-tains by themselves. And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the 6 coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second ^ coupling. 18 And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might 19 be one. And he made a coveruig for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a coveruig of ■? sealskins above. 20 8 And he made the boards for the taberuacle of acacia wood, standmg up. 21 Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth 22 of each board. Each board had two tenons, '■'joined one to another: thus did he make for all the boards of the 23 tabernacle. And he made the boards for the tabernacle ; twenty boards for 24 the south side southward: and he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards ; two sockets vuider one hoard for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its 25 two tenons. And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, 26 he made twenty boards, and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets 27imder another board. And for the huider part of the tabernacle west- 28 ward he made six boards. And two boards made he for the corners of 29 the tabernacle in the hinder part. And they were double beneath, and in like manner they were entire unto the toji thereof unto lOone ring: thus he did to both of them in the two corners. 4 Or. thai wa^ outmost ill the first set 5 Or, set eOr, first set 'Or, porpoist- skins 8 See ch. xxvL 15-29. a Or, moi'- ticed 10 Or, ttm first rr 1 •> EXODUS. 36. 30. > See ch. XXVJ. 31-37. 2 See cli. XXV. lu-i!0. 3 Or. rim Or, mould- i>m 4Heb. rib. 5 Or. covering 6 Or. turned " See ch. XXV. 23-29. SOAiid there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets ; 31 under every board two sockets. And he made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the 32 tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boaids of the tabernacle for the hinder part west- 33 ward. And he made the middle bar to pass tlu-ough in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other. 34 Arid he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for l^laces for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 lAnd he made the veil of blue, and pm-ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubim the work of the 36 cunning workman made he it. And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold ; and he cast 37 for them four sockets of silver. And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and XHirple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the 38 embroiderer ; and the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid theu" chapiters and their fillets with gold: and their five sockets were of brass. 37 ^And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood : two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit 2 and a half the height of it : and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a <* crown of gold 3 to it round about. And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet thereof ; even two rings on the one ^ side of it, and two rings on the other ^ side 4 of it. And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the 6 ark. And he made a ^ mercy-seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a 7 half the breadth thereof. And he made two cherubim of gold; of "beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the 8 mercy-seat ; one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one j)iece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubiui at the two ends thereof. 9 And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy- seat with their wmgs, with their faces one to another ; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim. 10 '?Aud he made the table of acacia wood : two cubits toas the length there- of, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof; 11 and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round 12 about. And he made unto it a border of an handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border 13 thereof roimd about. And h'e cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the 14 four feet thei-eof. Close by the border were the rings, the places for the 1.5 staves to bear the table. And he made the staves of acacia wood, and over- laid them with gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the flagons thereof, to pour out withal, of pure gold. 17 SAiid he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it: 18 and there were six branches gomg out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches, of the candlestick out of the other side 19 thereof : three cups made like almond- blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cvqta made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches gomg out of the candlestick. 20 And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops 21 thereof, and the flowers thereof: and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knojt under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out 22 of it. Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it: the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the tongs thereof, and the snuff- 24 dishes thereof, of pure gold. Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 2.5 9 And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth there- of, foursquare ; and two cubits was the height thereof ; the horns thereof were 26 of one jjiece with it. And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made mito it a 27 crown of gold round about. And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs there- of, upon the two sides of it, for places 28 for staves to bear it withal. And he made the staves of acacia wood, and 29 overlaid them with gold. WAnd he made the holy aiiointing oil, and the l^ure uicense of sweet spices, after the art of the perf inner. 38 11 And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood: flve cubits was the length thereof, and five 39. 5. EXODUS. 73 1 See I iL XXX. 18. 2 Or, tho wnmfii which nsi,ent' bled Pi minister 3 See Num. iv. 23, viii. '2i ; 1 Sani. ii. •2'2. i See ell. xxvii. a-ia. cubits the breacltli tliereof , foursquare ; and tliree cubits tbo boiglit tbereof. 2 And bo made tbo lioriis thereof upou the four comers of it ; the horus tliere- of were of one jjiece with it: and he 3 overlaid it with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, aud the basons, the flesh- hooks, and the tircpans : all the vessels 4 thereof made he of brass. And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under tho ledge round it 5 beneath, reaching halfway up. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be jilaces for 6 the staves. And he made the staves of acacia wood, and ovei'laid them with 7 brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal ; he made it hollow with planks. 8 lAnd he made the laver of brass, aud the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of 2 the ^serving women which served at the door of the tent of meeting. 9 -^And he made the com-t: for the .south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, 10 an hundred cubits : their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the ijillars and lltheu- fillets were of silver. And for the north side an hundi-ed cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sock- ets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, then- pillars ten, aud their sockets ten; the hooks of the 13 pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14 The hangings for the one side of the (jate were fifteen cubits; their pillars 15 three, and their sockets three ; and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the com-t were hangmgs of fifteen cubits ; then- pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings of the court round 17 about were of fine twined linen. And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the over- laying of theii chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the com't were IS filleted with silver. And tho screen for the gate of the com-t was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and pm-ple, and scarlet, and fine twmed linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the haug-lngs of 19 the court. And their j)illars v.-cre four, and then- sockets four, of brass ; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of 20 silver. And aU the i)ius of tho taber- nacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. 5 Or, a i-rafti- 1\. This is the sum of the thiwjs fur the | tabernacle, even the tabernacle of tho testimony, as they were counted, ac- cordnig to the conniiaiKlment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the 22 priest. And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hm-, of the tribe of Judah, made aU that the Lokd commanded 23 Moses. And with hun was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, *an engraver, aud a cumiuig workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and hi pm-ple, and iu scarlet, and fiue linen. 21 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the oifering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the 25 shekel of the sanctuary. And the silver of them that were numljered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore aud fiJteen shekels, after 2Gthe shekel of the sanctuai-y: a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and 27 fifty men. And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil ; an hundred sockets for the hun- dred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid theu- chapiters, and made fiUets for them. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and SOfom- hundred shekels. And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meetuig, and the brasen altar, and the brasen gratiag for it, and all 31 the vessels of the altar, aud the sockets of the court romid about, aud the sockets of the gate of the court, aud all the pius of the tabernacle, and all the pius of the com-t round about. 39 And of the blue, and pm-ple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering m the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aiiron; as the Lokd conmianded Moses. 2 6 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and luu-jjle, and scarlet, aud fhie 3 twined linen. And they did beat tlie gold into thui plates, aud cut it into wh-es, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and iu the tine linen, the work of the cunning 4 workman. They made shoulderpieces for it, joined together: at the two 5 ends was it joined together. And the cunningly woven band, that was upon G See c!i. .xxviii. tj-li 74 EXODUS. 39. 5. 1 See oh. xxviii. 15-28. 2 See ch. xxviii. 31-34. it, to gird it on withal, was of the same piece and like the work there- of; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses. 6 And they -WTOught the onyx stones, inclosed in ouches of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, ac- cording to the names of the children 7 of Israel. And he put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses. 8 lAnd he made the breastiilate, the work of the cumiing workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 9 twined linen. It was foursquare ; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span 10 the breadth thereof, being double. And they set in it foui- rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle 11 was the first row. And the second row, an emerald, a sapphu-e, and a 12 diamond. And the third row, a jacinth, l^an agate, and an amethyst. And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of 14 gold in their settings. And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to theu' names ; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his 15 name, for the twelve tribes. And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings on the two ends of the breast- 17 iilate. And they put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the 18 ends of the breastplate. And the other two ends of the two WTeathen chains they put on the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the 19 ephod, in the forepai't thereof. And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two ends of the breast- plate, upon the edge thereof, which was toward the side of the ephod in- 20 ward. And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoul- dei-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the cunningly 21 woven band of the ephod. And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the cunningly woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 22 2 And he made the robe of the ephod of 23 woven work, all of blue ; and the hole of the robe ui the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should 24 not be rent. And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, a7id twined 251(71671. And they made beUs of pure gold, and put the beUs between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pome- 26 gi-anates ; a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skii-ts of the robe romid about, to minister in ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 27 8 And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his 28 sons, and the * mitre of fine linen, and the goodly headtires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, 29 and the girdle of tine twined luien, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer ; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 30 6 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pm-e gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings 31 of a signet, holy to the lord. And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the * mitre above; as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 Thus was finished aU the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting : and the children of Israel did accord- mg to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 33 And they brought the tabernacle imto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its 34 pillars, and its sockets ; and the cover- ing of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of 6 sealskins, and the veil of 35 the screen; the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy- 36 seat ; the table, all the vessels thereof, 37 and the shewbread ; the pure candle- stick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and aU the vessels 38 thereof, and the oil for the light ; and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen 39 for the door of the Tent; the brasen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and aU its vessels, the laver 40 and its base; the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the coui-t, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, and aU the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meet- 41 ing ; the finely wrought gannents for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minis- 42 ter in the priest's office. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did aU the 43 work. And Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it : and Moses blessed them. 40. 38. EXODUS. 75 lOr, net njt 40 Aiid the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 2 iiig, On the first day of the first moutli shalt thou rear np the tabernacle of the 21 3 tent of meethig. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thon shalt screen the ark with the veil. 4 And thou shalt hruig in the table, and 22 set in order the things that are upon it ; and thou shalt bring iti the candle- stick, and flight the lamps thereof. 23 5 And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testi- mony, and put the screen of the door 24 6 to the tabernacle. And thou shalt set the altar of burnt offeruig before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of 25 7 meeting. And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the 26 altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round 27 about, and hang up the screen of the 9 gate of the court. And thou shalt 28 take the anomting oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and 29 shalt hallow it, and all the furniture 10 thereof: and it shall be holy. And thou shalt anoint the altar of bm-nt offering, and all its vessels, and sanc- tify the altar: and the altar shall be 30 11 most holy. And thou shalt anoint the 12 laver and its base, and sanctify it. And 31 thou shalt bruig Aaron and his sous unto the door of the tent of meeting, 13 and shalt wash them with water. And 32 thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments ; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister 33 14 mito me in the priest's office. And thou shalt brmg his sons, and put coats 15 upon them : and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint theii- father, that they may minister unto me hi the 34 priest's office : and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priest- 35 hood thi'oughout their generations. 16 Thus did Moses : according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month 36 in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was 18 reared up. And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its i 38 19 pillars. And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord 20 commanded Moses. And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put tlie mercy-seat above upon the ark: and he brought the ark mto the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony ; as the Lord commanded Moses. And he imt the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle north- ward, without the veil. And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. And he put the candlestick m the tent of meetmg, over against the table, on the side of the taber- nacle southward. And he i lighted the lamps before the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil : and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as the Lord commanded Moses. And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the bui-nt offering and the meal offer- ing; as the Lord commanded Moses. And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, to wash withal, ^^(i Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat; when they went into the tent of meet- ing, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed : as the Lord com- manded Moses. And he reared wp the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meet- ing, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout aU then- journeys: but if the cloud were not taken u}), then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken n]}. For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, ill the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. 2 See ch. XIX. 19, 20. 3-6 THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, COMIIONLX CALLED LEYITICUS. I And the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent '2 of meeting, sayiug. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Wlien any man of you oifereth an oblation unto the Lord, ye shall offer youi' oblation of the cattle, even of the herd and of the flock. 3 If his oblation be a burnt offermg of the herd, he shall offer it a male vdthout blemish; he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. 4 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bm-nt oliering ; and it shall be accepted for him to make 5 atonement for him. And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord : and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall pre- sent the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about ui^on the altar that is at 6 the door of the tent of meetmg. And he shall flay the bui-nt offering, and 7 cut it into its pieces. And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire ui)ou the altar, and lay wood in order upon 8 the fire: and Aaron's sous, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on 9 the fire which is upon the altar: but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water : and the ^Driest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by ni-e, of a sweet savoui' unto the Loud. 10 And if his oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt offering ; he shall offer it a male with- II out blemish. And he shall kiU it on the side of the altar northward be- fore the Lord : aud Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood upon 12 the altar round about. And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat: and the jn-iest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on 13 the fii'e which is upon the altar: but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water : and the priest shall offer the whole, and bm'u it upon the altar : it is a biu-nt offering, an ofl'ering made by fire, of a sweet savom' uuto the Lord. 14 And if his oblation to the Lord be a burnt offeriui: of fowls, then 'Or, 2nnch 2 Or. fealher& he shall offer his oblation of turtle- 15 doves, or of young pigeons. And the priest shall brmg it uuto the altar, and 1 wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the 16 altar : and he shall take away its crop with the 2 filth thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in 17 the i^lace of the ashes : and he shaU rend it by the wings thereof, hut shall not divide it asmider: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the ^vood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt offering, an offermg made by fii'e, of a sv/eet savour uuto the Lord. 2 And when any one offereth au obla- tion of a meal offering unto the Lord, his oblation shall be of fine flour ; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put 2 fi'ankmcense thereon: and he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: aud he shall take thereout his handful of the line flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn it us the memorial thereof upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a 3 sweet savoui* unto the Lord : and that which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 4 And when thou offerest an oblation of a meal offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened 5 wafers anoiuted with oil. ^^d if thy oblation be a meal offering of the ^ baking pan, it shall be of fine flom* I ^ or, 6 unleavened, mingled with oil. Thou j Opiate shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil i ] 7 thereon : it is a meal offering. And if I I thy oblation be a meal offering of the I frying pan, it shall be made of fine I 8 flour with oil. And thou shalt bring the meal offering that is made of tliesc things unto the Lord : aud it shall be presented mito the ijriest, and he shall I 9 bring it imto the altar. And the priest I shall take up from the meal offering I the memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar : au offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the 10 Lord. And that which is left of the 4. 9. LEV1TI0U8. 77 meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made hy iii'c. 11 No meal offering, which ye shall ofl'er mito the Lord, shall be made with leaven; for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an oft'eriug made 12 by fire unto the Lord. As an obla- tion of tirst/V?«Y,'; ye shall offer them imto the LoiiD : but they shall not come up for a sweet savour on the altar. 13 And every oblation of thy meal offeruig shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the coven- ant of thy God to be lackuig from thy meal offering : with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt. 14 And if thou offer a meal offering of firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meal offermg of thy first- fruits corn in the ear parched with 15 fii-e, bruised corn of the fresh ear. And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meal of- 16 f ermg. And the priest shall bm-n the memorial of it, part of the bruised corn thereof, and part of the oil there- of, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire mito the Lord. 3 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of 1 peace offerings; if he offer of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the 2 Lord. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it at the door of the tent of meet- ing: and Aaron's sons the priests shall spriakle the blood upon the altar 3 round about. And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the 4 fat that is upon the inwards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the Uver, '^ with the kidneys, 5 shall he take away. And Aaron's sous shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fu-e: it is an offermg made by iu-e, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 6 And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord be of the flock ; male or female, he shall 7 offer it without blemish. If he offer a lamb for his oblation, then shall She offer it before the Lord: and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meetmg: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon 9 the altar round about. And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offer- ings an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat thereof, the fat tail en- tire, he shall take it away hard by the backbone ; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is 10 upon the inwards, and the two kid- neys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, -^ with the kidneys, shall 11 he take away. And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the ^food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord. 12 And if liis oblation be a goat, then 13 he shall ofl'er it before the Lord : and he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meetmg: and the sons of Aaron shall sjtrinkle the blood thereof upon the 14 altar round about. And ho shall offer thereof his oblation, even an offering made by fire mito the Lord; the fat that covereth the uiwards, and all the 15 fat that is upon the inwards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is ujion them, which is by the loms, and the caul upon the liver, ^ with the kidneye, 16 shall he take away. And the priest shall bm"n them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fu-e, for a sweet savour: aU the fat is the 17 Lord's. It shall be a perpetual stat- ute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood. 4 And the Lor.D spake unto Moses, 2 saying. Speak imto the chiltlren of Israel, saymg. If any one shall sin 5 unwittingly, in any of the things which the Lord hath couuuanded not to be done, and shall do any one of 8 them : if the anomted priest shall sm so as to bring guilt on the people; then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sumed, a young bullock with- out blemish unto the Lord for a sin 4 offermg. And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meetmg before the Lord ; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before 5 the Lord. And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting: G and the priest shall dix) his finger in the blood, and sprmkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before 7 the veil of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet mcense before the Lord, which is in the tent of meetmg; and aU the blood of the bullock shall he poui- out at the base of the altar of burnt offeruig, which is at 8 the door of the tent of meeting. And all the fat of the buUock of the sin offering he shall take off from it ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and ah. the fat 9 that is upon the mwards, and the two kitlneys, and the fat that is upon them, v.'hich is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, 6 with the kidneys, shall 3Seo ver. 4. < Hel). bread. 5 Or, lurollg'h error 5 See cli. iii. 4. LEVITICUS. 4. 9. 10 he take away, as it is taken off from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offer- ings; and the priest shall burn them 11 upon the altar of bm-nt offering. And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, -with its head, and with its legs, 12 and its inwards, and its dung, even the whole bullock shaU he carry forth without the camp unto a clean jilace, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire : where the ashes are poured out shall it be bui'nt. 13 And if the whole congregation of Israel shall err, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which the Lord hath commanded not 14 to be done, and are guilty; when the sin wherein they have sumed is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin offering, and bring it before the tent of meet- 15ing. And the elders of the congrega- tion shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before 16 the Lord. And the anointed jiriest shall bring of the blood of the buUock 17 to the tent of meeting: and the iiriest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, 18 before the veil. And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is m the tent of meeting, and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the 19 door of the tent of meeting. And all the fat thereof shall he take off from 20 it, and burn it upon the altar. Thus shall he do with the bullock ; as he did with the bullock of the sin offer- ing, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make atonement for them, 21 and they shall be forgiven. And he shall carry forth the buUock without the camj), and burn it as he burned the first bullock : it is the sin offering for the assembly. 22 When a ruler suineth, and doeth un- ■nattingly any one of all the things which the Lord his God hath commanded not 23 to be done, and is guilty; if his sm, wherein he hath sumed, be made known to him, he shall bring for his oblation 24 a goat, a male without blemish ; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kLU it in the jjlace where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord : 25 it is a sin offering. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sui of- fering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offer- ing, and the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of 26 burnt offering. And all the fat thereof shall he burn upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings : and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin, and he shall be forgiven. 27 And if any one of the i common peoi^le sin miwittingly, in domg any of the things which the Lord hath conamanded not to be done, and be 28 guilty ; if his sm, which he hath sinned, be made known to him, then he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he 29 hath sinned. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place 30 of burnt offering. And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base 31 of the altar. And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings ; and the jjriest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven. 32 And if he bring a lamb as his oblation for a sin offering, he shall brmg it a 33 female without blemish. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offer- ing in the place where they kill the 34 burnt offei'ing. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it ujion the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and all the blood thereof shall he pour 35 out at the base of the altar: and all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall bm-n them on the altar, ^ upon the offerings of the Lord made by fire : and the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven. 5 And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he 2 shall bear his iniquity : or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcase of an unclean beast, or the carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be 3 miclean, then he shall be guilty : or if he touch the uncleanness of man, what- soever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shaU 4 be guilty : or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things : 6. 14. LEVITICUS. 79 'Or. for hit ffuUt Or, his 3 Or. prepare »0r, after the itiatmer 5 and it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these thiiujs, that he shall confess that wherein he hath sinned: 6 and he shall bring ^his guilt offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath siimed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offermg ; and the jiriest shall make atonement for 7 him as concerning his sin. And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he shall bring ^his guilt offering for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, lui- to the Lord ; one for a sin offering, and 8 the other for a burnt offermg. And he shall bring them mito the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offeruig first, and ^ wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it 9 asunder : and he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sui offering upon the side of the altar ; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of 10 the altar: it is a sin offering. And he shall s offer the second for a bmuit offering, according to the ordinance: and the jiriest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin which he hath sinned, and he shall be for- giTen. 11 But if his means suffice not for two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his oblation for that Avherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin otter- ing; h-e shall put no oil u^ion it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon : 12 for it is a sin offering. And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as tlie memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, *ui>on the offerings of the Lord 13 made by fij-e : it is a sui offermg. And the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these thmgs, and he shall be forgiven: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as the meal offering. 14 And the Lord spake mito Moses, 15 saying. If any one coimuit a tres^mss, and SUI unwittingly, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall brmg his guilt offering imt'o the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, ac- cording to thy estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- 16 tuary, for a guilt offering : and he shall make restitution for that which he hath ■done amiss in the holy thmg, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the jiriest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt ottering, and he shall be forgiven. 17 And if any one sin, and do any of the things which the Lord hath com- manded not to be done; though he knew it not, yet is he guilty, and shall 18 bear his iniquity. And he shaU bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation, for a guilt ott'ei'ing, mito the priest : and the priest shall make atonement for him con- cerning the thing wherein he erred unwittingly and knew it not, and he 19 shall be forgiven. It is a guilt offer- ing: he is certainly guilty before the Lord. Q And the Lord spake onto Moses, "2 saying, If any one sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and deal falsely with his neighbour ui a matter of deijosit, or of ^bargain, or of rob- bery, or have oppressed his neighbour ; 3 or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie ; in any of aU these that a 4 man doeth, smuing therein: then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he 5 found, or any thing about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even re- store it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto: unto him to whom it ajipertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being fovmd guilty. 6 And he shall bring his guilt ottering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation, for a guilt offering, unto 7 the priest : and the jiriest shall make atonement for hini before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven ; concernuig whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby. 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 9 saying. Command Aaron and his sons, sayuig, This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offermg shall be fi on the hearth upon the altar all night unto the mornmg ; and the fire of the altar shall be kept bm-uing thereon. 10 And the priest shall put on his linen gar- ment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh; and he shall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath con- sumed the bmnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp luito a 12 clean place. And the fire upon the altar shall be kept bm-nmg thereon, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and shall bm-n thereon the 13 fat of the i^eace offerings. Fne shall be kept burnuig upon the altar con- tiuuall}' ; it shall not go out. 14 And this is the law of the meal offering : the sous of Aaron shall offer ICh. V. 20 in Heb.J 5 Or. plcdgt rch. vi. 1 in Heb.] «iOr, on its firewood 80 LEVITICUS, 6. 14. 1 See ch. ii. 5. 2The meaning of the Hebrew word is un- certain. SOr, Whoso- ever it Ijefore the Loed, before the altar. 15Aiifl he shall take up therefrom his handful, of the fine flour of the meal ofl'erLug, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal offering, and shall bui-n it upon the altar for a sweet savoiu', as the memorial thereof, unto the Lord. 16 And that which is left thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy x:)lace ; in the court of the tent of meeting 17 they shall eat it. It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it as their j)ortiou of my offerings made by fire ; it is most holy, as the sin of- ISfering, and as the guilt off eruag. Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as a due for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of the Lord made by lire : whosoever toucheth them shall be holy. 19 And the Lord spake imto Ivleses, 20 saying, Tiiis is the oblation of Aaron and of his sous, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an eijhah of fine flour for a meal offeruig perpetvially, haK of it in the morning, 21 and half thereof in the evening. On a 1 baking pan it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt brhig it in: in. shaken pieces shalt thou offer the meal offering for a sweet sa- 22vour rmto the Lord. And the anoint- ed priest that shall be in his stead from among his sons shall offer it : by a statute for ever it shall be wholly 23 biu'nt unto the Lord. And every meal offering of the priest shall be wholly burnt : it shall not be eaten. 24 And the Lord spake mito Moses, say- 25 ing, S^ieak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying. This is the law of the sm offer- ing : in the place where the burnt offer- ing is kUled shall the sin offermg be killed before the Lord : it is most holy. 26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it : in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting. 27 8 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy : and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy 28 place. But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken : and if it be sodden in a brasen vessel, it shall 29 be scoured, and rinsed m water. Every male among the priests shall eat there- 30 of : it is most holy. And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atone- ment m the holy place, shall be eaten : it shall be burnt with fire. 7 And this is the law of the gmli offer- 2 ing- it is most holy. Li the place where they kiU the burnt offering shall they "kill the guilt offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle 3 upon the altar round about. And he shall offer of it aU the fat thereof ; the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the 4 inwards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, * with 5 the kidneys, shall he take away: and the priest shall bm-n them upon the altar for an offermg made by tire unto 6 the Lord : it is a guQt offering. Every male among the i^riests shall eat there- of : it shall be eaten in a holy place: 7 it is most holy. As is the sin offering, so is the guilt offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it. 8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the jiriest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt 9 offering which he hath offered. And every meal offei-ing that is baken in the oven, and aU that is dressed in the frying pan, and on the i baking pan, shall be the priest's that offereth 10 it. And every meal offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as weU as an- other. 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer 12imto the Lord. If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving mileaven- ed cakes mingled with oil, and un- leavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mmgled with oU, of fine flour 13 soaked. With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his oblation with the sacri- fice of his peace offerings for thanks- 14 giving. And of it he shall offer one out of each oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord ; it shall be the j)riest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace 15 offerings. And the flesh of the sacri- fice of his peace offerings for thanks- giving shall be eaten on the day of his oblation; he shall not leave any of it 16 until the morning. But if the sacri- fice of his oblation be a vow, or a freewiU offermg, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow that which remain- 17 eth of it shall be eaten : but that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be IS burnt with fire. And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offer- uigs be eaten on the thuxl day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be im- imted vmto him that offereth it : it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be Inu'nt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat there- to of: but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offer- 4 See ch. iii. 4. 8. 20. LEVITICUS. 81 lOr, shouZdtrr 2 Or. portion ings, that pertain unto the Lord, havhifj his unclearuiess upon liini, that soul shall be cut off from his 21 people. And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanuess of man, or an unclean beast, or any uncloan abonmiation, and eat of the tlesh of the sacrifice of peace offeruigs, which pertam unto the Loud, that soul shall be cut off from his people. 22 And the Lord si)ake unto Moses, 23 saying. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying. Ye shall eat no fat, of 24 ox, or sheep, or goat. And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the f nt of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service : but ye shall 25 in no wise cat of it. Tor whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eat- eth it shall be cut off from his people. 26 And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, m 27 any of your dwellings. 'Wliosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people. 28 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 29 ing. Speak imto the chiltli-en of Israel, saymg. He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offermgs unto the Lord shall bruig his oblation unto the Lord out of the sacrifice of his peace offeruigs : 30 his own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord made by fire ; the fat with the breast shall he bruig, that the breast may be waved for a wave offer- 31 ing before the Lord. And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar : but the breast shaU be Aaron's and his 32 sons'. And the right i thigh shall ye give unto the i^riest for an heave offer- ing out of the sacilfices of your peace 33 offermgs. He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the Idood of the jjeace offeruigs, and the fat, shall have the 34 right i thigh for a portion. For the wave breast and the heave i thigh have I taken of the childi-eu of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offer- ings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as a due for ever from the children of Israel. 35 This is the 2 anom ting-portion of Aaron, and the anointing-portion of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when he pre- sented them to minister mito the Lord 36 in the priest's office; which the Lord commanded to be given them of the childi-en of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is a due for ever 37 throughout then- generations. This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meal offering, and of the sui offering, and of the guilt offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of 38 peace offerings ; which the Lord com- manded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the cliUdren of Israel to offer their olilations unto tlic Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai. 8 ^ And tlie Lord spako unto Moses, say- 2 ing. Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin offcruig, and tlie two rams, and the basket of un- 3 leavened bread ; and assemble thou aU the congregation at the door of the 4 tent of meetuig. And Moses did as the Lord commanded Inni; and tlie con- gregation was assembled at the door 5 of the tent of meeting. And Moses said unto the congregation. This is tlie thing which the Lord hath coimnanded 6 to be done. And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with 7 water. And he put ujion him the coat, and gu-ded hmi with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the cunningly woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him 8 therewith. And he placed the breast- plate upon him : and in the breastplate he put *the Urim and the Thummun. 9 And he set the » mitre upon his head; and upon the ^ mitre, in front, did he set the golden plate, the holy cro^\^l; 10 as the Lord conunanded Moses. And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that 11 was therem, and sanctified them. And he sprinlvled thereof upon the altar seven tunes, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and 12 its base, to sanctify them. And he poured of the anouiting oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify 13 him. And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with girdles, and bound head- tires upon them; as the Lord com- 14manded Moses. And he brought the bullock of the sin offering: and Aaron and his sous laid their hands upon the head of the buUock of the sin of- 15feruig. And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his iinger, and jjurified the altar, and pour- ed out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for 16 it. And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. 17 But the buUock, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dmig, he burnt with fire witliout the camp; as the Lord com- 18 manded Moses. And he presented the ram of the burnt offermg : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the 19 head of the ram. And he killed it: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the 20 altar round about. And he cut the ram into its pieces ; and Moses burnt » See Ex. xxix. i Tliat is, the Lights (UHlthe Pcrfec- t/OJlS, 5 Or. t urban 82 LEVITICUS. 8. 20. lOr, shoulder 2 The Sept., Onkelos and Syr. read, as lam com- manded. See ver. 3.5, ch. X. 13. 3 Heb. fill your hand. the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs with water ; and Moses bui-nt the whole ram iipon the altar : it was a burnt offering for a sweet savour: it was an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; as the Lord commanded '22 Moses. And he presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid then- hands 23 upon the head of the ram. And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great 24; toe of his right foot. And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot : and Moses sprinkled the 25 blood upon the altar round about. And lie took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and theu- fat, and the 26 right ^ thigh : and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, 27 and upon the right thigh : and he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave offering before 28 the LoKD. And Moses took them from off theii' hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering : they were a consecration for a sweet savour : it was an offering made by fire 29 unto the Lord. And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offer- ing before the Lord : it was Moses' jior- tion of the ram of consecration ; as the 30 Lord commanded Moses. And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, upon his gar- ments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sancti- fied Aaron, his garments, and his sons, 31 and his sons' garments with him. And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons. Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting: and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of con- secration, '-^as I commanded, saying, 32 Aaron and his sous shall eat it. And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. 33 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration be fulfilled : for he shall ^ consecrate you 34 seven daj's. As hath been done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to 35 do, to make atonement for you. And at the door of the tent of meeting shall ye abide day and night seven days. and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not : for so I am com- 36 manded. And Aaron and his sons did all the things which the Lord com- manded by the hand of Moses. 9 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sous, 2 and the elders of Israel ; and he said luito Aaron, Take thee a buU calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer 3 them before the Lord. And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying. Take ye a he-goat for a sin offering ; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a 4 burnt offering; and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord ; and a meal offering mingled with oil : for to-day the Lord appear- 5 eth unto you. And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting : and all the congrega- tion drew near and stood before the 6 Lord. And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do : and the glory of the 7 Lord shall ajipear unto you. And Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin offer- mg, and thy burnt offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the peo- ple : and offer the oblation of the peo- ple, and make atonement for them ; as 8 the Lord commanded. So Aaron drew near mito the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for him- 9 self. And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him : and he dip^ied his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out 10 the blood at the base of the altar : but the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul from the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar ; as the Lord 11 commanded Moses. And the flesh and the skin he bui-ut with fii-e without 12 the camp. And he slew the burnt offering ; and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, and he sprinkled 13 it upon the altar round about. And they delivered the burnt offering unto him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burnt them ujioii the altar. 14 And he washed the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt 15 offering on the altar. And he pre- sented the i^eople's oblation, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slew it, and of- 16fered it for sin, as the fii'st. And he presented the burnt offermg, and of- fered it according to the ordinance. 17 And he presented the meal offering, and filled his hand therefrom, and burnt it upon the altar, besides the 18 burnt offering of the morning. He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was 11. 6. LEVITICUS. 83 1 Or. fire nigh 2 Some ancient versions render. Uncover not your heads. 3 Or. ;/esh>:!l for the people: and Aaron's sons de- livered luito him the blood, and he spriulded it upon the altar round 19 about, and the fat of the ox; and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kid- 20neys, and the caul of the liver: and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: 21 and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before 2'2 the Lord ; as Moses conunanded. And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them ; and he <"ame down from offering the sin ofifer- ing, and the burnt offering, and the 2.S peace offerings. And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people : and the glory of the Lord ajipeared unto 24 all the people. Arid there came forth fire from before the Lord, and con- sumed ujion the altar the burnt offermg and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces. 10 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire be- fore the Lord, which he had not com- 2 manded them. And there came forth fire from before the Lord, and de- voui'ed them, and they died before the 3 Lord. Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, say- ing, I will be sanctified in them that ^come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron 4 held his jjeace. And Moses called Mishael and Elzaj^han, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them. Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary 5 out of the camp. So they drew near, and carried them in theu' coats out of 6 the camp; as Moses had said. And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Elea- zar and luito Ithamar, his sons, ^Let not the hair of yoiu* heads go loose, neither rend your clothes ; that ye die not, and that he be not wroth with all the congregation : but let your breth- ren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the biu'nmg which the Lord hath 7 kindled. And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die : for the anointmg oil of the Lord is upon you. Aiid they did according to the word of Moses. 8 And the Lord siiake unto Aaron, say- 9ing, Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever 10 throughout your generations : and 8 that ye may put difference lietween the holy and the common, and between lithe unclean and the clean; and ''that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and un- to Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left. Take the meal offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar : for it is most 13 holy : and ye shall eat it in a holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the offerings of the Lord made 14 by fire : for so I am commanded. And the wave breast and the heave thigh shall ye eat in a clean place ; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee : for they are given as thy due, and thy sons' due, out of the sacrifices of the lieace offerings of the children of Is- 15rael. The heave thigh jind the wave breast shall they bring "with the offer- ings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offermg before the Lord : and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, as a due for ever; as the Lord hath commanded. 16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt : and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron 17 that were left, saying. Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering m the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he hath given it you *to bear the iniquity of the congrega- tion, to make atonement for them be- 18 fore the Lord ? Behold, the blood of it was not brought mto the sanctuary within : ye should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded. 19 And Aaron spake unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin oS'ering and their biu-nt off'ering before the Lord ; and there have befallen me such things as these : and if I had eaten the sm offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of the 20 Lord? And when Moses heard that, it was well-pleasmg in his sight. 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 2 to Aaron, saying imto them, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are 8 on the earth. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, a??a?5cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall 4 ye eat. Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that part the hoof : the camel, because he ^ cheweth the cud but j)art- eth not the hoof, he is unclean unto 5 you. And the ^ coney, because he s cheweth the cud but parteth not the G hoof, he is unclean unto you. And the hare, because she ^cheweth the cud *0r, to take away 5 Heb. hringeth up. 6 Heb. sha- plian, the //)/- raxSi/ri- acus or rock- badger. 84 LEVITICUS. 11. 6. i > Hel). bringeth i 2 Or, great vulture 3Heb. tahnias^ of un- certain meaninfr- «0r. swan 5 Or. iins •' Four idnds of locusts or grass- hoppers, which are not certainly known. but parteth not the hoof, she is un- 7 clean unto you. And the swine, be- cause he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but icheweth not the 8 cud, he is unclean unto you. Of theu- flesh ye shall not eat, and then- car- cases ye shall not touch ; they are un- clean unto you. 9 These shaU ye eat of all that are in the waters : whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and 10 in the rivers, them shall ye eat. And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are m the waters, they are an abomination unto you. Hand they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcases ye shall have in 12 abomination. YvTiatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination unto you. 13 And these ye shall have in abomina- tion among the fowls ; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the 2 eagle, and the gier eagle, and the 14ospray; and the kite, and the falcon 15 after its kind; every raven after its 16 kind; and the ostrich, and the ^ night hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk 17 after its kind; and the little owl, and 18 the cormorant, and the great owl ; and the ^horned owl, and the pehcan, and 19 the vulture; and the stoi'k, the ^ heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. "20 All winged creeping thmgs that go upon all four are an abomination 21 unto you. Yet these may ye eat of all ■RT-Uged creeping things that go upon aU four, which have legs above then- feet, to leap withal upon the earth; 22 even these of them ye may eat; the I" locust after its kind, and the 6 bald locust after its kind, and the " cricket after its kind, and the "grasshoiiper 23 after its kind. But aU winged creej)- ing things, which have four feet, are an abomination tmto you. 24 And by these ye shall become i;n- clean : whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the 25 even: and whosoever beareth anght of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 26 Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is imclean unto you : every one that toucheth them shall be un- 27 clean. And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all four, they are unclean unto you : who- so toucheth their carcase shall be un- 28 clean until the even. And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : they are unclean unto you. 29 And these are they which are unclean 44 45 unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth ; the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, and the ''gecko, and the 'land-crocodile, and the 'lizard, and the 7 sand-lizard, and the chameleon. These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep : whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be un- clean ; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skm, or sack, whatso- ever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean mitil the even ; then shall it be clean. And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be miclean, and it ye shall break. All food there- in which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every mich vessel shall be unclean. And every thing whereupon aivj part of their carcase falleth shaU be unclean ; whether oven, or •* range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces : they are un- clean, and shall be miclean unto you. Nevertheless a fountam or a "pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but i^that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. And if Might of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed wliich is to be sown, it is clean. But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcase fall thereon, it is unclean imto you. And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die ; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be un- clean matil the even : he also that bear- eth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be miclean until the even. And every creeping thing that creep- eth upon the earth is an abomination ; it shall not be eaten. Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat ; for they are an abomination. Ye shall not make yom'- selves abominable with any creeping thuig that creepeth, neither shall ye make yom-selves luiclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. For I am the Loud your God: sanctify yom'selves therefore, and be ye holy ; for I am holy : neither shall ye defile yoiu-selves with any maimer of creep- ing thing that moveth upon the earth. For I am the Lord that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 13. 23. LEVITICtJS. 85 lOr. separa- 46 This is tlie law of the beast, aud of the fowl, and of every living creatm-e that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the ■17 earth : to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the livhig thing that mny be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten. 12 And the Lonn sjiakc unto Moses, '2 saying, Speak imto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man child, then she shall be unclean seven days ; as in the daj's of the ^ impurity of her sickness 3 shall she be miclcau. And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin ■1 shall be circumcised. And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thii'ty days ; she shall touch no hallowed thing, uor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her puri- 5 fying be fulfilled. But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be imclean two weeks, as in her limiiurity: and ^ she shall contmue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daugh- ter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a yomig pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin of- fering, unto the door of the tent of 7 meetmg, unto the priest : and he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountam of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female. 8 And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle- doves, or two young pigeons ; the one for a bm-nt offering, and the other for a sin offering : and the ^Driest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean. 13 And the Loed spake unto Moses and "2 unto Aaron, sajTng, ^Vhen a man shall ha'se in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it be- come in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought imto Aaron the priest, or luito one of 3 his sons the priests : and the priest shall look on the plague m the skin of the flesh : and if the hair in the islague be turned white, and the apjiearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy : and the priest shall look on him, and pro- 4 nounce him unclean. And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the aiipearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not tui-ned white, then the priest shaU shut up him that hath the 5 league seven days : and the priest shall look on him the seventh Ap.y: and. behold, if in his eyes the jilague be at a stay, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the jniest shall shut Ghim up seven days more : and tlie priest shall look on hun again the seventh day : and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the i)riest shall pro- nounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 7 But if the scab spread abroad m the skin, after that he hath shewn himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall 8 shew himself to the j)riest agaui : and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him un- clean: it is leprosy. 9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought mito 10 the i^riest; and the jmest shall look, and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hau' white, and there be quick raw 11 flesh in the rising, it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall i^ronounce hun unclean : he shall not shut him up; for he is unclean. 1"2 And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover aU the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as ap- 13 iieareth to the in'iest ; then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pro- nounce him clean that hath the plague: 14 it is all turned white : he is clean. But whensoever raw flesh api^careth in 15 him, he shall be imclean. And the ' priest shaU look on the raw flesh, and pronoimce him miclean : the raw flesh 16 is unclean : it is leprosy. Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the 17 priest, and the jiriest shall look on him : and, behold, if the plague be turned uito white, then the priest shaU pronounce /uHt clean that hath the plague: he is clean. 18 And when the flesh hath in the skin 19 thereof a boil, and it is healed, and in the place of the boU there is a white risuig, or a bright spot, reddish- white, then it shall be shewed to the priest ; '20 and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be tm'ued white, then the priest shall pronomice him unclean : it is the T)lague of lein-osy, 21 it hath broken out in the boil. But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hau's therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the iiriest shall shut him up seven 22 days: and if it spi-ead abroad in the skm, then the priest shall pronounce 23 him unclean: it is a plague. But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boO.; 86 LEVITICUS. 13. 23. and the priest shall pronounce hmi clean. 24 Or when the flesh hath ui the skua thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burnmg become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white; 25 then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appear- ance thereof be deejjer than the skin ; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burnmg: and the priest shall pro- nounce him unclean : it is the plague 26 of leprosy. But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the skin, but be dim ; then the priest shall shut him up seven 27 days: and the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce htm unclean : it is the 28 plague of leprosy. And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean : for it is the scar of the burning. 29 And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the 30 beard, then the priest shall look on the plague : and, behold, if the apj)ear- ance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the i^riest shall pronounce htm unclean : it is a scaU, it is leprosy of 31 the head or of the beard. And it the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut uj) fdm that liath the plague 32 of the scall seven days : and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be m it no yellow hau', and the appearance of the scall 33 be not deeper than the skm, then he shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the piiest shall shut up liiiii that hath the scaU seven days 34 more: and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not .sj^read in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin ; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be 35 clean. But if the scall spread abroad 36 in the skin after his cleansing; then the priest shall look on him : and, be- liold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow 37 hair; he is miclean. But if in his eyes the scall be at a stay, and black hair be grown up therein ; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38 And when a man or a woman hath in the skin of their flesh bright spots, 39 even white bright spots; then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of then- flesh be of a dull white; it is a tetter, it hath broken out m the skin ; he is clean. 40 And if a man's hair be fallen off his 41 head, he is bald ; yet is he clean. And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald ; 42i/et is he clean. But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his 43 bald forehead. Then the priest shall look upon him: and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish- white in his bald head, or in his bald fore- head, as the appearance of leprosy in 44 the skin of the flesh ; he is a leprous man, he is miclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him xmclean; his l^lague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and ^the hau- of his head shall go loose, and he shail cover his upper lij), and shaU cry, Un- 46 clean, unclean. All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be un- clean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be. 47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a wooUen 48 garment, or a linen gannent ; whether it be in 2 warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen ; whether in a skin, or in any 49 thing made of skm; if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skm, or in the waii), or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be 50 shewed unto the in-iest : and the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up that which hath the plague seven 51 days: and he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the gai-ment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skm is used for; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it 52 is unclean. And he shall bm-n the gannent, whether the warp or the woof, ui woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the i^lague is : for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall 53 be bm'ut in the fii-e. And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not sjiread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or 54 in any thmg of skm; then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he 55 shall shut it up seven days more : and the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed : and, behold, if the Ijlague have not changed its colom% and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt bm"n it in the 14. 27. LEVITICUS. 87 1 Heb. whether it be baUi in the hciid thereof, or in the /oreheitU thoreo/. 2 Heb. iiuiny. lire: it is a fret, i whether the bare- 56ness be withm or without. And if the priest look, and, behold, the jjlague be dun after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or 57 out of the woof: and if it aj)pear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is breaking out: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. 58 And the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatsoever thmg of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, 59 and shall be clean. This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either iii the warj), or the woof, or any thing of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2sayu]g, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he 3 shall be brought unto the priest : and the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be 4 healed m the leper; then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean bii'ds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, 5 and hyssop : and the priest shall com- mand to kill one of the birds m an earthen vessel over ^ruuning water: 6 as for the living bu-d, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bu'd that was killed over the ^ruiming 7 water : and he shall sprinkle upon hmi that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall xjronounce hmi clean, and shall let go the living bird 8 into the open held. And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean : and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent 9 seven days. And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off : and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh 10 in water, and he shall be clean. And on the eighth day he shall take two he- lambs without blemish, and one ewe- lamb of the first year mthout blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled 11 with oil, and one log of oil. And the IDriest that cleanseth him shall set the man that is to be cleansed, and those things, before the Lord, at the door 12 of the tent of meeting : and the priest shall take one of the he-lanibs, and offer him for a guilt offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave 13 otiering before the Lord : and he shall kill the he-lamb in the jjlace where they kill the sin offering and the bui'iit offer- ing, in the place of the sanctuary : for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the guilt offering: it is most holy: 14 and the priest sliall take of the blood of the guilt offerhig, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and ui)on the thimib of his right hand, and ujiou the great toe of his i-ight 15 foot : and the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it uito the pahn 16 of his own left hand : and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger 17 seven times before the Lord : and of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the 18 guilt offering: and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall jjut upon the head of liun that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make atonement for hun before the Lord. 19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his micleanness; and afterward he shall 20 kill the biu-nt offering : and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal offering upon the altai : and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he sliall be clean. 21 And if he be jjoor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a guilt ofteruig to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine floiu" mmgled mth oil for a meal offermg, and a log 22 of oil; and two turtledoves, or two yomig pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offer- ing, and the other a bm'nt offermg. 23 And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleaiismg unto the priest, unto the door of the tent of meetmg, 24 before the Lord. And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before 25 the Lord : and he shaU kill the lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of hun that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: 26 and the priest shall pour of the oil into the jjalm of his own left hand: 27 and the priest shall sprinkle with his 88 LEVITICUS. 14. 27. right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the 28 Lord : and the priest shaU jrat of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of hun that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the 29 blood of the guilt offermg: and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall jiut upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord. 30 And he shall offer one of the turtle- doves, or of the young pigeons, such as 31 he is able to get ; even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offermg, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering : and the priest shall make atonement for hiai that is 32 to be cleansed before the Lord. This is the law of him in whom is the j)lague of leprosy, who is not able to get that tvhich pertaineth to his cleansing. 33 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 34mito Aaron, saymg. When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the l^lague of leprosy in a house of the 35 laud of your possession ; then he that owueth the house shall come and tell the priest, saymg, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the 36 house : and the priest shall command that they emjity the house, before the priest go in to see the plague, that all that is m the house be not made unclean : and afterward the x^riest shall 37 go in to see the house : and he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or red- dish, and the appearance thereof be 38 lower tliau the wall; then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house 39 seven days : and the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look : and, behold, if the x^lague be spread 40 iQ the walls of the house; then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean 41 place ■ndthout the city : and he shall cause the house to be scraped within rovmd about, and they shall iiour out the mortar that they scrape off without 42 the city into an unclean place: and they shall take other stones, and jmt them in the jilace of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and 43 shall plaister the house. And if tlie plague come again, and break out in the house, after tliat he hath taken out the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is 44 plaistered ; then the priest shall come in and look, and, behold, if the j)lague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. 45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house ; and he shall carry them forth out of the 46 city into an unclean place. Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean 47 until the even. And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes ; and he that eateth in the house shall wash 48 his clothes. And if the priest shaU come in, and look, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered; then the priest shall jjronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. 49 Aiid he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, 50 and hyssop: and he shall kill one of the bu'ds in an earthen vessel over 51 iruunmg water: and he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the livmg bird, and dip them in the blood of the slam bird, and in the ^ running water, and sprinkle 52 the house seven times: and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the i running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and 53 with the scarlet : but he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open field : so shall he make atonement for the house : and it shall be clean. 54 This is the law for all manner of 55 plague of leprosy, and for a scall ; and for the leprosy of a garment, and for 56 a house ; and for a rising, and for a 57 scab, and for a bright spot: to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean : this is the law of leprosj'. 15 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 2 to Aaron, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is miclean. 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stojiped from 4 his issue, it is his uncleanness. Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean : and every thing v;hereon he sitteth shall be unclean. 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be miclean until the even. 6 And he that sitteth on any thing where- on he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 7 and be unclean mitU the even. And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be 8 unclean until the even. And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean ; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be 16. 7. LEVITICUS. 89 3 Or, separa- tion 9 unclean until the even. And what 1 saddle soever lie that hath the issue lOrideth upon shall be unclean. And •whosoever toucheth any thuig that was under him shall he unclean until the even: and he that hearoth those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean llmitil the even. And whomsoever he that hath the issue toucheth, without havmg ruised his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe him- self in water, and be unclean until the 12 even. And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken : and every vessel of wood 13 shall be rinsed in water. And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleausmg, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in '^rmining water, and 14 shall be clean. And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle- doves, or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord unto the door of the tent of meeting, and give 15 them mito the priest: and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sm offering, and the other for a burnt oiiering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Loed for his issue. 16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh m water, and be unclean 17 until the even. And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, 18 and be miclean until the even. The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. 19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her simpm-ity seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be 20 miclean until the even. And every thing that she lieth upon in her ^ im- purity shall be imclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be 21 miclean. And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean 22 until the even. And whosoever touch- eth any thmg that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean mitil 23 the even. And if it be on the bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean 24 until the even. And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days ; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. 25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days not in the tune of her impurity, or if she have an issue beyond the time of her impurity; all the days of the issue of her uiicleainiess she shall bo as in the days of her 20 impurity : she is unclean. Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impm-ity : and every thing whereon she sitteth shall ))e miclean, as the 27uncleanness of her impurity. And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be 28 miclean until the even. But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, 29 and after that she shall be clean. And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two tm-tledoves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the jiriest, to the door of the tent of meeting. 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offermg, and the other for a burnt offering; and the jjriest shall make atonement for her before the Lord foi' the issue of her uncleaimess. 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleauness ; that they die not in their micleamiess, when they defile my tabernacle that is in the midst of them. 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him Avhose seed of cop- ulation goeth from him, so that he is 33 unclean thereby; and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of him that hath an issue, of tlie man, and of the woman, and of him that heth with her that is miclean. 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before 2 the Lord, and died; and the Lord said mito Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy- 3 seat. Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place : with a young bullock for a sin offermg, and a ram for a 4 burnt offering. He shall put on the holy Imen coat, and he shall have the luien breeches upon his flesh, and shall be gkded with the linen girdle, and with the linen ''mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and jiut 5 them on. And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sui offering, and one 6 ram for a burnt offering. And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin of- fering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his 7 house. And he shall take the two goats, and set them before the Lord at the <0r. tuyban 90 LEVITICUS. 16. 7. 1 Or. dis- missal -Or, over 8 door of the tent of meeting. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats ; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for 9 1 Azazel. And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for the Lord, and offer him for a sin offering. 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before the LoED, to make atonement '-^for him, to send htm away for Azazel into the 11 wilderness. And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kni the bullock of the sin offer- 12 ing which is for himself : and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it ^\ithin the veil: 13 and he shall put the incense upon the fii'e before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he 14 die not : and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat on the east; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood A\'ith his 15 finger seven times. Then shall he kUl the goat of the sm offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood withia the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull- ock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy- 16 seat, and before the mercy-seat: and he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all then- sins: and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth with them in the midst of their uncleannesses. 17 And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goeth in to make atonement in the holy place, im- tU he come out, and have made atone- ment for himself, and for his household, 18 and for all the assembly of Israel. And lie shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make atone- ment for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns 19 of the altar round about. And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of 20 the children of Israel. And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meetmg, and the altar, he shaU present the 21 live goat : and Aaron shaU lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the uiiquities of the chUdren of Israel, and aU their transgressions, even all their sins ; and he shall put them ui)on the head of the goat, and shall send hun away by the hand of a man ^that is in readiness 22 into the wilderness : and the goat shall bear upon him aU their iniquities unto a soUtary land: and he shall let go 23 the goat in the wilderness. And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the Imen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them 24 there : and he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for 25hunseli and for the people. And the fat of the sin off'ermg shall he burn 26 upon the altar. And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the 27 camp. And the buUock of the sin offer- ing, and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought m to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth without the camp; and they shall bm-n in the fii-e their skins, 28 and their flesh, and their dung. And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. 29 And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall af- flict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the homeborn, or the stranger 30 that sojourneth among you: for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from aU yom- sins shall ye be clean before the Lord. 31 It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls ; it 32 is a statute for ever. And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father's stead, shall make the atone- ment, and shall put on the linen gar- 33ments, even the holy garments: and he shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atone- ment for the tent of meetuig and for the altar ; and he shall make atone- ment for the pi-iests and for aU the 34 jieople of the assembly. And this shaU be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the chddi-en of Israel because of all then- sins once in the year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses. IT And the Lord spake mi to Moses, 2 saying. Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and imto all the children of Israel, and say unto them ; This is the thuig which the Lord hath com- 3manded, saying. What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that kiUeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that kUleth it without the 18. 22. LEVITICUS. 91 4 camji, and hath not brouglit it unto the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as an oblation unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lohu: blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall 5 be cut off from among hi.s people: to the end that the children of Israel may bruig their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings mito the 6 Lord. Aiid the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the tent of meeting, and bm-u the fat for a sweet savour 7 unto the Lord. And thej' shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the i he- goats, after whom they go a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever uuto them throughout then- generations. ■S Arid thou shaft say uuto them, What- soever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that off ere th a 9 burnt offering or sacrifice, and brmg- «th it not rmto the door of the tent of meeting, to sacrifice it unto the Lord ; even that man shall be cut off from his people. 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood; I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and wiU cut him off from among 11 his people. For the ^life of the flesh is in the blood : and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for yom- souls : for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the 12 2 life. Therefore I said uuto the child- ren of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojomnieth among you eat blood. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojomoi among them, which tak- eth in hmiting any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall jiour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is all one with the life thereof: therefore I said mito the chUdi-en of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the Life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever 15 eateth it shaU be cut off. And every soul that eateth ^that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be homeborn or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and Ije unclean until the even: then shall he 16 be clean. But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity. 18 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- '2 ing, Sjjeak mito the children of Israel, and say uuto them, I am the Lord your 3 God. After the douigs of the land of Egypt, wherein j'e dwelt, shall ye not do : and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do : neither shall ye walk in then- 4 statutes. Mj^ judgements shall ye do, and my statutes shaU ye keep, to walk 5 therein : I am the Lord your God. Ye shall therefore keeij my statutes, and my judgements: which if a man do, he shall live *in them: I am the Lord. 6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover 7 their nakedness: I am the Lord. The nakedness of thy father, even t)ie na- kedness of thy mother, shaft thou not imcover : she is thy mother ; thou shalt 8 not inicover her nakedness. The naked- ness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's uaked- 9 ness. The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, tixen then- nakedness 10 thou shalt not micover. The naked- ness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even then- naked- ness thou shalt not uncover : for theirs 11 is thine own nakedness. The naked- ness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister : she is thj father's 13 near kinswoman. Thou shalt not un- cover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near 14 kinswoman. Thou shalt not micover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife : she 15 is thine aunt. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law : she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not 16 uncover her nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakeibiess of thy bro- ther's wife: it is thy brother's naked- 17 ness. Thou shalt not micover the na- kedness of a woman and her daughter ; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kias- 18 women : it is ° wickedness. And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other m her life 19 time. And thou shalt not apiiroach unto a woman to vmcover her naked- ness, as long as she is 'Jimpiu-e by her 20 uncleanness. And thou shalt not Me carnally with thy neighbour's wife, 21 to delile thj'self with her. And thou shalt not give any of thy seed 'to make them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Loud. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as ■1 Or, bi/ 5 Or, enorm- ity 6 Or, separ- ated for 7 Or, to set them apart to MolecJi 92 LEVITICUS. 18. 22. iHeb. things of 7iought. See Jer. xiv. 14, with womankind: it is abomination. 23 And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie do^v^l thereto: it is confusion. 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the na- tions are defiled which I cast out from 25 before you : and the land is defiled : therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof iipon it, and the land vomiteth out her 26 inhabitants. Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and my judgements, and shaU not do any of these abomina- tions; neither the homeborn, nor the stranger that sojoui-neth among you: 27 (for aU these abominations have the men of the land done, which were be- 28 fore you, and the land is defiled;) that the land vomit not j-ou out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the na- 29tion that was before you. For who- soever shall do any of these abomin- ations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their 30 people. Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye do not any of these abommable customs, which were done before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein : I am the Lord your God. 19 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 2ing, Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them. Ye shall be holy : for I the Lord 3 your God am holy. Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my sabbaths : I am the 4 Lord yom- God. Tm-n ye not unto 1 idols, nor make to yourselves molten 5 gods : I am the Lord your God. And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace offer- ings mito the Lord, ye shall offer it 6 that ye may be accepted. It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain untn the third day, it shall be burnt 7 with fire. And if it be eaten at all on the thu*d day, it is an abomination ; it 8 shall not be accepted: but every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of the Lord : and that soul shall be cut off from his peoj^le. 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy har- 10 vest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the Lord your 11 God. Ye shall not steal ; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, so that thou profane the name 13 of thy God: I am the Lord. Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob hini: the wages of a hired serv- ant shall not abide with thee all night 14imtil the morning. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling- block before the blind, but thou shalt 15 fear thy God : I am the Lord. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judge- ment : thou shalt not respect the per- son of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness 16 shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale- bearer aruoiig thy people : neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy 17 neighbour- : I am the Lord. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart : thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour, and not bear sin because of 18 him. Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the child- ren of thy iieople, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the 19 Lord. Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind : thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed : neither shall there come ui^on thee a garment of two kmds of stuff mingled 20 together. And whosoever Ueth carn- ally with a woman, that is a bond- maid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; ^they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she 21 was not free. And he shall bring his guilt offering unto the Lord, mito the door of the tent of meeting, even a 22 ram for a guilt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering be- fore the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned : and he shall be forgiven 23 for his sin which he hath sinned. And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as their imcircumcision : three years shall they be as micircum- cised unto you; it shall not be eaten. 24 But in the foiu'th year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise 25 unto the Lord. And m the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield mito you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God. 26 Ye shall not eat any thmg with the blood: neither shall ye use enchant- 27 ments, nor practise augury. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of 28 thy beard. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor prmt any marks upon you: I am the 29 Lord. Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot ; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become fuU 30 of '^ wickedness. Ye shall keep my sab- baths, and reverence my sanctuary : I 20. 26. LEVITICUS. 93 31 am the Lokd. Tm-n ye not unto tliem that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards ; seek them not out, to be delilecl by them : I am the Loud your 32 God. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God : 331 am the Lord. And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall 34 not do him wrong. The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be un- to you as the homeborn among you, and thou shalt love bun as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of 35 Egypt: I am the Lord your God. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judge- ment, in meteyard, in weight, or in 36 measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just bin, shall ye have : I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 And ye shall observe aU my statutes, and aU my judgements, and do them: I am the Lord. 20 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 saying. Moreover, thou shalt say to the chUdi-en of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech ; he shall sui-ely be put to death : the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 31 also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanc- tuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide then* eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, 5 and put him not to death : then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from G among their people. And the soul that turneth unto them that have famihar spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a whoring after them, I wOl even set my face against that soul, and will cut him 7 off from among his people. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy : 8 for I am the Lord your God. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you. 9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shaU surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon 10 him. And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbom-'s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath imcovered his father's naked- ness : both of them shaU surely be put to death ; their blood shall be upon 12 them. And if a man lie with his daugh- ter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion | their blood shall be uj)- 13 on them. And if a man lie with man- kind, as with womankind, both of them have conuuitted abomination : they shall surely be put to death ; then' 14 blood shall be upon them. And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is 1 wickedness : they shall be burnt with fu-e, both he and they; that there be 15 no wickedness among you. And if a man lie with a beast, he shall sm'ely be put to death : and ye shall slay the 16 beast. And if a woman aiiproach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall sm-ely be put to death ; their 17 blood shall be upon them. And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness ; it is a shameful thing ; and they shall be cut off' in the sight of the children of their people: he hath luicovered his sister's nakedness ; he 18 shall bear his iniquity. And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her naked- ness ; he hath made naked her fount- ain, and she hath uncovered the fount- ain of her blood : and both of them shall be cut off from among their peo- 19 pie. And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he hath made naked his near kin: they shall 20 bear then- iniquity. And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness : they shall bear their sin ; they shall die 21 childless. And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is tmpm'ity : he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. 22 Ye shall therefore keep aU my stat- utes, and all my judgements, and do them : that the land, whither I bring you to dweU therein, vomit you not 23 out. And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you : for they did aU these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 24 But I have said unto you. Ye shall inherit theu' land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey : I am the Lord your God, which have se^jarated you 25 from the peoples. Ye shall therefore separate between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean : and ye shall not make yoiu- souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any thing wherewith the ground ^teemeth, which I have 26 separated from you as unclean. And ye shall be holy unto me : for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that ye should be mine. 'Or. fnorin- ill/ 2Heb. crecpeth. 94 LEVITICUS. 20. 27. lOr, asrt- Jtimbantf. The Sept. lias, on a sudden. I 2 Or. polluted 3Heb. whose ' hand is filled. 4 Or. con- seera- iion 6 Or, tlit 27 A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall sui-ely be put to death : they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. 21 And the Loed said imto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them. There shall none defile hhnself for the dead among his 2 people; except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his S daughter, and for his brother ; and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, which hath had no husband, for 4 her may he delile himself. He shall not delile himself, '^heing a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make 6 any cuttings in their flesh. They shall bo" holy unto their God, and not pro- fane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Loed made by tu-e, the bread of then- God, they do offer: 7 therefore they shall be holy. They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or 2 profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband : for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify liim therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God : he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy. 9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. 10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the an- ointmg oil is pom-ed, and ^that is con- secrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, 11 nor rend his clothes ; neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile him- self for his father, or for his mother ; 12 neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God ; for the * crown of the anomting oil of his God is upon him : I am the Lord. 13 And he shall take a wife in her vii-- 14 ginity. A widow, or one divorced, or a 2 profane woman, an harlot, these shall he not take : but a virgin of his 15 own people shall he take to wife. And he shall not profane his seed among his people : for I am the Lord which sanctify him. 16 And tiae Loed spake unto Moses, say- 17 ing. Speak unto Aaron, saying. Who- soever he be of thy seed thi-oughout their generations that hath a blem- ish, let him not approach to offer the 18 bread of his God. For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blmd man, or a lame, or he that hath a ^flat nose, or 19 any thing .superfluous, or a man that 20 is brokenfooted, or hrokenhanded, or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemisli in his eye, or is scur\'y, or 21 scabbed, or hath his stones broken ; no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the ofl'eriugs of the Loed made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his 22 God. He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the 23 holy. Only he shall not go m unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries : for I am 24 the Loed v%'hich sanctify them. So Moses spake unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto aU the children of Israel. 22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Speak unto Aaron and to liis sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, afld that they profane not my holy 3 name: I am the Lord. Say imto them. Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that ap- proacheth mito the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness ujion hun, that soul shall he cut off from 4 before me: I am the Loed. What man soever of the seed of Aai-on is a leper, or hath an issue; he shaU not eat of the holy thuigs, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth 6 any thmg that is imclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goetli from him; 5 or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made un- clean, or a man of whom he may take tmcleanness, whatsoever miclean- 6ness he hath; the soul which toiTch- eth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in 7 water. And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and aftei-ward he shall eat of the holy things, because Sit is his bread. That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat to defile hunself therewith: I am 9 the Loed. They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sm for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am the Lord which sanctify them. 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojom-ner of the priest's, or an lined seiwant, shall not eat of lithe holy thuig. But if a priest buy any soiil, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it ; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of liis bread. 12 And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of | the heave offeiing of the holy things. 13 But if a priest's daughter be a widow, 6 Or, any on& 23. 16. LEVITICUS. 95 'Or, make a special vow 2 Or. sores 3 Or, sacrifice them or divorced, and have no child, and is ]-eturned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's hread: but there shall no 14 stranger eat thereof. And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the tifth part tliereof unto it. and shall give unto the priest the If) holy tiling. And they sliaU not pro- fane the holy things of the children of Israel, wliich they offer luito the Lord; 16 and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brmgeth guilt, when they eat their holy things : for I am the Lokd which sanctify them. 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 18 saying, Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and mito aU the children of Is- rael, and say imto them, Whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that offereth his oblation, whether it be any of then- vows, or any of their frecwiU offerings, which they offer unto the Lord for a 19 bm-nt offering; that ye may be accepted, 'ye shall offer a male without blemish, "of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the 20 goats. But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer : for it shall not 21 be acceptable for you. And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to ^accomphsh a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish 22 therein. Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having ^ a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these imto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them 23 upon the altar unto the Lord. Either a buUock or a lamb that hath any thmg superfluous or lacking in his parts, that maj^est thou ofl'er for a freewill offering; but for a vow it 24 shall not be accepted. That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shaU not offer unto the Lord ; neither shall ye ^do lb thus in your land. Neither from the liand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because then- corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them : they shall not be accepted for you. 26 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 27 saying, When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fu'e unto the 28 Lord. And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kiU it and her young both 29 in one day. And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving mitothe Lord, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be ac- 30 cepted. On the same day it shall be eaten; ye shall leave none of it mitil 31 the morning : I am the Lord. There- fore sliaU ye keep my commandments, .32 and do them: I am the Lord. And ye shall not jn-ofane my lioly naihc; but I will be liallowed among the; children of Israel: I am the Lord 33 wliich hallow you, that brought you out of tlie land of Egj-pt, to be yoiu- God : I am the Lord. 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 2 ing, Sj)eak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. The ''set feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are 3 my set feasts. Six days shall woi-k be done : but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, an holy con- vocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto the Lord in all yom- dweUings. 4 These are the set feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall 5 proclaim in theu- appointed season . In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month *at even, is the Lord's 6passover. Aiid on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of un- leavened bread mito the Lord: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. 7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no "'sei'vile 8 work. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. 9 And the Lord spa,ke unto Moses, say- 10 ing. Speak imto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give mito you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the 11 priest: and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you : on the morrow after the sabbath 12 the priest sliaU wave it. And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering mito the 13 Lord. And the meal offermg thereof shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an oft'er- mg made by fh-e unto the Lord for a sweet savour : and the drmk offering thereof shall be of wine, the fom-th 14prirt of an hin. And ye shall eat nei- ther bread, nor parched corn, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of yom- God : it is a statute for ever throughout yom- generations in all your dwellings. 15 And ye shall count imto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering ; seven sabbaths 16 shall there be complete : even unto the morrow after the seventh sab- bath shall ye number fifty days ; and i Or, ap- pointed seasons 5 Heb. between the two evenings. 6 Heb. work of labour. 96 LEVITICUS. 23. 16. / ye shall offer a new meal offering unto 17 the LoED. Ye shall brmg out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth imrts of an ephah; they shall he of fine flour, they shall he haken with leaven, for firstfruits unto the Lord. 18 And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams ; they shall be a burnt oiieriug unto the Lord, with then- meal offer- ing, and their drmk offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet 19 savour unto the Loed. Arid ye shall offer one he-goat for a sin offermg, and two he-lambs of the first year 20 for a sacrifice of peace offerings. And the iH'iest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Loed, with the two lambs : they shall be holy to the 21 Loed for the priest. And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day ; there shall be an holy convoca- tion unto you: ye shall do no servile work ; it is a statute for ever m all j'oui- dwellmgs throughout your gener- ations. 22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanmg of thy har- vest : thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the stranger; I am the Loed yoiu- God. 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 24 mg. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the mouth, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial of blowing 25 of trumijets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work -, and ye shall offer an offering made by fii-e unto the Loed, 26 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 27 saying, Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be an holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the 28 Loed. And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make atone- ment for you before the Loed your 29 God. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people. 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from 31 among his people. Ye shall do no manner of work ; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations m all 32 your dwellings. It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls : in the nuith day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath. 33 And the Loed spake unto Moses, 34saymg, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of 1 tabernacles for seven days unto 35 the Loed. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do uo 36servUe work. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Loed: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you ; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a 2 solemn as- sembly ; ye shaU do no servile work. 37 These are the set feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Loed, a bm-nt offer- ing, and a meal offermg, a sacrifice, and drink offeriags, each on its own 38 day : beside the sabbaths of the Loed, and beside your gifts, and beside aU your vows, and beside aU your free- wUl offermgs, which ye give imto the Loed. 39 Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gather- ed in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of the Lord seven days : on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day 40 shall be a solemn rest. And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of pahn trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice be- fore the Lord your God seven days. 41 And ye shall keej) it a feast mito the Loed seven days in the year: it is a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall keep it in the seventh month. 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are homeborn in Israel shall 43 dwell in booths : that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the Loed yom- God. 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the set feasts of the Lokd. 24 3 And the Loed spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Command the children of Israel, that they brmg unto thee i)ure olive oil beaten for the light, ^to cause 3 a lamj) to burn continually. With- out the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meetmg, shall Aaron order it from evening to morning before the Loed continually ; it shall be a statute for ever thi'oughout your generations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Loed con- tinually. 5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them ui ^two 25. 19. LEVITICUS. 97 Mir, 2 Or. from rows, six on a row, upon the pure table 7 before the Lord. And thou nhalt put pure frankmcense upon each ^row, that it may be to the bread for a me- morial, even an offering made by lire 8mito the Lokd. Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the Lord continually; it is ^on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlast- 9hig covenant. And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place : for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute. 10 And the son of an Israehtish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp ; 11 and the son of the Israehtish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed: and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of 12 Dan. And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the moutli of the Lord. 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 14 saying, Brhig forth him that hath cm-sed without the camp ; and let all that heard hun lay then- hands upon his head, and let all the congi-egatiou 15 stone him. And thou shalt speak mito the children of Israel, sayuig, Whoso- ever curseth his God shaU. bear his 16 sin. And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him : as well the stranger, as the homeborn, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, 17 shall be put to death. And he that smiteth any man mortally shall sui'ely 18 be put to death; and he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: 19 life for life. And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour ; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him ; '20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth : as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto 21 hun. And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a .22 man shall be put to death. Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for the homeborn : for 23 1 am the Lord your God. And Moses spake to the children of Israel, and they brought forth him that had cui'sed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses. 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses in 2 mount Sinai, saying, Speak unto the childi'en of Israel, and say unto them. When ye come into the land which I give j'ou, then shall the land keep a 3 sabbath unto the Lord. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prmie thy vineyard, and 4 gather in the fruits thereof; but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the Lord : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vmeyard. 5 That which groweth of itseK of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of tliy undressed vine thou shalt not gather : it shall be a year of 6 solemn rest for the land. Aid the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you ; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hh'ed servant and for thy stranger that so- 7journ with thee; and for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food. 8 And thou shalt number seven sab- baths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atone- ment shall ye send abroad the trumpet 10 throughout aU your land. And ye shall haUow the fiftieth year, and pro- claim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof : it shall be a jubile unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall retm-n every man unto his family. 11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither rea]) that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the 12 undressed vmes. For it is a jubile ; it shall be holy imto you : ye shall eat the mcrease thereof out of the field. 13 In this year of jubile ye shall return 14 every man unto his possession. And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye 15 shall not wrong one another : accord- ing to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neigh- bour, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto 16 thee. According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it ; for the nmnber of the 17 crops doth he sell unto thee. And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am 18 the Lord yom* God. Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgements and do them; and ye shall 19 dwell in the land in safety. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in 98 LEVITICUS. 15. 19. 'Or, a 7nan redeem from the Levites 2 Or, after the Vulgate, redeein iiot 3 Or, pasture land8 J Or. relieve 20 safety. And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our Ln- 21 crease : then I wUl command my bless- mg upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three 22 years. And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; luitil the ninth year, until her fruits come in, ye shall eat the old 23 store. And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners 24. with me. And in all the laud of yoiu- possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next imto him come, and shall redeem that which his 26 brother hath sold. And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxen rich and find sufficient to redeem it; 27 then let him comit the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it ; and he shall return unto his possession. 28 But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain iu the hand of htm that hath bought it untU the year of jubUe: and in the jubUe it shall go out, and he shall retm-n unto his pos- session. 29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it ■wfithin a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right 30 of redemption. And if it be not re- deemed withiu the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sm-e in pei-petuity to him that bought it, throughout his generations : it shall not go out in the 31 jubUe. But the houses of the villages which have no wall roiuid about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubUe. 32 Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their pos- session, may the Levites redeem at 33 any time. And if lone of the Levites ^redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubUe: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their pos- session among the children of Israel. 34 But the field of the ^ suburbs of their cities may not be sold ; for it is then* perpetual possession. 35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his hand f aU with thee ; then thou shalt * uphold him: as a stranger and a sojoui'uer shall he live with thee. 36 Take thou no usury of him or uicrease ; but fear thy God : that thy brother may 37 live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money iipon usirry , nor give him thy 38 victuals for increase. I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God. 39 And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and seU himself unto thee ; thou shalt not make htm to serve as a 40 bondservant : as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year 41 of jubtle: then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with htm, and shall return unto his own family, and uuto the possession of his fathers shall 42 he retm-n. For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as 43bondnien. Thou shalt not rule over htm with rigour; but shalt fear thy 44 God. And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have ; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen 45 and bondmaids. Moreover of the child- ren of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of theii- families that are with you, which they have begotten ta your land : and they shall be your possession. 46 And ye shall make them an inheritance for your chUdren after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the cMldi-eu of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour. 47 And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxen rich, and thy brother be waxen poor beside htm, and sell himself unto the stranger or- sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the strang- 48er's family: after that he is sold he may be redeemed ; one of his brethren 49 may redeem htm : or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem htm, or any that is nigh of kin mito him of his fam- ily may redeem htm ; or if he be waxen 50 rich, he may redeem himself. And he shall reckon with htm that bought him from the j'ear that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubUe: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years ; according to the time of an hired servant shall 51 he be with him. If there be yet many years, accordmg mito them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought 52 for. And if there remain but few 5'ears unto the year of jubtle, then he shall reckon with htm ; according unto his years shall he give back the i)rice 53 of his redemption. As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him : he shall not rule with rigour over htm in 54 thy sight. And tf he be not redeemed ^by these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, he, and his 55 children with him. For iinto me tlie 5 Or. in the^e years 26. 37. LEVITICUS. 99 cliilclren of Israel are servants; they are my servants wlioin I brought forth out of the laud of Egypt: I am the Loud your God. 26 Ye sluill make you no i idols, nei- ther shall ye rear you up a gi-aven image, or ^a pillar, ueitlier shall ye place any figured stone ui your laud, to bow down » unto it : for I am the 2 Lord your God. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep 4 my coumiaudments, and do them ; then I will give your rains in then- season, and the land shall yield her uicrease, and the trees of the field shall jdeld 5 then- fruit. Aiid your threshuig shall reach unto the vintage, and the vint- age shall reach unto the sowing time : and ye shall eat yom- bread to the full, and dwell in your laud safely. 6 And I will give peace iu the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil lieasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they 'shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase an himdred, and an himdred of you shall chase ten thousand : and yom- enemies shall fall 9 before you by the sword. And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you; and will 10 establish my covenant with you. And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bruig forth the old * because of 11 the new. And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not 12 abhor you. And I wiU walk among you, and will be yoiu' God, and ye 13 shall be my people. I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egyi^t, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if yom- soul abhor my judgements, so that ye will not do all my commandments, 16 but break my covenant ; I also will do this unto you; I wiU appoint terror over you, even consimiption and fever, that shall consiuue the eyes, and make the soul to pine away : and ye shall sow your seed iu vain, for your enemies 17 shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall 18 tiee when none pursue th you. And if ye will not yet for these things heark- en unto me, then I will chastise you 19 seven times more for yom* sins. And I will break the pride of your i>ower; and I will make your heaven as 20 iron, and your earth as brass: and your strength shall be spent in vain : for your land shall not yield her in- crease, neither shall the trees of the 21 land yield their fruit. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to 22 your sins. And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few ui number ; and yom' ways shall become 23 desolate. And if by these things ye will not be reformed ^unto me, but 24 will walk contrary unto me ; then will I also walk contrary mito you ; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for 25 yom' sins. And I will bring a sword uijon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you ; and ye shall be delivered 26 into the hand of the enemy. When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight : and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me ; 28 then I wOl walk contrary unto you in fm-y; arid I also will chastise you 29 seven tunes for your sins. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye 30 eat. And I wiU destroy yom- high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your carcases upon the car- cases of your idols ; and my soul shall 31 abhor you. And I will make yom* cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savom- of your sweet 32 odours. And I will brmg the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you : and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a 34 waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it Ueth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land ; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her 35 sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest ; even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye 36 dwelt upon it. And as for them that are left of you, I Tvill send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword ; and they shall fall when none pm-sueth. 37 And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, ■' Or, 6.V 100 LEVITICUS. 26. 37. 1 Or, make a special vow 2 Or, ac- cording to thy estima- tion of persmis unto the Lord, then thy estima- tion &c. when none pursuetli: and ye shall have no power to stand before your 38 enemies. And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your ene- 39 mies shall eat you up. And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands ; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with 40 them. And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that because they have walked contrary 41 unto me, I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies : if then their rmcir- cumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their 42 iniquity ; then will I remember my covenant with Jacob ; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant ■with Abraham will I remem- ber; and I wiU remember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, whUe she lieth desolate without them; and they shall accejit of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even be- cause they rejected my judgements, and their soul abhon-ed my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither wiU I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the 45 Lord their God: but I will for then- sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be theii' God : I am the Lord. 46 These are the statutes and judge- ments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Is- rael in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses, 27 And the Lord spake unto Moses, '2 saying. Speak imto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them. When a man shall 1 accomplish a vow, 2 the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estima- Stion. And thy estimation sllaU be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estima- tion shall be fifty shekels of sUver, 4 after the shekel of the sanctuary. And if it be a female, then thy estima- 5tion shall be thirty shekels. And if it be from five years old even mito twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, 6 and for the female ten shekels. And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estima- tion shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if it be from sixty years old and upward ; if it be a male, then thy estim- ation shall be fifteen shekels, and for 8 tlie female ten shekels. But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto the Lord, aU that any man giveth of such unto the 10 Lord shall be holy. He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good : and if he shall at aU change beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is changed shall 11 be holy. And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an oblation unto the Lord, then he shall 12 set the beast before the priest: and the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad : as thou the priest vainest 13 it, so shall it be. But if he wiU indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. 14 And when a man shall sanctify Ms house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall esttaiate it, whether it be good or bad : as the priest shall 15 estimate it, so shall it stand. And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation imto it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord part of the field of his posses- sion, then thy estimation shall be ac- cording to the sowing thereof: the sowing of a homer of barley shall he 11 valued at fifty shekels of silver. If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it 18 shall stand. But if he sanctify liis field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money ac- cording to the years that remain imto the year of jubile, and an abatement shall be made from thy estimation. 19 And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be 20 assured to him. And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be 21 redeemed any more : but the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field de- voted ; the possession thereof shall be 22 the priest's. And if he sanctify mito the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his pos- 23 session; then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation unto the year of jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as 24 a holy thing unto the Lord. In the year of jubile the field shi^U return 1. 25. NUMBERS. 101 1 In ch. ii. 14, 2 Or, families vmto him of whom it was bought, even to hmi to whom tlie possession of the 25 land belongetb. And all thy estima- tions shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary : twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. 26 Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to the Lord, no man shall sanctify it; whether it l)e ox or 27 sheep, it is the Lord's. Aiid if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ran- som it according to thine estLination, and shall add luito it the fifth part thereof : or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estim- ation. •28 Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed : every de- voted thing is most holy unto the 29 Loud. None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, sliall be ransomed ; he shall surely be i)ut to death. 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy 31 unto the Lord. And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add 32 unto it the fifth part thereof. And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the 33 tenth shall be holy luito the Lord. He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then ))oth it and that for which it is changed shall be holy ; it shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the commandments, which the Lord conmianded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED NUMBERS. 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, m the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, 2 saying. Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by then- fathers' houses, according to the number of the 3 names, every male, by then- polls ; from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by then- 4 hosts. And with you there shaU be a man of every tribe ; every one head of 5 his fathers' house. And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you : of Keuben ; EUzur the son of 6 Shedeur. Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the 7 son of Zm'ishaddai. Of Judah ; Nah- 8 shon the sou of Ammuiadab. Of Issa- 9 char ; Nethanel the son of Zuar. Of 10 Zebulun ; Eliab the sou of Helon. Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; EUshama the son of Ammihud : of Manasseh ; Gamaliel the son of Pedah- llzur. Of IBenjamm; Abidan the son 12 of Gideoni. Of Dan ; Ahiezer the son 13 of Ammishaddai. Of Asher; Pagiel 14 the son of Ochran. Of Gad ; Eliasaph 15 the son of i Deuel. Of Naphtali; Ahu-a 16 the sou of Enan. These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers ; they were the heads of the ^ thousands 17 of Israel. And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by 18 name : and they assembled all the congi-egation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after theii' families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years 19 old and upward, by their polls. As the Lord commanded Moses, so he num- bered them in the ■wilderness of Suiai. 20 And the children of Eeuben, Israel's firstborn, then- generations, by theu- famiUes, by then* fathers' houses, ac- cordmg to the nmnber of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were 21 able to go forth to war ; those that were nmnbered of them, of the tribe of Eeuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 22 Of the chikb'en of Simeon, theu* generations, by theii- families, by their fathers' houses, those that were num- bered thereof, according to the nmnber of the names, by their poUs, every male from twenty years old and upward, all 23 that were able to go forth to war ; those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fiity and nine thousand and three hundred. 24 Of the children of Gad, their genera- tions, by their families, by their fathers' houses, accordmg to the nmnber of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth 25 to war; those that were nmnbered of 102 NUMBEES. 1. 25. them, of tlie tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. '26 Of the childi-en of Judah, their generations, by their famihes, by their fathers' houses, according to the num- ber of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to 27 go forth to war; those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 28 Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by then- fathers' houses, according to the num- ber of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to 29 go forth to war ; those that were num- bered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and fom- hundi-ed. 30 Of the children of Zebidun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the num- ber of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to 31 go forth to war ; those that were num- bered of them, of the trilie of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, then- genera- tions, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and uj)- ward, all that were able to go forth to 33 war; those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephi-aim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 34 Of the childi-en of Manasseh, their generations, by theii* famihes, by their fathers' houses, according to the num- ber of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to 35 go forth to war ; those that were num- bered of them, of the tribe of Manas- seh, were thu'ty and two thousand and two hundi'ed. 36 Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the ntmi- ber of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to 37 go forth to war ; those that were num- bered of them, of the tribe of Ben- jamm, were thirty and five thousand and four hundi'ed. 38 Of the children of Dan, their gen- erations, by their famihes, by their fathers' houses, according to the num- ber of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to 39 go forth to war ; those that were num- bered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were tlu-eescore and tv/o thousand and seven hundred. 40 Of the children of Asher, their gener- ations, by their famihes, by their fa- thers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 41 forth to war; those that were num- bered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 42 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their f nmilies, by their fathers' houses, according to the num- ber of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to 43 go forth to war ; those that were mmi- bered of them, of the tribe of Naph- tali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundi'ed. 44 These are they that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron nmnbered, and the prmces of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fa- 45 thers' house. So all they that were numbered of the cliildren of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to 46 go forth to war in Israel ; even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and thi-ee thousand and five hundred and fifty. 47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered a- 48 mong them. For the Loed spake unto 49 Moses, saymg. Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the smn of them among the 50childi'en of Israel: but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furnitm'e thereof, and over all that belongeth to it : they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the fm-nitm'e thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall en- 51 camp round about the tabernacle. And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shaU take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put 52 to death. And the chUdren of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their 53 hosts. But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of the test- imony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel : and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the test- 54unony. Thus did the children of Is- rael; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 2 And the Lord spake mito Moses 2 and unto Aaron, saying. The children of Israel shall jiitch every man by his own standard, -with the ensigns of their fathers' houses : over against the tent of meeting shall they pitch 3 round about. And those that pitch on the east side toward the smirising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their 3. 7. NUMBERS. 103 I In ch. i. 14, hosts: and the j)riiice of tlie children of Judah shall be Nahslion the son 4 of Aimuiuadab. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and foiu'teen thou- 5 sand and six hundred. And those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prmce of the children of Issachar shall be Neth- Oanel the son of Zuar: and his host, and those tliat were numbered there- of, were fifty and four thousand and 7 four hundred: ami the tribe of Zebu- luu: and the iiriuce of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of SHelon: and his host, and those that were nmnbered thereof, were fifty and 9 seven thousand and four hundred. All that were nimibered of the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth trrst. 10 On the south side shall be the stand- ard of the cnniji of Eeuben according to their hosts: and the prince of the chilih-en of Keuben shall be Eliziu- lithe son of Shedeur. And his host, and those that were numbered there- of, were forty and six thousand and 12 five hundred. And those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon : and the prince of the children of Simeon shaU be Shehimiel the son 13 of Zurishaddai : and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three 14hundi-ed: and the tribe of Gad: and the j)rince of the children of Gad shall 15 be Eliasaph the son of ^Reuel: and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand 16 and six hundred and fifty. All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to then- hosts. And they shall set forth second. 17 Then the tent of meetmg shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camjjs : as they en- camp, so shall they set forward, every mnn in his place, by their standards. 18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Eijhraim according to their hosts: and the prince of the childi-en of Ephraim shall be Eli- 19 shama the son of Ammihud. And his host, and those that were numbered, of them, were forty thousand and five "20 hundred. And next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh : and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be 21 GamaUel the son of Pedahziu- : and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thou- 22 sand and two hundred: and the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan 23 the son of Gideoni: and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four 24 hundred. All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, according to their hosts. And they sliall set forth third. 25 On the north side shall bo the stand- ard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts: and the prmce of the chil(h-en of Dan shall be Ahiezer the 2G son of Ammishaddai. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were tlu-eescore and two thousand and 27 seven hundred. And tliose that x)itch next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher : and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of 28 Ochran : and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred: 29 and the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall 30 be Ahii-a the son of Enan: and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thou- 31 sand and four hundred. All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were an hundi-ed thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six himdred. They shall set forth hindmost by then- standards. 32 These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by theii" fa- thers' houses : all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hmidi'ed thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the 34 Lord commanded Moses. Thus did the children of Israel ; according to aU that the LoED commanded Moses, so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to then* fathers' houses. 3 Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron ; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, SEleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he con- secrated to minister in the priest's 4 office. And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Smai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father. 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 6 ing, Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they 7 may minister unto him. And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of 104 NUMBERS. 3. 7. iHeb. given, given. 2 Or, from 3 Or, number meeting, to do the service of the taber- 8 nacle. And they shall keep aU the furn- iture of the tent of meeting, and the cliai'ge of the children of Israel, to do 9 the service of the tabernacle. And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons : they are i whoUy given unto him 2 on the behalf of the child- lOren of Israel. And thou shalt * ap- point Aaron and his sons, and they shall keeji their priesthood : and tlie stranger that cometh nigh shaU be put to death. 11 And the Lord spake nnto Moses, say- 12 ing, And I, behold, I have taken the Le- vites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel ; 13 and the Levites shall be mine : for all the firstborn are mine ; on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast : mine they shall be ; I am the Loed. 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in 15 the wilderness of Sinai, saying. Num- ber the children of Levi by their fa- thers' houses, by their families : every male from a month old and upward 16 shalt thou number them. And Moses nmubered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, 18 and Merari. Abd these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their fami- 19 lies; Libni and Shimei. And the sons of Kohath by their families ; Amram, 20 and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the sons of Merari by their fami- lies ; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shime- ites: these are the families of the 22 Gershonites. Those that were num- bered of them, according to the num- ber of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thou- 23 sand and five hundi-ed. The families of the Gershonites shall j)itch behind 24 the tabernacle westward. And the prince of the fathers' house of the Ger- shonites shall be Eliasaph the son of 25 Lael. And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for 26 the door of the tent of meeting, and the hangings of the coiu't, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. 27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izliar- ites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites : these are the famihes of the Kohathites. 28Accordmg to the number of all the males, from a month old and up- ward, there were eight thousand and six hrmdred, keeping the charge of 29 the sanctuary. The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side 30 of the tabernacle southward. And the prmce of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be SlElizai^han the son of Uzziel. And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, (nid hare the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 Of Merari was the famUy of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mush- ites : these are the famihes of Mera- 34 ri. And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two 35 hundi'ed. And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail : they shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle 36 northward. And * the ap^iointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instrimients there- 37 of, and all the service thereof; and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their puis, and their 38 cords. And those that pitch before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanc- tuary 5 for the charge of the chUdi-en of Israel; and the stranger that com- 39eth nigh shall be jjut to death. A.l that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by their families, aU the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40 And the Lord said imto Moses, Number aU the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the immber of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) mstead of aU the firstborn among the children of Israel ; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle 42 of the chUdi-en of Israel. And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded hun, all the firstborn among the chUd- 43ren of Israel. And all the firstborn males according to the number of 4. 27. NUMBERS. 105 1 Or, fhitsc that are to tic re- deemed, the . i^Or, ivork 5 Or. a Ijtir names, from a month old and upward, of those that were nunihered of tliem, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and tliu'teen. 44 And tlie Lord si)ake unto Moses, say- 4.')ing, Take the Levites instead of alltlie firsthorn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle : and the Levites shall be 4(> mine ; I am the Lord. And for i the redemj)tiou of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are over and above the number of the Levites, 47 thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the jioll ; after the shekel of the sanc- tuary shalt thou take them (the shekel 48 is twenty gerahs) : and thou shalt give the money wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed unto Aaron and 49 to his sons. And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were 50 redeemed by the Levites: from the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money ; a thousand three himd- red and threescore and five shekels, 51 after the shekel of the sanctuary : and Moses gave ^the redemj)tion-money unto Aaron and to his sous, accordmg to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 4 And the Lord s^^ake mito Moses and 2 unto Aaron, saying. Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sous of Levi, by their families, by their 3 fathers' houses, from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the ^ service, to do 4 the work in the tent of meeting. This is the * service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most 5 holy things : when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of 6 the testimony with it : and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 7 And upon the table of shewbread they shaU sjiread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the simoons, and the bowls, and the cuiis to pom- out withal: and the continual bread 8 shall be thereon : and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its snuff- dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, 10 wherewith they mmister unto it : and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon ^the frame. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall l'2put in the staves thereof: and they shall take all the vessels of uiinistrj', wlierowith they minister in the sanctu- ary, and put them in a (;loth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the 13 frame. And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a 14 purple cloth thereon: and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the firepans, the fleshhooks, and the shov- els, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar ; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and j)ut in 15 the staves thereof. And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward ; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it : but they shall not touch the ^sanctuary, lest they die. These thmgs are the bm-den of the sons of Kohath in the 16 tent of meetmg. And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal offering, and the anointing oU, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the fm-nitm-e thereof. 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 18 mito Aaron, saying, Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites 19 from among the Levites : but thus do unto them, that they may Uve, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things : Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appomt them every one to 20 his service and to his burden : but they shall not go in to see the 6 sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die. 21 And the Lord spake mito Moses, say- 22 ing. Take the sum of the sons of Ger- shon also, by their fathers' houses, by 23 their families; from thirty years old and ujiward until fifty years old shalt thou lumiber them ; all that enter in to ''wait uijon the service, to do the work 24 in the tent of meetmg. This is the service of the famiUes of the Gershon- ites,iu serving and in bearing burdens: 25 they shaU bear the curtains of the tab- ernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting; 26 and the hangings of the com-t, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and then- cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever shall be done with them, therein shall they 27 serve. At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in aU their 8 Or, holif things "Heb. way the warfare. 4—5 106 NUMBERS. 4. 27 lOr, nuviber burden, aucl in all their service : and ye shall appoint iruto them in charge aU 28 their bui-den. This is the service of the families of the sons of the Ger- shouites in the tent of meetuig: and their charge shaU be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. •29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their 30 fathers' houses ; from thirty years old and uj)ward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do 31 the work of the tent of meeting. And this is the charge of theii" burden, ac- cording to all their service in the tent of meeting; the boards of the taber- nacle, and the bars thereof, and the pUlars thereof, and the sockets there- 32 of ; and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with aU their instru- ments, and with all their service : and by name ye shall i appoint the instru- ments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the famihes of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the i^riest. 34 And Moses and Aaron and the prmces of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, 35 and by then* fathers' houses, from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the ser'S'ice, for work m the tent 36 of meeting : and those that were num- bered of them by theu' families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These ai-e they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and 39 by their fathers' houses, from thu-ty years old and upward even mito fifty years old, evei-y one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of 40meetmg, even those that were num- bered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand 41 and six hundred and thu-ty. These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord. 42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses, 43 from thu'ty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that en- tered ui^on the service, for work in the 44 tent of meeting, even those that were numbered of them by their families, were thi-ee thousand and two hundred. 45 These are they that were niunbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron niunbered according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 46 AM those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel umnbered, by their families, and by their fathers' 47 houses, from thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered ui to do the work of service, and the work of beai'ing bur- 48 dens in the tent of meeting, even those that were niunbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and 49 foiu-score. According to the command- ment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one ac- corduig to his service, and 2 according to his burden: thus were they num- bered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses. 5 And the Lord spake luito Moses, 2 saying. Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and eveiy one that hath an issue, and whosoever is imclean by the dead : 3 both male and female shall ye put out, without the camj) shall ye put them; that they defile not then camp, in the 4 midst whereof I dwell. And the children of Israel did so, and put them out with- out the camp : as the Lord spake mito Moses, so did the chdtb-en of Israel. 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 6 saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sui that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that 7 soul be guilty ; then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall make restitution for his guilt in fuU, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him in respect 8 of whom he hath been guilty. But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guUt, the restitution for guilt which is made unto the Lord shall be the priest's ; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for 9 him. And every heave offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present unto the 10 priest, shall be his. Ajid every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatso- ever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 12 iug, SiJeak unto the children of Israel, and say imto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against 13 bun, and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her hus- band, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against 6. 13. NUMBERS. 107 lOr, with another instead of thy husband See Ezek. xxiii. 5, Uom. vii. 2. 2 Or, ad- Juration her, iicdtlier she be taken iu the act; 14 and the spu'it of jealousy come npou huu, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jeal- ousy come upon huu, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: 15 then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her oblation for her, the tenth i>art of an epliah of barley meal; be shall jjour no oil upon it, nor j)ut frankincense thereon; for it is a meal ofi'ering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bruiging 10 iniquity to remembrance. And the priest shall bring her near, and set her 17 before the Lokd : and the priest shall take holy water iu an earthen vessel ; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shaU take, 18 and put it into the water: and the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offer- ing of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hynd the water of bitterness that causeth the 19 cm-se : and the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the wo- man, K no man have lien mth thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to un- cleanness, i being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitter- 20ness that causeth the curse: but if thou hast gone aside, ^ being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lien with thee besides 21 thme husband : then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of 2 cursing, and the priest shall say mito the woman. The Lord make thee a ^ciu'se and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to 2'2 swell; and this water that causeth the curse sliall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall awaj': and the woman 23 shall say. Amen, Amen. And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into 24 the water of bitterness: and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the cm'se : and the water that causeth the cui'se shall 25 enter into her and become bitter. And the priest shall take the meal offermg of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal offering be- fore the Lord, and bring it unto the 26 altar : and the priest shall take an handful of the meal offering, as the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall make 27 the woman drink the water. And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a tresjiass agamst her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and hecoine bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away : and the woman shall 28 be a curse among her people. And if the woman be not defiled, but lie clean ; then she shall be free, and 29 shall conceive seed. This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, ''behig under her husband, goeth aside, and is de- 30 filed; or when the spirit of jealousy Cometh upon a man, and he be jealous over his wife; then shall he set the woman before the Lord, and the x)riest shall execute upon her all this law. 31 And the man sliall be free from in- iquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity. 6 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 2 ing. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of ^a Nazuite, to ^ separate 8 himself mito the Lord : he shall separ- ate hunself from wine and strong drink; he shall drmk no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drmk, neither shall he drink any Uquor of gi-apes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. 4 All the days of his 6 separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the gi'ape-vine, from the kernels even to 5 the husk. All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come upon his head : mitil the days be ful- filled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hah- 6 of his head gi'ow long. All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall not come near to a 7 dead body. He shall not make him- self unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because his separation vmto God is uj)on his head. 8 All the days of his separation he is 9 holy mito the Lord. Ajid if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile the head of his separation ; then he shall shave his head m the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he 10 shave it. And on the eighth day he shall bring two tm-tledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of 11 the tent of meetmg : and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offermg, and make atonement for him, for that he simied by reason of the dead, and shall hallow 12 his head that same day. And he shall separate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a he- lamb of the first year for a guilt offer- ing : but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled. 13 And this is the law of the Nazu-ite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled : he shall be brought unto 3 Or, t/oeth aside with anotlier instnui of hrr husband 4 That is one separ- ated or conse- crated. 5 Or, con- secrate eor. con&e- cration Or, J\^azir- iteship 4-a 108 NUMBERS. 6. 13. 1 Or, shoulder 14 the door of the tent of meetmg : and he shall offer his oblation mito the Lord, one he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a bm-ut offering, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, 15 and a basket of mileavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and mileavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal offering, and theii- 16 drink offerings. And the priest shall present them before the Loed, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt 17 offering: and he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of un- leavened bread : the priest shall offer also the meal offering thereof, and 18 the drink ofl'ermg thereof. And the Nazu-ite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice 19 of peace offerings. And the priest shaU take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven the '20 head of his separation: and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord ; this is holy for the pi'iest, together with the wave breast and heave i thigh: and after that the 21 Nazirite may drink wine. This is the law of the Nazu-ite who voweth, and of his oblation unto the Lord for his separation, beside that which he is able to get : according to bis vow which he voweth, so he must do after the law of his separation. '22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 23 saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel; ye shall say unto them, 24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : 25 The Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious mito thee : 26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 So shall they put my name upon the childi-en of Israel; and I will bless them. Y And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of settmg up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furn- iture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed 2 them and sanctified them; that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered ; these were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were Snmnbered: and they brought their oblation before the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve osen; a wagon for every two of the prhices, and for each one an ox: and they presented 4 them before tlie tabernacle. And the 5 Lord spake imto Moses, saying. Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to liis service. 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to 8 their service: and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, accordmg unto then- service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of 9 Aaron the priest. But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none : because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their 10 shoulders. And the princes offered 2 for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their oblation before lithe altar. And the Lord said imto Moses, They shaU offer their oblation, each prince on his day, for the dedica- tion of the altar. 12 And he that offered his oblation the first day was Nahshon the son of Am- ISminadab, of the tribe of Judah: and his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hvindred and thirty shel-els, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 14 meal offering; cue golden spoon of 15 ten shel-els, full of mcense ; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 16 first year, for a bm-ut offering; one male of the goats for a sin offering; 17 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the oblation of Nahshon the son of Ammiuadab. 18 On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: 19 he offered for his oblation one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for 20a meal offering; one golden spoon of 21 ten shekels, fuU of incense ; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 22 first year, for a burnt offermg; one male of the goats for a sin offering; 23 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Nethanel the son of Zuar. 24 On the thii-d day Eliab the son of Helon, prmce of the children of 25 Zebuhm : his oblation was one silver charger, the weight tliereof was an 7. 72. NUMBERS. 100 liiuulred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for 26 a meal ofifermg; one golden spoon of 27 ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of tlie 28 first year, for a burnt offering; one male of the goats for a sin offering; 29 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Eliab the sou of Helon. 30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedem-, prince of the childi-en of SlKeuben: his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thii-ty shelels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mmgled with oil for a 32 meal offermg; one golden spoon of ten SSshekels, full of incense; one yomig bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 34 first year, for a bm-ut offering; one male of the goats for a sin offering; 35 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Elizur the son of Shedeui-. 36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, x^rince of the childi-en of 37 Simeon : his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and tlm-ty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for 38a meal offering; one golden spoon of 39 ten shekels, full of incense ; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 40 first year, for a burnt offering; one male of the goats for a sin offering; 41 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the oblation of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the childi-en of Gad : 43 his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hunch-ed and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled ^vith oil for a 44 meal offering; one golden spoon of 45 ten shekels, full of incense ; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 46 first year, for a bm-nt offering; one male of the goats for a sin offering; 47 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the oblation of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the chUd- 49 ren of Ephi-aim : his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one sil- ver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flom* mmgled with oil for a .50 meal offering; one golden spoon of 51 ten shekels, full of incense ; one young bullock, one ram, one lie-lamb of the 52 first year, for a burnt offermg; one male of the goats for a sin olfering; 53 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lanil)s of the first year: this was the oblation of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 54 On tlie eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the childi-en of 55 Manasseh : his olilation was one sUver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mmgled with oil for a 56 meal offering; one golden spoon of 57 ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 58 first year, for a bm-nt offering; one male of the goats for a sin offering; 59 and for the sacrifice of iJeace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-laml)s of the first year: this was the oblation of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 60 On the nuith day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of 61 Benjamin : his ol)lation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundi-ed and thii'ty shekels, one sUver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 62 meal offering; one golden spoon of 63 ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 64 first year, for a burnt offering; one 65 male of the goats for a sin offering ; and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the oblation of Abidan the son of Gideoni. 66 On the tenth day Aliiezer the son of Ammishaddai, pruice of the children of 67 Dan : his oblation was one silver charg- er, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal ofter- 68ing; one golden spoon of ten shekels, 69 full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, 70 for a bm-nt offermg; one male of the 71 goats for a sin offering; and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the fii-st year : this was the oblation of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the 110 NUMBERS. 7. 72. lOr, dedica- Hun-gift 2 Or, at the hands of 3 Or, aettest up son of Ocbran, prince of the children 73 of Asber : his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hunflred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the she- kel of tlie sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal 74oiiermg; one golden spoon of ten she- 75 hels, full of incense ; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first 76 year, for a burnt offering ; one male of 77 the goats for a sin offering; and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he- lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Pagiel the son of Ocbran. 78 On the twelfth day Aliira the son of Enan, ijruice of the children of 79Naphtali: his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thu-ty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 80 meal offermg; one golden spoon of 81 ten shekels, full of incense ; one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 82 first year, for a burnt offering; one male of the goats for a sin offeruig; 83 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the fii'st year : this was the oblation of Ahira the son of Enan. 84 This was the i dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, ^by the princes of Israel: twelve silver chargers, twelve sUver bowls, twelve 85 golden spoons: each sUver charger iveighi-iui an hundred and thirty she- kels, and each bowl seventy: all tlie sQver of the vessels two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel 86 of the sanctuary ; the twelve golden spoons, full of incense, iveighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary : all the gold of the spoons 87 an hundred and twenty shekels: aU the oxen for the burnt offering twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the he-laml)s of the first year twelve, and then- meal offering: and the males of the goats 88 for a sm offering twelve: and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs of the first year sixty. This was the 1 dedication of the altar, after that it 89 was anomted. And when Moses went into the tent of meetmg to speak with him, then he heard the Voice speakmg unto him from above the mercy-seat that was upon the ark of the testi- mony, from Ijetween the two cherubim : and he si)ake mito him. 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him. When thou ^ lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give Slight in front of the candlestick. And Aaron did so; he * lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as the Lord com- 4nianded Moses. And this was the Avork of the candlestick, 5 beaten work of gold ; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work : according unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, sny- 6 ing, Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shnlt thou do unto them, to cleanse them : sprinkle the water of ex- piation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all theu" flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse 8 themselves. Then let them take a yomig bullock, and its meal offering, fine flour mingled with oU, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a 9 sin offering. And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting : and thou shalt assemble the whole congi-egation of the childi-en of Israel : 10 and thou shalt present the Levites before the Lord : and the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the 11 Levites: and Aaron shall 6 offer the Levites before the Lord for a wave offering, ' on the behalf of the children of Israel, that they may be to do the 12 service of the Lord. And the Le- vites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and offer thou the one for a sm offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make atonement for the Le- 13 vites. And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave offering unto 14 the Lord. Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be 15 mine. And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting : and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave offermg. 16 For they are ^whoUy given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that oi^eneth the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of 17 Israel, have I taken them unto me. For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote aU the firstborn in the land of Egyjit I sanctified them 18 for myself. And I have taken the Le- vites instead of all the firstborn among 19 the chihh-en of Israel. And I have given the Levites as ^ a gift to Aaron and to liis sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the child- ren of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague a- mong the children of Israel, i" when the children of Israel come nigh unto the 10. 2. NUMBERS. Ill 1 Heb. to war thp. warfare ill the work. 2 Heb. return frtmi the warfare of the work. 3 Heb. between tJie t?t'o evenings. 20 sanctuary. Tims did Moses, and Aaron, and all tlie congregation of the child- ren of Israel, unto the Levites: ac- cording unto all that the Lord com- manded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel luito them. 21 And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes ; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before the Lokd; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse 22 them. And after that went the Levites in to do theu' service in the tent of meet- ing before Aaron, and before his sons : as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 24 ing, This is that which belongeth unto the Levites : from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in i to wait upon the service in the work of the tent 25 of meetmg : and from the age of fifty years they shall ^ cease waiting upon 26 the work, and shall serve no more ; but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges. 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the v/Uderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come 2 out of the land of Egypt, saying. More- over let the children of Israel keep the 3 passover in its appointed season. La the foui'teenth day of this month, Sat even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances there- 4 of, shall ye keep it. And Moses spake mito the children of Israel, that they 5 should keep the passover. And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, 8 at even, in the Tvilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord com- manded Moses, so did the children of 6 Israel. And there were certain men, who were unclean by the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day : and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that 7 day: and those men said unto him, We are unclean by the dead body of a man : wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of the Lord m its appointed season among 8 the chOdren of Israel? And Moses said unto them. Stay ye; that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you. 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 10 ing, Speak unto the chQdren of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be rmclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto 11 the Lord : in the second month on the fourtcentli day ■''at even they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened 12 bread and bitter herbs : they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the i^assover they shall keej) 13 it. But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forheareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people: because ho offered not the oblation of the Lord in its appointed season, that man shall 14 bear his sin. And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord ; accorduig to the statute of the loassover, and ac- cording to the ordinance thereof, so shaU he do : ye shall have one statute, both for the stranger, and for him that is born in the land. 15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the test- imony: and at even it was upon the tabei'nacle as it were the aj)pcarance 16 of fire, until morning. So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the 17 appearance of fire by night. And when- ever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the j)lace where the cloud abode, there the cliild- 18 ren of Israel encamped. At the com- mandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the com- mandment of the Lord they encamped : as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they remained encamped. 19 And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of 20 the Lord, and journeyed not. And some- times the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of the Lord they re- mained encamped, and according to the commandment of the Lord they 21 journeyed. And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or if it con- tinued by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22 Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abidmg thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journej^ed not : but when it was 23 taken up, they journeyed. At the commandment of the Lord they en- camped, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed: they kept the charge of the Lord, at the com- mandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. lO And the Lord spake mito Moses, 2 saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of * beaten work shalt thou make them: and thou shalt use turned 112 NUMBEKS. 10. 2. tliem for the calling of the congTegation, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the congi'egation shall gather them- selves unto thee at the door of the ■1 tent of meeting. And if they blow but with one, then the Jirinces, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather 5 themselves mito thee. And when ye blow an alaiin, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journe5'. 6 And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey : they shall blow an alarm for their 7 journeys. But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alann. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumjiets ; and they shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations. 9 And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that opiiresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets ; and ye shall he remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from yoiu- 10 enemies. Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the bcgiimuigs of your mouths, ye shall blow ^\'ith the trump.ets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings ; and they shall be to yoia for a memorial before your God : I am the Lord your God. 11 And it came to i^ass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the 12 tabernacle of the testimony. And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai ; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the 14 Lord by the hand of Moses. And in the first ^>?at'e the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their hosts : and over his host was Nahshon the son of 15 Amminadab. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar 16 was Nethanel the son of Zuar. And over the host of the tribe of the childi'en of Zebulun was Eliab the son 17 of Helon. And the tabernacle was taken down ; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the 18 tabernacle, set forward. And the standard of the camp of Eeuben set forward according to their hosts : and over his host was Elizur the son of 19 Shedeur. And over the host of the tribe of the chOdren of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the 21 son of Deuel. And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary : and the other did set up the taber- 22nacle against they came. And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts : and over his host was 23Elishama the son of Ammihud. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamahel 24 the son of Pedahzur. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of 25Gideoni. And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their hosts : and over his host was Aiiezer tlie 26 son of Ammishaddai. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the childi'en of NaphtaU was Aliira the 28 son of Enan. Thiis were the joumey- ings of the children of Israel according to their hosts ; and they set forward. 29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, Y/e are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we ^^•ill do thee good : for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go ; but I will depart to mine own land, 31 and to my kindred. And he said. Leave us not, I pray thee ; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to 32 us instead of eyes. And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 33 And they set forward from the mount of the Lord three days' jour- ney ; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them thi-ee days' jom'uey, to seek out a resting place for 34 them. And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said. Rise up, O Lord, and let tlime enemies be scattered ; and let them that hate 36 thee flee before thee. And when it rested, he said, Retm-n, Lord, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel. 11 And the people were as mui-murers, '^speaking evil in the ears of the Lord : and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled ; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses ; and Moses prayed unto the Lord, and 11. 33. NUMBERS. 113 3 the fire abated. Aiid the name of that place \va.s called i Taberali : because the fire of the Lord burnt among them , 4 And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting : and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat ? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought ; the cucum- bers, and the melons, and the leeks, 6 and the onions, and the garlick : but now our soul is dried away ; there is nothing at all : we have nought save 7 this manna to look to. And the manna was like coriander seed, and the ^aj)- pearauce thereof as the appearance 8 of bdellium. The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and seethed it hi jiots, and made cakes of it : and the taste of it was as the taste of Afresh 9 oil. And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell lO^upou it. And Moses heard the peo- ple weeping tlu-ougliout their families, every man at the door of his tent : and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly ; and Moses was dis- 11 pleased. And Moses said mito the Lord, Wlierefore hast thou evil en- treated thy servant ? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all 12 this people upon me? Have I con- ceived all this people '? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nm-sing-father carrietb the suck- ing child, unto the land which thou 13 swarest unto their fathers ? Wlience should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying. Give us flesh, that we may 14 eat. I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavj' 15 for me. And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight ; and let me not see my v/retched- ness. 16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them ; and biing them irnto the tent of meeting, that they 17 may stand there with thee. And I will come down and talk with thee there : and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it uijon them ; and they shall bear the bm-den of the people with thee, that 18 thou bear it not thyself alone. And say thou iiuto the people. Sanctify yourselves agamst to-morrow, and ye shaU eat flesh : for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying. Who shall give us flesh to eat ? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall 19 eat. Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten 20 days, nor twenty days ; but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have rejected the LoitD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying. Why 21 came we forth out of Egypt? And Moses said. The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand foot- men ; and thou hast said, I wiU give them flesh, that they may eat a 22 whole month. ShaU flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall 24 come to imss unto thee or not. And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the Lord : and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about 25 the Tent. And the Lord came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the siDii'it that was upon him, and iiut it upon the seventy elders : and it came to pass, that, when the si^ii-it rested upon them, they i^rophesied, 26 but they did so no more. But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad : and the spirit rested upon them ; and they were of them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent: and they 27 prophesied in the camp. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy ui 28 the camp. And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, ^one of his chosen men, answered and said, 29 My lord Moses, forbid them. And Moses said unto hun, Ai't thou jealous for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, 31 he and the elders of Israel. And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall ^hj the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth. 32 And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails : he that ga,thered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. 83 While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger 5 Or, frimi hU youth 114 NUMBERS. 11. 33. 1 That is, The graves of lust. 2 Oi-, l'!J of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the iieople 34 with a very gi-eat plague. And the name of that place was called ^ Kibroth- hattaavali : because there they biu-ied 35 the peojile that lusted. From Kibroth- hattaavali the people journeyed unto Hazeroth ; and they abode at Hazer- oth. 12 And Miriam and Aaron spate against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married : for he had 2 married a Cushite woman. And they said, Hath the Lord uideed spoken only 2 with Moses? hath he not spoken also 2 with us ? And the Lord heard 3 it. Now the man Moses was very meek, above all tlie men which were 4 ujion the face of the earth. And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and nuto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three mito the tent of meeting. 5 And they three came out. And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam ; and 6 they both came forth. And he said. Hear now my words : if there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself kno'mi unto him in a vision, I will sjieak with him in a 7 dream. My servant Moses is not so ; 8 he is faithful in all mine house : with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of the Lord shall he behold : wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, 9 against Moses ? And the anger of the Lord was kindled agamst them ; and 10 he departed. Aiad the cloud removed from over the Tent ; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as icliite as snow ; and Aaron looked upon Mu'iam, and, 11 behold, she was leprous. And Aaron said unto Moses, Oh my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we 12 have sinned. Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his 13 mother's womb. And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying. Heal her, 14 God, I beseech thee. And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought 15 in again. And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not tiU Mii'iam 16 was brought in agam. And afterward the people joimieyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 saying. Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give mito the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among 3 them. And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the Lord : all of them men who were heads of the 4 children of Israel. And these were their names: of the tribe of Keuben, 5 Shammua the son of Zaccur. Of the ti'ibe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of 6Hori. Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb 7 tlie son of Jephunneh. Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the 9 son of Nun. Of the tribe of Benja- lOmin, Palti the son of Eaphu. Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of 11 Sodi. Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the 12 son of Susi. Of the tribe of Dan, 13Ammiel the son of Gemalli. Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of 14 Michael. Of the tribe of Naphtali, 15Nahbi the son of Vophsi. Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of 17 Nun Joshua. And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them. Get you up this way ^by the South, and go up into the 18 mountains : and see the land, what it is ; and the people that dweUeth there- in, whether they be strong or weak, 19 whether they be few or many; and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad ; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strong holds ; 20 and what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of 21 the firstripe grapes. So they went up, and spied out the land from the %vOderness of Zin unto Eehob, to the 22 entering in of Hamath. And they went up 8 by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Tahnai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years tiefore Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And they came unto the vaUey of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of gi-apes, and they bare it upon a staff between two ; then hroiight also of the pomegranates, 24 and of the tigs. That j^lace was called the valley of ^Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of 25 Israel cut down from thence. And they returned from spying out the 26 land at the end of forty days. And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the 3 Or, into 4 That is, a cluster. 14. 27, NUMBERS. 115 2 Heb. wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and broiislU back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed '27 them the frnit of the land. And they told hun, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sontest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey ; 28 and this is the fruit of it. Howbeit the people that d^vell in the land are strong, and the cities are fenced, and very great : and moreover we saw 29 the children of Anak there. Amalok dwelleth in the land of the South : and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the mountains : and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of Jordan. 30 And Caleb stilled the people bef(n-e Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it ; for we are well able to 31 overcome it. But the men that went up with him said. We be not able to go up against the people ; for they 32 are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the peo- ple that we saw in it are men of great 33 stature. And there we saw the ^Neph- ilim, the sons of Anak, which come of the Nephilim : and we were in our own sight as gi-asshoppers, and so we were in their sight. 14 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried ; and the people 2 wept that night. And all the children of Israel mui-mured against Moses and against Aaron : and the whole congreg- ation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egyi">t 1 or would God we had died in this wilder- Snessl And wherefore doth the Lord bring us imto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones shall be a prey : were it not better for 4 us to return into Egypt ? And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, 5 and let us return into Egypt. Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congreg- 6ation of the children of Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephumieh, which were of them that spied out the land, rent their 7 clothes: and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying. The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding 8 good land. If the Lord delight in us, then he wiU bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which 9 floweth with milk and honey. Only rebel not against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their 2 defence is removed from over them, and the 10 Lord is with us : fear them not. But all the congi'egation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Loud appeared in the teiit of meeting unto all the children of Israel. 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this i)eople despise me? and how long will they not believe in nic, for all the signs which I have wrought 12 among tliem? I will smite them with tlie i)estilenco, and disinhei'it tliem, and will make of thee a nation gieater 13 and mightier than they. And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egj^jitians shall hear it; for thou broughtest u^) this people in thy might from among 14 them; and they will tell it to the in- habitants of this land : they have heard that thou Lord art in the midst of this people; for thou Lord art seen ^face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a i)illar of cloud by day. and in a pillar 15 of fire by night. Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will 16 speak, saying. Because the Lord was not able to bring this peojile into the land which he sware unto them, there- fore he hath slain them in the wilder- 17ness. And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according 18 as thou hast spoken, saying. The Lord is slow to anger, and plenteous m mercy, forgiving iniquity and trans- gression, and that will by no means clear the gidlty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third ajid upon the fom-th genera- 19 tion. Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this iieoi^le according unto the great- ness of thy mercy, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from 20 Egypt even until now. Ajid the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy 21 word : but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the 22 glory of the Lord; because all those men which have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not heark- 23ened to my voice; sui-ely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them 24 that despised me see it : but my sei-vant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him wlU I bring into the land whereinto he went ; and his seed shall possess it. 25 Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Ked Sea. 26 And the Lord spake unto Moses 27 and mito Aaron, saying. How long shall I hear vnth. this evil congi'ega- tion, which murmur against me? I have heard the mm'nmrings of the 3 Heb. rye to cyt: 116 NUMBERS. 14. 27. iHeb. shrp- ItcrtU, 2 Or, the rirvolcii!g of my jiramise children of Israel, which they murmur 28 against me. Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord, sm-elj' as ye have spoken 29 ill mine ears, so will I do to you : your carcases shall fall in this wUderness; and aU that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which 30 have mm-mured against me, surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I lifted uj) my hand that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephumieh, and Joshua the 31 son of Nun. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land 32 which ye have rejected. But as for you, your carcases shall fall in this 33 ^vilderness. And your children shall be 1 wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until yom- carcases ]je consumed in the 34 wilderness. After the number of the days in which j'e spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know ^my aliena- 35 tion. I the Lord have spoken, surely tliis wUl I do imto all this evU con- gi'egation, that are gathered together against me: iu this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they 36 shall die. And the men, which Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to mur- mur against him, by bringing up an 37 evil report against the land, even those men that did luring up an evU report of the land, died by the plague before the 88 Lord. But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, re- mained alive of those men that went 39 to spy out the land. And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel : and the peojjle moiu'ned great- 40 ly. And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the toi) of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up imto the j)lace which the Lord hath promised: for 41 we have sinned. And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgi'ess the commandment of the Lord, seeing it 42 shall not prosper ? Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before yom* enemies. 43 For there the Amalekite and the Ca- naanite are before you, and ye shaU fall by the sword: because ye are tm-ned back from following the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with 44 j-ou. But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain : nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the 45 camp. Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite which dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah. 15 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 saying. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye be come mto the land of your habitations, 3 which I give unto you, and wUl make an o£feri)ig by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, ^to ac- complish a vow, or as a freewill offer- ing, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the Lord, of the 4 herd, or of the flock: then shall he that offereth his oblation offer unto the Lord a meal offering of a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fom'th part of an bin of oil: 5 and wine for the di'ink offering, the fourth part of an hin, shalt thou prepare with the bm'nt offering or for the sacri- 6 flee, for each lamb. Or for a ram, thou shalt i)repare for a meal offering two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the third part of 7 an hin of oil : and for the drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of ^vine, of a sweet savour unto the 8 Lord. And when thou prejiarest a bullock for a burnt offermg, or for a sacrifice, ^ to accomplish a vow, or for 9 peace offerings unto the Lord: then shall he offer with the bullock a meal offermg of three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half 10 an hin of oil. And thou shalt offer for the drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offermg made by fire, of a sweet 11 savour imto the Lord. Thus shall it be done for each bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the 12 kids. According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. 13 All that are homeborn shall do these things after this manner, in offermg an offering made by fire, of a sweet savom- 14 mito the Lord. And if a stranger so- jom-n with you, or whosoever be among you throughout your generations, and wlU offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; as ye 15 do, so he shall do. For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourueth with you, a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall 16 the stranger be before the Lord. One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 18 ing, Speak mito the chihb'en of Israel, and say unto them, WTien ye come into the land whither I brmg you, 19 then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord. 20 Of the first of yom* * dough ye shall offer up a cake for an heave offering : as ye do the heave offering of the 16. 13. NUMBERS. 117 1 Or, Ml error threshing-floor, so shall yc heave it. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering throughout your generations. 22 And when ye shall err, and not ob- serve all these commandments, which tlio Lord hath spoken unto Moses, 23 even all that the Lord hath command- ed you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord gave command- ment, and onward throughout j'our 24 generations ; then it shall be, if it be done 1 unwittingly, without the know- ledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof, according to the ordinance, and one he-goat for a 25 sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven ; for it was an error, and they have brought their oblation, an offermg made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin ofl'ering before the Lord, 26 for then* error ; and all the congrega- tion of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger that so- jom-neth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwit- 27 tmgly. Ajid if one person sin un^vit- tingly, then he shall offer a she-goat 28 of the first year for a sin offering. And the priest sliall make atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth unwittingly, before the Lord, to make atonement for him; and he shall be 29 forgiven. Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is homeborn among the children of Israel, and for the stranger SOthatsojourneth among them. But the soul that doeth aught ^^^th an high hand, whether he be homeborn or a stranger, the same blasphemeth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off' 31 from among his people. Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment; that soul shall utterly be cut off, his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 And while the chikb-en of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congi-egation. 34 Arid they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be 35 done to him. Ajid the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death : all the congi'egation shall stone 36 him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him with- out the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 37 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 38ing, S])cak unto the children of Israel, an(( bid them that they make them ^fringes in the borders of their gar- ments tlu-oughout their generations, and that they put ui)on the fruige of 39 each border a <;ord of blue : and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look u])on it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye Sgo not about after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a 40 whoring : that ye may remember and do all my connnandments, and be holy 41 unto your God. I am the Lord yoiu- God, which brought you out of the land of Egj^it, to be your God : I am the Lord your God. 16 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Eeuben, took 2me7i: and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, 3 men of renown : and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said mito them, *Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them : wherefore then lift ye up your- selves above the assembly of the Lord ? 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon 5 his face : and he spake unto Korah and unto all his comjjany, saying. In the morning the Lord \\'ill shew who are his, and who is holy, and ^will cause him to come near unto him : even him whom he shall choose will 6 he cause to come near unto him. This do ; take you censers, Korah, and all 7 his company; and jiut fire therein, and put incense ujion them before the Lord to-morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy : ye take too much 8 upon you, ye sons of Levi. And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons Oof Levi: seemeth it hit a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself; to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the con- 10 gregation to minister unto them ; and that he hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and seek ye the priesthood also? 11 Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together agamst the Lord: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur 12 against him ? And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abu'am, the sons of Eliab : and they said. We will not come up : 13 is it a small thing that thou hast 2 Or. ttUSfJS in th'^ conun 3Heb. Kjiy not out. 4Heb. It is enough for you. 6 Or, wliom he wiU ca'Ote to coine near 118 NUMBERS. 16. 13. iHeb. lure out. 2Heb. create a erra- tum. •■' Heb. Sheol, brought us up out of a land flowing vnih. milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make 14 thyself also a prince over us ? More- over thou hast not brought us into a land flowmg with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vine- yai'ds: wilt thou iput out the eyes of 15 these men ? we will not come up. And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Loud, Eespect not thou their offer- ing: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hui"t one of them. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy congregation before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to- 17 morrow: and take ye every man his censer, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundi-ed and fifty censers ; thou also, and Aaron, each 18 his censer. And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses 19 and Aaron. And Eorah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of the Loed appeared unto all the cougi-egation. 20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 21 unto Aaron, saying, Sejiarate your- selves from among this congi-egation, that I may consiune them in a moment. 22 And they fell upon then- faces, and said, God, the God of the spu-its of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with aU the congregation? 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 24 ing. Speak unto the congregation, say- ing. Get you up from about the taber- nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abii'am. 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders 26 of Israel followed htm. And he spake unto the congregation, saying. Depart, 1 pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their 27 sins. So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abi- ram, on every side : and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of theh' tents, and theu' wives, and their sons, and their little ones. 28 And Moses said. Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for / have not done them 29 of mine own mind. If these men die the common death of aU men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; 30 then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord 2 make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swal- low them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into 8 the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have despised the Lord. 31 And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was 32 under them : and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all 33 their goods. So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive uito 8 the pit : and the earth closed upon them, and they j>erished from 34 among the assembly. And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them : for they said. Lest 35 the earth swallow us uj). And fire came forth from the Lord, and de- voured the two hundi'ed and fifty men that offered the incense. 36 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 37 ing. Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take \\\) the censers out of the burnmg, and scat- ter thou the fire yonder ; for they are 38 holy; even the censers of * these sin- ners against their own ^ lives, and let them be made beaten j)lates for a covering of the altar : for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are holy: and they shall be a sign 39 unto the chdtb-en of Israel. And Ele- azar the priest took the brasen cen- sers, which they that were bm'nt had offered ; and they beat them out for a 40 covermg of the altar : to be a memo- rial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to biu'n incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company : as the Lord spake unto him by the hand of Moses. 41 But on the morrow all the congrega- tion of the childi-en of Israel mm-mur- ed against Moses and against Aaron, saying. Ye have killed the people of 42 the Lord. And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled a- gainst Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meet- ing: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came to the 44fi-ont of the tent of meeting. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Get you up from among this congreg- ation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon then- 46 faces. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them : for there is wrath gone out from 47 the Lord ; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly ; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people ; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and 18. 16. NUMBERS. Ill) lOr, shall die 'See Gen. xxix. ;>4. the liviiif]; ; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the uiat- 50 tor of Korali. And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the jilagiie was stayed. IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all then- princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods : ivrite thou every man's 3 name ujiou his rod. And thou slialt write Aaron's name u^ion the rod of Levi: for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, 5 where I meet with you. And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall bud : and I will make to cease from me the mur- murmgs of the children of Israel, 6 which they murmur against you. And Moses spake unto the children of Is- rael, and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods : and the rod of Aaron was among their 7 rods. And Moses laid up the rods be- fore the Lord in the tent of the test- Simony. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony ; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloom- ed blossoms, and bare ripe almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, 10 and took every man his rod. And the Lord said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aarou before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the child- ren of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of then* mm-murings 11 against me, that they die not. Thus did Moses : as the Lord commanded him, so did he. 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying. Behold, we j)erish, we 13 are undone, we are aU undone. Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of the Lord, i dieth : shall we perish all of us ? 18 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of 2 your priesthood. And thy brethi'eu also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be 2 joined unto thee, and minister unto thee : but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent 3 of the testimony. And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent : only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, nei- 4 ther they, nor yc. And they shall be joined unto thee, and keej) the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the serv- ice of the Tent: and a stranger shall 5 not come nigh unto you. And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be wrath no more upon the children of 6 Israel. And I, behold, I have taken your brethi'en the Levites from among the children of Israel : to you they are a gift, given unto the Lord, to do the 7 service of the tent of meetuig. And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for every thing of the altar, and for that withm the veil ; and ye shall serve : I give you the priest- hood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 8 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings, even all the hallowed things of the childi-en of Is- rael, unto thee have I given them ^by reason of the anointing, and to thy 9 sons, as a due for ever. This shall be thine of the most holy thmgs, reserved from the fire : every oblation of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offeiing of theirs, and every guilt offering of theu's, which they shall render unto me, shall be most 10 holy for thee and for thy sons. As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof : every male shall eat thereof ; Hit shall be holy unto thee. And this is thine ; the heave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel : I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever : every one that is clean in thy house shall 12 eat thereof. All the *best of the oil, and all the *best of the vintage, and of the corn, the firstfruits of them which they give luito the Lord, to thee have I 13 given them. The firstripe fruits of aU that is in their land, which they bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat 14 thereof. Every thing devoted in Israel 15 shall be thine. Everj'thmgthatopeneth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto the Lord, both of man and beast, shall be thine : nevertheless the first- born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of imcleau beasts 16 shalt thou redeem. ^AjxA those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, accord- ing to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the ^> 3 Or, fur a portion i Heb. fat. 5 Or, And as to their redemjj- tion monei/, from a month old shalt thou redeem th*:m 120 NUMBERS. 18. IG. iHeb. fat. sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs). 17 But tlie firstling of an ox, or the first- ling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem ; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle theh' blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an oifering made by fire, for a sweet 18 savour unto the Lord. Ajid the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thuie. 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the chikb-en of Israel offer unto the Lokd, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever : it is a coven- ant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 20 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thme inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 And unto the childi-en of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an mheritance, in return for their serv- ice which they serve, even the service 22 of the tent of meeting. And hence- forth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest 23 they bear sin, and die. But the Le- vites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity : it shall be a statute for ever thi-oughout yom- generations, and a- mong the children of Israel they shall 24 have no inheritance. For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites for an in- heritance : therefore I have said unto them. Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 26ing, Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them. When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for yoiu' inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave ofl'ering of it 27 for the Lord, a tithe of the tithe. And your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the ful- 28nes3 of the winepress. Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye re- ceive of the children of Israel ; and thereof ye shall give the Lord's heave 29 offering to Aaron the jn-iest. Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the ^best thereof, even the hallowed paj't there- 30 of out of it. Therefore thou shalt saj' unto them, "When ye heave the ^best thereof from it, then it shall be count- ed unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase 31 of the winepress. And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and j^our house- holds : for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meet- 32 ing. And ye shall bear no sin by rea- son of it, when ye have heaved from it the ibest thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the childi'en of Israel, 2 that ye die not. 19 iVnd the Lord si^ake unto Moses and 2 unto Aaron, saying. This is the stat- ute of the law which the Lord hath conmianded, saying. Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer 3 without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never 3 came yoke : and ye shall give her unto Elcazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth without the camp, and one 4 shall slay her before his face : and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood toward the front of the tent 5 of meeting seven times : and one shall bui'n the heifer in his sight ; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her 6diuig, shall he burn: and the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of 7 the bm'ning of the heifer. Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until 8 the even. And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be 9 unclean until the even. And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of ^ separ- 10 ation : it is a sin offering. And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, 11 for a statute for ever. He that touch- eth the dead body of any man shall be 12 unclean seven days : the same shall l^urify himself therewith on the third day, Sand on the seventh day he shall be clean : but if he purify not himself the third day, ^then the seventh day 13 he shall not be clean. Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and i)urifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from Is- rael : because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean ; his uucleauness is yet 14 upon him. This is the law when a man dieth in a tent : every one that Cometh into the tent, and every one that is in the tent, shall be unclean 15 seven days. And every open vessel, 20. 26. NUMBERS. 121 which liath no covering bound ui)on it, 16 is unclean. And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead hody, or a hone of a man, or a giave, shall he un- 17 clean seven days. And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the hurning of the sui offering, and i run- ning water shall he put thereto in a 18 vessel : and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dij) it in the water, and sj)rinkle it iqion the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the jiersons that were there, and U2iou him that touched the hone, or the slain, or the dead, or 19 the grave: and the clean person shall sprinkle ujjon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day : and on the seventh day he shall i)urify him ; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be 20 clean at even. But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify hmi- self , that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord : the water of sejiaration hath not been spruikled upon him ; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them : and he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean 22 until even. And whatsoever the un- clean j)erson toucheth shall be unclean ; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. 20 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month : and the people abode in Kadesh ; and Miriam died there, and was buried 2 there. And there was no water for the congregation : and they assembled themselves together against Moses and 3 against Aaron. And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saymg. Would God that we had died when om* bretkren 4 died before the Lord ! And why have ye brought the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die 5 there, we and our cattle ? And where- fore have ye made us to come up out of Egyi^t, to bring us in unto this evil place ? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegi'anates; neither 6 is there any water to drink. And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared 7 unto them. And the Lord spake unto 8 Moses, saying, Take the rod, and as- semble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and 9 their cattle drink. And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he com- lOnianded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the assendjly together before the rock, and he said mito them. Hear now, ye rebels; shall we bring you 11 forth water out of this rock? And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the con- 12 gregation drank, and then- cattle. And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, Because j'e believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the laud which I 13 have given them. These are the waters of ^Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he 8 was sanctified in them. 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest ail the travail that hath befallen us: 15 how our fathers went down into Egyjjt, and we dwelt in Egj^pt a long time; and the Egyptians evil entreated us, 16 and oui" fathers: and when we cried unto the Lord, he heard om* voice, and sent an angel, and lirought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Ka- desh, a city in the uttermost of thy 17 border : let us pass, I pray thee, tkrough thy land : we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's high w'ay, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed 18 thy border. And Edom said unto htm, Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee. 19 And the children of Israel said unto him. We will go up by the high way: and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the jjrice thereof: let me only, without doing any thing else, pass through on my 20 feet. And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a 21 strong hand. Thus Edom refused to give Israel jiassage tlu-ough his border : wherefore Israel turned away from him. 22 And they journeyed from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congi-egation, came unto moimt 23 Hor. And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border 24 of the land of Edom, saying, Aai'on shall be gathered unto his jieople : for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Is- rael, because ye rebelled against my 25 word at the waters of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring 26 them up imto mount Hor: and strip 2 That is. Htrifu. 3 Or, shelved hansel/ holy 122 NUMBERS. 20. 26. 1 Or, 0/ t?ie spies 3 Heb. devote. 3 Heb. devoted. 1 From the same root as herem, a devoted tiling. 5 Or, was iyn- pmient Heb. w^is short- ened. 6 Or, in ' Or. rnle Aaron of his garments, and put tliem upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron shall be gathered unto his j^eople, and shall 27 die there. And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the con- 28gregation. And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son ; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount : and Moses and Eleazar came do\^'n from the momit. 29 And when all the congi-egation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Is- rael. 21 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, which dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way i of Athar- im ; and he fought against Israel, and 2 took some of them captive. And Is- rael vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said. If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will ^ut- 3terly destroy their cities. And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites ; and they 3 utterly destroyed them and their cities : and the name of the place was called ^Hormah. 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to com- pass the land of Edom : and the soul of the people ^was much discom-aged o^because of the way. And the peo- ple spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye broxight us up out of Egypt to die in the wild- erness? for there is no bread, and there is no water ; and our soul loatli- 6 eth this flight bread. And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much 7 people of Israel died. And the peo- ple came to Moses, and said. We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses pray- 8 ed for the people. And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard : and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked mito 10 the serpent of brass, he lived. And the children of Israel journeyed, and 11 pitched in Oboth. And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at lye-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, 12 toward the sunrising. From thence they journeyed, and pitched in the val- 13 ley of Zered. From thence they jour- neyed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that Cometh out of the border of the Amorites:- for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 ^\Tieref ore it is said in the book of the Wars of the Lord, Vaheb «in Suphah, And the valleys of Arnon, 15 And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they journeyed to 9 Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord said unto Moses, Gather the peo- ple together, and I will give them water. 17 Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, well ; sing ye unto it : 18 The well, which the princes digged, Wliich the nobles of the people delved, 10 With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed 19 to Mattanah: and from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Ba- 20 moth : and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh do"s\Ti upon 11 the desert. 21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon 22 king of the Amorites, saying. Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard ; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's hu/h way, until we have passed thy border. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilder- ness, and came to Jahaz : and he fought 24 against Israel. And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and pos- sessed his land from Arnon unto Jab- bok, even unto the children of Anunon: for the border of the children of Ammon 25 was strong. And Israel took all these cities : and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all 26 the 12 towns thereof. For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amor- ites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out 27 of his hand, even unto Arnon. Where- fore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and established : '28 For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of SLhon : It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of i^the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab ! Thou art undone, people of Chemosh : He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them ; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, 8 Or, in stonn 9 That is, A Weil. 10 Or, By order of the Jaw- giver 11 Or, Jpshi- inon 12 Heb. daugh- ters. 13 Or. Buriwth 22. 30. NUMBERS. 12 sH I Some ancient authori- ties have, Fire rem'hod unto. 2 Or. II 6- horrtd SHeb. the as- Setfibif/. t ; He hath as it were the 8 strength of the 8 wild -ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries. And shall break their bones in pieces. And smite them through with his arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a Uoness ; who shall rouse him uji ? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee. And cursed be every one that curseth thee. 10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together : and Balak said iinto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. 11 Tlierefore now flee thou to thy place : I thought to promote thee unto gi-eat honour ; but, lo, the Lord hath kept 12 thee back from honour. And Balaam said mito Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest 13 mito me, saymg. If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what the Lord 14 speaketh, that will I speak ? And now, behold, I go luito my people : come, and I will advertise thee what this ijeople shaU do to thy people 15 in the latter days. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith. And the man whose eye ' was closed saith : 16 He saith, which heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Wliich seeth the vision of the Al- mighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open : 17 I see him, but not now: I behold him, but not nigh : There sliaU come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break do^vn all the sons ^of tumult. 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, which were his enemies ; While Israel doeth valiantly. 19 And out of Jacob shaU one have dominion. ^ Soo ch. xxiii. iZ 9 Or, (1/ Sheth 126 NUMBERS. 24. 19. 1 Or, the Eenites 2 Or, How longt As- Ahur &c. 3 Or, ea- tablish- % hhn >0r, yolced 5 Or, the Baal of Peor Sec ch. xxiii. 23. 6 Or, alcove And shall destroy the remnant from the city. 20 And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek v/as the iii-st of the na- tions; But his latter end shall come to destruction. •21 And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, And thy nest is set in the rock. 22 Nevertheless i Kain shall be wasted, 2 Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God sdoeth this? 21 But ships shall come from the coast of Kitthn, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, And he also shall come to destruction. 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place : and Balak also went his way. 25 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom 2 with the daughters of Moab : for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods ; and the people did eat, 3 and bowed down to then- gods. And Israel * joined himself unto ^ Baal -peor : and the anger of the Loed was kindled 4 against Israel. And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up mito the LoKD before the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away 5 from Israel. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves 6 unto Baal-peor. And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midian- itish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congrega- tion of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the 7 tent of meeting. And when Phiaehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose uj) from the midst of the congregation, and took a 8 spear in his hand ; and he went after the man of Israel into the 6 pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed 9 from the children of Israel. And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand. 10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 11 saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath aT\'ay from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children 12 of Israel in my jealousy. Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my coven- 13 ant of peace : and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting jiriesthood ; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the childi-en of Israel. 14 Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midiauitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house 15 among the Simeonites. And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slam was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur ; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian. 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 17 saying. Vex the Midianites, and smite 18 them : for they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor. 26 And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the 2 priest, saying. Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go forth to war in 3 Israel. And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, 4 saying. Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which came forth out of the land of Egypt. 5 Eeuben, the firstborn of Israel: the sons of Keuben; of Hanoch, tlie family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, 6 the family of the Palluites : of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites : of Carmi, 7 the family of the Carmites. These are the famihes of the Eeubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and 8 seven hundred and thu-ty. And the 9 sons of Pallu ; Eliab. And the sous of Eliab ; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, which were called of the con- gregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against 10 the Lord : and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up to- gether with Korah, when that com- pany died ; what time the fire de- voured two hundred and fifty men. Hand they became a sign. Notwith- standing the sons of Korah died not. 12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of ■? Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the fami- ly of the Jaminites: of ^Jacliin, the " In Gen. xlvi. 10. Ex. vL \5, Jemael. «In 1 Chr. iv. 34, Jarib. 26. 65. NUMBERS. 127 13 family of the Jachinites: of iZerali, the family of the Zerahites : of Shaul, 14 the family of the Shaulites. Those are the famUies of the Suneonitcs, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. 15 The sons of Gad after their families : of ■^ Zephon, the family of the Zex>honites : of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuiii, the family of the Shunites: 16 of ^Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of 17 Eri, the family of the Erites : of * Arod, the family of the Ai'odites: of Ai'eli, 18 the family of the Ai'elites. These are the families of the sons of Gad accord- hig to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hun(h'ed. 19 The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Ouan died in the land of 20 Canaan. And the sons of Judah after theu" families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites : of Perez, the family of the Perezites : of Zerah, the 21 family of the Zerahites. And the sous of Perez were ; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family 22 of the Hamulites. These are the fami- lies of Judah accordmg to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hmidred. 23 The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Puvah, the family of the 24Pimites: of ^ Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimi-on, the familj' 25 of the Shimi'onites. These are the families of Issachar according to those that were nmnbered of them, tkree- score and four thousand and three hundi'ed. 26 The sons of Zebulun after tlieii- families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites : of Jahleel, the family of the 27 Jahleelites. These are the families of the Zebultmites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 23 The sons of Joseph after their families: 29 Manasseh and Ej^hraim. The sons of Manasseh : of Machu-, the family of the Machirites : and Machu- begat Gilead : of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead : o/' ^lezer, the family of the lezerites : of Helek, the 31 family of the Helekites : and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechem- 32 ites : and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites : and q/'Hepher, the family 33 of the Hepherites. And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had uo sons, but daugh- ters : and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, 34Hoglah, Milcah, and Tu-zah. These are the families of Manasseh : and they that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 35 These are tlie sons of Ephraim after their families : of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites : of 'Bccher, the family of the Becherites : of Tahan, the 36 family of the Tahanites. And these are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran, 37 the family of the Eranites. These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sous of Joseijh after their families. 38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of tlxe Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of ^Ahiram, the family of 39 the Ahu-amites : of o Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Huiiham, 40 the family of the Huphamites. And the sous of Bela were i^Ard and Naa- man : ofArd, the family of the Ai'dites : of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. 42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of uShuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the fami- 43 lies of Dan after their families. All the families of the Shuhamites, accord- ing to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thou- sand and four hundred. 44 The sous of Asher after their families : of Imnah, the family of the Imiiites: of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites : of 45 Beriah, the family of the Beriites. Of the sous of Beriah : of Heber, the fami- ly of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the 46 family of the Malchielites. And the name of the daughter of Asher was 47 Serah. These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 48 The sons of Naphtali after then- families : of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites : of Guni, the family of the 49Gunites: of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of 50 the Shillemites. These are the families of Naphtali according to their families : and they that were mmibered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 51 These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hmidred thousand and a thousand seven himd- red and thirty. 52 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 53ing, Unto these the land shall be di- vided for an inheritance according to 54 the number of names. To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance : to every one accord- ing to those that were nmnbered of him shall his inheritance be given. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be 'In ] Clir, vii. 20, IlcrtU. Geii. xhi. 21, Ehi in 1 Cl;r. viii. 1, Aluirah. a In Gen. xlvi. 'Jl, Mup- phn.and Ilup- pitti. Win 1 Clir. viii. :i, Addar. 11 In Gen. xhi. 2-i, liushhn. 128 NUMBERS. 26. 55. divided by lot : according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall 5G inherit. According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer. 57 And these are they that were niun- bered of the Levites after their families : of Gershon, the family of the Gershon- ites : of Kohath, the family of the Ko- hathites: of Merari, the family of the 58Merarites. These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Helironites, the family of the Malilites, the family of the Mush- ites, the family of the Korahites. And 59 Kohath begat Amram. And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Anu-am Aaron and Moses, and Mu-iam 60 their sister. And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and 61 Ithamar. And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before 62 the Lord. And they that were num- bered of them were twenty and throe thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not num- bered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the childi'eu of Israel. 63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the iiriest ; who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jeri- 64cho. But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest ; who num- bered the children of Israel ui the 65 wilderness of Sinai. For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jei^hunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 27 Then drew near the daughters of Ze- lophehad, the son of Hejiher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manas- seh the son of Joseph : and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and 2 Tu-zah. And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and be- fore the princes and all the congrega- tion, at the door of the tent of meeting, 3 saying. Our father died in the wilder- ness, and he was not among the com- pany of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the com- pany of Korah : but he died in his own 4 sin ; and he had no sons. Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession 5 among the brethren of our father. And Moses brought their cause before the 6 Lord. And the Lord spake unto Mo- 7 ses, saying. The daughters of Zelophe- had speak right : thou shalt sm-ely give them a possession of an inherit- ance among theu' father's bretlu'en; and thou shalt cause the inheritance 8 of their father to pass unto them. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inherit- 9 ance to pass unto his daughter. And if he have no daugliter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his 11 father's brethren. And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his Isinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judge- ment, as the Lord commanded Moses. 12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this momitain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given 13 unto the children of Israel. And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered imto thy people, as Aaron 14 thy brother was gathered : because ye rebelled against my word in the wild- erness of Zm, in the strife of the congregation, ito sanctify me at the waters before then' eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in 15 the wilderness of Zin.) And Moses 16 spake unto the Lord, saying. Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of aU flesh, appomt a man over the congreg- 17 ation, which may go out before them, and which may come in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as 18 sheep which have no sheijherd. And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nim, a man in whom is the spu-it, and lay thine hand upon 19 him; and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congi-egation ; and give hun a charge m their sight. 20 And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of 21 the childi'en of Israel may obey. And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquu-e for him by the judge- ment of the Urtm before the Lord : at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both be, and all the children of Israel with him, even 22 aU the congi-egation. And Moses did as the Lord commanded him : and he took Joshua, and set him before Elea- zar the priest, and before all the con- 23 gi-egation : and he laid his hands upon hini, and gave him a charge, as the Lord spake by the hand of Moses. 28 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 saying. Command the children of Israel, and say unto them. My ob- lation, my 2 food for my offerings 29. 9. NUMBERS. 129 made by fire, of a sweet savour unto me, isliall j'e observe to offer unto me 3 in their duo season. lAnd thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by iire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; he-lambs of the first year without blemish, two day by day, for a 4 continual burnt offering. The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer 2 at even; 5 and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hiu of beaten oil. 6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire 7 unto the Lord. Ajid the drink offerhig thereof shall be the fourth part of an bin for the one lamb : in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink offering of 8 strong di-ink unto the Lord. And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even : as the meal offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Loed. 9 And on the sabbath day two he-lambs of the first year without blemish, and two tenth j)arts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with 10 oil, and the drink offermg thereof : this is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering thereof. 11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Loed; two yoimg bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year 12 without blemish; and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, for each bullock; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with 13 oil, for the one ram; and a several tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering unto every lamb ; for a bm-ut offering of a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto 14 the Loed. And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of an hin for the ram, and the fourth part of an hin for a lamb : this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the mouths 15 of the year. And one he-goat for a sin offermg unto the Loedj it shall be offered beside the continual bm-ut offer- ing, and the drink offering thereof. 16 Ajid in the first month, on the four- teenth day of the month, is the Lord's 17 passover. And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast : seven days 18 shall unleavened bread be eaten. In the first day shall be an holy convoca- 19 tion ; ye shall do no servile work : but ye shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering unto the Loed; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven he-lambs of the first year : they shall 20 be unto you without blemish : and their meal offering, fine flour mmgled with oil: three tenth parts shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth parts for 21 the ram; a several tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of the seven 22 lambs ; and one he-goat for a sin offer- 23ing, to make atonement for you. Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offer- ing of the morning, which is for a 24 continual burnt offering. After this manner ye shall offer daily, for seven, days, the 5* food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Loed: it shall be offered beside the contmual burnt offering, and the drink offering 25 thereof. And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. 26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye offer a new meal offering unto the Lord in your feast of weeks, ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do 27 no servile work: but ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year ; 28 and their meal offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for each bullock, two tenth parts for the 29 one ram, a several tenth part for every 30 lamb of the seven lambs ; one he-goat, 31 to make atonement for you. Beside the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering thereof, ye shall offer them (they shall be unto you without blemish), and their drink offerings. 29 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work : it is a day of blowing of 2 trumjjets unto you. And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Loed; one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first 3 year without blemish : and their meal offering, fine floiu- mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two 4 tenth parts for the ram, and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs : 5 and one he-goat for a sin offering, to 6 make atonement for you: beside the burnt offering of the new moon, and the meal offering thereof, and the continual burnt offering and the meal offering thereof, and their drink offer- ings, according imto their ordinance, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Loed. 7 And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have an holy convoca- tion; and ye shall afflict your souls; 8 ye shall do no manner of work: but ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet savom-; one yoimg bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year ; they shall be unto you 9 without blemish : and then* meal offer- ing, fine flour mingled with oil, three 3Heb. bread. 130 NUMBERS. 29. 9. tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth 10 parts for the one ram, a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs : Hone he-goat for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering thereof, and their drink offer- ings. 12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto 13 the Lord seven days : and ye shall offer a burnt offeriug, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year; 14 they shall be without blemish: and their meal offermg, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen buUocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two 15 rams, and a several tenth part for every 16 lamb of the fourteen lambs : and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the con- tinual burnt offering, the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof. 17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, four- teen he-lambs of the first year without 18 blemish: and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the buUocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, accord- ing to then' number, after the ordmance: 19 and one he-goat for a sin offering ; be- side the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering thereof, and their drink offerings. 20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the 21 first year without blemish; and their meal offering and their drink offermgs for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, 22 after the ordinance: and one he-goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof. 23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the 24 first year without blemish : their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to then- number, after 25 the ordinance: and one he-goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offeriug, the meal offering thereof, and the drink offeriug thereof. 26 Aud on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the 27 first year without blemish: and then- meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, 28 after the ordinance: and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the contmual burnt offering, and the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof. 29 And on the sixth day eight buUocks, two rams, fom'teen he-lambs of the 30fii'st year without blemish: and then- meal offeriug and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to then- number, 31 after the ordinance: and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offeriug, the meal offering there- of, aud the drink offerings thereof. 32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first 33 year without blemish : and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to then- number, after 34 the ordinance: and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the contuiual burnt offering, the meal offering thereof, and the ch-jjok offering thereof. 35 On the eighth day ye shall have a 1 solemn assembly: ye shall do no 36 servile work : but ye shall offer a bm-nt offering, an offermg made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: one bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of 37 the first year without blemish: then- meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to then- 38 number, after the ordinance : and one he-goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, aud the meal offermg thereof, and the drink offering thereof. 39 These ye shall offer vmto the Lord in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your bm-nt offerings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for 40 your peace offerings. And Moses told the childi'en of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded Moses. 30 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying. This is the thing which the 2 Lord hath commanded. When a man voweth a vow unto the Lord, or swear- eth an oath to bmd his soul with a bond, he shall not ^ break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth 3 out of his mouth. Also when a woman voweth a vow unto the Lord, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in 4 her father's house, in her youth ; and her father heareth her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her : then all her vows shall ,stand, and every bond wherewith she hath 5 bound her soul shall stand. But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shaU forgive her, because her father dis- 6 allowed her. And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul; 31. 26. NUMBERS. 131 7 and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day tliat he heareth it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wlierewith she hatli boiuid her 8 soul shall stand. But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it; then ho shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utter- ance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul: and the Lord shall 9 forgive her. But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even every thing wherewith she hath bound her 10 soul, shall stand against her. And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an 11 oath, and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound 12 her soul shall stand. But if her hus- band made them null and void in the day that he heard them ; then whatso- ever i>roceeded out of her lij)s concern- ing her vows, or coucernmg the bond of her soul, shall not stand : her hus- band hath made them void; and the 13 Lord shall forgive her. Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or 14 her husband may make it void. But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day ; then he estab- lisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are ui)on her: he hath estab- lished them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them; 16 then he shall bear her iniquity. These are the statutes, which the Lord com- manded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daugh- ter, being in her youth, in her father's house. 31 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 saying. Avenge the childi-en of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou 3 be gathered unto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the Lord's vengeance on 4 Midian. Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, 5 shall ye send to the war. So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, 6 twelve thousand armed for war. And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in This hand. And they warred against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew every male. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain ; Evi, and Rekera, and Ziu*, and Hur, and licba, the five kings of Midian : Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the 9 sword. And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian aiul their little ones ; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their 10 goods, they took for a prey. And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they 11 burnt with fire. And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of 12 man and of beast. And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the S23oil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the cami) at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho. 13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the 14 camp. And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hund- reds, which came from the service of 15 the war. And Moses said unto them. Have ye saved all the women alive ? 16 Behold, these caused the childi'en of Israel, thi-ough the counsel of Balaam, to commit tresi^ass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congi-egation of 17 the Lord. Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath know-n man 18 by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known man by lymg with him, keep alive for 19 yourselves. And encamp ye without the camp seven days : whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the thu'd day and on the seventh 20 day, ye and youi' captives. And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall 21 purify yourselves. And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle. This is the statute of the law which the Lord hath com- 22 manded Moses : howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the u'on, the 23 tin, and the lead, every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean ; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of i separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall 24 make to go tkrough the water. And ye shall wash yom* clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and after- ward ye shall come into the camp. 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 26 saying. Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses 1 Or, im- purity 5—2 132 NUMBERS. 31. 26. 27 of the congregation: and divide the Ijrey into two parts ; between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, 28 and all the congi-egation : and levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war that went out to battle : one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, 29 and of the flocks : take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, 30 for the Lord's heave offermg. And of the childi-en of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the taber- Slnacle of the Lord. Aiid Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord 32 commanded Moses. Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of ■n'ar took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and 33 five thousand sheei), and tlu'eescore 34 and twelve thousand beeves, and threescore and one thousand asses, 35 and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not 36 know^l man by lying with him. And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thu-ty thousand and seven thousand 37 and five hundred sheep : and the Lord's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 38 And the beeves were thu-ty and six thousand ; of which the Lord's tribute 39 was threescore and twelve. And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred ; of which the Lord's tribute 40 was threescore and one. And the j)ersons were sixteen thousand ; of whom the Lord's tribute was thii-ty 41 and two persons. . And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, 42 as the Lord commanded Moses. And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that 43 warred, (now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and 44 five hundred sheei>, and thirty and 45 six thousand beeves, and thirty thou- 46 sand and five hundred asses, and 47 sixteen thousand persons ;) even of the chUdreu of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them mito the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 48 And the officers which were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of 49 hundreds, came near unto Moses : and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are mider our charge, and 50 there lacketh not one man of us. And we have brought the Lord's oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, earrings, and ^ armlets, to make atonement for our souls before 51 the Lord. And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even 52 all wrought jewels. And all the gold of the heave offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven 53 hunth-ed and fifty shekels. {^For the men of war had taken booty, every 54 man for himself.) And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the chUdi-en of Israel before the Lord. 32 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle : and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was 2 a place for cattle ; the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the 3 congregation, saying, Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and SNimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and ^Sebam, 4 and Nebo, and ^ Beon, the land which the Lord smote before the congrega- tion of Israel, is a land for cattle, and 5 thy servants have cattle. And they said. If we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession ; bring us 6 not over Jordan. And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall yom* breth- ren go to the war, and shall ye sit 7 here ? And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which 8 the Lord hath given them? Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from 9 Kadesh-barnea to see the land. Eor when they went u^j unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they dis- couraged the heart of the cluldren of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given 10 them. And the Lord's anger was kindled in that day, and he sware, 11 sajong, Surely none of the men that came up out of Egyjit, from twenty years old and u^jward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob ; because they have not wholly followed me: 12 save Caleb the son of Jephunueh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun : because they have wholly followed 13 the Lord. And the Lord's anger was 33. 8. NUMBERS. 133 kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilder- ness forty years, until all the genera- tion, that had done evil in the sight 14 of the LoRn, was consmned. And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the 15 Loud toward Israel. For if ye tm-n away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness ; and ye 16 shall destroy all this people. And they came near unto him, and said. We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 17 but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, untU we have brought them unto theii' place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the 18 inhabitants of the land. We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every 19 man his inheritance. For we will not inherit ^vith them on the other side Jordan, and forward ; because our in- heritance is fallen to us on this side 20 Jordan eastward. And Moses said unto them. If ye will do this thing; if ye will arm youi'selves to go before '21 the Lord to the war, and every armed man of you will pass over Jordan before the Lord, untU he hath driven 22 out his enemies from before him, and the land be subdued before the Lord : then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards the Lord, and towards Israel; and this land shall be unto you for a i^ossession before the Lord. 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have smned against the Lord : and be 24 sure your sm will find yon out. Build you cities for yom- little ones, and folds for yonr sheep ; and do that which hath 25 proceeded out of your mouth. And the children of Gad and the children of Eeubeu spake unto Moses, saying. Thy servants will do as my lord com- 26 mandeth. Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be 27 there in the cities of GUead : but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. 28 So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nmi, and to the heads of the fatliers' houses of the 29 tribes of the children of Israel. And Moses said unto them. If the childi-en of Gad and the children of Eeuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of GUead for a possession : 30 but if they wiU not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions a- 31 mong you in the land of Canaan. And the children of Gad and the children of Ileuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we 3'2do. We will pass over armed before the Lord uito the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond Jordan. 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Ileuben, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh the son of Josej^h, the king- dom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og kuig of Bashan, the land, according to the cities there- of with their borders, even the cities 34 of the land round about. And the children of Gad built Dibon, and At- 35 aroth, and Aroer ; and Atroth-shophan, 36 and Jazer, and Jogbehah; and Beth- nimrah, and Beth-haran : fenced cities, 37 and folds for sheep. And the children of Eeuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, 38 and Kkiathaim ; and Nebo, and Baal- meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah : and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites which 40 were therein. And Moses gave Gilead unto Machu- the son of Manasseh ; and 41 he dwelt theretu. And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them iHawoth- 42 jair. And Nobau went and took Keu- ath, and the 2 villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. 33 These are the ^journeys of the child- ren of Israel, *when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out ac- cording to their journeys by the com- mandment of the Lord : and these are their journeys according to their goings 3 out. And they journeyed from Barn- eses in the first month, on the fif- teenth day of the first month ; on the morrow after the passover the child- ren of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyjjt- 4ians, while the Egyptians were bury- ing all theii' firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them : upon then- gods also the Lord executed judge- 5ments. And the children of Israel joiu-neyed from Eameses, and pitched 6 in Succoth. And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And they journeyed from Etham, and tm'ned back unto Pi-hahtroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and 8 they pitched before Migdol. And they journeyed from before Hahu-oth, and passed through the midst of the sea mto the wilderness : and they went three days' jom-ney in the 1 That is. The towns of Jair. 2Heb. daugh' ters, 3 Or, stages lOr, by which 134 NUMBERS. 33. 8. wilderness of Etham, and jiitched 9 in Marah. And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten pahn trees ; 10 and they pitched there. And they jour- neyed from Elim, and pitched by the llEed Sea. And they journeyed from the Ked Sea, and pitched in the wild- 12erness of Sin. Aaid they journeyed from the ■ndlderness of Sin, and pitched 13 in Dophkah. And they journeyed from 14 Doi)hkah, and pitched in Alush. And they journeyed from Alush, and pitch- ed in Eefihidim, where was no water 15 for the people to drink. And they journeyed from Kei^hidun, and pitched 16 in the wilderness of Suiai. And they journeyed from the wUderness of Sinai, 17 and pitched in Kibroth-hattaavah. And they jom-neyed from Kibroth-hattaa- 18vah, and pitched in Hazeroth. And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and 19 pitched in liithmah. And they jour- neyed from Kithmah, and pitched in 20 Eimmon-perez. And they journeyed from Kimmon-perez, and pitched in 21Libnah. And they journej'ed from 22Libnah, and pitched in Eissah. And they journej'ed from Eissah, and pitch- 23 ed in Kehelathah. And they jour- neyed from Kehelathah, and pitched in 24 mount Shepher. And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and pitched in 25Haradah. And they journeyed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. 26 And they jom-neyed from Makheloth, 27 and pitched in Tahath. And they journeyed from Tahath, and pitched 28 in Terah. And they jom-neyed from 29 Terah, and pitched in Mithkah. And they journeyed from Mithkah, and 30 pitched in Hashmonah. And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and pitch- 31 ed in Moseroth. And they jom-neyed from Moseroth, and i^itched in Beue- 32jaakan. And they journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and pitched in Hor-hag- 33 gidgad. And they j om-neyed from Hor- haggidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. 34 And they journeyed from Jotbathah, 35 and pitched m Abronah. And they journeyed from Abronah, and pitched 36 in Ezion-geber. And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and pitched in the ■\nlderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh). 37 And they journeyed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of 38 the laud of Edom. And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egyjit, in the fifth month, on 39 the first day of the month. And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, which dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the comiug of 41 the children of Israel. And they jour- neyed from mount Hor, and pitched in 42 Zalmonah. And they journeyed from 43 Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. And they journeyed froia Punon, and i)itch- 44 ed in Oboth. And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched in lye-abarim, in 45 the border of Moab. And they jour- neyed from lyim, and iiitched in Dibon- 46 gad. And they jom-neyed from Dibon- gad, and pitched in Ahnon-diblathaim. 47 And they journeyed from Almon-dibla- thaim, and pitched in the mountains 48 of Abarim, before Nebo. And they journeyed from the mountains of Ab- arim, and pitched in the jjlaius of Moab 49 by the Jordan at Jericho. And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesh- imoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plauis of Moab. 50 And the Lord spake imto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan 51 at Jericho, saying. Speak unto the childi-en of Israel, and say unto them, When ye ijass over Jordan into the 52 land of Canaan, then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figm-ed stones, and destroy all then- molten images, and demolish all their 53 high places : and ye shall take posses- sion of the land, and dwell therein: for mito you have I given the land to 54 possess it. And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families ; to the more ye shall give the more in- heritance, and to the fewer thou shaft give the less inheritance : wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his ; according to the tribes of your 55 fathers shall ye inherit. But if ye wiU not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you ; then shall those which ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in 56 the land wherem ye dwell. And it shall come to pass, that as I thought to do unto them, so will I do unto you. 34 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 sayuig. Command the children of Is- rael, and say unto them. When ye come mto the land of Canaan, (this is the land that shaU f aU unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan 3 according to the borders thereof,) then your soiith quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward : 4 and your border shall turn about south- ward of the ascent of AJjrabbim, and jiass along to Zin : and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh- barnea ; and it shall go forth to Hazar- 5 addar, and pass along to Azmon : and the border shall turn about from Az- mon unto the brook of Egypt, and the 35. 17. NUMBERS. 135 goings out thereof shall be at the sea. 6 And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea land the border thereof: this shall be your west 7 border. And this shall be your north border: from the gi-eat sea ye shall 8 mark out for you mount Hor: from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entering in of Hamatli ; and the goings 9 out of the border shall be at Zedad : and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enau : this shall be your north 10 border. Aiid ye shall mark out your cast border from Hazar-enau to Sheph- 11am: and the border shall go down from Shepham to Eiblah, on the east side of Ain; and the l)order shall go down, and shall reach unto the 2 side 12 of the sea of Chinnereth eastward : and the border shall go do^\Ti to Jordan, and the gomgs out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea : this shall be your land according to the borders thereof round 13 about. And Moses commanded the childi-en of Israel, saying, This is the laud which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the 14 half tribe : for the tribe of the children of Eeuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half tribe of Manasseh have received, their 15 inheritance : the two tribes and the half tribe have received their inherit- ance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the smirising. 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 17 iug, These are the names of the men which shall divide the laud unto you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, 18 and Joshua the son of Nun. And ye shall take one pruice of every tribe, to 19 divide the laud for inheritance. And these are the names of the men : of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of 20 Jephunneh. And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son 21 of Ammihud. Of the tribe of Benja- •22 min, Elidad the son of Chislon. And of the tribe of the children of Dan a 23 prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, 24Hanniel the son of Ephod: and of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shijihtan. 25 And of the tribe of the childi-eu of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son 26of Parnach. And of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel 27 the son of Azzan. And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, 28Ahihud the sou of Shelomi. And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammi- 29 had. These are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the iidieritance unto the children of Israel in the laud of Canaan. 35 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at 2 Jericho, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Le- vites of the inheritance of their pos- session cities to dwell in; and ■'suburbs for the cities round about them shall 3 ye give unto the Levites. And the cities shall they have to dwell in ; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all 4 their beasts. And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits 5 round about. And ye shall measure without the city for the cast side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city bemg in the midst. This shall be to them the subvu-bs of the cities. 6 And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee thither : and be- side them ye shall give forty and two 7 cities. All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities : them shall ye give with 8 their subm-bs. Ajid couceruing the cities which ye shall give of the pos- session of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many ; and from the few ye shall take few : every one according to his inlieritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites. 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 10 iug, Sj)eak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye j)ass over 11 Jordan into the land of Canaan, then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you ; that the manslayer which killeth any person *miwittmgly 12 may flee thither. And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the cougregation 13 for judgement. And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of 14 refuge. Ye shall give tlu-ee cities be- yond Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan ; they shaU 15 be cities of refuge. For the childi-en of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge : that every one that Idlleth any person ^unmttingly 16 may flee thither. But if he smote him with an instrument of ii'ou, so that he died, he is a manslayer : the manslayer 17 shall surely be put to death. And if he smote hun with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died. sor. pasture lands 4 Or, through error 136 NUMBERS. 35. 17. lOr, tJiere shall he no blood- guiltl- nessfor him lie is a manslayer : the manslayer shall 18 surely be put to death. Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a manslayer : the manslayer shall 19 surely be put to death. The avenger of blood shall himself put the man- slayer to death : when he meeteth hun, 20 he shall put him to death. And if he thrust him of hatred, or hm-led at him, 21 lying in wait, so that he died; or in enmity smote him with his hand, that he died : he that smote him shall surely be put to death ; he is a manslayer : the avenger of blood shall put the manslayer to death, when he meeteth 22 him. But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him 23 any thing without lying in wait, or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm : 24 then the congregation shall judge be- tween the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgements : 25 and the congi-egation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the a- venger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled : and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the 26 holy oU. But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth ; 27 and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer ; ^he shall not be guilty 28 of blood : because he should have re- mained in his city of refuge untU the death of the high priest : but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his i)os- 29 session. And these things shall be for a statute of judgement unto you tlu-oughout your generations in all 30 your dwellings. Whoso kDleth any person, the manslayer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall not testify against any 31 person that he die. Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a man- slayer, which is guilty of death : but 32 he shall surely be put to death. And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, mitil the death of the i^riest. 33 So ye shall not iwUute the land wherein ye are : for blood, it polluteth the land : and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that 34 shed it. And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell : for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the children of Israel. 36 And the heads of the fathers' houses of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machu-, the son of Manas- seh, of the families of the sons of Jo- seph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the prmces, the heads of the fathers' houses of the 2 chUdi'en of Israel : and they said. The Lord commanded my lord to give the laud for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother 3 unto his daughters. And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of om- fathers, and shall be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall be- long : so shall it be taken away from 4 the lot of our inheritance. And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong : so shaU their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our 5 fathers. And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right. 6 This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying. Let them marry to whom they think best ; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall 7 they marry. So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe : for the children of Is- rael shall cleave every one to the in- heritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shaU be wife tmto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of 9 his fathers. So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe ; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his 10 own inheritance. Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daugh- llters of Zelophehad: for Mahlah, Tu-- zah, and Hoglali, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's bro- 12 thers' sons. They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and then- uiherit- ance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. 13 These are the commandments and the judgements, which the Lord com- manded by the hand of Moses unto the chihh-en of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED DEUTERONOMY. 1 That is, the deep valley runiiins; North and South of the Dead Sea. 2 Some ancient versions have, the 1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyoud Jordan hi the wilderness, in the ^Ai-abah over against ^guph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Labau, and Hazeroth, 2 and Di-zahab. It is eleven days' joiir- ney from Horeb by the way of mount 3 Seir unto Kadesh-barnea. And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh mouth, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given huu hi com- 4mandnient unto them; after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amor- ites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt in 5Ashtaroth, at E(h-ei: beyond Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to 6 declare this law, saying. The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, say- ing. Ye have dwelt long enough in this 7 mountain: turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Ai'abah, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Leba- non, as far as the gi-eat river, the river 8 Euphrates. Behold, I have set the land before you : go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to 9 their seed after them. And I si^ake imto you at that time, saying, I am 10 not able to bear you mj'self alone : the Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the 11 stars of heaven for multitude. The Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath 12 ijromised you ! How can I myself alone bear yoiu" cmnbrance, and your burden, 13 and yom- strife ? Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, accord- ing to your tribes, and I will make 14 them heads over you. And ye answered me, and said. The thing which thou 15 hast spoken is good for us to do. So I took the heads of yom* tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and of- 16 fleers, accordmg to your tribes. And I charged your judges at that time, sayhig, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously be- tween a man and his brother, and the 17 stranger that is with him. Ye shaU not respect persons m judgement; ye shall hear the small and the great alike ; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgement is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you j'e shall bring unto me, and I wiU hear 18 it. And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 19 And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hiU country of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us ; and 20 we came to Kadesh-barnea. And I said unto you. Ye are come unto the hill comitry of the Amorites, which the Lord our God giveth unto us. 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee : go up, take pos- session, as the Lord, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear 22 not, neither be dismayed. And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said. Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which 23 we ,shall come. And the thing pleased me well: and I took twelve men of 21 you, one man for every tribe : and they tiu-ned and went uj) into the mountain, and came unto the vaUey of Eshcol, 25 and spied it out. And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said. It is a good land which the Lord oui- God 26 giveth imto us. Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the command- 27ment of the Lord yom* God: and ye mm-mui-ed in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of 28 the Amorites, to destroy us. Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people is greater and taUer than we; the cities are great and fenced up to 5—5 138 DEUTERONOMY. 1. 28. 1 Or. far am this thing 2 Or, deemed It a fight thing heaven; and moreover we have seen 29 the sons of the Aiiakim there. Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be 30 afraid of them. The Lord your God who goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did .31 for you in Egypt be''ore your eyes ; and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto :52this iilace. Yet ^in this thing ye did o3not believe the Lord your God, who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by 34 day. And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and 35sware, saying. Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to 36 give unto your fathers, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it ; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children : because he hath whoUy followed the 37 Lord. Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also 38shalt not go in thither: Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither : encourage thou him ; for he shall cause Israel to 39 inherit it. Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and yoxu: children, which this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I ■10 give it, and they shall possess it. But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the T\'ilderness by the way 41 to the Ked Sea. Then ye answered and said unto me. We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And ye gird- ed on every man his weapons of war, and 2 were forward to go up into the 42 mountain. And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not uj), neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. 43 So I spake unto you, and ye heark- ened not ; but ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and were liresumptuous, and went up into the 44 mountain. And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out a- gainst you, and chased you, as bees - do, and beat you down in Seir, even 45mito Hormah. And ye retiu'ned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord hearkened not to yom* voice, nor gave 46 ear unto you. So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. 2 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Eed Sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we comi^assed mount Seir many 2 days. And the Lord spake unto me, 3 sajdng, Ye have compassed this mount- ain long enough : turn you northward. 4 And command thou the people, saying. Ye are to pass through the border of j-our bretlu'en the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed 5 unto yourselves therefore : contend not with them ; for I will not give you of theii' laud, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on : because I have given mount Seir unto Esau 6 for a possession. Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. 7 For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand : he hath kno\vn thy walking through this great wilderness : these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; 8 thou hast lacked nothing. So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Sen*, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the 9 way of the wilderness of Moab. And the Lord said unto me. Vex not Moab, neither contend ^\ath them in battle: for I will not give thee of his land for a possession ; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a posses- 10 sion. (The Emim dwelt therein afore- time, a j)eople great, and many, and 11 tall, as the Anakim: these also are accounted SRephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 The Horites also dwelt in Seir afore- time, but the children of Esau suc- ceeded them ; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the laud of his possession, which the Lord gave 13 unto them.) Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went 14 over the brook Zered. And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as the Lord sware mito 15 them. Moreover the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed. 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from 17 among the i^eojile, that the Lord spake 18 unto me, saying. Thou art this day to 19 pass over Ar, the border of Moab : and when thou comest nigh over against the chUdreu of Ammon, vex them not, nor contend with them : for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession : because I 3. IC. DEUTERONOMY. 139 iHeb. hy the way, bi/ the ivai/. 2Heb. strong. 3 Or, ^o(^ iHeb. devoted. 6Heb. city of incn. liave },'iveu it unto tlie children of Lot 20 for a possession. (That also is account- ed a land of Eephaim : Kephuini dwelt therein aforetime ; but the Ammonites 21 call them Zamzunnnim ; a peojile great, and many, and tall, as the Auakim; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and 22 dwelt in their stead: as he did for tlie children of Esau, which dwell in Seu% when he destroyed the Horites from before them ; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in then- stead even unto this 23 day: aud the Avvim which dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, which came forth out of Caphtor, de- stroyed them, aud dwelt in theii* stead.) 24 Rise ye up, take yoiu: journey, and pass over the valley of Arnou: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land : begin to iiossess it, and contend 25 with hun in battle. This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26 And I sent messengers out of the ■wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of i^eace, 27 saying, Let me pass through thy land : I will go 1 along by the high way, I Avill neither turn unto the right hand 28 nor to the left. Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink : only let me pass through on my feet ; 29 as the children of Esau which dwell in Sen-, aud the Moabites which dwell in At, did unto me ; until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord 30 oui' God giveth us. But SUion king of Heshbon would not let us pass by hun : for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart '^obstinate, that he might deliver hun into thy 31 hand, as at this day. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to deUver up Sihon aud his land before thee : begin to possess, that thou may- 32 est uiherit his land. Then Silion came out against us, he and all his people, 83iuito battle at Jahaz. And the Lord our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his ^sons, and 34 aU his people. And we took all his cities at that time, and * utterly de- stroyed every ^ inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left 35 none remaining: only the cattle we took for a prey unto om-selves, with the spoil of the cities which we had 36 taken. From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Aruon, and/;om the city that is in the valley, even mito Gilead, there was not a city too high for us: the Lord our God 37 delivered up all before us : only to the land of the chikb'en of Ammon thou earnest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wheresoever the Lord our God forbad us. 3 Then we tm'ned, and wont up the way to Bashan: and Og the kuig of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei. 2 And the Lord said unto me. Fear him not: for I have delivered hun, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, 3 which dwelt at Heshbon. So the Loid our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him imtil none 4 was left to him remaining. And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Ai-gob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these were cities fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the •'un- 6 walled towns a great many. And we ^utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Silion king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every ^ inhabited city, -n-ith 7 the women and the little ones. But all the cattle, and the si^oil of the cities, we took for a prey imto om-selves. 8 And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, from the valley of Arnon imto mount 9 Hermon ; {vMch Hermon the Sidonians call Su'ion, and the Amorites call it lOSeuir;) all the cities of the ^platn, aud all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and Edrei, cities of the king- lldom of Og in Bashau. (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rejihaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron ; is it not in Eabbah of the children of Am- mon ? nine cubits was the length there- of, and four cubits the breadth of it, 12 after the cubit of a man.) And this land we took in possession at that time : from Ai'oer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill comitry of Gilead, aud the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gad- 13ites: and the rest of Gilead, aud all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I imto the half tribe of Manasseh; ^all the region of Argob, ^eveu aU Ba- shan. (The same is called the land of 14Eephaim. Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Ma- acathites; and called them, even Ba- shan, 10 after his own name, Havvoth- 15 jair, unto this day.) And I gave Gilead 16 unto Machir. And unto the Reuben- ites aud unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of Arnon, "Or, country toimis 7 Or, table land 8 Or. all the regioyi of Argob I All that Bash a n is coiled ie. 9 Or. with 10 See Num. xxxii. i1. 5—6 140 DEUTERONOMY. 3. 16. I Or, /or a border 2 Or, springs the middle of the valley, land the border thereof; even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the 17 children of Amnion ; the Ai-abah also, and Jordan land the border thereof, from Chiunereth even unto the sea of the Ai-abah, the Salt Sea, imder the 2 slopes of Pisgah eastward. 18 And I commanded you at that time, saying. The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before yom* brethren • the children of Israel, aU the men of 19 valour. But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide m your 20 cities which I have given you; until the LoED give rest unto yom- brethi-en, as unto you, and they also possess the land which the Lokd your God giveth them beyond Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, 21 which I have given you. And I com- manded Joshua at that tune, saying. Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord yom- God hath done unto these two kmgs: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest over. 22 Ye shall not fear them : for the Lord your God, he it is that tighteth for you. 23 And I besought the Lord at that time, 24 saying, Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy gi-eatness, and thy strong hand : for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do ac- cording to thy works, and according to 25 thy mighty acts ? Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mouut- 26ain, and Lebanon. But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and heai'kened not imto me: and the Lord said unto me. Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift U2) thine ej'es westward, and north- ward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou 28 shalt not go over this Jordan. But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which 29 thou shalt see. So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. 4 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the judgements, which I teach you, for to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of 2 yom- fathers, giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I com- mand you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the com- mandments of the Lord your God which 3 1 command you. Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal- peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath de- stroyed them from the midst of thee. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you 5 this day. Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgements, even as the Lord my God conmianded me, that ye should do so ui the midst of the land 6 whither ye go in to possess it. Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, which shall hear all these statutes, and say. Surely this great nation is a wise and understand- 7 ing people. For what gi-eat nation is there, that hath ^a god so nigh imto them, as the Lord om* God is when- 8 soever we call upon him ? And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and judgements so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they dei)art from thy heart all the days of thy life ; but make them known unto thy childi'en and thy children's 10chil(h-en; the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Assemble me the iieople, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may 11 teach their chilib'en. And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire mito the heart of heaven, with dark- 12ness, cloud, and thick darkness. And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form ; only ye 13 heard a voice. And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten ^com- mandments ; and he wi'ote them upon 14 two tables of stone. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgements, that ye might do them in the land whither ye 15 go over to jjossess it. Take ye there- fore good heed unto yom-selves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb 16 out of the midst of the tire: lest ye corruiit yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, 17 the likeness of male or female, the like- ness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that ISfiieth in the heaven, the likeness of any thuig that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the 19 water under the earth : and lest thou lift up thine ej'es unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and wor- ship them, and serve them, which the 5. 1. DEUTERONOMY. 141 1 Or, ij- 171 the latter days thou return 2 Or, trials Or, cvldr ences Lord thy God bath divided unto all the peoi^les under the whole heaveu. '20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the ii-on furnace, out of Egypt, to bo unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day. 21 Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for j'our sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee 22 for an inheritance : but I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan : but ye shall go over, and possess that 23 good land. Take heed unto yoiu-selves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of any thing which the Lord thy 24 God hath forbidden thee. For the Lord thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. 25 When thou shalt beget children, and childi-en's childi'en, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall cor- rupt yoxu'selves, and make a gi'aven image in the form of any thuig, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him 26 to anger : I call heaven and earth to vdtness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly i^erish from off the land whereiuito ye go over Joi'dan to possess it ; j-e shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be 27 destroyed. And the Lord shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the Lord shall lead 28 you away. And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, 29 nor eat, nor smell. But if from thence ye shall seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou search after him with aU thy heart and with all thy 30 soul. When thou art in tribulation, and aU these thmgs are come upon thee, ^in the latter days thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, and 31 hearken unto his voice : for the Lord thy God is a merciful God; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers 32 which he sware unto them. For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man u^jon the earth, and from the one end of heaveu unto the other, whether there hath beeu any such thincf as this gi-eat thing is, or hath 33 been heard like it ? Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast 34 heai-d, and Uve ? Or hath God assayed ! to go and take him a nation from the I midst of another nation, by ^ tempta- tions, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, a,nd by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, accorduig to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egyi)t before 35 your eyes ? Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightcst know that the Lord he is God ; there is none else beside 36 him. Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee : and upon earth he made thee to see his great fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his in-esence, with his great power, out 38 of Egypt ; to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to brmg thee in, to give thee then" land for an inheritance, as at 89 this day. Know therefore this day, and lay it to thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath : there is none 40 else. And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his conunaudments, which I com- mand thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest pro- long thy days upon the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 Then Moses separated three cities beyond Jordan toward the sum-ising; 42 that the manslayer might flee thither, which slaj'eth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past ; and that fleeing unto one of these cities 43 he might live : namely, Bezer in the wUderness, in the 3 plain country, for the Reubenites; andEamothinGilead, for the Gadites ; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. 44 And this is the law which Moses set 45 before the children of Israel: these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgements, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt; 46 beyond Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the laud of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the child- ren of Israel smote, when they came 47 forth oiit of Egypt : and they took his land in jiossession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kuigs of the Ajnorites, which were beyond Jor- 48 dan tov.ard the sunrismg ; from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Ai-non, even unto mount Sion (the 49 same is Hermon), and all the Ai-abah beyond Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the * slopes of Pisgah. 5 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said mito them. Hear, Israel, the statutes and the judgements which I speak in yoiu" ears this day, 3 Or, table land ^Or, springs 142 DEUTERONOMY. 5. 1. ' See Ex. XX. 2. 2Heb. bond- men, 3 Or, tne iSee Ex. XX. 6. 5 Or, for vanity oifahe- hood rVer. 18 in Heb.] that ye may learn them, and observe 2 to do them. The Lord our God made 3 a covenant with us in Horeb. The Loed made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us. Mho are all of us 4 here alive this day. The Lord spake with you face to face in the mount out 5 of the midst of the fire, (I stood be- tween the Loed and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Loed : for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount ;) saying, 6 II am the Loed thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of ^bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods 3 before me. 8 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, the likeness q/' any form that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the 9 water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them : for I the Loed thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniqui- ty of the fathers upon the children, and upon the thhd and upon the fourth generation of them that hate 10 me; and shewing mercy unto ^thou- sands, of them that love me and keej) my commandments. 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God ^in vain: for the Loed will not hold him guUtless that taketh his name ^in vain. 12 Observe the sabbath day, to keej) it holy, as the Lord thy God commanded 13 thee. Six days shalt thou labour, and 14 do all thy work : but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well 15 as thou. And thou shalt remember that th»u wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God com- manded thee to keeji the sabbath day. 16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God commanded thee : that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 17 Thou shalt do no murder. 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou covet thy neigh- bom-'s wife ; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. 22 These words the Loed spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the lu-e, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a gi'eat voice : and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and 23 gave them mito me. And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain did burn with fij-e, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads 24 of youi' tribes, and your elders; and ye said. Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire : we have seen this day that God doth 25 speak with man, and he liveth. Now therefore why should we die ? for this great tu-e will consume us : if we hear the voice of the Loed our God any 2G more, then we shall die. For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God siseaking out of the midst of the fli-e, as we have, 27 and lived ? Go thou near, and hear all that the Loed our God shall say : and speak thou unto us all that the Loed our God shall speak unto thee; and 28 we mil hear it, and do it. And the Loed heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee : they have well said all that they have 29 spoken. 6 Oh that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their chihb'en for 30 ever! Go say to them. Return ye to 31 your tents. But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the judgements, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which 321 give them to i)ossess it. Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Loed youi- God hath conunanded you: ye shall not tui-n aside to the right hand 33 or to the left. Ye shall walk in all the way which the Lord your God hath conamanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. 6 Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the judgements, which the Loed yom- God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess 2 it: that thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's GOr. Oh that they had sticli an heart as this ah way, to fear me, andkeep all my com- i)tand- iitents, that 7. 11. DEUTERONOMY. 143 » Or, tJio Lord our God, the Loiiu is one Or, the Lord is our Ood, the Loi'.u is one Or, the Lord ix our Go'J, the Loud alone son, all the clays of thy life ; and that 3 thy flays may be i)rolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it ; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as tlie Loiii), the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a laud flowing with milk and honey. 4 Hear, Israel: itlie Loed oiu' God 5 is one Lohi> : and thou shalt love the LuitD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all G thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shaU be upou 7 thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy childi-en, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walk- est by the way, and when thou liost 8 down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for 9 frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt -write them upon the door posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee ; gi-eat and goodl}' cities, 11 which thou buildedst not, and houses full of all good things, which thou iiUedst not, and cisterns he\\Ti out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive trees, vi'hich thou plantedst not, 12 and thou shalt eat and be full; then beware lest thouforget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egj-pt, out of the house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt 14 swear by his name. Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples which are round about you; 15 for the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God ; lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kmdled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord yom- God, as ye tempted him in Massah. 17 Ye shall diligently keep the command- ments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he 18 hath commanded thee. And thou shalt do that which is right and good m the sight of the Lord : that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the 19 Lord sware unto thy fathers, to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. 20 When thy sou asketh thee in time to come, saying. What mean the testi- monies, and the statutes, and the judge- ments, which the Lord our God hath 21 commanded you? then thou shalt say unto thy son. We were Pharaoh's bond- men in Egypt ; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand : 22 and the Lord shewed signs and won- ders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before 23 our eyes : and lie brought us out from thence, that he might bring us m, to give us the land \\hich he sware unto 24 our fathers. And the Lord command- ed us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at 25 this day. ^Vnd it shall be righteous- ness unto us, if we observe to do aU. this commandment before the Lord om- God, as he bath commanded us. 7 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall ^cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations gi-eater and mightier than 2 thou ; and when the Lord thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them ; then thou shalt 8 utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, 8 nor shew mercy unto them: neither shalt thou make marriages with them ; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daugliter shalt thou 4 take unto thy son. For he will turn away thy son from following nie, that they may serve other gods : so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them ; ye shall break down then* altars, and dash in pieces then- * pillars, and bev,^ down then- SAsherim, and biu-n their 6 graven images with fire. For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God : the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people imto himself, ^a- bove all peoples that are upon the face 7 of the earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, be- cause ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest 8 of all peoples : but because the Lord loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of 'Egypt- 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God; the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love bun and keep his - commandments to a thousand genera- lOtious; and repayeth them that hate hiin to then- face, to destroy them : he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he wiil vej>aj him to his face. 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the com- mandment, and the statutes, and the 2Heb. pluck off. 3Heb. devote. 4 Or, obelisks 5 See Ex. xxxiv. 13. 6 Or, out of 144 DEUTERONOMY. 7. 11. lOr, triaU See ch. iv. o4, and xxix. 2 Or, them- selves /rem thee, perrhh 3 Or. judgements, wliich I command thee this day, to do them. 12 And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these judgements, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy 13 fathers: and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee : he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn and thy wiue and thine oU, the increase of thy kine and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy 14 fathers to give thee. Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples : there shall not be male or female barren among 15 you, or among your cattle. And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness ; and he will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee, but will lay them 16 upon all them that hate thee. And thou shalt consume all the peoples which the Lord thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods ; for that will be a snare imto 17 thee. If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I ; how 18 can I dispossess them ? thou shalt not be afraid of them : thou shalt well re- member what the Lord thy God did mito Pharaoh, and unto all Egyi^t; 19 the great i temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the won- ders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the 20 j)eoples of whom thou art afraid. More- over the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and -hide themselves, perish 21 from before thee. Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is in the midst of thee, a great 22 God and a terrible. And the Lord thy God ■ndll cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them 3 at once, lest the beasts of the field increase 23 upon thee. But the Lord thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and shall discomfit them with a great discomfitm-e, until they be destroyed. 24 And he sliall deliver their kmgs into thine hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven : there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed 25 them. The graven images of then- gods shaU ye burn with fire : thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God : 26 and thou shalt not bring an abomin- ation into thine house, and become a devoted thing like unto it : thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing. 8 All the commandment which I com- mand thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and laossess the land which the 2 Lord sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might hmnble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest heeg his conmiandments, 3 or no. And he hmnbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth 4 of the Lord doth man live. Thy rai- ment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 5 And thou shalt consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteueth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 6 And thou shalt keep the conunand- ments of the Lord thy God, to walk 7 in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God brmgeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountams and depths, springing 8 forth in valleys and hills ; a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates ; a land of oil 9 olives and honey ; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thmg in it ; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. 10 And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given 11 thee. Beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God, in not keepmg his commandments, and his judgements, and his statutes, which I comman.l 12 thee this day : lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly 13 houses, and dwelt therein; and when thy herds and thy fiocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiijlied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; 14 then thine heart be lifted uj), and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egyjjt, out 15 of the house of bondage ; who led thee through the great and terrible wilder- ness, wherein loere fiery serpents and scorpions, and thu'sty ground where was no water ; who brought thee forth IG water out of the rock of flint ; who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not ; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy 17 latter end: and thou say in thine 9. 26. DEUTERONOMY. 145 heart, My power aiul the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealtli. 18 But thou shalt remember tlie Lord thy God, for it is he that gis'eth thee power to get wealth ; tliat ho may estahhsh his covenant wliich lie sware 19 imto thy fathers, as at this day. And it shall he, if thou shalt forget the LoKD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worshij) them, I testify against you this day 20 that j'e sliall surely ijerish. As the nations which the Lokd maketh to perish before j'ou, so shall ye perish ; because ye would not hearken mito the voice of the Lord yom- God. 9 Hear, Israel: thou art to jmss over Jordan this day, to go in to pos- sess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities gi-eat and fenced up to 2 heaven, a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou know- est, and of whom thou hast heard say. Who can stand before the sons of 3 Anak ? Know therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee as a devouring fire ; he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thee : so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as the Lord hath 4 spoken unto thee. Sjjeak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying. For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land : whereas for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive 5 them out from before thee. Not for thy righteousness, or for the upright- ness of thine heart, dost thou go in to possess their land : but for the wicked- ness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 6 Jacob. Know therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness ; for 7 thou art a stiffneclved people. Eemem- ber, forget thou not, how thou provok- edst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou w'eutest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have 8 been rebellious against the Lord. Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was angry with 9 you to have destroyed yoix. When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water. 10 And the Lord delivered unto me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God ; and on them ivas written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in tlie mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of lithe assem])ly. And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the 12 covenant. And the Lord said unto me, Ai'ise, get thee down quickly from hence ; for thy peoi)le which tluni hast brought forth out of Egypt have cor- rupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made 13 them a molten image. Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a 14 stiffnecked people: let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out then- name from under heaven: and I wUl make of thee a nation mightier and 15 greater than they. So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned Avith fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two 16 hands. And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LoSd your God ; ye had made you a molten calf: ye had tm'iied aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you. 17 And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and 18 brake them before your eyes. And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor di-ink water ; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke 19 him to anger. For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened 20 unto me that time also. And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed htm : and I prayed for Aaron 21 also the same time. And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as tine as dust : and I cast the dust there- of into the brook that descended out 22 of the mount. And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, 23 ye provoked the Lord to wrath. And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh- barnea, saying. Go np and possess the land which I have given you ; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed bun not, nor hearkened to his voice. 24 Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you. 25 So I fell down before the Lord the forty days and forty nights that I fell down ; because the Lord had said he 26 would destroy you. And I prayed unto the Lord, and said, Lord God, destroy not thy ijeople and thine inheritance, 146 DEUTERONOMY. 9. 26. iHeb. words. 2 Or, the wells of the child- ren of Jaakan which thou hast redeemed thi'ough thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt ynila a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to 28 their wickedness, nor to their sin : lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say. Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the v.ilderness. 29 Yet they are thy people and thine in- heritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thy stretched out arm. 10 At that time the Lord said unto me. Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee au ark of 2 wood. And I will write ou the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put 3 them in the ark. So I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the fu-st, and went up into the mount, having the two tables 4 in miiie hand. And he v.Tote on the tables, according to the fii'st writing, the ten i commandments, which the Lord spake unto you iu the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of tlie assembly: and the Lord gave 5 them imto me. And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made ; and there they be, as the Lord 6 commanded me. (And the children of Israel journeyed from ^Beeroth Bene- jaakau to Moserah : there Aaron died, and there he was buried ; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office 7iu his stead. From thence they joiu-- nej-ed unto Gudgodah ; and from Gud- godah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks 8 of water. At that time the Lord separ- ated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to mmister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this 9 day. Wlierefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren ; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God spake unto hun.) 10 And I stayed in the mount, as at the fii'st time, forty days and forty nights : and the Lord hearkened unto me that time also ; the Lord would not destroy 11 thee, ^ud the Lord said unto me. Arise, take thy joiu-ney before the peo- ple; and they shall go m and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. 12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart 13 and with all thy soul, to keep the com- mandments of the Lord, and his stat- utes, which I command thee this day 14 for thy good? Behold, unto the Lord thy God belongeth the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with 15 all that therein is. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you ^ above all peoples, as at 16 this day. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more 17 stiffnecked. For the Lord your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, which regardeth not persons, 18 nor taketh reward. He doth execute the judgement of the fatherless and ■widow, and loveth the stranger, in 19 giving him food and raiment. Love ye therefore tlie stranger : for ye were 20 strangers in the land of Egyiit. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt 21 thou swear. He is thy praise, and ho is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which 22 thine eyes have seen. Thy fathers went do^^^l into Egypt ^vith threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and liis statutes, and his judgements, and his 2 commandments, alway. And know ye this day: for / speech not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the ■* chastisement of the Lord yoiir God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out Barm, and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and 4mito all his land; and what ho did unto the army of Egypt, unto then* horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Eed Sea to overflow them as they pm-sued after you, and how the Lord hath destroyed 5 them unto this day ; and what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye 6 came unto this place ; and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened her mouth, and swallow- ed them up, and their households, and then- tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Is- 7 rael : but your eyes have seen all the gi'eat work of the Lord which he did. 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the com- mandment which I command thee this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go 9 over to possess it; and that ye may prolong your days upon the laud, which the Lord sware unto yom- fathers to 12. 9. DEUTERONOMY. 147 iHeb. seeketh after. 2 That is. western. give unto them and to their seed, a land Howing with milk and honey. 10 For the land, whither thou goeKt in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sov.-edst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden 11 of lierbs : but the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a laud of hills and valleys, ami drinketh water of the 12 rain of heaven : a land which the Lord tliy God icareth for; the eyes of the Loiin thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. 13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my command- ments which I conunand you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and 14 with all your soul, that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former ram and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and 15 thy -ivuie, and thine oil. And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, 16 and thou shalt eat and be full. Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve 17 other gods, and worship them; and the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit ; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you. 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul ; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon yom- hand, and they shall be for 19 frontlets between yoitr eyes. And ye shall teach them your chikli-en, talk- ing of them, when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and 20 when thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of 21 thine house, and upon thy gates : that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your childi-en, upon the land which the Lord sware unto your fa- thers to give them, as the days of the 22 heavens above the earth. For if ye sliall diligently keep all this com- mandment which I command you, to do it ; to love the Lord yom- God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave 23 unto him; then will the Lord di'ive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess nations greater 24 and mightier than yourselves. Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the ^liinder sea shall be yom- border. 25 There shaU no man be able to stand before you : the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath spoken unto you. 2(i Behold, I set before you tliis day a 27 blessing and a ciu-se; tlie blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the command- ments of the Lord your God, which I 28 command you this day: and the curse, if ye sliall not hearken unto the com- mandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I coimnand you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse 30 upon mount Ebal. Axe they not be- yond Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the smi, in the land of the Canaanites which dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside 31 the 3 oaks of Moreh? For ye are to pass over Joi-dan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth j'ou, and ye shall possess it, 32 and dwell therein. And ye shall ob- serve to do all the statutes and the judgements which I set before you this day. 12 These are the statutes and the judge- ments, which ye shall observe to do in the land which the Loud, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live 2 upon the earth. Ye shall surely de- stroy all the places, wherein the na- tions which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hiUs, and luider every 3 green tree: and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their ^pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire ; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place. 4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord yom- 5 God. But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 and thither ye shall bi-ing your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and yoiu- tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the fir.st- lings of yom- herd and of your flock: 7 and there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord 8 thy God hath blessed tliee. Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever 9 is right in his ov^n eyes: for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God 3 Or, tere' binths lOr, obelisks 148 DEUTERONOMY. 12. 9. lOgiveth thee. But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God causeth you to inherit, and he giveth you rest from all your enemies round ahout, so that 11 ye dwell in safety; then it shall come to pass that the place which the Loed your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your bm'nt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows 12 which ye vow unto the Lord : and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as lie hath no portion nor inheritance 13 with you. Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in 14 every place that thou seest: but in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command 15 thee. Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, ac- cording to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of 16 the hart. Only ye shall not eat the blood ; thou shalt pour it out upon the 17 earth as water. Thou mayest not eat within tliy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offermgs, nor 18 the heave offering of thine hand : but thou shalt eat them before the Lord thy God in the ijlace which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man- servant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine 19 hand unto. Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land. 20 When the Lord thy God shall en- large thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all 21 the desire of thy soul. If the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, 22 after all the desu-e of thy soul. Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean shall eat thereof 23 alike. Only "be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with 24 the flesh. Thou shalt not eat it ; thou shalt ijour it out upon the earth as 25 water. Thou shalt not eat it ; that it may go well with thee, and ■w'ith thy chUdi'en after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of 26 the Lord. Only thy holy things v/hich thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the 27 Lord shall choose: and thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God: and the blood of thy sacri- fices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou 28 shalt eat the flesh. Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. 29 When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest in to possess them, and thou possessest them, and dwellest in 30 their land; take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared i to follow them, after that they be destroyed from be- fore thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, sayuig. How do these nations serve their gods? ^even so 31 will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God : for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto theu- gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to theii- gods. 32 What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do : thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. 13 If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a di-eamer of di'eams, and 2 he give thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying. Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart 4 and with all your soul. Ye shall walk after the Lord yoiu- God, and fear him, and keep his commandnieuts, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, 5 and cleave unto him. And that pro- phet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken ^ rebellion against the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee 14. 23. DEUTERONOMY. 149 1 Or, i)i 2 Heb. sotis of worth- lessness. 3 Heb. devoting i Or, as a tvhole burnt offeriiuf 5 Or, tnound Heb. tel. out of the liouse of bondage, to draw thee aside out of the way which the Lord tliy God comma'.iflod thee to wallv in. So shalt thou put away the evil from tlie midst of thee. (■) If tliy brotlior, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying. Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not 7 known, thou, nor thy fathers; of the gods of the i)eoples which are romid about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the 8 earth; thou shalt not consent unto htm, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou con- 9ceal him: but thou shalt sm-ely kill hun; thine hand shall be first upon him to put limi to death, and after- 10 wards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone hmi with stones, that he die ; because he hath sought to di'aw thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of 11 bondage. And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee. 12 If thou shalt hear tell i concerning one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to dweU there, saying, 13 Certain 2 base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of theu' city, saying. Let us go and serve other 14 gods, which ye have not kuo^vTi ; then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thuig certain, that such abomination is wrought in the 15 midst of thee ; thou shalt sm-ely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, 3 destroying it ut- terly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the 16 sword. And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof ^every whit, unto the Lord thy God: and it shall be an 5 heap for ever; it 17 shall not be built agam. And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thine hand: that the Lord may tm'n from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fa- ISthers; when thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keei) all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. 14 Ye are the childi-en of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any ])aldness between your eyes 2 for the dead. For thou art an holy peojile unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a jieculiar iieople unto himself, "^ above all peoples that are upon the face of the eartli. 3 Thou shalt not eat any abommable 4 thing. These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and 5 the goat, the hart, and the gazeUe, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and 6 the chamois. And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and ' cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven : the camel, and the hare, and the "^ coney, because they chew the cud but part not the 8 hoof, they are unclean unto you : and the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of theu* flesh ye shall not eat, and theu- carcases ye shall not touch. 9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters : whatsoever hath fins and 10 scales shall ye eat: and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat ; it is unclean unto you. Of all clean birds ye may eat. But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the ^ eagle, and the gier eagle, 13 and the ospray; and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind ; ^^and every raven after its kind; and the ostrich, and the night hawk, and the seamevv, and the hawk after its 16 kind; the little owl, and the great 17 owl, and the horned owl; and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cor- 18 morant ; and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the 19 bat. And all winged creej)ing things are miclean unto you : they shall not 20 be eaten. Of all clean fowls ye may eat. 21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it mito the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it ; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. 22 Thou shalt sm-ely tithe all the in- crease of thy seed, that which cometh 23 forth of the field year by year. And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first- lings of thy herd and of thy flock ; 11 13 f'Or, out of -I Heb. hringeth up. ''See Lev. xi. 5. 3 See Lev. xl. 13, &c. 150 DEUTERONOMY. 14. 23. lOr. release: gave when there d-r that tbou mayest learn to fear the 24 Lord thy God always. Aiid if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which the Lord tliy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God 25 shall bless thee : then shalt thou tui-n it into money, and bind Tip the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall 26 choose: and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul de- sireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for what- soever thy soul asketh of thee: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou 27 and thuie household : and the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him ; for he hath no por- tion nor uiheritauce with thee. 28 At the end of every thi-ee years thou shalt bruig forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt 29 lay it up within thy gates: and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are ■\\dthin thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satis- fied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. 15 At the end of every seven years thou 2 shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release : every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbom-; he shall not exact it of his neighboiur and his brother; because the Lord's release 3 hath been proclaimed. Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it : but whatsoever of thuie is with thy brother thine 4 hand shall i release. Howbeit there shall be no poor with thee; (for the Lord will sm-ely bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an mheritance to possess it;) 5 if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do aU this conunaudment 6 which I command thee this day. For the Lord thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow ; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee. 7 If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, ^vithia any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine 8 hand from thy poor brother : but thou shalt surely open thuie hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a base thought in thine heart, saying. The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt sui-ely give hun, and thine heart shall not be gi-ieved \\'hen thou givest unto hun: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou ijuttest thine hand unto. 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou slialt sm-ely open thuie hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land. 12 If thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go 13 free from thee. And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not 14 let him go empty : thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy tlu-eshing-floor, and out of thy winepress : as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman iu the laud of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee : therefore I command thee this thing 16 to-day. And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee ; because he loveth thee and thine house, 17 because he is well with thee; then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it tlu-ough his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy 2 servant for ever. And also unto thy s maidservant thou shalt 18 do likewise. It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest hun go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of an hireling hath he served thee six years : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 19 All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the 20 firstling of thy flock. Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 And if it have any blemish, as if it he lame or bluid, any Ul blemish whatso- ever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto 22 the Lord thy God. Thou shalt eat it •(vithia thy gates : the Tuiclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazeUe, 23 and as the hart. Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof ; thou shalt yyovx it out upon the gromid as water. IQ Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover imto the Lord thy God : for Ul the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by 2 night. And thou shalt sacrifice the pass- 17. 8. DEUTERONOMY. 151 lOr, seethe 2 See Lev. xxiii. 36. 3 Or, after the 7neasure of the iHeb. booths. over mito the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LoKD shall choose to cause his 3 name to dwell there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread vfith it; seven daj's shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction ; for thou earnest forth out of the land of Egyi>t in haste: that thou uiayest remember the day when thoii earnest forth out of the land of Egypt all the 4 days of thy life. Aiid there shall be no leaven seen with thee in all thy borders seven days ; neither shall any of the flesh, which thou sacriticest the first day at even, remain all night 5 until the morning. Thou maj-est not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God Ogiveth thee: but at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camesi forth out 7 of Egypt. Aiid thou shalt ^ roast and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread : and on the seventh day shall be 2 a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God; thou shalt do no work therein. 9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee : from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven 10 weeks. And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God 3 with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give, according as the Lord thy God blesseth thee: 11 and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell 12 there. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 13 Thou shalt keep the feast of * taber- nacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor 14 and from thy mnepress: and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are 15 within thy gates. Seven days shalt thou keej) a feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thine hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful. 16Thi-ee times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord tliy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not 17 ai^pear before the Lord empty : every man ° shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee. 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes: and they shall judge the peo- 19lilewith righteous judgement. Thou shalt not wrest judgement; thou shalt not respect persons: neither shalt thou take a gift ; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the 20 6 words of the righteous. ^ That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 21 Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt 22 make thee. Neither shalt thou set thee up a SpUlar; which the Lord thy God hateth. 17 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, 07- any evil- f avouredness : for that is an abomina- tion unto the Lord thy God. 2 If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, in 3 transgressing his covenant, and hath gone and served other gods, and wor- shipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which 4 1 have not commanded ; and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, then shalt thou inquu-e diligently, and, behold, if it be true, and the thing cert- ain, that such abommation is wrought 5 in Israel ; then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have done this evil thing, mito thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them with stones, 6 that they die. At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death ; at the mouth of one ■witness he shall not be "put to death. The hand of the wit- nesses shall be first upon hun to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee. 8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgement, between blood and blood, between plea and i^lea, ■' Heb. (tt^eord- hig to the gift of his handt 6 Or, cause 1 Heb. Justice^ justice. «0r, obclUk 152 DEUTERONOMY. 17. 8. 1 Or, and and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which the 9 Lord thy God shall choose ; and thou shalt come mito the i^riests the Le- ■vites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days : and thou shalt inquire ; and they shall shew thee the sentence 10 of judgement: and thou shalt do ac- cording to the tenor of the sentence, which they shall shew thee from that l)lace which the Lord shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according 11 to all that they shall teach thee: ac- cording to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgement which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right 12 hand, nor to the left. And the man that doeth presimiptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that stand- eth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put 13 away the evil from Israel. And all the i^eople shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. 14 When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein ; and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations 15 that are round about me; thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose : one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, which 16 is not thy brother. Only he shall not multiply horses to hunself , nor cause the people to retm'n to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses : forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no 17 more that way. Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away : neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver 18 and gold. And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the thi'one of his king- dom, that he shall wi'ite him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which 19 is before the jmests the Levites : and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and 20 these statutes, to do them: that his heart be not lifted up above his breth- ren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left : to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Is- rael. 18 The priests the Levites, ^even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel : they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, 2 and his inheritance. And they shall have no inheritance among their breth- ren : the Lord is then- inheritance, as 3 he hath spoken unto them. And this shall be the priests' due from the peo- ple, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 4 The flrstfruits of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give Shim. For the Lord thy God hath chosen hun out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever. 6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of aU Israel, where he sojom'ueth, and come with all the desu'e of his soul viuto the place which 7 the Lord shall choose ; then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Le- vites do, which stand there before the 8 Lord. They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. 9 When thou art come uito the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the 10 abominations of those nations. There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, 11 or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a uecro- 12mancer. For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abomin- ations the Lord thy God doth drive 13 them out from before thee. Thou shalt 14 be perfect with the Lord thy God. For these nations, which thou shalt pos- sess, hearken unto them that practise augury, and unto diviners : but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suf- 15fered thee so to do. The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy bretlrren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall heark- 16 en ; according to all that thou de- siredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying. Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die 17 not. And the Lord said unto me, They have well said that which they 18 have spoken. I will raise them ui> a prophet from among their brethren, like ruito thee ; and I wiU put my words in his month, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command 19 him. And it shall come to pass, that 20. 8. DEUTERONOMY. 153 1 Hel). iron, ^Or.Clif tree 3 Or, the blood of an innoeent man wliosoever will not hearken unto my words which lie shall speak in my 20 name, I will require it of him. But the prophet, which shall sj^eak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. 21 Aiid if thou say iu thme heart, How shall we know the word which the 22LoED hath not spoken ? When a pro- phet speaketh iu the name of the Lord, if the thuig follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Loed hath not spoken : the projjhet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not he afraid of him. 19 When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest m their cities, and 2 in their houses ; thou shalt separate tln-ee cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God 3 giveth thee to possess it. Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which the Lord thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may 4 flee thither. And this is the case of the manslayer, which shall fiee thither and live : whoso killeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not iu time 5 past ; as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the ihead slippeth from 2 the helve, and lighteth upon his ueighbom', that he die ; he shall flee unto one of these cities and 6 live : lest the avenger of blood pursue the maaslaj'er, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally ; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying. Thou shalt separate three cities for 8 thee. And if the Lord thy God en- large thy border, as he hath sworn imto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give 9 unto thy fathers ; if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways ; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these tkree : 10 that 3 innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for au inheritance, 11 and so blood be upon thee. But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie iu wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and 12 he ilee into one of these cities : then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that 18 he may die. Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou slialt put away •* the hmocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neigh- bour's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt mherit, in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, iu any sin that he sinneth : at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a mat- 16 ter be established. If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of * wrong doing; 17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days ; 18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition : and, behold, if the wit- ness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother ; 19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother : so shalt thou put away the evil from the 20 midst of thee. And those which re- main shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such 21 evil m the midst of thee. And thme eye shall not pity ; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 20 When thou goest forth to battle a- gainst thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them : for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land 2 of Egypt. And it shall be, when ye draw nigh mito the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto 3 the people, and shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye di-aw nigh this- day unto battle against your enemies : let not yom' heart faint ; fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye affrighted at 4 them ; for the Lord yom* God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you agamst your enemies, to save you. 5 And the officers shall speak unto the j)eople, saying. What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it ? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, 6 and another man dedicate it. And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not 6 used the fruit thereof? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit 7 thereof. And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her ? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die iu the battle, and 8 another man take her. And the officers 'Or, the blood of the innocent 5 Or, rcbellio / See c.h. xiii. 5. sSee ch.xxviii. 30, and Lev. xix. •23—25. 154 DEUTERONOMY. 20. 8. I Or, subject to task- VKyrk SHeb. devote. shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and retm-n unto his house, lest his hrethren's heart melt as his heart. 9 And it shall he, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the l}eople, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people. 10 When thou di'awest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then jiroclaim peace 11 unto it. And it shall he, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall he, that all the people that is found therein shall he- come 1 tributary mito thee, and shall 12 serve thee. Aiid if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege 13 it: and when the Lord thy God de- livereth it into thine hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge 14 of the sword : but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoU thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath 15 given thee. Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities 16 of these nations. But of the cities of these peoples, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an mheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breath- 17etli: but thou shalt 2 utterly destroy them; the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaauite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite ; as the Lord 18 thy God hath commanded thee : that they teach you not to do after aU then" abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin a- gainst the Lord your God. 19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it 20 should be besieged of thee ? Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, mitil it fall. 21 K one be foimd slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten hun: 2 then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about Shim that is slain: and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer of the herd, which hath not been wi'ought with, and which hath 4 not drawn in the yoke ; and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with rimning water , which is neither jilowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the 5 valley: and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and accordmg to their word shall every controversy and every 6 stroke be : and all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash then- hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the 7 valley : and they shall answer and say. Our hands have not shed this blood, 8 neither have our eyes seen it. Forgive, O Lord, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood to remain in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be 9 forgiven them. So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord. 10 When thou goest forth to battle a- gainst thine enemies, and the Lord thy God delivereth them into thine hands, and thou carriest them away 11 captive, and seest among the caj^tives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take 12 her to thee to wife; then thou shalt brmg her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare 13 her nails; and she shall put the rai- ment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month : and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, 14 and she shall be thy wife. And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will ; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her ^ as a slave, because thou hast humbled her. 15 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the be- loved and the hated ; and if the first- ly born son be hers that was hated ; then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn * before the son of the hated, which is the firstborn: 17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath : for he is the beginnmg of his strength ; the right of the firstborn is his. 13 If a man have a stubborn and rebel- lious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not 19 hearken unto them : then shall his fa- ther and his mother lay hold on him, 22. 27. DEUTERONOMY. 155 iHeb. the curse qf Qod. ■2 Heb. fidness, 3 Heb. conse- crated. 'Or, twisted threads and bring liim out unto tho elders of his city, and unto the gate of his ])lace; 20 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubliorn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a riotous liver, and a drunkard. '21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee ; and aU Israel shall hoar, and fear. 22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang hun on a tree; 23 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is i accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which the LoKD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 22 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring 2 them again unto thy brother. And 2 thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thine house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it 3 to him again. And so shalt thou do with his ass ; and so shalt thou do with his gamient ; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found : thou mayest not hide thyself. 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. 5 A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the Loed thy God. 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the gi-ound, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sittmg upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the 7 dam with the young : thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, but the young thou n^ayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. 8 When thou bulkiest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bruig not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from 9 thence. Thou shalt not sow thy vine- yard with two kinds of seed : lest the 2 whole fruit be ^ forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and the increase of the vineyard. 10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and 11 an ass together. Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen to- gether. 12 Thou shalt make thee ^fringes upon tlie four borders of thy vesture, where- with thou coverest thyself. 13 If any man take a wife, and go in 14 unto her, and hate her, and lay shame- ful things to her cliarge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the 15 tokens of virginity: then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of tlie damsel's virginity unto tho elders of 16 the city in the gate: and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, 17 and he hateth her; and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her cliarge, sayuig, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of vh'ginity ; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's vir- ginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. 18 And the elders of that city shall take 19 the man and chastise him; and they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Is- rael: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. 20 But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in 21 the damsel : then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought foUy in Is- rael, to play the harlot in her father's house : so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 22 If a man be found lying with a wo- man married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay A^ith the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel. 23 If there be a damsel that is a vu-gin betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 2-1 then ye shall bring them both out mito the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath himibled his neighbour's wife : so thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee. 25 But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die: 2(5 but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death : for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slay- 27 eth him, even so is this matter : for he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. 156 DEUTERONOMY. 22. 28. rCh.xxiii. linHeb.l IHeb. Aram- Tiaha- raim. 2 Or, shovel 3Heb. nalced- ness of any thing. 28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and 29 they be found ; then the man that lay with her shall give mito the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days. 30 A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. 23 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord. 2 A bastard shall not enter into the as- sembly of the Lord ; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the Lord. 3 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord ; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the as- 4 sembly of the Lord for ever : because they met you not with bread and with water ui the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt ; and because they hired against thee IBalaam the son of Beor from Pethor of ^Mesopotamia, to curse 5 thee. Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam ; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the 6 Lord thy God loved thee. Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their ^jrosjierity all thy days for ever. 7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother : thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; because thou wast 8 a stranger in his land. The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the as- sembly of the Lord. 9 When thou goest forth m camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt 10 keep thee from every evil thing. If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth hun by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall 11 not come within the camp: but it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water : and when the sun is down, he shall come within 12 the camp. Thou shalt have a place also Avithout the camp, whither thou 13 shalt go forth abroad : and thou shalt have a ^paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which 14 cometh from thee: for the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give uj) thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no 3 unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant which is escaped 16 from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose with- in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not opin'ess him. 17 There shall be no ^harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a 5 sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the wages of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 19 Thou shalt not lend upon usm-y to thy brother ; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is 20 lent upon usm-y: unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thine hand unto, in the laud whither thou goest m to possess it. 21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee ; and it would 22 be sin in thee. But if thou shalt for- bear to vow, it shall be no sm in thee. 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt obsei-ve and do ; according as thou hast vowed mito the Lord thy God, a freewill offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 24 When thou comest into thy neigh- bom-'s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own. pleasure ; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 25 When thou comest into thy neigh- bour's standing corn, then thou may- est pluck the ears with thine hand ; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbom-'s standing corn. 24 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath foimd some unseemly thuig in her, that he shall ^Tite her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, 2 and send her out of his house. And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's ivife. 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house ; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; 4 her foimer husband, which sent her away, may not take her agam to be his wife, after that she is defiled ; for that is abomination before the Lord : and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an uiheritance. 5 When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither 25. 16. dp:uteronomy. 157 I Or, as a clmttel shall lie be charged with any bushiess : he shall be free at home one j'car, and shall cheer his wife which he hath C taken. No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge : for he taketh a man'a life to pledge. 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with hmi i as a slave, or sell him ; then that thief shall die : so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I com- manded them, so ye shall observe to 9 do. Eemember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt. 10 When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto 12 thee. And if he be a poor man, thou 13 shalt not sleep with his pledge : thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth do's\ai, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God. 14 Thou shalt not oi^press an hired serv- ant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within 15 thy gates : in his day thou shalt give huu his hu'e, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sm unto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fa- thers : every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 Thou shalt not wrest the judgement of the stranger, nor of the father- less ; nor take the widow's raunent to 18 pledge: but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence : therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 When thou reapest thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go agaiia to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in aU the work of thme hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22i\jid thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egyjit : therefore I command thee to do this thing. 25 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgement, &\\(\. the judges ]\\(Xge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and con- 2demn the wicked; and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, accordu}g to his wickedness, by num- 3ber. Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed : lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not marry without luito a stranger : her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of 6 an husband's brother mi to her. Aiid it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel. 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say. My husband's brother re- fuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of an husband's brother unto 8 me. Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him : and if he stand, and say, I Uke not to take 9 her ; then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from o£f his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say. So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up 10 his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draw- eth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and 12 taketh him by the secrets: then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity. 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers 14 weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have m thine house divers 15 measures, a great and a small. A perfect and just weight shalt thou have ; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long upon the land which the 16 Lord thy God giveth thee. For all 158 DEUTERONOMY. 25. 16. iHeb. Aram- ean. 2 Or, wander- ing Or, Ust that do such thmgs, even all that do unrighteously, are au abomination unto the Loed thy God. 17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out 18 of Egyiit ; how he met thee by the way, and smote the hinchnost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he 19 feared not God. Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget. 26 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thj- God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein ; 2 that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the gromid, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee ; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to cause his name to 3 dwell there. And thou shalt come luito the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the land which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us. 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God. 5 And thou shalt answer and say before the Lord thy God, A i Syrian ^ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egyjit, and sojourned there, few in number ; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and iJopulous : 6 and the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard 7 bondage: and we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw om- affliction, 8 and our toil, and our opiiression : and the Lord brought us forth out of Egyi^t with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with 9 wonders : and he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which thou, Lord, hast given me. Ajid thou shalt set it down before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord 11 thy God: and thou shalt rejoice in all the good which the Lord thy God bath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is in the midst of thee. 12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then thou shalt give it unto the Levite, to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within 13 thy gates, and be filled ; and thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have put away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them vmto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, accordmg to aU thy commandment which thou bast commanded me: I have not transgressed any of thy com- mandments, neither have I forgotten 14 them : I have not eaten thereof in my mom-ning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given there- of for the dead : I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, I have done according to all that thou hast 15 commanded me. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the ground which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. 16 This day the Lord thy God command- eth thee to do these statutes and judge- ments : thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with 17 all thy soul. Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and that thou shouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his conomand- ments, and his judgements, and heark- 18 en unto his voice : and the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be a peculiar people mitohimself , as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all 19 his commandments ; and to make thee high above aU nations which he hath made, ^in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. 27 And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying. Keep all the commandment which I com- 2mand you this day. And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister 3 them with plaister: and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over; that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land flowing ^vith milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of thy fathers, hath 4 promised thee. And it shall be when ye are passed over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I com- mand you this day, m mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with 5 plaister. And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt lift up no iron ^ Or, far a praise, and for a natne, and for an honour 28. 16. DEUTERONOMY. 159 1 Heb, wholv. 6 tovl upon them. Thou sluUt build thu altar of the Lord thy God of i unhewn stones : and thou shalt offer biu-nt offer- ings thereon unto the Loud thy God: 7 and thou shalt sacrifice peace offerings, and shalt eat there; and thou shalt 8 rejoice before the Lord thy God. And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. 9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep si- lence, and hearken, O Israel ; this day thou art become the people of the Lord 10 thy God. Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 11 And Moses charged the people the 12 same day, saying, These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the i^eo- lile, when ye are passed over Jordan ; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 and these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse; Keubeu, Gad, and Asher, 14 and Zebulun, Dan, and Naj)htali. And the Levites shall answer, and say un- to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Ciu-sed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomina- tion unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say. Amen. 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the peo- ple shall say. Amen. 17 Ciu-sed be he that removeth his neigh- bour's lantlmark. And all the people shall say. Amen. 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed be he that wresteth the judge- ment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say. Amen. 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his fa- ther's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say. Amen. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say. Amen. 22 Ciu-sed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daugh- ter of his mother. And all the people shaU 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 smiteth his neigh- bour in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen. 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say. Amen. 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say. Amen. 28 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently mito the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do aU his commandments which I com- mand thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all 2 the nations of the earth : and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and 4 blessed shalt thou be in the field. Bless- ed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy groiuid, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, 5 and the young of thy tiock. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneadmg- 6 trough. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou 7 be when thou goest out. The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up agaiust thee to be smitten before thee : they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee 8 seven ways. The Lord shall com- mand the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy 9 God giveth thee. The Lord shall establish thee for an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee ; if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and "oalk in his 10 ways. And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord ; and they shall be 11 afraid of thee. And the Lord shall make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The Lord shall open imto thee his good 2 treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thou shalt lend TUito many nations, 13 and thou shalt not borrow. And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if thou shalt hearken unto the com- mantbnents of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe 14 and to do them; and shalt not tm-n aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do aU his com- mandments and his statutes which I command thee this day ; that all these curses shall come u^jon thee, and over- 16 take thee. Cursed shalt thou be in the 2 Or. treasury 160 DEUTERONOMY. 28. 16. 1 Or, ac- corai]ig to some ancient versions, drought 2 Or, a terror unto 3 Or, tinnoum Or, plague boils i See ch. XX. 6. and Lev. xix. ■2S-25. city, and cursed shalt thou be in the 17 field. Cursed shall be thy basket and 18 thy kneadingtrough. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy kiue, 19 and the young of thy flock. Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cui'sed shalt thou be when thou 20goest out. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, discomfitvire, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thine hand un- to for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou jierish quickly ; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou 21 hast forsaken me. The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to 22 possess it. The Lord shall smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with ^the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is 24 under thee shall be iron. The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be de- 25 stroyed. The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies : thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them : and thou shalt be 2 tossed to and fro among all the kmgdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto aU fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to 27 fray them away. The Lord shall smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and mth the ^emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not 28 be healed. The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and 29 ^rith astonishment of heart : and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only opi^ressed and spoiled alway, and there shall be none to save 30 thee. Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not ^use the fruit 31 thereof. Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken avi'ay from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given imto thme enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thme eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thine hand. S3 The fruit of thy ground, and aU thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up ; and thou shalt be 34 only oppressed and crushed alway : so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot mito the cro^sTi of 36 thy head. The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, vmto a nation which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers ; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood 37 and stone. And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by- word, among all the i»eoples whither 38 the Lord shall lead thee away. Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in ; for the 39 locust shall cousimie it. Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the wonn 40 shall eat them. Thou shalt have olive trees throughout aU thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil ; for thine olive shall cast its fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine ; for they shall 42 go into captivity. All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust 43 possess. The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall moimt up above thee higher and higher ; and thou shalt come 44 down lower and lower. He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him : he shall be the head, and thou shalt 45 be the tail. And aU these cm'ses shall come upon thee, and shall pm-sue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded 46 thee : and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy 47 seed for ever : because thou servedst not the Lord thy God Tvith joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason 48 of the abundance of all things : there- fore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in himger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed 49 thee. The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not under- 50 stand ; a nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young : 51 and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fi'uit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of thy kine, or the young 29. 13. DEUTERONOMY. 161 I Or, after- hirt?i of thy flock, until lie have caused thee 52 to pei'isli. And he sliall I)esief,'e tliee in all thy gates, until thy hi{,'h and fenced walls come down, wherein thou triistedst, throufjhout all thy land : and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, whicli the Lour) thj' CJod liatli given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own hod}', the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the Lord tliy God hath gi>en thee ; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine 54 enemies shall straiten thee. The man that is tender among j'ou, and veiy delicate, his eye shall he evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he hath re- 55maiiiing: so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his cliildren whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him ; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in all thy 56 gates. The tender and delicate ^^•oman among you, whicli would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the gi'omid for delicateness and tenderness, her ej-e shall be evil toward the hus- band of her bosom, and toward her son, 57 and toward her daughter ; and toward her 1 young one that cometh out from between lier feet, and toward her cliildren which slie shall bear ; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly : in the siege and in the strait- ness, wherewith thine enemy shall 58 straiten thee in thj' gates. If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written hi this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, the lokd thy god; 59 then the Lord will make thy jilagues wonderful, and the j)lagues of thy seed, even gi-eat plagues, and of long contmuance, and sore sicknesses, and 60 of long continuance. Aiid he will bring uj)on thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; 61 and they shall cleave unto thee. Also every sickness, and every iilague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, 62 until thou be destroyed. Ajid ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multi- tude ; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And it shall conie to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroj' you ; and ye shall be plucked from off the land 64 whither thou goest ui to possess it. And the Lord shall scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth : and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor 65 thy fathers, even wood and stone. And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and tliei'e shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but the Loud shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul: (■>(iand thy life shall hang in doulit before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have none assurance of 67 thy life : in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say. Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt 68 see. And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt agam with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee. Thou shalt see it no more again : and there ye shall sell yourselves imto your enemies for bondmen and for bond- women, and no man shall buy you. 29 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 the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them. Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egj'i)t unto Pharaoh, and imto all his servants, and unto all his land ; 3 the gi-eat 2 temptations which thine eyes saw, the signs, and those great won- 4 ders : but the Lord hath not given you an heart to know, and eyes to see, and 5 ears to hear, unto this day. And I have led you forty years in the wilder- ness: j-oui' clothes are not waxen old upon }ou, and thy shoe is not waxen 6 old upon thy foot. Ye have not eaten bread, neither have j-e drunk wine or strong drmk : that ye might know that 7 1 am the Lord yom- God. And when ye came mito this place, SUion the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out agamst us unto 8 battle, and we smote them: and we took their land, and gave it for an inlieritance unto the Eeubenites, and to the Gadites, and to tlie half tribe Oof the Manassites. Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may '^ prosper in all that ye do. 10 Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord yoiir God ; your heads, your tribes, j'our elders, and your officers, 11 even all the men of Israel, yoiu- Uttle ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of 12 thy water: that thou shouldest enter into the covenant of the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy 13 God maketh with thee this day : that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto [Ch. xxvin.69 inHeb.] [Ch.xxix, 1 in Heb.I 2 See cli. iv. 34. 3 Or. deal U'iseli/ 162 DEUTERONOMY. 29. 13. 1 Heb. rosh, a poison- ous herb. 2 Or. oath and so w. 20, 21. 3 Or, to add drunk- enness to thirst 4 Heb. divided. thee a God, as be spake uuto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abra- 14 bam, to Isaac, ami to Jacob. Neither with you ouly do I make this covenant 15 and this oath ; but Avith him that staud- eth here with us this day before the LoEi> our God, and also with him that IG is not here with us this day : (for ye know how we dwelt in the land of EgJlJt ; and how we came through the midst of the natitms through which 17 ye passed; and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were 18 among theiu:) lest there sliould be among yuu man, or Avoman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations ; lest there should be among you a root 19 that beareth i gall and wormwood; and it come to pass, when be beareth the words of this ^cm'se, that he bless him- self in his heart, saying, I' shall have peace, though I walk in the stubborn- ness of mine heart, -Ho destroy the 20 moist with the dry : the Lord will not pardon bmr, but then the anger of the Lord and bis jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall he upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his •21 name from under heaven. Aiid the Loud shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, accorduig to all the cm-ses of the covenant that is 22 written in this book of the law. And the generation to come, yom- chiltb-en that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that laud, and the sick- nesses wherewith the Lord hath 23 made it sick; and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, tJtat it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any gi-ass groweth thereui, like the overthi-ow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admab and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthi-ew in his 24 anger, and in his wrath: even aU the nations shall say, Wlierefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great 25 anger? Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of then- fathers, which he made with them when be brought them forth out of the land of Egyjit ; 26 and went and served other gods, and Avorshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and Avhom he had not 27^ given mito them: therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse 28 that is written hi this book: and the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them uito another 29 land, as at this day. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God : but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. 30 And it sh:ill come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the na- tions, whither the Lord thy God hath 2 driven thee, and shalt return mito the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I com- mand thee this day, thou and thy chQdreu, with all thuie heart, and witli 3 all thy soul ; that then the Lord thy God win f-turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither the Lord thy God hath scat- 4 tered thee. If aiuj of thine outcasts be m the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he 5 fetch thee: and the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it ; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6 And the Lord thy God will cu-cmucise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all tbuie heart, and Avitli all thy soul, that 7 thou mayest live. And the Lord thy God wiU put aU these cm-ses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate 8 thee, which persecuted thee. And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his command- ments which I command thee this day. 9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy gi-omid, for good : for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, 10 as be rejoiced over thy fathers: if thou shalt obey the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and bis statutes which are wi-itteu in this book of the law; if thou turn imto the Lord thy God with all thuie heart, and with all thy soul. For this commandment which I com- s Or, re- turn to 11 mand thee this day, it is not too ("hard 12 for thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say. Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it uuto us, and make us to 13 hear it, that Ave may do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou should- est say, Wlio shall go over the sea for us, and bring it imto us, and make us 14 to hear it, that we may do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 15 See, I have set before thee this day (iOr, wonder- /ul 31. 23. X>EUTERONOMY. 163 1 Or, that 16 life and Kood, and deatli and evil; in that I command thee thi.s day to love the LoKD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commauiliuents and his statutes and his judgements, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the land whither tliou goest in to 17 possess it. But if thine heart turn away, and thou wilt not liear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other 18 gods, and serve them ; I denounce unto you this day. that ye shall surely l)erish ; ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest 19 over Jordan to go in to possess it. I call heaven and earth to witness a- gauist you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy 20 seed: to love the Lord thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him: for ihe is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. 31 Ajid Moses went and spake these words 2 mito all Israel. And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in : and the Lord hath said unto me. Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3 The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee ; he will destroy these na- tions from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath 4 spoken. And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to SLlion and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto .5 their land ; whom he destroyed. And the Lord shall deliver them u]) before you, and ye shall do unto them accord- ing mito all the commandment which 61 have commanded j'ou. Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt go with this i)eople into the land which the Lord hath sworn mito their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee ; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee : fear not, neither be dismayed. 9 And Moses wrote this law, and de- livered it unto the priests the sous of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the 10 elders of Israel. And Moses command- ed them, saying. At the end of ei^enj seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 11 when all Israel is come to apj)ear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their liear- 12 ing. Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words 13 of this law; and that their children, which have not known, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Be- hold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and jiresent your- selves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented them- 15 selves in the tent of meeting. And the Lord appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud : and the pillar of cloud stood 16 2 over the door of the Tent. And the Lord said mito Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers ; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with 17 them. Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be de- voured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day. Are not these evils come upon us because om* God is not 18 among us ? And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they 19 are turned unto other gods. Now there- fore WTite ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel : put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the child- 20ren of Israel. For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware mito their fathers, flowing with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn mito other gods, and serve them, and despise me, 21 and break my covenant. And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of theu" seed : for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought 22 them into the land which I sware. So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. 23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of 2 Or, fty 6—2 164 DEUTERONOMY. 31. 23. 1 Or, cori'upt- ed them- selves, they ic. 2 Or, but a blot upon them «0r, possessed Or, gotten a good courage : for thou shalt bring the cliilflren of Israel into tlie land wliich I sware unto them : and I will be ^\ith thee. 24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law m a book, until they were 25 finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the 26 covenant of the Lord, saying, Take tliis book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there 27 for a witness against thee. For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck : behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious a- gainst the Lord ; and how much more 28 after my death? Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these wor